Center apparatus, terminal apparatus, and driving support system using the same

• Main Author: MIYAWAKI OSAMU,UNO YOSHINOBU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 15.11.2006
• Subjects: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT; SIGNALLING; TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

There are included a transmitting/receiving part (21) for receiving, from a terminal apparatus (10) mounted on a vehicle, location information, which is related to the current location of the vehicle, and vehicle information, which includes the type and speed of the vehicle; a vehicle control information generating part (23) for generating vehicle control information statistically obtained, based on the vehicle information and location information, for each of the types of vehicles; a storage part (22) for storing the vehicle control information; a control information detecting part (24) for detecting, from the storage part (22), vehicle control information corresponding to the vehicle location information received from the terminal apparatus (10); and a transmitting/receiving part (21) for transmitting, to the terminal apparatus (10), the vehicle control information as retrieved by the control information detecting part (24). Based on the location information transmitted from the terminal apparatus (10), the vehicle control information for the vehicle traveling direction is transmitted from the storage part (22) to the terminal apparatus (10), thereby controlling the driving of the vehicle.