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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 1995
Filed:
Sep. 11, 1992
Akihito Shibata, Yokohama, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
High degree of accuracy of the position of a vehicle can be ensured by maintaining the continuity of the running path of the vehicle and by correcting the vehicle position to a vehicle position measured by a GPS navigation system when a positional deviation occurs due to sensor errors. Specifically, the vehicle positions are estimated in accordance with signals from sensors for detecting behaviors of the vehicle, and then the vehicle position is shifted onto a designated road having a feature coincident with that of the running path of the vehicle based upon data of the estimated vehicle positions. Further, the vehicle position is corrected to a position measured by use of a GPS receiver only when the cumulative value of distances of the positional shifts made by a number of cycles in past or in a predetermined running distance range exceeds a predetermined threshold value.