Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100332130 | VEHICLE NAVIGATION APPARATUS - A vehicle navigation apparatus determines whether or not the currently traveled route having a current vehicle position matches with estimated routes after determining, on the basis of the traveled route history, the estimated routes which correspond to destination candidates. Then, the navigation apparatus further determines whether or not the subsequent portion of the estimated route overlaps with other estimated route, for selecting one of the destination candidates. The vehicle navigation apparatus thus selects the destination candidate, in a highly accurate manner in terms of user preference, based on the traveled route history. | 12-30-2010 |
20110184622 | VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL APPARATUS, TRAVEL SECTION PICK-UP APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PICKING UP TRAVEL SECTION - A vehicle drive control apparatus for use in a vehicle collects the number of travels in each of road sections in a traveled route for each of travel directions, extracts road sections having been traveled for more than a threshold number for each of travel directions, and stores extracted road sections as control section data maps in a durable storage medium. If the vehicle travels into the road sections stored as the control section data map, the “stored-as-the-map” road sections are identified as a series of road sections of high-travel-probability. In this manner, a series of road sections can be accurately identified as a high-probability section without having a user input of a travel destination or the like. | 07-28-2011 |
20130345977 | MAP UPDATING SYSTEM - A map updating system, which includes a navigation apparatus in a vehicle and a map server, includes a driving history database storage storing driving history data on the vehicle. The map updating system determines, based on the driving history data, a location visited a predetermined number of times or more as a first destination; determines, based on the driving history data, a route which was used a predetermined number of times or more among routes used to visit the first destination as a first route; determines a second route that is to be used to visit the first destination when a part of the first route is unusable; and updates map data in the navigation apparatus in order of (i) data on the first route and second route and (ii) other data. | 12-26-2013 |
20140025296 | DESTINATION RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM, DESTINATION RECOMMENDATION METHOD AND DESTINATION RECOMMENDATION PROGRAM PRODUCT - A destination recommendation system includes a map database storing facility data, a travel history database storing travel history data, a trip destination determination section, a calculation section, a search section, and an output portion. The trip destination determination section determines plural trip destinations corresponding to a hub position when the number or a frequency of a plurality of visits from the hub position to each of the trip destinations satisfies a predetermined condition. The calculation section calculates a distance or necessary travel time from the hub position to each trip destination, and calculates a mode value of the distance or the necessary travel time. The search section searches for a target facility that is located within a range of the mode value of the distance or the necessary travel time. The output portion outputs the target facility to a user. | 01-23-2014 |
20140095067 | TRAVEL TRACE STORAGE APPARATUS - A travel trace storage apparatus includes a location detection device, a positioning trace generation device, a movement distance detection device, a travel direction detection device, a dead reckoning trace generation device for generating a dead reckoning trace, in which each vector determined by a vehicle movement distance and a vehicle travel direction is chronologically arranged, a correction positioning trace generation device for generating a correction positioning trace obtained by removing a location distant from the dead reckoning trace by a predetermined distance or more, a correction dead reckoning trace generation device for generating a correction dead reckoning trace obtained by correcting the dead reckoning trace, an absolute trace generation device for generating an absolute trace obtained by synthesizing the correction positioning trace and the correction dead reckoning trace, an absolute trace memory for storing the absolute trace. | 04-03-2014 |
20150300836 | DESTINATION PROPOSAL SYSTEM, DESTINATION PROPOSAL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR PROGRAM PRODUCT - In a living area data generation section, a road link having the number of times of traveling not less than a predetermined number of times is acquired based on travel history data, and a predetermined area including the road link is determined as a living area. In a user model generation section, based on the travel history data, the number of outings is acquired by necessary time for outing, according to whether the destination is in a living area or non-living area, and model data of user's outing pattern is generated. In a search condition determination section, based on the model data, a facility search range is determined, and a ratio between the numbers of facilities to be searched for from the living area and non-living area is determined as a search condition. In a facility search section, search is conducted for facilities conforming to the condition and to be presented. | 10-22-2015 |