JP2007292505A - Portable navigation system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable navigation system capable contributing to promotion of health. <P>SOLUTION: The portable navigation system includes a cardiac beat meter 15 for counting a cardiac rate, a calorie consumption calculation part 33 for calculating a calorie consumption based on the cardiac rate counted by the cardiac beat meter, a map data storage part 18a for storing a map data, a current position detecting part 31 for detecting a current position, a road detecting part 32 for detecting a passed-through road by matching the current position detected by the current position detecting part with the map data read from the map data storage part, a calorie consumption storage part 18b for storing the calorie consumption in each section of the road calculated by the calorie consumption calculation part, while correlated with the each section of the road detected by the road detecting part, and a display part 17 for displaying the calorie consumption in the each section of the road read from the calorie consumption storage part, while correlated with the each section of the road indicated by the map data read from the map data storage part. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a portable navigation system that can be carried, and more particularly, to a technique for providing information that can contribute to health promotion.

  In recent years, for the purpose of health promotion, an increasing number of people go out to the suburbs by car and enjoy outdoor activities such as cycling, running and trekking in the suburbs. In such a case, it is possible to effectively utilize a portable navigation system that can use the navigation function even when away from the automobile. As such a portable navigation system, a car navigation device that can be carried out by a user after being removed from a car, a mobile phone having a navigation function, and the like are known. Such a conventional portable navigation system is manufactured with a focus on route guidance with an emphasis on time efficiency.

  On the other hand, as a navigation system that considers other than time efficiency, Patent Document 1 discloses a route guidance device that can select an optimum route according to the characteristics of a driver. This route guidance device calculates an “individual driving level” based on the driver's biometric data and road information, and uses the calculated individual driving level for route guidance to the destination, and provides a certain degree of difficulty. It is configured not to guide the route beyond the limit.

  Further, Patent Document 2 discloses a navigation device that gives priority to safe driving, grasps the driver's driving margin, and can realize a stress-free driving situation. This navigation device is configured to record “stress received by the driver” from information such as line-of-sight movement and heart rate change, and to reduce driving stress by route guidance from the next time onward.

  In addition to the navigation system, as a device for "health promotion", Patent Document 3 makes it easy to use health maintenance devices such as a pedometer (registered trademark) and a blood pressure monitor, a hearing aid, and the like. An improved multi-function mobile phone is disclosed. This multi-function mobile phone incorporates the functions of a pedometer (registered trademark) and other necessary measuring instruments into a portable telephone body, and displays the measurement results of those functions on a display unit.

JP-A-10-253379 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-82653 JP 2001-103134 A

  However, the techniques disclosed in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 described above are intended for route guidance that matches the user's driving level and for reducing the load on the user, and are intended to promote health, for example, to consume more calories. It cannot satisfy the user tendency. In addition, the technology disclosed in Patent Document 3 is intended to improve the health of the user based on calorie consumption calculated based on the pedometer (registered trademark) of the mobile phone and the data of the movement distance. Has no function. Under such circumstances, development of a device having a navigation function and contributing to health promotion is desired.

  The present invention has been made to meet the above-described demand, and an object thereof is to provide a portable navigation system that can contribute to health promotion.

  In order to solve the above problems, a portable navigation system according to the present invention includes a heart rate meter that counts a heart rate, a calorie consumption calculation unit that calculates a calorie consumption based on the heart rate counted by the heart rate monitor, and a map The map data storage unit for storing data, the current position detection unit for detecting the current position, and the current position detected by the current position detection unit and the map data read from the map data storage unit are passed to obtain a pass. A road detection unit for detecting a road; a calorie consumption storage unit for storing the calorie consumption in the section calculated by the calorie consumption calculation unit in association with each section of the road detected by the road detection unit; In each section of the road indicated by the map data read from the map data storage section, in each section of the road read from the calorie consumption storage section. The calorie consumption in correspondence and a display unit for displaying that.

  According to the portable navigation system of the present invention, the calorie consumption calculated from the heart rate from the heart rate monitor is stored in association with the map data, and the stored calorie consumption can be displayed for each section of the road. Since it is configured, it can display not only “total amount of calories consumed” but also “what part of the map contributed to calorie consumption, which was hard”. As a result, outdoor fitness activities can be supported more happily and effectively, which can contribute to health promotion.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
Embodiment 1 FIG.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a portable navigation system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. This portable navigation system includes a main body 1, a cradle 2 and a heart rate sensor 3.

