Information processing device, mobile terminal, and non-transitory recording medium

• US 9,470,547 B2
• Filed: 01/07/2015
• Issued: 10/18/2016
• 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
• Primary Examiner(s): Cheung, Calvin
• Assistant Examiner(s): SCHNEIDER, PAULA LYNN
• Application Number:
  US14/591,284
• Publication Number:
  US 20150198458A1
• Time in Patent Office: 650 Days
• Field of Search: 701/439
• 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, and associated global position information, from a mobile terminal comprising a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, the information processing device comprising:

a center processing device; and

a memory configured to store information processed by the center processing device in a posting database, wherein

the center processing device is configured to;

receive posting information for a posting and associated first global position information and second global position information for the posting, the first global position information indicating a first global position of the mobile terminal when a user enters an information posting intention into the mobile terminal, the information posting intention being information indicating that a user has selected an instruction selection call screen or a type of instruction, and the second global position information indicating a second global position of the mobile terminal when the user enters an information posting instruction into the mobile terminal; and

determine global position information to be associated with the received posting information, based on at least one of a global position difference between the first global position and the second global position and a temporal difference between a first point-in-time at which the mobile terminal is positioned at the first global position and a second point-in-time at which the mobile terminal is positioned at the second global position; and

store the determined global position information in the posting database of the memory.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1 wherein when the global position difference or the temporal difference is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold, the center processing device associates the second global position information with the posting information.

3. The information processing device according to claim 1 wherein when the global position difference or the temporal difference is smaller than a predetermined threshold, the center processing device associates the first global position information with the posting information.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1 wherein when the global position difference or the temporal difference is smaller than a predetermined threshold, the center processing device calculates a third global position that is between the first global position and the second global position based on the first global position and the global second position and associates the determined global position information, which indicates the calculated global 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 determined global 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 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 about the same event into one piece of posting information.

8. A mobile terminal for posting information to an information processing device, the mobile terminal comprising:

a terminal processing device; and

a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, wherein the terminal processing device is configured to;

generate posting information for a posting including associated first global position information and second global position information, the first global position information indicating a first global position of the mobile terminal when a user enters an information posting intention for the posting into the mobile terminal, the information posting intention being information indicating that the user has selected an instruction selection call screen or a type of instruction, and the second global position information indicating a second global position of the mobile terminal when the user enters an information posting instruction for the posting into the mobile terminal; and

transmit, to the information processing device, the posting information for the posting including the detected first global position and the detected second global position.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the terminal processing device is further configured to:

receive posting information from the information processing device; and

control a display device to output the posting information received from the information processing device.

10. A non-transitory recording medium recording therein a program executable on a mobile terminal having a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, wherein the program, when executed by a processor, comprises the steps of:

acquiring, by the processor, first global position information from the GPS receiver, the first global position information indicating a first global position of the mobile terminal when an entry of a user'"'"'s information posting intention for a posting is detected, the user'"'"'s information posting intention being information indicating that the user has selected an instruction selection call screen or a type of instruction;

acquiring, by the processor, second global position information from the GPS receiver, the second global position information indicating a second global position of the mobile terminal when an entry of a user'"'"'s information posting instruction for the posting is detected, and

transmitting, by the processor, the acquired first global position information, the acquired second global position information, and posting information for the posting, to an external information processing device.