G01C 21/387
Organisation of map data
Official title: {Organisation of map data, e.g. version management or database structures}
G01C21/387 (Organisation of map data) appears on 1,210 US grants and 1,573 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Granted patents
Recent patents
- Automatic selection of map detail levels6 Oct 2026US 12,754,038 B2Uber Technologies, Inc.
- System and method for compressed high-definition (HD) map generation29 Sep 2026US 12,747,963 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Map data adjustments for anomaly correction22 Sep 2026US 12,742,655 B2Apple Inc.
- Computing device, own-position estimating device, and map information generating method22 Sep 2026US 12,742,658 B2Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
- Information processing device22 Sep 2026US 12,742,659 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Method for constructing a map while performing work8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305899 A1Bobsweep USA
- Method for creating a digital road map1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298664 A1
- Autonomous driving control server and method of controlling autonomous driving therein17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274293 A1Hyundai Motor Company
- Generating a Customized Digital Map Via a Generative Machine-Learned Model17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276401 A1Google Inc.
- Method and Device for Merging Digital Maps17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276403 A1Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
Most cited
By later US patents
- Digital mapping system549US 7,158,878 B2Google Inc. · 2007
- Digital mapping system470US 7,379,811 B2Google Inc. · 2008
- Adaptive mapping to navigate autonomous vehicles responsive to physical environment changes367US 9,612,123 B1Zoox, Inc. · 2017
- Object-based geographic information system (GIS)351US 6,247,019 B1PRC Public Sector, Inc. · 2001
- Generating and serving tiles in a digital mapping system349US 7,962,281 B2Google Inc. · 2011