JP3445116B2 - Information providing system control method - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information center which transmits event information relating to various events held in a plurality of entertainment facilities or a specific area and daily information for each region such as a weather forecast, and the information center. The present invention relates to a control method of an information providing system including an information terminal which accesses and receives the daily information of a desired area.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a navigation system, which is an in-vehicle information terminal, is connected to an information center by a telephone line, and held at a plurality of entertainment facilities or specified areas registered and stored in the database from the information center. It has been proposed to configure an information providing system including a vehicle-mounted information terminal and an information center having a function of receiving daily information such as event information and weather forecasts regarding various events that are performed. .

To briefly explain this information providing system, for example, as shown in FIG. 12, daily information such as event information and weather forecast is registered and stored in the information center 1 for each of a plurality of entertainment facilities and specific areas. A database is provided so that the in-vehicle information terminal mounted on the automobile 2 and the information center 1 are connected by a telephone line using a mobile phone, an automobile telephone, or the like.

When the information center 1 is called from the in-vehicle information terminal side and the telephone line is connected to enable mutual communication, and there is a search request for event information from the in-vehicle information terminal, The request is transmitted to the information center, the database is searched in the information center 1, the requested event information is read, the read event information is transmitted from the information center 1 to the vehicle-mounted information terminal, and the vehicle-mounted information terminal The details of the received event information are displayed on the display screen, and the driver or the like of the automobile 2 can know what kind of event is held from the display.

It is also possible to obtain desired event information by accessing the information center shown in FIG. 12 from this household information terminal using a household personal computer as an information terminal. An information providing system including various information terminals for home use and an information center has also been proposed.

In this case as well, the information center 1 is called from the home information terminal, the telephone lines are mutually connected, and a search request is issued from the home information terminal, whereby the information center 1 searches the database in response to the search request. Then, the requested event information is read out and transmitted from the information center 1 to the home information terminal.

[0007]

By the way, since the vehicle-mounted information terminal is composed of the navigation system as described above, as a normal usage pattern, the destination to be visited is set and the set destination or its surroundings is set. In the conventional system, the user can only operate the in-vehicle information terminal to set such a destination, for example, the home information terminal is operated. Then, the destination cannot be set in the vehicle-mounted information terminal, and the vehicle-mounted information terminal has to be operated for setting the destination, which is complicated.

An object of the present invention is to make it possible to easily set a destination for an on-vehicle information terminal.

[0009]

Means for Solving the Problems The invention according to claim 1 transmits a plurality of daily information for each region such as event information and weather forecasts related to various events held in a plurality of entertainment facilities or a specific area . and information center, in the control method of a plurality of information terminals and comprises information providing system for receiving the daily information by accessing the information center, the one of the respective information terminals and in-vehicle information terminal having a navigation function, Each information center
At least one of them is the destination for the in-vehicle information terminal
A setting information center for setting, the setting information sensor from the information terminal other than the vehicle information terminal
Access to the above information centers other than
Select the desired region from the regions
The selected area to the in-vehicle information terminal.
Except for the above setting information center when setting as a target location
From the information center to the setting information center
The identification data of the selected area is transmitted and the vehicle
The information terminal other than the on-board information terminal and the setting information sensor
And the information end other than the on-vehicle information terminal
Pre-allocated to the in-vehicle information terminal from the end
Send the identification data to the setting information center and
Identification data of the selected area by the fixed information center
Data and the identification data of the in-vehicle information terminal,
The vehicle corresponding to the identification data of the in-vehicle information terminal
Call the on-board information terminal to identify the selected area.
The destination setting is performed by transmitting position data corresponding to the data and receiving the position data by the in-vehicle information terminal and storing the position data in the storage means as the destination.

