NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT AND NAVIGATION SYSTEM

• US 20110130953A1
• Filed: 06/02/2008
• Published: 06/02/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
• Original Assignee: Pioneer Corporation, Pioneer Design Corporation (Pioneer Corporation)
• Inventors: Aoki, Takashi, Yamazaki, Kazuyoshi, Ohishi, Hironori, Tanigawa, Hirofumi, Nakajima, Yohei, Tomono, Mizuki, Tahara, Kazushi
• Application Number:
  US12/995,330
• Publication Number:
  US 20110130953A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/200
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3617 using user history, behaviour, conditions or preferences, e.g. predicted or inferred from previous use or current movement
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3641 Personalized guidance, e.g. limited guidance on previously travelled routes
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3682 output of POI information on a road map G01C21/3614, G01C21/3685 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096816 where the complete route is transmitted to the vehicle at once
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096838 where the user preferences are taken into account or the user selects one route out of a plurality
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096866 where the complete route is shown to the driver

Abstract

The server apparatus has a life log database storing life log data indicating user behavior history. The server apparatus receives the related information request from the navigation apparatus, and searches the life log database based on the related information request to obtain the related information including the place information. Then, the server apparatus transmits the related information to the navigation apparatus. On the other hand, the navigation apparatus sets the guiding route based on the user'"'"'s input, and generates the route information. The navigation apparatus obtains the ID information from the user'"'"'s mobile terminal, and transmits the related information request including the ID information and the route information to the server apparatus. Further, when receiving the related information from the server apparatus, the navigation apparatus determines the candidate of the stop-by place based on the place information included in the related information, and displays the candidate on the display device.

Claims

1-7. -7. (canceled)

8. A navigation apparatus capable of communicating with a server apparatus, comprising:

an ID information obtaining unit which obtains ID information of plural users, the ID information identifying a user;

a related information requesting unit which transmits a related information request that includes the ID information and that requests related information;

a receiving unit which receives, from the server apparatus, the related information that is obtained by searching life log data of each of the plural users based on the ID information included in the related information request and that includes place information related to each of the plural users; and

a display control unit which displays a place related to each of the plural users included in the related information received from the server apparatus, as a candidate of stop-by place, on a same map screen in a manner different and distinguished from each other.

9. The navigation apparatus according to claim 8,

wherein the related information request includes route information, and

wherein the receiving unit receives, from the server apparatus, the related information which is narrowed down based on the route information.

10. The navigation apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the display control unit displays the candidate of each stop-by place by a balloon associated with a corresponding geographic position on a map.

11. The navigation apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the display control unit displays a list display area which displays the candidate of each stop-by place as a list in a traveling order indicated by the route information.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a navigation program executed by a computer in a navigation apparatus capable of communicating with a server apparatus, the program causing the computer to function as:

an ID information obtaining unit which obtains ID information of plural users, the ID information identifying a user;

a related information requesting unit which transmits a related information request that includes the ID information and that requests related information;

a receiving unit which receives, from the server apparatus, the related information that is obtained by searching life log data of each of the plural users based on the ID information included in the related information request and that includes place information related to each of the plural users; and

a display control unit which displays a place related to each of the plural users included in the related information received from the server apparatus, as a candidate of stop-by place, on a same map screen in a manner different and distinguished from each other.

13. A navigation system comprising a navigation apparatus and a server apparatus,

wherein the navigation apparatus comprises:

an ID information obtaining unit which obtains ID information of plural users, the ID information identifying a user;

a related information requesting unit which transmits a related information request that includes the ID information and that requests related information;

a receiving unit which receives, from the server apparatus, the related information corresponding to the related information request; and

a display control unit which displays places related to each of the plural users included in the related information received from the server apparatus, as a candidate of stop-by place, on a same map screen in a manner different and distinguished from each other,

wherein the server apparatus comprises;

a life log database which stores life log data indicating behavior history of a user;

a receiving unit which receives the related information request from the navigation apparatus;

a search unit which searches the life log data of each of the plural users based on the ID information included in the related information request, and obtains the related information including place information related to each of the plural users; and

a transmitting unit which transmits the related information to the navigation apparatus.