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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2014
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yasuo Mutoh, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G09B 29/10 (2006.01); G01C 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3446 (2013.01); G01C 21/34 (2013.01); G01C 21/00 (2013.01); G01C 21/3469 (2013.01); G09B 29/106 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a route comparison device including a point information acquisition unit for acquiring location information of a starting point and a goal point, a reference route acquisition unit for acquiring shape data of a reference route between the starting point and the goal point, a route search unit for searching for a route between the starting point and the goal point, and a degree-of-matching calculation unit for calculating, by comparing shape data of a found route which has been found by the route search unit and the shape data of the reference route, a degree of matching indicating a degree of correspondence between the routes.