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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2007
Hideki Nagata, Hachioji, JP;
Hiroyuki Minakata, Hachioji, JP;
Takayuki Ide, Fussa, JP;
Atsushi Kohashi, Akiruno, JP;
Minoru Omaki, Kunitachi, JP;
Hideki Nagata, Hachioji, JP;
Hiroyuki Minakata, Hachioji, JP;
Takayuki Ide, Fussa, JP;
Atsushi Kohashi, Akiruno, JP;
Minoru Omaki, Kunitachi, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A mobile device system includes a plurality of mobile devices, each to which unique identification information is assigned, wherein each mobile device includes a location-information acquisition unit, a communication unit, and a group registration unit. The communication unit links location information acquired by the location-information acquisition unit of the mobile device and the identification information of the mobile device, sends the information to other mobile devices, and receives from the other mobile devices location information of the other mobile devices and identification information linked to the location information of the other mobile devices. The group registration unit detects other mobile devices located within a predetermined range of the mobile device on the basis of the location information of the other mobile devices and the location information of the mobile device and registers the identification information of the detected other mobile devices as a group.