Measuring terminal, service device and request terminal
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1. A measuring apparatus cooperating with a service device for providing position information to a request apparatus requesting a position of a search object, comprising:
- a unit accepting from the request apparatus a search request for searching the position of the search object;
a unit calculating a distance between the measuring apparatus and the search object;
a unit acquiring present position information of the measuring apparatus; and
a unit transmitting the present position information and the distance information to the service device.
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Abstract
In the case of searching for a search object 400, measuring terminals 300 obtain information about an area where the search is effected from a request terminal 100 requesting the search, and a service device 200 calculates the position information of the search object 400 for the terminal 100 on the basis of present position information and distance information given from the measuring terminals 300.
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19 Claims
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1. A measuring apparatus cooperating with a service device for providing position information to a request apparatus requesting a position of a search object, comprising:
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a unit accepting from the request apparatus a search request for searching the position of the search object;
a unit calculating a distance between the measuring apparatus and the search object;
a unit acquiring present position information of the measuring apparatus; and
a unit transmitting the present position information and the distance information to the service device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A service device for providing position information to a request apparatus requesting the position information of a search object, comprising:
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a unit receiving, from a measuring apparatus for measuring a position of the search object, present position information of the measuring apparatus and information about a distance between the measuring apparatus making the measurement and the search object; and
a unit transmitting to the request apparatus the position information of the search object that has been calculated based on the present position information and the information about the distance to the search object.
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5. A request apparatus provided with position information of a search object through a system including a service device for providing the position information of the search object and measuring apparatuses for reporting distances to the search object to the service device, comprising:
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a unit transmitting a search request for the position information of the search object to the measuring apparatuses existing in the periphery of the self-apparatus; and
a unit receiving via the service device the position information of the search object that is based on the reports given from the measuring apparatuses. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
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8. A method executed by a apparatus cooperating with a service device for providing position information to a request apparatus requesting a position of a search object, comprising:
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accepting from the request apparatus a search request for searching the position of the search object;
transmitting radio waves receivable by the search object;
receiving a response to the radio waves from the search object;
calculating a distance between the apparatus and the search object from the response received;
acquiring present position information of the apparatus; and
transmitting the present position information and the distance information to the service device. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. A method executed by a service device for providing position information to a request apparatus requesting the position information of a search object, comprising:
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receiving, from a measuring apparatus for measuring a position of the search object, present position information of the measuring apparatus and information about a distance between the measuring apparatus making the measurement and the search object; and
transmitting to the request apparatus the position information of the search object that has been calculated based on the present position information and the information about the distance to the search object.
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11. A method executed by a apparatus provided with position information of a search object through a system including a service device for providing the position information of the search object and measuring apparatuses for reporting distances to the search object to the service device, comprising:
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transmitting a search request for the position information of the search object to the measuring apparatuses existing in the periphery of the self-apparatus; and
receiving via the service device the position information of the search object that is based on the reports given from the measuring apparatuses. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 15)
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14. A storage medium that stored an executable-by-computer position information measuring program for making a apparatus cooperating with a service device for providing position information to a request apparatus requesting a position of a search object, the program execute:
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accepting from the request apparatus a search request for searching the position of the search object;
transmitting radio waves receivable by the search object;
receiving a response to the radio waves from the search object;
calculating a distance between the apparatus and the search object from the response received;
acquiring present position information of the apparatus; and
transmitting the present position information and the distance information to the service device.
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16. A storage medium that stored a program for making a computer for providing position information to a request apparatus requesting the position information of a search object, the program execute:
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receiving, from a measuring apparatus for measuring a position of the search object, present position information of the measuring apparatus and information about a distance between the measuring apparatus making the measurement and the search object; and
transmitting to the request apparatus the position information of the search object that has been calculated based on the present position information and the information about the distance to the search object.
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17. A storage medium that stored an executable-by-computer position information requesting program for making an apparatus provided with position information of a search object through a system including a service device for providing the position information of the search object and measuring apparatuses for reporting distances to the search object to the service device, the program execute:
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transmitting a search request for the position information of the search object to the measuring apparatuses existing in the periphery of the self-apparatus; and
receiving via the service device the position information of the search object that is based on the reports given from the measuring apparatuses. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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