Destination information provider server, destination information provider system and on-vehicle device

• US 10,145,705 B2
• Filed: 12/16/2016
• Issued: 12/04/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Yamaguchi, Tomonari
• Primary Examiner(s): Beaulieu, Yonel
• Application Number:
  US15/381,983
• Publication Number:
  US 20170184412A1
• Time in Patent Office: 718 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/362 received from an external device or application, e.g. PDA, mobile phone or calendar application
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3667 Display of a road map G01C21/3614 takes precedence; guidance using 3D or perspective road maps G01C21/3635
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/16 Anti-collision systems road vehicle drive control systems for predicting or avoiding probable or impending collision otherwise than by control of a particular sub-unit B60W30/08

Abstract

A destination information provider server is disclosed. The destination information provider server is configured to obtain position information of an information providing target vehicle, recognize a target link, which corresponds to a link of a road on which the information providing target vehicle is traveling, based on the position information, and transmit destination information to the information providing target vehicle, the destination information being indicative of destinations of other vehicles which travel on the target link.

Claims

1. A destination information provider server configured to:

obtain position information of an information providing target vehicle,

recognize a target link, which corresponds to a link of a road on which the information providing target vehicle is traveling, based on the position information,

collect arrival points of a vehicle traveling on the target link, and

transmit destination information to the information providing target vehicle, the destination information being indicative of destinations of other vehicles which travel on the target link based on an arrival point collection result.

2. The destination information provider server of claim 1, wherein the destinations include a home, and

the destination information indicative of the destination being a home is information indicative of an action type “

going home”

.

3. The destination information provider server of claim 1, wherein the destinations include a place of work, and

the destination information indicative of the destination being a place of work is information indicative of an action type “

commuting to work”

.

4. A destination information provision system, comprising:

the destination information provider server of claim 1; and

an on-vehicle processor installed on the information providing target vehicle,

wherein

the on-vehicle processor is configured to

determine whether the information providing target vehicle enters a traffic jam section, and

transmit a request signal for requesting the destination information to the destination information provider server based on a determination that the information providing target vehicle enters the traffic jam section, wherein

the request signal includes the position information, and

the destination information provider server obtains the position information from the request signal.

5. An on-vehicle processor configured to:

transmit a request signal for requesting the destination information to the destination information provider server of claim 1, the request signal including the position information,

receive the destination information, the destination information being transmitted from the destination information provider server in response to the request signal, and

display the received destination information on a display apparatus.