Patent ID: 8224563

Claim:
A touring bus running route acquisition system for permitting a user of a touring bus to acquire a newest running route of the touring bus inclusive of a getting-on/off point, comprising: on a side of the touring bus running the newest running route, latitude/longitude acquisition means for acquiring its own latitude/longitude at predetermined sampling periods; time acquisition means for acquiring time of day when the latitude/longitude is acquired; and terminal side communicating means having a function of wireless-transmitting the latitude/longitude and the time of day thus acquired, and on a side of the user, notifying point setting means for setting a notifying point on the newest running route, wherein the user is notified when the touring bus arrives at the notifying point; notifying means for notifying the arrival in response to a predetermined notifying command received on the side of the user:, bus data acquisition means for acquiring the latitude/longitude and the time of day provided by the touring bus; and a getting-on/off point specifying means for specifying a getting-on/off point on the basis of a speed computed from the latitude/longitude and the time of day, the system further comprising storage means for storing the newest running route by the bus running entirely to which a formal route name is appended, wherein the getting-on/off point is a point where the speed is zero at a prescribed number of times of consecutive sampling periods.