ON-VEHICLE APPARATUS, ROUTE GUIDANCE SYSTEM, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION OF THE ON-VEHICLE APPARATUS

• Main Authors: TOZAKI AKIHIRO, KUSUMOTO NOBUO, ISHIZUKA NOBUHIRO, OYA SHUJI, MURAYAMA TAKESHI, HASHIMOTO KAZUNORI, MINOJIMA KUNIHIRO, SHIODA TAKEHIKO, SHIRAKAWA JUNICHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 18.03.2010
• Subjects: ADVERTISING; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND,DEAF OR MUTE; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DIAGRAMS; DISPLAY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; GLOBES; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; MEASURING; MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; NAVIGATION; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY; PHYSICS; PLANETARIA; SEALS; SIGNALLING; SURVEYING; TESTING; TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an on-vehicle apparatus or the like capable of omitting operation for terminating route guidance of the on-vehicle apparatus, on the occasion of arriving at a destination according to the guidance by a portable apparatus. SOLUTION: The on-vehicle apparatus 10 includes: a destination setting means 110 for setting the destination; a route guidance means 130 for performing route guidance for its own vehicle up to its parking position corresponding to the destination; a destination-information transmission means 140 for transmitting destination information representing the destination to the portable apparatus 30 having a route guidance function for a person, following an interruption of the route guidance for the vehicle; and a receiving means 160 for information on arrival confirmation which receives, from the portable apparatus 30, information on arrival confirmation representing to the effect that its user arrives at the destination. The guidance means 130 terminates the route guidance for the vehicle up to the parking position, when the destination information is transmitted or the arrival confirmation information is received. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT