Information transmitting apparatus and information receiving apparatus

• US 5,941,933 A
• Filed: 10/03/1996
• Issued: 08/24/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Daihatsu Motor Company Limited (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Daihatsu Motor Company Limited (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Goda, Shigeki, Miyake, Katsumi
• Primary Examiner(s): Louis-Jacques, Jacques H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): ARTHUR JEANGLAUDE, GERTRUDE
• Application Number:
  US08/725,172
• Time in Patent Office: 1,055 Days
• Field of Search: 701/29, 701/31, 701/207, 701/208, 701/212, 701/2, 701/32, 455/13.1, 455/68, 455/70, 455/72, 455/39, 455/419
• US Class Current: 701/208
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/26 specially adapted for navigation in a road network
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/092 Coding or decoding of the information
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/093 Data selection, e.g. prioritizing information, managing message queues, selecting the information to be output
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096811 where the route is computed offboard
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096872 where instructions are given per voice
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096894 where input is assisted by the navigation device, i.e. the user does not type the complete name of the destination, e.g. using zip codes, telephone numbers, progressively selecting from initial letters
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/55 for traffic information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/13 Arrangements for device control affected by the broadcast information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/25 Arrangements for updating broadcast information or broadcast-related information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/91 Mobile communication networks for accessing the Internet H04H60/85

Abstract

Provided is an information transmitting apparatus for transmitting information to an external receiving apparatus by means of a radio wave comprising: a control information attaching device for attaching control information representing a control processing method on the receiving apparatus side of the information to the information to be transmitted; and a transmitting device for transmitting information to which the control information is attached. Further provided is an information receiving apparatus for receiving and displaying transmitted information comprising: a receiving device for receiving the transmitted information; a display device for displaying the received information; and information processing device operating, when control information representing a control processing method of the received information is attached to the received information, to execute information processing corresponding to the control information.

Claims

1. An information transmitting apparatus for transmitting information to an external receiving apparatus by means of a radio wave, comprising:

a control information attaching means for attaching control information, representing a control processing method on the receiving apparatus side of the information, to said information to be transmitted; and

a transmitting means for transmitting information to which said control information is attached;

wherein said apparatus is characterized by at least one of the following of (a) and (b);

(a) said control information includes a telephone number of a facility relevant to said transmitted information or a code corresponding to said telephone number; and

(b) said transmitted information comprises a pseudo menu page having a selection item for selecting information and a content page corresponding to each selection item of said pseudo menu page, said content page comprises a header for displaying an information transmission origin and a text for displaying information content, and said control information attaching means attaches to the header of said content page a type code for identifying the type of information content corresponding to each selection item, and

wherein said control information attaching means attaches to said information to be transmitted an identification code representing a type of said information and an index code representing an attribute of said information.

2. An information receiving apparatus, for receiving and displaying information transmitted from an external transmitting apparatus by means of a radio wave, comprising:

a receiving means for receiving said transmitted information;

a display means for displaying said received information; and

information processing means operating, when control information representing a control processing method of said received information is attached to said received information, to execute inform ation processing according to said control information;

wherein based on said control information said information processing means performs at least one of the following (a) through (e) operations;

(a) when an identification code representing a type of said information and an index code representing an attribute of said information is attached to said received in formation, retrieving inform ation entered in different pages of an identical program, retrieving information entered in different programs, or retrieving information relevant to said received information from information of an external apparatus, and executing a specified associating operation to display the resulting inform ation as a series of information on the display means or to output the information to an external apparatus;

(b) executing engine combustion control, speed change control, or suspension control by means of a vehicle control apparatus;

(c) controlling a vehicle and deciding the validity of correcting control of said vehicle based on an external vehicle state detection signal;

(d) when a page symbol representing a page number of information comprised of a type code for identifying a type of information content and a plurality of pages exists in the received information, displaying said type code and page symbol on said display means; and

(e) converting the received information provided with a specified letter string or an identification code into voice according to a dictionary corresponding to said identification code; and

wherein, when an identification code representing a type of said information and an index code representing an attribute of said information are attached to the received information, said information processing means executes selection between software processes or selection of hardware according to a combination of said identification code and index code.

3. An information receiving apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein, based on the combination of said identification code and said index code, said information processing means retrieves information entered in different pages of an identical program, information entered in different programs, or information relevant to said received information from information of an external apparatus, and executes a specified associating operation to display the resulting information as a series of information on the display means or output the information to an external apparatus.

