JP2000171265A - Information display device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily select an optimum choice to improve operativity by inputting to direct a position on a display device by an input means and also by sequentially selecting choices based on a position coordinate input and directed by an input device. SOLUTION: A next candidate key is prepared, and if a landmark of interest is not selected when a densely displayed landmark is selected, the next candidate key is operated instead of again pressing a landmark switch. Then other landmarks are sequentially selected in an ascending order of coordinate difference to set the landmark of interest. In concrete, after a touch reaction point coordinate is obtained, a predetermined region is set with a reaction point as the center. Then a landmark contained in the predetermined region is obtained, wherein if a plurality of landmarks exist, coordinate difference between each landmark coordinate obtained in advance and the touch reaction point coordinate is calculated and stored as a table in an ascending order of the coordinate difference.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information display device suitable for a navigation device and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional information display device having a touch panel, various information items displayed on a display section are touched by a finger on the touch panel to select and input the information. When a finger touch is detected, the touch position coordinates on the screen are determined, and based on the coordinates, it is determined which item is currently selected from the items currently displayed on the screen, and the corresponding item is determined. Execute the process.

[0003] Conventionally, in a vehicle navigation device, a touch panel is provided in addition to a display device to improve operability of various settings and information presentation during traveling. In this navigation device, when a genre such as a convenience store, a gas station, or a fast food is selected on the screen, a landmark of the selected genre is displayed on the screen superimposed on a map, for example, used near the current position. The user can know at a glance where the store of the genre desired by the user is.

[0004]

In the above conventional navigation device, when one of the displayed landmarks is selected and set as, for example, a passing point or a destination, a desired landmark is displayed on the display screen. Select by touching the position of the mark. However, in the case of an urban area or a case where a map on a wide scale is displayed, landmarks on the display screen may be displayed densely.

The method of selecting a displayed landmark by a touch switch is advantageous in that it can be selected with a single touch. On the other hand, when a landmark to be selected is crowded, the selection state is selected because the touch is made with a finger. Can be ambiguous.

[0006] In addition, if the landmarks are densely selected by using the touch panel as described above, erroneous selection may occur. If the display state does not change even if the user judges that the user has made a mistake and re-enters the input, erroneous selection may be repeated. In the information display device having the touch panel as described above, when there are many items to be touched in a dense manner, erroneous selection is often performed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and has as its object to provide an information display device capable of easily selecting an optimum selection item and improving an operation accuracy.

[0008]

An information display device according to the present invention is an information display device capable of selecting a predetermined item from a plurality of displayed selection items. Selecting means for selecting a selection item based on the position coordinates input and instructed to the input device, wherein the input means includes a next candidate selecting means, and the selecting means operates when the next candidate selecting means is operated. The selection items are sequentially selected based on the position coordinates. Further, the storage medium of the present invention selects a predetermined item from a plurality of selection items displayed based on the input and designated position coordinates, and operates a next candidate selection unit to operate a plurality of selection items based on the position coordinates. A program for sequentially selecting from the selection items is recorded.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing one embodiment of a vehicle navigation device to which the present invention is applied. As shown in FIG. 1, a vehicle navigation device according to the present invention includes an input / output device 1 for inputting and outputting information relating to route guidance, a current position detecting device 2 for detecting information relating to the current position of the vehicle, and a route calculation device. Information storage device 3 in which navigation data and display / voice guidance data and programs (applications and / or OS) necessary for route guidance are recorded, display / voice guidance process necessary for route search processing and route guidance And a central processing unit 4 for controlling the entire system. First, each configuration will be described.

The input / output device 1 instructs the central processing unit 4 to perform a navigation process according to the driver's intention so that the driver can input a destination or output guidance information by voice and / or screen when necessary. And a function to print out the processed data and the like. As means for realizing the function, the input unit includes a touch switch 11 and an operation switch for inputting a destination as a telephone number or coordinates on a map, and for requesting route guidance. Of course, an input device such as a remote controller may be used. In the output unit, the input data is displayed on the screen, and the route guidance is automatically displayed on the screen in response to the driver's request. The display 12 stores the data processed by the central processing unit 4 and the information storage device 3. And a speaker 16 for outputting route guidance by voice.

