CN101144718B - Orientation indicating device - Google Patents
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The invention relates to a direction indicating method and a device. The invention comprises a compass used for positioning a reference direction; a memorizer which memorizes direction relation data between various regions in the world and a target region, wherein, the various regions in the world are indicated by a local telephone area code; an input device which can be used for inputting the telephone area code; a central processor which determines a target region direction according to the input data and the data in the memorizer; a display device which displays the target region direction,wherein, the display device comprises a positioning reference mark of the reference direction and a graphic display screen of the target region indicating display unit. The direction indicating method and the device of the invention are convenient and practical, the operation is easy, and the structure is simple, and the cost is low.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to the orientation indication, more particularly, relate to a kind of method and device that is used for the position relation between indicating target ground and the somewhere, the world.
Background technology
At present, gps system with distinguishing features such as round-the-clock, high precision, robotization, high-level efficiency and many-sided power such as unique location navigation, time service calibrating frequency, precision measurement, be used widely in numerous fields.But for some single, special purposes, the obvious structure of gps system is too complicated, thereby cost is too high and not easy to operate.For example, according to statistics, there are 2,000,000,000 Moslem's populations nearly in the whole world, when Moslem's Islam believer pays respects at every turn, and all will be towards the direction in Meccah, the Holy City.When the believer to a unfamiliar local time, at first need to determine the direction in Meccah, the Holy City.Therefore need a kind of convenient and practical global location device,, can determine the direction in Meccah apace regardless of any old place of the person of paying respects in thousands of cities, the whole world.
Summary of the invention
The technical problem to be solved in the present invention is, at said structure complexity, the defect of high cost of prior art, a kind of orientation indicating device simple in structure, with low cost is provided, and a kind of orientation indicating method is provided.
The technical solution adopted for the present invention to solve the technical problems is: construct a kind of orientation indicating device, comprise the compass that is used for the positioning reference direction, also comprise:
Store all over the world and position relation memory of data between the target ground, wherein refer to by the phone area code on this ground all over the world;
Can import the input media of phone area code;
Determine the central processing unit in orientation, target ground according to the data in input data and the storer;
The display device in orientation, display-object ground; Wherein
Described display device comprises the display screen for graphic presentation that is provided with reference direction location reference mark and target ground sensing display unit;
Described display screen for graphic presentation is annular LCD or LED display, and its inner circular part is divided into transparent or semitransparent, described compass be arranged in this circle transparent or semitransparent position below; Described reference direction location reference mark is arranged on place, a fixed position on this annular display screen; Described target ground points to display unit and has 8 at least, along the circumferential direction is uniformly distributed on this annular display screen.
In orientation of the present invention indicating device, described display device also comprises digital display screen, described input media be provided with numerical key and/or+,-options button.
In orientation of the present invention indicating device, also be provided with loudspeaker, described central processing unit also is provided with the clock generating module, clock shows regulation and control module, timing quarter-bell regulation and control module.
In orientation of the present invention indicating device, described display screen for graphic presentation is the annular LCD display; Described digital display screen is the rectangle LCD display that is positioned at this annular LCD display below, and it is provided with digital display unit; It is 120 that described target ground points to display unit, and described reference direction location reference mark is that described 120 targets ground points to a display unit directly over the sensing annular LCD display cylindrical in the display unit.
The present invention solves another technical scheme that its technical matters adopts: construct a kind of orientation indicating device, comprise the compass that is used for the positioning reference direction, also comprise:
Store all over the world and position relation memory of data between the target ground, wherein refer to by the phone area code on this ground all over the world;
Can import the input media of phone area code;
Determine the central processing unit in orientation, target ground according to the data in input data and the storer;
The display device in orientation, display-object ground; Wherein
Described display device comprises the display screen for graphic presentation that is provided with reference direction location reference mark and target ground sensing display unit;
Described display screen for graphic presentation is any shape in circle, ellipse, square and the rectangle, and described compass is arranged in left and right, the upper and lower either party of this display screen periphery; Described target ground sensing display unit is distributed on this display screen by the mode of pointer table dial scale; Described reference direction location reference mark is positioned on the line at described display screen center and compass center.
