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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2005
Yukio Yokozawa, Shiojiri, JP;
Yukio Yokozawa, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A guidance information system includes: a portable device including an image pickup section and functioning to decode coded-pattern information captured by the image pickup section; and a display that displays information indicative of a destination point according to the coding system of coded-pattern information for use in the portable device. The portable device includes: a section detecting relative change of the portable device position without contact; a section decoding specified coded-pattern information captured by the image pickup section to obtain coordinate-position information of the destination point; a section obtaining map information corresponding to the coordinate-position information; a section obtaining information on the present position based on the output of the relative-position detection section; and a section generating guidance information for guidance from the present position to the destination point based on information including the coordinate-position information, map information, and the present position information.
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