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Patent No.:

US 9885580 B1

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Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 17, 2014
Applicant:

Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, Iwata-shi, Shizuoka-ken, JP;

Inventors:

Yuichi Kobayashi, Hamamatsu, JP;

Yuji Hiramatsu, Iwata, JP;

Hokuto Fujii, Iwata, JP;

Tsuyoshi Kamiya, Iwata, JP;

Assignee:

YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Iwata-shi, Shizuoka-ken, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 22/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2006.01); G01C 21/14 (2006.01); G01S 19/42 (2010.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3453 (2013.01); G01C 21/14 (2013.01); G01S 19/42 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/0231 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0207 (2013.01);
Abstract

A navigation method for a navigating apparatus of a moving device, including obtaining weight information that includes a plurality of weight coefficients and storing the weight information, detecting one or a plurality of paths through which the moving device is capable of moving, acquiring information regarding a position of a destination with respect to the moving device as destination positional information, acquiring information regarding characteristics of topography in surroundings of the moving device as topographical characteristics information, calculating worth correlation information regarding the one or plurality of detected paths to the destination using the acquired destination positional information, the acquired topographical characteristics information and the stored weight information, and estimating a worth score of each of the one or plurality of paths to the destination based on the calculated worth correlation information.


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Kobayashi, Yuichi. (2018). Navigation apparatus, simulation apparatus, moving device and navigation method (U.S. Patent No. 9885580). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9885580

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