Method for providing information and system for providing information
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Abstract
In a car navigation system (1), a position information detection means (11) detects position information on a vehicle using, for example, a GPS. A travel information history of the vehicle obtained based on the detected position information is accumulated in a travel information history means (15). When detecting an event such as start of an engine, an action prediction means (17) predicts a destination of the vehicle by referring to a route to the current time and to the accumulated travel information history. Commercial or traffic information regarding the predicted destination is acquired by an information acquisition means (18) from a server (2), and then is displayed on a screen, for example, by an information provision means (19).
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23. An information providing method for providing information to an occupant of a vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:
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detecting position information on the vehicle with information equipment installed in the vehicle;
accumulating, as a travel information history, routes of the vehicle obtained from the detected position information in the manner of transition among nodes;
predicting a destination of the vehicle by referring to a route along which the vehicle has traveled to the current time and to the accumulated travel information history, when detecting the occurrence of a given event; and
providing information regarding the predicted destination to the occupant via the information equipment, wherein in the predicting step, a destination of the vehicle is predicted by referring to transition among nodes accumulated as the travel information history and a series of nodes from a departure of the vehicle to a current position. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. An information providing method for providing information to a person traveling, the method comprising the steps of:
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detecting position information on the person with information equipment held by the person;
accumulating, as a travel information history, routes of the person obtained from the detected position information in the manner of transition among nodes;
predicting a destination of the person by referring to a route along which the person has traveled to the current time and to the accumulated travel information history, when detecting the occurrence of a given event; and
providing information regarding the predicted destination to the person via the information equipment, wherein in the predicting step, a destination of the person is predicted by referring to transition among nodes accumulated as the travel information history and a series of nodes from a departure of the person to a current position.
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39. An information providing system installed in a vehicle and used for providing information to an occupant of the vehicle, the system comprising:
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means for detecting position information on the vehicle;
means for accumulating, as a travel information history, routes of the vehicle obtained from the detected position information in the manner of transition among nodes;
means for predicting a destination of the vehicle by referring to a route along which the vehicle has traveled to the current time and to the accumulated travel information history, when the occurrence of a given event is detected; and
means for providing information regarding the predicted destination to the occupant, wherein the predicting means predicts a destination of the vehicle by referring to transition among nodes accumulated as the travel information history and a series of nodes from a departure of the vehicle to a current position.
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40. An information providing system held by a person and used for providing information to the person, the system comprising:
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means for detecting position information on the person;
means for accumulating, as a travel information history, routes of the person obtained from the detected position information in the manner of transition among nodes;
means for predicting a destination of the person by referring to a route along which the person has traveled to the current time and to the accumulated travel information history, when the occurrence of a given event is detected; and
means for providing information regarding the predicted destination to the person, wherein the predicting means predicts a destination of the person by referring to transition among nodes accumulated as the travel information history and a series of nodes from a departure of the person to a current position.
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