Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
Map-providing server and map-providing method

Abstract:

A map-providing server includes: a travel information database creation unit that receives position information of a vehicle and vehicle brake application information; a place of residence estimation unit that estimates the position of the place of residence of a vehicle; a sudden braking location identification unit that identifies a location of the occurrence of vehicle sudden braking from information from the travel information database creation unit; a unit for determining the cause of sudden braking, which determines whether the location where sudden braking has occurred locally, at a position within a predetermined range from the position of the place of residence of the user of the vehicle; and a unit for recording sudden braking information that records, on map information, the location where sudden braking has occurred, in association with information indicating whether the vehicle user is a local resident.