MAP INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, MAP INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, MAP INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

• US 20120023106A1
• Filed: 02/13/2009
• Published: 01/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Increment P Corporation (Pioneer Corporation), Pioneer Corporation
• Original Assignee: Increment P Corporation (Pioneer Corporation), Pioneer Corporation
• Inventors: Kurata, Tetsuya, Fukuhara, Wazo
• Application Number:
  US13/201,250
• Publication Number:
  US 20120023106A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/743
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3811 Point data, e.g. Point of Interest [POI]
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3815 Road data
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/004 Map manufacture or repair; Tear or ink or water resistant maps; Long-life maps printing processes for maps B41M3/02; by permanently attaching map sections to sheets B42B7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/007 using computer methods

Abstract

There are provided a map information processing apparatus, a map information processing method, a map information processing program and a recording medium, which provide house-contour data with valuable information such as address information and the like in an effective manner and with a high degree of accuracy, while remarkably minimizing time and cost as required.

Claims

1. A map information processing apparatus comprising:

a reading unit that reads first map data comprising road link information including house number range information indicative of a range of a house number and second map data comprising contour-coordinate information indicative of a group of coordinates by which planar contours of buildings or parcels of land are represented;

a selection unit that selects the contour-coordinate information corresponding to a single building or parcel of land of the buildings or parcels of land;

a road link specifying unit that specifies, based on the contour-coordinate information as selected, a nearest road link to the building or parcel of land corresponding to said contour-coordinate information;

a house number range information acquiring unit that acquires the house number range information of said road link information corresponding to the road link as specified;

a house number calculating unit that calculates, based on the house number range information as acquired, the house number of a point at an intersection of a perpendicular line drawn from a predetermined point to said road link as specified, with said road link, said predetermined point being placed on an outer edge of the planar contour of said building or parcel of land, presented by the contour-coordinate information as selected, or placed within an inside of said planar contour; and

a house number determining unit that determines, based on the house number as calculated, the house number, which is to be assigned to said contour-coordinate information as selected.

2. The map information processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

said first map data comprises POI (Point of Interest) information including a name of the POI and a house number;

said map information processing apparatus further comprises a POI house number acquiring unit which acquires the house number included in said POI information that is associated with said road link information corresponding to said road link as specified; and

said house number determining unit corrects, based on said house number as calculated and said house number as acquired, said house number as calculated, and determines the house number as corrected, as the house number to be assigned to said contour-coordinate information as selected.

3. The map information processing apparatus as claimed in claim 2, further comprises:

an association information generating unit that generates association information with which an association between said contour-coordinate information as selected and the POI information including said house number as determined is to be made.

4. A map information processing method comprising the steps of:

reading first map data comprising road link information including house number range information indicative of a range of a house number and second map data comprising contour-coordinate information indicative of a group of coordinates by which planar contours of buildings or parcels of land are represented;

selecting the contour-coordinate information corresponding to a single building or parcel of land of the buildings or parcels of land;

specifying step of specifying, based on the contour-coordinate information as selected, a nearest road link to the building or parcel of land corresponding to said contour-coordinate information;

acquiring the house number range information of said road link information corresponding to the road link as specified;

calculating, based on the house number range information as acquired, the house number of a point at an intersection of a perpendicular line drawn from a predetermined point to said road link as specified, with said road link, said predetermined point being placed on an outer edge of the planar contour of said building or parcel of land, presented by the contour-coordinate information as selected, or placed within an inside of said planar contour; and

determining, based on the house number as calculated, the house number, which is to be assigned to said contour-coordinate information as selected.

5. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a map information processing program, which causes a computer to function as:

a reading unit that reads first map data comprising road link information including house number range information indicative of a range of a house number and second map data comprising contour-coordinate information indicative of a group of coordinates by which planar contours of buildings or parcels of land are represented;

a selection unit that selects the contour-coordinate information corresponding to a single building or parcel of land of the buildings or parcels of land;

a road link specifying unit that specifies, based on the contour-coordinate information as selected, a nearest road link to the building or parcel of land corresponding to said contour-coordinate information;

a house number range information acquiring unit that acquires the house number range information of said road link information corresponding to the road link as specified;

a house number calculating unit that calculates, based on the house number range information as acquired, the house number of a point at an intersection of a perpendicular line drawn from a predetermined point to said road link as specified, with said road link, said predetermined point being placed on an outer edge of the planar contour of said building or parcel of land, presented by the contour-coordinate information as selected, or placed within an inside of said planar contour; and

a house number determining unit that determines, based on the house number as calculated, the house number, which is to be assigned to said contour-coordinate information as selected.

6. (canceled)