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Mobile information device, image pickup device, and information acquisition system

  • US 10,430,471 B2
  • Filed: 02/16/2010
  • Issued: 10/01/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An information acquisition system comprising:

  • a communicator;

    a memory that stores information about routes and preference information of each of a plurality of users about human transportation, the preference information including, for each user, a parameter being assigned to user identification information and corresponding to whether time is prioritized or fare is prioritized, the parameters being stored in advance based on input information, the parameters being stored by a process different from a process of automatically reserving a ticket for human transportation; and

    a processor connected to the communicator and the memory and that;

    (a) receives information from a user of the plurality of users, the user using a mobile terminal, via the communicator, the mobile terminal including (i) an image pickup unit that picks up an image of a subject, (ii) a position information acquisition unit that acquires position information about a current position of the mobile terminal, (iii) a display and (iv) a navigation unit that provides a navigation from the current position to a destination, the mobile terminal transmitting a search request signal including route information and at least one of the position information and azimuth information corresponding to the subject, and(b) sequentially and automatically executes the following processes after receiving the search request signal from the mobile terminal without a specific selection process by the user after receiving the search request signal from the mobile terminal, the preference information being associated with the user;

    searching a route based on the route information and at least one of the position information and the azimuth information;

    executing acquisition of information about the searched route from the memory based on the search request signal received from the mobile terminal;

    automatically reserving the ticket for human transportation on the searched route based on the acquired information about the searched route and on the stored preference information; and

    transmitting, via the communicator, reservation information including information on the reserved ticket to the mobile terminal together with the information on the searched route,wherein, while the display shows the user'"'"'s current location and the searched route on a map, the mobile terminal provides the user with a guide in the searched route based on the position information, the reservation information and the information about the searched route.

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