Point registering device

• US 6,778,905 B2
• Filed: 04/19/2002
• Issued: 08/17/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Horikami, Shugo
• Primary Examiner(s): Black, Thomas G.
• Assistant Examiner(s): MANCHO, RONNIE M
• Application Number:
  US10/111,001
• Publication Number:
  US 20020165661A1
• Time in Patent Office: 851 Days
• Field of Search: 701/213, 701/200, 701/201, 701/206, 701/207, 701/217, 701/208, 701/116, 340/988, 340/990, 340/995.1, 340/989, 342/457, 342/358
• US Class Current: 701/213
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/12 Speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/622 by satellite navigation
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/68 Traffic data
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/72 Charging station selection relying on external data
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2250/10 by alarm
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2250/16 by display
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 3/0038 relating to sensors
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 3/12 Recording operating variables ; Monitoring of operating variables
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3605 Destination input or retrieval
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3617 using user history, behaviour, conditions or preferences, e.g. predicted or inferred from previous use or current movement
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3811 Point data, e.g. Point of Interest [POI]
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3844 Data obtained from position sensors only, e.g. from inertial navigation
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/7072 Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/72 Electric energy management in electromobility
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/12 Electric charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/14 Plug-in electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/16 Information or communication technologies improving the operation of electric vehicles

Abstract

The present invention provides a system for automatically registering destination of visit or a normally stationed spot to a mobile information system such as car navigation system. A position information detected by position detecting means 101 is stored in position storage means 102. From the position information or from pattern of moving loci stored in the position storage means 102, the position recognizing means 103 recognizes a place frequently visited or a normally stationed spot of the system, and these are registered automatically as registered destination or a normally stationed spot (owner'"'"'s own home). Thus, the destination frequently visited can be registered without performing specific operation. The registered position can be used as a place of destination for searching a desirable route for the vehicle. Also, by recognizing the normally stationed spot, theft can be detected.

Claims

1. A spot registration system for registering position of a mobile device, characterized by position detecting means for detecting position of the system, position storage means for storing the detected position, position recognizing means for recognizing a spot to be registered according to position storage information obtained from the position storage means, means for registering the recognized spot, and clock means, whereby said position recognizing means recognizes said position as a spot to be registered when said clock means determines that the system is remaining at a certain position for longer than a predetermined time period which is more than several hours, thereby making it possible to determine said position as a normally stationed spot.

2. The spot registration system according to claim 1, characterized by mobile communication means, and in that said position detecting means comprises means for detecting position of the system based on information from a base station of said mobile communication means.

3. The spot registration system according to claim 1, characterized by GPS receiving means, and in that said position detecting means comprises means for detecting position based on GPS information obtained from said GPS receiving means.

4. The spot registration system according to claim 1, characterized by a heading sensor and a mobile sensor, and in that said position detection means comprises means for detecting position using said heading sensor and said mobile sensor.

5. The spot registration system according to claim 1, characterized by traffic information receiving means, and in that said position detecting means comprises means for detecting position based on a present position information obtained from said traffic information receiving means.

6. The spot registration system according to claim 1, characterized by normally stationed spot recognizing means for recognizing a normally stationed spot of the system based on said position storage information.

7. The spot registration system according to claim 6, characterized in that said normally stationed spot recognizing means comprises means for recognizing change of the normally stationed spot.

8. The spot registration system according to claim 7, characterized by alarm means for issuing alarm to notify that the normally stationed spot has been changed in response to the recognition of the change of the normally stationed spot.

9. The spot registration system according to claim 8, characterized in that said alarm means comprises means for issuing alarm sound or turning on a signal lamp of a specific aspect.

10. The spot registration system according to claim 7, characterized by notification means for notifying the change of the normally stationed spot to a predetermined destination in response to the recognition of the change of the normally stationed spot.

11. The spot registration system according to claim 7, characterized by function stopping means for stopping function of the system in response to the recognition of the change of the normally stationed spot.

12. The spot registration system according to claim 7, characterized in that said normally stationed spot recognizing means comprises means for monitoring number and cycle of visits to the normally stationed spot and means for detecting abnormality based on number and cycle of the visits.

13. The spot registration system according to claim 7, characterized in that said normally stationed spot recognizing means comprises means for setting an allowable operation range around the normally stationed spot and means for generating an abnormality sensing signal by detecting deviation from said allowable operation range.