INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
First Claim
1. An information providing device that provides information to a terminal device, comprising:
- a route acquisition unit that acquires a reference travel route between two points on the basis of information about the reference travel route, transmitted from the terminal device;
a route finding unit that finds a fuel-saving travel route between the two points;
a fuel cost calculating unit that calculates a difference in cost of fuel between the reference travel route and the fuel-saving travel route on the basis of a fuel consumption for the reference travel route, a fuel consumption for the fuel-saving travel route and a fee of fuel;
a communication cost calculating unit that calculates a communication cost for communicating first information about the fuel-saving travel route found by the route finding unit to the terminal device; and
a control unit that executes control for transmitting predetermined information to the terminal device on the basis of a result of comparison between the difference in cost of fuel, calculated by the fuel cost calculating unit, and the communication cost calculated by the communication cost calculating unit.
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Abstract
An information providing device, having a route acquisition unit that acquires a reference travel route between two points, a route finding unit that finds a fuel-saving travel route between the two points, a fuel cost calculating unit that calculates a difference in cost of fuel between the reference travel route and the fuel-saving travel route based on fuel consumption and a fee of fuel, a communication cost calculating unit that calculates a communication cost concerning the fuel-saving travel route, and a control unit that executes control for transmitting predetermined information to a terminal device based on the result of a comparison between the difference in cost of fuel and the communication cost.
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9 Claims
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1. An information providing device that provides information to a terminal device, comprising:
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a route acquisition unit that acquires a reference travel route between two points on the basis of information about the reference travel route, transmitted from the terminal device; a route finding unit that finds a fuel-saving travel route between the two points; a fuel cost calculating unit that calculates a difference in cost of fuel between the reference travel route and the fuel-saving travel route on the basis of a fuel consumption for the reference travel route, a fuel consumption for the fuel-saving travel route and a fee of fuel; a communication cost calculating unit that calculates a communication cost for communicating first information about the fuel-saving travel route found by the route finding unit to the terminal device; and a control unit that executes control for transmitting predetermined information to the terminal device on the basis of a result of comparison between the difference in cost of fuel, calculated by the fuel cost calculating unit, and the communication cost calculated by the communication cost calculating unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An information providing method that provides information to a terminal device, comprising:
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acquiring a reference travel route between two points on the basis of information about the reference travel route, transmitted from the terminal device; finding a fuel-saving travel route between the two points; calculating a difference in cost of fuel between the reference travel route and the fuel-saving travel route on the basis of a fuel consumption for the reference travel route, a fuel consumption for the fuel-saving travel route and a fee of fuel; calculating a communication cost for communicating information about the found fuel-saving travel route to the terminal device; and executing control for transmitting predetermined information to the terminal device on the basis of a result of comparison between the calculated difference in cost of fuel and the calculated communication cost. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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