Abstract: Providing a vehicle driver information useful in overcoming an emergency situation overheating etc. On receipt of a control signal 112 indicating emergency, emergency situation decision unit 109 of vehicle side equipment 104 decides the type name of the service useful for overcoming the emergency. Information acquisition unit 111 routes an information inquiry request, specifying the type name, the current position of an own vehicle detected by a position detection device 107 and the current time detected by the time detection device 108, through communication device 103 to common equipment 101 of operation center. Information retrieval unit 106 of the common equipment 101 retrieves optimum service purveyor information from the service in storage unit 105, taking into account the type name, current vehicle position and the current time, as specified by the request, and returns the retrieved service purveyor information, which is supplied to the driver.

Abstract: To acquire a virtual real estate dealing system capable of virtual dealings in real estates in a three-dimensional space. It handles a right to use a virtual estate displayed in a three-dimensional stereoscopic image by allowing it to be dealt in as a virtual real-estate, and permits a holder of the estate to further construct arbitrary three-dimensional objects such as an advertising tower and a sign board. To be more specific, real estate dealings in the virtual estate implemented in the three-dimensional space are conducted. To become an owner of the virtual real-estate (that is, a person having the right to use it), the right to use the estate is purchased by making a request to a three-dimensional space manager. If the person having the right to use it constructs the three-dimensional objects in an area of the three-dimensional space manager, the manager presents the three-dimensional objects in addition when a general user browses the three-dimensional stereoscopic space via the Internet.

Abstract: The present invention has a three-dimensional image data conversion part 101 for converting aerial photographs A and B of the same area photographed from two different locations to three-dimensional image data, an advertisement placing information storage part 105 for storing advertisement placing information added to the three-dimensional image data, a clock part 104 for managing the current date, a three-dimensional image synthesizing part 102 for referring to the advertisement placing information storage part 105 to fetch advertisement placing information in which a placing period includes the current date and adding the advertisement contents included in the fetched advertisement placing information to the three-dimensional image data to generate and output synthesis three-dimensional image data, and a three-dimensional image browser 103 for receiving the synthesis three-dimensional image data to present a three-dimensional image stereoscopic representation based on viewpoint position information from a u

Abstract: In a server, a client for improving a three-dimensional air excursion and a method and programs thereof, a three-dimensional data can be automatically produced from aerial pictures or satellite images, and the three-dimensional air excursion on a three-dimensional solid map can be provided to a lot of users via the Internet. In the automatic producing of the three-dimensional image, a device for improving the produced images having defects is provided via the Internet. A particular user such as an owner or a manager of a particular structure such as a building, a monument in a park or the like can correct the images of the structure using a correction application via the Internet to obtain the more accurate images.

Abstract: An information search/presentation system includes a 3D image converter, landmark database, search engine, and 3D image browser. The 3D image converter outputs 3D image data on the basis of aerial photographs obtained by photographing a single area from different places, with the physical position of the area being specified. The landmark database stores a pair of a verbal expression and position information as a unit record the verbal expression pertaining to the name and contents of a landmark existing in the photographed area. The search engine outputs link information for page data including associated contents from a set of page data on public view in response to an input keyword. The 3D image browser creates a 3D stereoscopic image viewed from a viewpoint position designated by a user on the basis of the 3D image data and the viewpoint position, and presents the image to the user.

Abstract: A preference information collection system is capable of automatically obtain preference information of user. The preference information collecting system is adapted for detecting staying of terminal equipment which is movable and position information of which is obtainable and collecting preference information of a user of the terminal from kind of a site where the terminal equipment stays. The system includes a correspondence table storing a physical position of the site, type of a shop presenting on the site, a preliminarily set minimum time required for regarding that the terminal equipment stays the site, and the latest information of number of times of stay of the terminal equipment at the site, with correspondence thereof.

Abstract: A usage history registering apparatus includes item value history storage sections, a total usage record count storage section, and an item value counting section. The item value history storage units are provided in one-to-once correspondence with the items of a table in a relational database, and hold item value history information for each of partial sets divided from value sets that can be taken as values of corresponding items, the item value history information consisting of a conditional statement set for each partial set to determine a specific partial set to which a given item value belongs and a cumulative count for each partial set. The total usage record count storage section holds the total number of history update records processed.

Abstract: Providing a vehicle driver information useful in overcoming an emergency situation overheating etc. On receipt of a control signal 112 indicating emergency, emergency situation decision unit 109 of vehicle side equipment 104 decides the type name of the service useful for overcoming the emergency. Information acquisition unit 111 routes an information inquiry request, specifying the type name, the current position of an own vehicle detected by a position detection device 107 and the current time detected by the time detection device 108, through communication device 103 to common equipment 101 of operation center. Information retrieval unit 106 of the common equipment 101 retrieves optimum service purveyor information from the service in storage unit 105, taking into account the type name, current vehicle position and the current time, as specified by the request, and returns the retrieved service purveyor information, which is supplied to the driver.

Abstract: To provide a route guiding explanation device capable of adding or changing route information data or the like by general users without requiring any CPU of high-level function and any large number of memories. A destination absolute position storing portion stores latitude and longitude information of a destination converted by a destination absolute position converting portion. A present location neighboring landmark storing portion selects and stores a landmark name which is a most nearest to the latitude and longitude information of the present location absolute position storing portion. A destination neighboring landmark storing portion selects and stores the landmark name which is a most nearest to the latitude and longitude information of the destination absolute position storing portion.

Abstract: In a programmable selective broadcasting reception system, a broadcasting station includes a unit for broadcasting a broadcasting contents program formed from broadcasting contents, a contents attribute, and an execution program. A reception apparatus includes a reception unit, user attribute storage unit, current time acquisition unit, current place acquisition unit, attribute input unit, execution program storage unit, contents attribute storage unit, broadcasting contents, playback unit, and execution program engine. The current time acquisition unit detects and writes current time. The current place acquisition unit detects and writes the current place of the user. The execution program storage unit, contents attribute storage unit, and broadcasting contents storage unit respectively read out and store the contents of the execution program, contents attribute, and broadcasting contents.

Abstract: A case database storage/retrieval system comprises a database for storing as a case contents occurred on an object, a script storage section for storing at least one script which describes a typically conducted series of operation and condition descriptions in time order with regard to the object containing the case within the database, a case storage control section for defining a related link between a new case and a specific operation and situation description in the script relating to the new case in order to relate them, and for storing the new case into the database, and a case retrieval section for retrieving to output a case related by the related link from the database, with respect to a specific operation and situation description designated in the specific script.