Patent ID: 6453246
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: B01J,C40B,G06K,G06T,G16C

Abstract:
A computerized method for generating mapping coordinates, wherein one or more pairs of objects are related by associated pair-wise relationships with bounded uncertainties, the method comprising the steps of:(1) placing a set of objects on a display map; (2) selecting a sub-set of objects from the set of objects, wherein the sub-set of objects includes at least one associated relationship between the objects in the sub-set; (3) revising at least one distance between the objects on the display map based on the at least one associated relationship and the at least one distance, only when the at least one distance falls outside a set of allowable ranges of relationship values; (4) repeating steps (2) and (3) for additional sub-sets of objects from the set of objects; and (5) generating mapping coordinates for the set of objects.