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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 8847789 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014

Filed:

Oct. 09, 2008

Information provision system, information provision device, information provision method, terminal device, and display method

Applicants:

Akane Sano, Tokyo, JP;

Masamichi Asukai, Kanagawa, JP;

Taiji Ito, Kanagawa, JP;

Akinobu Sugino, Kanagawa, JP;

Yoshiteru Kamatani, Kanagawa, JP;

Kazunori Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;

Takayasu Kon, Tokyo, JP;

Yasunori Kamada, Kanagawa, JP;

Mitsuru Takehara, Tokyo, JP;

Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Akane Sano, Tokyo, JP;

Masamichi Asukai, Kanagawa, JP;

Taiji Ito, Kanagawa, JP;

Akinobu Sugino, Kanagawa, JP;

Yoshiteru Kamatani, Kanagawa, JP;

Kazunori Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;

Takayasu Kon, Tokyo, JP;

Yasunori Kamada, Kanagawa, JP;

Mitsuru Takehara, Tokyo, JP;

Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Hoi Lau

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/095 (2006.01); G08B 23/00 (2006.01); G09B 29/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G08B 13/196 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); G09B 29/10 (2006.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09B 29/007 (2013.01); H04L 65/4038 (2013.01); G06K 9/00771 (2013.01); G06K 9/00778 (2013.01); G08B 13/1961 (2013.01); G08B 13/19613 (2013.01); G08B 13/19682 (2013.01); G08B 13/19608 (2013.01); G06F 17/30241 (2013.01); G06F 17/30867 (2013.01); G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); G09B 29/106 (2013.01); G09G 5/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

An information provision system includes a terminal device, and an information provision device that can communicate with the terminal device. The information provision device includes a communicating section configured to communicate with the terminal device, a head count information managing section configured to manage current head count information for each position, and a crowd information generating section configured to determine a position for making a notification display based on the managed head count information, and generate crowd information containing information of the determined position, and a transmission control section configured to transmit the generated crowd information from the communicating section to the terminal device. The terminal device includes a communicating section configured to communicate with the information provision device, and a control section configured to execute display of a map image on a display section, and execute a display based on the transmitted crowd information on the map image.

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