Here, a voice recognition device for enabling voice input and a recording card reading device for reading data recorded on an IC card or a magnetic card can be added. In addition, an information center that stores data necessary for navigation and provides information via a communication line at the request of the driver, an electronic notebook that stores driver-specific data such as map data and destination data in advance, etc. A data communication device for exchanging data with another information source can also be added.

The display 12 is composed of a color CRT or a color liquid crystal display, and is necessary for navigation such as a route setting screen, a section map screen, an intersection map screen based on map data and guidance data processed by the central processing unit 4. In addition to outputting all screens in color display, buttons for setting route guidance, performing guidance during route guidance, and switching screens are displayed on this screen. In particular, the passing intersection information such as the passing intersection name is displayed in color in a pop-up on the section map screen at any time.

The display 12 is provided in an instrument panel near the driver's seat. The driver can check the current position of the vehicle by looking at the section map and obtain information on the route from now on. it can. The display 12 is provided with a touch switch 11 corresponding to the display of the function button, and is configured to execute the above-described operation based on a signal input by touching the button. The input signal generating means including the button and the touch switch constitutes an input unit, but a detailed description thereof is omitted here.

The current position detecting device 2 detects or receives information on the current position of the vehicle, and includes an absolute direction sensor 24 composed of a geomagnetic sensor and the like, and a relative direction sensor composed of a steering sensor, a gyro and the like. 2
5. Distance sensor 2 for detecting running distance from the number of rotations of wheels
6. It is composed of a GPS receiving device 21 using a satellite navigation system (GPS) and a VICS receiving device 22 or a data transmitting / receiving device 23 which is traffic information acquiring means. The VICS receiving device 22 performs FM multiplexing of road traffic information,
The data transmission / reception device 23 is, for example, a mobile phone or a personal computer, and is received by a radio information beacon or an optical beacon.
IS) for exchanging information necessary for navigation.

The information storage device 3 is an external storage device that stores navigation programs and data, and is, for example, a CD-ROM. The program is a program for performing a process such as a route search, a processing program shown in the flowchart described in the present embodiment, a program for performing a display output control necessary for route guidance, a program for performing a voice output control required for voice guidance, and Necessary data, and display information data necessary for route guidance and map display are stored. Data includes map data, search data,
Guidance data, map matching data, destination data,
It consists of files such as registered point data and stores all data necessary for the navigation device. The present invention is also applicable to a type in which only data is stored in a CD-ROM and a program is stored in a central processing unit.

The central processing unit 4 includes a CPU 40 for executing various arithmetic processing, a flash memory 41 for reading and storing programs from a CD-ROM of the information storage device 3,
ROM 42 storing a program (program reading means) for performing program check and update processing of flash memory 41, set point coordinates of destination, road name code No. RAM 43 for temporarily storing searched route guidance information such as searched data and data during arithmetic processing, image memory 44 for storing image data used for screen display on a display, and display output control signals from CPU 40. An image processor 45 which retrieves image data from the image memory 44, performs image processing on the image data, and outputs the processed image to a display;
Information storage device 3 based on an audio output control signal from the PU
, A voice, a phrase, a set of sentences, sounds, and the like read from the loudspeaker 1
6, a communication interface 47 for exchanging input / output data by communication, a sensor input interface 48 for receiving a sensor signal of the current position detecting device 2, and a date and time for writing date and time in internal diagnostic information. A clock 49 and the like are provided. Here, route guidance is performed by screen display and voice output, and the presence or absence of voice output is configured to be selectable by the driver.

Note that a program for performing the above-described update processing may be stored in an external storage device. The program according to the present invention and other programs for executing navigation may all be stored in a CD-ROM as an external storage medium, or some or all of these programs may be stored in the ROM 42 of the main unit. Good. Various navigation functions are realized by inputting data and programs stored in the external storage medium as external signals to the central processing unit of the navigation apparatus main body and performing arithmetic processing.

