Position registering apparatus, route retrieving apparatus, position registering method, position registering program, and recording medium

• US 8,521,425 B2
• Filed: 03/05/2007
• Issued: 08/27/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
• Original Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
• Inventors: Sakata, Daisuke, Yano, Kenichiro, Goto, Seiji
• Primary Examiner(s): MANCHO, RONNIE M
• Application Number:
  US12/282,559
• Publication Number:
  US 20090030607A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,367 Days
• Field of Search: 701/200, 701/461, 701/527, 701/450, 701/430, 701/417, 701/412, 701/201, 701/205, 701/207, 701/408, 701/409, 701/410, 701/209, 701/208, 701/400, 340/425.5, 340/995.14, 340/937, 340/988, 340/148, 340/435
• US Class Current: 701/461
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3605 Destination input or retrieval
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3685 the POI's being parking facilities
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/09626 where the origin of the information is within the own vehicle, e.g. a local storage device, digital map
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096716 where the received information does not generate an automatic action on the vehicle control
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096741 where the source of the transmitted information selects which information to transmit to each vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096775 where the origin of the information is a central station
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096827 where the route is computed onboard
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096894 where input is assisted by the navigation device, i.e. the user does not type the complete name of the destination, e.g. using zip codes, telephone numbers, progressively selecting from initial letters
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/102 using electrical means
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/106 using electronic means

Abstract

In a position registering apparatus, an acquiring unit acquires traveling state information indicating a traveling state of a mobile object and a position identifying unit specifies the current position of the mobile object, based on the traveling state information and map information. After the current position of the mobile object is identified to be on a road within a predetermined range from a destination set by a destination setting unit and is then identified to be at a place other than the road, if the parking determining unit determines that the mobile object is parked, a registering unit registers, into a storage unit, a deviation point from the road as an entrance point of a parking lot of the destination.

Claims

1. A position registering apparatus comprising:

an acquiring unit that acquires traveling state information indicating a traveling state of a mobile object;

a destination setting unit that sets at least one set destination;

a position identifying unit that identifies a first position of the mobile object, based on the traveling state information and map information, to be on a road, and thereafter identifies a second position of the mobile object to be off the road after identifying that the first position of the mobile object is on the road;

a parking determining unit that, after the first position of the mobile object has been identified to be on the road and then the second position of the mobile object has been identified to be off the road, determines that the mobile object is parked off the road, after being on the road, within a predetermined range from the set destination; and

a registering unit that, after (i) the first position of the mobile object is identified to be on the road, (ii) the second position of the mobile object is identified to be off the road after identifying that the first position of the mobile object is on the road, and (iii) the mobile object is determined to be parked off the road, starts to register into a storage unit a first deviation point from the road as an entrance point to a parking lot of the set destination, the registering unit being configured to register a second deviation point different from the first deviation point as a second entrance point to the parking lot for the same set destination to thereby register, into the storage unit, a plurality of the entrance points for each of at least one set destination.

2. The position registering apparatus according to claim 1, wherein after at least one of the entrance points of the parking lot of the set destination has been registered, the registering unit registers into the storage unit a returning point onto the road as an exit point of the parking lot of the set destination.

3. The position registering apparatus according to claim 1, wherein one of the plurality of registered entrance points is thereafter set in association with the set destination, and a route to the set destination is obtained to one of the plurality of registered entrance points set in association with the set destination.

4. A position registering apparatus comprising:

an acquiring unit that acquires traveling state information indicating a traveling state of a mobile object;

a destination setting unit that sets a destination;

a position identifying unit that identifies a first position of the mobile object, based on the traveling state information and map information, to be on a road, and thereafter identifies a second position of the mobile object to be off the road after identifying that the first position of the mobile object is on the road;

a parking determining unit that, after the first position of the mobile object has been identified to be on the road and then the second position of the mobile object has been identified to be off the road, determines that the mobile object is parked off the road, after being on the road, within a predetermined range from the set destination, the predetermined range being set according to a type of the set destination; and

a registering unit that, after (i) the first position of the mobile object is identified to be on the road, (ii) the second position of the mobile object is identified to be off the road after identifying that the first position of the mobile object is on the road, and (iii) the mobile object is determined to be parked off the road, starts to register into a storage unit a deviation point from the road as an entrance point to a parking lot of the set destination, such that thereafter, the registered entrance point is settable as the set destination.