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[0015]

With such a configuration, when setting a destination in an on-vehicle information terminal from an information terminal other than the on-vehicle information terminal, the information terminal other than the on-vehicle information terminal is set to a destination other than the setting information center. If you access the information center and select a desired area as the destination from the areas guided by this information center, the identification data of the selected area will be sent from the information centers other than the setting information center to the setting information center. Meanwhile, the information terminals other than the on-vehicle information terminal and the setting information center are connected, and the identification data of the on-vehicle information terminal is transmitted from the information terminal other than the on-vehicle information terminal to the setting information center to set the setting information. The center calls the in-vehicle information terminal corresponding to the identification data and responds to the identification data of the area selected from the setting information center. Location data is transmitted to the in-vehicle information terminal, in-vehicle information terminal to stored position data of the areas that have been transmitted from the setting information center destination setting is carried out.

At this time, as described in claim 2 , the in-vehicle information terminal performs the destination setting and derives an optimum route from the current position of the own vehicle to the destination stored in the storage means. By doing so, the optimum route from the information terminal other than the on-vehicle information terminal to the destination set for the on-vehicle information terminal is derived, and the optimum route can be derived at the same time as setting the destination.

In addition, in the invention described in claim 1 or 2 , as described in claim 3 , the setting information center causes the vehicle-mounted information terminal to display the location data of the destination and the surrounding area of the destination. The daily information may be transmitted, and the vehicle-mounted information terminal may receive the location data of the destination and the daily information around the destination and store the daily information in the storage unit.

In this case, the daily information about the destination set for the vehicle-mounted information terminal can be obtained from the setting information center from the information terminals other than the vehicle-mounted information terminal.

[0020]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

(First Embodiment) A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. However, FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an information center, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an on-vehicle information terminal, FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a home information terminal, and FIGS. 4 to 6 are flowcharts for explaining the operation.

First, FIG. 1 showing an information center constituting the information providing system will be described.

In FIG. 1, 5 is a center-side database unit as a main data storage unit that stores daily information for a plurality of entertainment facilities, event information for each specific area, and daily forecasts for each area, and 6 is a navigation system to be described later. Center-side communication unit that transmits and receives to and from the in-vehicle information terminal made up of and the home information terminal installed at each home, etc. by using a telephone line, 7 is a display unit made up of a liquid crystal display or CRT, and 8 is a center. A center side operation unit including a keyboard used for updating data of the side database unit 5, a storage unit 9 for temporarily storing data, and a center side control unit 10 for controlling each unit and performing communication on the center side. A search request is received from a vehicle-mounted or home-use information terminal, which will be described later, via the unit 6, and the center-side database unit is based on the received request. The find and read a predetermined daily information, transmits the daily information read via the center-side communication unit 6.

Further, the center-side control section 10 receives the identification data and the destination transmitted from the home-use information terminal, which will be described later, and calls the on-vehicle information terminal, which will be described later, corresponding to the received identification data. The received position data of the destination is transmitted to the mobile information terminal, and at the same time, the center side database unit 5 is searched to receive the vicinity of the destination (for example, 1
It has a function of reading daily information (within 0 km) and transmitting it to the in-vehicle information terminal.

As described above, the information center 11 is constituted by the center side database unit 5, the center side communication unit 6, the display unit 7, the center side operation unit 8, the storage unit 9 and the center side control unit 10.

Next, FIG. 2 showing an on-vehicle information terminal which constitutes the information providing system will be described.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 15 is an in-vehicle communication section that transmits and receives data to and from the center-side communication section 6 of the information center 11 by using a telephone line, and 16 is a G that detects the current vehicle position.
A position detection unit composed of PS (Global Positioning System), 17 is a vehicle-mounted operation unit equipped with a plurality of operation keys for moving a cursor, 18 is a display unit composed of a liquid crystal display, 19 is guidance information for navigation, etc. A voice output unit for synthesizing and outputting voice, 20 is a local database unit including a CD-ROM storing map data, 2
Reference numeral 1 is a storage unit for temporary storage of data, and 22 is a vehicle-mounted control unit, which controls each unit and is set by map data around the vehicle position detected by the position detection unit 16 and operation of the operation unit 17. The map data around the destination and the position data of the destination are read from the local database unit 20, and the display unit 18 has a function of displaying a road map based on the read map data and a mark indicating the detected vehicle position. Also, it has a route guidance function of deriving an optimum route to the set destination, displaying the route on the map being displayed, and guiding the voice by the voice output unit 19 according to the route.

