CN1155819A - Integrated guidance system - Google Patents

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CN1155819A
CN1155819A CN 96121641 CN96121641A CN1155819A CN 1155819 A CN1155819 A CN 1155819A CN 96121641 CN96121641 CN 96121641 CN 96121641 A CN96121641 A CN 96121641A CN 1155819 A CN1155819 A CN 1155819A
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朝日宣雄
浅贺克治
水口武尚
土屋二朗
水岛达彦
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An integrated guidance system integrates and displays useful information from various information providers by a simple operation during travel. During travel the information is collected from various types of information supply servers connected to a network. A navigation server transmits the useful information to a mobile terminal device using radio communication. On a single screen the mobile terminal device displays traffic and town information which are obtained from the navigation server and map information from a secondary memory section. Even if the information provider differs, useful information for a user is displayed when travelling in an integrated form by a simple operation.

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Integrated guidance system
The invention relates to can make when mobile from the effective information in different informants' the information relies on the shirtsleeve operation on the mobile terminal apparatus that information is separately made up the combined guided system that shows.
Always, move the auto-navigation system that has of the effective information that shows when mobile with the user.Figure 15 represents that for example Japan Patent discloses the structure of auto-navigation system always represented among the flat 5-53506.Among the figure, 1 for detecting GPS (global positioning system) device of current position by the information from satellite, 2 for have CRT monitor and console switch etc., dynamically showing current location and in the path of destination, carry out the guider main body of processing of setting of user's destination, 3 suitably read among the CD-ROM cartographic information of being stored and the CD-ROM device that sends to guider main body 2 for the instruction of sending according to the guider main body.And according to structure, for self-excitation ground carrying out error correction, sometimes also at the GPS device, on add vehicle speed sensor and utilize the aspect sensor of earth magnetism, gyro and the transducer that travels.
Below its operation is illustrated.In navigation system always, according to the cartographic information of being read by CD-ROM device 3, the user operates guider main body 2 and registers the destination in advance.After the registration, obtain the information (information of lat/longitude) of current location termly from GRS device 1, suitably read current location cartographic information on every side according to this latitude/longitude information by CD-ROM device 3, when on the display of automobile navigation apparatus main body 2, showing, show current position, and merge ground and show that crosspoint etc. locates the indication of direction that should be crooked.
But because historical auto-navigation system is by as above constituting like this, though can realize showing the function of the cartographic information that provides by CD-ROM according to user position information, and by sightseeing guide's that radio-frequency propagation provided supplies with as transport information and books etc. information, because the medium difference that is provided, originally the information that should work in coordination with utilization is added to independently, and the result just exists can not easily the apply in a flexible way problem of these information of user.
On the other hand, when the WWW on the Internet (World Wide Web) utilized for the people beyond the expert, with character and sound, multiple information such as image focused on the trend growth on the WWW and presents the situation that many like this information may centralization on WWW.Thereby must solve the centralization of such information and collect taxes and the problem of transmission data volume when mobile etc.
Purpose of the present invention is the above-mentioned such problem that solves, and being provided at can be with the integrated guidance system of different supplier's effective informations by the shirtsleeve operation centralized displaying when mobile.
In addition, also provide the integrated guidance system that can solve collect taxes problem and data volume problem simultaneously effectively.
Integrated guidance system about first invention has: pays the secondary storage means of the position detection means detected self-position, storing map information on the portable terminal means that when mobile, can carry and carries out the wireless communication means of radio communication, and the mobile terminal apparatus of reading cartographic information and on the demonstration means of portable terminal means, showing by secondary storage means according to the testing result of position detection means; Be connected to network and provide the information of various navigation informations that the unit is provided; And have and be connected to network simultaneously and the navigation elements of the wireless communication means that communicates between the wireless communication means of mobile terminal apparatus, this navigation elements provides the unit according to visiting a plurality of information with the result of communication of mobile terminal apparatus, the result of communication of collecting mobile terminal apparatus effective navigation information and deliver to mobile terminal apparatus when a plurality of information provide unit selection information gathering mobile terminal apparatus to move, mobile terminal apparatus makes by resulting navigation information of navigation elements and the cartographic information associated ground of being read by the secondary storage means and shows on display unit.
