JP4363318B2 - Navigation album system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a navigation album system capable of creating an electronic album in which digital image data is linked to position information of a moving route, and more particularly to a technique for displaying a plurality of current location cursors related to the current location in the moving route.

  In recent years, higher performance and lower prices of car navigation systems are progressing, and the number of vehicles equipped with car navigation systems is increasing. For example, as described in Patent Document 1, the car navigation system displays a route to be traveled by setting a destination on the display, or stores a route traveled by a private vehicle, and the route Can be displayed on the display.

  In Patent Document 1, image data, voice data, and the like as additional information are stored in association with guide route data to a destination and actually traveled track data, and the guide route data and the track data are displayed on a display device. In doing so, the image data and music data associated with each other are output. This navigation device displays the current position detected by the position detector on the map by map matching processing, and when a destination or waypoint is input, performs a route search operation to display the guidance route data on the map. When this guide route is registered, additional information such as arbitrary image data related to the guide route is stored in association with the guide route according to the user's operation, and the stored additional information is selected in this way. It can be called and displayed automatically.

  In Patent Documents 2 to 4, when traveling in a plurality of vehicles divided into a plurality of groups, each traveling vehicle exchanges their current location information by communication, so that each other's current location is displayed on the navigation system. What can be confirmed is disclosed.

  On the other hand, in recent years, digital cameras have improved in performance and price, and when traveling to sightseeing spots etc. by vehicle, take digital cameras with them to take pictures of sights and historic sites. Taking snapshots is increasing. Then, the image data thus taken is stored in a recording medium such as a CD-R or DVD-R, an electronic album is created, and an image is displayed on a computer, a television monitor or the like for enjoyment.

  In general, electronic albums generally display digital image data as thumbnails or display them on a screen in a slide show format. When an image taken while traveling around multiple sightseeing spots is reviewed at a later date, It may be difficult to recall memories at the time of travel, such as it is difficult to immediately determine where the image was taken.

  Therefore, the applicant of the present application has proposed a navigation album that fuses the car navigation system and the electronic album so that the user can easily recall the memories of the trip.

  Specifically, when the electronic album is opened, the navigation album displays the travel route data traveled by the vehicle on the day of travel on the screen as it is, and when a predetermined sightseeing spot on the screen is designated, normal car navigation When the cursor (vehicle symbol) indicating the current location on the screen moves along the travel route at the time of travel and arrives at the sightseeing point visited by the user, digital image data taken at that location is displayed as a thumbnail or slide show It is comprised so that it may be.

As a result, the travel mood can be reproduced by tracing the route traveled by the private car at the time of travel on the screen as it is, and the current location cursor is displayed on the navigation album screen. Since it is displayed for the first time when moving to the ground, it is possible to relive the schedule from the departure date to the last date of the trip faithfully in the order of travel, and to easily reproduce the travel mood .
JP 2002-81955 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-185595 JP 2002-168640 A JP 2004-163178 A

  However, the navigation album is supposed to travel only with one vehicle, and it corresponds to the case where multiple members travel to the same final destination divided into multiple vehicles for each group. There are things that cannot be done.

  Specifically, if all the image data taken by each group is to be recorded in one navigation album, even if the final destination is the same, different tourism is required for each group before reaching the final destination. Since it sometimes passes through the ground, it is impossible to achieve the purpose of the navigation album in which the travel process from the starting position to the final destination is faithfully simulated to recall the memories at the time of travel. Therefore, when traveling in a plurality of vehicles divided into a plurality of groups, it is necessary to create a navigation album independently for each group.

  However, if you create a navigation album for each group, for example, if a user in one group wants to see photos taken by another group, the photos are not included in the navigation album of their group Therefore, it is necessary to borrow a navigation album from other group members to view it or have them create an extra album for the group and give it away, which is very troublesome and unusable. It was.

  The present invention has been made in view of such points, and the purpose of the present invention is to create a navigation album for each of a plurality of groups, even when traveling divided into a plurality of vehicles for each group. The purpose is to allow image data of other groups to be viewed with one navigation album.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention specifies a movement route for each group, creates a combined movement route by combining the plurality of movement routes, and displays a plurality of current location cursors on the same screen. .

That is, according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic album that is displayed on the display means by linking digital image data including data captured when moving along the movement route to the position information of the movement route specified by the navigation device. A navigation album system to be created,
A moving route combining means for generating a combined moving route by combining a plurality of moving routes respectively identified by the plurality of navigation devices;
The present invention further comprises current location cursor display means for displaying a plurality of current location cursors indicating current locations of users who respectively use the plurality of navigation devices on the combined movement route.

  Therefore, according to the present invention, a combined movement route is created by combining a plurality of movement routes by the movement route combining means, and a plurality of current location cursors are displayed on the combined movement route by the current position cursor display means.

The invention of claim 2 is the navigation album system according to claim 1,
When one of the plurality of current location cursors moving on the combined movement path arrives at an image link position to which the image data is linked, data related to the user associated with the arrived current location cursor is the image link. Image link determination means for determining whether the position is linked;
An image display control unit that controls display or non-display of the image data linked to the image link position based on a determination result by the image link determination unit.

