Pioneer Corporation

Naohiko Ichihara

Hiroto Inoue

Takehiko Shioda

Ryujiro Fujita

Osamu Yamazaki

Shinichi Gayama

Hiroaki Shibasaki

Hideki Amano

Shinichi Sugie

A road view analyzing apparatus and a road view analyzing method that can obtain an accurate analysis result on a road view in front of a vehicle are provided. The road view analyzing apparatus includes a camera that is mounted on the vehicle to photograph a view in front of the vehicle, image dividing means for dividing the image of the view in front of the vehicle photographed by the camera into a plurality of areas with diagonal lines, and analyzing means for separately analyzing content of the image in each of the plurality of areas.

Apparatus and method for analyzing road view

A routing guide system has memory means provided outside a mobile body for storing data of images at a plurality of guide points. The routing guide system also has distance measuring means for measuring the distance from the current position of the mobile body to the next guide point. The routing guide system also has image request generation means for generating an image request for the next guide point when the distance measured by the distance measuring means is not more than a first predetermined distance. The routing guide system also has transmission means provided outside the mobile body for reading from the memory means an image of the next guide point in response to the image request and for transmitting that image to the mobile body. The routing guide system also has display control means for causing the mobile body to receive the image transmitted from the transmission means and causing a display device to display the image.

Routing guide system and method

A road landscape map producing apparatus loaded on a movable body for producing a road landscape map including road landscape information showing a surrounding landscape with road landscape classification items obtained by classifying the photographic images of the surrounding landscape into items such as 'streetscape', 'forest' and &#x201c;open road&#x201d; by way of image processing and based on a geographic position at which the surrounding image is photographed.

Road landscape map producing apparatus, method and program

A routing guide system includes route calculating means for calculating the route of a vehicle to a destination, image providing means for reading from storage means scenery images on the route calculated by the route calculating means, and display means for displaying the scenery images on the calculated route generated by the image providing means. The routing guide system also includes route confirming means for confirming as a set route the route calculated by the route calculating means, according to an operation, during or after display of the scenery images on the calculated route by means of the display means.

Route guidance system and method

A system controllerincludes a table data storagestoring table data for calculating the order of priority of each destination, and a priority destination list creatorfor creating a priority destination list based on the table data in such a manner that priorities of destinations that suit the preferences of the user will set high based on destination conditions set by the user and the stored table data.

Navigation apparatus, navigation method, route data creation program, and server in navigation system

An electronic system has (i) an information outputting apparatus having an output device for outputting a content information including at least one of an audio information and a video information and (ii) a navigation apparatus having an input device for inputting a destination in a movement of a movable body and a calculate device for calculating a necessary time length required for the movable body to arrive at the destination. A controlling apparatus is provided with: a selecting device for selecting the content information to be outputted during the movement of the movable body until the arrival at the destination, on the basis of an output time length information indicative of a time length required to output the content information, in response to the calculated necessary time length; and an output controlling device for controlling the output device so as to output the content information selected by the selecting device.

Apparatus for and method of controlling electronic system for movable body, electronic system for movable body, program storage device and computer data signal embodied in carrier wave

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Tsurugashima, Japan

Naohiko Ichihara