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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2008
Atsushi Asai, Kanagawa, JP;
Junpei Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Takeki Osada, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Suzuno, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Asai, Kanagawa, JP;
Junpei Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Takeki Osada, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Suzuno, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes a three-dimensional map data storage unit for storing three-dimensional map data for use in projecting a three-dimensional space on a map onto a plane, a location information storage unit for storing location information including a type of geographical objects at points spaced at predetermined intervals on the map, a present position storage unit for storing a present position on the map, an operation input receiving unit for receiving an operation input, a collision determination unit for determining the possibility of occurrence of collision in a course from the present position to an end point, a correction unit for correcting the end point based on the determined possibility of occurrence of collision and shifting the present position to the corrected end point, and a drawing unit for drawing a three-dimensional image, the three-dimensional image produced by projecting onto the plane the three-dimensional space on the map.