Road information generating apparatus, road information generating method, and road information generating program
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1. A road information generating apparatus, comprising:
- a host vehicle location information acquiring unit that acquires host vehicle location information that indicates a location of a host vehicle;
an image information acquiring unit that acquires image information that includes a road along which the host vehicle is traveling;
a host vehicle travel lane detecting unit that detects a host vehicle travel lane in which the host vehicle is traveling based on the image information; and
a lane information registering unit that determines whether or not lane information that indicates a position of the host vehicle travel lane is registered on a storage medium, and in the case in which the lane information is not registered, generates lane information that indicates the position of the host vehicle travel lane based on the host vehicle location information, and registers the generated lane information on the storage medium.
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Abstract
Host vehicle location information that indicates the location of a host vehicle is acquired, image information that includes the road along which the host vehicle is traveling is acquired, a host vehicle travel lane in which the host vehicle is traveling is detected based on the image information, lane information that indicates the position of the host vehicle travel lane is generated based on the host vehicle location information, and this lane information is registered on a storage medium.
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1. A road information generating apparatus, comprising:
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a host vehicle location information acquiring unit that acquires host vehicle location information that indicates a location of a host vehicle; an image information acquiring unit that acquires image information that includes a road along which the host vehicle is traveling; a host vehicle travel lane detecting unit that detects a host vehicle travel lane in which the host vehicle is traveling based on the image information; and a lane information registering unit that determines whether or not lane information that indicates a position of the host vehicle travel lane is registered on a storage medium, and in the case in which the lane information is not registered, generates lane information that indicates the position of the host vehicle travel lane based on the host vehicle location information, and registers the generated lane information on the storage medium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A road information generating method, comprising the steps of:
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acquiring host vehicle location information that indicates a location of a host vehicle; acquiring image information that includes a road along which the host vehicle is traveling; detecting a host vehicle travel lane in which the host vehicle is traveling based on the image information; and determining whether or not lane information that indicates a position of the host vehicle travel lane is registered on a storage medium and, in the case in which the lane information is not registered, generating lane information that indicates the position of the host vehicle travel lane based on the host vehicle location information, and registering the generated lane information on the storage medium.
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6. A computer-readable medium having encoded thereon a road information generating program that makes a computer function as:
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a host vehicle location information acquiring unit that acquires host vehicle information that indicates location of a host vehicle; an image information acquiring unit that acquires image information that includes a road along which the host vehicle is traveling; a host vehicle travel lane detecting unit that detects the a host vehicle travel lane in which the host vehicle is traveling based on the image information; and a lane information registering unit that determines whether or not lane information that indicates a position of the host vehicle travel lane is registered on a storage medium, and in the case in which lane information is not registered, generates lane information that indicates the position of the host vehicle travel lane based on the host vehicle location information, and registers the generated lane information on the storage medium.
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