In orientation of the present invention indicating device, described display device also comprises digital display screen, described input media be provided with numerical key and/or+,-options button.
In orientation of the present invention indicating device, also be provided with loudspeaker, described central processing unit also is provided with the clock generating module, clock shows regulation and control module, timing quarter-bell regulation and control module.
Implement orientation of the present invention indicating device, have following beneficial effect: convenient and practical, easy operating, and simple in structure, with low cost.
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The invention will be further described below in conjunction with drawings and Examples, in the accompanying drawing:
Fig. 1 is the structured flowchart of orientation of the present invention indicating device;
Fig. 2 is the structured flowchart of the display device in the orientation of the present invention indicating device;
Fig. 3 is an orientation indicating device structural representation according to an embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 4 is the display screen synoptic diagram of orientation indicating device according to an embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 5 is the circuit theory diagrams of orientation indicating device according to an embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 6 is the process flow diagram of orientation indicating method of the present invention.
Embodiment
As shown in Figure 1, orientation of the present invention indicating device 100 comprises compass 110, input media 120, display device 130, central processing unit 140 and storer 145.Store all over the world in the storer 145 and target ground between the position relation data, wherein refer to by the phone area code on this ground all over the world.These data can be longitude and latitude data all over the world, also can be calculated in advance all over the world and direction between the target ground and range data table.When the user passed through input media 120 certain phone area code of input, central processing unit 140 just therefrom found out corresponding data, calculates orientation that (or searching) goes out target ground, and driving display device 130 shows.This orientation shows it can is the only direction on display-object ground, also not only display direction but also range of a signal.
Demonstration can be a written form, for example, to the north of benchmark very, with the number of degrees display-object place in the 0-360 degree scope to, user again in conjunction with compass just can determine the target place to.
User for convenience, preferably in mode more intuitively, directly with graphics mode (as arrow or arrow line etc.) display-object place to.As Fig. 2, Fig. 3 and shown in Figure 4, display device 130 comprises display screen for graphic presentation 131 and digital display screen 132, and display screen for graphic presentation 131 is used for the display-object place can be used for monitoring phone area code and the demonstration and the target ground of distance from input to, digital display screen 132.Be provided with clock generating module, clock demonstration regulation and control module in orientation of the present invention indicating device, digital display screen 132 can also the read clock information.This directly with graphics mode (as arrow or arrow line etc.) display-object place to situation under, reference direction location reference mark need be set on display screen for graphic presentation, and, demonstrate the direction on target ground based on this reference mark.As long as the user aims at the direction to the north pole of compass with this reference direction location reference mark, just can determine the target place to.
Figure 3 shows that the synoptic diagram of orientation indicating device embodiment of the present invention.As shown in the figure, display screen for graphic presentation 131 is the annular display screen, and digital display screen 132 is the rectangle display screens that are positioned at this annular display screen below.The inner circular part branch of annular display screen can be transparent, translucent or hollow, compass be arranged in this circle, transparent or semitransparent position below.Reference direction location reference mark 133 can be arranged on place, a fixed position on this annular display screen.Input media 120 comprises a plurality of buttons, as numerical key 0,1,2......9, and/or+,-key and other function key.Display screen can be LED or LCD display.
