POSITION REGISTERING APPARATUS, POSITION REGISTERING METHOD, POSITION REGISTERING PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

• US 20090281725A1
• Filed: 03/16/2007
• Published: 11/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
• Original Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
• Inventors: Sakata, Daisuke
• Granted Patent: US 8,456,326 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/208
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3679 Retrieval, searching and output of POI information, e.g. hotels, restaurants, shops, filling stations, parking facilities G01C21/3611 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3685 the POI's being parking facilities
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/14 indicating individual free spaces in parking areas
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/007 using computer methods
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/10 Map spot or coordinate position indicators; Map reading aids optical projection apparatus per se G03B
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/106 using electronic means

Abstract

An acquiring section (101) acquires moving state information representing the moving state of a mobile object. A position identifying section (102) identifies the current position of the mobile object according to the moving state information and map information. When the current position of the moving object is judged to be identified as a place other than the road where the mobile object has been moving, a registering section (103) registers the deviation position from the road as an entrance position of a parking lot in storage means. If an entrance position of the parking lot is registered around the new deviation position when the new deviation position is registered as an entrance of the parking lot, the registering section (103) judges from the information on these entrance positions whether or not the new deviation position is newly registered as an entrance position of the parking lot.

Claims

1-15. -15. (canceled)

16. A position registering apparatus comprising:

an acquiring unit that acquires traveling state information indicating a traveling state of a mobile object;

a position identifying unit that identifies a current position of the mobile object based on the traveling state information and map information; and

a registering unit that registers, into a storage unit, a first deviation point from a road as a first entrance point to a parking lot when the current position identified to be on the road is subsequently identified not to be on any road, wherein

the registering unit, when a second deviation point is in a vicinity of the first entrance point, determines whether the second deviation point is to be registered as a second entrance point to the parking lot based on information concerning the first entrance point and executes a process based on a determination result.

17. The position registering apparatus according to claim 16, wherein

the registering unit registers the second deviation point, when the second deviation point is from a road different from the road including the first entrance point.

18. The position registering apparatus according to claim 16, further comprising an entering-method determining unit that determines an entering method based on the traveling state information when the current position of the mobile object identified to be on the road is subsequently identified not to be on any road, wherein

the registering unit correlates and registers the entering method with the first entrance point, into the storage unit, and

the registering unit registers the second deviation point when the second deviation point is from the road including the first entrance point and an entering direction corresponding to the second deviation point is different from an entering direction of the entering method correlated and registered with the first entrance point.

19. The position registering apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the registering unit does not register the second deviation point when the second deviation point is from the road including the first entrance point and the entering direction corresponding to the second deviation point is identical to the entering direction of the entering method correlated and registered with the first entrance point.

20. The position registering apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the registering unit registers into the storage unit, a first returning point onto a road as a first exit point from the parking lot, when the current position identified not to be on any road is subsequently identified to be on a road after the first entrance point is registered, and

the registering unit, when a second returning point is in a vicinity of the first exit, determines whether the second returning point is to be registered as a second exit point from the parking lot based on information about the first exit point and executes a process based on a determination result.

21. A position registering apparatus comprising:

an acquiring unit that acquires traveling state information indicating a traveling state of a mobile object;

a position identifying unit that identifies a current position of the mobile object based on the traveling state information and map information;

a destination setting unit that sets a destination;

a parking determining unit that determines whether the mobile object is parked; and

a registering unit that registers into a storage unit, a first deviation point from a road as a first entrance point to a parking lot of the destination when the mobile object is determined to be parked after the current position identified to be on the road within a predetermined range from the destination is subsequently identified not to be on any road, wherein

the registering unit, if the first entrance point has been registered, determines whether a second deviation point is to be registered as a second entrance point to the parking lot of the destination based on information about the first entrance point and executes a process based on a determination result.

22. The position registering apparatus according to claim 21, wherein the registering unit registers the second deviation point when a distance between the second deviation point and the first entrance point exceeds a predetermined value.

23. The position registering apparatus according to claim 21, wherein the registering unit registers the second deviation point when a distance between the second deviation point and the first entrance point does not exceed a predetermined value and the second deviation point is from a road different from the road including the first entrance point.