  Therefore, according to the present invention, when one of the plurality of current location cursors arrives at the image link position where the image data is linked on the movement path by the image link determination means, the user is related to the current location cursor. It is determined whether the data is linked to the image link position, and display or non-display of the image data linked to the image link position is controlled by the image display control means based on the determination result.

The invention of claim 3 is the navigation album system according to claim 1 or 2,
And a simulation movement display means for moving the plurality of current location cursors on the combined movement path while simulating relative positional relationships based on position and time information when the plurality of users actually move the movement path. It is characterized by that.

  Therefore, according to the present invention, the movement of the plurality of current location cursors on the combined movement path is performed by the simulation movement display means in a state of simulating the relative positional relationship when a plurality of users actually move the movement path. .

The invention of claim 4 is the navigation album system according to claim 2,
The image display control means controls to display a sub screen on the screen of the display means and display the image data on the sub screen.

  Therefore, according to the present invention, the sub screen is displayed on the screen of the display means by the image display control means, and the image data is displayed on the sub screen.

The invention of claim 5 is the navigation album system according to claim 4,
When the image display control means receives a new determination result for reproducing and displaying image data related to the user related to the current location cursor from the image link determination means during the reproduction display of the image data, the image display control means A second sub-screen different from the first sub-screen being displayed is displayed on the screen of the display means, and the image data to be reproduced and displayed based on the new determination result is displayed on the second sub-screen. It controls so that it may do.

  Therefore, according to the present invention, when there is a request to reproduce and display other image data while the image data is being displayed on the first sub-screen by the image display control means, the second sub-screen is displayed. Is displayed, and new image data is displayed on the second sub-screen.

The invention of claim 6 is the navigation album system according to claim 2,
At least two display means are provided, one of which displays the combined movement route, and the other displays image data linked to the image link position. .

  Therefore, according to the present invention, the combined movement path is displayed on one of at least two display means, and the image data linked to the image link position is displayed on the other.

The invention of claim 7 is the navigation album system according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
The present invention further comprises current location cursor selection means for reproducing and displaying only the image data related to the current location cursor selected by the user from among the plurality of current location cursors.

  Therefore, according to the present invention, only the image data related to the current location cursor selected by the user from among the plurality of current location cursors is reproduced and displayed by the current location cursor selection means.

The invention according to claim 8 is the navigation album system according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
The image processing apparatus further includes image composition display means for combining and displaying arbitrary digital image data for each of the plurality of current location cursors.

  Therefore, according to the present invention, arbitrary digital image data is synthesized and displayed on each of the plurality of current location cursors by the image synthesis display means.

  As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a combined movement route is created by combining the movement routes specified by a plurality of navigation devices, and a plurality of current location cursors are displayed on the combined movement route. Therefore, even if you do not create a navigation album for each group, you can record all group photos in one navigation album and move the current location cursor of each group along the movement path of each group to obtain image data. Can be displayed, and the effort of creating a separate navigation album for each group can be reduced.

  In addition, for example, if the user himself was in charge of taking a photo, the group's navigation album has few photos in his / her group, but if the photo was taken by another group, the user is in the photo. It is thought that there are many cases. For this reason, according to the present invention, it becomes possible to appreciate image data taken by members other than his / her group, and an advantageous effect can be obtained in recalling memories at the time of travel.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, when one of the plurality of current location cursors arrives at the image link position, the presence / absence of image data related to the user related to the current location cursor is determined. If a group tours the same sightseeing spot, only image data related to the current location cursor arriving at the image link position is extracted even if image data taken by multiple groups are mixed in the sightseeing spot. It can be reproduced and displayed, and the travel process from the starting position to the final destination can be faithfully displayed in the simulation to recall the memories at the time of travel, thereby increasing customer satisfaction.

  According to the invention of claim 3, since the relative positional relationship when a plurality of users actually move the moving route is displayed on the display means by simulation, the actual travel route can be displayed on the actual vehicle simply by looking at the album. You can have a simulated experience as if you were running. Thus, by looking at the displayed image of the vehicle and its positional relationship, memories at the time of travel are clearly recalled, and high satisfaction can be obtained.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, for example, when image data is displayed on the entire screen, the movement route cannot be seen during that time, and the movement status of other current location cursors cannot be confirmed. By displaying the image data on the displayed sub-screen, it is possible to view the image data while observing the movement status of the plurality of current location cursors without disturbing the viewing of the moving path displayed on the screen.

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the second sub screen is displayed when there is a request for reproducing and displaying new image data while the image data is being reproduced and displayed on the first sub screen. Therefore, each image data can be viewed at the same time, and customer satisfaction is increased.

  According to the invention of claim 6, since at least two display means are provided, if one is used for displaying the moving path and the other is used for displaying the image data, the image data is displayed. Even if is displayed on the entire screen, the display of the movement route is not hindered, and the image data can be viewed on a large screen, so that it is easy to see.

  According to the invention of claim 7, since one of the plurality of current location cursors is selected and the display is switched, only the image data of the own group is displayed without displaying the image data of the other group. You can enjoy and enjoy the album efficiently.

