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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2011
Cheng LI, Nagoya, JP;
Cheng Li, Nagoya, JP;
Toyota Mapmaster Incorporated, Nagoya-shi, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
Systems for automatically specifying a tunnel entrance and methods that accomplish same. One method includes a target entrance selecting step for selecting, from a map data storing portion, a target entrance for specifying an entrance elevation of a tunnel, a target road link assigning step for assigning, from the map data storing portion, a road link, which includes the target entrance, as a target road link, a corrected point extracting step for extracting a certain point as a corrected point, the certain point being located along the target road link and away from the target entrance outwardly of the tunnel by a predetermined distance, a corrected point elevation specifying step for specifying an elevation of the corrected point as a corrected point elevation, and a first target entrance elevation specifying step for specifying the corrected point elevation as a first elevation of the target entrance.