The on-vehicle control unit 22 controls each unit to the power saving mode, cancels the power saving mode when there is a connection request from the information center, and the information center 11 via the on-vehicle communication unit 15. The location data of the destination and the daily information around the destination, which are transmitted from the destination, are received, and the received location data of the destination and the daily information around the destination are stored in the local database unit 20 which is a storage unit. , Has a function of deriving an optimum route from the current position of the own vehicle to the stored destination.

Further, the vehicle-mounted side control unit 22 includes a display unit 18
It also has a function of displaying the daily change information stored in the local database unit 20 by controlling, and also controlling the voice output unit 19 to appropriately output the daily change information as a voice.

In this way, the in-vehicle communication section 15, the position detection section 16, the in-vehicle operation section 17, the display section 18, the voice output section 1
The in-vehicle information terminal 23 includes the 9, the local database unit 20, the storage unit 21, and the in-vehicle control unit 22.

Further, FIG. 3 showing a home information terminal which constitutes the information providing system will be described.

In FIG. 3, reference numeral 25 is a terminal side communication section for transmitting and receiving data to and from the center side communication section 6 of the information center 11 using a telephone line, 26 is a terminal side operation section including a keyboard and the like, and 27 is a CRT. A display unit 28, a storage unit 28 for temporary storage of data, and a terminal-side control unit 29, which controls each unit, and controls the terminal-side communication unit 25 and the center-side communication unit 6.
And the destination for the vehicle-mounted information terminal 23 input by the operation of the terminal side operation unit 26 and the identification data (for example, a telephone number) pre-assigned to the vehicle-mounted information terminal 23 are transmitted to the information center 11 side. Have a function.

As described above, the terminal side communication section 25, the terminal side operation section 26, the display section 27, the storage section 28 and the terminal side control section 2
9, the home information terminal 30 is configured.

Next, the operations of the information center 11, the in-vehicle information terminal 23, and the home information terminal 30 will be described.

First, the operation of the home information terminal 30 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 4. As shown in FIG. 4, the user's request is read by operating the terminal side operation unit 26 (step S1). ), Information Center 1
It is determined whether or not there is a connection request with the communication terminal 1 (step S2). If the result of this determination is NO, the procedure returns to step S1. If the result of the determination is YES, the telephone line with the information center 11 is connected. Then, (step S3), the guide of the facility where various events are held (hereinafter referred to as facility guide) transmitted from the information center 11 is received,
(Step S4), the received facility guide is displayed on the display unit 27.

Then, in order to set the destination for the on-vehicle information terminal 23, the area of the desired facility or the like which is the destination is selected from the facility guide or the guidebook displayed on the display unit 27. When the destination is input by the terminal side operation unit 26, whether or not the identification data (hereinafter referred to as a navigation ID) pre-assigned to the vehicle-mounted information terminal 23 and the position data of the destination are input or not. Is determined (step S5), and if the determination result is YES, the navigation ID and the destination are transmitted to the information center (step S6).

On the other hand, if the decision result in the above-mentioned step S5 is NO, the process proceeds to the step S7 after the process of the step S6, and a request for not connecting the telephone line to the center side communication section 6, that is, connecting is being made. It is determined whether or not there is a request to disconnect the telephone line (step S7). If the determination result is NO, the process returns to step S5 and the determination result is Y.
If it is ES, the telephone line to the information center 11 is disconnected (step S8), and then the process returns to step S1.

Next, the operation of the information center 11 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, it is determined whether or not there is a connection request for a telephone line from the vehicle-mounted communication section 15 of the vehicle-mounted information terminal 23 or the terminal-side communication section 25 of the home-use information terminal 30 to the center-side communication section 6. (Step T1), and if the result of this determination is YES, the telephone line to the information terminal for which the connection request was made is connected (step T2), and the facility guide is transmitted to that information terminal (step T3). , And then when the determination result of step T1 is NO, step T4
Move to.

