JP2000076291A - Information input device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To change the display pattern of input items to be displayed on an image display device in accordance with a user by providing a display selecting means which selects input items to be displayed based on inputted user information. SOLUTION: When destination set processing is started, a user information input screen is displayed and input of user information is requested (S102). The 'age', 'sex', 'name', etc., of a user can be inputted as user information. Next, a destination setting method selecting screen is displayed on a display (S105). When a 'genre' is selected, genre names to be displayed are displayed on the screen (S108). Concretely, a group to which the user belongs to is decided from the user information of the specific user or the age and sex of the specific user inputted in a user information input screen and, e.g. nine genres having high priority are displayed as input items. Thus, it is possible to display genre names according to specific priorities for every user and to enhance destination setting efficiency.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information input device for displaying input items on an image display device and prompting a user to select an arbitrary input item. The present invention relates to an information input device for displaying input items of destination-related information for specifying a destination on an image display device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As an information input device for displaying input items on a display device in advance, an information input device described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 8-95736 has been generally known. This device displays a genre as an input item of destination-related information that specifies a destination of a route searched by a navigation system.
In the format as shown in FIG. 3B, the genre names of “golf course” and “other facilities” are displayed on the screen of the display device on the first menu screen. Then, the user selects a genre by touching one of the rectangles indicating the genre displayed on the screen with a finger. If the user does not desire the genre of “golf course”, the user touches “other facility” with a finger and switches to the screen of FIG.
A plurality of genre information such as "ski resorts" are listed and displayed on the screen of the display device.

If the genre desired by the user does not exist on this screen, the user touches the "next" item in FIG. 16r and uses the screen shown in FIG. By switching to the screen of FIG. 7 (B), the corresponding genre is displayed on the screen and a selection is made.

[0004]

In such a conventional information input device, a plurality of genres displayed on a screen are fixed, and a display pattern such as a display order cannot be changed. On the other hand, the users who use the information input device have different preferences depending on their age, gender, and the like, so that the genre necessary for all users is not always displayed on the first genre display screen. For this reason, when a conventional information input device is used by a plurality of users, some users must frequently switch screens to display a desired genre. There is a problem that is bad.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides an information input device capable of changing a display pattern of input items displayed on an image display device according to a user. The main purpose is. Another object of the present invention is to provide an information input device capable of efficiently performing an input item selecting operation.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image display device for displaying a plurality of input items of destination-related information, and an image display device comprising: An information input device of a navigation system having an input unit for inputting a selection instruction for selecting an arbitrary input item, wherein a user information input unit for inputting user information of a user, based on the input user information, Display selection means for selecting input items to be displayed on the image display device.

The present invention comprises user information input means for inputting user information of a user, and display selection means for selecting an input item to be displayed on the image display device based on the input user information of the user. Therefore, the input items to be displayed can be changed according to the user. That is,
When using the information input device of the present invention, user information is input by the user information input means for each user.
Then, the display selection means selects and displays an input item to be displayed on the image display device based on the input user information. For this reason, it is possible to change the display of input items for each user, or different input items are displayed for each user, so that the optimum input item for that user is displayed based on the input user information. Will be done.

[0010] Therefore, the user can select and display the items which are easily used based on the user information input by the user, so that it is not necessary to frequently switch the screen operation, and the input items displayed on the screen are not changed. The input item selection operation can be performed more efficiently than a conventional information input device that is fixed and cannot be changed by the user.

[0009] Here, the input items are information such as characters or images or a combination thereof. When the information input device of the present invention is used for setting a destination of a car navigation device, genres such as “restaurant”, “amusement park”, and “golf course” correspond.

The user information in the present invention is information that serves as a reference for classification when a user is classified according to a certain reference, and includes, for example, age, gender, year of birth, and location. The user information is sufficient if it can specify a certain user layer, and does not necessarily need to be information for identifying each user. However, if the user information is configured as information that narrows the user layer, there is an advantage that input items more suitable for the user's preference can be displayed.

The configuration of the user information input means is not particularly limited as long as it can input user information. For example, for simplicity of input, each selection item such as age, gender, location, etc. is displayed on the screen, and an arbitrary item is configured to be touched with a finger and selected, or input by a voice recognition device. Can be configured. Further, it may be configured to also serve as an input unit described later.

