JP2006184108A - Car navigation system, cellular phone device used therefor, car navigation device and image input device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To set a destination easily by performing accustomed operations with a cellular phone device by a user. <P>SOLUTION: This car navigation device 20 is loaded on an automobile, and phone number information of the destination is transmitted from, for example, a driver's cellular phone device 10 (Figure 2) on the automobile. In the car navigation device 20, the phone number information is received by a radio data communication part 23, and place information (information showing a destination place) pertinent to the phone number is retrieved from a place information recording part 22 by a navigation information processing part 25. When the place information is retrieved, the navigation information processing part 25 retrieves map information pertinent to the place information from a built-in map information recording part 25d (Figure 4), and displays a map to which the destination place by the place information is added on a display part 21. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a car navigation system using a mobile phone device, and more particularly to a car that sets a destination in a car navigation device by transmitting telephone number information from the mobile phone device using a communication means to the car navigation device. The present invention relates to a navigation system and a mobile phone device, a car navigation device, and an image input device used therefor.

  Conventionally, a car navigation device has been used to acquire map information for performing route guidance to a destination and road congestion information. The car navigation apparatus includes a touch panel display for a user to set a destination or display a map, a setting button, and a user interface such as voice input.

  The user can set the destination by reading map information from a storage device such as a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk) device or HDD (Hard Disk Drive) device and displaying the map on a display device such as a liquid crystal display. There are known a method of setting a point displayed above as a destination, a method of inputting destination information such as a destination address and a telephone number, and the like.

  An example of how to set a destination by entering a phone number is to read the map information of the area corresponding to the area code of the entered phone number from the disk, display the map, and enter it on this map A car navigation device that displays a point corresponding to a telephone number as a destination has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  There is also known a car navigation device that searches a corresponding destination from an on-board map information database by inputting a telephone number from a user and displays this on a map.

Furthermore, it is equipped with a two-dimensional barcode reader device, a card in which the position information of the destination is recorded with a two-dimensional barcode is read with this two-dimensional code reader device, based on the position information by the read two-dimensional barcode, A car navigation device for setting a destination has also been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 2).
JP-A-10-111135 JP 2003-166844 A

  When setting a destination in a conventional car navigation device, a user operates the car navigation device to input an address or a telephone number of the destination. In order to set the destination, the user investigates the address and telephone number information of the destination in advance and brings it into the car. The operation had to be performed manually, and the destination could not be set easily.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a car navigation system that allows a user to easily set a destination by performing a familiar operation with the mobile phone device, and a mobile phone device and a car navigation device used therefor. For the purpose.

  In order to achieve the above object, a car navigation system according to the present invention includes at least a first wireless communication means capable of making a voice call, a telephone book means for storing telephone number information, and a wireless communication of telephone number information. A mobile phone device comprising two wireless communication means, navigation information processing means for guiding at least an arbitrarily set destination, display means for displaying destination information or a map, and destination setting input Location information indicating a location corresponding to the telephone number information received by the third wireless communication means, third wireless communication means for performing wireless communication of telephone number information between the operation means for the mobile phone device and the mobile phone device A mobile navigation device having a stored location information storage means, and the mobile phone device transmits the telephone number information designated by the telephone directory means to the second wireless communication device. Transmitted from the step, the car navigation system is to set the location information corresponding to the telephone number information received by the third wireless communication means acquires the location information storing unit, as a destination to the navigation information processing means.

  The present invention is also a mobile phone device used in a car navigation system together with a car navigation device, wherein at least a first wireless communication means capable of voice communication, a telephone book means for storing telephone number information, and a telephone number Second wireless communication means for performing wireless communication of information, and in order to set the destination by the car navigation device, telephone number information corresponding to the destination in the telephone directory means is transmitted from the second wireless communication means to the car. It is transmitted to the navigation device.

  The present invention is also a car navigation device used in a car navigation system, and includes navigation information processing means for guiding to at least an arbitrarily set destination, display means for displaying destination information or a map, The navigation information processing means comprises operating means for performing setting input, wireless communication means for performing wireless communication of telephone number information, and location information storage means for storing location information of a place corresponding to the telephone number information. The location information corresponding to the telephone number information received by the wireless communication means is acquired from the location information storage means and set as the destination.

  The car navigation system according to the present invention includes at least a first wireless communication means capable of voice communication, a telephone book means for storing telephone number information, and a second wireless communication means for performing wireless communication of telephone number information. A navigation information processing means for guiding to at least an arbitrarily set destination, a display means for displaying destination information or a map, an operating means for performing destination setting input, Third wireless communication means for performing wireless communication of telephone number information with a mobile phone device, and fourth wireless communication means for performing wireless communication of information with a communication device different from the mobile phone device Location information data storing a car navigation device provided, data communication means for performing at least data transmission / reception processing, and a location information database corresponding to telephone number information A vehicle navigation server device that is fixedly installed, and the car navigation device is a mobile phone using a third wireless communication device. When the telephone number information for destination setting from the device is received, the fourth wireless communication means transmits the telephone number information to the car navigation server device, and the car navigation server device receives the telephone number information from the car navigation device. Upon receipt, the location information corresponding to the telephone number information received from the location information database means is acquired and transmitted from the data communication means to the car navigation device, and the navigation information processing means obtains the location information from the car navigation server device as the fourth information. When receiving with the wireless communication means of, the location by the received location information It is set as the destination.