5. A route retrieving apparatus comprising:

a position registering apparatus including an acquiring unit that acquires traveling state information indicating a traveling state of a mobile object;

a destination setting unit that sets at least one set destination;

a position identifying unit that identifies a first position of the mobile object, based on the traveling state information and map information, to be on a road, and thereafter identifies a second position of the mobile object to be off the road after identifying that the first position of the mobile object is on the road;

a parking determining unit that, after the first position of the mobile object has been identified to be on the road and then the second position of the mobile object has been identified to be off the road, determines that the mobile object is parked off the road, after being on the road, within a predetermined range from the at least one set destination; and

a registering unit that, after (i) the first position of the mobile object is identified to be on the road, (ii) the second position of the mobile object is identified to be off the road after identifying that the first position of the mobile object is on the road, and (iii) the mobile object is determined to be parked off the road, starts to register into a storage unit a first deviation point from the road as an entrance point to a parking lot of the at least one set destination; and

a route retrieving unit that retrieves a route to the set destination, the registering unit being configured to register a second deviation point different from the first deviation point as a second entrance point for the at least one set destination to thereby register, into the storage unit, a plurality of the entrance points for the at least one set destination, and the route retrieving unit, when an entrance point of the parking lot of the at least one set destination has been registered, retrieves a route to the entrance point of the parking lot.

6. A route retrieving apparatus comprising:

a position registering apparatus including an acquiring unit that acquires traveling state information indicating a traveling state of a mobile object,

a destination setting unit that sets at least one set destination;

a position identifying unit that identifies a first position of the mobile object, based on the traveling state information and map information, to be on a road, and thereafter identifies a second position of the mobile object to be off the road after identifying that the first position of the mobile object is on the road;

a parking determining unit that, after the first position of the mobile object has been identified to be on the road and then the second position of the mobile object has been identified to be off the road, determines that the mobile object is parked off the road, after being on the road, within a predetermined range from the at least one set destination;

a registering unit that, after (i) the first position of the mobile object is identified to be on the road, (ii) the second position of the mobile object is identified to be off the road after identifying that the first position of the mobile object is on the road, and (iii) the mobile object is determined to be parked off the road, starts to register into a storage unit a first deviation point from the road as an entrance point to a parking lot of the at least one set destination; and

a route retrieving unit that retrieves a route to the at least one set destination, the registering unit being configured to register a second deviation point as a second entrance point for the at least one set destination to thereby register, into the storage unit, a plurality of entrance points for the at least one set destination,

wherein after a third position of the mobile object is identified to be on the road or on another road after being off the road and after an entrance point of the parking lot of the destination has been registered, the registering unit registers into the storage unit a returning point onto the or onto the other road as an exit point of the parking lot of the at least one set destination, and

when the mobile object is identified to be at the second position off the road and within the predetermined range from the at least one set destination for which an exit point is registered, and when a different destination different from the at least one set destination is subsequently set, the route retrieving unit retrieves a route from the exit point to the different destination.

7. A position registering method comprising:

acquiring traveling state information indicating a traveling state of a mobile object at an acquiring unit;

setting at least one set destination at a setting unit;

identifying, at a position identifying unit, a first position of the mobile object, based on the traveling state information and map information, to be on a road and thereafter identifying a second position of the mobile object to be off the road after identifying that the first position of the mobile object is on the road;

after the first position of the mobile object has been identified to be on the road and then the second position of the mobile object has been identified to be off the road, determining, at a parking determining unit, that the mobile object is parked off the road, after being on the road, within a predetermined range from the at least one set destination; and

after (i) the first position of the mobile object is identified to be on the road, (ii) the second position of the mobile object is identified to be off the road after identifying that the first position of the mobile object is on the road, and (iii) the mobile object is determined to be parked off the road, starting to register, by a registering unit, into a storage unit a first deviation point from the road as an entrance point to a parking lot of the at least one set destination, wherein the registering includes registering into the storage unit, a plurality of entrance points for the at least one set destination,

wherein one or more processing devices cause one or more of the acquiring unit, the setting unit, the position identifying unit, the parking determining unit and the registering unit to respectively acquire the traveling state information, set the set destination, identify the position, determine that the mobile object is parked, and register the deviation points.

8. The position registering method according to claim 7, further comprising:

setting one of the plurality of registered entrance points in association with the set destination; and

obtaining a route to the set destination to one of the plurality of registered entrance points set in association with the set destination.

