INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, MOBILE TERMINAL, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM

• US 20150198458A1
• Filed: 01/07/2015
• Published: 07/16/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: SUZUKI, Koichi
• Granted Patent: US 9,470,547 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/367 Details, e.g. road map scale, orientation, zooming, illumination, level of detail, scrolling of road map or positioning of current position marker
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3694 Output thereof on a road map
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0112 from the vehicle, e.g. floating car data [FCD]
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0133 for classifying traffic situation
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0141 for traffic information dissemination
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096716 where the received information does not generate an automatic action on the vehicle control
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096775 where the origin of the information is a central station
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

An information processing device that receives and processes posting information and position information from a mobile terminal includes: a center processing device that processes the information received from the mobile terminal; and a posting database in which the information is stored. The position information includes first position information indicating a first position of the mobile terminal when a user enters an information posting intention into the mobile terminal, and second position information indicating a second position of the mobile terminal when the user enters an information posting instruction thereinto. The center processing device determines position information to be associated with the posting information, based on at least one of a difference between the first and second position and a difference between a first point-in-time at which the mobile terminal is positioned at the first position and a second point-in-time at which the mobile terminal is positioned at the second position.

Claims

1. An information processing device that receives and processes posting information, as well as position information, from a mobile terminal, the information processing device comprising:

a center processing device that processes the information received from the mobile terminal; and

a posting database in which the information processed by the center processing device is stored,

wherein the position information includes first position information and second position information, the first position information indicating a first position of the mobile terminal when a user enters an information posting intention into the mobile terminal, the second position information indicating a second position of the mobile terminal when the user enters an information posting instruction into the mobile terminal and

the center processing device determines position information to be associated with the posting information, based on at least one of a difference between the first position and the second position and a difference between a first point-in-time at which the mobile terminal is positioned at the first position and a second point-in-time at which the mobile terminal is positioned at the second position.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1 wherein

when the difference is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold, the center processing device associates the second position information with the posting information.

3. The information processing device according to claim 1 wherein

when the difference is smaller than a predetermined threshold, the center processing device associates the first position information with the posting information.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1 wherein

when the difference is smaller than a predetermined threshold, the center processing device calculates a position between the first position and the second position based on the first position and the second position and associates position information, which indicates the calculated position, with the posting information.

5. The information processing device according to claim 1 wherein

the center processing device sends the posting information and the position information, associated with the posting information, to an in-vehicle device.

6. The information processing device according to claim 1 wherein

the posting information relates to an event that affects traffic.

7. The information processing device according to claim 1 wherein

when the posting information about the same event is received from a plurality of the mobile terminals, the center processing device merges a plurality of pieces of the posting information into one piece of posting information.

8. A mobile terminal that can post information to an information processing device, the mobile terminal comprising:

a terminal processing device that generates posting information; and

a position measuring device that detects a position of the mobile terminal

wherein the posting information includes first position information and second position information, the first position information indicating a first position of the mobile terminal when a user enters an information posting intention into the mobile terminal, the second position information indicating a second position of the mobile terminal when the user enters an information posting instruction into the mobile terminal.

9. A non-transitory recording medium recording therein a program executable on a mobile terminal having a position measuring device wherein

the program includes the steps of:

acquiring first position information from the position measuring device, the first position information indicating a first position of the mobile terminal when an entry of a user'"'"'s information posting intention is detected,

acquiring second position information from the position measuring device, the second position information indicating a second position of the mobile terminal when an entry of a user'"'"'s information posting instruction is detected, and

sending the acquired first position information and the acquired second position information, as well as the posting information, to an external information processing device.