The configuration of the display selection means is not particularly limited as long as it selects input items to be displayed based on user information. Although input items corresponding to various types of user information are classified and determined in advance, and input items to be displayed can be determined at the time when user information is input, the invention according to the present claim There is no particular limitation.

As an example, the display selection means can be configured to select an input item that is frequently used according to the age of the user. These may be individually selected in advance for some input items to be displayed corresponding to the user information.

The image display device is a CRT, a liquid crystal display, or the like. Further, the input means is for inputting input items displayed on the image display device, an input device using a voice recognition device, an input device such as a touch panel provided on the display surface of the image display device, Other input devices can be used.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the information input device according to the first aspect, storage means for storing input items to be displayed on the image display device in different priorities for each predetermined user information. And the display selecting means selects the input item to be displayed based on the input user information and the priority.

According to the present invention, the storage means stores the input items to be displayed on the image display device in different priorities for each predetermined user information. Here, the priority of the input items to be displayed for each user information is the display order of the input items on the image display device based on the user information, and can be arbitrarily determined for each user information. For this reason, the input items to be displayed can be assigned a level based on the user information in advance, and further, the display selecting means
Since the input items to be displayed are selected based on the input user information and the priority order, the input items to be displayed can be changed for each user.

The configuration of the priority order is not limited as long as the display order of the input items is determined for each user information. For example, if priorities are set based on user information and user preferences are taken into account, it is possible to display more accurate input items for a plurality of users, and the user's input item selection process can be performed. It will be more efficient.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the information input device according to the second aspect, the user information includes information relating to a user's age and gender. It is characterized in that input items to be displayed are stored in different priorities for each age and gender.

According to the present invention, input items to be displayed are prioritized and stored based on information on age and gender, which are major factors in determining user preferences, in user information. The input items to be displayed can be displayed so as to be most suitable for the user, and the number of screen switching operations of the user can be further reduced.

The priority order of the input items in the present invention is not particularly limited as long as it is based on the information on the age and gender of the user information. For example,
In addition to setting the priority separately for each age and gender, the priority can be set for each group in which age and gender are combined within a certain range. In this case, you can prioritize the input items for each gender for each age,
There is an advantage that the adaptability to the user's preference is improved.

In addition, the ages can be set in priority order for each age. However, in order to allow the user to display an optimum input item, the ages are classified into ages within a certain range that matches the preference range. Is preferred.

Since the user has a certain range in the preference range, the input items may be classified by a plurality of ages or genders.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the information input device having an image display device for displaying a plurality of input items,
An input unit for inputting the input item, a storage unit for storing user information and a display pattern of the input item in association with each other, and reading a display pattern corresponding to user information of a specific user from the storage unit. Display means for displaying an input item on the image display device based on the displayed display pattern.

According to the present invention, the display means displays the input items on the image display device based on the display pattern corresponding to the user information of the specific user. Items can be displayed.

The information input device of the present invention can be used for various devices other than a so-called car navigation device mounted on a vehicle and providing route guidance to a destination. This information input device can be used, for example, in a car navigation device to input input items for setting a destination (input items as destination-related information).

The input items are information such as characters or images or a combination thereof. When the information input device of the present invention is used for setting a destination of a car navigation device, “restaurant”, “amusement park”, “golf course”. . . And the like are displayed as input items.

The input means is for inputting input items displayed on the image display device, and is an input device using a voice recognition device or an input device such as a touch panel provided on a display surface of the image display device. , Other input devices can be used.

The user information is information that serves as a reference for classification when users are classified according to a certain reference, and is information such as age, gender, and birth year.

The display patterns of the input items include the display order of genres, the number of genres to be displayed on one screen, and the like.
This defines the display format of the input items. By changing the display priority and the number of genres to be displayed on one screen, a plurality of display patterns can be obtained.
The display pattern may be set in advance, or display pattern setting means for setting the order of display, the number of displays on one screen, the size of the display, and the like may be provided. The display pattern may be changed and set at the same time.

A plurality of display patterns and user information are correlated and tabulated. For example, a male user of a certain age (or age group) is associated with a display pattern of a certain priority, and a male user of another age (or age group) is associated with a display pattern of another priority. Make a table.

By comparing this table with the user information (age and gender in the above example) of the specific user obtained by voice recognition or the like, the display pattern of the specific user can be obtained.

The input items of the specific user can be displayed on the image display device based on the obtained display pattern. In this way, the display pattern of the input item can be changed for each user and the input item can be displayed. Note that the priority order can be determined based on statistical information or the like classified for various items such as preferences for each age group and gender.

The display of the input items based on the display pattern can be performed by a CPU or the like as display means.
The image display device corresponds to a CRT, a liquid crystal display, or the like.

[0034]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of the information input device of the present embodiment. The information input device of the present embodiment is mounted on a vehicle as a route guidance device of a navigation system. Specifically, the information input device searches for an optimal route from a departure place or a current location to a destination desired by a user, and generates a map. In addition to displaying appropriate route guidance on a display in conjunction with outputting voice guidance as appropriate, the device guides a traveling vehicle from a departure place or a current location to a destination.

As shown in FIG. 1, the information input device according to the present embodiment includes a touch panel 1 on which a user inputs various instructions such as a setting of a departure place and a destination, a setting of user information, and a display screen switching instruction. Microphone 2 for inputting various instructions of the user by voice, and voice recognition device 3 for analyzing the input voice
A CD-ROM disk 4 on which various data are recorded in advance, a CD-ROM drive device 5 for reading data recorded on the CD-ROM disk 4, and an image of the present invention for displaying images and various messages A display device 6 as a display device, a speaker 7 for outputting various messages by voice, an input / output control unit 8 for controlling these input / output devices, a CPU 9, a RAM 10, a ROM 11
And a modem 12 and a mobile phone 13 for transmitting and receiving data to and from an information center, and a transmission radio wave from an artificial satellite for GPS (NAVISTAR) is received, the received signal is frequency-converted and demodulated, and the position of the receiving point ( Current location),
A GPS receiver 14 that calculates longitude data and altitude data, and also calculates speed data indicating a moving speed (vehicle speed) of a receiving point and azimuth data indicating a moving azimuth; a distance sensor for detecting a traveling distance of the vehicle; A speed sensor that detects the traveling speed of the vehicle and a relative direction sensor such as a gyro or a left and right wheel sensor that detects the relative direction of the vehicle, and outputs values corresponding to the traveling distance, the traveling speed, and the traveling direction of the vehicle. Thus, the system comprises a sensor 15 for detecting the current position of the vehicle, and an input / output control unit 16 for controlling the modem 12, the GPS receiver 14, and the sensor 15. Incidentally, the CPU 9 constitutes a part of the display selection means in claims 1 to 3 and a part of the display means in claim 4.

The touch panel 1 constitutes the input means and the user information input means of the present invention, and is shown in FIGS.
In addition, when the user touches a rectangular key displayed on the display 17 as shown in FIG. 6, the corresponding information is input. As shown in FIG. 2, the current position switch 2a is arranged beside the display 17 and displays the current position on the display 17 together with a map.
And to output voice guidance from a speaker. The destination setting switch 2b is for starting a destination setting process described later. The menu switch 2c displays the menu screen on the display 1
7 for display.

CD-ROM disk 4 and CD-ROM
The drive device 5 constitutes storage means of the present invention. The CD-ROM disk 4 has a display 17
Map data for displaying a map at the intersection, intersection data indicating the position of the intersection, road data indicating information on the road connecting the intersections, node data indicating the position of each point on the road, and each point Address data and the like as information relating to the address of the user are stored. Further, the CD-ROM disk 4 stores registration point data constituted by classifying information on registration points registered in advance by a predetermined genre, and a genre name. The genre name is a convenient classification for the user to search for a desired destination,
In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 9, genres include “golf course”, “amusement park”, “ski resort”, “park”, and the like. These genre names correspond to the input items in the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 9, the genre names are recorded in the user information in different priorities for each group within a predetermined range for each age and gender. In other words, age group
The gender and the genre name display pattern are stored in association with each other. In the present embodiment, the display order of the genres and the number of genres displayed on one screen are predetermined as the display patterns of the input items. The display order of the genres is determined based on the priority order corresponding to each genre. The numbers at the left end of the table in FIG. 9 indicate the priority of each genre. The number of genres displayed on one screen is set to “9”.

The priority order is the display order of genre names to be displayed on the menu screen of FIG. 6, and is determined in advance by estimating the user's preference for each age and gender. , Is displayed on the previous menu screen.

For example, a user whose gender is female and whose age is 29 or younger is an amusement park, a ski resort, a park, an animal and plant garden,
Hot spring. . . Are set in advance in the order of.