4. An information receiving apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein, based on the combination of said identification code and said index code, said information processing means retrieves information relevant to said received information from a data base owned by said receiving apparatus or an external apparatus, executes a specified associating operation to display the resulting information as a series of information on the display means or output the information to an external apparatus.

5. An information receiving apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein, based on the combination of said identification code and said index code, said information processing means executes engine combustion control, speed change control, suspension control and the like by means of a vehicle control apparatus.

6. An information receiving apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein said information processing means controls a vehicle and decides the validity of correcting control of said vehicle based on an external vehicle state detection signal.

7. An information receiving apparatus as claimed in any of claims 2 through 6, comprising a registering means for registering a specified letter string in the received information as either one or both of said identification code and index code.

8. An information transmitting apparatus for transmitting information to an external receiving apparatus by means of a radio wave, comprising:

a control information attaching means for attaching control information, representing a control processing method on the receiving apparatus side of the information, to said information to be transmitted; and

a transmitting means for transmitting information to which said control information is attached;

wherein said apparatus is characterized by at least one of the following of (a) and (b);

(a) said control information includes a telephone number of a facility relevant to said transmitted information or a code corresponding to said telephone number; and

(b) said transmitted information comprises a pseudo menu page having a selection item for selecting information and a content page corresponding to each selection item of said pseudo menu page, said content page comprises a header for displaying an information transmission origin and a text for displaying information content, and said control information attaching means attaches to the header of said content page a type code for identifying the type of information content corresponding to each selection item; and

wherein said control information attaching means attaches control literal information comprised of letters which can be displayed for executing display control of a position on a map to said information to be transmitted.

9. An information receiving apparatus for receiving and displaying information transmitted from an external transmitting apparatus by means of a radio wave, comprising:

a receiving means for receiving said transmitted information;

a display means for displaying said received information; and

information processing means operating, when control information representing a control processing method of said received information is attached to said received information, to execute information processing according to said control information;

wherein based on said control information, said information processing means performs at least one of the following (a) through (e) operations;

(a) when an identification code representing a type of said information and an index code representing an attribute of said information is attached to said received information, retrieving information entered in different pages of an identical program, retrieving information entered in different programs, or retrieving information relevant to said received information from information of an external apparatus, and executing a specified associating operation to display the resulting information as a series of information on the display means or to output the information to an external apparatus;

(b) executing engine combustion control, speed change control, or suspension control by means of a vehicle control apparatus;

(c) controlling a vehicle and deciding the validity of correcting control of said vehicle based on an external vehicle state detection signal;

(d) when a page symbol representing a page number of information comprised of a type code for identifying a type of information content and a plurality of pages exists in the received information, displaying said type code and page symbol on said display means; and

(e) converting the received information provided with a specified letter string or an identification code into voice according to a dictionary corresponding to said identification code, and

wherein when control literal information comprised of letters which can be displayed for executing display control of a position on a map is attached to the received information, said information processing means controls the display position on the map based on the control literal information.

10. An information transmitting apparatus for transmitting information to an external receiving apparatus by means of a radio wave, comprising:

a control information attaching means for attaching control information, representing a control processing method on the receiving apparatus side of the information, to said in form ation to be transmitted; and

a transmitting means for transmitting information to which said control information is attached;

wherein said apparatus is characterized by at least one of the following of (a) and (b);

(a) said control information includes a telephone number of a facility relevant to said transmitted information or a code corresponding to said telephone number; and

said transmitted information comprises a pseudo menu page having a selection item for selecting information and a content page corresponding to each selection item of said pseudo menu page, said content page comprises a header for displaying an information transmission origin and a text for displaying information content, and said control information attaching means attaches to the header of said content page a type code for identifying the type of information content corresponding to each selection item; and

wherein, for information comprised of a header for displaying an information transmission origin and a text for displaying information content, said control information attaching means attaches to the header a control code which serves as an identifier for identifying the characteristic of the information content of the text.

11. An information transmitting apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein said control code attaching means attaches an updating time processing code for instructing whether received data is to be saved or not saved in an data updating time.

