Patent ID: 7149530
Filing Date: 2006-12-12
Classification: G08C,G08G,H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for communicating data about mobile vehicles, which comprises: a plurality of mobile vehicles, a plurality of terminals with a display, and communication means for transmitting and receiving information between the plurality of mobile vehicles and the plurality of terminals; the information including mobile vehicle data and terminal data; the mobile vehicle data including mobile vehicle identification data for identifying an individual mobile vehicle of the plurality of mobile vehicles, and mobile vehicle content identification data for identifying specific data in the mobile vehicle data; and the terminal data including terminal identification data for identifying an individual terminal of the plurality of terminals; an input terminal of the plurality of terminals including input means for inputting a data request; the data request including the mobile vehicle identification data, the mobile vehicle content identification data, and the terminal identification data; and the display altering a display mode of the display based on communication progression between the plurality of terminals and the plurality of mobile vehicles and an elapse of time since a last data request was input from the plurality of terminals to the plurality of mobile vehicles; wherein: when the data request is input into the input terminal; the input terminal transmits the data request, via the communication means, to the individual mobile vehicle of the plurality of mobile vehicles that is identified by the mobile vehicle identification data in the data request; and the individual mobile vehicle receiving the data request acquires the mobile vehicle data corresponding to the mobile vehicle content identification data in the data request; and transmits the acquired mobile vehicle data, via the communication means, to an output terminal of the plurality of terminals identified by the terminal identification data in the data request.