PORTABLE INFORMATION-PROVIDING APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A portable information-providing apparatus comprising a position detector which provides data of a user'"'"'s position, a direction detector which provides data of a direction as determined by the user, a processor which operates to correlate said position and direction data with information of features in the user'"'"'s surroundings as stored in a memory together with position information of the same, and information output means operative to provide said information to the user, said information being related to a feature in the user'"'"'s surroundings at least approximately along said direction determined by the user by simply pointing the apparatus in the selected direction towards the feature of interest.
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Abstract
A portable information-providing apparatus comprising a position detector, a direction detector, a processor, a memory, and information output device. The position detector provides data of a use'"'"'s position. The direction detector provides data of a direction as determined by the user. The processor operates to correlate said position and direction data with information of features in the user'"'"'s surroundings as stored in the memory. The information output device provides the information to the user, the information being related to a feature in the user'"'"'s surroundings generally along the direction determined by the user.
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37 Claims
- 1. A portable information-providing apparatus comprising a position detector which provides data of a user'"'"'s position, a direction detector which provides data of a direction as determined by the user, a processor which operates to correlate said position and direction data with information of features in the user'"'"'s surroundings as stored in a memory together with position information of the same, and information output means operative to provide said information to the user, said information being related to a feature in the user'"'"'s surroundings at least approximately along said direction determined by the user by simply pointing the apparatus in the selected direction towards the feature of interest.
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23. A portable information-providing apparatus according to preceding claim, in which the information stored in the memory is supplied on a removable medium.
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24. A portable information-providing apparatus according to preceding claim, in which the information stored in memory, is enlarged, enhanced or updated by received information broadcast from a remote station.
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37. A portable information-providing apparatus substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the Figure.
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