The navigation device according to the present invention has a relatively large capacity flash memory 41 for reading a program from the CD-ROM of the external storage device, as described above.
A small-capacity ROM 42 storing a program (program reading means) for performing a CD boot process is built in.
The flash memory 41 is a non-volatile storage unit that retains stored information even when the power is turned off. Then, as a start-up process of the CD, the program in the ROM 42 which is a program reading means is started, the program stored in the flash memory 41 is checked, and disk management information of the CD-ROM of the information storage device 3 is read. The program loading process (update process)
The determination is performed based on this information and the state of the flash memory 41.

FIG. 2 shows a configuration example of main data files stored in the CD-ROM 3 shown in FIG.
FIG. 2A shows a guide road data file in which data necessary for calculating a route and performing route guidance by the route calculating means is stored. For each of the number n of roads, a road number, a length, a road It consists of address and size data of attribute data and shape data, and address and size of guidance data. The road number is set for each direction (outbound and return) for each road between the branch points. As shown in FIG. 2B, when each road is divided into a plurality of nodes (nodes), the shape data has coordinate data including east longitude and north latitude for each of the number m of nodes.

As shown in FIG. 2C, the guide data includes an intersection (or branch point) name, caution data, road name data, an address and size of road name data, and an address and size of destination data. Consists of data.
The destination data includes a destination road number, a destination name, an address of destination name voice data, a size and a destination direction data, and travel guidance data as shown in FIG. 2 (D). The destination name includes a direction name. The destination direction data is invalid (do not use destination direction data), unnecessary (no guidance), straight ahead, rightward, diagonally rightward, rightward return, leftward, diagonally leftward, leftward return. This is data indicating information.

FIG. 3 shows a data structure of intersection data and landmark data stored in the CD-ROM 3 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3A, the intersection data includes, for each of the number of intersections n, an intersection number, intersection coordinates (East longitude, north latitude), road information connected to the intersection, an intersection facing, or an intersection. It consists of the address and size of the landmarks that represent nearby facilities on the display map. As shown in FIG. 3B, the landmark data is represented by landmark coordinates (the east longitude and north latitude of the facility represented by the landmark), the mark pattern number, and the landmark for each landmark number m. The name of the road and landmark that the facility faces. FIG.
As shown in (c), the landmark drawing data is the landmark pattern No. .. Consist of mark drawing data corresponding to 0, 1, 2,....

Next, the navigation processing of the present invention will be described. FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the flow of the entire system of the navigation device according to the present invention. The CPU 40 of the central processing unit 4 reads the program from the information storage device 3 and starts the route guidance program. Target names such as place names and facility names, telephone numbers and addresses, registered locations,
A destination is set using a road name or the like (step S1). Next, the current position is detected by the current position detection device 2 and a map around the current position is displayed around the current position. It is displayed (step S2), and a route search from the current position to the destination is performed (step S3). When the route is determined, the route guidance / display is repeated until the vehicle arrives at the destination while tracking the current position by the current position detecting device 2 (step S4). If a detour setting is input before arriving at the destination, a search area is set, a re-search is performed in the search area, and route guidance is repeated until the vehicle arrives at the destination.

Next, an item selection method on the touch panel according to the present invention will be described. FIG. 5 shows a road map display screen centering on the current location in a display device provided with a touch panel. On the screen, an azimuth instruction mark and a scale unit distance are displayed, and some touch switches are displayed. The peripheral search touch switch is a switch for searching for facilities near the current location, the detailed touch switch is a switch for displaying a detailed map, and the all-routes touch switch is for re-searching a new route to the destination. Switch for re-searching is a switch for re-searching by peripheral search, a wide area touch switch is a switch for displaying a wide area map, and a return touch switch is a switch for returning the display to the route guidance initial screen. is there.

