Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program causing computer to execute processing in information processing apparatus
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Application No.: US15359132Application Date: 2016-11-22
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Publication No.: US09915549B2Publication Date: 2018-03-13
- Inventor: Kazuomi Chiba
- Applicant: Alpine Electronics, Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: ALPINE ELECTRONICS, INC.
- Current Assignee: ALPINE ELECTRONICS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Brinks Gilson & Lione
- Priority: JP2016-004925 20160114
- Main IPC: G01C21/00
- IPC: G01C21/00 ; G01C21/36 ; G01C21/32

Abstract:
An information processing apparatus has a storage unit that stores road map information about road maps and a display control means for displaying a road map including road names on a display unit according to the road map information. The information processing apparatus includes a road name deciding means for deciding whether a road included in the road map has a road name, a facility deciding means for deciding, if the road name deciding means has decided that the road has no road name, whether a facility is related to the road, and a road name assigning means for assigning, if the facility deciding means has decided that a facility is related to the road, a name to the road on the basis of facility information about the facility.
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