NAVIGATION SYSTEM

• Main Authors: KUSANO YASUYUKI, MOGI DAISUKE, SAITO HISANORI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 26.06.2002
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; MEASURING; MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; NAVIGATION; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY; PHYSICS; SIGNALLING; SURVEYING; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TESTING; TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system which can speedily provide users with routes to a destination related to an advertisement via a navigation terminal after an advertiser outputs the advertisement. SOLUTION: The system is provided with a bar code-setting means 1 for setting bar codes (codes) corresponding to positions of an advertisement object, a data management means 4 for managing 'position data', 'bar code data', etc., a data communication means 3 for receiving the 'bar code data' from the navigation terminal ex, and the like, and a data-searching means 5 for searching for position data managed by the data management means 4 on the basis of the bar code data. The navigation terminal cx is provided with a present position-measuring means 6 for measuring the present position, a map data storage means 8 for storing and holding map data, a route-forming means 9 for forming routes on the basis of 'present position data', 'position data' and 'map data', a bar code reader 11 and a display 10 for displaying routes.