Patent ID: 7869939
Filing Date: 2011-01-11
Classification: G06Q,G08G

Abstract:
1. A route guide data creation device that acquires travel data transmitted from a plurality of vehicles that travel according to a predetermined travel route and travel time, the travel route including a plurality of stops, and creates route guide data based on the acquired travel data, comprising: a travel data acquisition component configured to respectively acquire said travel data from each of the plurality of vehicles traveling according to said predetermined travel route over a predetermined period of time and to format said travel data into a predetermined input format, the predetermined input format including a vehicle ID, a route code, a next stop code, an arrival time at a previous stop, and a departure time from the previous stop; travel data processing means for receiving from said travel data acquisition component said travel data formatted into the predetermined input format, calculating an arrival time and departure time at/from each stop on said predetermined travel route for each vehicle, and outputting the arrival time and departure time of each vehicle at each stop in a predetermined output format, said predetermined output format including a vehicle ID, a route code, a departing stop code, an arrival time, an arriving stop code, and a departure time; and a route guide database that stores route guide data including the departure time and the arrival time of each vehicle at each stop outputted from said travel data processing means, said route guide data that is stored in said route guide database classified into a plurality of data groups based on conditions at the time when said travel data is acquired and stored.