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`US 6,580,999
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`6,580,999
`PATENT:
`INVENTORS: Maruyama, Kishiko
`Shimada, Shigeru
`Sasaki, Toshiichirou
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`TITLE:
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`Portable terminal with the function of
`walking navigation
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`APPLICATION
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`US2002173423A
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`18 JUN 2002
`17 JUN 2003
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`Transaction History
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`Transaction Description
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`6/18/2002 Workflow - Drawings Finished
`6/18/2002 Workflow - Drawings Matched with File at Contractor
`6/18/2002 Information Disclosure Statement (IDS) Filed
`6/18/2002 Information Disclosure Statement (IDS) Filed
`6/18/2002 Preliminary Amendment
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`7/1/2002 IFW Scan & PACR Auto Security Review
`7/29/2002 Application Is Now Complete
`7/30/2002 Application Dispatched from OIPE
`8/28/2002 Case Docketed to Examiner in GAU
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`1 1. Document ID: US 6430498 B1
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`US-PAT-NO: 6430498
`DOCUMENT-IDENTIFIER: US 6430498 B1
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`File: USPT
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`Aug 6, 2002
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`TITLE: Portable terminal with the function of walking navigation
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`DATE-ISSUED: August 6, 2002
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`INVENTOR-INFORMATION:
`NAME
`Maruyama; Kishiko
`Shimada; Shigeru
`Sasaki; Toshiichirou
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`ASSIGNEE-INFORMATION:
`NAME
`Hitachi, Ltd.
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`APL-.
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`CITY
`Tokyo
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`APPL-NO: 09/ 613634
`DATE FILED: July 11, 2000
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`FOREIGN-APPL-PRIORITY-DATA:
`COUNTRY
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`11-197010
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`INT-CL: [07] G01 C 21/00
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`Kodaira
`Kodaira
`Iwaki
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`ZIP CODE
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`COUNTRY
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`TYPE CODE
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`July 12, 1999
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`US-CL-ISSUED: 701/200; 701/201, 342/357.01, 342/357.08, 340/980
`US-CL-CURRENT: 701/200; 340/980, 342/357.01, 342/357.08, 701/201
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`FIELD-OF-SEARCH: 701/200, 701/201, 701/202, 701/211, 701/212, 701/213, 701/214,
`340/988, 340/995, 342/357.01, 342/357.06, 342/357.08, 342/443, 342/147, 367/118
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`PRIOR-ART-DISCLOSED:
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`U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
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`PAT-NO
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`5528248
`6069585
`6124826
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`ISSUE-DATE
`September 1992
`June 1996
`May 2000
`September 2000
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`PATENTEE-NAME
`Ghaem et al,
`Sheiner et al.
`Lanciaux
`Garthwaite et al.
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`US-CL
`342/419
`342/357
`342/443
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`342/357.09
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`PRIMARY-EXAMINER: Beaulieu; Yonel
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`ABSTRACT:
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`A portable terminal has a function of walking navigation. The direction of the
`destination is displayed by an indicating arrow that always points in the direction
`of the destination. In the navigation processing, the user enters data to select a
`menu and/or set retrieving conditions on the setup screen. At first, the user gets
`the location information of the portable terminal, represented by a
`latitude/l.ongitude or coordinates and an altitude, for example. Then, the user gets
`the direction information of the portable terminal, which is the direction of the
`tip of the portable terminal as determined by a compass, a gyro, or a clinometer.
`The location information and the direction information are set as terminal
`information for the retrieving conditions. The system controls retrieving of the
`database and retrieves the information corresponding to the selected menu, such as
`route guidance.
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`(12) United States Patent
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`(10) Patent No.:
`(45) Date of Patent:
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`US006580999B2
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`(54) PORTABLE TERMINAL WITH THE
`FUNCTION OF WALKING NAVIGATION
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`(56)
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`References Cited
`U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
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`(75)
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`Inventors: Kishlko Maruyama, Kodaira (JP);
`Shigeru Shimada, Kodaira (JP);
`Toshilchlrou Sasaki, Iwaki (JP)
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`(73) Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
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`(*) Notice:
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`Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this
`patent is extended or adjusted under 35
`U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days.
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`This patent is subject to a terminal dis-
`claimer.
