ROUTE GUIDANCE APPARATUS AND METHOD
First Claim
1. A route guidance apparatus, comprising:
- a route receiver to receive at least two pieces of route information provided by at least two route providing servers;
a data converting unit to analyze the at least two pieces of route information and convert the analyzed at least two pieces of route information to a common data format;
a route classifier to classify the at least two converted pieces of route information into categories of similar routes based on a predetermined similarity level, and select one of the categories;
a route analyzer to select, from the selected category, one of the at least two pieces of route information to be a node route for each section node; and
a route generator to interconnect node routes selected for the respective section node, thereby generating an entire route.
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Abstract
Provided is a route guidance apparatus and method including receiving at least two pieces of route information provided from at least two route providing servers, analyzing the at least two pieces of route information and converting the at least two analyzed pieces of route information to a common data format, classifying the at least two converted pieces of route information into categories of similar routes based on a predetermined similarity level, selecting one of the categories, then selecting, from the selected category, one of the at least two pieces of route information to be a node route for each section node, and interconnecting node routes selected for the respective section nodes, thereby generating an entire route.
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20 Claims
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1. A route guidance apparatus, comprising:
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a route receiver to receive at least two pieces of route information provided by at least two route providing servers; a data converting unit to analyze the at least two pieces of route information and convert the analyzed at least two pieces of route information to a common data format; a route classifier to classify the at least two converted pieces of route information into categories of similar routes based on a predetermined similarity level, and select one of the categories; a route analyzer to select, from the selected category, one of the at least two pieces of route information to be a node route for each section node; and a route generator to interconnect node routes selected for the respective section node, thereby generating an entire route. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A route guidance method, comprising:
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receiving at least two pieces of route information provided from at least two route providing servers; analyzing the at least two pieces of route information and converting the at least two analyzed pieces of route information to a common data format; classifying the at least two converted pieces of route information into categories of similar routes based on a predetermined similarity level; selecting one of the categories; selecting, from the selected category, one of the at least two pieces of route information to be a node route for each section node; and interconnecting node routes selected for the respective section nodes, thereby generating an entire route. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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