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Title:
DEVICE FOR PROVIDING GUIDING INFORMATION, SERVER SYSTEM, METHOD FOR PROVIDING GUIDING INFORMATION, AND PROGRAM FOR MAKING COMPUTER PROVIDE GUIDING INFORMATION
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2004219411
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a device for providing a guiding information, capable of effectively providing the guiding information.

The device is provided with a network memory unit 7 memorizing a network data, containing segment data which represent a passage in a route guiding range, and point data representing a segmenting point of the passage by a guide map; a shape memory unit 8 for storing 3-D shape data in the range; an input unit 1 for inputting a starting point and a destination; a route searching unit 4 for searching a guide route, connecting the starting point and the destination based on the network data; a viewing point selection unit 10 for selecting a plurality of positions of viewing point candidates; a viewing point evaluation unit 6 for calculating the evaluation value of visibility for each candidate; a guiding map forming unit 9 for forming the guiding map, by determining the viewing point from among the plurality of the candidates, and projecting the 3-D shape data from the determined position of the viewing point; and a presentation unit 3 for presenting the formed guiding map to a user.


Inventors:
KOKOJIMA YASUYUKI
SUGIYAMA HIROSHI
KAMEYAMA KENICHI
DOI MIWAKO
Application Number:
JP2003423977A
Publication Date:
August 05, 2004
Filing Date:
December 22, 2003
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Assignee:
TOSHIBA CORP
International Classes:
G09B29/00; G01C21/00; G01C21/20; G01C21/34; G01C21/36; G09B29/10; (IPC1-7): G01C21/00; G06T17/40; G09B29/00; G09B29/10
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Takehiko Suzue
Satoshi Kono
Makoto Nakamura
Kurata Masatoshi
Sadao Muramatsu
Ryo Hashimoto