  The present invention is also a car navigation device used in a car navigation system, and includes navigation information processing means for guiding to at least an arbitrarily set destination, display means for displaying destination information or a map, Data is transmitted between the operation means for performing setting input and the first wireless communication means for performing wireless communication of telephone number information between the mobile phone device used in the car navigation system and the car navigation server device used in the car navigation system. Second wireless communication means for performing the wireless communication of the mobile phone, and when the first wireless communication means receives the telephone number information for destination setting from the mobile phone device, the second wireless communication means stores the telephone number information in the car. If it is sent to the navigation server device and corresponds to the telephone number information from the car navigation server device It is set as the destination by receiving the information in the second wireless communication means.

  The car navigation system according to the present invention includes at least a wireless communication means capable of voice communication, a telephone directory means for storing telephone number information, an image generating means for converting telephone number information into encoded image information, A mobile phone device comprising display means for displaying image information generated by the generating means, a first wireless communication means for performing data communication of telephone number information at least wirelessly, and display on the display means of the mobile phone device An image input unit that captures a captured image, an image input unit that has an image processing unit that analyzes the image acquired by the image input unit and acquires telephone number information, and navigation information that guides to at least an arbitrarily set destination Processing means, display means for displaying destination information or a map, operating means for inputting destination settings, and data for telephone number information wirelessly. A car navigation device comprising: a second wireless communication means for performing communication; and a location information storage means for storing location information of a location corresponding to the telephone number information received by the second wireless communication means. An image in which number information is encoded is displayed on a display unit of a mobile phone device, an image encoded by an image input unit of an image input device is captured, and phone number information is obtained by analysis by an image processing unit of the image input device. The telephone number information is transmitted from the first wireless data communication means of the image input device to the car navigation device, and the telephone number information is received by the second wireless data communication means of the car navigation device to store the location information of the car navigation device. The location information corresponding to the telephone number information received by the means is acquired and set as the destination in the navigation information processing means of the car navigation device. It is intended.

  According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image input device used in a car navigation system together with a car navigation device, wherein at least first wireless communication means for performing data communication of phone number information and an image in which the phone number information is encoded. An image input means for capturing; and an image processing means for analyzing the image acquired by the image input means to acquire telephone number information. The telephone number information acquired by the image processing means is transferred to the first wireless data communication means. Used to transmit to the car navigation device.

  The present invention also relates to a mobile phone device for use in a car navigation system, comprising at least a wireless communication means capable of voice communication, a telephone book means for storing telephone number information, and an image obtained by encoding the telephone number information. Image generating means for displaying, and display means for displaying the image generated by the image generating means.

  In addition, the car navigation system according to the present invention includes at least wireless communication means capable of voice communication, telephone book means storing telephone number information, image input means for inputting an image including at least a telephone number, and image input An image processing means for analyzing the image input by the means, extracting the telephone number information and converting it into an encoded image, and a mobile phone device comprising a display means for displaying the image generated by the image processing means, First wireless communication means for performing at least data communication of telephone number information, image input means for capturing an image displayed on a display means of a mobile phone device, and an image for converting an image acquired by the image input means into telephone number information An image input device having processing means, navigation information processing means for guiding to at least an arbitrarily set destination, destination information or a map Received by the second wireless communication means, the second wireless communication means for performing data communication of telephone number information with the image input device, the display means for performing the destination setting input, and the image input device And a car navigation device having location information storage means for storing location information corresponding to the phone number information. The mobile phone device analyzes the image input by the image input means and extracts the phone number information. Further, the image is converted into an encoded image and displayed on the display means. The image input means captures the image displayed on the display means of the cellular phone device by the image input device, and the image captured by the image processing means. The telephone number information is acquired from the first wireless communication means and transmitted from the first wireless communication means to the car navigation apparatus. The car navigation apparatus uses the second wireless data communication means to obtain the telephone number information from the image input apparatus. And Shin, acquires location information corresponding to the telephone number received from the location information storage unit, is set as the destination to the navigation information processing means.

  According to the present invention, when setting the destination in the car navigation device, the user can set the destination in the car navigation device from the phone number of the destination on the mobile phone without performing complicated operations on the car navigation device. It becomes possible. Furthermore, since the user uses the telephone number information of the mobile phone device held by the user, the user can perform the destination setting operation without acquiring the location information and map information of the destination in advance in the mobile phone.

  Also, by installing the car navigation device in the vicinity of the driver's seat and the image input device on the rear seat side, the encoded image showing the destination telephone number displayed on the mobile phone device by the passenger in the rear seat The destination can be set simply by holding the camera over the image input device, and the operation for setting the destination in the car navigation device becomes very simple.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a first embodiment of a car navigation system according to the present invention, a mobile phone device and a car navigation device used therefor, 10 is a mobile phone device, 20 is a car navigation device, and 30 is an automobile. , 40 is a driver.

