JP2003125106A - Vehicle information provision device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] To facilitate information acquisition even in a situation where it is not preferable for a specific person to be provided with information from an information providing device using an information terminal device. SOLUTION: An in-vehicle information terminal device 10 can acquire various content information from an information providing device 30 provided in an information center via a network 40 and a relay station 41, and can use the content information. On the other hand, in a situation where it is not desirable for the driver to be distracted by the in-vehicle information terminal device 10, such as when the vehicle is running, provision of information from the information providing device 30 to the in-vehicle information terminal device 10 is restricted. In this case, if there is a passenger and the passenger owns the personal information terminal device 20, the passenger inputs identification data (ID) of the on-board information terminal device 10 so that the 10 can be obtained by using the personal information terminal device 20.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information providing device provided in an information center or the like and providing information in response to a request from an information terminal device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, JP-A-6-78076.
It is well known that, as disclosed in the publication, in response to a request from an in-vehicle information terminal device mounted on a vehicle, various information is provided to the in-vehicle information terminal device from an information providing device provided in an information center. ing. In this case, the vehicle-mounted information terminal device limits the provision of information to the driver by visual information while the vehicle is traveling, so that the driver concentrates on driving the vehicle.

[0003]

In the conventional device as described above, it becomes impossible to obtain information from the information center while the vehicle is traveling. However, if there is a passenger other than the driver and the passenger has a portable terminal device other than the on-board information terminal device, the information requested by the driver before the vehicle travels can be carried by the passenger. Even if it is provided to the terminal device, it does not hinder the driver's operation of the vehicle. In many cases, the driver or the passenger requests the acquisition of the information by the passenger, but the conventional device has a problem that the request of the driver or the passenger cannot be satisfied. That is, in a situation where it is not preferable to receive information from the information providing device to the information terminal device operated by a specific person, even if there is an information terminal device operated by a person other than the specific person, However, there is a problem in that it is not preferable in terms of providing information because it becomes impossible to obtain the information requested.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to address the above problems, and it is not desirable to receive information from an information providing device via an information terminal device operated by a specific person. Even under the circumstances, it is to provide an information providing device that facilitates information acquisition.

In order to achieve the above object, a structural feature of the present invention is that an information providing apparatus that provides information in response to a request from the first information terminal apparatus is different from the first information terminal apparatus. The second information terminal device requests the information according to the predetermined procedure including the transmission of the information representing the first information terminal device, and the second information is provided in response to the request from the first information terminal device. The same information providing means that can be provided to the information terminal device is provided.

In this case, for example, at the time of communication between the first information terminal device and the information providing device, identification information (ID) representing the first information terminal device is stored in the information providing device and the second information terminal device is stored. When information is requested from the information terminal device, the second information terminal device transmits the identification information (ID) representing the first information terminal device to the information providing device, and the information providing device stores the stored identification information. The information (ID) is compared with the transmitted identification information (ID), and when the both identification information (ID) match, provision of information from the information providing device to the second information terminal device is permitted. You can do this.

According to this, a person other than a specific person who operates the first information terminal device includes the transmission of the information representing the first information terminal device by using the second information terminal device. If the information providing apparatus is requested to provide information according to a predetermined procedure, the same information providing unit of the information providing apparatus will be the first information providing apparatus.
The information to be provided in response to the request from the information terminal device is provided to the second information terminal device. As a result, the second information terminal held by a person other than the specific person is provided even in a situation where it is not preferable for the specific person to receive the information from the information providing apparatus via the first information terminal apparatus. With the device, it becomes convenient for other people to continuously obtain information that should be provided to a specific person.

In this case, if the first information terminal device is an on-vehicle information terminal device mounted on a vehicle and operated by a driver, and the second information terminal device is an individual portable information terminal device. Good. Examples of the personal portable information terminal include a mobile phone, a portable personal computer having a communication function, a portable game device, and a portable electronic notebook (personal digital assistant (PD).
A)) etc. are raised.

According to this, even when the driver should not operate the on-vehicle information terminal device such as when the vehicle is traveling, if there is a personal portable information terminal device owned by a passenger other than the driver, , The passenger can continuously obtain the information to be provided to the driver through the vehicle-mounted information terminal device, which makes it convenient to obtain the information in the vehicle.

[0010]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an information providing system according to the same embodiment. This information providing system includes an in-vehicle information terminal device 10, a personal information terminal device 20, and an information providing device 30. The vehicle-mounted information terminal device 10 and the personal information terminal device 20 are configured to be capable of wireless communication with a relay station 41 connected to a network 40 (for example, the Internet). The information providing device 30 is provided in the information center and connected to the network 40.

The in-vehicle information terminal device 10 is arranged in the vicinity of the driver's seat in the vehicle compartment, and has a display device 11, an input device 12,
The information processing device 13, the storage device 14, the communication device 15, and the audio output device 16 are provided. The display device 11 is composed of a liquid crystal display or the like, and displays characters, figures, etc. on a display panel to visually present information to the driver and fellow passengers. The input device 12 includes an operation switch provided in the vicinity of the display device 11, a panel touch switch incorporated in the display device 11 for detecting a touch operation of the display panel, and the like, and inputs an instruction of a driver and a passenger. It is a thing.

The information processing device 13 includes a CPU, ROM and R
The display device 11 and the storage device 1 are composed of an AM, etc., and execute a program in response to instructions from the driver and passengers.
4. Control the operation of the communication device 15 and the voice output device 16. The storage device 14 includes a recording medium such as a hard disk, a compact disc, and a semiconductor memory and a drive device of the recording medium, stores various programs, and various data obtained from the outside through communication and pre-recorded. It stores various data. Then, the information processing device 13 and the storage device 14 are
This constitutes a so-called computer device.

The communication device 15 is capable of communicating with the information providing device 30 via the relay station 41 and the network 40. The communication device 15 is connected to an antenna 15a that wirelessly communicates with the relay station 41. The voice output device 16 outputs a human voice, music, or the like.

The display device 11, the input device 12, the storage device 14, the communication device 15 and the voice output device 16 are
It is connected to the information processing device 13. The vehicle-mounted information terminal device 10 configured in this manner realizes various functions such as a navigation function, an information acquisition function that can acquire hotel information, tourist information, traffic information, weather information and other information by executing the program. To do. A vehicle speed detection device 17 is also connected to the information processing device 13. The vehicle speed detection device 17 detects the vehicle speed in order to detect that the vehicle is running (running state regulation).

The personal information terminal device 20 is composed of a mobile phone, a mobile personal computer having a communication function, a mobile game device, a mobile electronic notebook (personal digital assistant (PDA)), etc., and is a display device. 21, input device 22, information processing device 2
3, storage device 24, communication device 25 and voice output device 2
6 is provided. The display device 21 is composed of a liquid crystal display or the like, and displays characters, figures, and the like on a display panel to visually present information to the user. Input device 22
Is an operation switch or the like provided in the vicinity of the display device 21 for inputting a user's instruction.

The information processing device 23 includes a CPU, ROM, and R.
The display device 21, the storage device 24, and the communication device 2 are composed of an AM, etc., and execute a program in accordance with a user's instruction.
5 and the operation of the audio output device 26. The storage device 24 includes a recording medium such as a hard disk, a compact disc, a semiconductor memory, and a drive device for the same recording medium. The storage device 24 stores various programs, and various data obtained from the outside by communication and previously recorded. It stores various data. The information processing device 23 and the storage device 24 form a so-called computer device. The communication device 25 is capable of communicating with the information providing device 30 via the relay station 41 and the network 40. The communication device 25 is connected to an antenna 25a that wirelessly communicates with the relay station 41. The voice output device 26 outputs a human voice, music, or the like.

The display device 21, input device 22, storage device 24, communication device 25, and audio output device 26 are connected to the information processing device 23. The personal information terminal device 20 configured in this manner realizes various functions such as a call with the outside, a game function, and various information acquisition functions by executing the program.

The information providing device 30 includes an information processing device 31 and a storage device 32 which are connected to each other to form a so-called computer device, and the information processing device 31.
And a communication device 33 connected to. The information processing device 31 is composed of a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, etc., and by executing a program, a storage device 32 according to a user's instruction.
And controlling the operation of the communication device 33.

The storage device 32 includes a recording medium such as a hard disk, a compact disc, and a semiconductor memory, and a drive device for the recording medium. The storage device 32 stores various programs and is mounted on the in-vehicle information terminal device 10 and the personal information terminal. The information provided to the device 20 is stored. In particular, the storage device 32 has a large capacity and stores content information such as map information, hotel information, tourist information, traffic information, weather information, music information, and other information to be provided to the vehicle-mounted information terminal device 10. It has various databases to store. Information from a data provider (not shown) is updated and stored in the various databases as needed. The communication device 33 is connected to the network 40.