The age range is not limited to the range shown in FIG. 9, but can be set arbitrarily.

The registration point data is, as shown in FIG.
Index data for searching registered location data for each genre, genre-registered location data for displaying each registered location name on the display 17, and searching map data for map display centered on each registered location. It is composed of The index data is a minimum unit composed of genre name data representing the name of each genre, head address data on the CD-ROM disk 4 of all registered point data classified into the genre, and size data thereof. It is a set of n pieces.

The genre-registered point data includes, for example, registered point name data indicating a specific name of a registered point such as "Toranomon intersection" in the genre "intersection" and the like, and the registered point names are displayed in a list of 50 sounds. Reads the reading data of the registered point name used, the point east longitude / north latitude data indicating the location of the registered point, the map display scale data used when displaying the map, and the detailed information on the registered point from other data. And the minimum unit composed of the registration point number data for collection.

Incidentally, attribute data (not shown) for each prefecture is added to the data group of each minimum unit so that a menu for each prefecture can be displayed.

A destination setting processing program is stored in the ROM 11, and the destination setting processing program includes a part of the display selecting means according to the first to third aspects of the present invention and the display setting means according to the fourth aspect of the present invention. It constitutes a part of the means.

Next, a description will be given of a destination setting by the information input device of the present embodiment configured as described above. FIG.
1 and 12 are flowcharts of the destination setting process. When the user presses the destination setting switch 2b on the screen shown in FIG. 2, the destination setting process starts.

When the destination setting process is started, first, R
It is checked whether or not the user information is stored in the AM 10 (step S101). If not, a user information input screen is displayed to request input of the user information (step S102). 3A and 3B show a user information input screen. In the information input device of the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, the user's “age”, “gender”, “name” and the like can be input as user information.

When the user information is stored in the RAM 10 in consideration of the case where different users are used for the same vehicle, a confirmation means for displaying an image asking the user to confirm "XX?" May be further provided.

Next, the counter i is initialized to 1 (step S103). The counter i corresponds to a page number of a genre selection screen described later (see FIG. 6). In the information input device of the present embodiment, the total number of genres is 27 as shown in FIG. 9, while one genre selection screen has nine genres at a time as shown in FIG. Is displayed. For this reason, the genre selection screen is composed of a total of three pages, and i is set to a value of 1 to 3 corresponding to each page number in order to display the screen of each page.

Next, a destination setting method selection screen is displayed on the display 17 (step S105). FIG. 4 shows a destination setting method selection screen. As shown in FIG. 4, in the information input device of the present embodiment, as a destination setting method,
"Genre", "telephone number", "address" and the like can be selected.

It is determined whether or not "genre" is selected on the destination setting method selection screen shown in FIG. 4 (step S10).
6) If a setting method other than "genre", for example, "telephone number" or "address" is selected, a corresponding destination setting method is executed (steps S111, S112).

On the other hand, when "genre" is selected, the genre name to be displayed on the first (1/3 page) genre selection screen shown in FIG. 6 is read from the CD-ROM and displayed. (Steps S107 and S10
8).

More specifically, the group to which the user classified in FIG. 9 belongs is determined from the user information of the specific user stored in the RAM 10 or the age and gender of the specific user input on the user information input screen. Nine genres having the highest priority among the genre names of the corresponding group are displayed as input items. In FIG. 6, the gender is female and the age is 2
An example in the case of 9 years or younger is shown. In this case, in the group of "woman, -29" shown in FIG.
The genres are displayed as shown in FIG.

If any of the displayed genre names is selected, the genre is acquired (step S110).

On the other hand, on the first screen (page 1/3) in FIG. 6, no genre name is selected,
When “next” is selected, the counter i is incremented and i = 2 (steps S113 and S11).
4) Step S107 is executed again.

That is, a genre name to be displayed on the second (2/3 page) screen is selected and displayed based on the user information. Specifically, nine genres having the next highest priority after the genre displayed on the 1/3 page screen are displayed.

As described above, in the information input device of this embodiment, the genre name can be displayed for each user according to a specific priority order, that is, in a specific display pattern, and the destination can be set efficiently. It becomes possible.

On the other hand, when "return" is selected on the first screen (page 1/3) (step S115),
After returning to step S104 and initializing i to 1, FIG.
Display the destination setting method selection screen of.

