Abstract: An information processing apparatus, during the operation of a vehicle, when there is a fellow passenger in the vehicle and a predetermined condition determined according to the load of the driving operation of a driver of the vehicle is not met, displays POI (Point of Interest) information on an in-vehicle display of the vehicle.

Abstract: There are provided a communication terminal, a server device, a movement guidance system, and a computer program that can provide movement guidance based on a new version of map information soon after starting up the communication terminal. Specifically, a communication terminal 5 is configured to identify, after its startup, update target areas which are areas whose terminal-side map information 48 included in the communication terminal 5 is an older version of map information than device-side map information 25 included in a server device 3; request the server device 3 for movement guidance information 26 targeted for at least update target areas around a current location, the movement guidance information 26 being used to provide movement guidance for a mobile unit; and provide movement guidance for the mobile unit using movement guidance information 26 transmitted from the server device 3 in response to the request.

Abstract: A server is connected to a communication terminal and configured to receive a departure point, a destination, and a route retrieval request from the departure point to the destination from the terminal and to deliver a route retrieved in response to the received route retrieval request to the terminal. When the route retrieval request is acquired from the terminal, the server acquires route information related to a target route that is a route corresponding to a predetermined distance from the departure point in a terminal-recommended route that is a route from the departure point to the destination and is retrieved by using terminal-side map information provided in the terminal. The server retrieves a route to the destination that includes at least a part of the target route by using device-side map information provided in the server and the route information, and delivers the retrieved route to the terminal.

Abstract: To provide a technique for recognizing a tendency of a parking lot that was actually used by users visiting a target facility, a parking lot information management system includes: a parking information collecting unit that collects parking information indicating a parking point at which a vehicle is parked from the vehicle; and a history information accumulating unit that accumulates history information for every target facility that is set as a destination, the history information configured so that a tendency of a parking lot that the vehicle was actually parked in when the target facility was set as the destination is derived, based on the parking information.

Abstract: Movement guidance information for performing traveling guidance for a vehicle is requested to a guidance information delivering server device based on an area update table and an area identification table for managing an update state of map information in a communication terminal, and traveling guidance for the vehicle is performed based on the movement guidance information delivered from the guidance information delivering server device in response to the request.

Abstract: A communication terminal transmits a route search request for a destination to a server device and obtains a route searched from the server device. The terminal requests the server device for guidance information after starting up the communication terminal, the guidance information being used to provide movement guidance for a mobile unit and being targeted for at least an update target area around a current location among update target areas, the update target areas being areas whose terminal-side map information included in the communication terminal is an older version of map information than device-side map information included in the server device. The terminal receives the guidance information transmitted from the server device in response to the request for the guidance information, and provides movement guidance for the mobile unit using a guidance route set on the communication terminal and the received guidance information.

Abstract: A communication terminal is connected to a server and provides movement guidance for a mobile unit based on guidance information delivered from the server. The terminal requests the server for update information for updating area identification information that identifies a section corresponding to an update target area and a section not corresponding to the update target area on a section-by-section basis. The update target area is an area whose terminal-side map information included in the communication terminal is an older version. The terminal updates the area identification information based on the update information transmitted from the server, requests the server for guidance information for providing movement guidance for the mobile unit based on the updated area identification information, and provides the movement guidance for the mobile unit based on the guidance information delivered from the server.

Abstract: A communication terminal is connected to a server and transmits a route search request for a destination to the server and obtains a route searched for from the server according to the request. When setting a destination or transmitting the route search request to the server, the terminal requests the server for guidance information targeted for at least an update target area around a current location among update target areas. The guidance information is for providing movement guidance for a mobile unit, and the update target areas are areas whose terminal-side map information included in the terminal is an older version of map information relative to the server's device-side map information. The terminal receives the guidance information transmitted from the server according to the request for the guidance information, and provides the movement guidance for the mobile unit using a route set on the terminal and the received guidance information.

Abstract: A communication terminal is connected to a server and transmits a route search request for a destination to the server and obtains a route searched for from the server according to the request. When setting a destination or transmitting the route search request to the server, the terminal requests the server for guidance information targeted for at least an update target area around a current location among update target areas. The guidance information is for providing movement guidance for a mobile unit, and the update target areas are areas whose terminal-side map information included in the terminal is an older version of map information relative to the server's device-side map information. The terminal receives the guidance information transmitted from the server according to the request for the guidance information, and provides the movement guidance for the mobile unit using a route set on the terminal and the received guidance information.

Abstract: A communication terminal is connected to a server device in a bidirectionally communicable manner and configured to transmit a departure point, a destination, and a route retrieval request from the departure point to the destination to the server device and to acquire a route that is retrieved and delivered by the server device in response to the route retrieval request. The communication terminal receives, from the server device, location road information for identifying a position of a moving object on a map and identifying the position of the moving object based on the received location road information. The communication terminal transmits, to the server device, the route retrieval request in which the identified position of the moving object is set as the departure point, and receives, from the server device, a route that is retrieved by the server device in response to the route retrieval request.