  According to the invention of claim 8, the current location cursor indicating the current location on the display means is generally displayed in a simple shape such as an arrow or a circle, but the user's favorite image (for example, By combining and displaying the image of the vehicle that was driving during the trip and the image of the member who was acting with the current location cursor, multiple current location cursors can be identified from each other and displayed Can be improved and customer satisfaction can be increased.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The following description of the preferred embodiments is merely exemplary in nature and is in no way intended to limit the invention, its application, or its application.

[System configuration]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a navigation album system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the navigation album system includes a system main body B for inputting a signal from a GPS satellite received by an antenna unit A and a vehicle speed pulse signal from a vehicle speed sensor S mounted on a traveling drive system of the vehicle, and a map. A display C for displaying data and image data, a plurality of switches 1 for inputting necessary information, a speaker 2 for outputting audio information, an infrared sensor 4 for receiving an infrared signal from a remote controller 3, and image data An input / output terminal 5 for access and a drive unit E are provided.

  This navigation album system is provided in a vehicle such as a private car. The longitude / latitude of the vehicle even when the vehicle is running based on the signal from the GPS satellite and the vehicle speed pulse signal from the vehicle speed sensor S. Is obtained in real time, and the corresponding map data is displayed on the display C at a set enlargement ratio, and the position where the vehicle is present on the map data is displayed with a symbol or the like. Furthermore, by specifying a target point, a route to be traveled to reach that point is extracted and guided (navigated).

  The display C includes a liquid crystal display unit 6 and a touch panel unit 7 that detects a contact operation position. The plurality of switches 1 realize processing such as display mode switching including ON / OFF of the navigation album system. The remote controller 3 realizes necessary operations from a position separated from the system main body B. The speaker 2 is used for providing guidance in human language.

  The drive unit E acquires (reads) data from a semiconductor medium Ms such as a flash memory in which image data taken by the digital camera Cam is stored, and a plurality of types such as a CD-R and a DVD-R. And a disk drive 9 that enables acquisition and writing of data from the large-capacity disk-shaped medium Md. The semiconductor drive 8 preferably includes a plurality of insertion portions so as to be compatible with types of flash memories such as CompactFlash (registered trademark), SmartMedia (registered trademark), and Memory Stick (registered trademark).

  The input / output terminal 5 obtains image data stored in the digital camera Cam via a cable X such as a USB (Universal Serial Bus) standard or an IEEE 1394 standard arranged between the digital camera Cam. To function. In the present invention, it is not excluded that the image data of the digital camera Cam is acquired wirelessly, but the image data input means may transmit image data using wireless, such as Bluetooth (Bluetooth). Good.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of this navigation album system. As shown in FIG. 2, the system main body B includes an input / output interface I / O that realizes access to information to the microprocessor. Data from the liquid crystal display unit 6, the touch panel unit 7, the plurality of switches 1, the speaker 2, the infrared sensor 4, the input / output terminal 5, the semiconductor drive 8, the disk drive 9, and the hard disk HD are accessed. A signal system is formed.

  The position detection means P captures the radio wave from the GPS satellite received by the antenna unit A and simultaneously captures the vehicle speed pulse signal from the vehicle speed sensor S, thereby obtaining the vehicle position data (longitude / latitude data) in real time. Is something to get.

  The hard disk HD stores image data grouped by destination and stores route data on which the vehicle has traveled. The hard disk HD functions as a map database as a map data storage unit for storing map data and a music database for storing music data. The destination may be set after the travel is finished, in addition to the destination set before the start of travel of the vehicle. Note that a semiconductor memory may be used instead of the hard disk HD.

  The processing device D includes a semiconductor memory RAM / ROM connected to a data bus from a microprocessor, a nonvolatile memory EEPROM, a map matching unit 11, a navigation unit 12, an image storage processing unit 13, a path storage processing unit 14, and link data generation. Means 15, output means 16, storage processing means 17, date information reading means 18, travel period determination means 19, route display means 20, travel route synthesis means 70, current location cursor display means 71, image link determination means 72, image display control Means 73, simulation movement display means 74, current location cursor selection means 75, and image composition display means 76 are provided.

  In order to realize control in the processing device D, a control bus, an address bus, and the like are required in addition to the data bus. However, in order to avoid complication, the control bus, the address bus, and the interface are shown in the drawing. The description of the class is omitted.

  The map matching unit 11 extracts map data corresponding to the position data from the position acquisition unit P from the map database stored in the hard disk HD and displays the map data on the display C at a preset magnification. Process.

  The navigation means 12 extracts a route to a preset destination from the map data and displays it on the map data displayed on the display C in a line.

  The image storage processing means 13 performs processing for storing image data acquired via the semiconductor drive 8, the disk drive 9, or the input / output terminal 5 in the hard disk HD.

  The route storage processing means 14 performs processing for storing route data R1 (see FIG. 4) corresponding to the route traveled by the vehicle in the hard disk HD. The route data R1 is assumed to be a file having a structure storing data indicating the coordinates of the vehicle at each sampling timing. However, the route data R1 includes a plurality of coordinates serving as a base point, a traveling direction and a traveling speed set for each coordinate. It may be a vector data structure. Further, when the route data R1 stored by the route storage processing means 14 is displayed on the display C, the route indicated by the broken line in FIG. 4 becomes the route data R1, and a plurality of sightseeing spots P1, P2 are included on the route data R1. Is shown.

