Destination prediction apparatus and method thereof
US8068977B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 19, 2007 |
| Grant date | Nov 29, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 10, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08G1/096894
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
To provide a destination prediction apparatus which predicts a destination more accurately than before. A destination prediction apparatus which predicts a destination of a mobile object includes: a stay characteristic accumulating unit in which stay characteristic information indicating a time period when the mobile object will likely stay at a predetermined point is accumulated; a travel time calculating unit which calculates a travel time in the case where the mobile object heads from a current location obtained by a current point obtaining unit to the point; and a destination predicting unit which calculates an estimated arrival time based on a current time obtained by a current time obtaining unit and the calculated travel time and predicts the point as a destination only when a condition that the calculated estimated arrival time and a time period indicated by the stay characteristic information is satisfied.
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