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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2015
Zenrin Co., Ltd., Kitakyushu-shi, JP;
Shinji Ogata, Fukuoka, JP;
Hiroyuki Ohara, Kitakyushu, JP;
Hiroyuki Inatsuka, Kitakyushu, JP;
Tatsuya Yuba, San Bruno, CA (US);
Junichi Nakamura, Kitakyushu, JP;
ZENRIN Co., LTD., Kitakyushu-shi, JP;
Abstract
A location calculation system that includes circuitry that stores vector information regarding a plurality of first vectors each connecting a specific point-relevant location, that is associated with each of a plurality of specific points set along a road, with a location of a predetermined feature, in relation to position information regarding each position of the plurality of specific points; stores predetermined feature location information regarding the location of the predetermined feature; obtains image data ahead of a moving body; calculates a location of the predetermined feature in an image of the image data as obtained by the circuitry; calculates a location of the moving body based on the location of the predetermined feature as calculated by the circuitry and the vector information; and outputs the location of the moving body as calculated by the circuitry.