Navigation system, POI presentation method, POI presentation program, and recording medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10190884-B2
Application number	US-201715459150-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 15, 2017
Priority date	Mar 16, 2016
Publication date	Jan 29, 2019
Grant date	Jan 29, 2019

Abstract

A navigation system includes: a search unit; an acquisition unit; a storage unit; a collection unit configured to collect one or more types of popularity information for specifying a popularity level indicating a level of popularity of each POI; a calculation unit configured to calculate the popularity level of each POI on the basis of the collected popularity information; a specification unit configured to specify the POIs having high popularity levels located within a predetermined distance from the route searched for by the search unit; and a presentation unit configured to present one POI specified by the specification unit before traveling near the corresponding POI, and the calculation unit calculates the popularity level on the basis of a deviation value calculated on the basis of the one or more types of popularity information and popularity information on other POIs included within a first predetermined range from the corresponding POI.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A navigation system comprising:
a search unit configured to search for a route to a destination;
an acquisition unit configured to acquire a current position of a vehicle;
a storage unit configured to store map information including information on a plurality of POIs;
a collection unit configured to collect one or more types of popularity information for specifying a popularity level indicating a level of popularity of each POI;
a calculation unit configured to calculate the popularity level of each POI on the basis of the popularity information collected by the collection unit;
a specification unit configured to specify the POI having high popularity levels which are located within a predetermined distance from the route searched for by the search unit; and
a presentation unit configured to present one POI specified by the specification unit before traveling near the corresponding POI,
wherein the calculation unit calculates the popularity level on the basis of a deviation value which is calculated on the basis of the one or more types of popularity information and popularity information on other POIs included within a first predetermined range from the corresponding POI,
the calculation unit extends the first predetermined range to include a predetermined number of other POIs and calculates the deviation value when the predetermined number or more of other POIs are not present within the first predetermined range;
the collection unit collects distance information to a road of the corresponding POI as one piece of the one or more types of popularity information,
the calculation unit calculates the popularity level additionally on the basis of the distance information; and
the calculation unit calculates the popularity level on the basis of a probability value which is set such that the popularity level decreases as a distance to the road of the corresponding POI increases and the popularity level increases as the distance decreases.

2. The navigation system according to claim 1 , wherein the calculation unit calculates the popularity level additionally on the basis of the number of pieces of popularity information.

3. The navigation system according to claim 1 , wherein the calculation unit calculates the popularity level of the corresponding POI on the basis of an integrated value of at least two of the number of pieces of the one or more types of popularity information, the deviation value for each type calculated on the basis of the one or more types of popularity information, and the probability value.

4. The navigation system according to claim 1 , wherein the collection unit collects probe information indicating that an engine of the vehicle is started or stopped within a second predetermined range, which is a range in which the popularity information is collected, from the corresponding POI as one piece of the one or more types of popularity information.

5. The navigation system according to claim 1 , wherein the collection unit collects an increase in the number of pieces of probe information indicating that an engine of the vehicle is started or stopped within a predetermined period within a second predetermined range from the corresponding POI as one piece of the one or more types of popularity information.

6. The navigation system according to claim 1 , wherein the collection unit collects visit information indicating that the corresponding POI is visited as one piece of the one or more types of popularity information from a network.

7. The navigation system according to claim 1 , wherein the collection unit collects an increase in the number of pieces of visit information indicating that the corresponding POI is visited within a predetermined period as one piece of the one or more types of popularity information.

8. The navigation system according to claim 6 , wherein the visit information is input information indicating that users of a social networking service visit the corresponding POI.

9. The navigation system according to claim 7 , wherein the visit information is input information indicating that users of a social networking service visit the corresponding POI.

10. A POI presentation method comprising:
searching for a route to a destination;
acquiring a current position of a vehicle;
storing map information including information on a plurality of POIs in a storage unit;
collecting one or more types of popularity information for specifying a popularity level indicating a level of popularity of each POI;
calculating the popularity level of each POI on the basis of the collected popularity information;
specifying the POIs having high popularity levels which are located within a predetermined distance from the searched-for route; and
presenting one specified POI before traveling near the specified POI,
wherein the calculating of the popularity level includes calculating the popularity level on the basis of a deviation value which is calculated on the basis of the one or more types of popularity information and popularity information on other POIs included within a first predetermined range from the corresponding POI,
the calculating extends the first predetermined range to include a predetermined number of other POIs and calculates the deviation value when the predetermined number or more of other POIs are not present within the first predetermined range;
the collecting collects distance information to a road of the corresponding POI as one piece of the one or more types of popularity information,
the calculating calculates the popularity level additionally on the basis of the distance information; and
the calculating calculates the popularity level on the basis of a probability value which is set such that the popularity level decreases as a distance to the road of the corresponding POI increases and the popularity level increases as the distance decreases.

11. A non-transitory recording medium having stored thereon a POI presentation program which causes a computer to perform:
searching for a route to a destination;
acquiring a current position of a vehicle;
storing map information including information on a plurality of POIs in a storage unit;
collecting one or more types of popularity information for specifying a popularity level indicating a level of popularity of each POI;
calculating the popularity level of each POI on the basis of the collected popularity information;
specifying the POIs having high popularity levels which are located within a predetermined distance from the searched-for route; and
presenting one specified POI before traveling near the specified POI,
wherein the calculating of the popularity level includes calculating the popularity level on the basis of a deviation value which is calculated on the basis of the one or more types of popularity information and popularity information on other POIs included within a first predetermined range from the corresponding POI,
the calculating extends the first predetermined range to include a predetermined number of other POIs and calculates the deviation value when the predetermined number or more of other POIs are not present within the first predetermined range;
the collecting collects distance information to a road of the corresponding POI as one piece of the one or more types of popularity information,
the calculating calculates the popularity level additionally on the basis of the distance information; and
the calculating calculates the popularity level on the basis of a probability value which is set such that the popularity level decreases as a distance to the road of the corresponding POI increases and the popularity level increases as the distance

Assignees

• Toyota Mapmaster Incorporated
• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Nakanishi Kenta
• Deguchi Satoru
• Inoue Atsushi
• Baba Kazuhito

Classifications

• G06F17/30241

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06N5/04

  Inference or reasoning models · CPC title

• G01C21/3476 Primary

  using point of interest [POI] information, e.g. a route passing visible POIs · CPC title

• G01C21/3682 Primary

  output of POI information on a road map (G01C21/3614, G01C21/3685 take precedence) · CPC title

• G06F16/29

  Geographical information databases · CPC title