JP2007024499A - Navigation system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a navigation system capable of displaying a facility suitable to the purpose of driving on a road map, without requiring display-setting the facility displayed on the road map, together with a recommended route. <P>SOLUTION: A genre-setting screen with the driving purposes classified by genre is displayed on a display monitor 16. A destination is set, based on the genre of the driving purpose by an occupant. The facility is preliminarily determined to be displayed on the display monitor 16, in response to the genre of the purpose of driving, and data thereof are stored in DVD-ROM 110. When the recommended route is displayed on the display monitor 16, the facility along the recommended route, in response to the genre of the purpose of driving is displayed on the display monitor 16 as an icon, referring to the data. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a navigation apparatus that searches for and displays a route to a destination, and also displays information about facilities.

A navigation device that displays facilities along the guidance route such as a restaurant with icons so that it can be used as a mark for turning left or right while traveling on the guidance route or when you feel hungry while traveling is known as a prior art (Patent Document 1).
JP 2003-232648 A

  In the navigation device of Patent Literature 1, in order to display an icon on a road map, it is necessary to set whether to display each icon graphic type. By the way, the icon to be displayed on the road map differs depending on the purpose of driving. Therefore, the navigation device of Patent Document 1 has a problem that it is troublesome to set whether or not to display each icon graphic type every time the purpose of driving changes.

(1) The navigation device according to the first aspect of the present invention provides destination setting means for setting a destination, driving purpose setting means for setting a driving purpose, and the type of facility related to the set driving purpose as a display facility. Determining means for determining; search means for searching for a recommended route from the departure place to the destination; and display means for displaying at least a display facility along the recommended route among the determined types of display facilities together with the recommended route. It is characterized by providing.
(2) In the navigation apparatus according to claim 1, the destination setting means includes a list display means for displaying a list of driving genres, and a genre input means for inputting a desired genre from the list. And a destination candidate list display unit that displays a list of candidate destinations based on the driving purpose input by the genre input unit, and a destination input from the list displayed by the destination candidate list display unit A destination input means, and the driving purpose setting means is a genre input means. The genre input by the genre input means is used as a driving purpose.
(3) The invention according to claim 3 is the navigation device according to claim 1 or 2, and the peripheral facility extraction means for extracting the peripheral facility related to the driving purpose among the peripheral facilities existing around the destination. And specifying means for designating one of the surrounding facilities displayed from among the displayed neighboring facilities, and the searching means uses the destination as the starting point and searches for a route using the designated neighboring facility as the destination. It is characterized by.

  According to the present invention, when the driving purpose is set, the facility related to the purpose is displayed on the road map together with the recommended route, so that the appropriate facility display can be performed without setting the facility display.

  A configuration of a navigation apparatus according to the present invention is shown in FIG. The navigation device 1 in FIG. 1 displays a recommended route to a destination and displays facilities along the recommended route as icons. The navigation device 1 includes a control circuit 11, ROM 12, RAM 13, current location detection device 14, image memory 15, display monitor 16, speaker 17, input device 18, and disk drive 19. The disc drive 19 is loaded with a DVD-ROM 110 on which map data is recorded.

  The control circuit 11 includes a microprocessor and its peripheral circuits, and performs various controls by executing a control program stored in the ROM 12 using the RAM 13 as a work area. When the control circuit 11 performs a predetermined route search process based on the map data stored in the DVD-ROM 110, the processing result is displayed on the display monitor 16 as a recommended route.

  The current position detection device 14 is a device that detects the current position of the vehicle. For example, a vibration gyro 14a that detects the traveling direction of the vehicle, a vehicle speed sensor 14b that detects the vehicle speed, and a GPS signal from a GPS (Global Positioning System) satellite. It consists of a GPS sensor 14c and the like. The navigation device 1 determines a map display range, a route search start point, and the like based on the current location of the vehicle detected by the current location detection device 14, and displays the current location on the map.

  The image memory 15 stores image data to be displayed on the display monitor 16. This image data includes road map drawing data and various graphic data, which are appropriately generated based on map data stored in the DVD-ROM 110 read by the disk drive 19. The navigation device 1 can perform map display and the like by using the image data generated in this way.