  The link data generating means 15 associates image data for each of the sightseeing spots P1 and P2 set on the route data R1 in a state where the image editing screen 31 shown in FIG. Is stored in a file format, and the image data is displayed in the order of the storage. The output means 16 performs a process of displaying image data associated with the route data R1 on the display C as will be described later.

  The storage processing means 17 includes selected route data R1, R2 and composite route data R described later, a plurality of image data associated with a plurality of sightseeing spots P1, P2, P3 on the route data R1, R2, Map data corresponding to the route data R1 and R2, and output means 16 configured as a program, current position cursor display means 71, image link determination means 72, image display control means 73, simulation movement display means 74, and current position cursor selection, which will be described later The means 75 is stored in a storage medium such as the disk-shaped medium Md.

  The date information reading means 18 reads information indicating the shooting date and time from the Exif information added to the image data acquired via the semiconductor drive 8, the disk drive 9, or the input / output terminal 5, and shoots the image data. The date and time are specified.

  The travel period determination means 19 determines the travel period by determining the oldest day as the departure date and the newest date as the last date among the shooting date / time information of the plurality of image data read by the date information reading means 18. Is.

  The route display means 20 reads the route data R1 traveled during the travel period from the hard disk HD based on the determination result of the travel period determination means 19 and displays it on the display C.

  The moving route combining means 70 combines a plurality of route data R1 and R2 respectively specified by a plurality of navigation devices to create combined route data R (see FIG. 13).

  The current location cursor display means 71 displays a plurality of vehicle symbols V1, V2 indicating the current locations of a plurality of users on the combined route data R on the display C.

  The image link determination means 72 is configured to notify a user related to the arrived vehicle symbol when one of the plurality of vehicle symbols V1, V2 arrives at one of the plurality of sightseeing spots P1, P2, P3. It is determined whether or not related image data is linked to a sightseeing spot.

  The image display control means 73 controls the display or non-display of the image data linked to the sightseeing spot based on the determination result of the image link determination means 72. Specifically, when the vehicle symbol V1 arrives at the sightseeing spot P1, if the image data related to the vehicle symbol V1 is linked to the sightseeing spot P1, the sub screen 65 is displayed on the display C, and this sub screen 65 is displayed. The image data is displayed on the screen. On the other hand, when it is determined that the related image data is not linked, the vehicle symbol V1 moves through the sightseeing spot P1 and then moves to the sightseeing spot P2.

  The simulation movement display means 74 controls simulation display when a plurality of vehicle symbols V1 and V2 move on the combined route data R, specifically, when a plurality of users actually travel. Based on the position and time information, the relative positional relationship is also reflected in the combined route data R and displayed in a simulation.

  The current location cursor selection means 75 selects only one of the plurality of vehicle symbols V1, V2 displayed on the combined route data R, and reproduces and displays only the image data image data relating to the vehicle symbol. The display is switched as follows.

  The image composition display means 76 synthesizes the vehicle symbol V1 and V2 shown in FIG. 13 with the image data of the vehicle boarded during the travel period and the image data of the members who traveled together.

  The map matching means 11, navigation means 12, image storage processing means 13, route storage processing means 14, link data generation means 15, output means 16, date information reading means 18, travel period determination means 19, route display means 20 , Movement path composition means 70, current position cursor display means 71, image link determination means 72, image display control means 73, simulation movement display means 74, current position cursor selection means 75, and image composition display means 76 are developed on the semiconductor memory RAM. However, some or all of the software (programs) can be configured by hardware such as logic.

[Identify route data]
Next, a procedure for specifying route data traveled during the travel period in the navigation album system according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described. As shown in FIG. 3, in step S101, image data stored in a storage medium such as the semiconductor medium Ms or the disk-shaped medium Md is transferred to the hard disk via the semiconductor drive 8, the disk drive 9, or the input / output terminal 5. Input to HD.

  In the present embodiment, the image data is read only from the storage medium used by the user for shooting. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, other members who traveled together may take a picture. The image data may also be read from the storage medium that has been used and additionally input to the hard disk HD. Of course, the image data may be input to the hard disk HD only from the storage media of other members.

  In step S102, image data to be recorded in the album is specified from the plurality of image data input to the hard disk HD. Specifically, image data that does not need to be recorded in the album is selected and deleted, or only image data that needs to be recorded in the album is selected and specified.

  In step S103, it is determined whether Exif information including shooting date / time information is added to the input digital image data. If “YES” at step S103, the process branches to step S104.

  In step S104, the date information reading means 18 reads information indicating the shooting date and time from the Exif information, specifies the shooting date and time of the image data, and proceeds to step S105. In step S105, the travel period determination means 19 determines the travel date by determining the oldest date as the departure date and the newest date as the last date among the shooting dates and times of the plurality of image data read by the date information reading means 18. Identify.

  In step S106, the route display means 20 reads the route data R1 traveled by the vehicle within the travel period specified by the travel period determination means 19 from the hard disk HD and displays it on the display C, thereby displaying the navigation album. The specification of the route data R1 for creation of is completed.

  On the other hand, if the determination in step S103 is “NO”, the process branches to step S107, and a date input screen prompting the user to input the date of the travel period is displayed on display C in step S107. In step S108, the process waits until the date input is completed. When the date input is completed, the process branches to step S105.

