SERVER, VEHICLE-MOUNTED NAVIGATION APPARATUS, VEHICLE EMPLOYING THESE, AND PARTICULAR INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM RELATED TO THESE
First Claim
1. A server that is capable of communicating with a vehicle, the server comprising:
- a particular information storage device that stores particular information;
an area-specific particular information storage device that stores area-specific particular information, the area-specific particular information associating the particular information with an area segment;
a vehicle information reception device that receives at least one of positional information and route information of the vehicle;
an area-specific threshold data extraction device that extracts area-specific threshold data of a corresponding area segment from the area-specific particular information based on the information received by the vehicle information reception device;
a warning necessity determination device that determines whether or not a warning is necessary based on the area-specific threshold data and the particular information;
a navigation assisting data generation device that generates navigation assisting data containing the warning necessity information, determined by the warning necessity determination device, and the area-specific particular information; and
a transmission device that sends the navigation assisting data to the vehicle.
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Abstract
A server generates area-specific particular information beforehand, and obtains positional information and route information from a vehicle-mounted navigation apparatus or a vehicle. The server determines particular information to be sent to the vehicle-mounted navigation apparatus or whether a warning is necessary, for each area segment including location indicated by the positional information and/or the route information. The server then distributes necessary particular information or area-specific threshold data. The vehicle-mounted navigation apparatus receives the information from the server, determines whether or not a warning is necessary in the area segment of the present position of the vehicle using the area-specific threshold data, and displays the particular information or the warning.
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12 Claims
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1. A server that is capable of communicating with a vehicle, the server comprising:
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a particular information storage device that stores particular information;
an area-specific particular information storage device that stores area-specific particular information, the area-specific particular information associating the particular information with an area segment;
a vehicle information reception device that receives at least one of positional information and route information of the vehicle;
an area-specific threshold data extraction device that extracts area-specific threshold data of a corresponding area segment from the area-specific particular information based on the information received by the vehicle information reception device;
a warning necessity determination device that determines whether or not a warning is necessary based on the area-specific threshold data and the particular information;
a navigation assisting data generation device that generates navigation assisting data containing the warning necessity information, determined by the warning necessity determination device, and the area-specific particular information; and
a transmission device that sends the navigation assisting data to the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4)
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2. A server that is capable of communicating with a vehicle, the server comprising:
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a particular information storage device that stores particular information;
an area-specific particular information storage device that stores area-specific particular information, the area-specific particular information associating the particular information with an area segment;
a vehicle information reception device that receives at least one of positional information and route information of the vehicle;
an area-specific threshold data extraction device that extracts area-specific threshold data of a corresponding area segment from the area-specific particular information based on the information received by the vehicle information reception device;
a navigation assisting data generation device that generates navigation assisting data containing the area-specific particular information and the area-specific threshold data; and
a transmission device that sends the navigation assisting data to the vehicle.
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5. A vehicle-mounted navigation apparatus for searching for a route corresponding to a destination of a vehicle, displaying map data on a display device, and providing route navigation, the apparatus comprising:
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a position determination device that can determine a present position of the vehicle;
a communication device that communicates with the server;
a server information storage device that stores navigation assisting data containing area-specific threshold data for each area segment for determining whether or not a warning is necessary and area-specific particular information for the each area segment, that are sent by the server and received by the communication device;
a warning necessity determination device that determines whether or not the warning is required based on the area-specific threshold data and the area-specific particular information that are stored in the server information storage device; and
a warning-related output control device that controls at least one of a display of a symbol and an output of sound related to the warning, based on the determination made by the warning necessity determination device. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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6. A vehicle-mounted navigation apparatus for searching for a route corresponding to a destination of a vehicle, displaying map data on a display device, and providing route navigation, the apparatus comprising:
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a position determination device that can determine a present position of the vehicle;
a communication device that communicates with the server;
a server information storage device that stores navigation assisting data containing area-specific threshold data for each area segment for determining whether or not a warning is necessary and area-specific particular information for the each area segment, that are sent by the server and received by the communication device; and
a warning-related output control device that controls at least one of a display of a symbol and an output of sound related to the warning, based on warning necessity information that is stored in the server information storage device.
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8. A vehicle for searching for a route corresponding to a destination of the vehicle, displaying map data on a display device, and providing route navigation, the vehicle comprising:
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a position determination device that can determine a present position of the vehicle;
a communication device that communicates with the server;
a server information storage device that stores navigation assisting data containing area-specific threshold data for each area segment for determining whether or not a warning is necessary and area-specific particular information for the each area segment, that are sent by the server and received by the communication device;
a warning necessity determination device that determines whether or not the warning is required based on the area-specific threshold data and the area-specific particular information that are stored in the server information storage device; and
a warning-related output control device that controls at least one of a display of a symbol and an output of sound related to the warning, based on the determination made by the warning necessity determination device. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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9. A vehicle for searching for a route corresponding to a destination of the vehicle, displaying map data on a display device, and providing route navigation, the vehicle comprising:
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a position determination device that can determine a present position of the vehicle;
a communication device that communicates with the server;
a server information storage device that stores navigation assisting data containing warning necessity information by which the server determines whether or not a warning is necessary, and area-specific particular information for each area segment, that are sent by the server and received by the communication device; and
a warning-related output control device that controls at least one of a symbol display for displaying a symbol and sound output related to the warning, based on the warning necessity information that is stored in the server information storage device.
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11. A particular information distribution system comprising a server and a vehicle, the server and the vehicle being capable of communicating each other,
the server comprising: -
a particular information storage device that stores particular information;
an area-specific particular information storage device that stores area-specific particular information, the area-specific particular information associating the particular information with an area segment;
a vehicle information reception device that receives at least one of positional information and route information of the vehicle;
an area-specific threshold data extraction device that extracts area-specific threshold data of a corresponding area segment from the area-specific particular information, based on the information corresponding to the reception by the vehicle information reception device;
a warning necessity determination device that determines whether or not a warning is necessary based on the area-specific threshold data and the particular information;
a navigation assisting data generation device that generates navigation assisting data containing the warning necessity information determined by the warning necessity determination device and the area-specific particular information; and
a transmission device that sends the navigation assisting data to the vehicle, and the vehicle comprising;
a position determination device that can determine a present position of the vehicle;
a communication device that communicates with the server;
a server information storage device that stores the navigation assisting data received from the server; and
a warning-related output control device that controls at least one of a display of a symbol and an output of sound related to the warning, based on warning necessity information that is stored in the server information storage device.
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12. A particular information distribution system comprising a server and a vehicle, the server and the vehicle being capable of communicating each other,
the server comprising: -
a particular information storage device that stores particular information;
an area-specific particular information storage device that stores area-specific particular information, the area-specific particular information associating the particular information with an area segment;
a vehicle information reception device that receives at least one of positional information and route information of the vehicle;
an area-specific threshold data extraction device that extracts area-specific threshold data of a corresponding area segment from the area-specific particular information, based on the reception by the vehicle information reception device;
a navigation assisting data generation device that generates navigation assisting data containing the area-specific particular information and the area-specific threshold data; and
a transmission device that sends the navigation assisting data to the vehicle, and the vehicle comprising;
a position determination device that can determine a present position of the vehicle;
a communication device that communicates with the server;
a server information storage device that stores the navigation assisting data received from the server; and
a warning necessity determination device that determines whether or not a warning is necessary based on the area-specific threshold data and the area-specific particular information that are stored in the server information storage device; and
a warning-related output control device that controls at least one of a display of a symbol and an output of sound related to the warning based, on the determination made by the warning necessity determination device.
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