  In the figure, a car navigation device 20 and a mobile phone device 10 constitute a car navigation system, and the car navigation system is mounted on an automobile. The car navigation device 20 is equipped with a wireless device (not shown) that performs data communication with the mobile phone device 10, and the mobile phone device 10 is a passenger of an automobile 30, for example, a driver 40 of this automobile. When the destination is set by the car navigation device 20, the mobile phone device 10 transmits the destination telephone number information to the car navigation device 20.

  2 is a block diagram showing a specific example of the cellular phone device 10 in FIG. 1, in which 11 is a display unit, 12 is a telephone directory information unit, 13 is a wireless communication unit, 14 is an operation unit, and 15 is a cellular phone. A control unit 16 is a wireless data communication unit.

  In the figure, a display unit 11 is a liquid crystal display or the like, and displays various types of information necessary for operations for calling and setting a destination in the car navigation device 20. The operation for this is performed by the operation unit 14. The wireless communication unit 13 is for making a call or data communication with another mobile phone device or the like. In addition, telephone number information is stored in the telephone directory information unit 12, and the telephone number information is used for a call or destination setting in the car navigation device 20. When setting the destination in the car navigation device 20, the telephone number information in the telephone directory information unit 12 or the phone number information input by operating the operation unit 14 is transmitted from the wireless data communication unit 16 to the car navigation device 20. Sent to. Data reception from the wireless data communication unit 16 is also performed. The voice call processing and data communication processing of the mobile phone device 10 as described above are performed by the mobile phone control unit 15.

  When a predetermined input operation is performed on the operation unit 14, the telephone number book registered in the telephone book information unit 12 is read and displayed on the display unit 11. When a destination telephone number is selected from this telephone number book, the cellular phone control unit 15 performs outgoing call control, and this telephone number is transmitted from the wireless communication unit 13 to the destination, so that a voice call can be made with the destination. It becomes a state. The wireless data communication unit 16 adopts a wireless communication method such as an infrared communication method, a wireless LAN (IEEE802.11b, a, g) method, a UWB (Ultra Wide Band) method, or a Bluetooth method, and performs communication using the same wireless communication method. Data communication is performed with other mobile phone devices and communication devices such as the car navigation device 20.

  3 is a block diagram showing a specific example of the car navigation device 20 in FIG. 1, in which 21 is a display unit, 22 is a location information recording unit, 23 is a wireless data communication unit, 24 is an operation unit, and 25 is navigation information. It is a processing unit.

  In the figure, the location information recording unit 22 stores a database of location information corresponding to the phone number information (that is, the phone number) received from the mobile phone device 10 (FIG. 1). The wireless data communication unit 23 transmits / receives data to / from the mobile phone device 10 and receives the telephone number information transmitted from the mobile phone device 10. The operation unit 24 is for performing a destination setting operation of the car navigation device 20. When the telephone number information from the mobile phone device 10 is received by the wireless data communication unit 23, the navigation information processing unit 25 uses the location information representing the location corresponding to the phone number information as destination information to record the location information. The search is made from the part 22 and the destination is set. The map information set with the destination is displayed on the display unit 21.

  4 is a block diagram showing a specific example of the navigation information processing unit 25 in FIG. 3, in which 25a is an acceleration sensor, 25b is a GPS (Global Positioning System), 25c is a gyro, 25d is a map information recording unit, and 25e is It is a control unit.

  In the figure, an acceleration sensor 25a for sequentially detecting the vehicle speed of the automobile 30, a GPS 25b for obtaining location information of the automobile 30 at predetermined time intervals, and a gyro 25c for sequentially detecting the traveling direction of the automobile 30 Thirty current positions are sequentially detected. In addition, map information for displaying the current location and the destination of the automobile 30 is recorded in the map information recording unit 25d. The control unit 25e controls the car navigation device 20.

  FIG. 5 shows a specific example of the location information recorded in the location information recording unit 22 in FIG. 3. This location information is installed by a telephone number and a telephone device of this telephone number as shown in the figure. The name of the facility, such as a company or store, and the location information representing the location of the facility by latitude and longitude.

  In FIG. 3, when the operation unit 24 is used to designate a predetermined location as a destination, the car navigation device 20 displays a map of the designated location from the map information recording unit 25d (FIG. 4) in the navigation information processing unit 25. It is read out and displayed on the display unit 21. While the automobile 30 is running, the position of the automobile 30 (hereinafter referred to as the vehicle position) is detected using the acceleration sensor 25a, GPS 25b, and gyro 25c, and this is added to the map and displayed on the display unit 21. The travel information to the destination is provided to the driver 40.

  Here, the wireless data communication unit 23 employs a wireless communication method such as an infrared communication method, a wireless LAN method, a UWB method, or a Bluetooth method, and can perform data communication with a communication device that performs communication using the same wireless communication method. . Here, data such as telephone number information is transmitted / received to / from the wireless data communication unit 16 of the mobile phone device 10.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a setting sequence when the destination is set from the mobile phone device 10 to the car navigation device 20 in the first embodiment.

