ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,740, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SeeScan Inc. (San Diego).
"Geographic map updating methods and systems" was invented by Mark S. Olsson (La Jolla, Calif.) and Michael J. Martin (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for updating digital maps by refining map feature positions and improving map position accuracy are disclosed. One embodiment includes identifying a point of interest's position data and updating the map data within a map region surrounding the point of interest."
The patent was filed on Jan. 5, 2023, under Application No. 18/093,807.
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