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Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 03, 2015
Applicant:

Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);

Inventors:

Toshihisa Nakano, Osaka, JP;

Tohru Wakabayashi, Hyogo, JP;

Yuko Yamamoto, Kyoto, JP;

Masahiro Ito, Osaka, JP;

Kimio Minami, Nara, JP;

Kazuo Okamura, Osaka, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G06T 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G09B 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3667 (2013.01); G01C 21/3605 (2013.01); G01C 21/3644 (2013.01); G01C 21/3676 (2013.01); G01C 21/3694 (2013.01); G06F 17/3028 (2013.01); G06F 17/30268 (2013.01); G06T 1/0007 (2013.01); G09B 29/007 (2013.01);
Abstract

A route display method for display on a terminal apparatus comprises: acquiring starting point information indicating a starting point and destination information indicating a destination; generating route information indicating a route from the starting point to the destination, wherein the route information includes a plurality of passing points; extracting captured images corresponding to the plurality of the passing points from a database which stores the captured images in relation to corresponding image capturing locations respectively, wherein each of the image capturing locations is within a range from the each of the plurality of the passing points; and displaying the extracted captured images in association with a map image sequentially in an order from a first captured image corresponding to a first passing point closest to the starting point to a second captured image corresponding to a second passing point closest to the destination.


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