  The display monitor 16 provides various information such as a road map in the vicinity of the vehicle position to the passenger of the navigation device 1 as a screen display based on various information such as map data. The speaker 17 guides various input operations of the occupant and generates a voice for guiding the route to the occupant.

  The input device 18 has an input switch for a passenger to set a destination of the vehicle, and this is realized by an operation panel, a remote controller, or the like. The occupant selects the destination by setting the destination by operating the input device 18 in accordance with the instruction on the display screen of the display monitor 16 or the instruction of the voice from the speaker 17.

  When the destination is set by the occupant, the navigation apparatus 1 performs a route calculation from the current location detected by the current location detection means 14 to the destination based on a predetermined algorithm. Hereinafter, this route calculation is referred to as route search. The route thus obtained (hereinafter referred to as a recommended route) is displayed on the screen separately from other roads by changing the display form, for example, the display color. Thus, the passenger can recognize the recommended route on the map on the screen. In addition, the navigation device 1 instructs the occupant to travel in the direction of travel using a screen, voice, or the like so that the vehicle can travel according to the recommended route.

  The disc drive 19 is loaded with a DVD-ROM 110 in which map data to be displayed on the display monitor 16 is recorded. The map data includes map display data, route search data, and the like, and the display and route search data include road link information and node information. The map display data has map data of a plurality of scales from a wide area to details, and the scale of the display map can be changed according to the passenger's request. The disk drive 19 reads map data for displaying a map on the display monitor 16 from the loaded DVD-ROM 110. The map data may be read from a recording medium other than the DVD-ROM 110, such as a CD-ROM or a hard disk.

  In addition to the map data, the DVD-ROM 110 searches for icon setting data for setting icons to be displayed on the road map according to the driving genre, and facilities around the destination according to the driving genre. Sub-destination search data is stored. The icon setting data will be described with reference to FIG. 2, and the sub destination search data will be described with reference to FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the icon setting data 20 stores driving genres 21 and facilities 22 related to the respective genres 21. Here, the genre 21 divides driving purposes by genre, and is divided into “golf”, “fishing”, “ski”, and the like. Therefore, for example, if the genre 21 is “golf”, the facility 22 has a facility type related to “golf” such as “golf equipment store”, “used golf equipment store”, “golf driving range”, etc. If the genre 21 is “fishing”, the type of facility related to “fishing” such as “fishing equipment store”, “fishing store”, “fishing boat”, etc. is stored in the facility 22. The icons displayed on the road map are set with reference to the icon setting data 20.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the sub-destination search data 30 stores driving purpose genres 31 and sub-destinations 32 related to the respective genres 31. Here, the genre 31, as with the icon setting data 20, is a genre related to driving purposes divided by genre. In addition, the sub-destination 32 is a type of resort or facility suitable for the passenger's taste assumed from the driving purpose genre. By referring to the sub-destination search data 30, the navigation device 1 can propose a vacation destination or facility that suits the taste of the passenger other than the destination.

  The icon display process in the navigation device 1 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  The occupant shall set a destination in order to search for a recommended route. In order to set the destination, the occupant operates the input device 18 to select a “determine destination” mark (not shown) from the “simple menu”. Then, the destination setting means screen 40 shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the display monitor 16. On the destination setting means screen 40, a “from wherever you go” mark 41, a “from recent destination” mark 42, a “search for destination” mark 43, and a “from genre” mark 44 are displayed. The “Frequently going” mark 41 is a mark for displaying a destination with a high setting frequency and selecting and setting the destination from the destination. The “from recent destination” mark 42 is a mark for displaying a recently set destination and selecting and setting the destination from among the destinations. The “search for destination” mark 43 is a mark for searching for and setting a destination from 50 sounds, facilities, telephone numbers, addresses, and the like. The “from genre” mark 44 is a mark for setting the destination from the genre of the driving purpose. It is assumed that the occupant selects the “From Genre” mark 44 by operating the input device 18.

  When the occupant selects the “From genre” mark 44, a genre setting screen is displayed on the display monitor 16. FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the genre setting screen 50. On the genre setting screen 50, genres 51 to 55 for driving purposes such as “golf”, “fishing”, and “ski” are displayed. The occupant selects a driving genre from genres 51 to 55. Here, it is assumed that the occupant has selected the genre 52 of “fishing”.

