JP2004127229A - Method of displaying location information from terminal having gps antenna and automatically notifying location information and other registered information - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a server registrant with location information and desired information by transmitting by telephotography the location data to the server and generating data by combining information accumulated in the server and the location information, in addition to a conventional function of only displaying location information from a mobile GPS antenna on a map. <P>SOLUTION: Information on location of a terminal is transmitted by telephotography from the terminal, such as a cellular phone, having the GPS antenna to the server. When the terminal, such as a cellular phone, having the GPS antenna registered by a terminal registrant registered to the server in advance enters a registration range specified by the terminal registrant, predetermined information and information registered by the terminal registrant to the server or information desired by the registrant accumulated in the server in advance are automatically processed or searched in the server and sent by a mail to the terminal registrant. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
According to the present invention, a terminal such as a mobile phone equipped with a GPS antenna periodically transmits information regarding the position of the terminal to a server, and the terminal registrant who has previously registered in the server transmits the position information and the like to the terminal registrant. And a method for returning predetermined information to the terminal registrant based on
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, only the function of displaying the position information from the moving GPS antenna on the map is used to contact the registrant when the registered GPS antenna enters the range registered in the server, There was no mechanism for transmitting information combined with data in the server based on the information.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Conventionally, only the function of displaying the position information from the moving GPS antenna on the map is used. Therefore, the present invention transmits the position data to the server and combines the information stored in the server with the position information. The purpose is to provide the server registrant with information desired by the registrant, together with location information.
[0004]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method in which a terminal such as a mobile phone equipped with a GPS antenna periodically transmits information relating to the position of the terminal to a server, and a terminal registrant previously registered in the server specifies the information. When a terminal such as a mobile phone equipped with a GPS antenna registered by the terminal registrant enters the registration range, the terminal registrant receives predetermined information and a terminal registrant to the server. This is a method of automatically calculating or searching registered information or information previously stored in a server that the registrant wants to know in the server and returning it by e-mail.
[0005]
Information on the periodic position coming from a terminal such as a mobile phone equipped with a GPS antenna is transmitted to a server for converting data for a geographic information system through a direct communication line.
[0006]
A system for periodically transmitting location information from a terminal such as a mobile phone equipped with a GPS antenna to a server and a program necessary for using this system can be downloaded after a registrant pays a registration fee. To do.
[0007]
The data on the periodic position coming from a terminal such as a mobile phone transmitted to the server is converted in the server and plotted on a map so that the data can be plotted on map information previously stored in the server.
[0008]
At this time, data other than location data from a terminal such as a mobile phone, for example, data relating to weather, data relating to speculation of garbage, image data, etc. can also be transmitted to a server and used as data on a map of the present system. The data can be transmitted to a terminal registrant registered in the server.
[0009]
If the terminal registrant registered in the server registers an arbitrary range on the map of the server, a terminal such as a mobile phone equipped with another GPS antenna registered by the registrant falls within the range. Upon entry, the location information can be notified to the terminal registrant registered in the server by e-mail or the like.
[0010]
The information notified to the terminal registrant registered in the server can be transmitted by calculating or searching the items registered by the registrant in advance on the server.
[0011]
The server automatically calculates or retrieves the location information transmitted to the server and information related to the range and items specified by the terminal registrant to the server on the terminal such as the mobile phone, and Information can be returned to a terminal such as a telephone.
[0012]
When the server automatically calculates or retrieves information related to the range and items specified by the terminal registrant to the server, and returns the information to the terminal such as the mobile phone, for example, If you come to an unknown land and want to know what sightseeing spots are near you, or you want to know the transportation system to go to the sightseeing area, the timetable of the transportation, etc. as the range of the map It is a system that searches the server and returns the data just by inputting the items.
[0013]
Further, the information to be notified to the terminal registrant registered in the server may be any information even if a terminal such as a mobile phone equipped with another GPS antenna registered by the registrant does not enter the range registered by the registrant. The data can also be obtained by the registrant accessing the server and requesting data.
[0014]
The information and the like plotted on the map can be obtained from a homepage by a terminal registrant registered in the server by inputting an ID number.
[0015]
The information on the position periodically sent to the server from a terminal such as a mobile phone equipped with a GPS antenna can be expressed as a trajectory by continuously connecting the position information, and the movement history of the moving object can be expressed. Can be obtained.
[0016]
The history of the moving object can be displayed separately according to time, range, and the like.
[0017]
When a terminal such as a mobile phone equipped with a GPS antenna is floated on the water to analyze the history of the flow of the ocean current, a driving device is connected to the server based on the position information sent from the terminal. By converting the current position and the target position within the terminal, data on the direction can be transmitted to the terminal, and the terminal can be guided to collect a terminal such as a mobile phone equipped with the GPS antenna.
[0018]
A terminal such as a mobile phone equipped with a GPS antenna and a CCD camera periodically transmits the position of the terminal and image data of the CCD camera to a server, and stores the transmitted position information and the like in the server. The server can automatically calculate and display plots and data on the map data, display the information as a home page, and transmit the data to terminal registrants registered in the server.
[0019]
To the server, data other than data relating to the position from a terminal such as a mobile phone, for example, data relating to weather, data relating to speculation of garbage, image data, etc. can also be transmitted and used as data on a map of the present system, The data can be transmitted to a terminal registrant registered in the server.
[0020]
A terminal such as a mobile phone equipped with a GPS antenna periodically transmits the position information of the terminal to a server, and based on the transmitted position information, calculates a moving speed of the terminal by the server. The calculated data can be automatically processed in the server into information desired by the terminal registrant to the server, the information can be displayed as a home page, and the data can be transmitted to the terminal registrant to the server. .
[0021]
The moving speed of the terminal is not calculated only by data transmitted from a terminal such as a mobile phone equipped with the GPS antenna, but the moving distance of the terminal is combined with a coordinate network diagram to improve accuracy. It is possible.
[0022]
By attaching a terminal such as a mobile phone equipped with the GPS antenna to a car or the like, it is possible to know the current traffic congestion state and the like using the moving speed.
[0023]
Also, the server can calculate the average moving speed of the terminal, and the terminal registrant to the server can input the destination to thereby predict the arrival time.
[0024]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention will be described based on examples.
In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, information on the location is periodically transmitted from a terminal (1) such as a mobile phone equipped with a GPS antenna to a server (2), and the server (2) is operated based on the transmitted information. This is a method in which location information is plotted on an upper map, location information is displayed in real time through a homepage, and server information is communicated to terminal registrants (1) and (3) via the Internet.
[0025]
The terminal registrants (1) and (3) register an arbitrary range in the map information stored in the server (2), and contact the terminal registrants (1) and (3) within the range. ) Is performed when a portable terminal (1) equipped with a GPS antenna registered in advance enters, but even if the arbitrary range is not registered, an arbitrary range, an item to be known, etc. can be stored in the terminal. (1) By inputting to (3) and transmitting the information to the server (2), the information of the server (2) can be transmitted to the terminal registrants (1) and (3).
[0026]
As shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of terminals (1) such as mobile phones equipped with GPS antennas can be registered, numbers are managed by a server (2), and terminals such as mobile phones equipped with GPS antennas are provided. From (1) and the like, the position of each terminal (1) can be known through the server (2) from the terminal (3) not equipped with the GPS antenna.
[0027]
The server (2) stores map information data, calculates position information from a terminal (1) such as a mobile phone equipped with a GPS antenna, and plots it on a map.
[0028]
Each terminal (1) (3) in FIG. 1 is registered in the server (2) by paying a registration fee.
[0029]
When a terminal (1) such as a mobile phone equipped with a GPS antenna enters the range registered on the map by the terminal registrant to the server, an e-mail is returned to the terminal registrant to the server.
[0030]
【The invention's effect】
The present invention is configured as described above, and has the following effects.
[0031]
The position of the moving object that the registrant wants to know can be known in real time.
[0032]
Also, when a moving target enters the registration range, a mail is sent to the registrant, so that the movement of the target can be captured without monitoring the target on a map.
[0033]
The trajectory of the moving object can be known on the map.
[0034]
If registered in the server in advance, information on the surroundings where the moving object is located can be obtained by simply transmitting the position information to the server from a terminal such as a mobile phone equipped with a GPS antenna.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a relationship between a terminal and a server.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Terminal equipped with GPS antenna 2 Server 3 Terminal not equipped with GPS antenna

