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Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025

Filed:

Jan. 24, 2020
Applicant:

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Yoshinori Ohashi, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3811 (2020.08); G01C 21/387 (2020.08);
Abstract

Provided are an environmental map management apparatus, an environmental map management method, and a program that can correct an environmental map to achieve an accurate association between the environmental map and a map indicated by given map data provided by a given map service. A common environmental map data storage unit () stores environmental map data that is generated based on sensing data acquired by a tracker and that indicates an environmental map. A pattern identification unit () identifies a predetermined pattern in the environmental map on the basis of the environmental map data. A corresponding element identification unit () identifies a linear element that appears in a map indicated by given map data provided by a given map service and that is associated with the predetermined pattern. A common environmental map data update unit () updates the environmental map data on the basis of a location of the linear element in the map indicated by the given map data.


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