TOPOLOGY MAP-BASED ROUTE GUIDING APPARATUS AND METHOD

A topology map-based route guiding apparatus may include a topology map generated from a guide map image based on an optical character recognition (OCR) character recognition and an image processing; a destination determiner configured to determine, as a destination, a location selected by a user in the topology map; an origin determiner configured to determine, as an origin, a current location of the user detected by comparing a character recognized from a surrounding image provided by the user and location information of the topology map; and a route generator configured to generate a final route from the origin to the destination based on a congestion degree and a preference.