Patent ID: 8594928
Filing Date: 2013-11-26
Classification: G01C,G06F

Abstract:
1. A map matching device accessible to a road data storage device which stores information indicative of a relationship among a range of each grid obtained by dividing a region where a road network exists in a latitude direction and a longitude direction by equal spaces, a grid ID unitarily assigned to each set of grids whose sets of arcs which are roads are common and an arc passing the grid, comprising: an event collecting unit for receiving event data indicative of a position and a state of a vehicle; a processor configured to provide: an event grid matching unit for specifying a grid ID of a grid to which a generation position included in event data received by said event collecting unit belongs to generate information with the grid ID and the event data correlated with reference to the information stored in said road data storage device; an event data selecting unit for selecting, on a basis of a grid ID correlated with event data by said event grid matching unit, when the number of pieces of event data correlated is larger than a threshold value, as many pieces of event data as the threshold value and when the number of pieces of event data correlated is not more than the threshold value, selecting all the event data correlated; and an event road matching unit for specifying, on a basis of each event data selected by said event data selecting unit, an arc closest to a generation position of the event data from among arcs correlated with a grid ID corresponding to the event data; and an event road storing unit for storing information indicative of a correspondence relationship between an arc specified by said event road matching unit and event data.