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Information providing method and information providing device

US7130743B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 5, 2002
Grant dateOct 31, 2006
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Expiry dateJan 22, 2023

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG08G1/096888
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a car navigation system (1), a position information detection means (11) detects position information on a vehicle using, for example, a GPS. A travel information history of the vehicle obtained based on the detected position information is accumulated in a travel information history means (15). When detecting an event such as start of an engine, an action prediction means (17) predicts a destination of the vehicle by referring to a route to the current time and to the accumulated travel information history. Commercial or traffic information regarding the predicted destination is acquired by an information acquisition means (18) from a server (2), and then is displayed on a screen, for example, by an information provision means (19).

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