24. The position registering apparatus according to claim 21, further comprising an entering-method determining unit that determines an entering method based on the traveling state information when the current position of the mobile object identified to be on the road is subsequently identified not to be on any road, wherein

the registering unit correlates and registers the entering method with the first entrance point into the storage unit, and

the registering unit registers the second deviation point as a second entrance point to the parking lot of the destination when a distance between the second deviation point and the first entrance point does not exceed a predetermined value, the second deviation point is from the road including the first entrance point, and an entering direction corresponding to the second deviation point is different from an entering direction of the entering method correlated and registered with the first entrance point.

25. The position registering apparatus according to claim 24, wherein the registering unit does not register the second deviation point, when a distance between the second deviation point and the first entrance point does not exceed a predetermined value, the second deviation point is from the road including the first entrance point, and the entering direction corresponding to the second deviation point is identical to the entering direction of the entering method correlated and registered with the first entrance point.

26. The position registering apparatus according to claim 21, wherein the registering unit registers into the storage unit, a first returning point onto a road as a first exit point of the parking lot of the destination, when the current position identified not to be on any road is subsequently identified to be on a road after the first entrance point is registered, and

the registering unit, if the first exit point of the parking lot of the destination has been registered, determines whether a second returning point is to be registered as a second exit point from the parking lot of the destination based on information about the first exit point and executes a process based on a determination result.

27. A position registering method comprising:

an acquiring step of acquiring traveling state information indicating a traveling state of a mobile object;

a position identifying step of identifying a current position of the mobile object based on the traveling state information and map information; and

a registering step of registering, into a storage unit, a first deviation point from a road as a first entrance point to a parking lot when the current position identified to be on the road is subsequently identified not to be on any road, wherein

the registering step, when a second deviation point is in a vicinity of the first entrance point, include determining whether the second deviation point is to be registered as a second entrance point to the parking lot based on information concerning the first entrance point and executing a process based on a determination result.

28. A position registering method comprising:

an acquiring step of acquiring traveling state information indicating a traveling state of a mobile object;

a position identifying step of identifying a current position of the mobile object based on the traveling state information and map information;

a destination setting step of setting a destination;

a saving step of temporarily saving a first deviation point from a road when the current position identified to be on the road within a predetermined range from the destination is subsequently identified not to be on any road;

a parking determining step of determining whether the mobile object is parked when the current position is identified not to be on any road; and

a registering step of registering the first deviation point as a first entrance point to the parking lot of the destination when the deviation point is within a predetermined range from the destination and the mobile object is determined to be parked, wherein

the registering step, if the first entrance point to the parking lot of the destination has been registered, includes determining whether a second deviation point is to be registered as a second entrance point to the parking lot of the destination based on information about the first entrance point and executing a process based on a determination result.

29. A computer-readable recording medium storing therein the position-registering computer program causing a computer to execute:

an acquiring step of acquiring traveling state information indicating a traveling state of a mobile object;

a position identifying step of identifying a current position of the mobile object based on the traveling state information and map information; and

a registering step of registering, into a storage unit, a first deviation point from a road as a first entrance point to a parking lot when the current position identified to be on the road is subsequently identified not to be on any road, wherein

the registering step, when a second deviation point is in a vicinity of the first entrance point, include determining whether the second deviation point is to be registered as a second entrance point to the parking lot based on information concerning the first entrance point and executing a process based on a determination result.

30. A computer-readable recording medium storing therein the position-registering computer program causing a computer to execute:

an acquiring step of acquiring traveling state information indicating a traveling state of a mobile object;

a position identifying step of identifying a current position of the mobile object based on the traveling state information and map information;

a destination setting step of setting a destination;

a saving step of temporarily saving a first deviation point from a road when the current position identified to be on the road within a predetermined range from the destination is subsequently identified not to be on any road;

a parking determining step of determining whether the mobile object is parked when the current position is identified not to be on any road; and

a registering step of registering the first deviation point as a first entrance point to the parking lot of the destination when the deviation point is within a predetermined range from the destination and the mobile object is determined to be parked, wherein

the registering step, if the first entrance point to the parking lot of the destination has been registered, includes determining whether a second deviation point is to be registered as a second entrance point to the parking lot of the destination based on information about the first entrance point and executing a process based on a determination result.