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Route information providing device, route information providing method, program, and information recording medium

  • US 9,057,611 B2
  • Filed: 11/07/2011
  • Issued: 06/16/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A route information providing device, comprising:

  • means for storing map data including an undulation of an actual topography;

    means for storing information on first routes which are registered by a user and associated with authentication information of the user, each of the first routes containing one or more routes from a point, as a start point, corresponding to information on the user in the map data, to a plurality of predetermined points in a region containing the point corresponding to the information on the user in the map data;

    determination means for determining a second route from a different start point to an end point, the end point being different than each of the plurality of predetermined points, which are specified based on a request from the user;

    comparison means for directly or indirectly comparing a length of the second route and an undulation on the second route, and a length of each of the first routes and an undulation on each of the first routes with each other in the map data; and

    information providing means for providing the user with information on a result of the comparison that indicates labor required for traveling on the second route compared with the first routes by the comparison means.

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