Route search system, method, and program
US10175056B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 19, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jan 8, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 11, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG09B29/10
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Route search systems, methods, and programs acquire movement paths of a plurality of users, and classify, on the basis of a plurality of characteristics of the movement paths of the plurality of users, the movement paths of each of the users into a plurality of types such that movement paths with a plurality of similar characteristics belong to a same type. The systems, methods, and programs set a cost for each of the types and each attribute of a road on the basis of the plurality of movement paths of each of the types, classify, on the basis of a plurality of characteristics of a movement path of a route searcher, the route searcher into one of the types, and search for a route on the basis of the cost which is set for the type of the route searcher.
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