  First, the operation of the mobile phone device 10 when the destination is set by the car navigation device will be described using the screen example of FIG. 7 displayed on the display unit 11 of the mobile phone device 10 shown in FIG. Here, it is assumed that the driver 40 has the mobile phone device 10.

  When the driver 40 gets into the car 30 and starts the engine, the car navigation device 20 installed in the car 30 starts operating, and the wireless data communication unit 16 of the mobile phone device 10 and the wireless data communication of the car navigation device 20 Communication connection processing is performed so that the unit 23 is ready for data communication (step S1).

  In this state, when the driver 40 performs a predetermined operation on the operation unit 14 of the mobile phone device 10, a setting screen 50 including a menu of initial items is displayed on the display unit 11. Here, when setting the destination in the car navigation device 20, the item “1. Car navigation setting” on the setting screen 50 is selected (step S2).

  By this selection, the next setting screen 51 is displayed on the display unit 11. When the driver 40 selects the item “Open phone book” on this setting screen 51, the phone book information is read from the phone book information unit 12. A telephone directory screen 53 is displayed on the display unit 11. In this telephone directory screen 53, the telephone numbers registered in the telephone directory information section 12 are displayed so that they can be selected. When the telephone number of the destination is selected from among them, and "Setting complete" is selected, The cellular phone control unit 15 starts a process for transmitting the destination telephone number as telephone number information. When the destination telephone number is known, when the item “telephone number setting” is selected on the setting screen 51, the setting screen 52 is displayed on the display 201. On this setting screen 52, the telephone number of the destination can be directly input. When this input is completed and “setting is completed” is selected, the mobile telephone control unit 15 changes the telephone number of the destination into telephone number information. Then, the process for transmission is started (step S3). The telephone number information is transmitted from the wireless data communication unit 16 to the car navigation device 20 (step S4). While the telephone number information is set to be transmitted to the car navigation device 20, a setting screen 54 indicating the transmission progress is displayed on the display unit 11.

  As a result, the destination is set in the car navigation device 20 (step S5). When this setting is completed, the destination setting completion information is transmitted from the car navigation device 20 to the mobile phone device 10, and the car If the destination telephone number information does not exist in the location information recording unit 22 of the navigation device 20, the destination setting failure information is transmitted from the car navigation device 20 to the mobile phone device 10 (step S6). Thereby, when the destination setting completion information is received by the wireless data communication unit 16, the mobile phone control unit 15 displays the setting screen 55 indicating the setting completion on the display unit 11, and the destination setting failure information is received. If so, a setting screen 56 indicating a setting failure is displayed on the display unit 11 (step S7).

  Next, operation | movement of step S5 in the car navigation apparatus 20 is demonstrated using the example of a screen of FIG. 8 displayed on the display part 21 of the car navigation apparatus 20 shown in FIGS.

  In the car navigation device 20, when the wireless data communication unit 23 receives the telephone number information from the mobile phone device 10, the information processing unit 25 displays the setting screen 60 on the display unit 21. On this setting screen 60, the reception progress of the telephone number information is displayed. When the reception is completed, the navigation information processing unit 25 searches the location information recording unit 22 for a destination corresponding to the received telephone number information, and sets the destination. When the destination setting is completed, the navigation information processing unit 25 displays a setting screen 61 representing the destination of the search result on the display unit 21 and starts a navigation operation. When “map display” is selected on the setting screen 61, map information corresponding to the destination is acquired from the map information recording unit 25d, and the map screen 62 with the destination added is displayed. When “setting complete” is selected on the map screen 62, the navigation information processing unit 25 transmits the destination setting information from the wireless data communication unit 23 to the mobile phone device 10 (step S6 in FIG. 6).

  On the other hand, if the location information corresponding to the received telephone number information of the destination does not exist in the location information recording unit 22, the navigation information processing unit 25 displays a setting screen 63 indicating the result of the search and setting failure on the display unit 21. The destination setting failure information is transmitted from the wireless data communication unit 23 to the mobile phone device 10 (step S6 in FIG. 6).

  As described above, in the first embodiment, the car navigation device 20 and the mobile phone device 10 are provided with the wireless data communication units 23 and 16, respectively, and the telephone number information and the like are transmitted and received between them. The user can set the destination on the car navigation device 20 by simply inputting the familiar phone number similar to the telephone call on the mobile phone device, and the destination setting operation is easy.

  FIG. 9 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a second embodiment of a car navigation system according to the present invention, a mobile phone device and a car navigation device used therefor, 20a is a car navigation device, 75 is a wireless network, and 70 is car navigation. A server, 71 is a data communication unit, 72 is a control unit, 73 is a location information database, and parts corresponding to those in FIG.

  In the figure, a car navigation device 20a is mounted on an automobile 30, and the destination can be set by a passenger's mobile phone device 10 such as a driver 40 as in the first embodiment.