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`(21) Appl. No.: 10/173,423
`Jun. 18, 2002
`(22) Filed:
`Prior Publication Data
`US 2002/0165662 Al Nov. 7, 2002
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`(65)
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`Related U.S. Application Data
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`(30)
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`(63) Continuation of application No. 09/613,634, filed on Jul. 11,
`2000, now Pal. No. 6,430,498.
`Foreign Application Priority Data
`Jul. 12, 1999
`(JP) ................................. 11-197010
`Int. CI. 7 . ... ..... .... .... ............................... G 01C 21/00
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`(51)
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`(52) U.S. CI...............
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`701/200; 701/201; 342/357.01;
`342/357.08
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`(58) Field of Search ..............................
`701/200, 201,
`701/202, 211, 212, 213, 214; 340/988,
`995; 342/357.01, 357.06, 357.08, 443, 147;
`367/118
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`9/1992 Ghem it al. .............. 342/419
`6/1996 Steiner et al.
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`5/2000 Lanciaux .................. 342/443
`9/2000 Garthwaite et al..... 342/357.09
`8/2002 Maruyama et al. ......... 701/200
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`5,146,231 A
`5,528,248 A
`6,069,585 A
`6,124,826 A
`6,430,498 B1 *
`* cited by examiner
`Primary Examiner-Yonel Beaulieu
`(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firmn-Mattingly, Stanger &
`Malur, P.C.
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`(57)
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`ABSTRACT
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`A portable terminal with the function of walking navigation.
`The portable terminal displays information on its narrow
`screen so as to make it easy for the user (walker)
`to
`understand and realize an interface that enables the user to
`understand
`inputs of retrieving conditions
`intuitively,
`thereby saving the input labor.
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`Assume now that a user (walker) 10 is lost while walking.
`towards a destination 11. In such a case, the present inven-
`tion enables necessary information to be compressed, for
`example, so as to display both direction and distance to the
`destination from a present place with an orientation and a
`length of an arrow on a small screen and further so as to
`match the orientation of the arrow with the direction of the
`destination
`in the actual space. If the user (walker) 10
`specifies a compressed information item 12, 13, or 14 lor
`inquiry, the present invention controls so that the arrow
`always points the direction of the destination corresponding
`to each of those compressed information items 12, 13, and
`14. The condition of retrieval can also be set by turning, for
`example, the tip of the portable terminal directly in the
`desired direction 12, 13, or 14.
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`PORTABLE TERMINAL WITH THE
`FUNCTION OF WALKING NAVIGATION
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`This is a continuation application of U.S. Ser. No.
`09/613,634, filed Jul. 11, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,430,498.
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`BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
`The present invention relates to a portable terminal
`including a portable telephone and a Personal Handyphone
`System (PHS)(including a telephone provided only with
`character data communication functions) and a personal data
`assistance (PDA) terminal provided with portable telephone
`or PHS data communication functions. More particularly,
`the present invention relates to a portable terminal provided
`with the function of walking navigation, which can supply
`location-related information to the walking user.
`Conventionally, there have been many map information
`services for supplying maps and other map-related contents
`through the Internet and facsimile machines. In the case of
`those services, it is premised that information is supplied so
`as to be output onto such wide monitor screens of computers
`and printed out onto papers through facsimile machines.
`However, the use of PDA terminals and data communication
`functions of portable telephones or PHS's that are easy to
`carry about would make it easier for the users to obtain
`desired maps on sightseeing and business trips more favor-
`ably through the above services.
`'There are also many systems under development to be
`used for supplying the location information around the
`user's present place through the GPS (Global Positioning
`System) . For example; a car navigation system to be
`mounted on a car is too large for a walker to carry around.
`In addition, because the navigation system premises that the
`system is used while the object car is running on a road, it
`cannot be used as a walker's navigation system as is. On the
`other hand, in the case of such a location information system
`as a PDA with GPS and a handy GPS intended to walkers,
`it is possible to show the user's present place on a map stored
`beforehand in its local memory or down-loaded from the
`above services.
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`SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
`The conventional map information services supply maps
`through the Internet, which are optimized on the assumption
`that the maps can be displayed at a resolution equivalent to
`that of personal computers. Consequently, they have been
`confronted with a problem that the maps, when displayed on
`small-size screen of portable telephones and PHS terminals,
`are not displayed clearly.
