Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Clustering for K-anonymity in location trajectory data
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Application No.: US16036109Application Date: 2018-07-16
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Publication No.: US11562168B2Publication Date: 2023-01-24
- Inventor: Raghavendran Balu
- Applicant: HERE Global B.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: HERE Global B.V.
- Current Assignee: HERE Global B.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- Agency: Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC
- Main IPC: G06F3/00
- IPC: G06F3/00 ; G06K9/62 ; H04W4/38 ; G06F21/62 ; H04W4/02 ; G06F16/29

Abstract:
An apparatus for providing anonymity in geographic data for probe devices in a geographic region for a location-based service includes at least a database, a clustering calculator and an anonymity controller. The database stores trajectory data based on sequences of sensor measurements of the probe devices. The clustering calculator clusters the trajectory data, according to a first iteration threshold, into clusters each defined by a cluster point and compares distance for a first cluster from the clusters to cluster points of other clusters of the clusters. The clustering calculator selects a second cluster from the clusters based on the comparison of distances and merges the first cluster and the second cluster into a merged cluster. The anonymity controller modifies the trajectory data to provide a predetermined level of anonymity to locations from the trajectory data in response to the merged cluster.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200019815A1 CLUSTERING FOR K-ANONYMITY IN LOCATION TRAJECTORY DATA Public/Granted day:2020-01-16
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