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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Naoki Iketani, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Solutions Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to an embodiment, a position detection device includes a position estimation unit and a position correction unit. The position estimation unit is configured to estimate a position of a moving object based on an absolute position of the moving object and a position change of the moving object obtained from autonomous navigation. The position correction unit is configured to correct, based on presence probability information which is information on each of a plurality of regions and indicates a higher probability as a presence frequency of the moving object is higher, the estimated position of the moving object so that the moving object is present at a position with a high probability.