Toyota Mapmaster Inc.

Yoshihiro Ui

Yumiko Yamashita

Naoki Kitagawa

A probe information storing unit is provided to store therein probe information items of a vehicle, and a voxel storing unit is provided to store therein voxels, which are defined and later described, in association with position information of the respective voxels. The voxels are defined in a three-dimensional space based on map data. The voxel storing unit and the probe information storing unit are referred to, and the probe information items are given, as votes, to the voxels that correspond to position information of the respective probe information items. A statistical process is executed to the probe information items given to each of the voxels, and the process results are associated with the respective voxels.

Probe information processing system, method for processing probe information, and tangible non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing computer program

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Nagoya, Japan

Yoshihiro Ui