Next, the operation of the embodiment configured as described above will be described. First, the driver causes the information processing device 13 to execute the in-vehicle terminal program stored in the storage device 14 by using the input device 12. The execution of this in-vehicle terminal program is started in step 100 of FIG. 2, and the information processing device 13 accesses the information providing device 30 in the information center based on the operation of the input device 12 by the driver in step 102. And ID for the car information terminal that represents itself
Is transmitted via the communication device 15 and the antenna 15a. The transmitted ID for vehicle-mounted information terminal is the relay station 41.
And is transmitted to the information providing device 30 in the information center via the network 40.

In response to this transmission, the information processing device 31 of the information providing device 30 starts executing the first center program in step 200, and communicates the transmitted in-vehicle information terminal ID in step 202. It is received via the device 33, and proceeds to step 204.

On the other hand, on the side of the in-vehicle information terminal device 10, the information processing device 13 determines whether or not it is in the visual information regulation state with the information providing device 30 in step 104 after the processing of step 102. The visual information regulation status is
A state in which the provision of information to the driver by visual information is restricted. Specifically, the information processing device 13 inputs the vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed detection device 17 and determines whether the input vehicle speed is less than a predetermined small vehicle speed (for example, 5 km / h). Thus, it is determined whether or not the vehicle is stopped, and if the vehicle is stopped, it is determined that the vehicle is not in the visual information regulation state, that is, “No”. Conversely, if the vehicle is traveling and the detected vehicle speed is equal to or higher than the predetermined vehicle speed, it is determined that the vehicle is in the visual information regulation state. Further, instead of or in addition to this determination of the visual information regulation state, it is determined that the vehicle is in the traveling state (visual information regulation state) when the shift lever of the transmission is not in the neutral or parking position, When the brake is not operated, it may be determined that the vehicle is in the traveling state (visual information regulation state).

First, the case where the vehicle is stopped and not in the visual information regulation state will be described. The information processing device 13
Based on the determination of “No” in step 104, transmits the instruction information (user instruction information) by the driver using the input device 22 to the information providing device 30 in step 106. On the other hand, on the side of the information providing apparatus 30, the information processing apparatus 31 receives the transmitted user instruction information in step 204 after the processing of step 202, and stores the content information according to the user instruction information in the storage device 32. It is read from various databases provided therein and transmitted to the in-vehicle information terminal device 10.

On the side of the in-vehicle information terminal device 10, the information processing device 13 receives the content information transmitted in step 106 and stores it in the storage device 14. Transmission and reception of such user instruction information and content information are performed via the relay station 41 and the network 40 as described above. In this way, the driver can acquire desired content information by communicating between the vehicle-mounted information terminal device 10 and the information providing device 30.

After the processing of step 106, the information processing device 13 uses the content information acquired in step 108. Specifically, if the acquired content information is map information, hotel information, tourist information, traffic information, weather information, music information, etc., the content represented by the content information is displayed on the display device 21 and necessary. The audio output device 26 is caused to generate voice or music in accordance with the above.

Next, the information processing apparatus 13 proceeds to step 11
At 0, it is determined whether the driver has instructed to end the communication. While the driver does not give an instruction to end the communication, the information processing apparatus 13 continues to determine “No” in step 110, and repeatedly executes the above-described circulation processing of steps 104 to 110. During this circulation processing, the driver can continue to obtain and utilize new content information by the processing of steps 106 and 108.

On the other hand, when the driver operates the input device 12 to give an instruction to end the communication, the information processing device 13 makes the step 11
When it is 0, it is determined to be “Yes”, and the process proceeds to step 118. In step 118, the end instruction information is transmitted to the information providing device 30 in the same manner as described above. And step 1
At 20, the execution of this in-vehicle terminal program is terminated.

On the other hand, on the side of the information providing device 30 of the information center, the information processing device 31 determines whether or not the end instruction information is received from the vehicle-mounted information terminal device 10 in step 206 after the processing in step 204. To do. If the end instruction information has not been received yet, “N
It is determined to be “o”, and the circulation process including steps 204 and 206 is repeatedly executed. During the circulation processing of steps 204 and 206, the information providing device 30 provides the content information to the onboard information terminal device 10 in response to the request from the onboard information terminal device 10 by the process of step 204.