Then, in step T4, it is determined whether or not the navigation ID and the destination are received from the home information terminal 30 (step T4), and the determination result is NO.
If so, it is determined whether or not there is a request for not connecting the telephone line from the connected information terminal to the center side communication unit 6, that is, a request for disconnecting the connected telephone line (step T
5) If the determination result is NO, the process returns to step T1. If the determination result is YES, the telephone line with the information terminal that has made the unconnection request is disconnected (step T6), and then the process returns to step T1.

On the other hand, if the decision result in the above step T4 is YES, the telephone line between the in-vehicle side communication section 15 and the center side communication section 6 of the in-vehicle information terminal 23 corresponding to the received navigation ID is connected. Then, the received position data (latitude, longitude) of the destination and the daily change information around the destination (within 10 km) are transmitted to the on-vehicle information terminal 23 side (step T8), and the on-vehicle information terminal 23. After the telephone line between and is disconnected (Step T
9) and moves to step T5.

Next, the operation of the vehicle information terminal 23 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 6, it is determined whether or not there is a connection request for a telephone line from the center side communication section 6 of the information center 11 to the vehicle side communication section 15 of the vehicle information terminal 23 ( Step U1), if this determination result is NO, this determination is repeated until the determination result becomes YES,
If the determination result is YES, the power saving mode is released (step U2), the telephone line to the information center 11 is connected (step U3), and the position data of the destination transmitted from the information center 11 and this destination Daily information around the ground is received (step U4).

After the telephone line to the information center 11 is disconnected (step U5), the position data of the destination received in step U4 and the daily change information around the destination are stored in the local database unit 20. At the same time, the optimum route to the destination is derived, the destination for route guidance is set (step U6), the power saving mode is set again (step U7), and then the process returns to step U1. .

In this way, when setting the destination for the on-vehicle information terminal 23, the home information terminal 30 other than the on-vehicle information terminal 23 is operated to set the destination and the on-vehicle information terminal 23. By inputting the navigation ID assigned in advance to the information terminal 23, the destination and the navigation ID are transmitted to the information center 11, and the information center 1
The in-vehicle information terminal 23 corresponding to the navigation ID is called by 1 and the position data of the destination and the daily information around the destination are transmitted from the information center 11 to the in-vehicle information terminal 23. The position data of the destination and the daily information around the destination are stored, and at the same time, the in-vehicle information terminal 23 derives the optimum route to the destination and sets the destination.

Therefore, according to the first embodiment, for example, the home information terminal 30 other than the on-vehicle information terminal 23 can easily set the destination to the on-vehicle information terminal 23 and the user can set the destination. When the user gets in the car, the destination information has already been set in the vehicle-mounted information terminal 23, and the vehicle-mounted information terminal 23 has the purpose of setting the destination as in the conventional case.
It is possible to set the destination for the vehicle-mounted information terminal 23 while being away from the own vehicle without operating the.

(Second Embodiment) A second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. However, FIG. 7 is a block diagram of the facility information center, and FIGS. 8 to 11 are flowcharts for explaining the operation.

In this embodiment, the information center 1
1, the in-vehicle information terminal 23 and the home information terminal 30 have the same configurations as those shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, respectively. Therefore, although the following description also refers to FIGS. It is called center 11.

This embodiment is largely different from the above-mentioned first embodiment in that one of a plurality of information centers is a setting information center 11 for setting a destination in the on-vehicle information terminal 23, The other is to be the facility information center installed in each facility, and the facility information center other than the in-vehicle information terminal 23, for example, the home information terminal 30, accesses the facility information center other than the setting information center 11 to access this facility. The operation when a desired area is selected from the areas guided by the vehicle information center and the selected area is set as the destination for the in-vehicle information terminal 23 is different from that in the first embodiment described above. There is.

