Navigation device and position registration method

• US 9,360,329 B2
• Filed: 04/24/2008
• Issued: 06/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Miyata, Hiromasa
• Primary Examiner(s): Sample, Jonathan L
• Application Number:
  US12/108,798
• Publication Number:
  US 20080281511A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,966 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3682 output of POI information on a road map G01C21/3614, G01C21/3685 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3811 Point data, e.g. Point of Interest [POI]
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3856 Data obtained from user input

Abstract

The present invention provides a navigation device which includes an obtaining unit that, when updating contents introduction data which introduces the latest updating contents of an arbitrary home page is sent from the outside, obtains the updating contents introduction data, a position information generation unit that generates position information according to the latitude and longitude information included in the updating contents introduction data, and a position registration unit that registers the position information in a predetermined storage unit.

Claims

1. An information processing device comprising:

circuitry configured to;

control a display to display a register button for registration of receiving diary information from a server;

obtain the diary information from the server based on the registration;

determine whether or not the obtained diary information includes position information;

extract a position related name from information of the obtained diary information when the obtained diary information does not include position information; and

obtain position information based upon the extracted position related name.

2. The information processing device of claim 1, wherein the obtained diary information includes a thumbnail image.

3. The information processing device of claim 1, wherein the obtained diary information includes time period data.

4. The information processing device of claim 3, wherein the circuitry is configured to control the display to display the time period data associated with the position information.

5. The information processing device of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to control the display to display an icon on a map according to the position information of the obtained diary information.

16. The information processing device of claim 1, wherein the obtained diary information includes metadata.

17. The information processing device of claim 16, wherein the metadata includes information related to a user.

6. An information processing method comprising:

controlling, via circuitry of an information processing device, a display to display a register button for registration of receiving diary information from a server;

obtaining, via the circuitry, the diary information from the server based on the registration;

determining, via the circuitry, whether or not the obtained diary information the diary includes position information;

extracting, via the circuitry, a position related name from information of the obtained diary information when the obtained diary information does not include position information; and

obtaining, via the circuitry, position information based upon the extracted position related name.

7. The information processing method of claim 6, wherein the obtained diary information includes a thumbnail image.

8. The information processing method of claim 6, wherein the obtained diary information includes time period data.

9. The information processing method of claim 8, further comprising:

controlling, via the circuitry, the display to display the time period data associated with the position information.

10. The information processing method of claim 6, further comprising:

controlling, via the circuitry, the display to display an icon on a map according to the position information of the obtained diary information.

18. The information processing method of claim 6, wherein the obtained diary information includes metadata.

19. The information processing method of claim 18, wherein the metadata includes information related to a user.

11. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions which when executed by a processor cause the process to perform a method, the method comprising:

controlling a display to display a register button for registration of receiving diary information from a server;

obtaining the diary information from the server based on the registration;

determining whether or not the obtained diary information includes position information;

extracting a position related name from information of the obtained diary information when the obtained diary information does not include position information; and

obtaining position information based upon the extracted position related name.

12. The non-transitory medium of claim 11, wherein the obtained diary information includes a thumbnail image.

13. The non-transitory medium of claim 11, wherein the obtained diary information includes time period data.

14. The non-transitory medium of claim 13, the method further comprising:

controlling the display to display the time period data associated with the position information.

15. The non-transitory medium of claim 11, the method further comprising:

controlling the display to display an icon on a map according to the position information of the obtained diary information.

20. The non-transitory medium of claim 11, wherein the obtained diary information includes metadata.

21. The non-transitory medium of claim 20, wherein the metadata includes information related to a user.