Figure 4 shows that the synoptic diagram of the display screen embodiment of orientation of the present invention indicating device.This display screen is a LCD display, is divided into annular display screen and rectangle display screen, be respectively applied for the display-object place to and distance.As a kind of selection, can make disc display screen inner circular part branch be translucent and keep polaroid by punching on the reflecting piece in the centre of disc liquid crystal display, form the annular display screen.Can certainly require display screen manufacturer directly to be processed into the annular LCD display.As shown in the figure, display screen is provided with reference direction location reference mark 133 (N) and a plurality of targets ground of along the circumferential direction being uniformly distributed on this annular display screen points to display unit (arrow line).The quantity that target ground points to display unit (arrow line) should be 4M, wherein M=1,2......, and the quantity of M is big more, and pointing accuracy is high more.In order to guarantee certain degree of accuracy, target ground points to display unit and should be 8 at least.As embodiment, M can be chosen as 30, promptly uses 120 arrow lines.
As a kind of selection, can locate reference mark 133 based on reference direction and show and this reference mark arrow line at an angle.Select as another kind, can show that arrow line of representing reference direction location reference mark, show and this reference mark arrow line at an angle based on this reference mark simultaneously.For example, these 120 arrow lines are what hide at ordinary times, when the user keys in the national area code and the city area code in city of living on numeric keypad, be reference with reference direction location reference mark 133 (N), the arrow line on the ground that aims at the mark on the liquid crystal display can show immediately.Again for example, these 120 arrow lines are what hide at ordinary times, when the user keys in the national area code and the city area code in city of living on numeric keypad, demonstrate that arrow line of representing reference direction location reference mark 133 (N), demonstrate the arrow line on the ground that aims at the mark simultaneously again.
Except adopting the annular display screen, the display screen for graphic presentation in the orientation of the present invention indicating device also can be any shape in circular, ellipse, square and the rectangle.In this case, compass can be arranged in left and right, the upper and lower either party of this display screen periphery, and sensing display unit in target ground is distributed on this display screen according to the mode of pointer table dial scale.Reference direction location reference mark preferably is positioned on the line at described display screen center and compass center.For example, compass can be arranged on display screen directly over, under, front-left or front-right.
Fig. 5 is the circuit theory diagrams of orientation indicating device according to an embodiment of the invention.Wherein the MCU of Cai Yonging is grand 4 the series monolithic EM73A88A that produce of Taiwan justice.Certainly, also can adopt the single-chip microcomputer of other different manufacturers, different model as required.
Fig. 6 is the process flow diagram of orientation indicating method of the present invention.As shown in the figure, at first, this method is set up and the database of storage position relation all over the world and between the target ground, wherein refers to the corresponding telephone area code all over the world.Then, the user can import the phone area code in a certain area at its place.Central processing unit is determined the orientation on target ground and the orientation that display device demonstrates target ground according to the data in phone area code of being imported and the described database.
Wherein, as selection, the direction on display-object ground can be based on reference direction location reference mark show with this reference mark target place at an angle to.Select as another kind, the direction on display-object ground can also be to show reference direction location reference mark, show based on this reference mark simultaneously and this reference mark target place at an angle to.
At last, the user is as long as locate reference direction for the arctic (N) direction that reference mark is aimed at compass, and the target place is to learning.
As previously mentioned, the data in the database can be the longitude and latitude data in target ground, regions of the world or city, perhaps also can be calculated in advance all over the world and direction between the target ground and range data table.Except the direction on display-object ground, also can show the distance between described area and the target ground.
The functional characteristics of orientation indicating method of the present invention and device is as follows:
First unusual part is to utilize the phone area code of 39420 large-and-medium size cities, the whole world to replace the purpose city codes that is difficult to remember, and target ground city codes is once determining, longitude and latitude just can be determined, the user utilizes compass to position, just can determine the direction on target ground (as Mai Jiacheng, Potala Palace, Jerusalem etc.).
Second unusual part, the half reflection polaroid that is to utilize liquid-crystalline glasses still can printing opacity characteristics, compass is contained in the middle lower position of liquid-crystalline glasses, the user can see through the light transmission part of liquid-crystalline glasses, be clear that the direction of the compass indication arctic, and aim at the standard direction to the north pole on the liquid-crystalline glasses easily, thereby finished the basic fixed position action;
On liquid-crystalline glasses, around compass, 120 hiding arrow lines are arranged, when the user keys in the national area code and the city area code in city of living on numeric keypad, the arrow line on the ground that aims at the mark on the liquid-crystalline glasses of this product can show immediately.Thereby indicate the direction on target ground quickly and easily.
