Navigation system, navigation server, navigation client, and navigation method
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1. A navigation system composed of a navigation server and a navigation-client,the navigation server comprising:
- a server storage unit configured to store a server map in which each location point is described by a coordinate value including latitude and longitude, and a link for route calculation is described by a group of coordinate values;
a first server arithmetic processing element configured to receive designated location point information from the navigation-client, and to recognize each of two designated location points based on the designated location point information, and then by using a server map, to search for one or a plurality of server routes constituted by a plurality of links connecting the two designated location points; and
a second server arithmetic processing element including a designator for designating a display manner of each link according to a level of travelling cost, the display manner including one of color and brightness, and configured to transmit route information in which an arrangement manner of the server route searched by the first server arithmetic processing element is expressed by coordinate values, the route information also including the level of travelling cost of each link and the display manner of each link designated by the designator according to the level of travelling cost, addressed to the navigation-client,the navigation-client comprising;
a client storage unit configured to store a client map in which each location point is described by a coordinate value including latitude and longitude;
an image output device;
a first client arithmetic processing element configured to transmit the designated location point information to the navigation server; and
a second client arithmetic processing element configured to receive the route information from the navigation server, and to make the image output device display a client route for travel guidance superimposed on the client map, the client route being a route having an arrangement manner in the client map which matches the arrangement manner expressed by the coordinate values included in the route information and the level of the travelling cost of each link in the client route being reflected in the display manner of each link in the client route on the image output device, while the level of the travelling cost is not reflected in the display manner of each link not included in the client route, the display manner being designated by the route information, and the display manner of each link in the client route including one of color and brightness.
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Provided is a system or the like capable of allowing a navigation-client to efficiently use a route search result by a navigation server, while accepting the existence of difference between map data used by each of the navigation server and the navigation-client. By having a common description such as coordinate values, it is able to make the navigation-client 200 efficiently use the route search result by the navigation server 100, while accepting the existence of difference of map data used by each of the navigation server 100 and the navigation-client 200.
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1. A navigation system composed of a navigation server and a navigation-client,
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a server storage unit configured to store a server map in which each location point is described by a coordinate value including latitude and longitude, and a link for route calculation is described by a group of coordinate values; a first server arithmetic processing element configured to receive designated location point information from the navigation-client, and to recognize each of two designated location points based on the designated location point information, and then by using a server map, to search for one or a plurality of server routes constituted by a plurality of links connecting the two designated location points; and a second server arithmetic processing element including a designator for designating a display manner of each link according to a level of travelling cost, the display manner including one of color and brightness, and configured to transmit route information in which an arrangement manner of the server route searched by the first server arithmetic processing element is expressed by coordinate values, the route information also including the level of travelling cost of each link and the display manner of each link designated by the designator according to the level of travelling cost, addressed to the navigation-client, the navigation-client comprising; a client storage unit configured to store a client map in which each location point is described by a coordinate value including latitude and longitude; an image output device; a first client arithmetic processing element configured to transmit the designated location point information to the navigation server; and a second client arithmetic processing element configured to receive the route information from the navigation server, and to make the image output device display a client route for travel guidance superimposed on the client map, the client route being a route having an arrangement manner in the client map which matches the arrangement manner expressed by the coordinate values included in the route information and the level of the travelling cost of each link in the client route being reflected in the display manner of each link in the client route on the image output device, while the level of the travelling cost is not reflected in the display manner of each link not included in the client route, the display manner being designated by the route information, and the display manner of each link in the client route including one of color and brightness. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A navigation server comprising:
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a server storage unit configured to store a server map in which each location point is described by a coordinate value including latitude and longitude, and a link for route calculation is described by a group of coordinate values; a first server arithmetic processing element configured to receive a designated location point information from a navigation-client, and to recognize each of two designated location points based on the designated location point information, and then by using a server map, to search for one or a plurality of server routes constituted by a plurality of links connecting the two designated location points; and a second server arithmetic processing element including a designator for designating a display manner of each link according to a level of travelling cost, the display manner including one of color and brightness, and configured to transmit route information in which an arrangement manner of the server route searched by the first server arithmetic processing element is expressed by coordinate values, the route information also including the level of travelling cost of each link and the display manner of each link designated by the designator according to the level of travelling cost, addressed to the navigation-client for display on an image output device as a client route for travel guidance superimposed on a client map, the client route being a route having an arrangement manner in the client map which matches the arrangement manner expressed by the coordinate values included in the route information and the level of the travelling cost of each link in the client route being reflected in the display manner of each link in the client route on the image output device, while the level of the travelling cost is not reflected in the display manner of each link not included in the client route, the display manner being designated by the route information, and the display manner of each link in the client route including one of color and brightness. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A navigation-client comprising:
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a client storage unit configured to store a client map in which each location point is described by a coordinate value including latitude and longitude; an image output device; a first client arithmetic processing element configured to transmit designated location point information to a navigation server; and a second client arithmetic processing element configured to receive route information from the navigation server, and to make the image output device display a client route for travel guidance superimposed on the client map, the client route being a route having an arrangement manner in the client map which matches an arrangement manner expressed by coordinate values included in the route information and a level of travelling cost of each link in the client route being reflected in a display manner of each link in the client route on the image output device, while the level of the travelling cost is not reflected in the display manner of each links not included in the client route, the display manner being designated by the route information, and the display manner of each link in the client route including one of color and brightness. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. A navigation method performed by a navigation server comprising a server storage unit configured to store a server map in which each location point is described by a coordinate value including latitude and longitude and in which a link for route calculation is described by a group of coordinate values, and by a navigation-client comprising a client storage unit configured to store a client map in which each location point is described by a coordinate value including latitude and longitude, and an image output device, the navigation method comprising:
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a step of the navigation-client transmitting designated location point information to the navigation server; a step of the navigation server recognizing each of two designated location points based on the designated location point information, and then searching one or a plurality of server routes constituted by a plurality of links connecting the two designated location points using the server map; a step of the navigation server transmitting route information expressing an arrangement manner of the server route by coordinate values and including a level of travelling cost of each link and a designation of a display manner of each link according to the level of travelling cost, the display manner including one of color and brightness, addressed to the navigation-client; and a step of the navigation-client making the image output device display a client route for travel guidance superimposed on the client map, the client route being a route having an arrangement manner in the client map which matches the arrangement manner expressed by the coordinate values included in the route information and the level of the travelling cost of each link in the client route being reflected in the display manner of each link in the client route on the image output device, while the level of the travelling cost is not reflected in the display manner of each link not included in the client route, the display manner being designated by the route information, and the display manner of each link in the client route including one of color and brightness. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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