`In addition, the map retrieving method employed for the
`above described services requires an enormous amount of
`cost for the communications with the server, so it is not
`suitable for walking navigation systems. For example, in the
`case of a method that narrows retrieving conditions by
`displaying a map in some steps of scales from a wide range
`to a detailed range, the map in each step must be down-
`loaded from the server in each of the retrieving operations.
`If text is entered and/or menus are selected to narrow those
`retrieving conditions, however, it will be possible to reduce
`the data communication amount during retrieving. In spite
`of this, the method still has some problems that if a specified
`place name is recorded over a plurality of pages, maps on the
`adjacent pages are also 'supplied, so that the desired map
`cannot be supplied directly. In such a case, the desired map
`will have to be retrieved by scrolling, scaling up/down the
`map in display. In addition, the map must be down-loaded in
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`each of the display operations, since the map data is not
`accumulated beforehand in the local memory.
`Furthermore, maps supplied by the above described ser-
`vices are not always easy for walkers to understand. For
`s example, when a walker (user) wants to know a route from
`his/her present place to a destination, the route might pos-
`sibly be described over a plurality of pages. Even when the
`route is described only on one page, the displayed range is
`often too wide to obtain detailed information. In order to
`20 obtain necessary information in such a case, therefore, the
`user is requested to make such complicated operations as
`scrolling, scaling up/down the displayed map, thereby the
`cost of communications with the server comes to be enor-
`mous as described above.
`Furthermore, if the object system requires a PDA terminal
`in addition to the portable telephone or the PHS, users who
`can receive the services will be limited
`in number. In
`addition, those portable devices must be connected to each
`other via cable, so that it would not be easy to use them
`during walking. On the other hand, there are also services for
`20 supplying such information contents as movies, entertain-
`ment and business events, restaurants, etc. available with use
`of only a portable telephone and/or a PHS terminal. Because
`it is premised that the information contents are displayed on
`the narrow screens of those portable telephones and PHS
`terminals, character information is often supplied as con-
`tents. However, when the user wants to know such a spatial
`position as a place and a route, those services will be difllicult
`to cope with the user's need. In addition, the portable
`telephone and the PHS terminal are just provided with some
`30 button keys including dialing buttons used as input devices,
`so they, will not able to cope with inputs of complicated
`retrieving conditions.
`On the other hand, the conventional PDA terminal with
`GPS and handy GPS are systems that can be used as a single
`35 unit. If they are just used to display maps stored beforehand
`in their local memories, they will not be a proper method to
`supply information matching with the user's needs and
`easier to understand. Also in this case, they will not be able
`to supply such real time information as movies, entertain-
`40 ment and business events, restaurants, etc. Of course, if the
`PDA terminal is additionally provided with data communi-
`cation functions of a portable telephone and/or PHS
`terminal, however, it will be possible to connect them to
`Internet map information services only as a single unit. The
`45 above described services will not yet be easier for the users
`to understand.
`Under such circumstances, it is an object of the present
`invention to provide a portable terminal with the function of
`walking navigation, which can supply location information
`so easier for the user to understand during walking with use of
`a narrow screen of a portable telephone and/or PHIIS termi-
`nal. It is another object of the present invention to provide
`a portable terminal with the function of walking navigation,
`which can save labor to enter the condition for retrieving
`ss location information, as well as realize a user-friendly
`interface that enables the walker (user) to understand inputs
`of retrieving conditions intuitively.
`In order to achieve the above objects, the portable termi-
`nal of the present invention with the function of walking
`60 navigation is provided with data communication, input, and
`display devices just like those of ordinary portable tele-
`phones and PHS terminals, as well as a device for getting
`location
`information and a device for getting direction
`information denoting the user's present place. Hereunder,
`65s the location information and the direction information gotten
`by those devices will be referred to as terminal information
`collectively.
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`Provided with those devices, the portable terminal of the
`present invention can use acquired terminal information as
`retrieving conditions, so the user can omit the input of
`his/her present place. The user can also specify a desired
`direction only by, for example, turning the tip of the portable
`terminal directly in the direction instead of entering such
`direction
`information as "towards the southern exit" or
`"along this street" when the user wants to know "what kinds
`of stores are there around the southern exit of the station"
`and/or "what kinds of stores are there on this street".
