Patent ID: 6604049
Filing Date: 2003-08-05
Classification: G01C

Abstract:
A spatial information using system comprising a client apparatus carried by a movable body and a central system for providing predetermined information to said client apparatus, wherein:said client apparatus comprises: a photorecording camera apparatus for obtaining image information; visual output apparatus; a positional information-obtaining device receiver for obtaining positional information about said client apparatus; said client apparatus sends: the image information obtained by said camera; the positional information obtained by said positional information-obtaining device; status information obtained through sensors; to a server in said central system; over mobile communications in real time; and said server in said central system extracts additional information about an object contained in said image information based on said image information and said positional information received from said client apparatus and sends said additional information to said client apparatus, said extracted additional information further comprising stored image information best matching said received image information from stored information based on said received positional information; and said central system detects said additional information based on attribute information linked to said extracted stored image information from a web server connected to a network.