Patent ID: 7392132
Filing Date: 2008-06-24
Classification: G01C,G08G

Abstract:
1. A position notifying device, mounted on a moving object, for transmitting position information of the moving object to a remote data terminal device, comprising: a storage section for storing identification information for identifying the data terminal device; a reception section for receiving, from the data terminal device, a position request for requesting position information of a moving object and identification information; an identification information determination section for, in response to the position request received by the reception section, determining whether the identification information received by the reception section has been stored in the storage section or not; a position information generation section for, after the identification information determination section determines that the identification information has been stored in the storage section, generating position information of the moving object; a transmission section for transmitting each piece of position information generated by the position information generation section to the data terminal device; and an end determination section for, after the transmission section has transmitted each piece of position information, determining whether or not to end provision of position information to the data terminal device, wherein, the position information generation section newly generates position information of the moving object, at a time interval, until the end determination section determines that provision of position information is to be ended.