EP0785519A1
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Itinerary preparing system
Assignee: Toyota Motor Corp
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Filing: 1997-01-15
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2017-01-15
Abstract
Abstract An itinerary preparing system capable of easily preparing a complete travel plan that efficiently incorporates desired visiting places. A user inputs from a terminal an intended travel time of a trip together with visiting place information. Based on the visiting place information, a calculating section for calculating an expected consumption time in an information center calculates an expected consumption time for transportation to reach a visiting place or an expected length of stay thereat. An excess/shortage determining section compares the intended travel time with the total expected consumption time of the trip, and adjusts the intended travel time or the total consumption time based on the comparison result. Consequently, an itinerary preparing section makes a travel plan and transmits it to the terminal via an I/O section. When the received itinerary is approved at the terminal, the information center revises the itinerary by filling in free time of the itinerary. When the revised itinerary is sent back to the terminal and approved, a final itinerary is provided.
Inventors
- 👤 Makoto Morita
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 17:40
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06Q; G06Q50/00; G06Q50/10; G06Q50/14; G08; G08G; G08G1/00; G08G1/09; G08G1/0962; G08G1/0968; G08G1/096805; G08G1/096811; G01; G01C; G01C21/00; G01C21/26; G01C21/34; G01C21/3407; G01C21/343; G06Q10/00; G06Q10/02; G08G1/096816; G08G1/096855; G08G1/096866
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
129 words
An itinerary preparing system for preparing a travel plan based on input information, comprising: input means for entering travel plan information which includes an intended travel time taken from start to end of a trip; acquiring means for obtaining an expected consumption time of the trip in accordance with said travel plan information; excess/shortage determining means for comparing said intended travel time with said expected consumption time of the trip to determine an excess or shortage of said expected consumption time relative to said intended travel time; and plan changing means for revising the itinerary, when said excess/shortage determining means finds an excess or shortage, by changing at least one of said intended travel time and said expected consumption time so that the excess or shortage can be offset.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
60 words
An itinerary preparing system according to claim 1, wherein said travel plan information includes visiting place information consisting of the number of places to visit during the trip and a length of stay at each place; and said plan changing means prepares the itinerary by changing at least one of the number of visiting places and lengths of stays thereat.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
78 words
An itinerary preparing system according to claim 2, wherein said visiting place information includes a plurality of visiting places and a length of stay thereat, the system further comprising priority setting means for setting priority to each visiting place, wherein said plan changing means prepares the itinerary at least either by reducing the length of stay at the visiting places having lower priority, or deleting such places from the itinerary, when said excess/shortage determining means finds an excess.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
44 words
An itinerary preparing system according to claim 2, wherein said plan changing means includes supplementary schedule presenting means for presenting a schedule when said excess/shortage determining means finds a shortage of said expected consumption time relative to said intended travel time of the trip.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
45 words
An itinerary preparing system according to claim 1, wherein said travel plan information includes start and end time of the trip, and said plan changing means prepares the itinerary by changing at least one of the start time and the end time of the trip.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
An itinerary preparing system according to claim 1, further comprising an output device for outputting a prepared itinerary.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
67 words
An itinerary preparing system according to claim 2, wherein said visiting place information includes facility type information in which the visiting places are sorted by facility types, the system further comprising searching means for searching the visiting places in accordance with said facility types, wherein after the itinerary is prepared using said facility types, the system presents details of the visiting places corresponding to the facility type.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
An itinerary preparing system according to claim 6, wherein said output device displays individual contents of the itinerary by putting a mark on each revised item.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
128 words
A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for making an itinerary, said method steps comprising steps of: 1) receiving travel plan information which includes an intended travel time taken from start to end of a trip; 2) obtaining an expected duration of the trip in accordance with the travel plan information; 3) comparing the intended travel time with the expected duration of the trip to determine an excess or shortage of the expected duration relative to the intended travel time; and 4) when the determining step finds an excess or shortage, changing at least one of the intended travel time and the expected duration so that the excess or shortage can be offset.
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