INFORMATION NOTIFYING APPARATUS, MOBILE APPARATUS, INFORMATION NOTIFYING SYSTEM, INFORMATION NOTIFYING METHOD, MESSAGE OUTPUTTING METHOD, INFORMATION NOTIFICATION CONTROL PROGRAM AND MOBILE APPARATUS CONTROL PROGRAM

• US 20100277310A1
• Filed: 03/03/2010
• Published: 11/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: IMAE, YUKI
• Application Number:
  US12/716,330
• Publication Number:
  US 20100277310A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/539.13
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0027 of actual mobile position, i.e. position determined on mobile
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/005 including pedestrian guidance indicator
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/161 Decentralised systems, e.g. inter-vehicle communication
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 21/00 Teaching, or communicating with, the blind, deaf or mute audible presentation of material to be studied G09B5/04; devices or methods for replacing direct visual or auditory perception by another kind of perception A61F9/08, A61F11/04; audible indication of meter readings or of colour G01D7/12; watches for blind persons G04B25/02; speech analysis, speech recognition G10L; sound-recording or reproducing, per se G11B

Abstract

An information notifying apparatus includes: a first position information obtaining unit obtaining a first position information indicating a first current position of a mobile apparatus from the mobile apparatus; a calculating unit generating notified information corresponding to the first position based on the first position information; and an information transmitting unit transmitting the notified information to the mobile apparatus.

Claims

1. An information notifying apparatus comprising:

a first position information obtaining unit obtaining a first position information indicating a first current position of a mobile apparatus from the mobile apparatus;

a calculating unit generating notified information corresponding to the first position based on the first position information; and

an information transmitting unit transmitting the notified information to the mobile apparatus.

2. The information notifying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the calculating unit calculates a distance between the mobile apparatus and a point based on the first position information, and generates the notified information based on the distance.

3. The information notifying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the calculating unit calculates a moving speed of the mobile apparatus based on the first position information, and generates the notified information based on the moving speed.

4. The information notifying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the notified information includes information indicating a direction of a target point viewed from the mobile apparatus.

5. The information notifying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the notified information includes information indicating a distance between the mobile apparatus and a target point.

6. The information notifying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the notified information includes information indicating a moving direction in which the mobile apparatus is directed to move.

7. The information notifying apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the point is a current position of the information notifying apparatus.

8. The information notifying apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a second position information obtaining unit obtaining a second position information indicating a second current position of the information notifying apparatus, wherein

the calculating unit generates the notified information based on the first position information and the second position information.

9. The information notifying apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a request signal transmitting unit transmitting a request signal which requests the mobile apparatus to send the first position information.

10. An information notifying apparatus comprising:

a first position information obtaining means for obtaining a first position information indicating a first current position of a mobile apparatus from the mobile apparatus;

a calculating means for generating notified information corresponding to the first position based on the first position information; and

an information transmitting means for transmitting the notified information to the mobile apparatus.

11. The information notifying apparatus according to claim 10, wherein

the notified information is information directing the mobile apparatus to output a predetermined audio message.

12. The information notifying apparatus according to claim 10, wherein

the notified information is information directing the mobile apparatus to output a predetermined displayed message.

13. The information notifying apparatus according to claim 10, wherein

the notified information is information directing the mobile apparatus to output a predetermined vibrating message of a strength based on the notified information or a pattern based on the notified information.

14. A mobile apparatus comprising:

a first position information obtaining unit obtaining a first position information indicating a first current position;

a position information transmitting unit transmitting the first position information to an external apparatus;

a notified information receiving unit receiving notified information generated by the external apparatus based on the first position information; and

a message outputting unit outputting a predetermined message based on the received notified information.

15. The mobile apparatus according to claim 14, further comprising:

a request signal receiving unit receiving a request signal which is transmitted by the external apparatus and requests the mobile apparatus to send the first position information, wherein

the position information transmitting unit transmits the first position information to the external apparatus according to the request signal.

16. The mobile apparatus according to claim 15, wherein

the first position information obtaining unit obtains the first position information according to the request signal, and

the position information transmitting unit transmits the first position information to the external apparatus.

17. A mobile apparatus comprising:

a first position information obtaining means for obtaining a first position information indicating a first current position;

a position information transmitting means for transmitting the first position information to an external apparatus;

a notified information receiving means for receiving notified information generated by the external apparatus based on the first position information; and

a message outputting means for outputting a predetermined message based on the received notified information.

18. An information notifying system comprising:

a mobile apparatus comprising;

a first position information obtaining unit obtaining a first position information indicating a first current position;

a position information transmitting unit transmitting a first position information indicating a current position of the mobile apparatus;

a notified information receiving unit receiving notified information; and

a message outputting unit outputting a predetermined message based on the notified information; and

an information notifying apparatus comprising;

a first position information receiving unit receiving the first position information;

a calculating unit generating the notified information corresponding to the first position based on the first position information; and

an information transmitting unit transmitting the notified information.

19. An information notifying method comprising:

obtaining a first position information indicating a first current position of a mobile apparatus from the mobile apparatus;

generating notified information corresponding to the first position based on the first position information; and

transmitting the notified information to the mobile apparatus.

20. A message outputting method comprising:

obtaining a first position information indicating a first current position;

transmitting the first position information to an external apparatus;

receiving notified information generated by the external apparatus based on the first position information; and

outputting a predetermined message based on the received notified information.

23. A medium storing the program according to claim 20.

21. An information notification control program adopted in an information notifying apparatus which includes a first position information obtaining unit, a calculating unit and an information transmitting unit, for controlling the operations of:

obtaining a first position information indicating a first current position of a mobile apparatus from the mobile apparatus with the first position information obtaining unit;

generating notified information corresponding to the first position based on the first position information with the calculating unit; and

transmitting the notified information to the mobile apparatus with the information transmitting unit.

24. A medium storing the program according to claim 21.

22. A message output control program adopted in a mobile apparatus which includes a first position information obtaining unit, a position information transmitting unit, a notified information receiving unit and a message outputting unit, for controlling the operations of:

obtaining a first position information indicating a first current position with the first position information obtaining unit;

transmitting the first position information to an external apparatus with the position information transmitting unit;

receiving notified information generated by the external apparatus based on the first position information received by the external apparatus with the notified information receiving unit; and

outputting a predetermined message based on the received notified information with the message outputting unit.