Method and apparatus for creating underground or interior drone routes
AssigneeHERE Global B.V.
InventorIvo Kuzmanovic
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Abstract
An approach is provided for creating underground drone routes. The approach, for example, involves querying digital map data for at least one underground and/or interior passageway to reach a destination of the drone. The digital map data includes location data for a plurality of entry points, a plurality of exit points, or a combination thereof to the network of underground and/or interior passageways. The approach also involves generating a route to the destination via the at least one underground passageway based on the location data.
Claims19
A method for routing a drone using digital map data representing a network of underground passageways comprising:
- querying the digital map data for at least one underground passageway of the network to reach a destination of the drone, wherein the digital map data includes location data for a plurality of entry points, a plurality of exit points, or a combination thereof to the network of underground passageways;
- acquiring real-time data regarding an availability of the at least one underground passageway to support travel by the drone which includes schedule data for non-drone traffic;
- generating at least a portion of a route to the destination via the at least one underground passageway which avoids non-drone traffic based on the location data and the real-time data;
- and outputting at least the portion of the route to the drone to control the drone.
An apparatus for routing a drone using digital map data representing a network of underground passageways comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:
- query the digital map data for at least one underground passageway of the network to reach a destination of the drone,
- wherein the digital map data further includes location data for a plurality of entry points, a plurality of exit points, or a combination thereof to the network of the underground passageways,
- wherein the digital map data is associated with real-time data regarding an availability of the at least one underground passageway to support travel by the drone which includes schedule data for non-drone traffic;
- generate at least a portion of a route to the destination via the at least one underground passageway which avoids non-drone traffic based on the location data and the real-time data;
- and
- output at least the portion of the route to the drone to control the drone.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for routing a drone using digital map data representing a network of underground passageways, interior passageways, or a combination thereof, carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to perform:
- querying the digital map data for at least one passageway of the network to reach a destination of the drone, wherein the digital map data includes:
- location data for a plurality of entry points, a plurality of exit points, or a combination thereof to the network of underground passageways, interior passageways, or a combination thereof, wherein the location data is associated with real-time data regarding an availability of the at least one underground passage way to support travel by the drone which includes schedule data for non-drone traffic;
- generating at least a portion of a route to the destination via the at least one underground passageway which avoids non-drone traffic based on the location data and the real-time data to avoid non drone traffic;
- and
- outputting at least the portion of the route to the drone to control the drone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.