Patent Document ID: 7720599
Application ID: 11212102

Base Claim:
1. A tourist information guiding apparatus, comprising: a tourist spot information storage device configured to store image data relating to tourist spots in correspondence with character string data for a sightseeing guide written in a plurality of languages; a monitor provided on an apparatus main body; a tourist spot receiver provided in the apparatus main body configured to receive a selection of a tourist spot; a language receiver provided in the apparatus main body configured to receive a selection of a language; a display controller configured to cause the monitor to display an image relating to the tourist spot selected by the tourist spot receiver together with a character string for sightseeing guide written in the language designated by the language receiver; a printer configured to print an image on a recording sheet; a print instruction receiver provided in the apparatus main body configured to receive a print instruction from the outside to print the image relating to the tourist spot displayed on the monitor and the character string for the sightseeing guide written in the image; a print controller configured to cause the printer to print the image relating to the tourist spot instructed to be printed and the character string for the sightseeing guide written in the image; and a local language receiver provided in the apparatus main body configured to receive the selection of a local language used at the place of installation of the apparatus from a plurality of languages; and said print controller causes the character string data for the sightseeing guide stored in said tourist spot information storage device in the language designated by the language receiver and in the local language designated by the local language receiver to be included in a print data.

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Claim 13:
13. A tourist information guiding apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising: a printer for printing an image on a recording sheet; a print instruction receiver provided in the apparatus main body for receiving a print instruction from the outside to print the image relating to the tourist spot displayed on the monitor and the character string for sightseeing guide written in the image; and a print controller for causing the printer to print the image relating to the tourist spot instructed to be printed and the character string for sightseeing guide written in the image.