ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,868, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to TomTom Global Content B.V. (Amsterdam).
"Method and apparatus for detecting deviations from map data" was invented by Gaetan Martens (Zarlardinge, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for identifying discrepancies in digital map data, comprising selecting one or more candidate locations as a subset of locations within positional data relating to the movement of a plurality of devices with respect to time in an area, allocating each of the candidate locations to one or more predetermined categories based upon a distribution of travel direct...