Therefore, first, referring to FIG. 7 showing the configuration of the facility information center, it has basically the same configuration as the setting information center 11. That is, in FIG. 7, 32 is a center-side database section that stores daily information for each region, like the center-side database section 5, and 33 is the vehicle-mounted information terminal 23 or home-use information terminal, similar to the center-side communication section 6. A center-side communication unit that transmits and receives data to and from 30 using a telephone line, 34 is a display unit including a liquid crystal display or CRT, 35 is a center-side operation unit including a keyboard, and 36 is a storage unit for temporarily storing data. , 37 are control units on the center side, which control each unit similarly to the control unit 10 on the center side, and receive search requests from the in-vehicle and home information terminals 23, 30 via the communication unit 33 on the center side. , The center side database unit 32 is searched based on the received request, and facility information and detailed daily information are mounted on the vehicle through the center side communication unit 33, and for home use. To send to the end 23, 30.

Further, when setting the destination from the home information terminal 30 to the on-vehicle information terminal 23, the center side control unit 10 selects a desired area from the areas being guided by the home information terminal 30. When is selected as the destination,
It has a function of transmitting the identification data of the selected area to the setting information center 11 and connecting the home information terminal 30 and the setting information center 11.

At this time, for example, an icon of a link button is displayed on the display screen of the facility guide transmitted to the home information terminal 30, and the home information terminal 30 and the setting information center 11 are clicked by clicking the link button with the cursor. It is sufficient to make a switching connection with.

In this way, the center side database unit 3
2, the center side communication unit 33, the display unit 34, the center side operation unit 35, the storage unit 36, and the center side control unit 37 constitute a facility information center 38.

As a function of the center-side control section 10 of the setting information center 11, when the identification data of the area selected as the destination is transmitted from the facility information center 38, it corresponds to this identification data. The local position data is searched and transmitted to the vehicle-mounted information terminal 23.

Next, the operations of the setting information center 11, the facility information center 38, the vehicle information terminal 23, and the home information terminal 30 will be described.

First, the operation of the home information terminal 30 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 8. As shown in FIG. 8, the user's request is read by operating the terminal-side operation unit 26 (step K1). ), It is determined whether or not there is a connection request with the facility information center 38 (step K2), and if this determination result is NO, step K
Returning to 1, if the determination result is YES, the telephone line to the facility information center 38 is connected (step K3),
The facility guide for various events is received from the facility information center 38 (step K).
4) The received facility guide is displayed on the display unit 27.

Then, in order to set the destination for the on-vehicle information terminal 23, from the facility guide displayed on the display unit 27, the area of the desired facility or the like which is the destination by the operation of the terminal side operation unit 26. It is determined whether or not there is a request for setting the destination to the in-vehicle information terminal 23 due to the selection (step K5), and if the determination result is NO, a telephone call with the center side communication unit 33 is made. It is determined whether or not there is a request to disconnect the line, that is, a request to disconnect the connected telephone line (step K6), and the determination result is NO.
If so, the process returns to step K5. If the determination result is YES, the telephone line to the facility information center 38 is disconnected (step K7), and then the process returns to step K1.

On the other hand, if the decision result in the above step K5 is YES, the terminal side communication unit 25 is switched and connected to the center side communication unit 6 of the setting information center 11 in order to set the destination in the vehicle information terminal 23. (Step K8),
The navigation ID input guidance pre-assigned to the on-vehicle information terminal 23 transmitted from the setting information center 11 is received and displayed on the display unit 27 (step K9), and the navigation ID of the on-vehicle information terminal 23 is input. It is determined whether or not there is (step K10), and if this determination result is NO, this determination is repeated until the determination result becomes YES, and if the determination result becomes YES, the input in-vehicle information terminal 2
The navigation ID of 3 is transmitted from the home information terminal 30 to the setting information center 11 (step K11), and then the process proceeds to step K6.

Next, the operation of the facility information center 38 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, it is determined whether or not there is a connection request for a telephone line from the vehicle-side communication section 15 of the vehicle-mounted information terminal 23 or the terminal-side communication section 25 of the home-use information terminal 30 to the center-side communication section 33. Is performed (step L1), and if the result of this determination is YES, the telephone line with the information terminal for which the connection request was made is connected (step L2), and the facility guide is transmitted to that information terminal (step L3). , And if the result of the determination in step L1 is NO, then step L
Go to 4.

