Intersection search apparatus and intersection search method therefor
AssigneeMitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYasuhiro Daizen
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Abstract
An intersection search apparatus includes: a map information retrieve unit to retrieve map information; an input unit to specify a road to be searched and/or intersection-related information on a facility and/or a featuring object from roads included in the map information; an intersection search unit to search an intersection which exists on the road to be searched and specified by the input unit and to which the facility and/or the featuring object of the specified intersection-related information are adjacent from the map; and an output unit to output the intersection information related to the intersection search by the intersection search unit.
Claims11
An intersection search apparatus comprising:
- a map information retrieve unit to retrieve map information;
- an input unit to specify a road to be searched and intersection related information on a facility, and/or a featuring object, from roads included in the map information;
- an intersection search unit to search an intersection, without using intersecting street name as an input, which exists on said road to be searched and specified by said input unit and to which said facility, and/or said featuring object, of said specified intersection related information are adjacent;
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- an output unit to output the intersection information related to said intersection searched by said intersection search unit.
An intersection search method comprising:
- a map information retrieve step to retrieve map information;
- an input step to specify a road to be searched and intersection-related information on a facility, and/or a featuring object, from roads included in said map information;
- an intersection searching step to search an intersection, without using intersecting street name as an input, which exists on said road to be searched and specified by said input step and to which the facility and/or the featuring object of said specified intersection-related information are adjacent from said map information;
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- an output step to output said intersection information related to said intersection searched by said intersection searching step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.