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AssigneeAisin Aw Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroshi Tomita, Kenji Nagase
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A route guidance method provides route guidance from a current position to a destination by using a navigation apparatus capable of displaying a route from the current position to the destination in combination with a portable terminal carried by a user. The navigation apparatus produces a 2-dimensional code based on information associated with the destination and a location at which the user leaves his/her car en route to the destination and displays the thus produced code. The portable terminal acquires the information associated with the location at which the user leaves his/her car and the destination by reading the 2-dimensional code displayed by the navigation apparatus.
A route guidance method for providing route guidance from a current position to a destination by using a navigation apparatus including a display screen for display of a route from the current position to the destination and a portable terminal carried by a user, the method comprising:
A navigation apparatus for displaying a route from a current position to a destination, comprising code generation means for generating a code which includes information associated with the current position and the destination and whose image can be captured by a portable terminal, and further comprising a display for displaying the generated code.
A portable terminal for capturing, from a navigation apparatus, information associated with a route from current position to a destination and for displaying the route, comprising:
An information server in two-way communication with a portable terminal carried by a user, comprising analysis means for receiving code image information for a code produced based on information associated with a current position and a destination and transmitted from the portable terminal, and for extracting information associated with the current position and the destination by analyzing the code image information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.