`Consequently, the user can save labor to enter retrieving
`conditions and it is possible to realize a user-friendly inter-
`face that enables the user to understand displayed items
`intuitively. In addition, the use of terminal information
`makes it possible to match a direction in an actual space with
`the displayed direction on the screen. For example,
`it is
`possible to compress information so as to display a direction
`of movement from the present place simply with an arrow.
`Consequently, location information can be displayed on a
`small-size display screen of a portable telephone and an PHS
`terminal so that the user can understand the displayed
`information easily while the information is compressed.
`When using the portable terminal of the present invention
`with the function of walking navigation, it is expected that
`the following services are available.
`1) "Route Guidance Service" .
`. . used when the user has
`decided a destination, but does not know how to get there.
`2) "Neighborhood Guidance Service" . . . used for such
`information guidance as movies, entertainment and busi-
`ness events, restaurants, etc. when the destination is not
`decided yet.
`3) "Meeting by Appointment Guidance Service" ... used
`when meeting someone by appointment so as to notify the
`partner of his/her present place and/or to confirm where
`the partner is now.
`4) "Present Place Guidance Service"... used to know where
`the walker (user) is now when he/she is lost.
`To supply such services, the system is configured with a
`portable terminal of the present invention with the function
`of walking navigation respectively and a server that supplies
`necessary information on the Internet/intranet. Just like the
`Internet services available through portable telephones or
`PHS terminals, each portable terminal, wireless network, a
`gateway server, the Intemet/intranet, and the application
`server are sequentially connected. The application server is
`provided with a spatial information database, a database
`management system, as well as a control program. The
`spatial information database stores maps information and
`such information contents as movies, entertainment and
`business events, restaurants, etc. The spatial information
`database may also be dispersed on the Intemet/intranet. Each
`processing program compresses information to be supplied
`to portable terminals and controls the display on those
`terminals according to the terminal information. Concretely,
`the application server executes most of processings for
`walking navigation and each portable terminal is provided
`only with the function for displaying supplied information.
`The above configuration is assumed so that such portable
`terminals as portable telephones and PHS terminals are low
`in processing capacity respectively. Portable terminals that
`are a little higher in processing capacity may also be
`employed to control the display according
`to the above
`described terminal information. In addition, entire map data
`may be received on such a portable terminal as a retrieving
`result so that the portable terminal controls all the necessary
`processings from compression to display of the map data
`according to the object terminal information. A further high
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`performance portable terminal may be used so as to store
`map information beforehand
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`its local memory and
`execute all the necessary processings from retrieving to
`compression and display of map information. In this case,
`5 the application server retrieves only such information con-
`tents as movies, entertainment and business events,
`restaurants, etc. that should be supplied in real time.
`Furthermore, in the portable terminal of the present inven-
`tion with the function of walking navigation, location inthr-
`10 mation
`to get is represented by a latitude/longitude or
`coordinates and an altitude. .For example, such a wireless
`antenna as a GPS, a PHS, etc., as well as an infrared ray
`sensor is used to measure location information. The portable
`terminal of the present invention may also be provided with
`s15 any one of the above methods for measuring a position or
`some possible methods combined for measuring a position.
`Direction information to get is a direction and/or an angle of
`elevation representing the leading direction of the portable
`terminal or the orientation of the display. For example, a
`20 compass, a gyro, such a sensor as a clinometer, etc. are used
`to measure a direction and/or an angle of elevation. In this
`case, the axis of the compass is aligned to the normal of the
`display and the display is kept horizontal to the ground,
`thereby it is possible to know the direction (east, west, south,
`25 or north) in which the vertical axis of the display is oriented.
`The gyro, when it is set so as to keep pointing the north, can
`measure both direction and angle of elevation just like when
`a compass is used. In addition, if both compass and clinom-
`eter are used, it is possible to get not only a direction, but
`30 also such three-dimensional direction information as an
`angle of elevation to the ground. Instead of those compass
`and clinometer, a three-dimensional gyro may also be used
`for the above described measurement.
`These and other objects, features, and advantages of the
`35 present invention will become more apparent in view of the
`following detailed description of the preferred embodiments
`in conjunction with accompanying drawings.
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`BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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`FIG. 1 is an example of display control by a portable
`terminal of the present
`invention with
`the function of
`walking navigation.
`FIG. 2 shows a total flow of a walking navigation pro-
`45 cessing by the portable terminal of the present invention
`with the function of walking navigation.
