Patent ID: 11867522
Assignee: PIONEER CORPORATION
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 4:
5. A map information-providing method comprising:
an update judging step of judging whether second map information has been updated based on newer information than first map information at a time of providing map information or not, wherein an updating period of the first map information and an updating period of the second map information are different from each other for at least a portion of a period of time; and
a map information-providing step of providing at least a portion of items to be provided by the first map information using the second map information in a case where the judgement is made that the second map information has been updated based on newer information than the first map information, thereby providing map information which is the second map information that is visualized through object creation and on which the at least the portion of items is added, the map information being guidance information for route guidance
wherein the first map information is map information for navigation having image information for providing driving guidance to a driver of a vehicle,
wherein the second map information is map information for autonomous driving having control information for autonomous driving of the vehicle, and
wherein performing the object creation comprises creating, using the control information, object information corresponding to at least a portion of image objects in the map information for navigation.