1. A method of associating information with a digital map comprising:
extracting at least one local identifier from at least one image, the at least one image also having positional data; and
determining the location of each of the at least one extracted local identifier using the positional data of the corresponding image;
creating at least one cluster of common or similar extracted local identifiers based on at least one of:
(i) the distance of the extracted local identifiers from each other; and
(ii) the distance of the extracted local identifiers from one or more segments of the digital map; and
associating the at least one cluster with at least one segment of the digital map.
2. The method according to claim 1 wherein the extracted at least one local identifier is a street name.
3. The method according to claim 1 wherein the at least one extracted local identifier is extracted from the at least one image by using character recognition.
4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the positional data comprises data relating to one or more of:
global navigation satellite system data;
cellular network data;
local wireless network data; and
pseudolite data.
5-10. (canceled)
11. The method according to claim 1,
wherein the at least one cluster is further based on the orientation of the at least one extracted local identifier with.
12. (canceled)
13. The method according to claim 1, wherein the segments of the digital map are derived from probe data.
14. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer program code to make a computer execute the method as claimed in claim 1.
15. (canceled)
16. A digital map created using the method of claim 1.
17-20. (canceled)
21. An apparatus for associating information with a digital map comprising:
a processor configured to:
extract at least one local identifier from at least one image, the at least one image having positional data relating to the location at which the image is captured;
determine the location of each of the at least one extracted local identifiers using the positional data of the corresponding image;
create at least one cluster of common or similar extracted local identifiers based on at least one of:
(i) the distance of the extracted local identifiers from each other; and
(ii) (ii) the distance of the extracted local identifiers from one or more segments of the digital map; and
associate the one or more clusters with at least one segment of the digital map.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A chemical analysis apparatus for inserting a sample serving as a substance to be analyzed and a reagent into a reaction container and agitating them by irradiating sound waves to said reaction container, said chemical analysis apparatus comprising:
a piezoelectric element generating said sound waves, wherein the piezoelectric element comprises a multi-segmented sound supply portion;
a measuring unit for analyzing physical properties of the sample;
a driver for driving said piezoelectric element,
a controller for operating components of the chemical analysis apparatus, and
a slant reflecting surface adapted to reflect said sound waves generated by the piezoelectric element and propagated through the reaction container, wherein the slant reflecting surface is disposed opposite to the piezoelectric element with respect to the reaction container and reflects said sound waves in a direction below said sound wave and toward a position where no liquid surface is presented;
said driver comprising: a wave form producing device for producing an oscillation waveform having a fundamental frequency of said sound waves to be irradiated; an auxiliary waveform producing device for producing an oscillation wave form having a frequency lower than that of said oscillation waveform; a multiplying circuit for creating a multiplied waveform between said waveform and the wave form having the lower frequency; and, a power amplifier for power-amplifying said multiplied waveform,
wherein the driver is configured to select and drive one or more segment of the multi-segmented sound supply portion such as to irradiate a lateral sound wave of the multiplied waveform toward a irradiating zone including a liquid surface of a mixture of the sample and the reagent based on a height of the liquid surface,
wherein the lateral sound wave and the sound wave reflected from the slant reflecting surface induce a swirling circulation flow of the mixture in the reaction container,
wherein the lateral sound wave is intermittently irradiated toward the reaction container, and
wherein, said wave form producing device is configured to perform frequency-modulation with a prescribed frequency width.
2. The chemical analysis apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of segments of sound sources of the multi-segmented sound supply portion of the piezoelectric element are oriented to a depth direction of said reaction container.
3. The chemical analysis apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said driver selects and drives a segment corresponding to the sound irradiating area including a surface of a mixing liquid of the sample and the reagent in the plurality of segments of sound sources using said wave form producing device or said auxiliary waveform producing device.
4. The chemical analysis apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said driver receives the information concerning the liquid quantity of the mixing liquid to be agitated, and selects and drives said segment according to said information.
5. The chemical analysis apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said driver intermittently irradiates said sound wave in said reaction container and generates a swirling flow in the mixing liquid of the sample and the reagent in the reaction container using said wave form producing device or said auxiliary waveform producing device.