12. An information receiving apparatus, for receiving and displaying information transmitted from an external transmitting apparatus by means of a radio wave, comprising:

a receiving means for receiving said transmitted information;

a display means for displaying said received information; and

information processing means operating, when control information representing a control processing method of said received information is attached to said received information, to execute information processing according to said control information;

wherein based on said control information, said information processing means performs at least one of the following (a) through (e) operations;

(a)when an identification code representing a type of said information and an index code representing an attribute of said information is attached to said received in formation, retrieving information entered in different pages of an identical program, retrieving information entered in different programs, or retrieving information relevant to said received information from information of an external apparatus, and executing a specified associating operation to display the resulting information as a series of information on the display means or to output the information to an external apparatus;

(b) executing engine combustion control, speed change control, or suspension control by means of a vehicle control apparatus;

(c) controlling a vehicle and deciding the validity of correcting control of said vehicle based on an external vehicle state detection signal;

(d) when a page symbol representing a page number of information comprised of a type code for identifying a type of information content and a plurality of pages exists in the received information, displaying said type code and page symbol on said display means; and

(e) converting the received information provided with a specified letter string or an identification code into voice according to a dictionary corresponding to said identification code; and

for information comprised of a header for displaying an information transmission origin and a text for displaying information content, and a control code being attached as an identifier for identifying the characteristic of the information content of the text to the header, the apparatus comprises;

an item list forming means for forming an item list representing received information content based on said control code; and

a display means for displaying said item list and an information content of an item selected from said list.

13. An information receiving apparatus as claimed in claim 12, comprising:

a received data saving means for processing received data prior to updating based on an updating time processing code.

14. An information transmitting apparatus for transmitting information to an external receiving apparatus by means of a radio wave, comprising:

a control information attaching means for attaching control information, representing a control processing method on the receiving apparatus side of the information, to said information to be transmitted; and

a transmitting means for transmitting information to which said control information is attached;

wherein said apparatus is characterized by at least one of the following of (a) and (b);

(a) said control information includes a telephone number of a facility relevant to said transmitted information or a code corresponding to said telephone number; and

(b) said transmitted information comprises a pseudo menu page having a selection item for selecting information and a content page corresponding to each selection item of said pseudo menu page, said content page comprises a header for displaying an information transmission origin and a text for displaying information content, and said control information attaching means attaches to the header of said content page a type code for identifying the type of information content corresponding to each selection item; and

said apparatus further comprises a dialing code attaching means for attaching to the inside of said literal information an automatic dialing code indicating whether or not automatic dialing to the facility relevant to said facility code can be effected based on said facility code by means of a receiving apparatus having an automatic dialing function.

15. An information receiving apparatus for receiving and displaying information transmitted from an external transmitting apparatus by means of a radio wave, comprising:

a receiving means for receiving said transmitted information;

a display means for displaying said received information;

information processing means operating, when control information representing a control processing method of said received information is attached to said received information, to execute information processing according to said control information; and

a map display control means operating. when a facility code for executing display control of a position of a facility relevant to the information is attached to the inside of the received information to display the position of the facility on a map display means based on said facility code;

wherein based on said control information, said information processing means performs at least one of the following (a) through (e) operations;

(a) when an identification code representing a type of said information and an index code representing an attribute of said information is attached to said received information, retrieving information entered in different pages of an identical program, retrieving information entered in different programs, or retrieving information relevant to said received information from information of an external apparatus, and executing a specified associating operation to display the resulting information as a series of information on the display means or to output the information to an external apparatus;

(b) executing engine combustion control, speed change control, or suspension control by means of a vehicle control apparatus;

(c) controlling a vehicle and deciding the validity of correcting control of said vehicle based on an external vehicle state detection signal;

(d) when a page symbol representing a page number of information comprised of a type code for identifying a type of information content and a plurality of pages exists in the received information, displaying said type code and page symbol on said display means; and

(e) converting the received information provided with a specified letter string or an identification code into voice according to a dictionary corresponding to said identification.

16. An information receiving apparatus as claimed in claim 15, wherein said map display means for displaying the position of the facility is constructed separately from said receiving apparatus.

17. An information receiving apparatus as claimed in claim 15 or 16, comprising:

a telephone connecting means for connecting a telephone; and

an automatic dialing means operating, based on said received facility code, to make a telephone call to a facility corresponding to said facility code.