  As described above, when the Exif information including the shooting date / time information is added to the digital image data, the user can input and specify the date of the travel period simply by inputting the digital image data into the navigation album system. Even if it is not, it is possible to automatically identify the route data R1 that has traveled within the travel period. For this reason, the burden on the user in creating the navigation album is reduced.

  Further, even when Exif information including the shooting date and time is not added to the digital image data, a date input screen prompting the user to input a date for the travel period is displayed on the display C, which is advantageous in preventing omission of date input. It is.

[Composition of vehicle symbol and image data]
As shown in FIG. 4, the vehicle symbol V1 is generally expressed in a simple shape such as an arrow or a circle. In order to increase customer satisfaction, it is preferable to combine image data with the vehicle symbol V1 in order to improve the appearance. Hereinafter, the process which synthesize | combines image data with the vehicle symbol V1 is demonstrated.

  First, a vehicle that was on board during the travel period is photographed with a digital camera, and digital image data obtained by photographing the vehicle is input to the hard disk HD via the semiconductor drive 8, the disk drive 9, or the input / output terminal 5. To do.

  Next, the vehicle image data stored in the hard disk HD is read out by the image composition display means 76 and synthesized with the vehicle symbol V1. By performing such processing, the arrow symbol representing the vehicle symbol V shown in FIG. 4 is changed to a vehicle image as shown in FIG.

  As described above, since the image data of the vehicle that has been in the travel period is combined with the vehicle symbol V1 and displayed, the vehicle that has been driving during the travel travels on the route data R1 to each tourist spot P1. , P2 can be simulated, and it is possible to have a simulated experience of driving an actual travel route with an actual vehicle just by looking at the album. Thus, by looking at the displayed image of the vehicle, memories at the time of travel are clearly recalled, and high satisfaction is obtained.

  In this navigation album system, a user may select a car character when creating an album. In this case, it is possible to embody the automobile intended by the user by designating colors for a plurality of automobile models (sedans, wagons, etc.) prepared in advance, and this is used as the vehicle symbol V1. be able to.

  The vehicle image data actually taken with a digital camera is used. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the vehicle image data downloaded from the homepage of an automobile manufacturer on the Internet may be used. I do not care.

  In addition to the image of the vehicle, image data of a passenger who has been in the vehicle during the travel period can be combined with the vehicle symbol V1. First, the passenger is photographed with a digital camera, and the photographed digital image data is input to the hard disk HD via the semiconductor drive 8, the disk drive 9, or the input / output terminal 5.

  Next, the passenger's image data stored in the hard disk HD is read out by the image composition display means 76 and synthesized with the vehicle symbol V1. By performing such processing, the arrow symbol representing the vehicle symbol V1 shown in FIG. 4 is changed to a passenger image as shown in FIG.

  As described above, since the image data of the passenger who was in the vehicle during the travel period is combined with the vehicle symbol V1 and displayed, the members who acted together at the time of travel moved on the route data R1. Thus, it is possible to perform a simulation of traveling around the sightseeing spots P1 and P2, to remember the situation at the time of travel in more detail, and to enjoy the album appreciation further.

[Association between image data and sightseeing spot]
In the case of associating a snapshot taken with the digital camera Cam with the tourist spot information where the photograph was taken during the trip, the processing menu 28 shown in FIG. Then, the “image data acquisition” button 21 is operated. In this processing menu 28, in addition to the “obtain image data” button 21, a “playback processing (actual running mode)” button 22, a “playback processing (replay mode)” button 23, and “save to media”. A button 24 and an “OK” button 25 are displayed.

  When the “acquire image data” button 21 is operated and the “OK” button 25 is operated, first, the association process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 8 is executed.

  In the association process, in step S201, one of a plurality of image data acquired via the semiconductor drive 8 or the like is displayed on the image acquisition screen 27 shown in FIG. In step S202, candidates for the titles of sightseeing spot information ("Kinkakuji" and "Kiyomizu Temple" in FIG. 9) recorded on the hard disk HD are displayed in a list below the image acquisition screen 27.

  The sightseeing spot title specifies the shooting date and time from the Exif information added to the image data displayed on the image acquisition screen 27, and the location information of the vehicle stopped at this shooting date and time is stored in the route storage processing means 14. By reading out from the stored route data R1, candidates for the nearest sightseeing spot title at the position are displayed as a list. Then, by operating the scroll cursor 26, all the tourist destination title candidates can be confirmed.

  In step S203, it is determined whether the image data displayed on the image acquisition screen 27 needs to be associated with the tourist destination title. If the determination in step S203 is “YES”, the process branches to step S204, and “registration” is performed in the state where the title of the sightseeing spot where the image data displayed on the image acquisition screen 27 is captured is selected in step S204. "Button 29 is operated. As a result, the association between the image data displayed on the image acquisition screen 27 and the sightseeing spot title of the shooting location ends, and the process proceeds to step S205.

  If the determination in step S203 is “NO” (because the photo is not good or there are many photos with similar angles, etc.), the “Cancel” button 30 is operated to display the title of the tourist destination. The process branches to step S205 without associating the image data with.