  The main body 1 is configured to be detachable from the cradle 2. The cradle 2 is installed in a car, a bicycle, a home, etc., and is mainly used for charging a power source (not shown) of the main body 1. The main body 1 is configured to be removable from the cradle 2 and can be carried, and can provide a navigation function alone. The cradle 2 includes a moving means identifier 22. The moving means discriminator 22 generates a moving means identification signal indicating whether the cradle 2 to which the main body 1 is mounted is for automobiles, bicycles, or homes and sends it to the main body 1.

  The portable navigation system functions as an automobile navigation device, that is, a car navigation device, when the main body 1 is attached to, for example, an automobile cradle 2. When it is not mounted on the cradle 2, it functions as a walking or running navigation device.

  The heart rate sensor 3 detects the user's heart rate and transmits it as a heart rate pulse to the main body 1 wirelessly. As the heart rate sensor 3, for example, a wrist watch type heart rate sensor used by a user wound around an arm can be used.

  The main body 1 includes a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver 11, a vehicle speed sensor 12, a gyro sensor 13, an operation input device 14, a heart rate monitor 15, a wireless receiver 16, a display 17, a data storage 18, a ROM 19, a RAM 20, and a CPU 21. Has been.

  The GPS receiver 11 generates a GPS signal that can measure the vehicle position by receiving radio waves from a plurality of GPS satellites, and sends the GPS signal to the CPU 21. The vehicle speed sensor 12 becomes effective when the main body 1 is mounted on the automobile cradle 2 and measures the moving speed of the own vehicle. The moving speed of the own vehicle measured by the vehicle speed sensor 12 is sent to the CPU 21 as a speed signal. The vehicle speed sensor 12 is generally composed of a sensor that measures the rotational speed of a wheel, and calculates a moving speed based on the rotational speed measured by this sensor.

  The gyro sensor 13 measures the traveling direction and sends it to the CPU 21 as an azimuth signal. The operation input device 14 can be composed of, for example, a remote controller (remote controller), a touch panel placed on the screen of the display 17, a push button switch, a voice recognition device, and the like. The operation input device 14 is used by a user to input a destination and a target value of a calorie amount desired to be consumed by the user (hereinafter referred to as “calorie consumption amount”). The destination and target value input from the operation input device 14 are sent to the CPU 21.

  The heart rate monitor 15 receives the heart rate pulse signal from the wireless receiver 16 and calculates the heart rate. The heart rate calculated by the heart rate monitor 15 is sent to the CPU 21. The wireless receiver 16 receives a heartbeat pulse transmitted from the heartbeat sensor 3 wirelessly, converts it into an electrical signal, and sends it as a heartbeat pulse signal to the heartbeat meter 15. The display 17 is composed of, for example, a liquid crystal display device, and displays a map and a route according to display data sent from the CPU 21 and displays information such as calorie consumption on the map. The display unit of the present invention includes the display 17 and a control unit 34 (details will be described later) of the CPU 21.

  The data storage 18 is composed of, for example, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), and includes a map data storage unit 18a and a calorie consumption storage unit 18b. The map data storage unit 18a stores map data. The calorie consumption storage unit 18b stores the calorie consumption calculated by the CPU 21. This data storage 18 is accessed by the CPU 21.

  The ROM 19 stores a control program for controlling the operation of this portable navigation system. The RAM 20 is used as a work area for temporarily storing data. The CPU 21 operates according to a control program stored in the ROM 19 and executes various processes using the RAM 20 as a work area. Details of the CPU 21 will be described below.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the CPU 21. The CPU 21 includes a current position detection unit 31, a road detection unit 32, a calorie consumption calculation unit 33, and a control unit 34. Each of these units is realized by software processing of the CPU 21.

  The current position detection unit 31 detects its current position based on the GPS signal sent from the GPS receiver 11, the speed signal sent from the vehicle speed sensor 12, and the direction signal sent from the gyro sensor 13. The current position data indicating the current position detected by the current position detection unit 31 is sent to the road detection unit 32. The speed signal sent from the vehicle speed sensor 12 is used only when the moving means identifying device 22 of the cradle 2 outputs a moving means identifying signal indicating that it is for an automobile.