18. An information transmitting apparatus for transmitting information to an external receiving apparatus by means of a radio wave, comprising:

a control information attaching means for attaching control information, representing a control processing method on the receiving apparatus side of the information, to said information to be transmitted; and

a transmitting means for transmitting information to which said control information is attached;

wherein said apparatus is characterized by at least (b) of the following of (a) and (b);

(a) said control information includes a telephone number of a facility relevant to said transmitted information or a code corresponding to said telephone number; and

(b) said transmitted information comprises a pseudo menu page having a selection item for selecting information and a content page corresponding to each selection item of said pseudo menu page, said content page comprises a header for displaying an information transmission origin and said text for displaying information content, and said control information attaching means attaches to said header of said content page a type code for identifying the type of information content corresponding to each selection item.

19. An information transmitting apparatus as claimed in claim 18, wherein said control information attaching means makes a first letter or symbol of said type code coincide with a letter or symbol attached to each selection item of said pseudo menu page.

20. An information transmitting apparatus as claimed in claim 18 or 19, for said selection item content page comprised of a plurality of pages, wherein said control information attaching means comprises a page symbol attaching means for attaching a page symbol representing a page number of each selection item to the header of said content page.

21. An information transmitting apparatus as claimed in claims 18 or 19, wherein said control information attaching means comprises a specific code attaching means for attaching to a header of an event page in which said each type code and an event code for specifying a facility or the like relevant to the information content of said type code are displayed in an associating manner a specific code representing the fact that page is the event page.

22. An information transmitting apparatus as claimed in claim 20, wherein said control information attaching means comprises a specific code attaching means for attaching to a header of an event page in which said each type code and an event code for specifying a facility or the like relevant to the information content of said type code are displayed in an associating manner a specific code representing the fact that page is the event page.

23. An information receiving apparatus for receiving and displaying information transmitted from an external transmitting apparatus by means of a radio wave, comprising:

a receiving means for receiving said transmitted information;

a display means for displaying said received information; and

information processing means operating, when control information representing a control processing method of said received information is attached to said received information, to execute information processing according to said control information;

wherein, when a page symbol representing a page number of information comprised of a type code for identifying a type of information content and a plurality of pages exists in the received information, said information processing means displays said type code and page symbol on said display means; and

wherein based on said control information, said information processing means further performs at least one of the following (a) through (d) operations;

(a) when an identification code representing a type of said information and an index code representing an attribute of said information is attached to said received information, retrieving information entered in different pages of an identical program, retrieving information entered in different programs, or retrieving information relevant to said received information from information of an external apparatus, and executing a specified associating operation to display the resulting information as a series of information on the display means or to output the information to an external apparatus;

(b) executing engine combustion control, speed change control, or suspension control by means of a vehicle control apparatus;

(c) controlling a vehicle and deciding the validity of correcting control of said vehicle based on an external vehicle state detection signal; and

(d) converting the received information provided with a specified letter string or an identification code into voice according to a dictionary corresponding to said identification code.

24. An information receiving apparatus as claimed in claim 23, wherein, when said specific code exists in the received information, said information processing means limits display of a page having said specific code to only a time when a vehicle is stopped.

25. An information receiving apparatus for receiving and displaying information transmitted from an external transmitting apparatus by means of a radio wave, comprising:

a receiving means for receiving said transmitted information;

a display means for displaying said received information;

information processing means operating, control information representing a control processing method of said received information is attached to said received information, to execute information processing according to said control information; and

an identification code registering means for registering a specified letter string in the received information as an identification code for identifying a type of information content, wherein said information processing means executes specified processing corresponding to said identification code on said received information when said letter string exists in said received information; and

wherein based on said control information, said information processing means performs at least one of the following (a) through (e) operations;

(a) when an identification code representing a type of said information and an index code representing an attribute of said information is attached to said received information, retrieving information entered in different pages of an identical program, retrieving information entered in different programs, or retrieving information relevant to said received information from information of an external apparatus, and executing a specified associating operation to display the resulting information as a series of information on the display means or to output the information to an external apparatus;

(b) executing engine combustion control, speed change control, or suspension control by means of a vehicle control apparatus;

(c) controlling a vehicle and deciding the validity of correcting control of said vehicle based on an external vehicle state detection signal;

(d) when a page symbol representing a page number of information comprised of a type code for identifying a type of information content and a plurality of pages exists in the received information, displaying said type code and page symbol on said display means; and

(e) converting the received information provided with a specified letter string or an identification code into voice according to a dictionary corresponding to said identification code.