  In step S205, it is determined whether the next image data exists. If the determination in step S205 is “YES”, the process branches to step S201, and the next image data is displayed on the image acquisition screen 27. . If the determination in step S205 is “NO”, the process of associating the image data with the tourist destination title is terminated.

  Next, the image editing screen 31 shown in FIG. On the image editing screen 31, the image data associated with the tourist destination title is displayed one by one. A title bar 32 is displayed at the lower position of the image editing screen 31, and a sightseeing spot title (“Kinkakuji” in FIG. 10) associated with the image data is displayed at the left end of the title bar 32. The shooting date and time acquired from the Exif information of the image data is displayed at the right center position.

  At the right end of the title bar 32, an image associated with a sightseeing spot registered in advance for each sightseeing spot is inserted and combined, and a plurality of images are selected according to the user's preference. And can be switched.

  In addition, a sub image display screen 33 is displayed at the upper right of the screen, and the location information of the sightseeing spot is displayed as map data. The sub-image display screen 33 is displayed so as to overlap the displayed image data, and can be set to non-display when the image data is difficult to see.

[Combined display of multiple route data]
Next, a procedure for synthesizing and displaying route data respectively identified by a plurality of navigation album systems, which is a feature of the present invention, will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. In the embodiment of the present invention, it is assumed that a plurality of members are divided into a plurality of vehicles for each group and travel to the same final destination G, and the navigation album system described above is mounted for each vehicle. It shall be. In the following description, it is assumed that the travel is divided into two vehicles.

  As shown in FIG. 11, in step S301, route data R1 is specified based on the procedure shown in the flowchart of FIG. Next, in step S302, image data for the vehicle symbol V1 is synthesized based on the above-described procedure. In step S303, image data is associated with the sightseeing spots P1 and P2 based on the procedure shown in the flowchart of FIG. As described above, the route data R1 shown in FIG. 5 is obtained by performing the processing of steps S301 to S303.

  In step S304, it is determined whether the processing from steps S301 to S303 has been performed for all navigation album systems. If “YES” at step S304, the process branches to step S305. If the determination in step S304 is “NO”, the process branches to step S301, and the processes in steps S301 to S303 are similarly performed on the navigation album system that has not been operated.

  In the case of this embodiment, since two navigation album systems are used, in order to obtain the route data R2 shown in FIG. 12, the process branches to step S301, and the route data R2 is specified in step S301. Assume that the image data is synthesized with the symbol V2, and the image data is associated with the sightseeing spots P1 and P3 in step S303.

  In step S305, all the specified route data R1 and R2 are read out with one navigation album. Specifically, since the route data R1 and R2 are separately recorded on the hard disk HD of the corresponding navigation album system, the route data recorded on one of the two hard disk HDs of the navigation album system. Alternatively, the image data associated therewith may be temporarily stored in a recording medium such as the semiconductor medium Ms or the disk-shaped medium Md and copied to the hard disk HD of the other navigation album system. Note that data may be exchanged by communication via a cable or radio.

  In step S306, the read route data R1 and R2 are combined by the moving route combining means 70 to generate combined route data R. In step S307, the combined movement route R is displayed on the display C (see FIG. 13). At this time, the vehicle symbols V1 and V2 set in step S302 are simultaneously displayed on the combined route data R by the current location cursor display means 71. Further, the image data set in step S303 is associated with each of the sightseeing spots P1, P2, and P3.

  In step S308, it is confirmed whether or not a navigation album is to be created with the combined route data R displayed on the display C. If the determination in step S308 is “NO”, the process returns to step S301 to set the route data again. If the determination in step S308 is “YES”, the route data combining process is terminated.

  In this embodiment, the route data is specified in the two navigation album systems, the image data is combined with the vehicle symbol, and the image data is associated with the tourist spot, and then the other data is sent to one navigation album system. However, the present invention is not limited to this mode, and the vehicle data V1 and V2 displayed on the combined route data R are synthesized after specifying the route data R1 and R2 respectively. The image data may be combined and the image data may be associated with the sightseeing spots P1, P2, P3.

[Title input process]
In the next process, a title input screen (not shown) is displayed on the display C. In the title input work, the tourist destination title selected previously is input as it is, so that the user does not have to work. When the user wants to correct to an arbitrary title, he / she can input necessary characters using the keyboard displayed on the title input screen.

[Launch Navigation Album]
In this way, after the association of the sightseeing spots P1, P2, P3 with the image data and the synthesis of the route data R1, R2 are all completed, the “Save to Media” button 24 is operated from the processing menu 28 shown in FIG. As a result, the storage processing means 17 executes processing for storing the disc-shaped medium Md, and a navigation album is created.

  When the navigation album is set on a computer in a general household, a title menu screen 50 shown in FIG. 14 is displayed. On the title menu screen 50, a title display section 50A indicating the title of the album and a date display section 50B indicating the date of travel are displayed so that it is possible to determine when and where the electronic album is traveled. . Further, three menus of a navigation slide 51, a map slide 52, and a slide show 53 are displayed. As will be described later, the three menus have different image display methods.