9. A position registering method comprising:

acquiring traveling state information indicating a traveling state of a mobile object at an acquiring unit;

setting a set destination at a setting unit;

identifying, at a position identifying unit, a first position of the mobile object, based on the traveling state information and map information, to be on a road and thereafter identifying a second position of the mobile object to be off the road after identifying that the first position of the mobile object is on the road;

after the first position of the mobile object has been identified to be on the road and then the second position of the mobile object has been identified to be off the road, determining, at a parking determining unit, that the mobile object is parked off the road, after being on the road, within a predetermined range from the set destination, the predetermined range being set according to a type of the set destination; and

after (i) the first position of the mobile object is identified to be on the road, (ii) the second position of the mobile object is identified to be off the road after identifying that the first position of the mobile object is on the road, and (iii) the mobile object is determined to be parked off the road, starting to register, by a registering unit, into a storage unit a deviation point from the road as an entrance point to a parking lot of the set destination,

wherein one or more processing devices cause one or more of the acquiring unit, the setting unit, the position identifying unit, the parking determining unit and the registering unit to respectively acquire the traveling state information, set the set destination, identify the position, determine that the mobile object is parked, and register the deviation points.

10. A computer-readable recording medium storing therein a position-registering computer program that causes a computer to execute a method comprising:

acquiring traveling state information indicating a traveling state of a mobile object;

setting at least one set destination;

identifying a first position of the mobile object, based on the traveling state information and map information, to be on a road and thereafter identifying a second position of the mobile object to be off the road after identifying that the first position of the mobile object is on the road;

after the first position of the mobile object has been identified to be on the road and then the second position of the mobile object has been identified to be off the road, determining that the mobile object is parked off the road, after being on the road, within a predetermined range from the at least one set destination; and

after (i) the first position of the mobile object is identified to be on the road, (ii) the second position of the mobile object is identified to be off the road after identifying that the first position of the mobile object is on the road, and (iii) the mobile object is determined to be parked off the road, starting to register into a storage unit a first deviation point from the road as an entrance point to a parking lot of the at least one set destination, wherein the registering includes registering into the storage unit, a plurality of entrance points for the at least one set destination.

11. The computer-readable recording medium according to clam 10, further comprising:

setting one of the plurality of registered entrance points in association with the set destination; and

obtaining a route to the set destination to one of the plurality of registered entrance points set in association with the set destination.

12. A computer-readable recording medium storing therein a position-registering computer program that causes a computer to execute a method comprising:

acquiring traveling state information indicating a traveling state of a mobile object;

setting a set destination;

identifying a first position of the mobile object, based on the traveling state information and map information, to be on a road and thereafter identifying a second position of the mobile object to be off the road after identifying that the first position of the mobile object is on the road;

after the first position of the mobile object has been identified to be on the road and then the second position of the mobile object has been identified to be off the road, determining that the mobile object is parked off the road, after being on the road, within a predetermined range from the set destination, the predetermined range being set according to a type of the set destination; and

after (i) the first position of the mobile object is identified to be on the road, (ii) the second position of the mobile object is identified to be off the road after identifying that the first position of the mobile object is on the road, and (iii) the mobile object is determined to be parked off the road, starting to register into a storage unit a deviation point from the road as an entrance point to a parking lot of the set destination.

13. A position registering method comprising:

setting a destination at a setting unit;

acquiring traveling state information indicating a traveling state of a mobile object at an acquiring unit;

monitoring whether a first position of the mobile object is on a road or a second position of the mobile object is off a road, based on the traveling state information and map information, at a monitoring unit;

identifying, at a position identifying unit, that the first position of the mobile object is on the road and thereafter identifying that the second position of the mobile object is off the road after identifying that the first position of the mobile object is on the road;

after the first position of the mobile object has been identified to be on the road and then the second position of the mobile object has been identified to be off the road, determining, by a parking unit, that the mobile object is parked off the road, after being on the road, within a predetermined range from the set destination, the predetermined range being set according to a type of the set destination; and

after (i) the first position of the mobile object is identified to be on the road, (ii) the second position of the mobile object is identified to be off the road after identifying that the first position of the mobile object is on the road, and (iii) the mobile object is determined to be parked off the road, starting to register, by a registering unit, into a storage unit a deviation point from the road as an entrance point to a parking lot of the set destination when the mobile object is determined to be parked off the road within a predetermined range from the set destination after being on the road,

wherein one or more processing devices cause one or more of the acquiring unit, the setting unit, the position identifying unit, the parking determining unit and the registering unit to respectively acquire the traveling state information, set the set destination, identify the position, determine that the mobile object is parked, and register the deviation points.