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Apparatus and method for providing road guidance information for a vehicle

  • US 9,805,600 B2
  • Filed: 04/26/2016
  • Issued: 10/31/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for providing road guidance information to a vehicle, comprising:

  • a position measurer configured to measure a position of the vehicle;

    a communicator configured to receive event information corresponding to an event from outside of the vehicle; and

    a processor configured to;

    perform route guidance of the vehicle, the route guidance including a travel route history of the vehicle;

    receive the event information, the event information including an event occurrence point and one or more approach routes to the event occurrence point;

    when map data corresponding to the event occurrence point is not available as part of the performed route guidance;

    map the travel route history to the one or more approach routes;

    determine the vehicle is scheduled to pass through the event occurrence point when the mapping of the travel route history to the one or more approach routes confirms that a reference number of route points in a recent sequence of the travel route history coincides with a reference number of route points from a start point of one or more approach routes; and

    control presentation of a warning for the event based on the determination the vehicle is scheduled to pass through the event occurrence point.

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