Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha

Mitsubishi Electric Company

Atsushi Kohno

Mitsuo Shimotani

Masaharu Umezu

Tomoya Ikeuchi

Takehiko Koyasu

Kiyoshi Matsutani

Tomohiro Nakae

Yuta Kawana

Makoto Mikuriya

Reiko Okada

Yasushi Kodaka

Fumitaka Satou

Wataru Yamazaki

Fumitaka Sato

Masayuki Ishida

Minoru Ozaki

Yoshitsugu Sawa

Yukio Goto

Yoshihiko Utsui

Nori Matsuda

Hiroyuki Kumazawa

Tadatomi Ishigami

Akio Uekawa

Harumi Minemura

Norihiro Nishiuma

Yosuke Asai

Kazuma Kaneko

Kimihiko Izaki

Tatsuya Tsurukawa

A map information processing apparatus includes a map information storage unitfor storing map information which is separated into multiple layers, a layer-to-be-updated-with-addition determination processing unitfor determining one or more layers which are to be updated with addition of an unregistered road which has been detected during travel of a vehicle, and an unregistered road adding and updating unitfor adding the unregistered road to the map information storage unit to update the map information with the addition being aimed at the one or more layers determined by the layer-to-be-updated-with-addition determination processing unit.

Map information processing apparatus

An application controlling apparatus includes a basic application storage unitfor storing basic applicationstofor implementing basic functions, a basic application execution unitfor reading a basic application from the basic application storage unit so as to make the basic application be executed, an extended application acquisition/storage unitfor acquiring and storing extended applicationstofor implementing additional functions, an extended application execution unitfor reading an extended application from the extended application acquisition/storage unit so as to make the extended application be executed, and a resource monitor unitfor monitoring resources currently being consumed by the execution of the extended application, and for stopping a predetermined extended application while keeping the basic application running when the amount of usage of the resources exceeds a predetermined amount.

Application controlling apparatus and storage medium which stores software for the apparatus

A vehicle operating device includes: a voice operation unit () for recognizing an uttered voice and outputting a voice recognition result; a spatial operation unit () for recognizing a movement performed within a predetermined space and outputting a spatial recognition result; a main processing unit () for executing a processing corresponding to the voice recognition result and the spatial recognition result; and a display unit () for displaying an image generated in accordance with an instruction from the main processing unit, the image being superimposed on an actual scene that can be viewed through a windshield.

Multi-modal vehicle operating device

A map information processing apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a processor for calculating a vehicle position; a data generation unit for generating traveling locus data on the basis of the calculated vehicle position when the vehicle position deviates from a road; a registration unit for registering the traveling locus data generated by the data generation unit in a temporarily registered road list as a temporarily registered road; an operation unit for selecting one of temporarily registered roads registered in the temporarily registered road list; and an official registration unit for registering the selected temporarily registered road in an officially registered road list as an officially registered road in accordance with an instruction from the operation unit, generating road data on the basis of traveling locus data relating to the temporarily registered road, and adding the generated road data to a map data stored in a map data storage unit.

In an on-vehicle information providing device including an input devicefor inputting information corresponding to operation, on-vehicle information equipmentfor executing processing corresponding to the information input, an active safety systemfor monitoring surrounding conditions of the vehicle and generating caution information, a liquid crystal display devicefor displaying a processing result of the on-vehicle information equipment, and a head-up display (HUD)for displaying the information delivered from the on-vehicle information equipment or from active safety system, the on-vehicle information equipment sends, if any display interrupt request is made from the active safety system during execution of the display processing onto the HUD, a display switching control request to the HUD by suspending the display processing, and the HUD switches from a state of displaying the information from the on-vehicle information equipment to a state of displaying the information from the active safety system in response to the display switching control request from the on-vehicle information equipment.

