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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2012
Kazushi Uotani, Kobe, JP;
Masahito Matsumoto, Kobe, JP;
Makoto Oi, Kobe, JP;
Mitsuo Shimotani, Tokyo, JP;
Kazushi Uotani, Kobe, JP;
Masahito Matsumoto, Kobe, JP;
Makoto Oi, Kobe, JP;
Mitsuo Shimotani, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide a technique that can facilitate setting of an object, such as a favorite team. An information output device includes a database that associates and stores a region on a map and a sport team related to the region, a position acquisition unit that acquires a position of a self-vehicle, and a favorite team setting processing unit that sets a favorite team from among sport teams. Moreover, the information output device includes a determination processing unit that specifies the region corresponding to the self-vehicle position acquired by the position acquisition unit and determines the sport team associated with the specified region in the database as an object to be set by the favorite team setting processing unit or a candidate for the object.