Sony Corporation

Yasuo Mutoh

Hiroshi Amano

Takumi Arie

Yoshimi Nakada

There is provided a route search apparatus including a measuring unit configured to measure a traveling distance or a traveling time, a position information acquiring unit configured to acquire position information of a current point, a start point registering unit configured to register the position information, which is acquired by the position information acquiring unit when the measuring unit starts the measurement, as position information of a start point, and a route searching unit configured to, if an operation of returning to the start point is detected, search a return route between the current point designated as a departure point when the operation of returning to the start point is detected and the start point designated as a destination.

Route search apparatus and route search method

Provided is a route comparison device including a point information acquisition unit for acquiring location information of a starting point and a goal point, a reference route acquisition unit for acquiring shape data of a reference route between the starting point and the goal point, a route search unit for searching for a route between the starting point and the goal point, and a degree-of-matching calculation unit for calculating, by comparing shape data of a found route which has been found by the route search unit and the shape data of the reference route, a degree of matching indicating a degree of correspondence between the routes.

Route comparison device, route comparison method, and program

There is provided a route search apparatus including a measuring unit configured to measure a traveling distance or a traveling time, a position information acquiring unit configured to acquire position information of a current point. a start point registering unit configured to register the position information, which is acquired by the position information acquiring unit when the measuring unit starts the measurement, as position information of a start point, and a route searching unit configured to, if an operation of returning to the start point is detected, search a return route between the current point designated as a departure point when the operation of returning to the start point is detected and the start point designated as a destination.

Route search apparatus, route search method, and program

A device, system and method of embodiments of the invention include a route comparison device having circuitry configured to acquire location information of a starting point and a goal point, acquire shape data of a reference route between the starting point and the goal point, search for a route between the starting point and the goal point, and calculate, by comparing shape data of a found route which has been found and the shape data of the reference route, a degree of matching indicating a degree of correspondence between the routes.

Disclosed herein is an electronic device including: a reader configured to read information from a noncontact-type communications device storing unique identification information; and a controller configured to determine whether the identification information read by the reader is already registered or not yet registered and, if the identification information is found already registered, get user setting information corresponding to the identification information to execute setting processing on the basis of the user setting information and, if the identification information is found not yet registered, execute processing for registering the identification information.

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Yasuo Mutoh