  When the occupant selects the “fishing” genre 52, the genre detail setting screen 60 is displayed on the display monitor 16. FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the genre detail setting screen 60. The genre detail setting screen 60 is a screen for setting the genre selected on the genre setting screen 50 in more detail. Since the occupant has selected the genre 52 of “fishing”, the genre details setting screen 60 includes genre details 61 to 63 of “river fishing”, “carp fishing”, and “sea fishing” in order to set the details of fishing. Is displayed. The occupant selects which fishing is the purpose among river fishing, carp fishing and sea fishing. Here, it is assumed that the occupant selects the genre detail 63 of “sea fishing”.

  When the occupant selects the genre detail 63 of “sea fishing”, an area setting screen 70 is displayed on the display monitor 16. FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the region setting screen 70. On the region setting screen 70, region names 71 to 75 of prefecture names are displayed in the order close to the current location. The occupant sets an area including the destination by selecting the area names 71 to 75. Here, it is assumed that the occupant selects the area name 71 of “XX prefecture”.

  When the occupant selects the region name 71 as “XX prefecture”, a destination setting screen 80 is displayed on the display monitor 16. FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining the destination setting screen 80. The destination setting screen 80 displays destinations 81 to 85 on which places suitable for sea fishing in XX prefecture are written. The occupant sets the destination by selecting the destinations 81 to 85. Here, it is assumed that the occupant has selected the destination 81 of “A city ○ × coast”.

  When the occupant selects the destination 81 of “A city ○ × coast”, the route search is performed using the current location as the departure point and the predetermined location of A city ○ × coast as the destination. Then, the recommended route is displayed on the display monitor 16 together with the road map. FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining the road map 90 displayed on the display monitor 16. The road map 90 displays a recommended route 93 with the current location of the vehicle as the departure point 91 and the predetermined position on the coast as a destination 92. Then, icons 94 a to 94 d of the facility type related to the “fishing” genre among the facilities existing along the recommended route 93 are displayed. Here, “TG” indicates a fishing tackle shop, “ES” indicates a fishing shop, “TB” indicates a fishing boat, and “FY” indicates a boathouse. Items that are not related to the “fishing” genre such as “gas station” and “convenience store” are not displayed.

  The sub destination proposal processing in the navigation device 1 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  After the road map 90 is displayed on the display monitor 16, a sub-destination proposal screen for suggesting a vacation destination and facilities (hereinafter referred to as peripheral facilities) related to the driving genre around the destination is displayed. FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining the sub-destination proposal screen 100. The sub-destination proposal screen 100 is displayed so as to be superimposed on the road map 90, and the sub-destination proposal screen 100 has a suggestion sentence “Do you want to display leisure destinations and facilities related to fishing around the destination?” Is displayed. Then, a YES mark 101a and a NO mark 101b are displayed to input the passenger's answer. The occupant can operate the input device 18 to select the YES mark 101a and the NO mark 101b. For example, when the occupant fishes in the morning and goes to nearby tourist attractions in the afternoon, the YES mark 101a is selected. When the YES mark 101a is selected, peripheral facilities related to the fishing genre within a predetermined range from the destination 92 are searched and displayed as a sub-destination list. When the NO mark 101b is selected, the screen returns to the destination setting means screen 40 shown in FIG.

  Next, the sub destination list 102 displayed when the YES mark 101a is selected will be described with reference to FIG. When the YES mark 101a is selected, a sub-destination list 102 is displayed together with a guidance sentence “Please select a vacation destination or facility”. The sub-destination list 102 displays peripheral facilities 103a to 103e that are within a predetermined range from the destination 92 and are related to the driving genre. The occupant can operate the input device 18 and designate a desired one from the peripheral facilities 103a to 103e. Here, it is assumed that the occupant designates the aquarium 103a.

  When the occupant selects the aquarium 103a, the route search is performed with the search start point as the destination 92 and the search end point as the aquarium. Then, as shown in FIG. 12, the recommended route 122 searched for the route is displayed on the road map 120 together with the aquarium 121 and the destination 92 selected by the occupant.

  The icon display process and the sub destination proposal process of the navigation device 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. The processing of FIGS. 13 and 14 is executed in the control circuit 11 by a program that starts when the “From Genre” mark 44 on the destination setting means screen 40 shown in FIG. 4 is selected.

