Road traffic information output apparatus
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1. A road traffic information output apparatus, comprising:
- a road traffic information obtaining device that obtains road traffic information;
a decision-making device that determines in advance a specific area for which road traffic information will need to be output; and
a control device that implements control to output road traffic information that has been obtained by said road traffic information obtaining device for said specific area determined in advance, when the road traffic information for said specific area determined in advance by said decision-making device is required.
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A road traffic information output apparatus includes: a road traffic information obtaining device that obtains road traffic information; a decision-making device that determines in advance a specific area for which road traffic information will need to be output; and a control device that implements control to output road traffic information that has been obtained by the road traffic information obtaining device for the specific area determined in advance, when the road traffic information for the specific area determined in advance by the decision-making device is required.
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1. A road traffic information output apparatus, comprising:
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a road traffic information obtaining device that obtains road traffic information;
a decision-making device that determines in advance a specific area for which road traffic information will need to be output; and
a control device that implements control to output road traffic information that has been obtained by said road traffic information obtaining device for said specific area determined in advance, when the road traffic information for said specific area determined in advance by said decision-making device is required. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 22)
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7. A road traffic information output apparatus that receives and outputs road traffic information for individual specific areas which is transmitted as digital data from radio stations designated for the individual specific areas through radio broadcast, comprising:
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a tuning switching device that switches radio station tuning;
a road traffic information obtaining device that obtains road traffic information for an area corresponding to a radio station that is currently tuned in;
an output device that outputs said road traffic information obtained by said road traffic information obtaining device; and
a decision-making device that determines in advance a specific area for which road traffic information will be required, wherein said tuning switching device switches tuning to a radio station corresponding to said specific area determined by said decision-making device. - View Dependent Claims (8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 23)
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24. A recording medium that records a program for a road traffic information output apparatus, the program comprising:
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a first step in which road traffic information is obtained;
a second step in which a location for which a user wishes to output road traffic information is registered in advance;
a third step in which road traffic information for said registered location is output; and
a fourth step in which control is implemented to output road traffic information corresponding to an area around said registered location obtained in said first step when an instruction is issued to output road traffic information for said registered location in said third step.
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25. A recording medium that records a program for a road traffic information output apparatus, the program comprising:
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a first step in which a decision is made in advance on an area for which road traffic information will need to be output among sets of road traffic information transmitted in correspondence to individual specific areas;
a second step in which road traffic information for said area determined in advance in said first step is obtained in advance before road traffic information corresponding to said area is required; and
a third step in which road traffic information corresponding to said area obtained in said second step is output when road traffic information for said area needs to be output.
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26. A data signal transmitted through a communication line comprising a program for a road traffic information output apparatus, the program comprising:
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a first step in which road traffic information is obtained;
a second step in which a location for which a user wishes to output road traffic information is registered in advance;
a third step in which road traffic information for said registered location is output; and
a fourth step in which control is implemented to output road traffic information corresponding to an area around said registered location obtained in said first step when an instruction is issued to output said road traffic information for said registered location in said third step.
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27. A data signal transmitted through a communication line comprising a program for a road traffic information output apparatus, the program comprising:
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a first step in which a decision is made in advance on an area for which road traffic information will need to be output among sets of road traffic information transmitted in correspondence to individual specific areas;
a second step in which road traffic information for said area determined in advance in said first step is obtained in advance before road traffic information corresponding to said area is required; and
a third step in which road traffic information corresponding to said area obtained in said second step is output when road traffic information for said area needs to be output.
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