Portable terminal apparatus and the positional information communication method using it
First Claim
1. A portable terminal apparatus comprising:
- a positional information acquiring device for acquiring positional information;
a transmitting device for transmitting the acquired positional information to other portable terminal apparatuses;
a receiving device for receiving the positional information transmitted from other portable terminal apparatuses;
a map data acquiring device for acquiring the map data in a predetermined range including the location shown by the received positional information; and
a displaying device for displaying the map data together with a mark that indicates the position shown by the received positional information.
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Abstract
A portable terminal apparatus which can communicate one'"'"'s current location on a map to the party on the other end of a cellular phone line with a little amount of transmitting data is provided. In the apparatus, a positional information acquiring device acquires positional information. Then, a transmitting device transmits the acquired positional information to other portable terminal apparatuses. Further, a receiving device receives the positional information transmitted from other portable terminal apparatuses. Then, a map data acquiring device acquires the map data in a predetermined range including the location shown by the received positional information. A displaying device displays the map data together with a mark that indicates the position shown by the received positional information.
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9 Claims
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1. A portable terminal apparatus comprising:
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a positional information acquiring device for acquiring positional information;
a transmitting device for transmitting the acquired positional information to other portable terminal apparatuses;
a receiving device for receiving the positional information transmitted from other portable terminal apparatuses;
a map data acquiring device for acquiring the map data in a predetermined range including the location shown by the received positional information; and
a displaying device for displaying the map data together with a mark that indicates the position shown by the received positional information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A positional information communication method for communicating positional information between a portable terminal apparatus equipped with a GPS apparatus on a transmission side and another portable terminal apparatus on a reception side, the method comprising the processes of:
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acquiring positional information that shows the current location of the portable terminal apparatus using the GPS apparatus;
transmitting the positional information to the terminal apparatus on the reception side from the terminal apparatus on the transmission side;
receiving the positional information in the terminal apparatus on the reception side;
acquiring map data in a predetermined range including the location shown by the positional information; and
displaying the map data acquired together with a mark that indicates the location shown by the positional information.
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