Xanavi Informatics Corporation

Clarion Co

Nissan Motor Company Limited

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.

Akio Sumizawa

Yoshinori Endo

Kishiko Maruyama

Atsushi Hiroike

Akinori Asahara

Wataru Oikubo

Takashi Ueno

Shinichi Amaya

Hiroshi Minagawa

Manabu Morita

Toshimi Abo

Shigeru Shimada

Ryosuke Takeuchi

Satoshi Kurihara

Taketo Tsuburaya

Hideo Fujiwara

Takashi Nomura

Masaaki Tanizaki

Akito Yamamoto

Arata Hayashi

Kenichi Maruta

Mituteru Satou

Yuki Inoue

Tomoyo Hayashi

Akihiro Kaneko

Takayuki Sakakibara

This vehicle control system () is configured from a vehicle control device () installed in a vehicle and a server () connected to the vehicle control device () via a network. The server () is equipped with: a virtual lane generation section which generates virtual lane information relating to a virtual lane virtually set on a road on the basis of at least the travelling locus of another vehicle other than the vehicle; and a server communication section () which transmits, to the vehicle control device, the virtual lane information generated by the virtual lane generation section. The vehicle control device () is equipped with: a vehicle communication section () which receives the virtual lane information from the server (); a target course generation section () which generates a target course of the vehicle on the basis of the virtual lane information; a vehicle control section () which causes the vehicle to move along the target course generated by the target track generation section ().

Vehicle control system and vehicle control device

A guide route matching with the characteristic of vehicle control is searched to reduce the frequency at which re-search of a guide route is executed. A navigation device includes an information input unit for acquiring a control condition for controlling the traveling of the vehicle as control characteristic information from an autonomous driving control device, and a route searching unit for searching a guide route for the vehicle satisfying the control condition based on the control characteristic information acquired by the information input unit. Accordingly, the guide route matching with the control characteristic of the vehicle can be searched.

Route searching apparatus and route searching method

To make it possible to execute processing taking into account the fact that a plurality of lanes are provided in a road. An automatic driving support deviceincludes a map databaseincluding lane information concerning lanes of a road, a position specifying sectionthat specifies a present position of a vehicle, and a recommended-lane selecting sectionthat calculates, on the basis of the lane information, a recommendation degree of each of lanes of a road on which the vehicle is traveling and selects, on the basis of the calculated recommendation degree, a lane in which the vehicle travels. Therefore, it is possible to select a recommended lane taking into account the fact that a plurality of lanes are provided in a road.

Lane selecting device, vehicle control system and lane selecting method

The present invention provides a technology capable of allowing a user to search and retrieve facilities in an appropriate manner. An information terminal includes a facility storage unit for storing information on facilities, a first facility search unit for searching and retrieving the facilities stored based on a designated search condition, and a second facility search unit for requesting, via a network, a facility information providing device for providing the information on the facilities to provide facility information based on the designated search condition. It is determined which of the first and second facility search units is to be used to search and retrieve the facilities, and the results retrieved by the first or the second unit are displayed.

Information terminal and program

Provided are navigation technologies capable of preferentially guiding a vehicle to a route of a driving lane that can be available if given conditions are met. A navigation device is provided with a storage unit adapted to store lane information including the presence or absence of a driving lane that can be available if given conditions are met (hereinafter referred to as a conditional lane), a conditional-lane determining unit adapted to determine whether a vehicle equipped with the navigation device meets the conditions for driving in the conditional lane, and a route searching unit adapted to search a recommended route to a destination, wherein said route searching unit uses lane information to preferentially search for a route which utilizes a road including the conditional lane, when the conditional-lane determining unit determines that the aforementioned conditions are met.