  In step S1301, it is determined whether the genre 52 is selected from the genre setting screen 50 displayed on the display screen of the display monitor 16. If selected, an affirmative decision is made in step S1301 and the process proceeds to step S1302. If not selected, step S1301 is repeated. In step S1302, the selected genre is stored in the RAM 13. In step S1303, it is determined whether the destination 81 is selected from the destination setting screen 80 and the recommended route 93 has been searched. If the recommended route 93 is searched, an affirmative determination is made in step S1303 and the process proceeds to step S1304. If the route has not been searched, step S1303 is repeated, and the process proceeds to step S1401 and subsequent steps.

  In step S1304, the facility 22 corresponding to the genre stored in the RAM 13 is extracted from the icon setting data 20 stored in the DVD-ROM 110, and the type of facility displayed on the display monitor 16 is determined. In step S1305, the facilities corresponding to the facility to be displayed are extracted from the facilities along the recommended route. In step S 1306, the extracted facility icons 94 a to 94 d are displayed on the road map 90 together with the recommended route 93. Then, the icon display process ends.

  From step S1401, the sub destination proposal process starts. In step S1401, the sub-destination proposal screen 100 is displayed on the display monitor 16. In step S1402, it is determined whether the YES mark 101a displayed on the sub destination proposal screen 100 has been selected. If it is selected, an affirmative determination is made in step S1402 and the process proceeds to step S1403. If the YES mark 101a is not selected, a negative determination is made in step S1402, and the process proceeds to step S1404.

  In step S1403, the sub destination 32 corresponding to the genre stored in the RAM 13 is extracted from the sub destination search data 30 stored in the DVD-ROM 110, and the type of peripheral facility to be searched is determined. . In step S1404, it is determined whether the NO mark 101b displayed on the sub destination proposal screen 100 has been selected. If selected, an affirmative decision is made in step S1404, and the sub-destination proposal process ends. If not selected, a negative determination is made in step S1404, and the process returns to step S1402. In step S <b> 1405, a search is made for peripheral facilities that are determined as the type of the peripheral facility to be searched from peripheral facilities within a predetermined range from the destination 92. In step S1406, the searched peripheral facilities are displayed on the display monitor 16 as the sub destination list 102.

  In step S1407, it is determined whether the sub destination 103a is selected from the sub destination list 102. If it is selected, an affirmative decision is made in step S1407 and the process proceeds to step S1408. If not, step S1407 is repeated. In step S1408, a route search is performed using the destination 92 as a search start point and the facility 103a as a search end point. In step S1409, the recommended route 122 is displayed on the display monitor 16 together with the destination 92 and the selected facility 121. Then, the sub-destination proposal process ends.

The navigation device 1 according to the above-described embodiment of the present invention has the following operational effects.
(1) When the driving purpose is set, the facility icons 94a to 94d related to the driving purpose genre are displayed on the road map 90. Therefore, the facility icon 94a corresponding to the driving purpose is not set without setting the icon display. -94d can be displayed on the road map 90. Moreover, since the displayed facility icons 94a to 94d are also related to the driving genre, related information up to the destination can be obtained, and the convenience of the passengers is improved.

(2) Since the destination 81 is set by selecting the driving purpose genre, the driving purpose can be set simultaneously with the destination setting, and the convenience of the passenger is improved.

(3) Of the resorts and facilities around the destination, those related to the driving genre of the occupant are displayed in a list and proposed, so it is possible to propose a resort or facility that suits the passenger's taste. . Therefore, the convenience for the passenger is improved.

(4) Since the destination is the starting point of the search, the route selected by the occupant among the resorts and facilities around the proposed destination is searched as the end point of the search, and the recommended route is displayed. It is possible to move quickly to the selected facility and the like, and the convenience of the passenger is improved.

(5) Since one genre can be subdivided and selected, an appropriate driving genre can be selected.

