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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2011
Noboru Ihara, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Sasao, Tokyo, JP;
Masaru Yokoyama, Tokyo, JP;
Arata Sakurai, Tokyo, JP;
Noboru Ihara, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Sasao, Tokyo, JP;
Masaru Yokoyama, Tokyo, JP;
Arata Sakurai, Tokyo, JP;
NS Solutions Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus and method are disclosed. The method includes obtaining vacant space information of a parking lot, and obtaining a position and a direction of a car in the parking lot. The method further includes determining one or more vacant spaces existing in a traveling direction of the car, and determining one or more routes from the car location to a vacant space. Moreover, the method includes generating one or more virtual space images at least indicating a position of the vacant space in the parking lot, and transmitting the generated one or more virtual space images to the car.