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Title:
ROUTE SEARCH DEVICE, ROUTE SEARCH METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR ROUTE SEARCH
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2015145793
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a route search device capable of efficiently searching for a route while avoiding a passage avoidance area having a complex shape as a geographical area.SOLUTION: A navigation device NV for searching for a vehicle route includes: an interface 1 for acquiring passage-prohibited zone data indicating a passage-prohibited zone in which vehicle movement must be limited; a setting unit 2 for setting, on the basis of the passage-prohibited zone data, a rectangular range including the passage-prohibited zone and at least part of its outer edge adjoining the zone from the inside; a dividing unit 3 for dividing the rectangular range into a plurality of divided ranges; a determination unit 4 for determining, on the basis of each divided range, whether there is an overlap in each of the divided ranges between an area corresponding to any of the divided ranges and the passage-prohibited zone; and a search unit 5 for performing a search by excluding a road, etc., present in the area corresponding to the divided range in which it is determined that there is an overlap from a candidate, or by ensuring that the road, etc., will not be part of the route relatively to other roads, etc.

Inventors:
MATSUNAGA EIJI
AMANO HIROSHI
Application Number:
JP2014017871A
Publication Date:
August 13, 2015
Filing Date:
January 31, 2014
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Assignee:
PIONEER ELECTRONIC CORP
International Classes:
G01C21/34; G08G1/0968
Domestic Patent References:
JP2006267006A2006-10-05
JP2011099798A2011-05-19
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Patent Business Corporation Intect International Patent Office
Yasuo Ishikawa
Kazuyuki Oku