Navigation system, data server, traveling route establishing method and information providing method

A data server adapted to provide an on-vehicle navigation device, to be installed on a vehicle, with area information to allow the on-vehicle navigation device to establish a traveling route of the vehicle, the data server comprising:

• a receiver unit receiving code data, indicative of a destination and routed spots, from a code data transmission source;
• a display data producing unit operative to produce display data to cause information related to the code data received with the receiver unit to be displayed over the code data transmission source;
• a data conversion unit converting the code data received with the receiver unit into area information indicative of a location on a coordinate system of the destination and routed posts;
• a storage unit storing the area information, resulting from the data conversion unit, in correlation with identification information of the code data transmission source;
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• a transmitting unit operative to transmit the display data, resulting from the display data producing unit, to the code data transmission source on request while reading out particular area information from the area information stored in the storage unit on request and transmitting the particular area information to an on-vehicle navigation device.

A data server adapted to provide an on-vehicle navigation device, to be installed on a vehicle, with area information to allow the on-vehicle navigation device to establish a traveling route of the vehicle, the data server comprising:

• receiver means for receiving code data, indicative of a destination and routed spots, from a code data transmission source;
• display data producing mans operative to produce display data to cause information related to the code data received with the receiver means to be displayed over the code data transmission source;
• data conversion means for converting the code data received with the receiver means into area information indicative of a location on a coordinate system of the destination and routed posts;
• storage means for storing the area information, resulting from the data conversion means, in correlation with identification information of the code data transmission source;
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• transmitting means for transmitting the display data, resulting from the display data producing means, to the code data transmission source on request while reading out particular area information from the area information stored in the storage means on request and transmitting the particular area information to an on-vehicle navigation device.

A method of navigating a vehicle, the method comprising:

• reading out code data indicative of map information from a print product, and causing the code data to be transmitted;
• converting the code data into corresponding area information indicative of a location on a map coordinate system, to store the area information, to read out the stored area information and to transmit the read out area information;
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• establishing a traveling route in response to the area information transmitted from the code data processing means to execute route guidance for a vehicle along the established traveling route.

A method of establishing a traveling route of a vehicle in an on-vehicle navigation device installed on the vehicle, the method comprising:

• reading out code data from a print product while causing information related to the code data to be displayed over a display unit of the portable terminal, and transmitting the code data from the portable terminal to a data server;
• converting the code data into area information, indicative of a location on a coordinate system with the data server, storing the area information in a storage unit of the data server, reading out the area information on request and transmitting the area information from the data server to an on-vehicle navigation device;
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• establishing a traveling route of a vehicle, based on the area information transmitted from the data server, using the on-vehicle navigation device.