Here, when the peripheral search switch is operated,
At the bottom of the screen, facility selection switches such as convenience stores, parking lots, gas stations, family restaurants, banks, etc. are displayed. For example, when a convenience store is selected, as shown in FIG. 6, a landmark of a convenience store near the current location is displayed at that position. In this landmark display method, for example, a landmark in a predetermined area larger than the currently displayed map screen is searched for and acquired from the data shown in FIG. Then, the mark is drawn by superimposing it on the map based on the landmark drawing data with the acquired coordinates of each landmark as the center. Here, when the landmark F is operated, as shown in FIG.
Is displayed on the road map display screen with the mark F at the center of the screen, and when the passing point or the destination setting switch is operated, the facility of the landmark F is displayed. Is set as a passing point or a destination. The cross mark displayed overlapping the landmark F is a cursor, and indicates that the center of the cursor is a position where a point can be set. By operating the registration switch, the facility represented by the landmark F is registered. When the peripheral search switch is operated again on the screen of FIG. 6, the screen is changed to a screen on which the facility selection switch on the lower side of FIG. 5 is displayed. When the screen is to be restored, the release switch may be operated, although not shown. In the above description, the selected landmark F is displayed at the center of the screen. However, it is not always necessary to display the selected landmark F at the center of the screen.
In, the business hours, business contents, telephone numbers, etc. of the facilities of the landmark F may be displayed.

Next, referring to FIGS. 8 to 10, a description will be given of the selection by the touch switch when the landmarks are densely displayed. FIG. 8 is a display screen when a predetermined item selection switch is operated while the facility selection items of FIG. 5 are displayed. The landmarks Y, K, M, and P are densely displayed in the upper right portion of this screen. When the user touches the landmark K to operate the landmark K, the landmark Y is selected by mistake. If so, the screen is centered on the landmark Y, and a cursor indicating that the landmark Y has been selected is displayed over the landmark Y. In this state, as shown in FIG. 9, when the switch operation is performed again, the probability of selecting the landmark Y selected last time decreases, and the landmark K
Is selected, and the cursor is displayed over the landmark K. The process of lowering the selection probability of the landmark 7 selected last time at the time of an erroneous touch will be described in detail below.

FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining landmark coordinates (east longitude and north latitude of the facility represented by the landmark) and reaction points of the touch panel. In FIG. 10, small black dots indicate reaction points on the touch panel, hatched circles indicate landmark coordinate positions Y, K, M, and P, and black circles indicate touch reaction points O. When a reaction point O is detected when a finger is operated as shown in the figure, a coordinate difference (distance) from the coordinate position of the displayed landmark is calculated. The landmark for which the coordinate difference is to be calculated is, for example, a landmark within a predetermined rectangular area centered on point O. In the initial selection, Y closest to the O point is selected. After that, when the vicinity of the O point touched last time is touched again, for example, a rectangular area centered on the O point touched last time is stored. If there is a touch in that area, the distance between the current reaction point and the previously selected Y point is made difficult to select by multiplying or adding a predetermined coefficient. As a result, a target K point is selected. In addition, in the figure, the touch panel reaction point is provided finely with respect to the size of the finger, and the probability of erroneous operation is small, but when the touch panel reaction point is coarse, the probability of erroneous operation increases, so in such a case, Is particularly effective.

Next, with reference to FIGS. 11 and 12, a flow of a peripheral search process according to the present invention will be described. In FIG. 11, when the peripheral search key displayed on the screen as shown in FIG. 5 is operated, a facility selection item is displayed on the screen, and when a predetermined genre is selected from the selection item (steps 11 and 12). The landmark corresponding to the selected genre is searched and displayed on the map (step 1).
3, 14). When the operation of the touch switch is detected, touch position (reaction point) coordinates ( _Xo , _Yo ) are obtained, and a rectangular area ( _Xo ±) centered on the touch position coordinates is obtained.
a, _Yo ± b) are set (steps 15 to 17). Here, when the landmark coordinates are stored in the latitude and longitude coordinate system, the touch position coordinates are converted to the latitude and longitude coordinate system in the map. Then, to get the landmark in the rectangular area, if there is a landmark in the rectangular region, it calculates the coordinates difference between each landmark coordinates and the touch position coordinates obtained (X _n, Y _n), the coordinates The landmark with the smallest difference is selected, the selected landmark is displayed at the center of the screen, and the name of the selected landmark is displayed on the screen (steps 18 to 23). If there is no landmark in the rectangular area in step 19, the touch position is displayed at the center of the screen, and the process is terminated.