Navigation device and method of searching route by the same

Disclosed is navigation technology for providing guidance for HOV lanes in a more readily understandable manner. A navigation device is provided with: a storage unit adapted to store lane information including the set-up of lanes which can be used when a predetermined condition is fulfilled (hereafter referred to as conditional lanes); a route guidance unit adapted to provide guidance for a recommended route to a destination; and a guidance unit adapted to provide guidance for entrances and exits for conditional lanes. If travelling along a conditional lane makes it impossible to continue without deviating from the recommended route, the guidance unit provides guidance that the conditional lane should not be entered from an entrance to the conditional lane or inhibits guidance on the presence of an entrance to the conditional lane.

Navigation device and guidance method thereof

A navigation system includes: a storage unit having stored therein roadmap data, first statistical traffic information data pertaining to a first area which are created based upon a first standard related to a time applicable to the first area, and second statistical traffic information data pertaining to a second area which are created based upon a second standard related to a time applicable to the second area; a search unit that searches for a recommended route; and an estimated time of arrival calculation unit that calculates an estimated time of arrival based upon the roadmap data, the first statistical traffic information data and the second statistical traffic information data. The estimated time of arrival calculation unit executes calculation processing of the estimated time of arrival in compliance with the first standard and the second standard.

Navigation system

An on-vehicle information terminal includes a traffic information obtaining unit that obtains traffic information through wireless communication, a telematics information obtaining unit that obtains telematics information provided from a distribution server via a mobile communication network, a selection unit that selects either the traffic information or the telematics information when contents of the traffic information and contents of the telematics information are different, and a traffic condition indicating unit that indicates road traffic conditions based upon either the traffic information or the telematics information having been selected by the selection unit.

On-vehicle information terminal and information distribution system

An on-vehicle information terminal includes a traffic information obtaining unit that obtains traffic information including at least either weather information or event information through wireless communication, a decision-making unit that makes a decision, based upon at least either the weather information or the event information, as to whether or not telematics information provided by a distribution server via a mobile communication network is to be downloaded, and a download unit that downloads the telematics information via the mobile communication network if the decision-making unit has determined that the telematics information is to be downloaded.

This on-vehicle map display apparatus comprises a map scale setting unit that sets a map scale, a summary map generation unit that generates a summary map by abbreviating road shapes if a map scale that is less than a predetermined scale is set by the map scale setting unit, a summary map display control unit that displays the summary map generated by the summary map generation unit upon a display monitor, a congestion information acquisition unit that acquires congestion information, and a congestion information display control unit that displays the congestion information acquired by the congestion information acquisition unit as superimposed upon the summary map displayed upon the display monitor by the summary map display control unit.

On-vehicle map display apparatus, map display method

Distribution map data for distributing a map by communication includes road data representing position information on the roads contained in a plurality of compartments and integrating name data for integrating name information for the same roads contained in the plurality of compartments without duplicating them.

Computer product having distribution map data, distribution map data generating method, distrubution map data generating apparatus and terminal device

This navigation apparatus includes a road setting unit that sets a road to be traversed between a departure point and a destination, the road being constituted by links for each of which a predetermined link cost is set, a replacement unit that replaces the links constituting the road to be traversed that has been set by the road setting unit, with a virtual link whose link cost is set to be smaller than the total of the link costs of the links for the road to be traversed, and a route search unit that searches for a recommended route from the departure point to the destination, based upon link costs set for links that constitute roads other than the road to be traversed, and the link cost set for the virtual link with which the road to be traversed has been replaced by the replacement unit.

Navigation apparatus, navigation system and route search method

A map update system includes: a navigation apparatus that provides guidance from a current position to a destination having been set based upon map data stored therein and downloads various types of information requested by a user; and a providing apparatus that provides the various types of information to be downloaded at the navigation apparatus, and: the providing apparatus transmits the various types of information and update information related to an update of map data to the navigation apparatus in response to a download request transmitted from the navigation apparatus; and the navigation apparatus issues a notice related to the update of the map data based upon the update information transmitted from the providing apparatus, while downloading the various types of information.

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Zama, Japan

Akio Sumizawa