  The car navigation device 20a is configured to be communicable with the car navigation server 70 via a wireless network 75 including an access point, a mobile phone base station, and the like. The car navigation server 70 includes a data communication unit 71 that performs data transmission / reception processing, a large-capacity location information database 73 that holds location information for setting a destination in the car navigation device 20a, and control processing of transmitted / received data. And a control unit 72 that performs a control process of retrieving corresponding place information from the place information database 73 and transmitting it to the car navigation device 20a when telephone number information is received. In the location information database 73, location information is recorded in the same format as the location information recording unit 22 shown in FIG. 5, and the location information recording unit 22 of the car navigation device 20a cannot be recorded because of capacity. Is also registered.

  FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a specific example of the car navigation device 20a in FIG. 9, in which 26 is a wireless data communication unit, and parts corresponding to those in FIG. .

  In the figure, a wireless data communication unit 26 performs data communication with the car navigation server 70, and includes a wireless LAN system, a CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) system, a W-CDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) system, and the like. The wireless data communication system is adopted.

  The navigation information processing unit 25 searches the location information recording unit 22 for the location information of the corresponding destination based on the telephone number information received by the wireless data communication unit 23. The corresponding location information is stored in the location information recording unit. If the telephone number information does not exist in the terminal 22, the telephone number information is transmitted from the wireless data communication unit 26 to the car navigation server 70, and the corresponding location information is searched by the car navigation server 70.

  The other configuration is the same as that of the car navigation apparatus 20 shown in FIG.

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a setting sequence when a destination is set from the mobile phone device 10 of the second embodiment to the car navigation device 20a. The steps corresponding to FIG. 6 are denoted by the same reference numerals.

  In the first embodiment, in FIG. 2, when the location information corresponding to the telephone number information received from the mobile phone device 10 (FIG. 1) does not exist in the location information recording unit 22, the setting screen 63 (FIG. 8). ) Is displayed on the display unit 21, and the destination setting failure information is notified to the mobile phone device 10 (FIG. 1).

  In the second embodiment shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the location information corresponding to the telephone number information from the mobile phone device 10 received from the wireless data communication unit 23 does not exist in the location information recording unit 22 in FIG. In this case (the steps S2 to S4), the navigation information processing unit 25 transmits the received telephone number information from the wireless data communication unit 26 to the car navigation server 70 via the wireless network 75, and sets the destination. To request location information (step S10).

  In the car navigation server 70, when the data communication unit 71 receives the telephone number information from the car navigation device 20a, the control unit 72 searches the location information database 73 for location information corresponding to the telephone number information. (Step S11). When the corresponding location information is obtained, the control unit 72 transmits the location information from the data communication unit 71 to the car navigation device 20a via the wireless network 75 (step S12).

  Therefore, in the car navigation device 20a, the navigation information processing unit 25 receives this location information at the wireless data communication unit 26, and sets the destination as in the first embodiment. When the destination setting is completed, the setting screen 61 (FIG. 8) is displayed on the display unit 21, the navigation operation is started, the destination setting completion information is transmitted to the mobile phone device 10 (step S6), and the mobile phone device. 10 displays the setting screen 55 (FIG. 7) (step S7).

  If the corresponding location information is not obtained in the location information database 73 of the car navigation server 70, the destination setting failure information is transmitted from the car navigation server 70 to the car navigation device 20a, and the display unit 21 (FIG. 10), a setting screen 63 representing it is displayed, and destination setting failure information is transmitted to the mobile phone device 10. Thereby, the setting screen 56 is displayed on the display unit 11 (FIG. 2) of the mobile phone device 10.

  Thus, in the second embodiment, the same effect as in the first embodiment can be obtained, and the location information corresponding to the phone number information from the mobile phone device is stored in the location information recording unit 22 of the car navigation device. Even when it does not exist, the location information can be acquired from the car navigation server 70 installed outside the vehicle, and the destination can be set more reliably.

  In the second embodiment, when the location information corresponding to the destination telephone number information received from the mobile phone device 10 does not exist in the location information recording unit 22, the location information is requested from the car navigation server 70. However, when telephone number information is received from the mobile phone device 10, it may be transmitted to the car navigation server 70 to request the corresponding location information. Thereby, in the car navigation apparatus 20a, it is not necessary to search for the corresponding location information there, the location information recording unit 22 can be omitted, and the configuration can be simplified and the cost can be reduced.

  FIG. 12 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a third embodiment of a car navigation system according to the present invention, a mobile phone device and a car navigation device used therefor, 10a is a mobile phone device, 80 is an image input device, and 90 is a passenger. The same reference numerals are assigned to portions corresponding to those in FIG.

  In the figure, the cellular phone device 10a converts the selected telephone number information into a two-dimensional code image. The image input device 80 reads a two-dimensional code image of phone number information from the mobile phone device 10a, converts it into phone number information, and transmits it to the car navigation device 20 wirelessly. Here, the cellular phone device 10 a is possessed by a passenger 90 who gets on the rear seat of the automobile 30. The automobile 30 is, for example, a taxi. In this case, the passenger 90 is a passenger of this taxi. The image input device 80 is installed on the rear seat side of the automobile 30, and a passenger selects or inputs a destination telephone number with the mobile phone device 10 a, and a two-dimensional code image of the telephone number is displayed on the image input device 80. It is possible to instruct the driver 40 of the destination by reading the image over the image input unit (reader unit).

  FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a specific example of the image input device 80 in FIG. 12, in which 81 is an image input unit, 82 is an image data processing unit, 83 is a wireless data communication unit, and 84 is a display unit.

  In the figure, an image input unit 81 reads a two-dimensional code image of telephone number information displayed on the mobile phone device 10a. The read image is supplied to the image data processing unit 82, where the image is analyzed and the original telephone number information is generated. The generated telephone number information is transmitted to the car navigation device 20 (FIG. 12) by the wireless data communication unit 83. The display unit 84 displays the setting status and the like. Similar to the car navigation device 20 in the first embodiment, the car navigation device 20 adds a destination to a map and displays it, and guides the destination.

  FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing a specific example of the cellular phone device 10a in FIG. 12. Reference numeral 17 denotes an image processing unit. The same reference numerals are given to portions corresponding to those in FIG.

  In the same figure, similarly to the mobile phone device shown in FIG. 2 of the first embodiment, the destination telephone number selected from the telephone directory information section 12 or the destination telephone number input from the operation section 14 is The image processing unit 17 converts the image into a two-dimensional code image and displays it on the display unit 11. The displayed two-dimensional code image is read by the image input device 80 by being held over the image input unit 81 of the image input device 80.

  Here, as the two-dimensional code image used for the telephone number information, for example, a QR code standardized by the ISO standard (ISO / IEC18004) as an international standard is used. The QR code is a kind of two-dimensional code that can record a large amount of information in a space-saving manner by providing information in two vertical and horizontal directions.

  FIG. 15 is a block diagram showing another specific example of the cellular phone device 10a in FIG. 12. 18 is an image input device, and parts corresponding to those in FIG. .

  In this figure, this specific example is obtained by adding an image input device 18 to the image processing device 17 to the cellular phone device 10a shown in FIG. The image input device 18 captures and inputs an image. For example, the image input device 18 captures and inputs an image of a medium on which a telephone number such as a business card, a name, and a company name are written. Image information input by the image input device 18 is supplied to the image processing unit 17 and converted into image data encoded in a QR code, and is created from telephone number information including image data such as a telephone number, name, and company name. And recorded as telephone directory information in the telephone directory information section 12. Accordingly, the phone book information in the phone book information unit 12 is composed of the encoded image data described above, but a telephone number that is not encoded is added to each image data.

  Therefore, when searching for a destination telephone number from the telephone directory information section 12, a list of telephone numbers not encoded from the telephone directory information section 12 is displayed as shown in the telephone directory screen 53 of FIG. When the destination telephone number is selected, the encoded image data corresponding to the selected telephone number is read from the telephone directory information unit 12 and displayed on the display unit 11. The displayed image data is read by the image input unit 81 of the image input device.

  In this way, in this specific example, the holder of the cellular phone device 10a can easily add the telephone number information to the telephone directory information section 12.

  In this specific example, the telephone number information input by the operation of the operation unit 14 is converted into an image of QR code by the image processing unit 17 and displayed on the display unit 11, whereby the image input unit 81 of the image input device 80 is displayed. (FIG. 13).

  FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing a setting sequence in the case where destination setting is performed from the mobile phone device 10a in the third embodiment shown in FIGS. 12 to 14 to the car navigation device 20 via the image input device 80. It is.

  Here, as an example, the car 30 is a taxi, and at least the image input unit 81 of the image input device 80 is installed on the rear seat side, so that the passenger 90 in the rear seat uses the mobile phone device 10a. It is assumed that the destination can be instructed to the driver 40.

  In the figure, the passenger 90 in the back seat of the taxi 300 selects a destination telephone number from the telephone directory from the telephone directory information section 12 of the cellular phone device 10a (step S20). In the case of the specific example shown in FIG. 14, the mobile phone control unit 15 sends the selected telephone number information to the image processing unit 17 and converts it into a QR code. The QR code of the telephone number information generated by the image processing unit 17 is supplied to the display unit 11 to display a QR code image. In the specific example shown in FIG. 15, an encoded QR code image corresponding to the selected destination telephone number is read from the telephone directory information section 12 and displayed on the display section 11 (step S21). ). When the passenger 90 holds the displayed QR code image over the image input unit 81 of the image input device 80 (step S22), the image is taken into the image input device 80 and converted into telephone number information (step S23). This telephone number information is transmitted from the wireless data communication unit 83 of the image input device 80 to the car navigation device 20 (step S24). In the car navigation apparatus 20, the telephone number information is received by the wireless data communication unit 23 (FIG. 3), and the location information corresponding to the telephone number information is searched for by the location information recording unit 22 (FIG. 3). Settings are made. When the destination setting is completed, the navigation operation is started as in the previous embodiment (step S25). When the destination setting is completed, the car navigation device 20 transmits destination setting completion information from the wireless data communication unit 23 to the image input device 80 (step S26). In the image input device 80, the destination setting completion information is received by the wireless data communication unit 83, and the setting completion is displayed on the display unit 84 (step S27).

