MOVING ROUTE PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM USING THIS MOVING ROUTE PROCESSING DEVICE

• US 20120150442A1
• Filed: 09/04/2009
• Published: 06/14/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Inventors: Nishikawa, Shuichi
• Granted Patent: US 8,731,828 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/519
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/34 Route searching; Route guidance
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/005 including pedestrian guidance indicator
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096816 where the complete route is transmitted to the vehicle at once
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/09685 where the complete route is computed only once and not updated
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096883 where input information is obtained using a mobile device, e.g. a mobile phone, a PDA
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/80 for detecting, monitoring or modelling epidemics or pandemics, e.g. flu

Abstract

Disclosed is a moving route processing device provided with: a route data creating unit for adding date and time information showing a current date and time to position information showing a current position to create route data with timestamp; a route data recorder for recording the route data with timestamp created by the route data creating unit; a communication processing unit for acquiring predetermined data from a database connected to a network; a route comparing unit for comparing the predetermined data acquired by the communication processing unit with the route data with timestamp recorded in the route data recorder; and a display processing unit for, when it is determined from the comparison by the route comparing unit that a close contact state existed, creating and displaying a message showing that a close contact state existed.

Claims

1. A moving route processing device comprising:

a route data creating unit for adding date and time information showing a current date and time to position information showing a current position to create route data with timestamp;

a route data recorder for recording the route data with timestamp created by said route data creating unit;

a communication processing unit for acquiring predetermined data from a database connected to a network;

a route comparing unit for comparing the predetermined data acquired by said communication processing unit with the route data with timestamp recorded in said route data recorder; and

a display processing unit for, when it is determined from the comparison by said route comparing unit that a close contact state existed, creating and displaying a message showing that a close contact state existed.

2. The moving route processing device according to claim 1, wherein the communication processing unit acquires either route data with timestamp showing a moving route of a person infected with an epidemic disease, or location and time period data showing a location where and a time period during which something like an incident occurred from the database connected to the network.

3. An information providing system including a database for storing predetermined data, and a moving route processing device which accesses said database via a network, wherein said moving route processing device includes:

a route data creating unit for adding date and time information showing a current date and time to position information showing a current position to create a route data with timestamp;

a route data recorder for recording the route data with timestamp created by said route data creating unit;

a communication processing unit for acquiring predetermined data from said database via said network;

a route comparing unit for comparing the predetermined data acquired by said communication processing unit with the route data with timestamp recorded in said route data recorder; and

a display processing unit for, when it is determined from the comparison by said route comparing unit that a close contact state existed, creating and displaying a message showing that a close contact state existed.

4. The information providing system according to claim 3, wherein the database stores route data with timestamp showing a moving route of a person infected with an epidemic disease.

5. The information providing system according to claim 4, wherein said information providing system includes another databases for, when it is determined from the comparison made by the route comparing unit of the moving route processing device that a close contact state existed, storing information about a user transmitted from said moving route processing device and data showing a location where and a date and time when the close contact existed, and said communication processing unit acquires the information about the user and the data showing the location where and the date when the close contact existed from said other database via the network, and stores them in said other database.

6. The information providing system according to claim 3, wherein the database stores a location where and a time period during which something like an incident occurred.