Wireless method and system for providing navigation information
AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.
InventorsTakeiki Aizono, Makoto Shioya, Koichi Sano
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Abstract
According to the present invention, techniques for sharing and providing navigation information. Embodiments according to the invention can exchange geographic location information between two or more devices using a wireless communications connection. Navigation information, including geographic locations, as well as information related to sites at the geographic locations can be stored by the various devices and exchanged in response to a specific request made by a user or a general upload/download process. Specific embodiments include systems, methods and apparatuses.
Claims21
A portable information processing apparatus for providing navigation information for a car navigation apparatus, said portable information processing apparatus comprising:
- a processor,
- a memory configured with information representative of a plurality of geographic locations including position related information corresponding to each of said geographic locations,
- a communication interface,
- a display,
- an input device, and
- a bus, interconnecting said processor, said memory, said communication interface, said display, and said input device;
- wherein responsive to said input device receiving a selection of at least one of said geographic locations, said communication interface establishes a wireless communication connection to said car navigation apparatus;
- said processor forwards said at least one geographic location and its corresponding position information via said wireless communication connection to said car navigation apparatus, said car navigation apparatus displaying a map based on said at least one geographic location and said corresponding position information.
A car navigation apparatus for presenting navigation information, said car navigation apparatus comprising:
- a processor,
- a memory configured with information representative of a plurality of geographic locations including position related information corresponding to each of said geographic locations,
- a communication interface,
- a display,
- an input device,
- a global positioning system receiver, and
- a bus, interconnecting said processor, said memory said communication interface, said display, said input device, and said global positioning system receiver;
- wherein said communication interface is configured to establish a wireless communication connection to a portable information processing apparatus, and thereupon receives requests via said wireless communication connection from said portable information processing apparatus;
- and wherein, responsive to receiving said requests, said processor causes said global positioning system receiver to provide said position related information corresponding to geographic locations in said requests;
- and thereupon, said processor causes said display to present a map presentation of said position related information retrieved from said global positioning system.
A portable information processing apparatus for providing navigation information for a car navigation apparatus, said portable information processing apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory;
- a communication interface;
- a display;
- an input device;
- and
- a bus, interconnecting said processor, said memory, said communication interface, said display, and said input device,
- wherein said communication interface is operable to establish a wireless communication connection exclusive of a telephone network to said car navigation apparatus in response to said input device receiving a selection of at least one of a plurality of geographic locations,
- said processor forwarding position related information corresponding to said at least one geographic location via said wireless communication connection to said car navigation apparatus, said car navigation apparatus displaying a map based on said at least one geographic location and said corresponding position related information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.