Map editing-and-displaying apparatus, map managing system, map managing method, and map storing medium

• US 7,647,341 B2
• Filed: 04/25/2003
• Issued: 01/12/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Ojima, Yasuo
• Primary Examiner(s): Rones; Charles
• Assistant Examiner(s): Adams; Charles D
• Application Number:
  US10/423,639
• Publication Number:
  US 20030204520A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,454 Days
• Field of Search: 701/200, 701/212, 701/208, 340/995.15, 703/2, 704/236, 715/885
• US Class Current: 707/805
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3856 Data obtained from user input

Abstract

Provided is a map editing-and-displaying system that acquires partial map data from a database that contains map data. The partial map data includes appended index data. The system automatically assigns a map name to the partial map data based on the appended index data. A user can then identify and select the map according to the assigned map name.

Claims

1. A map editing apparatus for editing partial map data acquired from a map database, the map editing apparatus comprising:

a control section connected to a map data storing section which stores address index data of a whole country, wherein the map data storing section comprises a recording device, and

wherein the address index data of the whole country has a tree structure, and includes name data of states, name data of cities which are children of each of the states, name data of towns which are children of each of the cities, and name data of streets which are children of each of the towns; and

wherein the control section executes;

a checking process for checking the name data of cities related to the partial map data by using address index data appended to the partial map data;

an obtaining process for obtaining a number of cities included in the address index data appended to the partial map data per state, for each of the states corresponding to the name data of the cities obtained by the checking process, by using the address index data of the whole country and the name data of the cities obtained by the checking process;

an obtaining process for obtaining a total number of cities per state for each of the states by using the address index of the whole country; and

an assigning process for assigning the name data of a state, in which a proportion of the number of the cities included in the address index appended to the partial map data per said state to the total number of the cities per said state is equal to or greater than a predetermined ratio, to the partial map data.

2. A map editing apparatus for editing partial map data acquired from a map database, the map editing apparatus comprising:

a control section connected to a map data storing section which stores address index data of a whole country, wherein the map data storing section comprises a recording device, and

wherein the address index data of the whole country has a tree structure, and includes name data of states, name data of cities which are children of each of the states, name data of towns which are children of each of the cities, and name data of streets which are children of each of the towns; and

wherein the control section executes;

a checking process for checking the name data of towns related to the partial map data by using address index data appended to the partial map data;

an obtaining process for obtaining a number of towns included in the address index data appended to the partial map data per city, for each of the cities corresponding to the name data of the towns obtained by the checking process, by using the address index data of the whole country and the name data of the towns obtained by the checking process;

an obtaining process for obtaining a total number of towns per city for each of the cities by using the address index of the whole country; and

an assigning process for assigning the name data of a city, in which a proportion of the number of the towns included in the address index appended to the partial map data per said city to the total number of the towns per said city is equal to or greater than a predetermined ratio, to the partial map data.

3. A map editing apparatus for editing partial map data acquired from a map database, the map editing apparatus comprising:

a control section connected to a map data storing section which stores address index data of a whole country, wherein the map data storing section comprises a recording device, and

wherein the address index data of the whole country has a tree structure, and includes name data of states, name data of cities which are children of each of the states, name data of towns which are children of each of the cities, and name data of streets which are children of each of the towns; and

wherein the control section executes;

a checking process for checking the name data of streets related to the partial map data by using address index data appended to the partial map data;

an obtaining process for obtaining a number of streets included in the address index data appended in the partial map per town, for each of the towns corresponding to the name data of the streets obtained by the checking process, by using the address index data of the whole country and the name data of the streets obtained by the checking process;

an obtaining process for obtaining a total number of streets per town for each of the towns by using the address index of the whole country; and

an assigning process for assigning the name data of a town, in which a proportion of the number of the streets included in the address index appended to the partial map data per said town to the total number of the streets per said town is equal to or greater than a predetermined ratio, to the partial map data.