Patent ID: 11874134
Assignee: PIONEER CORPORATION
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 2:
3. A map information-providing method comprising:
an update judging step of judging whether second map information updating period thereof is different from first map information for at least a portion of a period of time has been updated based on newer information than the first map information at a time of providing map information or not; and
a map information-providing step displaying, to a driver of a vehicle, a map information image created by combining the second map information, that is visualized, with the first map information in a case where the second map information has been updated based on newer information than the first map information,
wherein the first map information is map information for navigation having image information for providing driving guidance, via displaying, to the driver of the vehicle,
wherein the second map information is map information for autonomous driving having control information for autonomous driving of the vehicle but not having image information for driving guidance, via displaying, to the driver of the vehicle, and
wherein the map information-providing step further includes:
creating display data for map for autonomous driving to visualize, as the map information image to be displayed to the driver, the control information in the map information for autonomous driving;
combining a non-inclusion object that is not included in the display data for map for autonomous driving out of image objects in the map information for navigation with the display data for map for autonomous driving; and
performing the driving guidance according to a result of the combining of the non-inclusion object with the display data for map for autonomous driving.