VEHICLE-MOUNTED DEVICE, ROADSIDE APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM
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Abstract
An ITS vehicle-mounted device (17) sends/receives data in DSRC Town Car Life Navi multi-content form. As a vehicle enters the communication area of a roadside apparatus (11), the past drop-in place information is sent to the ITS vehicle-mounted device (17) so that the driver can receive beneficial advertisement information from the ITS vehicle-mounted device (17). Places where the power of the ITS vehicle-mounted device (17) is turned off may be registered as the past drop-in places contained in said past drop-in place information, and the places of an idling stop may also be registered in the past drop-in place information. In that case, the accuracy of the past drop-in place information is low. Highly accurate past drop-in place information can be produced, however. When the stop time is short at a place where the power of the ITS vehicle-mounted device (17) is turned off or when a place is on the road right before an intersection as indicated by comparison with map data, said place will not be registered in the past drop-in place information.
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Citations
20 Claims
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11. A vehicle-mounted device for use in a distribution system which comprises
a server apparatus for organizing content information in accordance with user'"'"'s taste information to distribute it, the vehicle-mounted device for providing the user'"'"'s taste information to the server apparatus, and a roadside apparatus for transmitting content information according to the user'"'"'s taste information from the server apparatus to the vehicle-mounted device having entered into a wireless communication area, while for receiving uplink information including past drop-in place information together with the user'"'"'s taste information from the vehicle-mounted device to forward the received uplink information to the server apparatus, wherein the server apparatus is capable of understanding the past drop-in place information and the content information while associating these information with each other, the vehicle-mounted device having: -
a parking spot detection unit configured to detect, as a parking spot, a point where the vehicle-mounted device has been powered off; a decision unit configured to decide whether the detected parking spot is appropriate as a past drop-in place of uplink information; and a past drop-in place registration unit configured to register the detected parking spot as a past drop-in place of the uplink information if the parking spot is appropriate as a past drop-in place of uplink information. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A roadside apparatus for use in a distribution system which comprises a server apparatus for organizing content information in accordance with user'"'"'s taste information to distribute it, the vehicle-mounted device for providing the user'"'"'s taste information to the server apparatus, and a roadside apparatus for transmitting content information according to the user'"'"'s taste information from the server apparatus to the vehicle-mounted device having entered into a wireless communication area, while for receiving uplink information including past drop-in place information together with the user'"'"'s taste information from the vehicle-mounted device to forward the received uplink information to the server apparatus, wherein the server apparatus is capable of understanding the past drop-in place information and the content information while associating these information with each other, the roadside apparatus having:
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a decision unit configured to decide whether the past drop-in place of uplink information is appropriate for inclusion in user information on which distribution of content to a user of the vehicle-mounted device is based; and an exception unit configured to except the past drop-in place from the user information if the past drop-in place of uplink information is inappropriate as a drop-in place. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A method for controlling a vehicle-mounted device for use in a distribution system which comprises a server apparatus for organizing content information in accordance with user'"'"'s taste information to distribute it, the vehicle-mounted device for providing the user'"'"'s taste information to the server apparatus, and a roadside apparatus for transmitting content information according to the user'"'"'s taste information from the server apparatus to the vehicle-mounted device having entered into a wireless communication area, while for receiving uplink information including past drop-in place information together with the user'"'"'s taste information from the vehicle-mounted device to forward the received uplink information to the server apparatus, wherein the server apparatus is capable of understanding the past drop-in place information and the content information while associating these information with each other, the method comprising the steps of:
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detecting, as a parking spot, a point where the vehicle-mounted device has been powered off; deciding whether the detected parking spot is appropriate as a past drop-in place of uplink information; and registering the detected parking spot as a past drop-in place of the uplink information if the parking spot is appropriate as a past drop-in place of uplink information.
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19. A method for controlling a roadside apparatus for use in a distribution system which comprises a server apparatus for organizing content information in accordance with user'"'"'s taste information to distribute it, the vehicle-mounted device for providing the user'"'"'s taste information to the server apparatus, and a roadside apparatus for transmitting content information according to the user'"'"'s taste information from the server apparatus to the vehicle-mounted device having entered into a wireless communication area, while for receiving uplink information including past drop-in place information together with the user'"'"'s taste information from the vehicle-mounted device to forward the received uplink information to the server apparatus, wherein the server apparatus is capable of understanding the past drop-in place information and the content information while associating these information with each other, the method comprising the steps of:
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deciding whether the past drop-in place of uplink information is appropriate for inclusion in user information on which distribution of content to a user of the vehicle-mounted device is based; and excepting the past drop-in place from the user information if the past drop-in place of uplink information is inappropriate for inclusion in user information.
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20. A computer readable program which executes a method for controlling a vehicle-mounted device for use in a distribution system which comprises a server apparatus for organizing content information in accordance with user'"'"'s taste information to distribute it, the vehicle-mounted device for providing the user'"'"'s taste information to the server apparatus, and a roadside apparatus for transmitting content information according to the user'"'"'s taste information from the server apparatus to the vehicle-mounted device having entered into a wireless communication area, while for receiving uplink information including past drop-in place information together with the user'"'"'s taste information from the vehicle-mounted device to forward the received uplink information to the server apparatus, wherein the server is capable of interpreting contents of the user'"'"'s taste information on the basis of the past drop-in place information and properly modifying the contents of the user'"'"'s taste information, the program being executed on a processor of the computer to execute the steps of:
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detecting, as a parking spot, a point where the vehicle-mounted device has been powered off; deciding whether the detected parking spot is appropriate as a past drop-in place of uplink information; and registering the detected parking spot as a past drop-in place of the uplink information if the parking spot is appropriate as a past drop-in place of uplink information.
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