ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,222,210, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Route guidance system" was invented by Srichand Pendyala (Cupertino, Calif.), Marlene Wan (Cupertino, Calif.), Craig M. Hiller (Santa Clara, Calif.), Lukas M. Marti (San Jose, Calif.) and Josh Redding (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes determining a routing graph based on a map, wherein the routing graph represents locations from the map; determining a routing horizon based on the routing graph, wherein the routing horizon defines a portion of the routing graph that is usable for routing; determining a cost-action structure that i...