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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Keiichi Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus capable of integrating maps with high accuracy while maintaining the degree of freedom of the movement route in map creation, acquires map data generated in accordance with movement of a movable apparatus, acquires characteristic information for identifying a partial region of a movement route of the movable apparatus, records the characteristic information in association with the map data, recognizes a common region by comparing the characteristic information recorded in association with the map data at a predetermined point in time with a plurality of pieces of the characteristic information recorded in association with the map data prior to the predetermined point in time, and integrates a plurality of pieces of the map data on the basis of the recognized common region.