Patents by Inventor Hironobu KANESHIRO

Hironobu KANESHIRO has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Map information processing apparatus, map information processing method, and method for adjusting update data
    Patent number: 9851210
    Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide a technique capable of reducing the size of update data. A map information processing apparatus includes a data extractor that extracts a difference between a shape of a past road link and a shape of a current road link as update data for updating predetermined map information. The data extractor does not extract the difference as the update data in a case where one road link of the past road link and the current road link is included in a buffer region obtained by extending the shape of the other road link by a predetermined distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hironobu Kaneshiro, Seigo Kanazawa, Mitsuo Shimotani
  • MAP INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, MAP INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING UPDATE DATA
    Publication number: 20160313131
    Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide a technique capable of reducing the size of update data. A map information processing apparatus includes a data extractor that extracts a difference between a shape of a past road link and a shape of a current road link as update data for updating predetermined map information. The data extractor does not extract the difference as the update data in a case where one road link of the past road link and the current road link is included in a buffer region obtained by extending the shape of the other road link by a predetermined distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironobu KANESHIRO, Seigo KANAZAWA, Mitsuo SHIMOTANI