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Information processing device

  • US 10,415,972 B2
  • Filed: 01/11/2011
  • Issued: 09/17/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An information processing device which registers in a map database, a charging point in which charging equipment is located at the time of charging of a mobile object, comprising:

  • a registration unit that receives positional information of the charging point from a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiving section of the mobile object and, in a case where the charging point is located within one of a parking lot and a shopping mall which is registered in the map database, registers in the map database at the time of charging of the mobile object, the charging point in association with positional information of one of the parking lot and the shopping mall; and

    a registration prohibition determination unit that, if the charging point is located within one of the parking lot and the shopping mall, determines whether the charging point has been registered or whether the charging point is prohibited from being registered; and

    wherein the registration unit stores information pertaining to positional information of one of the parking lot and the shopping mall and charging point hierarchically such that information pertaining to positional information of one of the parking lot and the shopping mall is stored into an upper level of the map database and positional information of the charging point is stored into a lower level, under said positional information of one of the parking lot and the shopping mall, in the map database, and registers the hierarchized data in the map database.

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