28. An information receiving apparatus as claimed in any of claims 25 through 27, wherein said information processing means comprises a voice output means for converting received information provided with said specified letter string or said identification code into an audio signal according to a converting method corresponding to said identification code and outputting said converted signal.

29. An information receiving apparatus as claimed in claim 28, wherein said information processing means converts the received information provided with said specified letter string or said identification code into voice according to said dictionary corresponding to said identification code.

30. An information receiving apparatus as claimed in any of claims 25 through 27, wherein said information processing means displays the received information provided with said specified letter string or said identification code on said display means by a specified key operation corresponding to said identification code.

26. An information receiving apparatus for receiving and displaying information transmitted from an external transmitting apparatus by means of a radio wave, comprising:

a receiving means for receiving said transmitted information;

a display means for displaying said received information;

information processing means operating, control information representing a control processing method of said received information is attached to said received information, to execute information processing according to said control information; and

a table reading means for reading from an external storage medium a table data in which an identification code for identifying a type of information content and a processing code for designating an information processing method for said identification code are recorded, wherein when said identification code exists in the received information said information processing means executes information processing designating by a processing code corresponding to said identification code on said received information; and

wherein based on said control information, said information processing means performs at least one of the following (a) through (e) operations;

(a) when an identification code representing a type of said information and an index code representing an attribute of said information is attached to said received information, retrieving information entered in different pages of an identical program, retrieving information entered in different programs, or retrieving information relevant to said received information from information of an external apparatus, and executing a specified associating operation to display the resulting information as a series of information on the display means or to output the information to an external apparatus;

(b) executing engine combustion control, speed change control, or suspension control by means of a vehicle control apparatus;

(c) controlling a vehicle and deciding the validity of correcting control of said vehicle based on an external vehicle state detection signal;

(d) when a page symbol representing a page number of information comprised of a type code for identifying a type of information content and a plurality of pages exists in the received information, displaying said type code and page symbol on said display means; and

(e) converting the received information provided with a specified letter string or an identification code into voice according to a dictionary corresponding to said identification.

27. An information receiving apparatus for receiving and displaying information transmitted from an external transmitting apparatus by means of a radio wave, comprising:

a receiving means for receiving said transmitted information;

a display means for displaying said received information; and

information processing means operating, control information representing a control processing method of said received information is attached to said received information, to execute information processing according to said control information;

wherein based on said control information, said information processing means performs at least one of the following (a) through (e) operations;

(a) when an identification code representing a type of said information and an index code representing an attribute of said information is attached to said received information, retrieving information entered in different pages of an identical program, retrieving information entered in different programs, or retrieving information relevant to said received information from information of an external apparatus, and executing a specified associating operation to display the resulting information as a series of information on the display means or to output the information to an external apparatus;

(b) executing engine combustion control, speed change control, or suspension control by means of a vehicle control apparatus;

(c) controlling a vehicle and deciding the validity of correcting control of said vehicle based on an external vehicle state detection signal;

(d) when a page symbol representing a page number of information comprised of a type code for identifying a type of information content and a plurality of pages exists in the received information, displaying said type code and page symbol on said display means; and

(e) converting the received information provided with a specified letter string or an identification code into voice according to a dictionary corresponding to said identification code; and

wherein, when an association data representing association between an identification code for identifying a type of information content and a processing code for designating an information processing method corresponding to said identification code exists in the received information. said information processing means operates, when an identification code entered in said association data exists in said received information, to execute information processing designated by a processing code corresponding to said identification code on said received information.

31. An information transmitting apparatus for transmitting information to an external receiving apparatus by means of a radio wave, comprising:

a control information attaching means for attaching control information, representing a control processing method on the receiving apparatus side of the information, to said information to be transmitted; and

a transmitting means for transmitting information to which said control information is attached;

wherein said apparatus is characterized by at least one of the following of (a) and (b);

(a) said control information includes a telephone number of a facility relevant to said transmitted information or a code corresponding to said telephone number; and

(b) said transmitted information comprises a pseudo menu page having a selection item for selecting information and a content page corresponding to each selection item of said pseudo menu page, said content page comprises a header for displaying an information transmission origin and a text for displaying information content, and said control information attaching means attaches to the header of said content page a type code for identifying the type of information content corresponding to each selection item; and

wherein said control information attaching means attaches to the information to be transmitted an association data representing association between an identification code for identifying a type of information content and a processing code for designating an information processing method corresponding to said identification code.