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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2005
Tomoya Ikeuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Masaharu Umezu, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Mikuriya, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuo Shimotani, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoya Ikeuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Masaharu Umezu, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Mikuriya, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuo Shimotani, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus includes a map information storage section () that stores map information on an area by area basis formed in meshes; a positioning section () for measuring its own present location; a new road detecting section () for deciding that a new road is detected when the present location is determined to be on a road not included in the map information; a new road registration decision section () for deciding that the new road is registerable to the map information stored in the map information storage section when the road density in the area including the new road is equal to or less than a predetermined value; and a new road registration section () for registering the new road to the map information stored in the map information storage section, when the new road is determined to be registerable.