Abstract: Movement guidance devices and programs provide movement guidance for a mobile unit using guidance information for providing movement guidance for the mobile unit. The guidance information is delivered from a server device. The devices and programs store the guidance information delivered from the server device in a memory. The stored guidance information is area-section-by-area-section guidance information. The devices and programs set a remaining priority for the stored guidance information on a per area section basis of map information and delete, from the memory, guidance information for an area section with a low remaining priority on a priority basis rather than guidance information for an area section with a high remaining priority among the stored guidance information.

Abstract: A communication terminal is connected to a server and provides movement guidance for a mobile unit based on guidance information delivered from the server. The terminal requests the server for update information for updating area identification information that identifies a section corresponding to an update target area and a section not corresponding to the update target area on a section-by-section basis. The update target area is an area whose terminal-side map information included in the communication terminal is an older version. The terminal updates the area identification information based on the update information transmitted from the server, requests the server for guidance information for providing movement guidance for the mobile unit based on the updated area identification information, and provides the movement guidance for the mobile unit based on the guidance information delivered from the server.

Abstract: Guidance systems, methods, and programs acquire, from a map information providing device, update information for updating map information that is stored in guidance memory, and update, on the basis of the acquired update information, the stored map information. The systems, methods, and programs acquire, from the map information providing device, temporarily delivered information that is used for guidance until the update is complete. The temporarily delivered information has an identical data structure to the stored map information and is replaceable with the stored map information. Until the update is complete, the systems, methods, and programs provide guidance on the basis of the acquired temporarily delivered information. After the update is compete, however, the systems, methods, and programs provide guidance on the basis of the updated map information.

Abstract: Driving support systems and programs obtain congestion information specifying any congested link where there is congestion and provide driving support based on the congestion information. The systems and programs determine if the congested link has two or more lanes in each direction and if there is a branch at an end of the congested link, and if the congested link has two or more lanes in each direction and there is a branch at the end of the congested link, determine whether connected links include one or more links where there is congestion and one or more links where there is no congestion. If the connected links include one or more links where there is congestion and one or more links where there is no congestion, the systems and programs determine driving support according to the link onto which a vehicle exits at the branch.

Abstract: To provide a technique for recognizing a tendency of a parking lot that was actually used by users visiting a target facility, a parking lot information management system includes: a parking information collecting unit that collects parking information indicating a parking point at which a vehicle is parked from the vehicle; and a history information accumulating unit that accumulates history information for every target facility that is set as a destination, the history information configured so that a tendency of a parking lot that the vehicle was actually parked in when the target facility was set as the destination is derived, based on the parking information.

Abstract: A route information transmission system, method and medium that acquire information for transferring a first travel route, on which a terminal device provides guidance, to an in-vehicle device as a second travel route on the basis of information pertaining to the first travel route, and transmit the acquired information.

Abstract: Route search devices, systems, and programs obtain current traffic information indicating traffic conditions at a present time and obtain statistical traffic information, the statistical traffic information being statistical information obtained by collecting statistics of histories of traffic information. The devices, systems, and programs determine a degree of traffic congestion of a road at the present time, identify travel time for a road whose degree of traffic congestion is greater than or equal to a threshold, based on the current traffic information, and identify travel time for a road whose degree of traffic congestion is less than the threshold, based on the statistical traffic information. The devices, systems, and programs then search for a route to a destination, using the identified travel time.

Abstract: Movement guidance devices and programs provide movement guidance for a mobile unit using guidance information for providing movement guidance for the mobile unit. The guidance information is delivered from a server device. The devices and programs store the guidance information delivered from the server device in a memory. The stored guidance information is area-section-by-area-section guidance information. The devices and programs set a remaining priority for the stored guidance information on a per area section basis of map information and delete, from the memory, guidance information for an area section with a low remaining priority on a priority basis rather than guidance information for an area section with a high remaining priority among the stored guidance information.

Abstract: A communication terminal is connected to a server device in a bidirectionally communicable manner and configured to transmit a departure point, a destination, and a route retrieval request from the departure point to the destination to the server device and to acquire a route that is retrieved and delivered by the server device in response to the route retrieval request. The communication terminal receives, from the server device, location road information for identifying a position of a moving object on a map and identifying the position of the moving object based on the received location road information. The communication terminal transmits, to the server device, the route retrieval request in which the identified position of the moving object is set as the departure point, and receives, from the server device, a route that is retrieved by the server device in response to the route retrieval request.

Abstract: A communication terminal is connected to a server and provides movement guidance for a mobile unit based on guidance information delivered from the server. The terminal requests the server for update information for updating area identification information that identifies a section corresponding to an update target area and a section not corresponding to the update target area on a section-by-section basis. The update target area is an area whose terminal-side map information included in the communication terminal is an older version. The terminal updates the area identification information based on the update information transmitted from the server, requests the server for guidance information for providing movement guidance for the mobile unit based on the updated area identification information, and provides the movement guidance for the mobile unit based on the guidance information delivered from the server.