Claims (5)

From a terminal such as a mobile phone equipped with a GPS antenna or a terminal such as a mobile phone not equipped with a GPS antenna, a server periodically sends position information and the like of the terminal such as a mobile phone equipped with the GPS antenna to a server. Downloading a program for transmission or a program for utilizing the system;
In order to use the present system, if there is a payment of a registration fee, registering the terminal of the registration applicant in the server,
Periodically transmitting information on the position of the terminal to the server from a terminal such as a mobile phone equipped with the GPS antenna;
A step of automatically calculating the transmitted position information and the like on map data stored in the server by the server and displaying plots, data, and the like;
From a terminal of a terminal registrant to the server, registering an arbitrary range on map information stored in the server;
Displaying automatically plotted and displayed information as a home page automatically calculated by the server on the map data stored in the server;
When a mark such as a mobile phone or the like equipped with the GPS antenna on the server specified by the terminal registrant to the server is plotted on a map in the server within the registered arbitrary range, Automatically calculate or search in the server for predetermined information, information registered by the terminal registrant in the server or information stored in the server that the registrant wants to know, and reply by e-mail And displaying the location information from a terminal equipped with a GPS antenna, and automatically reporting the location information and other registered information. A terminal such as a mobile phone equipped with the GPS antenna according to claim 1 periodically transmits information related to the position of the terminal to the server according to claim 1, the transmitted position information, As for a terminal such as a mobile phone, information related to a range and an item designated by a terminal registrant to the server is automatically calculated or searched by the server, and information is returned to the terminal such as the mobile phone. A method of displaying location information from a terminal equipped with a GPS antenna and automatically reporting the location information and other registered information. A terminal such as a mobile phone equipped with the GPS antenna according to claim 1 periodically transmits information on the position of the terminal to the server according to claim 1, and traces the locus of the transmitted position information. 2. A GPS antenna, which automatically calculates and plots on a map data stored in the server by a server, and transmits information plotted on the map to a terminal registrant of the server according to claim 1. A method of displaying location information from a terminal equipped with a, and automatically reporting location information and other registered information. 2. A terminal, such as a mobile phone equipped with a GPS antenna and a CCD camera, periodically transmits the position of the terminal and image data of the CCD camera to the server according to claim 1, and transmits the transmitted position information. The server automatically calculates the data on the map data stored in the server, displays plots and data, displays the information as a home page, and transmits the data to the terminal registrant according to claim 1. A method of displaying position information from a terminal equipped with a GPS antenna and automatically reporting the position information and other registered information. A terminal such as a mobile phone equipped with a GPS antenna according to claim 1 periodically transmits position information of the terminal to the server according to claim 1, and based on the transmitted position information, The moving speed of the terminal is calculated by the server, and the calculated data is automatically processed in the server into information desired by the terminal registrant to the server according to claim 1, and the information is used as a home page. A method of displaying and transmitting data to a terminal registrant to the server, displaying position information from a terminal equipped with a GPS antenna, and automatically communicating position information and other registered information. .

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