And in integrated guidance system about second invention, navigation elements preserve mobile terminal apparatus user's use historical and have accumulative total the tax database, become to a plurality of information provide the unit, to the centralized management of tax information.
And in the integrated guidance system about the 3rd invention, navigation elements is provided in the navigation information that provides the unit to provide by information by the information that mobile terminal apparatus is not wanted in moving, and sends to mobile terminal apparatus with necessary minimum essential communication data volume.
Fig. 1 is the block diagram of expression according to the structure of the execution mode of integrated guidance system of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the block diagram of the structure of portable terminal means in the integrated guidance system of presentation graphs 1;
Fig. 3 is the summary oblique view of the surface structure of presentation graphs 2 portable terminal means;
Fig. 4 is for providing the sketch of the menu screen explanation that shows on the LCD panel to the portable terminal means;
Fig. 5 is for providing the sketch of the sub-menu screen explanation that shows on the LCD panel to the portable terminal means;
Fig. 6 is for providing the sketch of the result for retrieval display frame explanation that shows on the LCD panel to the portable terminal means;
Fig. 7 is the flow chart of whole processing procedures of explanation portable terminal;
Fig. 8 is the flow chart of the user's operational processes order in the key diagram 7 entire process processes;
Fig. 9 is the entire process flow chart in proper order of the navigation elements of key diagram 1;
Figure 10 is the chart of the formation of the agent list in the information planning of preserving in the navigation elements of key diagram 1;
Figure 11 is the chart of the formation of the tables of data in the information planning of preserving in the navigation elements of key diagram 1;
Figure 12 is the chart of the formation of the tax database preserved in the navigation elements of key diagram 1;
Figure 13 is for providing the portable terminal means of Fig. 1 and the timing diagram of the series explanation of communicating by letter of navigation elements;
The sketch of used data format in the communication sequence of Figure 14 for explanation Figure 14; With
Figure 15 is the block diagram of the structure of expression auto-navigation system always.
Below with reference to embodiments of the present invention are described.
Fig. 1 represents the structure according to the execution mode of integrated guidance system of the present invention.Among the figure, position detection means 1, portable terminal means 2 and secondary storage means 3 are identical with always device, for example position detection means 1 is the GPS device, and portable terminal means 2 are guider main body or personal computer and electronic memo, and secondary storage means are the CD-ROM device.4 for providing from the wireless communication means of the visit door means of portable terminal means 2 navigation unit 5, is portable phone and bidirectional information communicator.
And the correspondence table of the positional information on 5 maps that provide for the positional information that each information of connecting the Internet 6 and providing from network place 7,8,9 is provided and obtains from position detection means and by secondary storage means 3 etc. and the requirement that portable terminal means 2 are sent provided adapt to the navigation elements of answering.And navigation elements 5 for and above-mentioned wireless communication means 4 between the radio communication control device that communicates, it is made of communication protocol control device 5A, tax database 5B, information planning 5C, Information Selection/shift means 5D.And each Web (network) place 7,8,9 that is connected to the Internet provides the unit for a plurality of information of transport information that various places are provided separately, sightseeing information, urban information etc.
With the corresponding part of Fig. 1 Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 of representing of prosign in addition, represent the internal structure and the outward appearance of portable terminal means 2 respectively.4A and 4B carry out the wireless digital data communication for carrying out the radio communication device and the antenna thereof of radio communication with navigation elements 5 with navigation elements 5 among the figure, send user's solicited message, perhaps receive navigation elements 5 retrieve details.
10 are the touch plate as user's input information and indication usefulness, and dependence contacts its surface with finger tip the coordinate information on the picture is delivered to central self-care device (CPU) 12 with input pen.And 11 LCD panel for display text symbol and figure, according to control displayed map and menu, submenu etc. from CPU12.1A and 1B make central arithmetic unit 12 can obtain latest position information all the time and move like this for receiving from the GPS unit of the absolute position of the electric wave of gps satellite and mensuration itself and antenna, every the latitude and the longitude of certain time interval mensuration itself.12 for carrying out the control of said apparatus and the central processing unit of data processing (CPU), and the command code that is write down according to program storage 13 is carried out all operations of portable terminal means 2.