If any genre is selected in this way, a menu screen for selecting a nationwide or regional name is displayed (step S116). FIG. 7 shows a screen for selecting amusement parks nationwide and for each region when "amusement park" is selected on the screen of FIG. As shown in FIG. 7, in addition to "amusement parks nationwide", input items of amusement parks for each prefecture are listed and displayed in the order of the Japanese syllabary.

When one of the amusement parks is selected on the menu screen of FIG. 7, the selected nationwide name or the area name of each prefecture is obtained, and the registration point of the corresponding nationwide or each amusement park is obtained based on the selected name. A registration point menu screen shown in FIG. 8 in which names are enumerated and displayed in alphabetical order is displayed (step 117, S
118).

By selecting one of the registered point names on this menu screen, the destination is set (step S119), and the destination setting process ends.

In the information input device of the present embodiment, the genre name is classified as the input item for each user information and the priority is set, but the other items are classified for each user information and the priority is set. May be set.

In the information input device of this embodiment, the user's preference is estimated by using the age and gender in the user information, and the priority is determined. However, the priority is determined based on other user information. May be determined.

Further, in the information input device of the present embodiment, input of user information such as age and gender and selection of genre are described as being performed using the touch panel.
The selection can also be made using the voice recognition device 3.

In the information input device of this embodiment, nine genres having the highest priority are displayed as one genre display pattern on one screen. However, the genre having the highest priority is displayed on one screen. It may be displayed.

For example, when the user is a woman under the age of 29, the genre “amusement park” having the highest priority is displayed on the destination setting method selection screen as shown in FIG. When "other genre" on this screen is selected, the same genre display as in the above embodiment is performed.

[0067]

As described above, according to the present invention, user information input means for inputting user information of a user, and input items to be displayed on the image display device are selected based on the input user information. Since the display selection means is provided, it is possible to change the display of the input items for each of a plurality of users, and it is possible to display the optimum input items for the users.

Further, according to the present invention, since the most suitable input items for the user can be displayed, it is not necessary to frequently switch the screen operation, and there is an effect that the selection operation of the input items can be made more efficient.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an overall configuration of an information input device according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating a screen configuration of the information input device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a user information input screen in the information input device according to the embodiment. FIG. 3A is a screen for inputting gender, and FIG. 3B is a screen for inputting age.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a destination setting method selection screen in the information input device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of another destination setting method selection screen.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a screen of a ジ ャ ン ル page of genre selection of the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a menu screen for each genre selection area according to the embodiment;

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a menu screen for selecting a registration point name according to the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a data configuration diagram showing a registration state of a genre name according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a data configuration diagram of registration point name data according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a destination setting process according to the embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart (continuation of FIG. 11) of a destination setting process of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1: Touch panel 2: Microphone 3: Voice recognition device 4: CD-ROM disk 5: CD-ROM drive device 6: Display device 7: Speaker 8: Input / output control unit 9: CPU 10: RAM 11: ROM 12, Modem 13 : Mobile phone 14: GPS receiver 15: Sensor 16: I / O controller 17: Display 2a: Current location switch 2b: Destination setting switch 2c: Menu switch

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Manabu Matsuda 2-19-12 Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Inside Equos Research Co., Ltd. (72) Kazuhide Adachi 2--19 Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo No. 12 F-term in Equos Research Co., Ltd. (reference) 5B075 PP03 PP13 PQ02 PQ04 PR08 PR10 UU13 UU16

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A navigation system comprising: an image display device for displaying a plurality of input items of destination related information; and input means for inputting a selection instruction for selecting an arbitrary input item from the displayed input items. An information input device, comprising: user information input means for inputting user information of a user; and display selection means for selecting an input item to be displayed on the image display device based on the input user information. An information input device, characterized in that: 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a storage unit configured to store input items to be displayed on the image display device in different priorities for each predetermined user information, wherein the display selection unit stores the input user information and the 2. The information input device according to claim 1, wherein the input item to be displayed is selected based on a priority order. 3. The user information includes information on a user's age and gender. The storage unit stores input items to be displayed on the image display device in different priorities for each age and gender. The information input device according to claim 2, wherein 4. An information input device having an image display device for displaying a plurality of input items, wherein: input means for inputting the input items; and storage means for storing user information and display patterns of the input items in association with each other. Display means for reading a display pattern corresponding to user information of a specific user from the storage means, and displaying input items on the image display device based on the read display pattern. Information input device.