Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Travel direction information output apparatus, map matching apparatus, travel direction information output method, and computer readable medium
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Application No.: US15187954Application Date: 2016-06-21
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Publication No.: US10197402B2Publication Date: 2019-02-05
- Inventor: Shiro Kobayashi , Masahiro Konda , Yuko Akagi
- Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Priority: JP2014-004383 20140114
- Main IPC: G01C21/26
- IPC: G01C21/26 ; G01C21/16 ; G01C21/30

Abstract:
To estimate an accurate travel direction of a user based on sensor signals from a mobile device being held by the user even if the user moves ahead while moving the mobile device right and left, a travel direction information output apparatus, a travel direction information output method, and a computer readable medium are provided, the travel direction information output apparatus including a travel direction estimation unit that calculates a travel direction of the user, a rotation amount calculation unit that calculates rotation amounts about a gravity axis of the mobile device being held by the user, and a selection unit that selects, based on an integrated value of the rotation amounts, from either to output travel direction information according to the travel direction calculated by the travel direction estimation unit or to output travel direction information that keeps previous travel direction information output.
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