`FIG. 3 (A-F) shows how data compression is controlled
`for the "Route Guidance Service" by the portable terminal of
`the present invention with the function of walking naviga-
`so tion.
`FIG. 4 shows how retrieving is controlled for the "Neigh-
`borhood Guidance Service" by the portable terminal of the
`present invention with the function of walking navigation.
`FIG. 5 shows an embodiment of the "Meeting by Appoint-
`55 ment Guidance Service" by the portable terminal of the
`present invention with the function of walking navigation.
`FIG. 6 is a flowchart of data sending for the "Meeting by
`Appointment Guidance Service".
`FIG. 7 is a flowchart of data receiving for the "Meeting by
`Appointment Guidance Service".
`FIG. 8 shows how retrieving is controlled for the "Present
`Place Guidance Service" by the portable terminal of the
`present invention with the function of walking navigation.
`FIG. 9 is a block diagram of a walking navigation system
`that uses the portable terminal of the present invention with
`the function of walking navigation.
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`present invention with the function of walking navigation.
`DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED
`EMBODIMENTS
`Hereunder, the preferred embodiment of the present
`invention will be described with reference to the accompa-
`nying drawings. FIG. I shows how data display is controlled
`by the portable terminal of the present invention with the
`function of walking navigation. A walker (user) 10 is walk-
`.ing towards a destination 11. The walker can inquire the
`system of the direction of his/her destination and in which
`direction he/she should go each time he/she is lost. Accord-
`ing to the present invention, the system, upon such an
`inquiry, supplies information compressed so as to be dis-
`played on a narrow screen of the object portable telephone
`and/or PHS terminal. For example, the system supplies the
`direction and distance to the destination from the present
`place with an orientation and a length of an arrow on the
`screen. In the case of ordinary map systems, the top side of
`the map on the screen denotes the north. Because walkers
`are usually walking unconsciously with directions, the ori-
`entation of the map must be adjusted to the direction of the
`actual space. Usually, the walker can know his/her present
`place from the landmark information written on the map.
`However, it is actually impossible to display such detailed
`information on the narrow screen to be employed for the
`portable terminal of the present invention. In order to solve
`such a problem, therefore, the present invention enables the
`direction of the destination in the actual space to be con-
`trolled so as to be adjusted to the orientation of the arrow
`displayed on the screen. If the walker 10 inquires the system
`of a direction by turning his/her portable terminal as shown
`with the compressed information item 12, 13, or 14, the
`screen display is controlled so that the arrow always points
`the direction of the destination.
`Next, a description will be made for a total flow of a
`walking navigation processing when the portable terminal of
`the present invention with the function of walking naviga-
`tion is used. In step 103, an input by the walker 10 is
`controlled so that the walker 10 enters data to select a menu
`and/or set retrieving conditions on the setup screen interac-
`tively with use of such an input device as a button key, a pen,
`a microphone, etc. of the portable terminal. In step 104, the
`walking navigation system, expecting that the walker 10 will
`repeat inquiries, holds the input state in step 103. In this
`the system determines in step 101
`processing, at first,
`whether or not any state is held. If any state is held, the
`system reads the state in step 102. If no state is held, the
`system controls the input in step 103. In step 105, the system
`waits for an input. In step 105, three choices are prepared;
`Run to execute the processings in steps 106 to 111, Back to
`return to the setup screen in step 103, and Stop to exit the
`program.
`Next, a description will be made for a processing flow
`when the walker 10 selects Run in step 105. At first, the
`walker 10 gets the location information of the portable
`terminal with use of a device in step 106. The location
`information of the portable terminal here is represented by
`a latitude/longitude or coordinates and an altitude. For
`example, the location information is measured with use of a
`Cellular antenna and such an infrared ray sensor as a GSP,
`PHS, or the like. Then, the walker 10 gets the direction
`information of the portable terminal with use of a device in
`step 107. The direction information is the direction of the tip
`of the portable terminal or the orientation of the display
`screen represented by a direction and an angle of elevation.
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`For example, a compass, a gyro, and such a sensor as a
`clinometer are used to measure the direction information. In
`step 108, the walker 10 sets the location information gotten
`in step 106 and the direction information gotten in step 107
`5 as terminal information for retrieving conditions. In step
`109, the system controls retrieving of the database and
`retrieves the information corresponding to the menu selected
`in step 103 on t