POSITION INFORMATION TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, POSITION INFORMATION TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, AND VEHICLE
First Claim
1. A position information transmission apparatus for transmitting position information about a vehicle to a position information service center, the information service center enabling a user to check in to a predetermined location by the user submitting information relating to the predetermined location,the position information transmission apparatus comprising a control unit that is authorized to log in to the position information service center via a network,the control unit being configured to, in a logged-in state to the position information service center, submit the information relating to a predetermined location of the user that is based on the position information about the vehicle to the position information service center on condition that a predetermined operation has been performed by the user in the vehicle.
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Abstract
A navigation device serving as a position information transmission apparatus for transmitting position information about a vehicle to a position information service center includes a terminal ECU that is authorized to log in to the position information service center via networks. The terminal ECU is configured to, in a logged-in state to the position information service center, transmit the position information about the vehicle to the position information service center on condition that a predetermined operation has been performed.
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25 Claims
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1. A position information transmission apparatus for transmitting position information about a vehicle to a position information service center, the information service center enabling a user to check in to a predetermined location by the user submitting information relating to the predetermined location,
the position information transmission apparatus comprising a control unit that is authorized to log in to the position information service center via a network, the control unit being configured to, in a logged-in state to the position information service center, submit the information relating to a predetermined location of the user that is based on the position information about the vehicle to the position information service center on condition that a predetermined operation has been performed by the user in the vehicle.
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4. A position information transmission apparatus for transmitting position information about a vehicle to a position information service center, the information service center enabling a user to check in to a predetermined location by the user submitting information relating to the predetermined location,
the position information transmission apparatus comprising a control unit connected via a network to an information processing center for storing the position information about the vehicle in cooperation with the position information service center, the control unit being configured to output a control signal to the information processing center so that the information relating to a predetermined location of the user that is based on the position information is submitted from the information processing center to the position information service center on condition that a predetermined operation has been performed by the user in the vehicle.
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10. A position information transmission apparatus for transmitting position information about a vehicle to a position information service center, the information service center enabling a user to check in to a predetermined location by the user submitting information relating to the predetermined location,
the position information transmission apparatus comprising a control unit connected via a network to an information processing center for storing a movement history of the vehicle in cooperation with the position information service center, the control unit being configured to, when the movement history stored in the information processing center has been retrieved, acquire and output via the network a check-in point that is available to be checked in to and is included in the movement history and, on condition that an operation for designating the output check-in point has been performed by the user in the vehicle, output a control signal to the information processing center so that the information relating to a predetermined location of the user that is based on position information corresponding to the designated check-in point is submitted from the information processing center to the position information service center.
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13. A position information transmission system for transmitting position information about a vehicle to a position information service center, the information service center enabling a user to check in to a predetermined location by the user submitting information relating to the predetermined location, the position information transmission system comprising:
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a movement information detection apparatus for detecting movement information relating to movement of the vehicle; a position information service center to which the movement information detection apparatus is connected via a network in a manner that enables the movement information detection apparatus to log in to the position information service center; and a control unit for deriving, in a state in which the movement information detection apparatus is logged in to the position information service center, position information corresponding to the movement information from the movement information detected by the movement information detection apparatus on condition that a predetermined operation has been performed by the user in the vehicle, and submitting the information relating to a predetermined location of the user that is based on the derived position information to the position information service center. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 19, 20, 21)
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16. A position information transmission system for transmitting position information about a vehicle to a position information service center, the information service center enabling a user to check in to a predetermined location by the user submitting information relating to the predetermined location, the position information transmission system comprising:
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an information processing center for storing the position information about the vehicle in cooperation with the position information service center; and a control unit connected via a network to the information processing center, the control unit being configured to output a control signal to the information processing center so that the information processing center submits the information relating to a predetermined location of the user that is based on the position information to the position information service center on condition that a predetermined operation has been performed by the user in the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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22. A position information transmission system for transmitting position information about a vehicle to a position information service center, the information service center enabling a user to check in to a predetermined location by the user submitting information relating to the predetermined location, the position information transmission system comprising:
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an information processing center for storing a movement history of the vehicle in cooperation with the position information service center; and a control unit connected via a network to the information processing center, the control unit being configured to, when the movement history stored in the information processing center has been retrieved, acquire and output via the network a check-in point that is available to be checked in to and is included in the movement history and, on condition that an operation for designating the output check-in point has been performed by the user in the vehicle, output a control signal to the information processing center so that the information relating to a predetermined location of the user that is based on position information corresponding to the designated check-in point is submitted from the information processing center to the position information service center. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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