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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2002
Tomo Watanabe, Saitama, JP;
Tamami Oda, Saitama, JP;
Tsuyoshi Sato, Saitama, JP;
Yukitaka Saito, Saitama, JP;
Tomo Watanabe, Saitama, JP;
Tamami Oda, Saitama, JP;
Tsuyoshi Sato, Saitama, JP;
Yukitaka Saito, Saitama, JP;
Pioneer Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A road status data providing system includes a server for transmitting/receiving data via a communication line and a plurality of vehicle terminals. The server includes a transmitting/receiving unit for transmitting/receiving data to and from the plurality of vehicle terminals, a vehicle trend management database for managing vehicle trends of the plurality of vehicle terminals, and a totaling unit for totaling status data indicative of a status of vehicles at a prescribed point on the basis of the vehicle trend management database. Each of the vehicle terminals includes a transmitting/receiving unit for transmitting/receiving data to and from the server, a present position determining unit for determining the present position of the vehicle, and a creating unit for creating status data requesting information for acquiring the status data at the prescribed point.