Patent ID: 6292719
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: B60K,B60W,G01S,G08G

Abstract:
An information system for a vehicle comprising:a position detector that detects a position of the vehicle with respect to the Earth;a traveling circumstance detector that detects circumstantial information of the vehicle; anda controller connected to said position detector and said traveling circumstance detector, said controller being arrangedto decide whether a quantity indicative of the circumstantial information of the vehicle is greater than a circumstance threshold,to store the position of the vehicle as a stored point when said controller decides that the quantity indicative of the circumstantial information is greater than the circumstance threshold,to decide whether a distance between the position of the vehicle and the stored point is shorter than a predetermined distance, andto output information indicative that the vehicle approaches the stored point when said controller decides that the distance is shorter than the predetermined distance.