  When the navigation slide menu 51 is selected, the screen is switched to a map display screen 60 as shown in FIG. On this map display screen 60, a timeline bar 61 and a plurality of playback control buttons 62 are displayed. By operating a playback button of the playback control buttons 62 or operating the timeline bar 61, A state in which the vehicle symbols V1, V2 move on the combined route data R is displayed in a time-reduced state (in a simulated state).

  The vehicle symbols V1 and V2 are simulated by the simulation movement display means 74 configured as a program while simulating the relative positional relationship based on the position and time information when the two corresponding vehicles actually travel during travel. Control is performed so as to move on the combined movement route data R.

  The vehicle symbols V1 and V2 each depart from the departure position St and travel on the combined route data R. For example, when the vehicle symbol V1 first arrives at the first sightseeing spot P1, the image link determination configured as a program is performed. The means 72 determines whether or not image data related to the user relating to the vehicle symbol V1 is registered in association with the sightseeing spot P1. Specifically, it is possible to determine which vehicle is the image data taken when traveling by collating information identifying the photographer recorded in the Exif information of the image data.

  Here, if there is registered image data related to the vehicle symbol V1 in the sightseeing spot P1, the first sub-screen 65 is overlapped with a partial area of the map data by the image display control means 73 configured as a program. The image data displayed and registered on the screen is displayed on the first sub-screen 65 in a display order as shown in FIG. 10 in a preset order and interval.

  While the vehicle symbol V1 stays at the sightseeing spot P1 and the image data is displayed on the first sub-screen 65, the other vehicle symbol V2 moves on the combined route data R. When the vehicle symbol V2 arrives at the sightseeing spot P1, it is determined whether image data related to the user related to the vehicle symbol V2 is registered in association with the sightseeing spot P1.

  Here, if there is registered image data related to the vehicle symbol V2 in the sightseeing spot P1, the second sub-screen 66 is displayed on the screen in a state where it overlaps with a partial area of the map data by the image display control means 73. Then, the registered image data is displayed on the second sub-screen 66 in a preset order and interval.

  After all the image data related to the vehicle symbol V1 registered in the sightseeing spot P1 has been viewed, the vehicle symbol V1 travels toward the next sightseeing spot P2. Then, when arriving at the sightseeing spot P2, as in the control described above, the link state of the related image data is determined, the first sub-screen 65 is displayed, and the related image data is displayed (see FIG. 16).

  Similarly for the vehicle symbol V2, after all the image data related to the vehicle symbol V2 registered in the sightseeing spot P1 has been viewed, the vehicle symbol V2 travels toward the next sightseeing position P3.

  Thus, the images registered in each of the sightseeing spots P1 to P3 before the vehicle symbols V1 and V2 travel through all the sightseeing spots P1 to P3 and arrive at the arrival position G which is the final destination. You can enjoy the data in chronological order.

  Here, if it is difficult to see the screen when the first and second sub-screens 65 and 66 are displayed at the same time, any one of the vehicle symbols V1 and V2 displayed at the same time by the current location cursor selection means 75 configured as a program. Only one of the vehicle symbols may be moved so that only the image data related to the vehicle symbol is displayed.

  In the present embodiment, the display of the combined path data R and the captured image data are performed on one display monitor screen. However, the present invention is not limited to this mode. For example, two display monitors are provided. If it is provided and only the composite route data R is displayed on one screen and only the image data is displayed on the other screen, user dissatisfaction such as the image data being small and difficult to see can be solved.

  When the Map slide menu 52 is selected, the map display screen 60 is displayed as in the case of the navigation slide menu 51. Here, by selecting one of the registered sightseeing spots P1 to P3, only the image data associated with the selected sightseeing spot is displayed at a set interval in a preset order. It has come to be. Thereby, the image data of the sightseeing spot that the user wants to see can be quickly displayed.

  In the Map slide menu 52, the map display screen 60 is not displayed as in the case of the navigation slide 51, but a list of registered sightseeing spot titles is displayed and image data is displayed by selecting the title information. It doesn't matter if you do.

  When the slide show menu 53 is selected, all image data stored in the navigation album are displayed in a preset order and interval.

  Further, a “setting” button 54 is displayed on the title menu screen 50, and various settings such as switching of audio data can be performed by operating the “setting” button 54. ing.

[Other image data display methods]
The navigation album system according to the present embodiment is mainly intended to create a navigation album on a disk-like medium Md or the like and view it on a general household computer or the like. Can be appreciated.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 7, when the processing menu 28 is displayed on the display C and the “reproduction processing (actual driving mode)” button 22 of the processing menu 28 is operated, a list of tourist destination titles is selected. A screen (not shown) is displayed. By selecting the album title to be played and operating the “OK” button, the route data R corresponding to the title is designated, and the actual driving mode screen is displayed on the display C. Is done.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 15, when the vehicle symbol V1 comes close to the tourist spot P1 on the route data R as the vehicle travels, a new window is opened in a state where it overlaps a part of the map data, and the tourist spot P1 A plurality of associated image data is displayed in a preset order and interval.

  Further, when the “playback processing (replay mode)” button 23 of the processing menu 28 displayed on the display C is operated, a selection screen is displayed in the same manner as described above, and an album title to be played back is selected and “OK” is displayed. ”Button is designated, the route data R corresponding to the title is designated, and the replay mode screen is displayed on the display C.

