US 11,946,757 B2
Identifying and displaying smooth and demarked paths
Stephen Charles Hsu, San Carlos, CA (US)
Assigned to Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/948,657.
Application 17/948,657 is a continuation of application No. 16/339,242, granted, now 11,480,438, previously published as PCT/US2016/056008, filed on Oct. 7, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0013114 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G06F 16/9537 (2019.01)
CPC G01C 21/3446 (2013.01) [G01C 21/3602 (2013.01); G01C 21/3667 (2013.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G06F 16/9537 (2019.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving a sequence of data captured by at least one user device, wherein each data entry in the sequence of data is associated with one of a corresponding plurality of geographic locations and a time of capture;
determining a path between the plurality of geographic locations;
determining a confidence indicator representative of whether the determined path corresponds to a demarked path, wherein the confidence indicator is based on one or more characteristics of the sequence of data;
identifying the path as corresponding to a demarked route, based on the confidence indicator;
marking the sequence of data as a demarked route;
providing, for display, a plurality of indicia representing a set of the geographic locations associated with the data entries for the demarked route; and
automatically providing, based on the sequence of data using the plurality of indicia, guidance along the demarked route.