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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2018
Ntt Docomo, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Naoharu Yamada, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Masahiro Inoue, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
NTT DOCOMO, INC., Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Abstract
To estimate a more useful destination for users. A destination estimation apparatuscomprises a travel route history registration unitstoring a positional information history as a history of positional information of a user, a positional information acquisition unitacquiring the positional information of the user, and a destination estimation unitestimating a destination of the user by taking a location indicated by the acquired positional information as a start point based on the stored positional information history. The destination estimation unitcalculates a reaching level as a degree the user is reaching the estimated destination based on the stored positional information history, and re-estimates a new destination by taking the estimated destination as a start point when the calculated reaching level is equal to or more than a prescribed threshold value.