MAP DATA UPDATE SYSTEM, MAP DATA UPDATE METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING MAP DATA UPDATE PROGRAM
    1.
    发明申请
    MAP DATA UPDATE SYSTEM, MAP DATA UPDATE METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING MAP DATA UPDATE PROGRAM 审中-公开
    地图数据更新系统,地图数据更新方法,计算机可读存储介质存储地图数据更新程序

    公开(公告)号:US20120065811A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-03-15

    申请号:US13255843

    申请日:2010-03-30

    IPC分类号: G06F7/00 G06F17/00 G01C21/26

    CPC分类号: G01C21/30 G01C21/32

    摘要: A map data update system includes a first storage portion that stores road network data that describes a road in terms of a connection relationship between a node and a link; an update portion that receives update data and updates the road network data based on the update data; a data obtaining portion that obtains additional data by a means that differs from a means that receives the update data; a second storage portion that stores the additional data including association information that indicates association between the additional data and the link; and a correcting portion that, when update processing of the road network data is executed by the update portion, the association information in the additional data that is associated with the link that is changed by the update processing.

    摘要翻译: 地图数据更新系统包括第一存储部分,其存储根据节点和链路之间的连接关系描述道路的道路网数据; 更新部分,其接收更新数据并根据更新数据更新道路网数据; 数据获取部分,通过与接收更新数据的手段不同的手段获得附加数据; 存储附加数据的第二存储部分,所述附加数据包括指示所述附加数据与所述链接之间的关联的关联信息; 以及校正部,当由所述更新部执行所述道路网数据的更新处理时,与通过所述更新处理而改变的所述链接相关联的附加数据中的所述关联信息。

    Vehicle position recognition device and vehicle position recognition program
    4.
    发明授权
    Vehicle position recognition device and vehicle position recognition program 有权
    车辆位置识别装置和车辆位置识别程序

    公开(公告)号:US08825364B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-09-02

    申请号:US12213040

    申请日:2008-06-13

    IPC分类号: G01C21/30

    CPC分类号: G01C21/30

    摘要: A vehicle location recognition apparatus includes a link determination unit which accurately determines a link traveled by a vehicle from among a plurality of links meeting at a narrow-angle branch point, on the basis of vehicle location information and road information, travel history information representing a route traveled by the vehicle at the branch point. The vehicle location recognition apparatus includes a history information generation unit for generating travel history information for the determined link. The travel history information is stored in a learning database. On the basis of the travel history information, a learning unit generates learned priority information representing the priorities of the respective links meeting at a branch point and used in the determination by the link determination unit.

    摘要翻译: 车辆位置识别装置包括链路确定单元,其基于车辆位置信息和道路信息,精确地确定从窄角分支点处的多个链路中的车辆行驶的链路,行驶历史信息表示 车辆在分支点行驶的路线。 车辆位置识别装置包括用于生成所确定的链路的旅行历史信息的历史信息生成单元。 旅行历史信息存储在学习数据库中。 基于旅行历史信息,学习单元生成表示在分支点处会议的各个链路的优先级的学习优先级信息,并且由链接确定单元进行确定。

    Feature information collecting apparatuses, methods, and programs
    5.
    发明授权
    Feature information collecting apparatuses, methods, and programs 有权
    特征信息采集装置,方法和程序

    公开(公告)号:US08213682B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-07-03

    申请号:US12073867

    申请日:2008-03-11

    IPC分类号: G06K9/00

    CPC分类号: G01C21/26 G01C21/32

    摘要: Apparatuses, methods, and programs acquire vehicle position information that represents a current position of a vehicle, acquire image information of a vicinity of the vehicle, and carry out image recognition processing of a target feature that is included in the image information to determine a position of the target feature. The apparatuses, methods, and programs store recognition position information that is based on the acquired vehicle position information and that represents the determined recognition position of the target feature. The apparatuses, methods, and programs determine an estimated position of the target feature based on a set of a plurality of stored recognition position information for the target feature, the plurality of stored recognition position information for the target feature being stored due to the target feature being subject to image recognition processing a plurality of times.

    摘要翻译: 装置,方法和程序获取表示车辆的当前位置的车辆位置信息,获取车辆附近的图像信息,并对包含在图像信息中的目标特征进行图像识别处理,以确定位置 的目标特征。 设备,方法和程序存储基于获取的车辆位置信息并且表示确定的目标特征的识别位置的识别位置信息。 装置,方法和程序基于目标特征的多个存储的识别位置信息的集合来确定目标特征的估计位置,由于目标特征,存储了目标特征的多个存储的识别位置信息 进行图像识别处理多次。

    Feature information management apparatuses, methods, and programs
    6.
    发明授权
    Feature information management apparatuses, methods, and programs 有权
    特征信息管理装置,方法和程序

    公开(公告)号:US08184861B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-05-22

    申请号:US12073876

    申请日:2008-03-11

    IPC分类号: G06K9/00

    摘要: Apparatuses, methods and programs store a plurality of target types, each target type having recognition attribute information indicating the likelihood that the target type will be recognized based on a type of road or a type of area. The apparatuses, methods and programs acquire vehicle position information indicating a current position of a vehicle, acquire image information in the vicinity of the vehicle, and acquire road attribute information about a road on which the vehicle is traveling, the road attribute information acquired based on the vehicle position information. The apparatuses, methods and programs determine a target type defining a target for image recognition within the image information, the target type being determined based on the acquired road attribute information and the stored recognition attribute information, and perform image recognition of a target feature included in the image information, the target feature being of the determined target type.

