JP2010191503A - Navigation device, method and program for confirming safety in the same - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide "a navigation device, a safety confirmation method in the same and a safety confirmation program" for performing safety confirmation to a person living in an area wherein a disaster has occurred when the disaster has occurred. <P>SOLUTION: The safety confirmation method during the disaster occurrence in the navigation device includes: a step of connecting an external communication terminal storing telephone directory data; a step of obtaining the telephone directory data from the external communication terminal, and storing the obtained telephone directory data; a step (S102) of extracting disaster area information from an emergency broadcast when receiving the emergency broadcast including disaster information (S101); a step (S103) of retrieving a target person from the telephone directory data based on the extracted disaster area information; and a step (S109) transmitting safety confirmation information for the safety confirmation to the retrieved target person by use of the external communication terminal. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a navigation device having a function of searching for a route to a destination and guiding the searched route, and relates to a technique for confirming safety to a subject in a disaster area using the navigation device.

  Recent navigation devices are equipped with audio and video functions, and also receive digital terrestrial broadcasts, satellite radio broadcasts, etc., and acquire information from external devices via communication means such as Bluetooth. Has been developed to become a multimedia device. In addition, when a mobile phone is connected to the navigation device, it is possible to control the communication of the mobile phone from the navigation device and make a call using a hands-free device.

  When acquiring disaster information while traveling, it is important for the driver to know the location of the disaster in order to ensure safety during traveling. The disaster information can be acquired from emergency broadcasts such as radio broadcasts and television broadcasts. In addition, disaster information can be acquired from a server or the like if the navigation device is connected to the Internet.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a portable terminal device that automatically transmits an emergency mail including location information of its own device to a predetermined transmission destination when an emergency electronic mail is transmitted to a family or the like when an emergency broadcast is received from a broadcasting station. Is disclosed.

JP 2007-189461 A

  In the conventional navigation device, when the disaster information is received, if the disaster area is around the vehicle position, the safety confirmation can be easily performed. However, if the disaster area is far away from the location of your vehicle and your family or relatives live there, the current navigation system will be able to confirm the safety quickly. It is not a specification that can cope with a serious situation. That is, the navigation device does not necessarily store contact information of persons who want to confirm safety, and does not have a function for supporting contact with those persons when a disaster occurs.

  The present invention solves such a conventional problem, and a navigation apparatus and a safety confirmation method in a navigation apparatus capable of confirming safety to a person living in the area where the disaster occurred when a disaster occurs. And to provide a safety confirmation program.

  When a navigation device according to the present invention is connected to a receiving means for receiving a broadcast, a connecting means capable of connecting an external communication device storing telephone book data, and an external communication terminal, the telephone book data is received from the external communication terminal. The storage means for acquiring and storing the telephone directory data, the communication control means for controlling the communication of the external communication terminal when the external communication terminal is connected, and the emergency broadcast when the receiving means receives the emergency broadcast. Extraction means for extracting disaster area information included, and search means for searching for a target person from telephone directory data stored in the storage means based on the disaster area information, wherein the communication control means includes the search means When the target person is detected by the above, safety confirmation information for safety confirmation is transmitted to the searched target person via the external communication terminal.

  Preferably, the navigation device further includes display means for displaying a list of searched subjects, and selection means for selecting subjects from the list, wherein the communication control means is selected by the selection means. Send safety confirmation information to the target person. Preferably, when a response is received from the subject by the communication control means in response to the safety confirmation information, the display means excludes the subject who made the reply from the list.

  Preferably, the storage means further includes road map data including information in which an area code and an area are associated with each other, the search means refers to the road map data to determine the area of the disaster area information, and the telephone directory The target person corresponding to the area code of the area determined by referring to the data can be searched. The storage means further includes road map data including information in which a name and an address are associated with each other, and the search means refers to the road map data to search for a name that matches an object person included in the phone book data, In addition, it is possible to determine whether the address of the searched name corresponds to the disaster area information.

  A safety confirmation method at the time of occurrence of a disaster in a navigation device according to the present invention includes a step of connecting an external communication terminal storing phone book data, acquiring phone book data from the external communication terminal, and storing the acquired phone book data A step of extracting disaster area information from the emergency broadcast when receiving an emergency broadcast including disaster information, a step of searching for a target person from the phone book data based on the extracted disaster area information, and a searched target Transmitting safety confirmation information for confirming safety to a person using an external communication terminal. The safety confirmation method further refers to road map data including information that associates the area code with the area, determines the area of the extracted disaster area information, and searches for the target person having the determined area code. can do. The safety confirmation method further refers to road map data including information that associates name and address, searches for a name that matches the target person included in the phone book data, and the address of the searched name is disaster area information It is possible to determine whether or not this is true. Preferably, the safety confirmation method further includes a step of displaying a list of searched target persons and a step of selecting a target person from the displayed list, and transmits safety confirmation information to the selected target persons.