The program storage of desired data in 13 command codes of carrying out for storage CPU12 and the command execution, the data storage of the storaging user data that use 14 service areas when handling as CPU12 etc.15 is the mobile terminal apparatus main body of portable terminal means 2,4B send the antenna of electric wave for radio communication device 4A transmitting-receiving, 16 is the input pen of using when operating touch pad 10,3 is the CD-ROM device as the secondary storage means that connect 15 uses of mobile terminal apparatus main body, relies on specified latitude and longitude etc. can retrieve and read the cartographic information of its peripheral position.1B is connected to the GPC antenna that the GPS unit 1A in the mobile terminal apparatus main body 15 uses.
Fig. 4 is the shown picture example of the LCD panel 11 of portable terminal means 2, and 20 is transport information classification selector button among the figure, and 21 is urban information classification selector button, and 22 are sightseeing information category selector button.Practical application methods, when for example utilizing recreational facilities such as film user by bus, the user promptly selects with the urban information classification selector button 21 in input pen 16 and this display frame of Fingertip touch.As a result, just with the information of the Netherlands of selecteed current location and urban information as the classification that requires information with require place name to send by 2 pairs of navigation elements of portable terminal means 5.
The display frame example of the current possible service submenu when Fig. 5 is selection for the urban information classification.For example in the urban information classification, has film information and dining room information as service entry.23 is the information category chooser menu in film and dining room etc. among the figure, and 24 for setting the place and sub-dish menu is set in place constantly constantly, and 25 be the detailed conditions setting submenu of setting of selected and other detailed conditions of destination.In fact, in the time of search condition will being compressed as selecting film informations, show that promptly the place sets submenu 24 constantly from information category chooser menu 23.Promptly by portable terminal means 2 will as the Service name of film information and the parameter of this class send to navigation elements 5 as the appointed place this moment, carry out retrieval process in navigation elements 5 sides.
Fig. 6 for retrieve by navigation elements 5, in the display frame example as a result that portable terminal means 2 side joints are received, 26 is the result for retrieval viewing area.Retrieval execution result in the above-mentioned navigation elements 5 is displayed in the result for retrieval viewing area 26.In ratio, show the Film Title of cinema's name, projection and begin the time.And indicate the place of this cinema on the map at the sharp mouth portion of result for retrieval viewing area 26.
Program STO shown in the command code execution graph 7 that program storage 13 was stored when the CPU12 of dress basis was added into power supply in fact, in the mobile terminal apparatus main body 15.That is, at first carry out the initialization process of mobile terminal apparatus main body 15 total systems at step ST1 CPU12.In this system initialization process, include the processing of destination registration, ask for the current location of self at interval at regular intervals as detection GPS unit 1A simultaneously, thereby set so that CPU12 can obtain latest position information where necessary to current location.
Then in step ST2, CPU12 reads the absolute location information of self from GPS unit 1A, reads on every side cartographic information at step ST3 from CD-ROM device 3 according to the up-to-date positional information that obtains, by showing on LCD panel 11 as shown in Figure 5.Then CPU12 proposes information request at next step ST4 waits for user operation touch pad 10, transfers to step ST5 and carry out user's operational processes when the user has carried out operation.And do not operate or when user's operational processes of step ST5 finishes, 1 transfer to the information that step ST6 CPU12 monitoring wireless communicator 4A receives the user, receive demonstration request from navigation elements 5.
At this moment, as from the demonstration request of navigation elements 5 time, CPU12 transfers to step ST7, shows request display message on LCD panel 11 according to this.When this step ST7 finishes or the time not from the demonstration request of navigation elements 5, transfer to step ST8, CPU12 judges whether system finishes.Promptly return processing that step ST3 from the processing of the part of retrieval displayed map information begin repeat above-mentioned steps ST4 (~step ST5)~step ST6 (~step ST7) as finishing this moment.
In above-mentioned steps ST4, when the user operated touch pad 10 proposition information request, CPU12 detected it, carries out the subprogram of processing procedure ST10 shown in Figure 8 as user's operational processes of step ST5.That is CPU12 operates etc. according to the user at step ST11 and obtains " classification of solicited message, request place ", they is sent to navigation elements 5 then in step ST12.