Then, in step L4, it is determined whether or not an area such as a desired facility is selected as the destination from the displayed facility guide and the home information terminal 30 makes a destination setting request to the vehicle-mounted information terminal 23. If it is determined that the determination result is NO (step L4) and the determination result is NO, a request for not connecting the telephone line from the connected information terminal to the center side communication unit 33, that is, the connected telephone line is disconnected. It is determined whether or not there is a request (step L5), and if the result of this determination is NO, the process returns to step L1. If the result of the determination is YES, the telephone line with the information terminal that has made the unconnection request is disconnected. (Step L6), and then step L1
Return to.

On the other hand, if the decision result in the above step L4 is YES, the telephone line between the center side communication section 6 and the center side communication section 33 of the setting information center 11 is connected (step L7), and the purpose is Identification data of the area selected as the place (hereinafter referred to as facility ID) is transmitted to the setting information center 11 (step L8), and the telephone line to the home information terminal 30 is disconnected (step L).
9) After the telephone line to the setting information center 11 is disconnected (step L10), the process proceeds to step T5.

Next, the operation of the setting information center 11 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, it is determined whether or not there is a connection request for a telephone line from the vehicle-side communication section 15 of the vehicle-mounted information terminal 23 or the terminal-side communication section 25 of the home-use information terminal 30 to the center-side communication section 6. (Step M1), and if the result of this determination is YES, the telephone line to the information terminal for which the connection was requested is connected (step M2), and the facility guide is transmitted to that information terminal (step M3). Then, when the result of the determination in step M1 is NO, step M4
Move to.

Then, in step M4, the facility ID from the facility information center 38 and the household information terminal 30 are used.
It is determined whether or not the navigation ID has been received (step M4), and if the determination result is NO, a request is made to disconnect the telephone line from the connected information terminal to the center side communication unit 6, That is, it is determined whether or not there is a request to disconnect the telephone line being connected (step M5). If the result of this determination is NO, the procedure returns to step M1. If the result of the determination is YES, there was a request for unconnection. The telephone line to the information terminal is disconnected (step M6), and then the process returns to step M1.

On the other hand, if the decision result in the above step M4 is YES, the telephone line between the in-vehicle side communication section 15 and the center side communication section 6 of the in-vehicle information terminal 23 corresponding to the received navigation ID is connected. Then, the position data (latitude, longitude) of the area as the destination corresponding to the received facility ID and the daily change information in the vicinity (within 10 km) are transmitted to the in-vehicle information terminal 23 side (step M8). After the telephone line to the in-vehicle information terminal 23 is disconnected (step M9), the process proceeds to step M5.

Further, the operation of the on-vehicle information terminal 23 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 11, it is determined whether or not there is a connection request for a telephone line from the center side communication section 6 of the setting information center 11 to the vehicle side communication section 15 of the vehicle information terminal 23. (Step N1), the result of this judgment is N
If it is O, this determination is repeated until the determination result is YES, and if the determination result is YES, the power saving mode is canceled (step N2), and the telephone line with the setting information center 11 is connected ( In step N3), the position data of the destination area and the daily information in the vicinity thereof transmitted from the setting information center 11 are received (step N4).

Then, after the telephone line to the setting information center 11 is disconnected (step N5), the received position data and the daily change information in the vicinity thereof are stored in the local database unit 20 and the purpose thereof. The optimum route to the ground is derived, the destination for route guidance is set (step N6), the power saving mode is set again (step N7), and the process returns to step N1.