  The safety confirmation program executed by the navigation device according to the present invention at the time of disaster is obtained by acquiring phone book data from the external communication terminal when the external communication terminal storing the phone book data is connected, and storing the acquired phone book data. When an emergency broadcast containing disaster information is received and stored in the storage device, the disaster area information is extracted from the emergency broadcast, the target person is searched from the phone book data based on the extracted disaster area information, and the searched target The safety confirmation information for confirming safety is transmitted to the person using the external communication terminal.

  According to the present invention, when telephone directory data is acquired from an external communication terminal and an emergency broadcast is received, a target person is searched from the telephone directory data based on the disaster area information, and safety confirmation information is transmitted to the target person. Therefore, after receiving the emergency broadcast, the target person living in the disaster area can be automatically searched, and the safety of the target person can be easily confirmed. Furthermore, by registering the relationship between the area code and the area in the road map data of the navigation device, the target person can be searched from the area code corresponding to the area of the disaster area using the road map data. Data efficiency.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the navigation apparatus which concerns on the Example of this invention. It is an example of the table which showed the correspondence between the area code and the area. It is a functional block diagram of the safety confirmation program of the navigation apparatus of a present Example. It is an example of the telephone directory data acquired from the external communication terminal. It is an example of the list | wrist of the subject searched for safety confirmation. It is a flowchart which shows the safety confirmation operation | movement at the time of a disaster in the navigation apparatus of a present Example. It is an example of a display of the safety confirmation message transmitted to a subject. It is an example of a display when making a call to a target person. It is an example of the table which shows the correspondence of an area code and an area. It is a flowchart which shows the safety confirmation operation | movement at the time of a disaster of a 2nd Example.

  The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the navigation device according to the present embodiment. The navigation apparatus 1 includes a vehicle position detection unit 10 that detects the position of the vehicle by a GPS receiver or a self-contained navigation sensor (such as a gyro sensor or a speed sensor), an FM radio broadcast, a satellite radio broadcast, and other communication means. A receiving unit 20 that receives road traffic information, an input unit 30 that receives user input from a touch panel, a remote controller, a mouse, or a voice input, a storage unit 40 that stores data using a hard disk device or other storage medium, and an external device A connection unit 50 for connecting a wireless network or a wire, a display unit 60 for displaying a road map or the like on a display, an audio output unit 70 for outputting audio, a program memory 80 for storing a program, and data temporarily Data memory 90 stored in the control unit, and a control unit that controls navigation operations by executing programs 00 and configured to include a.

  The storage unit 40 stores road map data that is displayed when the navigation function is executed. The road map data includes link (road) data, intersection data, facility data, and the like. As shown in FIG. 2, the road map data further includes a correspondence table as information in which the area code is associated with the corresponding area. For example, if the area code is “03”, the area of Tokyo's 23 wards corresponds, and if “043”, the area corresponds to Chiba City.

  Furthermore, the storage unit 40 stores telephone directory data acquired from an external communication terminal when an external communication terminal such as a mobile phone is connected to the connection unit 50 as described later. The phone book data can include, for example, a name, a phone number, an address, and an e-mail address. This telephone directory data is used to confirm the safety of the target person in the disaster area when an emergency broadcast such as disaster information is received by the navigation device. Furthermore, the memory | storage part 40 has memorize | stored the template or fixed format sentence which defined the mail transmission content for safety confirmation information.

  The program memory 80 stores a program for executing the navigation function. The program includes, for example, a program for searching for an optimum route to the destination, a program for guiding the route to the destination, and emergency broadcast by the receiving unit 20. Including a safety confirmation program for confirming the safety of the subject person when receiving.

  The data memory 90 temporarily stores the vehicle position data detected by the vehicle position detection unit 10, the contents of the emergency broadcast received by the reception unit 20, the road map data around the vehicle position read from the storage unit 40, and the like. To remember.

  FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the safety confirmation program in the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, the safety confirmation program includes a telephone directory data acquisition unit 110 that acquires telephone directory data from an external communication terminal such as a mobile phone, and an emergency broadcast decoding unit 120 that decodes an emergency broadcast received by the reception unit 20. A disaster area information extracting unit 130 for extracting disaster area information from the decoded emergency broadcast; a search unit 140 for searching for a target person having an address or a residence in the disaster area from the telephone directory data; and a list of searched target persons. A list creation unit 150 that creates and displays this on the display unit 60, a selection unit 160 that selects a target person in the list according to a user input from the input unit 30, and a safety confirmation information read that reads safety confirmation information from the storage unit 40 The unit 170 includes a transmission unit 180 that transmits the safety confirmation information to the selected target person.

  When the external communication terminal is connected, the phone book data acquisition unit 110 synchronizes the phone book data stored in the memory of the external communication terminal device with the phone book data in the storage unit 40. The synchronization is performed in response to the connection of the external communication terminal device or in response to an instruction from the user. FIG. 4 shows an example of the phone book data of the external communication terminal. The phone book data includes items for registering name, address, phone number, and e-mail, for example. Not all of this information is registered, and examples of registration in the telephone directory are classified into several patterns. As shown in FIG. 4, a telephone number having name A and an area code is registered in the first item, and a telephone number and mail address having name B, address, and area code are registered in the second item. In the third item, name C, mobile phone number and mail address are registered. In the fourth item, name D, address and mobile phone number are registered. The name is not necessarily a full name, but may be a nickname or a nickname.

  The storage unit 40 preferably has telephone directory data having a data structure similar to that of the external communication terminal. In this case, the telephone directory data acquired from the external communication terminal is registered to be added to the own telephone directory data. can do. On the other hand, when the data formats of the two are different, the navigation device may acquire the telephone directory data of the external communication terminal as it is and store it in the storage unit 40.

  When a disaster occurs while the receiving unit 20 is receiving a radio broadcast or a television broadcast, an emergency broadcast is normally interrupted. The emergency broadcast is information coded like, for example, TMC (Traffic Message channel) or RDS (Radio Data System), and this information is multiplexed into satellite radio broadcast or FM broadcast. The broadcast content received by the receiving unit 20 is stored in the data memory 90, and the emergency broadcast decoding unit 120 decodes the emergency broadcast. The decrypted emergency broadcast includes disaster contents, disaster area information, and the like.

  The disaster area information extraction unit 130 extracts disaster area information from the content of the decoded emergency broadcast. The disaster area information is extracted by, for example, decoding a unique identification code, and the disaster area information includes, for example, latitude and longitude information indicating the disaster area occurrence area. Further, when the disaster area information is a text mark, the disaster area may be extracted by comparing with the place name included in the road map data stored in the storage unit 40.

  The search unit 140 searches a person who should be the target of the safety confirmation information from the telephone directory data based on the extracted disaster area information. For example, a target person having an address included in a municipality where the disaster occurred is searched. In a preferred example, the extracted disaster area is compared with the area of the area station correspondence table shown in FIG. 2, the area of the disaster area or the area including the disaster area is determined, and the area code of the determined area is A subject having a matching area code is searched from the telephone directory data shown in FIG. For example, when the disaster area is Tokyo, the search unit 140 determines “03” from the area code correspondence table and searches the name A and the name B from the telephone directory data of FIG. When the disaster area corresponds to a plurality of area codes, the target person of each area code is searched.

  In another preferable example, an address matching the disaster area is determined with reference to the telephone directory data, and a target person corresponding to the address is searched. For example, when the disaster area is Tokyo, the search unit 140 determines “Tokyo” from the address of the telephone directory data in FIG. 4 and searches for the corresponding name B and name D.

  In still another preferred example, the street map data and the phone book data are collated and a name address is searched. In the road map data, the relationship between the name and address may be registered as telephone directory data used when performing destination search. For example, in the phone book data shown in FIG. 4, for name C, there is no registration of an address, and registration of a mobile phone number without an area code. In such a case, the search unit 140 searches whether a name that matches the name C is registered in the road map data, and if registered, the address of the name corresponds to the disaster area. It is determined whether or not to do so.

  The list creation unit 150 creates a list including selection items for selecting whether or not safety confirmation should be performed with the searched target person based on the search result of the search unit 140. In addition to this, an address and a telephone number may be formed in the list. The list created by the list creation unit 150 is displayed on the display unit 60. FIG. 5 shows an example of a list of target persons retrieved from the telephone directory data of FIG. 4 when the disaster area is “Tokyo”. The target persons A and B are searched when their area codes match, and the target person D is searched when their addresses match.