  This replay mode screen is the same as the map display screen 60 in FIG. 15, and the operation of the navigation album can be simulated on the display C. It is effective as a preview screen.

  As described above, when the actual driving mode is selected, when the vehicle approaches the sightseeing spot P1 set on the combined route data R, the image data associated with the sightseeing spot P1 is displayed on the display C. Therefore, the passenger can view the image data taken at the sightseeing spot P1 visited in the past. In this case, the vehicle does not need to travel on the route data R, and a plurality of image data is automatically displayed every time the vehicle approaches the sightseeing spot P1.

  When the replay mode is selected, the combined route data R is displayed on the map data displayed on the display C even when the vehicle is stopped, and the vehicle symbol V1 is moved and displayed on the combined route data R. When the vehicle symbol V1 approaches the sightseeing spot P1, a plurality of image data set in the sightseeing spot P1 is automatically displayed. For example, image data taken during a trip can be displayed for each sightseeing spot. It has become.

  In this embodiment, a signal from a GPS satellite is used as the position acquisition means. However, this position acquisition means is similar to the position acquisition method realized by, for example, a PHS mobile phone. By receiving radio waves from a plurality of radio wave transmission sources installed on the ground, the position of the vehicle may be acquired based on these transmission sources.

  Further, in this embodiment, a navigation album system using a so-called car navigation system that specifies a moving path of a vehicle by using a signal from a GPS satellite and a vehicle speed pulse signal from a vehicle speed sensor mounted on a vehicle driving system. However, the present invention is not limited to this mode. For example, the current position of the user and the time information at that time are acquired using a GPS function camera or a mobile phone with a GPS function and The user's travel route may be specified based on the position information and time information. In this case, it is possible to create a navigation album by inputting information on the movement route acquired by the camera with GPS function and the captured image data to a computer system such as a personal computer.

  As described above, in the navigation album system, the present invention allows one navigation album to create another group without creating a navigation album for each group even when traveling in a group of vehicles for each group. Therefore, it is very useful and has high industrial applicability.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the navigation album system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the navigation album system which concerns on this embodiment. It is a flowchart figure which shows the procedure which pinpoints the route data in the navigation album system which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the specified route data in this navigation album system. It is a figure which shows the state which synthesize | combined the image of the vehicle with the vehicle symbol in this navigation album system. It is a figure which shows the state which synthesize | combined the passenger's image with the vehicle symbol in this navigation album system. It is a figure which shows a process menu. It is a flowchart figure of an association process. It is a figure which shows the menu screen which performs an association process. It is a figure which shows the image data displayed on the album. It is a flowchart figure which shows the procedure which synthesize | combines and displays several path | route data. It is a figure which shows another specified route data in this navigation album system. It is a figure which shows synthetic | combination path | route data. It is a figure which shows the title menu of a navigation album. It is a figure which shows a map display screen. It is a figure which shows the state after time progress of a map display screen.

Explanation of symbols

70 moving path composition means 71 current position cursor display means 72 image link determination means 73 image display control means 74 simulation movement display means 75 current position cursor selection means 76 image composition display means B system main body C display (display means)
Cam Digital camera D Processing means E Drive unit HD Hard disk P Position detection means (navigation device)
V vehicle symbol

Claims (8)

A navigation album system for creating an electronic album for displaying on a display means by linking digital image data including data taken when moving along the movement path to position information of the movement path specified by the navigation device,
A moving route combining means for generating a combined moving route by combining a plurality of moving routes respectively identified by the plurality of navigation devices;
A navigation album system comprising: a current location cursor display means for displaying a plurality of current location cursors indicating the current location of a user who uses each of the plurality of navigation devices on the combined movement route. In the navigation album system according to claim 1,
When one of the plurality of current location cursors moving on the combined movement path arrives at an image link position to which the image data is linked, data related to the user associated with the arrived current location cursor is the image link. Image link determination means for determining whether the position is linked;
A navigation album system, further comprising image display control means for controlling display or non-display of the image data linked to the image link position based on a determination result by the image link determination means. In the navigation album system according to claim 1 or 2,
And a simulation movement display means for moving the plurality of current location cursors on the combined movement path while simulating relative positional relationships based on position and time information when the plurality of users actually move the movement path. A navigation album system characterized by that. In the navigation album system according to claim 2,
The navigation album system, wherein the image display control means controls to display a sub screen on the screen of the display means and display the image data on the sub screen. In the navigation album system according to claim 4,
When the image display control means receives a new determination result for reproducing and displaying image data related to the user related to the current location cursor from the image link determination means during the reproduction display of the image data, the image display control means A second sub-screen different from the first sub-screen being displayed is displayed on the screen of the display means, and the image data to be reproduced and displayed based on the new determination result is displayed on the second sub-screen. A navigation album system characterized by being controlled to perform. In the navigation album system according to claim 2,
At least two display means are provided, one of which displays the combined movement route, and the other displays image data linked to the image link position. Navigation album system. In the navigation album system according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
A navigation album system, further comprising a current location cursor selecting means for reproducing and displaying only image data relating to a current location cursor selected by a user from among the plurality of current location cursors. The navigation album system according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
A navigation album system, further comprising image composition display means for composing and displaying arbitrary digital image data for each of the plurality of current location cursors.

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