  The road detection unit 32 detects the road on which it has passed by matching the current position data sent from the current position detection unit 31 in real time with the map data read from the map data storage unit 18a. Road data representing the road detected by the road detection unit 32 is sent to the control unit 34. The calorie consumption calculation unit 33 calculates the calorie consumption based on the heart rate sent from the heart rate monitor 15. The calorie consumption calculated by the calorie consumption calculation unit 33 is sent to the control unit 34.

  Whenever the road data sent from the road detection unit 32 indicates the end of a predetermined section, for example, the end of one road link, the control unit 34 is based on the calorie consumption received from the calorie consumption calculation unit 33. Calculate calorie consumption in the section. Then, the calculated calorie consumption is stored in the calorie consumption storage unit 18b in association with the section.

  Moreover, the control part 34 displays the map containing the road which passed by reading map data from the map data memory | storage part 18a, and sending it to the display 17, and also displays the map of each area of the road passed from the calorie consumption memory | storage part 18b. The calorie consumption is read to calculate the calorie consumption of all the sections, and the calorie consumption of each section and the calorie consumption of all the sections are sent to the display 17. Thereby, as shown in FIG. 3, the calorie consumption of each section T1, T2, and T3 is displayed on the display 17 besides the calorie consumption of all the sections of the road from the start point S to the goal point G. The Therefore, the user can visually grasp in which section on the map the calorie consumption was large.

  As described above, according to the portable navigation system of the first embodiment of the present invention, the calorie consumption (information with individual differences) obtained from the heart rate from the heart rate monitor 15 is recorded in association with the map data. Since it was able to do so, it is more fun and effective because it can display not only “total amount of calories consumed” but also “what part of the map contributed to calorie consumption?” Can support outdoor fitness activities.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
A portable navigation system according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention is a portable navigation system according to Embodiment 1, wherein a route search is performed in consideration of the calorie consumption stored in the calorie consumption storage unit 18b. It is. In this portable navigation system, in addition to inputting a destination from the operation input device 14, a target value of calorie consumption desired by the user is input.

  The hardware configuration of the portable navigation system according to the second embodiment is the same as the configuration of the portable navigation system according to the first embodiment except for the functional configuration of the CPU 21. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the CPU 21 used in the portable navigation system according to the second embodiment. The CPU 21 is configured by adding a route search unit 35 realized by software processing to the configuration of the CPU according to the first embodiment shown in FIG.

  The route search unit 35 searches for a route from the current position detected by the current position detection unit 31 to the destination input from the operation input device 14 based on the map data stored in the map data storage unit 18a. . Then, calories consumed in each section of the searched route are calculated based on the calorie consumption read from the calorie consumption storage unit 18b, and the sum of the calorie consumption in each section is input from the operation input device 14. If the calorie consumption is smaller than the target value, another route is searched again. Then, when a route whose total calorie consumption in each section is greater than the calorie consumption input from the operation input device 14 is searched, the route is sent to the control unit 34 as a recommended route.

  The control unit 34 displays the map including the recommended route by reading the map data including the recommended route sent from the route searching unit 35 from the map data storage unit 18a and sending it to the display 17, and further calorie consumption. The calorie consumption of all sections is calculated from the calorie consumption of each section of the recommended route read from the storage unit 18b, and the calorie consumption of each section of the recommended route and the calorie consumption of all sections are sent to the display 17. Thereby, the calorie consumption of each section is displayed on the display 17 in the form as shown in FIG. 3, for example, in addition to the calorie consumption of all sections of the recommended route.

  As described above, according to the portable navigation system according to the second embodiment of the present invention, if the calorie consumption of each section of the route is stored in the calorie consumption storage unit 18b, the calorie consumption desired by the user is stored. It is possible to display a recommended route that can achieve the above, which can contribute to the health promotion of the user.

Embodiment 3 FIG.
In the portable navigation system according to the second embodiment described above, the calorie consumption storage unit 18b only stores the calorie consumption of each section of the route actually taken by the user. Unable to present recommended routes to the user including no routes. The portable navigation system according to the third embodiment can present a recommended route including a route that the user has not yet taken to the user.

  The hardware configuration of the portable navigation system according to the third embodiment is the same as that of the portable navigation system according to the second embodiment except for the functional configuration of the CPU 21. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the CPU 21 used in the portable navigation system according to the third embodiment. The CPU 21 is configured by adding a gradient calculation unit 36 realized by software processing to the configuration of the CPU according to the second embodiment shown in FIG.

