US Patent Issued to DENSO on Sept. 29 for "Map update system, map update apparatus, and storage medium" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,960, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya-city, Japan).

"Map update system, map update apparatus, and storage medium" was invented by Shigehiro Muto (Kariya-city, Japan), Tomoo Nomura (Kariya-city, Japan), Toshio Nomura (Kariya-city, Japan), Satoshi Horihata (Kariya-city, Japan) and Hirohisa Watanabe (Kariya-city, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A map update system includes a map data storage unit storing therein map data. The map update system acquires a position of a road marking painted on a surface of a road. The map update system acquires a determination value to be subjected to determination of blurring...