Definite target place in, can also demonstrate the air line distance on user distance target ground on the LCD Panel.
Orientation of the present invention indicating device can add a lot of functions, for example the alarm clock of five groups of quarter-bell times (will do five times every day as Moslem's Islam believer and pay respects to, aim at the direction in Meccah, the Holy City), storing telephone number function, calculator function, ring and play Alkoran music or the like when making a noise.
Orientation of the present invention indicating device can also be stored more urban telephone area code by increasing the capacity of MCU, and for example the city area code more than 100,000 conveniently almost can contain to the use of this product and cover all cities, the whole world.
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1. an orientation indicating device comprises the compass that is used for the positioning reference direction, it is characterized in that, also comprises:
Store all over the world and position relation memory of data between the target ground, wherein refer to by the phone area code on this ground all over the world;
Can import the input media of phone area code;
Determine the central processing unit in orientation, target ground according to the data in input data and the storer;
The display device in orientation, display-object ground; Wherein
Described display device comprises the display screen for graphic presentation that is provided with reference direction location reference mark and target ground sensing display unit;
Described display screen for graphic presentation is annular LCD or LED display, and its inner circular part is divided into transparent or semitransparent, described compass be arranged in this circle transparent or semitransparent position below; Described reference direction location reference mark is arranged on place, a fixed position on this annular display screen; Described target ground points to display unit and has 8 at least, along the circumferential direction is uniformly distributed on this annular display screen.
2. orientation according to claim 1 indicating device is characterized in that described display device also comprises digital display screen, described input media be provided with numerical key and/or+,-options button.
3. orientation according to claim 2 indicating device is characterized in that, described display screen for graphic presentation is the annular LCD display; Described digital display screen is the rectangle LCD display that is positioned at this annular LCD display below, and it is provided with digital display unit; It is 120 that described target ground points to display unit, and described reference direction location reference mark is that described 120 targets ground points to a display unit directly over the sensing annular LCD display cylindrical in the display unit.
4. orientation according to claim 1 and 2 indicating device is characterized in that, also is provided with loudspeaker on it, and described central processing unit also is provided with the clock generating module, clock shows regulation and control module, timing quarter-bell regulation and control module.
5. orientation according to claim 3 indicating device is characterized in that, also is provided with loudspeaker on it, and described central processing unit also is provided with the clock generating module, clock shows regulation and control module, timing quarter-bell regulation and control module.
6. an orientation indicating device comprises the compass that is used for the positioning reference direction, it is characterized in that, also comprises:
Store all over the world and position relation memory of data between the target ground, wherein refer to by the phone area code on this ground all over the world;
Can import the input media of phone area code;
Determine the central processing unit in orientation, target ground according to the data in input data and the storer;
The display device in orientation, display-object ground; Wherein
Described display device comprises the display screen for graphic presentation that is provided with reference direction location reference mark and target ground sensing display unit;
Described display screen for graphic presentation is any shape in circle, ellipse, square and the rectangle, and described compass is arranged in left and right, the upper and lower either party of this display screen periphery; Described target ground sensing display unit is distributed on this display screen by the mode of pointer table dial scale; Described reference direction location reference mark is positioned on the line at described display screen center and compass center.
7. orientation according to claim 6 indicating device is characterized in that described display device also comprises digital display screen, described input media be provided with numerical key and/or+,-options button.
8. according to claim 6 or 7 described orientation indicating devices, it is characterized in that, also be provided with loudspeaker on it, described central processing unit also is provided with the clock generating module, clock shows regulation and control module, timing quarter-bell regulation and control module.
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