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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2007
Kenji Nagase, Okazaki, JP;
Hiroki Ishikawa, Okazaki, JP;
Hiroshi Tomita, Okazaki, JP;
Takayasu Nakada, Okazaki, JP;
Kenji Nagase, Okazaki, JP;
Hiroki Ishikawa, Okazaki, JP;
Hiroshi Tomita, Okazaki, JP;
Takayasu Nakada, Okazaki, JP;
Aisin AW Co., Ltd., Anjo, JP;
Abstract
A navigation system includes an information center and a navigation device installed in a probe vehicle. The information center stores limiting information for specifying a content of probe information in accordance with predefined factors, specifies a predefined factor corresponding to a navigation device, selects the limiting information based on the specified predefined factor, transmits the selected limiting information to the navigation device, and receives the corresponding probe information transmitted from a navigation device. The navigation device receives the limiting information from the information center, collects probe information, selects only the probe information specified by the received limiting information for transmission to the information center, and transmits the selected probe information to the information center.