Following CPU12 obtains the menu of the current possible service of basis " classification of solicited message, request place " gained from navigation elements 5 in step ST13, then wait for user's selection behind the display menu on the LCD panel 11 in step ST14.The user carries out any selection input and all transfers to step ST15 under this state, and transfer to step ST16 and show submenu selection this moment that the service of quilt need to judge whether further parameter in the time must further making parameter and select, and turns back to step 14.After doing like this, CPU12 is provided from navigation elements 5 according to user's request of operating by the menu of the service that may provide, as Fig. 5 and as shown in Figure 6 on LCD panel by hierarchical sequence display menu 20,21,22 and submenu 23,24,25, make and can import the necessary information of user and select.
Then CPU12 repeat this menu and and submenu shows and user's selection input, complete until necessary information, and, in step ST17, pass through radio communication device 4A navigation unit 5 transmission information must the complete stage of information.And when sending information by navigation elements 5 by radio communication device 4A, CPU12 obtains them, shows this information as shown in Figure 7 on LCD panel 1.
Fig. 9 is the handling procedure 20 of the operation of expression navigation elements 5 sides.In fact, at step ST21, behind the ID and information category and regional information that communication protocol control device 5A mobile terminal receive means 2 are sent, information processing begins counting of the time that communicates etc. as tax in step ST22.And in next step ST23, with aforementioned information category and aforementioned Netherlands as retrieving in the agent list of keyword in information planning 5C, portable terminal means 2 are extracted the service that may provide, utilize the result who extracts among the step ST24 to form service name and other table of parameter group is sent to portable terminal means 2, wait for and send solicited message by portable terminal means 2.
After then navigation elements 5 receives the specific service name of being sent by portable terminal means 2 and parameter group at step ST25, in step ST26, obtain VRL (Uniform Resource Locators corresponding to service name with reference to the agent list among the information planning 5C, location input indication) changing means 5D by Information Selection/degree then conducts interviews to Web place corresponding with VRL on the Internet 67,8 or 9, and obtain information on services with HT ML (Hyper Text Markup Language, supertext record keeping language) formal representation.
Utilize Information Selection/shift means 5D that the information on services of the HTML form that obtains is carried out conversion at step ST27 below, stored by tables of data as shown in Figure 10 as the key element of agent list.Retrieve at step ST28 again that to extract only be portable terminal means 2 desired information in by the tables of data of being stored with the parameter that received in the step 25 but as keyword, will extract the result then and send to portable terminal means 2.The information of the application charges that in step ST29 the serial operation of above-mentioned steps ST21~ST is produced is input among the tax revenue DB5B again, finishes this sequence of operations.
Utilize Figure 10 and Figure 11 that the agent list among the information planning 5C 30 and tables of data 40 are described with concrete example below.The information example that Figure 10 is preserved for the agent list 30 among the information planning 5C of expression navigation elements 5 inside.31 is retention class among Figure 10, and 32 for preserving area 33 for preserving corresponding to the VRL3V in Web place to preserving service name, and 35 for preserving parameter group, and 36 for preserving each tables of data of the information that the Web place obtains.
For example say, when being sent " urban information " as information category, " Tokyo; refreshing naphthalene river " conduct area by portable terminal means 2, navigation elements 5 retrieval service tables 30 extract the 4th row and the 5th service of holding as " Tokyo, the Kanagawn " of keyword of going.And service name 34, parameter group 35 are sent to portable terminal means 2, are shown used as the ground menu 23 shown in Figure 5 and the project of submenu 24 and 25.The information example of Figure 11 for being preserved in the tables of data 36 of Figure 10.
" Ren Ha-" 3 " are as the film name, and the data input time is " 9:00 " as the place for example to select " Yokohama " in the submenu 24 of Fig. 5.When being sent aforementioned place, film name, constantly information by portable terminal means 2, navigation elements 5 retrieve data tables 40 and the data that extract first row are sent portable terminal means 2 back to.
Figure 12 represents the example of content of the tax DB5B of navigation elements 5 inside.Among the figure tax information of holding the portable terminal means 2 of ID=" A12093 ".Can obtain over the service name 51 utilized and utilize time 52 and service rent 53 and utilize the time 54 according to the request of navigation elements 5.Can also obtain the aggregate value of service rent and the accumulated value that service utilizes the time.
Figure 13 represents the communication information of 5 of portable terminal means 2 and navigation elements.Among the figure, 60 is menu request, for example comprises " urban information " " Netherlands " etc.61 is services menu, for example comprises the service of " dining room " " film " menu and retrieves the data of the submenu of their parameters needed.62 is retrieval request, contains the search key of " film " " Yokohama " " November 10 " etc.63 is result for retrieval, comprises title, position, details etc.