On-vehicle information providing device

A navigation device includes a map information acquiring unitandfor acquiring map information, a positioning unitfor measuring a vehicle position, an input unitandfor inputting a search condition for a search for facilities which are search objects, a facility searching unitfor, when the vehicle position measured by the positioning unit is located on a dedicated road whose exits and entrances are predetermined, searching through the map information acquired by the map information acquiring unit for facilities existing on the dedicated road and facilities existing at a predetermined distance or less from an exit of the dedicated road, those facilities satisfying the search condition inputted from the input unit, and a display unitandfor displaying the facilities searched for by the facility searching unit in order of increasing distance from the vehicle position measured by the positioning unit.

Navigation device

A map information processing apparatus includes a road matching means () for comparing the road data with current position data to carry out map matching, an input unit () for inputting both a specified detection start point and a specified detection end point, an unregistered road detection means () to which both the specified detection start point and the specified detection end point are inputted, for detecting, as an unregistered road, a section between a detection start point and a detection end point of the unregistered road which are acquired on the basis of either the map matching carried out by the road matching means or the result of comparison between running track data and the road data, and a road data generating means () for generating road data corresponding to the detected unregistered road and storing the road data in a map data storage means.

A terminal writes first encrypted data in which a communication key and an owner ID are encrypted by using a public key into a second recording medium, and this medium is mounted to a communication apparatus so that the first encrypted data are transmitted to a server. The server sends second encrypted data which it acquires by encrypting a content decryption key by using the communication key which the server acquires by decrypting the received first encrypted data by using a secret key to the communication apparatus, and causes the communication apparatus to record them into the second recording medium. The terminal decrypts a content stored in a first recording medium by using the content decryption key which it acquires by decrypting the second encrypted data read from the second recording medium by using the communication key.

Content distribution system, terminal, and server

A program providing device include an emulation means for emulating a hardware environment and a software environment of a vehicle-mounted information system, a program receiving means for receiving a program which is developed for the vehicle-mounted information system, a constraints holding meansfor holding, as constraints, resource states and environment conditions of the vehicle-mounted information system, a program execution restricting meansfor restricting the operation of the program on the basis of the constraints held by the constraint holding means, and a program execution meansfor executing the program received from the program receiving means by using resources provided by the emulation means according to the restrictions provided by the program execution restricting means.

Program providing device, storage medium, and vehicle-mounted information system

A navigation apparatus includes an unregistered road detecting means for setting up a detection start point and a detection end point for an unregistered road on registered roads which are respectively located before and behind sections in which matching result data indicates a free state, respectively, the matching result data indicating a matching state when the vehicle is traveling each of the registered roads, for performing a coordinate transformation on a traveling path which is created from positioning data and which is extending between the two points so that the traveling path has coordinates which match with the coordinates of a registered road between them, and for detecting the coordinates of the unregistered road from a portion of the coordinate-transformed traveling path which does not overlap any registered road, and a road data generating means for creating road data about the unregistered road from the coordinates of the unregistered road.

Navigation apparatus

In an information distribution device for supporting an individual-adaptive system, when a car navigation system is employed as an individual-adaptive system, the system includes an individual identification section which can be connected to a portable cellular phone, enables entry of a portable cellular phone number from the portable cellular phone, and determines a setting status of a device in accordance with the input phone number; and an operation control section which controls the setting status of the device in accordance with the setting status determined by the individual identification section.

Individual-adaptive system and information distribution device based on a cellular telephone

When a car navigation unit receives a remotely inputted command transmitted from a personal digital assistant (PDA), the remotely inputted command is interpreted to generate display data. The display data is transmitted to the PDA.

Vehicle-mounted equipment, information unit, and vehicle-mounted information system

A traffic information detecting and distributing system including receiver for receiving current position information transmitted from a traffic information transmitting system for detecting and transmitting the current position information of a moving object, a traffic information collector for forming traffic information based on the current position information received, a traffic information distributor for distributing the traffic information to a traffic information user, a user identifier for identifying the traffic information user based on traffic information user identifying information, and a charging system for a charging the traffic information user for the traffic information used, based on the user identifying information. A traffic information transmitting system, a traffic information collecting and distributing system, and a traffic information collecting and distributing method provide traffic information over a wide range and properly charge for the traffic information use.

Traffic information transmitting system, traffic information collecting and distributing system and traffic information collecting and distributing method

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Atsushi Kohno