Abstract: The latitude/longitude and time acquired at prescribed sampling time intervals by a touring bus 1 which runs a predetermined running route are wireless-transmitted. A user 6 specifies a getting-on/off point on the basis of the latitude/longitude and time provided by the touring bus and acquires a running route inclusive of the getting-on/off point. Therefore, the user can acquire the running route inclusive of the getting-on/off point easily and instantaneously. The user can specify the getting-on/off point using the speed computed from the latitude/longitude and time acquired. Thus, the user can set his desired notifying point on the running route thus acquired. In such a configuration, there are provided a system for permitting a user of a touring bus to acquire a running route of the touring bus inclusive of a getting-on/off point easily and instantaneously and a system for notifying the arrival of the touring bus which permits the user to set his desired notifying point easily.

Abstract: The latitude/longitude and time acquired at prescribed sampling time intervals by a touring bus 1 which runs a predetermined running route are wireless-transmitted. A user 6 specifies a getting-on/off point on the basis of the latitude/longitude and time provided by the touring bus and acquires a running route inclusive of the getting-on/off point. Therefore, the user can acquire the running route inclusive of the getting-on/off point easily and instantaneously. The user can specify the getting-on/off point using the speed computed from the latitude/longitude and time acquired. Thus, the user can set his desired notifying point on the running route thus acquired. In such a configuration, there are provided a system for permitting a user of a touring bus to acquire a running route of the touring bus inclusive of a getting-on/off point easily and instantaneously and a system for notifying the arrival of the touring bus which permits the user to set his desired notifying point easily.

Abstract: An apparatus for supporting maintenance check of a sensor to maintain sensing accuracy, the sensor 10 generating a changeable weight signal in accordance with a load imposed on a vehicle, includes judging means 30a2 for judging whether or not sensed accuracy of a present weight signal is degraded based on a compared result by comparing the present weight signal fetched by a fetching means 30a1 with a previous weight signal from the sensor that corresponds to the present weight signal and information of judging degradation stored by a storing means 30d, and maintenance check information generating means 30a3 to press for maintenance check of the sensor based on the judged degradation in accordance with judgement of degradation by the judging means 30a2.

Abstract: An apparatus for assisting simple recognition of a position to make simple recognition of a position of an object including a processor which stores place-name information corresponding to each position,fetches position information to show the current position of the object, selects the place-name information corresponding to the fetched position information generates assistant information to display the selected place name information and outputs the assistant information.

Abstract: The latitude/longitude and time acquired at prescribed sampling time intervals by a touring bus 1 which runs a predetermined running route are wireless-transmitted. A user 6 specifies a getting-on/off point on the basis of the latitude/longitude and time provided by the touring bus and acquires a running route inclusive of the getting-on/off point. Therefore, the user can acquire the running route inclusive of the getting-on/off point easily and instantaneously. The user can specify the getting-on/off point using the speed computed from the latitude/longitude and time acquired. Thus, the user can set his desired notifying point on the running route thus acquired. In such a configuration, there are provided a system for permitting a user of a touring bus to acquire a running route of the touring bus inclusive of a getting-on/off point easily and instantaneously and a system for notifying the arrival of the touring bus which permits the user to set his desired notifying point easily.

Abstract: An apparatus for supporting maintenance check of a sensor to maintain sensing accuracy, the sensor 10 generating a changeable weight signal in accordance with a load imposed on a vehicle, includes judging means 30a2 for judging whether or not sensed accuracy of a present weight signal is degraded based on a compared result by comparing the present weight signal fetched by a fetching means 30a1 with a previous weight signal from the sensor that corresponds to the present weight signal and information of judging degradation stored by a storing means 30d, and maintenance check information generating means 30a3 to press for maintenance check of the sensor based on the judged degradation in accordance with judgement of degradation by the judging means 30a2.

Abstract: An apparatus for assisting simple recognition of a position to make simply recognition of a position of an object includes place-name information storage means 10d1 for storing place-name information corresponding to an each position, position information fetch means 10a1 for fetching position information to show the current position of the object, place-name information select means 10a2 for selecting the place-name information corresponding to the position information fetched by the position information fetch means 10a1 from the place-name information storage means 10d1, assistant information generating means 10a3 for generating assistant information to display the place name information selected by the place-name information select means 10a2 and assistant information output means 10a4 for outputting the assistant information generated by the assistant information generating means 10a3.

Abstract: A vehicle tracking system, wherein with respect to vehicles owned by members on which communication units containing GPS receivers are mounted, the vehicle tracking system specifies a previously-registered member and the vehicle owned by the previously-registered member based upon a request of the previously-registered member for providing positional information of a vehicle owned by the previously-registered member, and the vehicle tracking system executes a polling operation of positional information to the vehicle owned by the previously-registered member; retrieves an existence position of the vehicle on a map from a map database based upon positional information transmitted from the vehicle owned by the previously-registered member; displays the existence position of the vehicle by superimposing on the map; and provides the existence position superimposed on the map as vehicle positional information data to the previously-registered member.

Abstract: A vehicle tracking system, wherein with respect to vehicles owned by members on which communication units containing GPS receivers are mounted, the vehicle tracking system specifies a previously-registered member and the vehicle owned by the previously-registered member based upon a request of the previously-registered member for providing positional information of a vehicle owned by the previously-registered member, and the vehicle tracking system executes a polling operation of positional information to the vehicle owned by the previously-registered member; retrieves an existence position of the vehicle on a map from a map database based upon positional information transmitted from the vehicle owned by the previously-registered member; displays the existence position of the vehicle by superimposing on the map; and provides the existence position superimposed on the map as vehicle positional information data to the previously-registered member.