Map management apparatus and map management method
AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.
InventorsTakaaki ISHII, Yoh MIYAMOTO
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Abstract
A map management apparatus includes: a storage unit that stores therein update history information which stores therein a user of a terminal unit to which a version of an area of a map is available, the user being associated with the version of the area of the map, and at least one area constituting the map; and a control unit that creates, based on the update history information, information for encouraging the user to update the version, by comparing a first route which is searched using a currently-available version to a second route which is searched using a version updated from the currently-available version, transmits the created information to the terminal unit, and makes the transmitted information display in the terminal unit.
Claims6
A map management apparatus, comprising:
- a storage unit that stores therein update history information which stores therein a user of a terminal unit to which a version of an area of a map is available, the user being associated with the version of the area of the map, and at least one area constituting the map;
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- a control unit that creates, based on the update history information, information for encouraging the user to update the version, by comparing a first route which is searched using a currently-available version to a second route which is searched using a version updated from the currently-available version, transmits the created information to the terminal unit, and makes the transmitted information display in the terminal unit.
A map management method performed by a map management apparatus including a storage unit and a control unit, the map management method comprising:
- a step, performed by the storage unit, of storing update history information which stores therein a user of a terminal unit to which a version of an area of a map is available, the user being associated with the version of the area of the map, and at least one area constituting the map;
- and
- steps, performed by the control unit, of creating, based on the update history information, information for encouraging the user to update the version, by comparing a first route which is searched using a currently-available version to a second route which is searched using a version updated from the currently-available version;
- transmitting the created information to the terminal unit;
- and making the transmitted information display in the terminal unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.