Patent ID: 6510379
Filing Date: 2003-01-21
Classification: G01C

Abstract:
An apparatus for automatically generating a pedestrian route guide text, comprising:an input section which inputs a departure place and destination; a route data generator section which outputs route data; a landmark information generator section which outputs a landmark serving as a guide for a pedestrian and information associated with an expression form of the landmark; a route computation section which computes a route from the departure place to the destination, which are input through said input section, on the basis of route data obtained from said route data generator section; a route editing section which edits the route to remove a noise element that causes a guidance error from the route obtained by said route computation section; a landmark selector section which selects a landmark at each point on the route on the basis of the route obtained by said route editing section; a route guide text generator section which generates a route guide text on the basis of the route obtained by said route editing section and landmark information selected by said landmark selector section; and a route text output section which presents the route guide text generated by said route guide text generator section.