System and methods for identification of preferred routes
OwnerJoshua ADLERinventor
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Abstract
Systems and methods are described for identifying and validating the routes and characteristics of roads unknown to a road mapping database. The systems and methods described herein may operate to identify and validate new roads and routes based on user input road information. Systems and methods described herein may receive user input road information input via an interactive display showing location imagery. The user input road information may be compared to the location imagery to identify physical locations associated with the user input road information and to identify new roads based thereon.
Claims22
A computer-implemented method for identifying roads carried out by a system including at least one processor configured to execute instructions and a user-interface device having a display screen, the method comprising:
- receiving, by the at least one processor, an aerial image of a portion of global terrain;
- displaying, by the at least one processor, the aerial image on the display screen of the user-interface device;
- receiving, by the at least one processor, user-input road information as a user input via the user-interface device;
- identifying, by the at least one processor, a new road or preferred route in the portion of global terrain based on the aerial image and the user-input road information;
- and
- updating, by the at least one processor, a navigational database to include the new road or preferred route.
An interactive user system for identifying roads unknown to a server, the system comprising:
- a display device;
- a user input device;
- a computer memory storing instructions;
- and
- a processor configured to execute the instructions to:
- receive an aerial image of a portion of global terrain;
- display the aerial image on a display screen of a user-interface device;
- receive user-input road information as a user input via the user-interface device;
- identify a new road or preferred route in the portion of global terrain based on the aerial image and the user-input road information;
- and
- update a navigational database to include the new road or preferred route.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.