ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,683, issued on July 7, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya-city, Japan).

"Map data generation device, map data generation system, and storage medium" was invented by Yuko Kokubo (Kariya-city, Japan) and Hiroyuki Kitagawa (Kariya-city, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A map data generation device receives probe data including travel information and GNSS information from an in-vehicle device. The map data generation device includes a correlation coefficient calculation unit that calculates a correlation coefficient indicating a correlation between the travel information and the GNSS information included in probe data, a delay time c...