US Patent Issued to CANON on July 14 for "Map data providing device, storage medium, and map data providing method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,832, issued on July 14, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Map data providing device, storage medium, and map data providing method" was invented by Ryo Nakagawa (Kanagawa, Japan) and Kazuhiko Kobayashi (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In order to provide a map suitable for a movable apparatus that operates autonomously, a map data providing device includes an activity range data acquisition unit configured to acquire activity range data indicating an activity range in which a movable apparatus operates autonomously, a determination unit configured to determine a coordinate system and origin of map data to be provide...