Patent ID: 8838133
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: G01C,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A mobile communication apparatus comprising: a transmitter/receiver configured to communicate with an external mobile communication apparatus in order to receive first direction information indicating a direction from a position of a reference target to a position of the external mobile communication apparatus, and first distance information indicating a distance from the position of the reference target to the position of the external mobile communication apparatus; a direction information acquiring unit configured to acquire second direction information indicating a direction from the position of the reference target to a current position of the mobile communication apparatus; a distance information acquiring unit configured to acquire second distance information indicating a distance between the position of the reference target and the current position; a computing unit configured to compute a direction and a distance from the current position to the position of the external mobile communication apparatus based on the first direction information, the first distance information, the second direction information, and the second distance information, in order to obtain a computation result; and an output unit configured to output the computation result of the computing unit.