In FIG. 12, when the selected landmark is displayed at the center of the screen and the name of the selected landmark is displayed on the screen, if there is no other key input, the touch detection wait is awaited. If there is, a process corresponding to the key operation is executed, and the process ends (steps 25 to 27). When a touch is detected, the touch position coordinates (X _o ′, Y _o ′) are obtained, and it is determined whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed since the previous touch. The coordinate difference from the position coordinates is calculated, and if the coordinate difference is within a predetermined range, the coordinate difference (X _n , Y) between each acquired landmark coordinate and the touch position coordinate
_n ) is calculated, and a predetermined value is multiplied by the coordinate difference between the landmark coordinates and the touch position coordinates for the landmarks obtained up to the previous time (steps 28 to 33). Thus, the landmark with the smallest coordinate difference is selected (step 3).
4) The selected landmark is displayed at the center of the screen (step 35), the name of the selected landmark is displayed (step 36), and another key input is awaited. In the case of the land setting, the facility of the selected landmark is set as the destination. If the predetermined time has elapsed since the previous touch in step 29, the process shifts to landmark acquisition, selection and display processing again as another switch operation. In step 31, the coordinates of the previous touch position and the current touch position are displayed. If the coordinate difference from the coordinates is not within the predetermined range, the process shifts to landmark acquisition, selection, and display processing again as another switch operation.

In the flow charts shown in FIGS.
The processing of step 29, or steps 30 and 31 is processing for determining whether or not the selection has been made again due to an erroneous touch in the present invention. The process of step 33 is the process of the present invention for lowering the selection probability of the landmark selected up to the previous time after the re-selection due to an erroneous touch. In the case of re-selection in the processing of step 33,
Although the distance is changed by multiplying the coordinate difference between the current touch position and the coordinate of the landmark selected up to the last time by a predetermined value, the selection probability may be reduced by adding a predetermined value.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example in which a selected landmark is displayed at the center of the screen and detailed information is displayed. In FIG. 13, when touching one of the densely displayed landmarks Y, the landmark Y is displayed at the center of the screen, and the cursor is superimposed on the landmark. The name of the facility, the business hours, the telephone number, and the presence of a parking lot are displayed. Also in this case, when a mark other than the target mark is touched, if the mark is pressed again within a predetermined time, marks next to the reaction point are sequentially selected.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of selection when the regulation marks are displayed densely. The screen of FIG. 14 is a screen in a case where other regulations in FIG. 5 are selected,
The construction mark and the lane regulation mark are partially overlapped and displayed. When a lane regulation mark is selected, the lane regulation mark is displayed at the center of the screen, a cursor is displayed over the lane regulation mark, and at the same time, the date and time of lane regulation and the details of the regulation are displayed as lane regulation information.

In the above embodiment, in a navigation device having a touch panel provided on a display screen, various kinds of information are displayed superimposed on a map, and the displayed information is used as a selection item. However, the present invention is not particularly limited to this. Instead, the present invention can be applied to all devices that display various information on a display device provided with a touch panel and use the displayed information as a touch selection item. However, this is suitable when the display screen is small, such as a vehicle display device.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing another example of item selection in the peripheral search. In this example, the next candidate key is prepared, and if the target mark is not selected when a densely displayed landmark is selected,
If the next candidate switch is operated without pressing the landmark switch again, other landmarks are sequentially selected in ascending order of the coordinate difference, and a target landmark is set.

Specifically, after obtaining the coordinates of the touch reaction point (point O in FIG. 10), a predetermined area is set around the reaction point, and landmarks included in the predetermined area are obtained. May be obtained by calculating the coordinate difference between each landmark coordinate and the touch reaction point coordinate acquired in advance, and storing the table as a table in ascending order of the coordinate difference. In the above example, by operating the next candidate switch,
We selected landmarks stored sequentially,
When the predetermined area set at the time of the first touch is touched again, the next candidate may be sequentially selected with reference to the table.