  In this way, the passenger 90 who gets on the taxi 300 displays the display unit 11 of the mobile phone device 10a displaying the QR code indicating the destination telephone number on the image input device 80 installed in the rear seat. By holding over the image input unit 81, the destination can be set in the car navigation device 20 mounted in the taxi 300, and the destination of the taxi driver 40 can be notified.

  In the third embodiment, the car navigation device 20 and the image input device 80 are configured to perform data communication wirelessly. However, a wired data communication system such as a LAN (Local Area Network) or a CAN (Controller Area Network) is used. May be used.

  In the third embodiment, the image read by the image input device 80 is a QR code that is a two-dimensional code image. However, other types of codes such as a one-dimensional barcode may be used. May be used.

  Further, in the third embodiment, as in the second embodiment shown in FIG. 9, a car navigation server including a location information database is fixedly installed, and corresponds to telephone number information in the car navigation device 20. If the location information cannot be searched, the car navigation device 20 may request the location information corresponding to the car navigation server.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a schematic block diagram which shows 1st Embodiment of the car navigation system by this invention, the mobile telephone apparatus used for this, and a car navigation apparatus. It is a block diagram which shows one specific example of the mobile telephone apparatus in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows one specific example of the car navigation apparatus in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows one specific example of the navigation information processing part in FIG. It is a figure which shows one specific example of the location information recorded on the location information recording part in FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a specific example of a setting sequence when a destination is set from the mobile phone device of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 to the car navigation device. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display example of a screen displayed on the display unit of the mobile phone device in FIG. 2 by the operation shown in FIG. 6. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the screen displayed on the display part of the car navigation apparatus in FIG. 3 by the operation | movement shown in FIG. It is a schematic block diagram which shows 2nd Embodiment of the car navigation system by this invention, the mobile telephone apparatus used for this, and a car navigation apparatus. It is a block diagram which shows one specific example of the car navigation apparatus in FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a specific example of a setting sequence when a destination is set from the mobile phone device according to the second embodiment illustrated in FIG. 9 to the car navigation device. It is a schematic block diagram which shows 3rd Embodiment of the car navigation system by this invention, the mobile telephone apparatus used for this, and a car navigation apparatus. It is a block diagram which shows one specific example of the image input device in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows one specific example of the mobile telephone apparatus in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the other specific example of the mobile telephone apparatus in FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating a specific example of a setting sequence when a destination is set from the mobile phone device of the third embodiment shown in FIG. 12 to the car navigation device.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10,10a Mobile telephone apparatus 11 Display part 12 Telephone directory information part 13 Wireless communication part 14 Operation part 15 Mobile phone control part 16 Wireless data communication part 17, 18 Image processing part 18 Image input part 20, 20a Car navigation apparatus 21 Display part 22 Location information recording unit 23 Wireless data communication unit 24 Operation unit 25 Navigation information processing unit 25a Acceleration sensor 25b GPS
25c Gyro 25d Map information recording unit 25e Control unit 26 Wireless data communication unit 30 Automobile 40 Driver 75 Wireless network 70 Car navigation server 71 Data communication unit 72 Control unit 73 Location information database 80 Image input device 81 Image input unit 82 Image data processing unit 83 Wireless data communication unit 84 Display unit 90 Passenger

Claims (9)