As described above, when a destination other than the in-vehicle information terminal 23, for example, the home information terminal 30 sets a destination in the in-vehicle information terminal 23, the home information terminal 30 selects a destination other than the setting information center 11. When the facility information center 38 is accessed and a desired facility or the like is selected as the destination from the facilities or the like guided by the facility information center 38, the identification data (facility ID) of the selected facility or the like is obtained. While the home information terminal 30 and the setting information center 11 are connected to each other while being transmitted from the home information terminal 38 to the setting information center 11, identification data (navigation ID) of the home information terminal 30 from the vehicle information terminal 23 is connected. Is transmitted to the setting information center 11, and the setting information center 11 calls the in-vehicle information terminal 23 corresponding to the navigation ID to set the setting information center. The local position data corresponding to the facility ID and the daily change information around the local position data are transmitted from the server 11 to the on-vehicle information terminal 23, and the regional position data and the area data transmitted from the setting information center 11 to the on-vehicle information terminal 23. Daily information about the surroundings is stored, and at the same time, the vehicle-mounted information terminal 23 derives an optimum route to the destination to set the destination, and daily information about the surroundings is stored at the same time.

Therefore, according to the second embodiment, it is possible to obtain the same effect as that of the first embodiment, and to set the destination for the on-vehicle information terminal 23 while staying far away from the own vehicle. It will be possible to do.

In each of the above-described embodiments, the daily information about the destination and its surroundings are also stored in the vehicle-mounted information terminal 23, and the vehicle-mounted information terminal 23 also derives the optimum route to the set destination. In the above description, only the destination may be set, or the setting of the destination and the storage of daily surrounding information or the derivation of the optimum route may be performed at the same time. Of course.

Furthermore, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications other than those described above can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

[0073]

As described above, according to the invention described in claim 1 , the destination can be easily set to the on-vehicle information terminal from the information terminals other than the on-vehicle information terminal, and the user can set the destination easily. When you get into your vehicle and start the in-vehicle information terminal, the destination has already been set, and you can set the destination for the in-vehicle information terminal while you are far away from your vehicle. .

According to the invention of claim 2 ,
The optimum route can be derived simultaneously with setting the destination.

Further, according to the invention as set forth in claim 3, the information center for setting the daily information around the destination set to the vehicle-mounted information terminal from the information terminals other than the vehicle-mounted information terminal. Available from.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a part of a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a part of a portion different from the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of still another part of the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a part of the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of the second embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of the second embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart of the second embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of the second embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of an information providing system as a background of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Center side control unit 11 Information Center (Information Center for Settings) 20 Local Database Department 22 In-vehicle control unit 23 Car Information Terminal 29 Terminal side control unit 30 Home information terminals 37 Center side control unit 38 Information Center for Facilities

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] [Claim 1] Held in a plurality of entertainment facilities, specified areas, etc.
Event information and weather forecasts for various events
Send daily information for each regionpluralInformation Center
And access the information center to access the daily information
Information providing system comprising a plurality of information terminals for receiving information
In the control method of The aboveeachOne of the information terminals has a navigation function
Is an in-vehicle information terminal,At least one of the information centers is onboard
Setting information center for setting the destination on the information terminal
Is The above From the information terminals other than the in-vehicle information terminalFor the setting
Please access the above information centers other than the information center.
Desired area out of the areas indicated by the information center of
Select and select the selected area for the in-vehicle information terminal.
When setting the destination as a destination,
Other than the above information center to the setting information center
While transmitting the identification data of the selected area to,
The information terminals other than the in-vehicle information terminal and the setting information
The information other than the on-vehicle information terminal is connected to the information center.
Allocation in advance from the information terminal to the in-vehicle information terminal
Send the identification data obtained to the setting information center, Knowledge of the selected area by the setting information center
Receives separate data and identification data of the in-vehicle information terminal
The received identification data of the in-vehicle information terminal.
Call the in-vehicle information terminal to select the selected area
Corresponding to the identification data of Send location data, With the in-vehicle information terminal,Position dataTo receive
By setting the destination as a destination in the storage means
Control method of information provision system characterized by carrying out
Law. 2. The in-vehicle information terminal performs the destination setting and derives an optimum route from the current position of the vehicle to the destination stored in the storage means. Control method of the information providing system described. 3. The setting information center transmits to the vehicle-mounted information terminal the location data of the destination and the daily change information around the destination, and the vehicle-mounted information terminal transmits the location data of the destination. 3. The method of controlling the information providing system according to claim 1, further comprising receiving the daily change information around the destination and storing the daily change information in a storage unit.