System and method for displaying present position for moving object
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1. A system for displaying a present position of a moving object, comprising:
- (a) first means for detecting a running distance of the moving object;
(b) second means for detecting a running direction of the moving object;
(c) third means for initially setting the present position of the moving object;
(d) fourth means for deriving movement components in a horizontal direction per unit run distance and in a vertical direction per unit run distance when the moving object has moved on the basis of the unit run distance and running direction of the moving object derived from the first and second means;
(e) fifth means for accumulating respective movement components derived by the fourth means with an initially set position of the moving object derived by the third means as a start point to derive the present position of the moving object;
(f) sixth means for storing a locus data having the respective movement components in the horizontal and vertical directions per unit run distance derived by the fourth means;
(g) seventh means for storing a road map information;
(h) eighth means for selecting a road map information peripheral to the present position from the stored road map information of the seventh means;
(i) ninth means for storing a display information to superpose and display the present position of the moving object on the road map information selected by the eighth means;
(j) tenth means for displaying the contents of the ninth means on a screen thereof;
(k) eleventh means for executing a pattern recognition between a road form based on the road map and a running locus form of the moving object based on the locus data; and
(l) twelfth means for automatically correcting the present position of the moving object when a degree of coincidence between both patterns of the road form and locus form are relatively high.
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Abstract
A system and method for displaying a present position of a moving object on a road are disclosed in which a road map information surrounding the present position of the moving object is displayed together with the present position of the moving object and the present position of the vehicle which is derived on the basis of output signals of a running distance sensor and running direction sensor is automatically corrected through a pattern recognition between a form of a road on which the vehicle has travelled and a form of a running locus of the moving object.
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1. A system for displaying a present position of a moving object, comprising:
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(a) first means for detecting a running distance of the moving object; (b) second means for detecting a running direction of the moving object; (c) third means for initially setting the present position of the moving object; (d) fourth means for deriving movement components in a horizontal direction per unit run distance and in a vertical direction per unit run distance when the moving object has moved on the basis of the unit run distance and running direction of the moving object derived from the first and second means; (e) fifth means for accumulating respective movement components derived by the fourth means with an initially set position of the moving object derived by the third means as a start point to derive the present position of the moving object; (f) sixth means for storing a locus data having the respective movement components in the horizontal and vertical directions per unit run distance derived by the fourth means; (g) seventh means for storing a road map information; (h) eighth means for selecting a road map information peripheral to the present position from the stored road map information of the seventh means; (i) ninth means for storing a display information to superpose and display the present position of the moving object on the road map information selected by the eighth means; (j) tenth means for displaying the contents of the ninth means on a screen thereof; (k) eleventh means for executing a pattern recognition between a road form based on the road map and a running locus form of the moving object based on the locus data; and (l) twelfth means for automatically correcting the present position of the moving object when a degree of coincidence between both patterns of the road form and locus form are relatively high. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for displaying a present position of a moving object, comprising:
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(a) first means for detecting a running distance of the moving object; (b) second means for detecting a running direction of the moving object; (c) third means for initially setting the present position of the moving object; (d) fourth means for deriving movement components in a horizontal direction per unit run distance and in a vertical direction per unit run distance when the moving object has moved on the basis of the unit run distance and running direction of the moving object derived from the first and second means; (e) fifth means for accumulating respective movement components derived by the fourth means with an initially set position of the moving object derived by the third means as a start point to derive the present position of the moving object; (f) sixth means for storing a locus data having the respective movement components in the horizontal and vertical directions per unit run distance derived by the fourth means; (g) seventh means for storing a road map information; (h) eighth means for selecting a road map information peripheral to the present position from the stored road map information of the seventh means; (i) ninth means for storing a display information to superpose and display the present position of the moving object on the road map information selected by the eighth means; (j) tenth means for displaying the contents of the ninth means on a screen thereof; (k) eleventh means for executing a pattern recognition between a road form based on the road map and a running locus form of the moving object based on the locus data; and (l) twelfth means for automatically correcting the present position of the moving object according to a result of the pattern recognition executed by the eleventh means. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for displaying a present position of a moving object, comprising the steps of:
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(a) detecting a running distance of the moving object; (b) detecting a running direction of the moving object; (c) setting an initial present position of the moving object; (d) deriving movement components in a horizontal direction per unit run distance and in a vertical direction per unit run distance when the moving object has moved on the basis of the unit run distance and running direction of the moving object derived in the steps (a) and (b); (e) accumulating respective movement components derived in the step (d) with an initially set position of the moving object derived in the step (c) as a start point to derive the present position of the moving object; (f) storing a locus data having the respective movement components in the horizontal and vertical directions per unit run distance derived in the step (d); (g) storing a road map information; (h) selecting a road map information peripheral to the present position from the stored road map information; (i) storing a display information to superpose and display the present position of the moving object on the road map information selected in the step (h); (j) displaying the stored contents in the step (i) on a screen thereof; (k) executing a pattern recognition between a road form based on the road map and a running locus form of the moving object based on the locus data; and (l) automatically correcting the present position of the moving object according to a result of the pattern recognition executed the step (k).
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