The above embodiment can be modified as follows.
(1) If the road map 90 showing the recommended route 93 from the starting point 91 to the destination 92 is displayed on the display monitor 16, the timing at which the sub destination proposal screen 100 is displayed is not particularly limited. . Immediately after the road map 90 is displayed, the vehicle may be moving.
(2) The proposal sentence displayed on the sub-destination proposal screen 100 inquires the occupant as to whether or not to display a vacation spot or facility around the destination.
(3) The facility displayed together with the recommended route is not limited to the facility along the recommended route as long as the facility is in the middle of the recommended route. For example, facilities around the recommended route other than along the recommended route may be displayed.

  The present invention includes a destination setting means for setting a destination, a driving purpose setting means for setting a driving purpose, a determining means for determining the type of facility related to the set driving purpose as a display facility, and a departure point. If it has a configuration comprising a search means for searching for a recommended route to the destination, and a display means for displaying at least a display facility along the recommended route among the determined types of display facilities together with the recommended route, The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above.

The correspondence between the elements of the claims and the embodiments will be described.
The destination setting means and the driving purpose setting means of the present invention correspond to the control circuit 11 and the input device 18, and the search means corresponds to the control circuit 11. The display means corresponds to the control circuit 11 and the display monitor 16, and the determination means corresponds to the control circuit 11 and the DVD-ROM 110. The list display means corresponds to the control circuit 11 and the display monitor 16, and the genre input means corresponds to the control circuit 11 and the input device 18. The destination candidate list display means corresponds to the control circuit 11 and the display monitor 16, and the destination input means corresponds to the control circuit 11 and the input device 18. The peripheral facility extraction means corresponds to the control circuit 11 and the DVD-ROM 110, and the designation means corresponds to the control circuit 11 and the input device 18. In addition, the above description is an example to the last, and when interpreting invention, it is not limited to the correspondence of the component of said embodiment and the component of this invention at all.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the navigation apparatus by embodiment of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating icon setting data. It is a figure for demonstrating sub destination search data. It is a figure for demonstrating the destination setting means screen. It is a figure for demonstrating a genre setting screen. It is a figure for demonstrating a genre detailed setting screen. It is a figure for demonstrating a regional setting screen. It is a figure for demonstrating the destination setting screen. It is a figure for demonstrating the road map which displayed the icon of the facility relevant to the driving | running | working genre. It is a figure for demonstrating a sub destination proposal screen. It is a figure for demonstrating a sub destination list. It is a figure for demonstrating the road map which displayed the recommended route from the destination to the facility around the destination. It is a flowchart for demonstrating icon display processing. It is a flowchart for demonstrating a sub destination proposal process.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Navigation apparatus 11 Control circuit 16 Display monitor 17 Speaker 18 Input apparatus 19 Disk drive 110 DVD-ROM
20 icon setting data 30 sub destination search data 40 destination setting means screen 50 genre setting screen 51 to 55 genre 60 genre detail setting screen 61 to 63 genre detail 70 region setting screen 71 to 75 region name 80 destination setting screen 81 to 85 Destination 90 Road Map 91 Departure Point 92 Destination 93, 122 Recommended Routes 94a to 94d Icon 100 Sub Destination Suggestion Screen 101a YES Mark 101b NO Mark 102 Sub Destination List 103a to 103e Nearby Facilities 121 Aquarium

Claims (3)

Destination setting means for setting the destination;
Driving purpose setting means for setting the driving purpose;
Determining means for determining the type of facility related to the set driving purpose as a display facility;
A search means for searching for a recommended route from the departure place to the destination;
A navigation apparatus comprising: a display unit configured to display at least a display facility along the recommended route among the determined types of display facilities together with the recommended route. The navigation device according to claim 1, wherein
The destination setting means includes
List display means for displaying a list of driving genres;
Genre input means for inputting a desired genre from the list;
Destination candidate list display means for displaying a list of candidate destinations based on the driving purpose input by the genre input means;
Destination input means for inputting a destination from the list displayed by the destination candidate list display means,
The navigation device characterized in that the driving purpose setting means is the genre input means, and the genre input by the genre input means is the driving purpose. The navigation device according to claim 1 or 2,
Out of the peripheral facilities existing around the destination, the peripheral facility extracting means for extracting the peripheral facilities related to the driving purpose;
A designation means for designating one of the surrounding facilities from the extracted and displayed neighboring facilities,
The search means is a navigation apparatus characterized in that the route is searched using the designated peripheral facility as a destination while the destination is set as a departure point.

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