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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2012
Toshihiro Kujirai, Kodaira, JP;
Reiko Kubo, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Kameda, Matsudo, JP;
Yoriko Kazama, Hanno, JP;
Takashi Watanabe, Tachikawa, JP;
Toshihiro Kujirai, Kodaira, JP;
Reiko Kubo, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Kameda, Matsudo, JP;
Yoriko Kazama, Hanno, JP;
Takashi Watanabe, Tachikawa, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An optimal path search system, which optimizes a travel path of a moving object, comprising: a path information database; and a path search unit that searches for an optimal path that exhibits a minimum travel cost borne by the moving object, from among travel paths of the moving object, wherein: the path search unit is configured to: determine destination points on the path network; search for at least one nearest node to each of destination points, search for a second travel path along which the moving object travels by passing through the at least one nearest node and all of the at least one destination point, determine the second travel path for which a travel cost is minimum; and search for the travel paths followed by using each of a plurality of moving means, respectively, in a case where the moving object travels along the optimal path.