[0035]

As described above, according to the present invention, the next candidate selecting means is provided, and when the next candidate selecting means is operated, the selection items are sequentially selected, so that the items displayed densely are selected. At this time, if the target item is not selected, by operating the next candidate selecting means without selecting the item again,
Other items are sequentially selected, and a target item can be easily set.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing one embodiment of a vehicle navigation device to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a road data file.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an intersection data structure.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a flow of the entire system of the navigation device according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a transition from a current location center route guidance map to a peripheral search screen.

FIG. 6 is a transition diagram of a peripheral search screen.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display screen centering on a selected landmark.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a landmark selection screen when landmarks are displayed densely.

FIG. 9 is a view showing a landmark selection screen when landmarks are densely displayed.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating touch panel reaction points for explaining selection of landmarks when the landmarks are densely displayed.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a peripheral search processing flow.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a peripheral search processing flow.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a landmark selection screen when landmarks are displayed densely.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a landmark selection screen when landmarks are displayed densely.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a landmark selection screen when landmarks are densely displayed.

[Explanation of symbols]

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 input / output device, 2 current position detecting device, 3 information storage device, 4 central processing device, 11 touch switch, 12
... Display, 13 ... Printer, 16 ... Speaker, 2
1 ... GPS receiver, 22 ... beacon receiver, 23 ...
Data transmission / reception device, 40 CPU, 41 flash memory, 42 ROM, 43 RAM, 44 image memory, 45 image processor, 46 audio processor, 4
7: Communication interface, 48: Sensor input interface, 49: Clock.

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Claims (13)

[Claims] 1. An information display device capable of selecting a predetermined item from a plurality of displayed selection items, an input means for inputting a position on the display device, and a position coordinate input to the input device. Selecting means for selecting a selection item, wherein the input means includes a next candidate selection means, and the selection means sequentially selects the selection items based on the position coordinates when the next candidate selection means is operated. An information display device, characterized in that: 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a calculating unit configured to calculate a coordinate difference between coordinates of the plurality of selection items displayed on the display screen and position coordinates input and instructed by the input device. 2. A selection item is selected based on the coordinate difference calculated by said calculation means.
Information display device as described. 3. The information display device according to claim 1, wherein said next candidate selection means is a next candidate key displayed on said information display device. 4. The display device further comprises a touch panel, the input unit inputs a position on the display device by a touch operation, and the calculation unit selects a plurality of selection items displayed on a display screen. The information display device according to claim 2, wherein a coordinate difference between the coordinates and the touch position coordinates is calculated. 5. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein, when the next candidate selecting means is operated, the selecting means sequentially selects the selection items in ascending order of the coordinate difference based on the coordinate difference by the calculating means. Information display device. 6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the selecting unit sets a predetermined area around a position coordinate pointed by the input unit.
2. The information display device according to claim 1, wherein selection items included in the area are selected. 7. A storage unit for storing selection items as a table in ascending order of the coordinate difference calculated by the calculation unit, wherein the selection unit sequentially selects a next candidate by referring to the table. The information display device according to claim 2, wherein 8. The next candidate selecting means, when judging that a predetermined area set based on a position first input and instructed by the input means is pointed again, sequentially selects selection items based on the coordinate difference. 3. The method according to claim 2, wherein
Information display device as described. 9. The information display device according to claim 1, wherein each selection item is a mark displayed on a map, and the coordinates of each mark are positions of each mark on the map. 10. The information display device according to claim 1, wherein the selection item is a landmark or a road regulation mark displayed so as to be superimposed on the map. 11. The information display device according to claim 10, wherein a landmark or a road regulation mark, which is a selected item, can be set as a navigation data point. 12. The information display device according to claim 1, wherein the selected item is displayed at the center of the screen. 13. A predetermined item is selected from a plurality of selection items displayed on the basis of the input position coordinates, and when a next candidate selecting means is operated, the plurality of selection items are selected based on the position coordinates. Storage medium in which a program to be sequentially selected from is recorded.