Information reporting system

Patent 5867110 Issued on February 2, 1999. Estimated Expiration Date:

August 9, 2016. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Hitachi, Ltd.

Application

No. 696028 filed on 08/09/1996

US Classes:

340/286.05, Fire340/988, VEHICLE POSITION INDICATION340/990, With map display701/201, Determination of travel data based on the start point and destination point701/209, Including route searching or determining device701/211Having audio or visual route guidance

Examiners

Primary: Lee, Benjamin C.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Frohwitter

Foreign Patent References

4-295995A JP. 10/12/1992
5-327604A JP. 12/12/1993
06338848 A JP. 12/12/1994

International Class

G08G 001/123

Foreign Application Priority Data

1995-08-11 JP

Abstract

There is disclosed an information reporting system comprising a communication host apparatus including a database storing a plurality of data sets each concerning predetermined position, and a host computer, and at least one portable terminal including a data processing unit for executing predetermined processing based upon data received from a communication unit via a communication networks, and a display unit displaying images obtained by the data processing. The portable terminal further includes a current position detecting unit for detecting its current position, and is adapted to transmit position information data indicative of the current position. The host computer is responsive to read out from the database one of the data sets concerning the position corresponding to the provided position information data and supplies the portable terminal with the data set.