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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Toshihide Maeda, Sagamihara, JP;
Nobuo Hamano, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeki Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Tomiharu Yoshida, Hitachinaka, JP;
Masataka Owada, Hitachi, JP;
Masahiko Ikeda, Hitachi, JP;
Takashi Yabutani, Hitachinaka, JP;
Masahiro Ito, Shimizu, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/00 ; H04Q 7/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/00 ; H04Q 7/20 ;
Abstract
An information providing method and apparatus for providing information to a moving body via an artificial satellite. Information for selecting a desired information and position information of the moving body is transmitted, from the moving body. Information is provided to the moving body from the artificial satellite depending upon the position information of the moving body and the desired information, on the basis of information from the moving body.