  The list shown in FIG. 5 is displayed by the display unit 60, and the selection unit 160 selects a target person to execute safety confirmation from the list in response to a user input. Preferably, the user is selected by checking a selection box in the list.

  The safety confirmation information reading unit 170 reads the safety confirmation information stored in the storage unit 40. The safety confirmation information includes message contents such as “Please reply if safe”. The safety confirmation information transmission unit 180 transmits the read safety confirmation message to the e-mail address of the target person using an external communication terminal connected to the navigation device. If the subject's e-mail address does not exist, a message prompting the user to input the e-mail address may be displayed, and the user input may be sent for transmission. Alternatively, when the e-mail address is inside, a call may be made to the target person.

  Next, the safety confirmation operation at the time of disaster occurrence in the navigation apparatus of the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. If a disaster occurs during a television broadcast or a radio broadcast, the emergency broadcast is interrupted and the emergency broadcast is decoded (step S101). The disaster area extraction unit 130 extracts disaster area information from the decrypted content (step S102). In addition, the content of the disaster information is output by the display unit 60 and the audio output unit 70.

  Next, the search unit 140 searches the target person whose safety should be confirmed from the telephone directory data based on the disaster area information (step S103). If there is an area code in the phone book data, the area code corresponding to the disaster area is searched. If there is no area code, the address in the phone book data is searched and the address is in the phone book data. Is searched for the name and address corresponding to the road map data.

  Based on the search result by the search unit 140, the list creation unit 150 creates a list of searched target persons (step S104). The created list is displayed on the display unit 60 (step S105), and the selection unit 160 selects a target person from the list in response to a user input, and checks a selection box of the selected target person (step S106). ).

  Next, the safety confirmation information reading unit 170 reads the safety confirmation information from the storage unit 40 (step S107). The safety confirmation information transmission unit 180 checks whether or not the selected target person includes an email address (step S108), and if included, transmits a safety confirmation message to the email address ( Step S109). The safety confirmation message can be transmitted all at once to the selected target persons. On the other hand, when the e-mail address is not included, the safety confirmation information transmitting unit 180 displays a communication start screen for each target person on the display unit 60, and the target person according to a confirmation button from the user or the like. (Step S110).

  In the above embodiment, the target person is selected using the selection box of the list. However, messages addressed to the target person in the list may be displayed one by one, and selected or not selected there. FIG. 7 is an example of a message as safety confirmation information. In the message, a portion 200 in which the name of the subject person and a safety confirmation message are described, a selection button 210 for selecting execution of safety confirmation, and a transmission button 220 for executing transmission of the message are displayed. When the transmission button 220 is input, a safety confirmation message is transmitted, and the message of the next target person is displayed.

  The safety confirmation information transmission unit 180 makes a call to the subject when the subject's email address does not exist. At this time, a call start screen as shown in FIG. 8 is displayed. On the call screen, a message 230 prompting a call for safety confirmation, a target person and their telephone number 240, and a button 250 indicating whether or not to execute the call are displayed. When execution of the call is selected, the call is started via the external communication terminal.

  Further, when the button 250 to be talked is selected, the safety information confirmation transmitting unit 180 displays “Safety confirmation information read by the safety confirmation information reading unit 170”. May be automatically output to the subject. In addition, since the telephone line is expected to be congested, automatic redialing may be repeated until the telephone is connected.

  Further, upon receiving the response from the target person after transmitting the safety confirmation information to the target person, the list creating unit 150 excludes or deletes the list of the target person from the list. Alternatively, a check box indicating that there has been a response from the subject may be displayed in the list. Thereby, the safety of the subject can be checked immediately.

  Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the first embodiment, the telephone book data of the external communication terminal is synchronized with the navigation device, and when the emergency broadcast is received, the target person is searched from the telephone book data, whereas the second embodiment is the emergency broadcast. Is received, the phone book data of the external communication terminal is accessed, and the target person is searched.

  The disaster area information includes, for example, an area code for specifying the disaster area. The area code is a code assigned to the corresponding area, and the disaster area can be identified from the area code without knowing the name and coordinates of the disaster area. FIG. 9 shows an example of a table indicating the correspondence between area codes and regions. For example, area code “01” is associated with “Tokyo”, and area code “02” is associated with “Kanagawa”. The relationship between the area code and the area is registered in the storage unit 40 in advance.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart of the safety confirmation operation in the navigation device of the second embodiment. When the receiving unit 20 receives the emergency broadcast (step S201), the disaster area information extracting unit 130 extracts the area code included in the emergency broadcast (step S202) and refers to the area code table as shown in FIG. The disaster area is identified (step S203).