At first, portable terminal means 2 send to navigation elements 5 with menu request 60.Navigation elements 5 sends to portable terminal means 2 with services menu 61 in contrast.Then, portable terminal means 2 will be delivered to navigation elements 5 by the retrieval request 62 that the user selects.At last, navigation elements 5 is sent to portable terminal means 2 with result for retrieval 63.Result for retrieval is made up of title, position, details.
Figure 14 represents used data format in the communication sequence of 5 of portable terminal means 2 and navigation elements.64 is Termination ID among the figure, is used to discern which portable terminal means 2.65 is function code, the kind of expression data format.66 is the information category code, and the kind of the information service of energy information, urban information etc. is handed in expression.67 is area code, and expression receives the area (Tokyo, Yokohama etc.) of service.68 is menu data, is the data of hierarchical menu structure.Bracket with the presentation layer secondary data is represented.
69 is information desk, is film information etc.And>0 be parameter (Yokohama, November 10) etc.>1 is title, is the title of result for retrieval gained information.72 is positional information, is the position of result for retrieval gained information.73 for describing in detail, is the explanation of result for retrieval gained information.In fact, menu request 60 is formed (Figure 14 C (A)) by Termination ID 64, function code 65, information category code 66, area code 67.And 61 form (Figure 14 (B)) in the services menu by Termination ID 64, function code 66, menu data 68.Retrieval request 62 is formed (Figure 14 (C)) by Termination ID 64, function code 65, Service name 69, parameter 70.Result for retrieval 63 is by Termination ID 64, function code 65, title 71, positional information 72 and describe 73 in detail and form.
As above according to the present invention, the navigation elements that setting provides the unit to collect effective information when mobile and utilize radio communication to send to mobile terminal apparatus from all information that is connected by the Internet, and the mobile terminal apparatus transport information that will obtain by navigation elements and urban information and be presented on the picture, so can realize with shirtsleeve operation at informant's integrated guidance system that effective information does not show with compound mode when mobile simultaneously by the cartographic information that the secondary storage means obtain.
And according to second invention, the service that navigation elements is preserved each application person utilizes historical, in the tax database, add up, can change information the unit be provided and tax information is done centralized management therefrom, thereby user and each informant settle a bargain, according to tax information, realize solving at one stroke the integrated guidance system of the troublesome problem of necessary indivedual payment or rents to each informant's accumulative total.
And according to another invention, the graphical information that navigation elements is will be from the information that common informant comes contained and move in user's information utilization of not wanting select shift means to remove and deposit in the information planning, the communication protocol that simultaneously that the bottom line of being stored is required information conversion becomes to adapt to radio communication sends, so can realize alleviating greatly the integrated guidance system that utilizes the traffic of radio communication when information provides unit access.

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1. integrated guidance system is characterized in that, has:
Pay on the portable terminal means that when mobile, may carry and detected the position detection means of self-position, the secondary storage means of storing map information and the wireless communication means of carrying out wireless telecommunications, and according to the mobile terminal apparatus that the result is read corresponding map information and shown on the demonstration means of described portable terminal means by described secondary storage means that detects of described position detection means; The a plurality of information that all navigation informations are provided that are connected to the Internet provide the unit; And has a navigation elements of the radio communication control device that between the described wireless communication means of described mobile terminal apparatus, communicates simultaneously of being connected with the described Internet.
Described navigation elements according to the result of communication of described mobile terminal apparatus when a plurality of information provide the described mobile terminal apparatus of unit selection information gathering to move effective described navigation information and deliver to described mobile terminal apparatus, described mobile terminal apparatus shows described navigation information that is obtained by described navigation elements and the described cartographic information associated ground of being read by described secondary storage means on described demonstration means.
2. integrated guidance system as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, described navigation elements is the utilization history of preserving described each user of mobile terminal apparatus to be arranged and accumulative total tax database is arranged, and changes described a plurality of informant, and tax information is carried out centralized management.
3. integrated guidance system as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that described navigation elements is provided by the information that described mobile terminal apparatus need not in moving in the described navigation information that provides the unit to provide by described information, send described mobile terminal apparatus with required MIN amount of communications.
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