On the other hand, when the information providing device 30 receives the end instruction information, the information processing device 31 determines “Yes” in step 206, and proceeds to step 208. In step 208, the information processing apparatus 31 receives the in-vehicle information terminal ID received in the processing in step 202 and the user instruction information indicating the request for the content information received in the processing in step 204, and the content information in the processing in step 204. The storage device 32 stores information indicating the provision state of the information, information indicating the current date and time, and the like. Then, in step 210, the execution of this first center program is terminated.

Next, a case where the vehicle is traveling and is in the visual information regulation state will be described. In this case, the information processing device 13 determines “Yes” in step 104, and restricts use of the content information from the information providing device 30 in step 112. For example, the audio output device 16
Even if the operation is allowed, the display of the content information that would cause the driver to gaze at the display device 11 is erased.

After the processing of step 112, the information processing apparatus 13 determines in step 114 whether or not the in-vehicle information terminal apparatus 10 is in the operation or instruction restriction state. The operation or instruction restriction state refers to a state in which the driver is restricted from operating the vehicle-mounted information terminal device 10 or instructing the same. For example, when the vehicle starts traveling and enters the visual information regulation state, the operation or instruction regulation state is basically entered. However, the in-vehicle information terminal device 10
Is in a reserved state (reserved state), or the instruction has already been completed and the instruction information is provided to the information providing device 30.
When it is in the state of being transmitted to the device (waiting for transmission), it is determined that it is not in the operation or instruction restriction state.

In the reservation state or the transmission waiting state as described above, the user instruction information is transmitted to the information providing device 30 and the information providing device 30 by the process of step 116 similar to step 106 described above. Receive content information from. However, in this case, it is determined as “Yes” in step 104, and step 108 is executed.
Since the process of step 112 is not executed and the process of step 112 is executed, the use of the content information is limited as in the case described above. Then, in this case, the steps 104 and 1 are repeated until the user gives an instruction to end the communication.
The circulation processing of 12 to 116 and 110 continues to be executed.

On the other hand, when the on-vehicle information terminal device 10 is in the operation or instruction regulation state when the visual information regulation state is entered, it is determined as "Yes" in step 114, and the information processing apparatus 13 proceeds to step 118. Then, the communication end instruction information is transmitted to the information providing device 30, and the execution of the vehicle-mounted terminal program is ended in step 120. In response to this,
Information processing device 31 on the information providing device 30 side of the information center
Also, as described above, it is determined to be “Yes” in Step 206, and after the processing of Step 208, Step 210 is performed.
Then, the execution of this first center program is completed.

As described above, the processing of steps 104 and 112 limits the display of information by the vehicle-mounted information terminal device 10 under the situation where the driver has to concentrate on driving the vehicle, such as when the vehicle is traveling. It Therefore, the traveling safety of the vehicle is maintained.

Next, a case where a passenger other than the driver uses the personal information terminal device 20 to obtain the content information from the information providing device 30 will be described. In this case, the passenger uses the input device 22 of the personal information terminal device 20 to cause the information processing device 23 to execute the personal terminal program stored in the storage device 24.

The execution of this personal terminal program is started in step 300 of FIG. 3, and the information processing device 23 operates in step 302 based on the operation of the passenger's input device 22 and the information providing device 30 in the information center. To access. After this access, in step 302, the information processing device 23 identifies the personal information terminal ID, which is its own identification information.
In addition to this, the in-vehicle information terminal user ID, which is input by the passenger using the input device 22 and represents the in-vehicle information terminal device 10, is also transmitted to the information providing device 30 of the information center. Since the communication between the personal information terminal device 20 and the information providing device 30 is performed in the same manner as the communication between the vehicle-mounted information terminal device 10 and the information providing device 30 described above, a specific communication method such as a communication route can be used. The description is omitted.

In response to this transmission, the information processing device 31 of the information providing device 30 executes the second center program in step 220, and in step 222 the personal information terminal ID and the on-vehicle information terminal transmitted. The receiving ID is received, and the process proceeds to step 224. In step 224, the transmitted in-vehicle information terminal I is stored in the storage device 32.
It is determined whether D is stored. That is, the first
It is determined whether the vehicle-mounted information terminal ID stored by the processing of step 208 of the center program matches the vehicle-mounted information terminal ID transmitted this time.