  Each time the road data sent from the road detection unit 32 indicates the end of a predetermined section (for example, 100 m), the gradient calculation unit 36 reads the road gradient of the predetermined section from the map data storage unit 18a. Calculation is performed based on altitude data included in the data, and the result is sent to the control unit 34. The control unit 34 associates the gradient sent from the gradient calculating unit 36 with the calorie consumption in the predetermined section sent from the calorie consumption calculating unit 33 in the table format in the calorie consumption storage unit 18b. Remember. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a table stored in the calorie consumption storage unit 18b, in which calorie consumption per 100 m is stored for each gradient value.

  The route search unit 35 selects a plurality of routes from the current position detected by the current position detection unit 31 to the destination input from the operation input device 14 based on the map data stored in the map data storage unit 18a. Explore. Then, the calories consumed in each of the searched plural routes are calculated based on the calorie consumption read from the calorie consumption storage unit 18b and sent to the control unit 34 together with the routes.

  The control unit 34 displays the map including the plurality of routes by reading out the map data including the plurality of routes sent from the route searching unit 35 from the map data storage unit 18a and sending the map data to the display 17, and further calorie consumption. The calorie consumption amount of each of the plurality of routes read out from the amount storage unit 18b is calculated, whereby the display 17 displays a plurality of routes from the current position to the destination as shown in FIG. The calorie consumption is displayed.

  As described above, according to the portable navigation system according to the third embodiment, when the user actually passes a certain road, the calorie consumption for each gradient value is calculated and stored, and the route search is performed. Sometimes, for each of a plurality of searched routes, the calorie consumption is calculated and displayed based on the gradient value, so the calorie consumption is predicted for the route that the user has not yet passed. can do.

  In the portable navigation system according to the third embodiment, the target value of calorie consumption desired to be consumed by the user before reaching the destination is set as in the portable navigation system according to the second embodiment. In addition, if a route that can achieve this is displayed, it is possible to search for a “detour” route that allows the user to achieve the target calorie consumption.

Embodiment 4 FIG.
A portable navigation system according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention is configured to be able to present information for navigation function and health promotion using a mobile phone. In the following, a portable navigation system for bicycles will be described.

  FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a portable navigation system according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention. This portable navigation system includes a mobile phone 4 with a built-in GPS function, a bicycle cradle 5 and a heart rate sensor 3. The mobile phone 4 is used by being mounted on a cradle 5. The heart rate sensor 3 is the same as that of the portable navigation system according to the first embodiment.

  The cradle 5 includes a connector 51, a wheel rotation sensor 52, a heart rate monitor 53, and a wireless reception unit 54. The connector 51 is used for connecting the mobile phone 4 to the cradle 5. The wheel rotation sensor 52 measures the moving speed of the own vehicle. The moving speed of the own vehicle measured by the wheel rotation sensor 52 is sent to the mobile phone 4 via the connector 51 as a speed signal. The wheel rotation sensor 52 includes a sensor that measures the number of rotations of the wheel, and calculates a moving speed based on the number of rotations measured by the sensor.

  Heart rate meter 53 and wireless receiving unit 54 are the same as heart rate monitor 15 and wireless receiving unit 16 of the portable navigation system according to the first embodiment. The heart rate calculated by the heart rate monitor 53 is sent to the mobile phone 4 via the connector 51.

  The mobile phone 4 is equipped with a GPS receiver 41 and navigation software 42. The GPS receiver 41 is the same as the GPS receiver 11 in the first to third embodiments. The navigation software 42 has the same functions as the current position detection unit 31, the road detection unit 32, the calorie consumption calculation unit 33, the control unit 34, the route search unit 35, and the gradient calculation unit 36 in the first to third embodiments. Including. Although the display 17 and the data storage 18 are not shown, a display and a memory provided in the mobile phone 4 are used.

  The operation of the portable navigation system according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention configured as described above acquires the heart rate from the heart rate monitor 53 mounted on the cradle 5, and the moving speed is the wheel mounted on the cradle 5. Except for acquiring from the rotation sensor 52, the operation is the same as that of the first to third embodiments.

  As described above, according to the portable navigation system according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention, the same effects as the portable navigation system according to the first to third embodiments described above can be obtained.