    摘要翻译: 设备,方法和程序存储多个目标类型,每个目标类型具有指示基于道路类型或区域类型将识别目标类型的可能性的识别属性信息。 所述装置,方法和程序获取指示车辆的当前位置的车辆位置信息,获取车辆附近的图像信息,并且获取关于车辆行驶的道路的道路属性信息,基于 车辆位置信息。 设备,方法和程序确定在图像信息内定义用于图像识别的目标的目标类型,基于所获取的道路属性信息和存储的识别属性信息确定目标类型,并执行包括在目标特征中的目标特征的图像识别 所述图像信息,所述目标特征是所确定的目标类型。

    Vehicle-position-recognition apparatuses, methods, and programs
    7.
    发明授权
    Vehicle-position-recognition apparatuses, methods, and programs 失效
    车辆位置识别装置,方法和程序

    公开(公告)号:US08155873B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-04-10

    申请号:US12213074

    申请日:2008-06-13

    IPC分类号: G01C21/36

    CPC分类号: G01C21/28 G06K9/00798

    摘要: Vehicle-position-recognition apparatuses, methods, and programs acquire current position information indicating a current position of a vehicle and acquire road information indicating at least one road based on a connection relationship between plural links. The apparatuses, methods, and programs determine a link where the vehicle travels based on the current position information and the road information and generate travel-history information indicating a route that the vehicle travels at a point where a link is branched based on the determined link. The apparatuses, methods, and programs acquire an image of an area surrounding the vehicle, recognize a recognition target in the acquired image, and store the generated travel-history information in the memory in association with information indicating the recognition of the recognition target. The apparatuses, methods, and programs generate learning-priority information indicating a priority of each link branched out at the branch point based on the stored travel-history information and the stored recognition information, the generated learning-priority information usable to determine on which of the links branched out at the branch point that the vehicle is traveling.

    摘要翻译: 车辆位置识别装置,方法和程序获取指示车辆的当前位置的当前位置信息,并且基于多个链路之间的连接关系获取指示至少一条道路的道路信息。 设备,方法和程序根据当前位置信息和道路信息确定车辆行驶的链接,并根据所确定的链路,生成表示车辆在分支点处行驶的路线的旅行历史信息 。 装置,方法和程序获取车辆周围的区域的图像,识别所获取的图像中的识别目标,并将生成的旅行历史信息与指示识别目标的识别的信息相关联地存储在存储器中。 所述装置,方法和程序基于所存储的旅行历史信息和所存储的识别信息,生成指示在分支点分支的每个链接的优先级的学习优先级信息,所生成的学习优先级信息可用于确定哪个 链路在车辆行驶的分支点处分支。

    Lane determining device, lane determining method and navigation apparatus using the same
    9.
    发明授权
    Lane determining device, lane determining method and navigation apparatus using the same 有权
    车道确定装置,车道确定方法和使用其的导航装置

    公开(公告)号:US08346473B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-01-01

    申请号:US12593772

    申请日:2008-05-23

    IPC分类号: G01C21/32

    摘要: A lane determining device includes: a feature information obtaining unit for obtaining feature information F of a target feature existing in each lane in the traveling direction of a vehicle 30, based on vehicle position information; an image recognizing unit for conducting image recognition processing of a feature type of the target feature in a vehicle lane, with respect to image information; and a lane accuracy determining unit for determining a vehicle lane accuracy for the respective lanes based on a type of a recognized feature fa shown in an image recognition result, feature types Ft1 to Ft4 of the target feature of the respective lanes shown in the feature information F, in accordance with a level of probability for each of the feature types Ft1 to Ft4 of the target feature of the respective lanes is recognized as the type of the recognized feature fa.

    摘要翻译: 车道确定装置包括:特征信息获取单元,用于基于车辆位置信息获得车辆30的行驶方向上存在于每个车道中的目标特征的特征信息F; 图像识别单元,用于相对于图像信息进行车道中的目标特征的特征类型的图像识别处理; 以及车道精度确定单元,用于基于图像识别结果中所示的识别特征fa的类型来确定各车道的车道准确度,特征信息中所示的各车道的目标特征的特征类型Ft1至Ft4 F根据各车道的目标特征的特征类型Ft1至Ft4的概率的等级被识别为识别的特征fa的类型。

    Feature extraction method, and image recognition method and feature database creation method using the same
    10.
    发明授权
    Feature extraction method, and image recognition method and feature database creation method using the same 有权
    特征提取方法,图像识别方法和特征数据库创建方法使用相同

    公开(公告)号:US08452101B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-05-28

    申请号:US12451078

    申请日:2008-05-30

    IPC分类号: G06K9/66

    CPC分类号: G06K9/00798

    摘要: A feature extraction method includes: the step of grouping a cluster of features, in which an internal of the respective features is less than or equal to a predetermined grouping interval, to form a feature group, for a plurality of features of which feature information including at least information of a position and a feature type is included in a predetermined feature information storage unit; the step of excluding the feature, not suitable for use in an image recognition process of the feature with respect to image information, from the cluster of the features within the feature group; and the step of extracting a part or all of one or more of the features within the feature group remaining as a result of the exclusion step as a target feature suitable for the use in the image recognition process.

    摘要翻译: 特征提取方法包括:对于多个特征,对特征的一组特征进行分组,其中各个特征的内部小于或等于预定的分组间隔以形成特征组,其特征信息包括 位置和特征类型的至少信息被包括在预定特征信息存储单元中; 从特征组中的特征的集群排除不适合用于相对于图像信息的特征的图像识别处理的特征的步骤; 以及将作为排除步骤的结果剩余的特征组中的一个或多个特征的一部分或全部的部分或全部提取为适合于在图像识别处理中使用的目标特征的步骤。