In this case, the information indicating the date and time stored together with the vehicle-mounted information terminal ID in the process of step 208 is compared with the current date and time, and the difference between both dates and times may be small (for example, It may be added to the determination condition that the transmitted vehicle-mounted information terminal ID is stored in the storage device 32 only within 10 minutes).
This is the driver (vehicle-mounted information terminal device 10) as described above.
This is because it is one of the objects of the present invention that the passenger continuously obtains the content information when the acquisition of the content information is prohibited.

If the transmitted vehicle-mounted information terminal ID is present in the storage device 32, the information processing device 31 makes a "Yes" determination at step 224 to proceed to step 2
Proceed to 26. In step 226, the information indicating that the transmitted vehicle-mounted information terminal ID exists in the storage device 32 is transmitted to the personal information terminal device 20, and the process proceeds to step 228.

On the other hand, on the side of the personal information terminal device 20, after the processing of step 302, the information processing device 23 determines in step 304 that the ID for the vehicle information terminal from the information providing device 30.
Is waiting for the reception of a signal indicating the presence or absence of. And
As described above, from the information providing device 30 to the in-vehicle information terminal I
When the information indicating the presence of D is transmitted, the information processing device 23 determines “Yes” in step 304, and determines in step 3
Proceed to 06.

On the other hand, on the side of the information providing device 30, in step 228 after the processing of step 226, the content information according to the user instruction information stored in the storage device 32 by the information processing device 31 is stored in the storage device. The personal information terminal device 2 is read from various databases provided in 32.
Send to 0. On the side of the personal information terminal device 20, the information processing device 23 receives the transmitted content information and stores it in the storage device 24 in step 306 after the processing of step 304. Such steps 228,3
By the processing of 06, the driver of the passenger is the information providing device 3
You can continue to obtain the content information that you were trying to obtain from scratch.

Next, the information processing device 23 repeatedly executes the circulation processing including steps 308 to 312 similar to the processing in steps 106 to 110 of the vehicle-mounted terminal program described above. In the process of step 308, the user instruction information is transmitted to the information providing device 30 and the information providing device 30
This is a process of receiving content information from. The process of step 310 is a process of using the received content information, and the use of the content information in this case is performed using the display device 21 and the audio output device 26 in the same manner as in the case of the in-vehicle information terminal device 10 described above. Will be performed. The process of step 312 is a process of determining the operation of the communication end instruction by the passenger.

On the other hand, on the information providing device 30 side, after the processing of step 228, the information processing device 31 repeatedly executes the circulation processing of steps 230 and 232 similar to steps 204 and 206 of the first center program. The process of step 230 is a process of receiving user instruction information from the personal information terminal device 20 and transmitting content information according to the user instruction information to the personal information terminal device 20. The process of step 232 is performed by the personal information terminal device 20.
This is a process of determining whether the communication end instruction information has been received from. Through the processes of steps 308 to 312 and steps 230 and 232, the passenger is information related to the content information that the driver was trying to obtain from the information providing device 30, and the content that the passenger further needs. Information is still available.

When the passenger operates the input device 22 to instruct the end of the communication, the information processing device 23 determines "Yes" in step 312 and proceeds to step 314. In step 314, the termination instruction information is transmitted to the information providing device 30, and in step 318, the execution of this personal terminal program is terminated. On the side of the information providing device 30 of the information center, the information processing device 31 performs the step 2
When it is determined to be “Yes” at 32, the execution of the second center program is ended at step 236.

Next, a case where the vehicle-mounted information terminal ID transmitted from the personal information terminal device 20 to the information providing device 30 by the processing of step 302 is not present in the storage device 32 will be described. In this case, the information processing device 31 determines “No” in step 224, and proceeds to step 234. In step 234, the information indicating that the transmitted vehicle-mounted information terminal ID does not exist in the storage device 32 is transmitted to the personal information terminal device 20, and in step 236, the second center program is executed. To finish.

On the other hand, on the personal information terminal device 20 side, the information processing device 23 makes a “No” determination at step 304 to proceed to step 316. In step 316, the information processing device 23 displays on the display device 21 that the transmitted vehicle-mounted information terminal ID does not exist in the storage device 32, and in step 318, executes this personal terminal program. To finish. Accordingly, the passenger can recognize that the content information cannot be obtained from the information providing device 30 due to an erroneous operation or the like.