A mobile phone device comprising at least a first wireless communication means capable of performing a voice call, a telephone book means for storing telephone number information, and a second wireless communication means for performing wireless communication of telephone number information;
Between the navigation information processing means for guiding to at least an arbitrarily set destination, the display means for displaying the destination information or the map, the operation means for inputting the destination setting, and the mobile phone device Car navigation comprising: third wireless communication means for performing wireless communication of telephone number information; and location information storage means for storing location information representing a place corresponding to the telephone number information received by the third wireless communication means Consisting of equipment and
The mobile phone device transmits the telephone number information designated in the telephone directory means from the second wireless communication means,
The car navigation device acquires location information corresponding to the telephone number information received by the third wireless communication unit from the location information storage unit, and sets it as a destination in the navigation information processing unit. Car navigation system. A mobile phone device used in a car navigation system together with a car navigation device,
A first wireless communication means capable of at least a voice call;
Phone book means for storing phone number information;
A second wireless communication means for performing wireless communication of telephone number information,
In order to set the destination by the car navigation device, the telephone number information corresponding to the destination in the telephone directory means is transmitted from the second wireless communication means to the car navigation device. Mobile phone device. A car navigation device for use in a car navigation system,
Navigation information processing means for guiding to at least an arbitrarily set destination;
Display means for displaying destination information or a map;
Operation means for inputting the destination setting;
Wireless communication means for performing wireless communication of telephone number information;
A location information storage means for storing location information corresponding to the phone number information;
The navigation information processing means acquires location information corresponding to telephone number information received by the wireless communication means from the location information storage means and sets it as a destination. A mobile phone device comprising at least a first wireless communication means capable of performing a voice call, a telephone book means for storing telephone number information, and a second wireless communication means for performing wireless communication of telephone number information;
Between the navigation information processing means for guiding to at least an arbitrarily set destination, the display means for displaying the destination information or the map, the operation means for inputting the destination setting, and the mobile phone device A car navigation device comprising: third wireless communication means for performing wireless communication of telephone number information; and fourth wireless communication means for performing wireless communication of information with a communication device different from the mobile phone device; ,
Data communication means for performing at least data transmission / reception processing, location information database means for storing a database of location information corresponding to telephone number information, and control means for controlling the data communication means and the location information database means, It consists of a car navigation server device that is fixedly installed,
When the third radio communication unit receives the telephone number information for destination setting from the mobile phone device, the car navigation device receives the telephone from the fourth radio communication unit to the car navigation server device. Send number information,
When the car navigation server device receives the telephone number information from the car navigation device, the car navigation server device acquires location information corresponding to the phone number information received from the location information database means, and receives the car navigation information from the data communication means. To the device,
The navigation information processing means, when the location information from the car navigation server device is received by the fourth wireless communication means, sets a location based on the received location information as a destination. . A car navigation device for use in a car navigation system,
Navigation information processing means for guiding to at least an arbitrarily set destination;
Display means for displaying destination information or a map;
Operation means for inputting the destination setting;
First wireless communication means for performing wireless communication of telephone number information with a mobile phone device used in the car navigation system;
Second wireless communication means for performing wireless communication of data with the car navigation server device used in the car navigation system,
When the first wireless communication means receives the telephone number information for destination setting from the mobile phone device, the second wireless communication means transmits the telephone number information to the car navigation server device, and the car navigation system A car navigation device characterized in that location information corresponding to the telephone number information from a server device is received by the second wireless communication means and set as a destination. Wireless communication means capable of at least voice call, telephone book means for storing telephone number information, image generation means for converting telephone number information into encoded image information, and the image information generated by the image generation means A mobile phone device comprising: a display means for displaying: at least a first wireless communication means for performing data communication of telephone number information wirelessly; and an image input means for capturing an image displayed on the display means of the mobile phone device And an image input device having an image processing means for analyzing the image obtained by the image input means and obtaining telephone number information;
Navigation information processing means for guiding to at least an arbitrarily set destination, display means for displaying destination information or a map, operation means for inputting destination setting, and data communication of telephone number information wirelessly A car navigation device comprising: a second radio communication unit; and a location information storage unit that stores location information of a location corresponding to the telephone number information received by the second radio communication unit.
An image obtained by encoding the telephone number information is displayed on the display unit of the mobile phone device, the encoded image is captured by the image input unit of the image input device, and is analyzed by the image processing unit of the image input device. Obtaining the telephone number information, transmitting the telephone number information from the first wireless data communication means of the image input device to the car navigation device;
The second radio data communication means of the car navigation device receives the telephone number information, acquires location information corresponding to the telephone number information received by the location information storage means of the car navigation device, and A car navigation system characterized in that the navigation information processing means of a navigation device is set as a destination. An image input device used in a car navigation system together with a car navigation device,
First wireless communication means for performing data communication of at least telephone number information;
Image input means for capturing an image encoded with telephone number information;
Image processing means for analyzing the image acquired by the image input means and acquiring telephone number information;
An image input device, wherein the telephone number information acquired by the image processing means is transmitted to the car navigation device using the first wireless data communication means. A mobile phone device used in a car navigation system,
A wireless communication means capable of at least a voice call;
Phone book means for storing phone number information;
Image generating means for converting telephone number information into an encoded image;
And a display means for displaying the image generated by the image generation means. Wireless communication means capable of at least voice call, telephone book means storing telephone number information, image input means for inputting an image including at least a telephone number, and analyzing an image input by the image input means A mobile phone device comprising: image processing means for extracting telephone number information and converting it into an encoded image; and display means for displaying an image generated by the image processing means;
At least first wireless communication means for performing data communication of telephone number information, image input means for capturing an image displayed on the display means of the mobile phone device, and converting an image acquired by the image input means into telephone number information An image input device having image processing means for
Between the navigation information processing means for guiding to at least an arbitrarily set destination, the display means for displaying the destination information or the map, the operating means for inputting the destination setting, and the image input device A second radio communication unit that performs data communication of telephone number information; and a car navigation device that includes a location information storage unit that stores location information of a location corresponding to the telephone number information received by the second radio communication unit. Configured,
In the mobile phone device, the phone number information is extracted by analyzing the image input by the image input means, and further converted into an encoded image and displayed on the display means,
In the image input device, the image capturing unit captures the image displayed on the display unit of the mobile phone device, acquires telephone number information from the image captured by the image processing unit, and 1 from the wireless communication means to the car navigation device,
In the car navigation device, the second wireless data communication unit receives the telephone number information from the image input device, acquires the location information corresponding to the received telephone number from the location information storage unit, and the navigation A car navigation system characterized by being set as a destination in an information processing means.

Images