IP Library Granted Patent US 12,372,375
Granted Patent B2
US 12,372,375 · App. 17/617,312 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Polygon search method

Inventors: Tatsuro Kimura (Musashino, JP); Ichibe Naito (Musashino, JP); Kazuhiro Miyahara (Musashino, JP); Atsushi Isomura (Musashino, JP); Tomoya Ikeda (Musashino, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
G01C21/3867G01C21/32G01C21/3815
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Patent No.
US 12,372,375
App. No.
17/617,312
Granted
Jul 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A polygon retrieving method includes converting a random polygonal area indicating a shape of each lane of a road within a predetermined unit area on a map into polygonal information indicated using coordinates of vertexes of the polygonal area and storing the polygonal information in the storage in association with a unit area, specifying temporospatial information including positional information corresponding to coordinates within the predetermined unit area on the map, and extracting all temporospatial information including positional information corresponding to coordinates inside a polygonal area indicated by the polygonal information associated with the unit area among the specified temporospatial information, by processing circuitry.

Claims (29)

1. A polygon retrieving method comprising:

converting a random polygonal area indicating a shape of each lane of a road within a predetermined unit area on a map into polygonal information indicated using coordinates of vertexes of the polygonal area and associating the polygonal information with a mesh identifier of the predetermined unit area, every unit area on the map having a mesh identifier, the unit area corresponding to a mesh into which the map is divided;

specifying temporospatial information including positional information corresponding to coordinates within the predetermined unit area corresponding to the mesh identifier;

extracting all temporospatial information including positional information corresponding to coordinates inside the polygonal area indicated by the polygonal information associated with the mesh identifier of the predetermined unit area among the specified temporospatial information, by processing circuitry; and

outputting the extracted temporospatial information to a display, an automated driving application, a guidance application, or any combination thereof, to allow a user to detect the temporospatial information,

wherein the temporospatial information is a 1-dimensional bit string including the positional information, temporal information, and data other than the positional information and the temporal information.

2. The polygon retrieving method according to claim 1 , wherein, in the converting, the polygonal area is converted into the polygonal information indicating the polygonal area using map information including coordinates of a representative point of the polygonal area.

3. The polygon retrieving method according to claim 1 , wherein, in the extracting, the temporospatial information including positional information corresponding to coordinates inside the polygonal area indicated by the polygonal information is extracted using geometric algorithm information.

4. The polygon retrieving method according to claim 1 , further including generating the polygonal area using map information including road center coordinates, a road width, and a number of lanes.

5. A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with computer-readable instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a polygon retrieving method comprising:

converting a random polygonal area indicating a shape of each lane of a road within a predetermined unit area on a map into polygonal information indicated using coordinates of vertexes of the polygonal area and associating the polygonal information with a mesh identifier of the predetermined unit area, every unit area on the map having a mesh identifier, the unit area corresponding to a mesh into which the map is divided;

specifying temporospatial information including positional information corresponding to coordinates within the predetermined unit area corresponding to the mesh identifier;

extracting all temporospatial information including positional information corresponding to coordinates inside the polygonal area indicated by the polygonal information associated with the mesh identifier of the predetermined unit area among the specified temporospatial information, by processing circuitry; and

outputting the extracted temporospatial information to a display, an automated driving application, a guidance application, or any combination thereof, to allow a user to detect the temporospatial information,

wherein the temporospatial information is a 1-dimensional bit string including the positional information, temporal information, and data other than the positional information and the temporal information.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 5 , wherein, in the converting, the polygonal area is converted into the polygonal information indicating the polygonal area using map information including coordinates of a representative point of the polygonal area.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 5 , wherein, in the extracting, the temporospatial information including positional information corresponding to coordinates inside the polygonal area indicated by the polygonal information is extracted using geometric algorithm information.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 5 , further including generating the polygonal area using map information including road center coordinates, a road width, and a number of lanes.

9. A polygon retrieving apparatus, comprising:

a memory; and

circuitry configured to

convert a random polygonal area indicating a shape of each lane of a road within a predetermined unit area on a map into polygonal information indicated using coordinates of vertexes of the polygonal area and associate the polygonal information with a mesh identifier of the predetermined unit area, every unit area on the map having a mesh identifier, the unit area corresponding to a mesh into which the map is divided;

specify temporospatial information including positional information corresponding to coordinates within the predetermined unit area corresponding to the mesh identifier;

extract all temporospatial information including positional information corresponding to coordinates inside the polygonal area indicated by the polygonal information associated with the mesh identifier of the predetermined unit area among the specified temporospatial information, by processing circuitry; and

output the extracted temporospatial information to a display, an automated driving application, a guidance application, or any combination thereof, to allow a user to detect the temporospatial information,

wherein the temporospatial information is a 1-dimensional bit string including the positional information, temporal information, and data other than the positional information and the temporal information.

10. The polygon retrieving apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein, in the converting, the polygonal area is converted into the polygonal information indicating the polygonal area using map information including coordinates of a representative point of the polygonal area.

11. The polygon retrieving apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein, in the extracting, the temporospatial information including positional information corresponding to coordinates inside the polygonal area indicated by the polygonal information is extracted using geometric algorithm information.

12. The polygon retrieving apparatus according to claim 9 , further including generating the polygonal area using map information including road center coordinates, a road width, and a number of lanes.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 20, 2025
From: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
To: NTT, INC.
Reel/Frame 072556/0180 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 8, 2021
From: KIMURA, TATSURO; NAITO, ICHIBE; MIYAHARA, KAZUHIRO; ISOMURA, ATSUSHI; IKEDA, TOMOYA
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058334/0681 →
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