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Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2008

Filed:

Dec. 06, 2004
Applicants:

Yutaka Hiwatashi, Tokyo, JP;

Atsuyoshi Takazawa, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Yutaka Hiwatashi, Tokyo, JP;

Atsuyoshi Takazawa, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 22/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A base station is installed in a driver's house or the like where the precise position has been measured beforehand, includes a GPS antenna, a GPS receiver, and a wireless communication device, and functions to transmit various data to a vehicle serving as a moving station in a predetermined range. The vehicle has a GPS antenna, a GPS receiver, and a wireless communication device. When establishing communication between the base station and the moving station, if the current vehicle position generally matches any driving route created and stored in the storage unit earlier, automatic driving control is performed with the matching driving route serving as a target driving route. Conversely, if the current position of the vehicle matches no position on the driving routes created in the past even generally, the storage unit continuously stores the current driving route including the current position, as a new route to the destination.


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