Patent ID: 7499683
Filing Date: 2009-03-03
Classification: G01C,G08G,H04H

Abstract:
1. A wireless broadcast receiving device for a vehicle, comprising: a first receiver that wirelessly receives traffic information from one of a plurality of traffic information broadcasting stations; a second receiver that wirelessly and selectively receives one of (i) traffic information from one of the traffic information broadcasting stations and (ii) a radio program from a radio broadcasting station; a storage device that stores correspondence data that associates each of the traffic information broadcasting stations with a certain region included in a plurality of regions, wherein traffic information from the each of the traffic information broadcasting stations is receivable in the certain region; a position detector that detects a current position of the vehicle; and a controller that includes the tuning unit tunes one of the first receiver and the second receiver to a second station of the traffic information broadcasting stations which is associated with the neighboring region, based on the determination made by the determining unit.