  The portable navigation system according to the fourth embodiment can be used as a walking or running navigation system when only the mobile phone 4 taken out from the cradle 5 is used. Further, the wheel rotation sensor 52 can be removed from the cradle 5 and used as a navigation system for walking or running. Furthermore, the mobile phone 4 can be configured to incorporate the functions of the cradle 5.

It is a block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of the portable navigation system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure of CPU used with the portable navigation system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the road displayed by the portable navigation system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention, and calorie consumption. It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure of CPU used with the portable navigation system which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure of CPU used with the portable navigation system which concerns on Embodiment 3 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the table memorize | stored in the calorie consumption memory | storage part in the portable navigation system which concerns on Embodiment 3 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the path | route and calorie consumption which are displayed with the portable navigation system which concerns on Embodiment 3 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of the portable navigation system which concerns on Embodiment 4 of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

  1 Main unit, 2 Cradle, 3 Heart rate sensor, 4 Mobile phone, 5 Cradle, 11 GPS receiver, 12 Vehicle speed sensor, 13 Gyro sensor, 14 Operation input device, 15 Heart rate monitor, 16 Wireless receiver, 17 Display, 18 Data storage , 18a Map data storage unit, 18b Calorie consumption storage unit, 19 ROM, 20 RAM, 21 CPU, 22 Moving means identifier, 31 Current position detection unit, 32 Road detection unit, 33 Calorie consumption calculation unit, 34 Control unit , 35 route search unit, 36 gradient calculation unit, 41 GPS receiver, 42 navigation software, 51 connector, 52 wheel rotation sensor, 53 heart rate monitor, 54 wireless reception unit.

Claims (4)

A heart rate monitor that counts your heart rate;
A calorie consumption calculator that calculates calorie consumption based on the heart rate counted by the heart rate monitor;
A map data storage unit for storing map data;
A current position detector for detecting the current position;
A road detection unit that detects a road that has passed by matching the current position detected by the current position detection unit and the map data read from the map data storage unit;
A calorie consumption storage unit that stores the calorie consumption in the section calculated by the calorie consumption calculation unit in association with each section of the road detected by the road detection unit;
A display unit that displays the corresponding calorie consumption in each section of the road read from the calorie consumption storage unit in correspondence with each section of the road indicated by the map data read from the map data storage unit Navigation system. An operation input device for inputting the destination and the target value of calorie consumption;
A recommended route that can exceed the target value of calorie consumption input by the operation input device from a plurality of routes from the current position detected by the current position detection unit to the destination input by the operation input device. A route search unit for searching based on the map data read from the map data storage unit and the calorie consumption read from the calorie consumption storage unit,
The display unit displays the recommended route searched by the route search unit based on the map data read from the map data storage unit, and displays the calorie consumption in each section of the recommended route read from the calorie consumption storage unit. The portable navigation system according to claim 1, wherein the portable navigation system is displayed. The slope of the road section detected by the road detection unit is calculated based on the altitude data included in the map data read from the map data storage unit, and the calculated slope and the calorie in the section calculated by the calorie consumption calculation unit are calculated. A gradient calculation unit that associates consumptions and stores them in a calorie consumption storage unit;
An operation input device for entering the destination,
A plurality of routes from the current position detected by the current position detection unit to the destination input by the operation input device are searched based on the map data read from the map data storage unit, and each of the searched plurality of routes is A route search unit that calculates a corresponding calorie consumption based on the calorie consumption stored in the calorie consumption storage unit;
The display unit displays a plurality of routes searched by the route search unit based on the map data read from the map data storage unit, and displays the calorie consumption amount of each route read from the calorie consumption storage unit. The portable navigation system according to claim 1. A cradle with a heart rate meter to count heart rate;
A portable navigation system comprising a mobile phone attached to the cradle,
The mobile phone
A calorie consumption calculator that calculates calorie consumption based on the heart rate counted by a heart rate meter provided in the cradle;
A map data storage unit for storing map data;
A current position detector for detecting the current position;
A road detection unit that detects a section of a road that has been passed by matching the current position detected by the current position detection unit and the map data read from the map data storage unit;
A calorie consumption storage unit for storing the calorie consumption in the section calculated by the calorie consumption calculation unit in association with the section of the road detected by the road detection unit;
A display unit that displays the corresponding calorie consumption in each section of the road read from the calorie consumption storage unit in correspondence with each section of the road indicated by the map data read from the map data storage unit Navigation system.

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