Patent ID: 6347278
Filing Date: 2002-02-12
Classification: G01C,G08G

Abstract:
A mobile terminal in a navigation system, which carries out communications by way of a communication channel and provides a route guidance for users on the basis of the data obtained by the communications, said mobile terminal comprising:location detection means for detecting the location of the mobile terminal itself, receiving means for receiving a first recommendable traveling route data transmitted by way of said communication channel as a first information, said route data covering a first condition based on the starting point data and the destination data of itself, comparing means for comparing said first recommendable traveling route data with a location detected by said location detection means, indication means for indicating a direction to which the user should move on the basis of the result of the comparison made by said comparing means, and new route requesting means for transmitting a request for a new second recommendable traveling route data to said communication channel on the basis of the result of the comparison, said second recommendable traveling route data covering a second condition based on the location of the mobile terminal itself detected by said location detection means and said destination data, wherein said receiving means receives said new second recommendable traveling route data transmitted by way of said communication channel as a second information, and said comparing means also compares said second recommendable traveling route data with a location detected by said location detection means.