As can be understood from the above description of the operation, the personal information terminal device 20 owned by a fellow passenger other than the driver, even when the driver should not operate the in-vehicle information terminal device 10 such as when the vehicle is traveling. If so, the passenger can continue to obtain the information to be provided to the driver via the vehicle-mounted information terminal device 10, which makes it convenient to obtain the information in the vehicle.

Next, in order to deepen the understanding of the above-mentioned embodiment, an example of the content information will be given to explain the specific operation of the above-mentioned embodiment. In this example,
It is assumed that, while the vehicle is stopped, the driver obtains content information for karaoke and desires to perform karaoke in the vehicle. In this case, the driver inputs the song number corresponding to the requested song using the input device 12 in step 106 of the vehicle-mounted terminal program of FIG. 2, and the song number is transmitted to the information providing device 30 as user instruction information. It The information providing device 30 receives the user instruction information (song number) by the process of step 204 of the first center program,
The storage device 32 stores the music data of the music represented by the music number.
From the in-vehicle information terminal device 10 and transmits the in-vehicle information terminal device 10. Then, the information providing apparatus 30 prepares to sequentially transmit the lyrics data representing the lyrics of this song after transmitting this song data, and tries to start the transmission of the lyrics data.

On the in-vehicle information terminal device 10 side, step 1
By the processing of 08, the sound output device 16 is used to reproduce and output the performance sound of the musical instrument based on the transmitted music data. In such a state, when the driver has to start the vehicle and the driver starts the vehicle, provision of visual information is restricted based on the determination process of step 104. In such a case, by the processing of step 112, the generation of the performance sound from the audio output device 16 is continued as it is, and the display of lyrics or the like on the display device 11 and the operation of the input device 12 are prohibited. As a result, the driver will not be distracted by the karaoke, and the in-vehicle information terminal device 10 cannot be operated, so that the traveling safety of the vehicle is ensured.

Under such circumstances, a passenger other than the driver uses the personal information terminal device 20 to access the information providing device 30 by the process of step 302, and operates the input device 22 to operate the passenger. The in-vehicle information terminal user ID representing the input in-vehicle information terminal device 10 is transmitted to the information providing device 30 of the information center. As a result, the information providing device 30 performs the determination process of step 224 as follows.
By the processing of steps 228 and 230, the content information such as the remaining lyrics is transmitted to the personal information terminal device 20.
On the personal information terminal device 20 side, steps 306 and 30
Through the processing of 8, 310, the passenger can obtain the content information such as lyrics and display it on the display device 21.

Therefore, the passenger can continue to obtain content information such as lyrics to be supplied to the in-vehicle information terminal device 10 by a simple operation of the personal information terminal device 20 even after the vehicle has started. . As a result, it becomes possible to obtain the content information by effectively using the operation at the time of communication by the vehicle-mounted information terminal device 10, and the acquisition of the content information becomes convenient.

In the above embodiment, an example in which the present invention is applied to a vehicle has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to the in-vehicle information terminal device 10 and can be widely applied to other information terminal devices. That is, in a situation where it is not preferable for a specific person to operate the first information terminal device, there is a person other than the specific person, and a second information terminal device different from the first information terminal device is present.
If the other information terminal device can be operated by the other person, it is applied to the first and second information terminal devices.

Further, the above-described embodiment can be variously modified without departing from the object of the present invention.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart of an in-vehicle terminal program executed by the in-vehicle information terminal device of FIG. 1 and a first center program executed by the information providing device.

3 is a flowchart of a personal terminal program executed by the personal information terminal device of FIG. 1 and a second center program executed by the information providing device.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... In-vehicle information terminal device, 20 ... Personal information terminal device, 3
0 ... Information providing device 11, 21, ... Display device, 12, 22
... Input device, 13, 23, 31 ... Information processing device, 14,
24, 32 ... Storage device, 15, 25, 33 ... Communication device,
16, 26 ... Voice output device, 17 ... Vehicle speed detection device, 40
... network, 41 ... relay station.

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An information providing apparatus for providing information in response to a request from a first information terminal apparatus, wherein a second information terminal apparatus different from the first information terminal apparatus is provided to the first information terminal apparatus. The information that should be provided in response to the request from the first information terminal device can be provided to the second information terminal device by a request for information according to a predetermined procedure including transmission of information indicating An information providing apparatus comprising an information providing means. 2. The first information terminal device is an in-vehicle information terminal device mounted on a vehicle and operated by a driver,
The information providing device according to claim 1, wherein the second information terminal device is a personal portable information terminal device.