Travel time calculating method and traffic information display method for a navigation device
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1. A travel time calculating method of a navigation device, wherein,said navigation device comprises a storage device which stores map data including link data of respective links constituting roads on a map, and statistical data including a travel time or a moving speed, which are determined by statistical values of traffic information collected in the past, wherein,said statistical data is classified by a collection condition of the traffic information, which is a basis for determining said statistical data, andthe navigation device is allowed to execute the following:
- a departure position/destination setting step which sets a departure position and a destination,a departure time candidate setting step which sets a plurality of departure time candidates, anda travel time calculating step which uses, with respect to each of said departure time candidates,said map data andsaid statistical data of the collecting conditions corresponding to statuses in passing through respective route constituting links, each constituting a route between said departure position and said destination,obtains travel times for said respective route constituting links, andfurther obtains a travel time between said departure position and said destination by summing up thus obtained travel times of respective route constituting links,wherein said statistical data includes a travel time or a moving speed by time zone for each of said links,said travel time calculating step calculates said travel time, by using,as the travel time of a first link constituting a route between said departure position and said destination, a travel time corresponding to a time zone including a departure time of said departure position included in said statistical data, or a travel time obtained from the moving speed corresponding to the time zone, andas the travel time of the (n)th route constituting link (n≧
2) constituting the route between said departure position and said destination, a travel time corresponding to a time zone including an expected arrival point of time at a termination node of (n−
1)th route constituting link, being connected to the (n) th route constituting link, or a travel time obtained from a moving speed corresponding to the time zone.
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Abstract
The navigation device of the present invention has a storage device which stores map data including link data of respective links constituting roads on a map, and statistical data including travel time (moving speed) which is determined by statistical values of traffic information collected in the past, with respect to each of the links. Then, the navigation device uses for each departure time candidate, the map data and the statistical data of collection conditions corresponding to the statuses upon passing each of the route constituting links which constitute the route, so as to obtain the travel time for each of the route constituting links. Thereafter, the travel times of respective route constituting links thus obtained are summed up, and the travel time between the departure position and the destination is obtained.
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14 Claims
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1. A travel time calculating method of a navigation device, wherein,
said navigation device comprises a storage device which stores map data including link data of respective links constituting roads on a map, and statistical data including a travel time or a moving speed, which are determined by statistical values of traffic information collected in the past, wherein, said statistical data is classified by a collection condition of the traffic information, which is a basis for determining said statistical data, and the navigation device is allowed to execute the following: -
a departure position/destination setting step which sets a departure position and a destination, a departure time candidate setting step which sets a plurality of departure time candidates, and a travel time calculating step which uses, with respect to each of said departure time candidates, said map data and said statistical data of the collecting conditions corresponding to statuses in passing through respective route constituting links, each constituting a route between said departure position and said destination, obtains travel times for said respective route constituting links, and further obtains a travel time between said departure position and said destination by summing up thus obtained travel times of respective route constituting links, wherein said statistical data includes a travel time or a moving speed by time zone for each of said links, said travel time calculating step calculates said travel time, by using, as the travel time of a first link constituting a route between said departure position and said destination, a travel time corresponding to a time zone including a departure time of said departure position included in said statistical data, or a travel time obtained from the moving speed corresponding to the time zone, and as the travel time of the (n)th route constituting link (n≧
2) constituting the route between said departure position and said destination, a travel time corresponding to a time zone including an expected arrival point of time at a termination node of (n−
1)th route constituting link, being connected to the (n) th route constituting link, or a travel time obtained from a moving speed corresponding to the time zone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A navigation device comprising a storing means which stores map data including link data of respective links constituting roads on a map, and statistical data including a travel time or a moving speed, which are determined by statistical values of the traffic information collected in the past, wherein,
said statistical data is classified by a collection condition of traffic information, which is a basis for determining said statistical data, and the navigation device includes: -
a departure position/destination setting means which sets a departure position and a destination, a departure time candidate setting means which sets a plurality of departure time candidates, and a travel time calculating means which uses, with respect to each of said departure time candidates, said map data and said statistical data of the collecting conditions corresponding to statuses in passing through respective route constituting links, each constituting a route between said departure position and said destination, obtains travel times for said respective route constituting links, and further obtains a travel time between said departure position and said destination by summing up thus obtained travel times of respective route constituting links, wherein said statistical data includes a travel time or a moving speed by time zone for each of said links, said travel time calculating step calculates said travel time, by using, as the travel time of a first link constituting a route between said departure position and said destination, a travel time corresponding to a time zone including a departure time of said departure position included in said statistical data, or a travel time obtained from the moving speed corresponding to the time zone, and as the travel time of the (n) th route constituting link (n≧
2) constituting the route between said departure position and said destination, a travel time corresponding to a time zone including an expected arrival point of time at a termination node of (n−
1)th route constituting link, being connected to the (n) th route constituting link, or a travel time obtained from a moving speed corresponding to the time zone. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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Current AssigneeAutoNavigare LLC
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Original AssigneeXanavi Informatics Corporation (Hitachi, Ltd.)
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InventorsAmaya, Shinichi, Endo, Yoshinori, Sumizawa, Akio
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Primary Examiner(s)Black; Thomas G.
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Assistant Examiner(s)LOUIE, WAE LENNY
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Application NumberUS10/811,966Publication NumberTime in Patent Office1,512 DaysField of Search701117-122, 701200-204, 701206-213, 701/217, 701/219, 340/990, 340/991, 340/993, 340/995, 340/988US Class Current701/209CPC Class CodesG01C 21/3492 employing speed data or tra...G01C 21/3691 Retrieval, searching and ou...G08G 1/0104 Measuring and analyzing of ...G08G 1/096888 where input information is ...
