Map output device, map output system, and computer-readable storage medium including program
AssigneeMicware Co., Ltd.
InventorsKenta Imaida, Takuma Segawa, Eishin Hirokawa
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Abstract
A map output device is provided for preventing a storage medium from being sharedly used. The map output device comprises a connection unit; an output unit that outputs map data; and a control unit. The control unit is configured, when a storage medium is connected to the connection unit or when a movable body is used beyond a predetermined usage amount, to write a file containing information on a unique value related to the movable body into the storage medium connected to the connection unit, and to output, to the output unit, the map data read from the storage medium.
Claims9
A map output device mounted in a movable body, the device comprising:
- a connection unit having one or more terminals that are electrically connected to one or more terminals of a storage medium in which map data is stored, to exchange data;
- a display that outputs the map data;
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- a control circuit that individually controls the connection unit and the display,
- wherein the control-circuit is configured, when the movable body is used beyond a predetermined usage amount corresponding to a travel distance of the moving body,
- to generate a file containing information on a unique value after the map data has been stored in the storage medium and store the unique value within the storage medium, the unique value being a character string, related to the movable body into the storage medium connected to the connection unit and
- to output, to the display, the map data read from the storage medium in which the file containing the information on the unique value related to the movable body is stored.
A map output system comprising:
- a map output device mounted in a movable body;
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- a server,
- the map output device including:
- a connection unit having one or more terminals that are electrically connected to one or more terminals of a storage medium in which map data is stored, to exchange data;
- a display that outputs the map data;
- and
- a control circuit that individually controls the connection unit and the display,
- wherein the control circuit is configured, when the movable body is used beyond a predetermined usage amount corresponding to a travel distance of the moving body,
- to generate a file containing information on a unique value after the map data has been stored in the storage medium and store the unique value within the storage medium, the unique value being a character string, related to the movable body and version information indicating a version of the map data into the storage medium connected to the connection unit and
- to output, to the display, the map data read from the storage medium in which the file containing the information on the unique value and the version information is stored, and
- wherein the server is configured to, when the map data stored in the storage medium is updated, create a file containing the version information on the updated map data and the information on the unique value.
A computer-readable storage medium including a program causing a computer, mounted in a movable body, that includes a connection unit having one or more terminals that are electrically connected to one or more terminals of a storage medium in which map data is stored, to exchange data, a display that outputs the map data, and a control circuit that individually controls the connection unit and the display, to:
- when the movable body is used beyond a predetermined usage amount corresponding to a travel distance of the moving body, generate a file containing information on a unique value after the map data has been stored in the storage medium and store the unique value within the storage medium, the unique value being a character string, related to the movable body into the storage medium connected to the connection unit;
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- output, to the display, the map data read from the storage medium in which the file containing the information on the unique value, the unique value being a character string, related to the movable body is stored.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.