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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2003
Yoshiyuki Kokojima, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroshi Sugiyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Kenichi Kameyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Miwako Doi, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshiyuki Kokojima, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroshi Sugiyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Kenichi Kameyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Miwako Doi, Kawasaki, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A guidance information providing apparatus comprises a first memory to store network data including line segment data representing a passage in a target area of route guidance in an information map and point data representing a connecting point of a passage, a second memory store three-dimensional shape data representing a three-dimensional shape of the target area, a route search unit which searches for a guiding route connecting an input departure place and destination, a setting unit which sets viewpoint position candidates, an evaluation unit which obtains an evaluation value, from each viewpoint position candidate, an generating unit which determines a viewpoint position, on the basis of the evaluation value of visibility from each viewpoint position candidate, and generates the information map by projecting the three-dimensional shape data, and a presentation unit which presents the generated information map to a user.