  Next, the search unit 140 accesses the external communication terminal (step S204), refers to the telephone book data stored therein, and the target person having the area code corresponding to the specified area, and the specified person. A target person having an address corresponding to the specified area is searched (step S205). In the case of a target person who does not have both an address and an area code, the address may be searched from the name of the target person with reference to the road map data of the navigation device. Next, the list creation unit 150 creates a list of searched target persons (step S206), and thereafter, safety confirmation information is transmitted to the target persons as in the first embodiment (see FIG. Step S207).

  The preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above, but the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiment, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the present invention described in the claims. Deformation / change is possible. In the first embodiment, the phone book data of the external communication terminal is synchronized in advance, but when the navigation device receives disaster information, the phone book data of the navigation device is synchronized with the phone book data of the external communication terminal. You may do it.

1: navigation device 10: own vehicle position detection unit 20: reception unit 30: input unit 40: storage unit 50: connection unit 60: audio output unit 70: display unit 80: program memory 90: data memory 100: control unit

Claims (11)

Receiving means for receiving broadcasts;
A connection means capable of connecting an external communication device storing telephone book data;
When an external communication terminal is connected, storage means for acquiring phone book data from the external communication terminal and storing the phone book data;
Communication control means for controlling communication of the external communication terminal when the external communication terminal is connected;
An extraction means for extracting disaster area information included in the emergency broadcast when the receiving means receives the emergency broadcast;
Search means for searching for a target person from the phone book data stored in the storage means based on the disaster area information,
The communication control means, when a target person is detected by the search means, transmits safety confirmation information for safety confirmation to the searched target person via an external communication terminal.
Navigation device. The navigation device further includes display means for displaying a list of searched subjects, and selection means for selecting subjects from the list, wherein the communication control means is a subject selected by the selection means. The navigation device according to claim 1, wherein safety confirmation information is transmitted to the device. The navigation apparatus according to claim 2, wherein when the response from the subject is received by the communication control means in response to the safety confirmation information, the display means excludes the subject who made the reply from the list. The storage means includes road map data including information that associates an area code with a region, the search means refers to the road map data to determine a region of disaster area information, and the phone book data The navigation device according to claim 1, wherein a target person corresponding to the area code of the area determined by reference is searched. The storage means includes road map data including information in which a name and an address are associated with each other, and the search means refers to the road map data to search for a name that matches a target person included in the phone book data. The vehicle-mounted electronic device according to claim 1, wherein it is determined whether or not the address of the searched name corresponds to disaster area information. A safety confirmation method in the event of a disaster in a navigation device,
Connecting an external communication terminal storing phone book data;
Acquiring phone book data from an external communication terminal and storing the acquired phone book data;
When receiving an emergency broadcast including disaster information, extracting disaster area information from the emergency broadcast;
Searching the target person from the phone book data based on the extracted disaster area information;
Sending safety confirmation information for safety confirmation to the searched target person using an external communication terminal;
A safety confirmation method. The safety confirmation method further refers to road map data including information that associates the area code with the area, determines the area of the extracted disaster area information, and searches for the target person having the determined area code. The safety confirmation method according to claim 6. The safety confirmation method further refers to road map data including information that associates name and address, searches for a name that matches the target person included in the phone book data, and the address of the searched name is disaster area information The safety confirmation method according to claim 6, wherein it is determined whether or not this is true. The safety confirmation method further includes a step of displaying a list of searched target persons, and a step of selecting a target person from the displayed list, wherein the transmitting step includes the safety confirmation information to the selected target persons. The safety confirmation method according to claim 6, wherein: A safety confirmation program executed by a navigation device when a disaster occurs,
When the external communication terminal storing the phone book data is connected, the phone book data is acquired from the external communication terminal, and the acquired phone book data is stored in the storage device.
When an emergency broadcast containing disaster information is received, disaster area information is extracted from the emergency broadcast,
Search the target person from the phone book data based on the extracted disaster area information,
Send the safety confirmation information for safety confirmation to the searched target person using an external communication terminal.
Safety confirmation program. The safety confirmation program further displays a list of searched subjects on the display, and when the subject is selected from the displayed list, the safety confirmation information is transmitted to the selected subject. Safety confirmation program.

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