JP2000241190A - Information display device for vehicle and recording medium therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To concentrate many pieces of information to a user in a narrow space on a screen to display them and easily recognize for the user what to do, by dividing guide information into a plurality of sections, storing them, and displaying its part in a dynamic state and the other in a static state. SOLUTION: In a screen display, processing contents such as a 'destination', a 'place', an 'information' or the like is displayed by a word in a main window (a). In a non-highlighted display window (b) of guide information windows (b), (c), a content of the window (a) is displayed by a short guide sentence and in a static state. Meanwhile, in a highlighted display window (c), a content of the window (a) is displayed by a relatively long guide sentence and in a dynamic state. In a user operation window (d), a selective item corresponding to a processed content of the window (a) is displayed. In a user operation support window (e), a user operation item corresponding to the item selected in the window (d) is displayed, and hence a selection of the item of the window (d) is facilitated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a vehicle information display device such as a navigation device and a multimedia device mounted on a vehicle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, in a vehicular navigation apparatus for providing route guidance to a destination, conventionally, a method of inputting a destination or the like is described as follows: "input of Japanese syllabary", "input of telephone number" , "Search by genre", "Search by facility name", "Search nearby", "Departure point", "Home"
Etc., and select the item that is the remote control operation,
For example, if you select "Search by genre", "Eat",
Items of subordinate concepts such as “buy”, “stay”, and “play” are displayed, and further select an item, for example, “eat”
When you select, items of lower concept such as "Family restaurant", "Fast food", "Udon / Soba" are displayed, and the destination is input by sequentially selecting the lower items. I have to. In this case, in order to guide the user's remote control operation, text such as "select the desired item and decide with the enter key", "turn the page with the joystick left and right" etc. is displayed on the selection screen or guided by voice Like that.

[0003]

However, in the conventional operation guide system, since there is a space restriction on a displayable portion on the screen, the user is informed of the reason for the operation (for what reason). ), The operation method (how), the operation result (confirmation of the operation result), etc. cannot be displayed sufficiently. As a result, the user feels anxious about his / her operation behavior and feels stress. Will happen. In addition, as a method of operation explanation, it is possible to display the explanation in full text and let the user read the full text to convey the contents without fail, but occupy the screen space, and the display of selection items is reduced. In addition, since the full text is displayed without extracting the necessary parts, it takes time for the user to extract and understand the necessary parts by himself.

As another method of operating explanation, a method of displaying a sentence summarizing the explanation to prevent the screen from occupying the space can be considered. However, all characters in the sentence are kept in the same state. Because of the display, there is a problem that the main information in the text cannot be instantly recognized.

[0005] This problem is not limited to vehicle navigation devices, but also to operation guides using a display having space restrictions, such as a vehicle multimedia device that combines a television, a music CD, a video DVD, and the Internet. The same is true.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems, and enables a user to collectively display a large amount of information in a narrow space on a screen. It is an object of the present invention to provide an information display device for a vehicle and a recording medium of the device, which makes it easier to recognize the information. Also, by displaying key information to the user in a dynamic state, identification with other information is facilitated, and the vehicle information display device and the recording medium of the device can facilitate the user to recognize what to do. The purpose is to provide.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a vehicle information display device for displaying guidance information in a predetermined window of the display device to provide the guidance information. Storage means for dividing the guidance information into a plurality of parts and storing the divided information; and displaying the divided parts of the guidance information stored in the storage means in a dynamic state and displaying the guidance information in a dynamic state. A display control means for displaying a portion in a static state is provided, and the invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that, in claim 1, the dynamic state is movement of text of guidance information. According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first and second aspects, the vehicle information display device is a navigation device that performs route guidance to a destination based on a destination or other point input. Item 4 Recording medium of the vehicle information display device,
A recording medium storing a program of a vehicle information display device for providing guidance information by displaying the guidance information in a predetermined window of the display device, wherein a divided part of the guidance information stored in the storage means is dynamically stored. 6. A vehicle information display device according to claim 5, wherein a program for displaying the guidance information in a static state and displaying a part other than the guidance information in a dynamic state is recorded. In a vehicle information display device for providing guidance information by displaying the guidance information in a predetermined window, a storage means for adding address information to the guidance information and storing the information, a non-highlighted display window formed in the guidance information window, A highlight window,
Display control means for reading address information from the storage means, displaying guide information in a non-highlighted display window and a highlighted display window based on the address information, and highlighting the guide information displayed in the highlighted display window. According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the fifth aspect, the highlighting is movement of a sentence of the guide information, and the seventh aspect of the invention is the fifth aspect of the present invention. The vehicle information display device is a navigation device that performs route guidance to a destination based on a destination or other point input, and the recording medium of the vehicle information display device according to claim 8, further comprising: Recording medium for recording a program for a vehicle information display device that provides guidance information by displaying in a non-highlighted display window and a highlighted display window of a display device There are, as read address information from the storage means, to display the guidance information on the basis of the address information in the non-emphasized display window and highlighting window,
A recording medium recording data of the vehicle information display device according to claim 9, wherein a program for highlighting the guidance information displayed in the highlight display window is recorded.
A recording medium that records a program of a vehicle information display device that displays guidance information in a non-highlighted display window and a highlighted display window of a display device and highlights the guidance information displayed in the highlighted display window to provide the guidance information. The data structure of the guide information is characterized in that the guide information is provided with address information for non-highlighted window display or highlighted window display.

[0008]

According to the present invention, a large amount of information can be displayed to a user in a narrow space on a screen in a collective manner, so that the user can easily recognize what to do. Can be. In addition, as main guidance information for the user, for example, "verb operated by the user"
Is displayed in a dynamic state and other guidance information is displayed in a static state, so that the user can instantly recognize what to do from the guidance information. Further, the user can more strongly feel the association between the confirmation of the purpose of the operation and the result of the performed action, and can perform the operation without feeling anxious about the next operation and stress caused by a question about the current operation.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a vehicular navigation device to which the present invention is applied, an input / output device 1 for inputting / outputting information relating to route guidance, and a current position detecting device for detecting information relating to a current position of a host vehicle. 2. An information storage device 3 which stores navigation data necessary for route calculation, display guidance data necessary for guidance, etc., performs route guidance processing and display guidance processing required for route guidance, and controls the entire system. The central processing unit 4 performs the processing. 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. It also has a function to print out the processed data and the like. As a means for realizing the function, the input unit includes a remote control device 11 for calling a menu screen, inputting a destination by a telephone number or coordinates on a map, and requesting route guidance. ing. Remote control device 11
Is a wireless remote controller using a wired or optical device, such as a menu button for calling a menu screen, a joystick key for highlighting a selected item, moving a cursor in a map up, down, left and right, and changing a display direction of a map. Rotary jog dial, enter key to determine selection position,
A search key for changing a route, a voice key for calling voice guidance, a wide area / detailed map display switching key, an input key for inputting characters and a telephone number, and the like are provided. Of course, an input device such as a touch switch may be used as the input unit. The output unit displays input data on the screen,
A display 12 for automatically displaying route guidance on a screen in response to a driver's request, a printer 13 for printing out data processed by the central processing unit 4 and data stored in the information storage device 3, and outputting voice guidance for route guidance. Speaker 16 and the like.

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 is provided 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. All screens are output in color display, and a palette for setting route guidance, performing guidance during route guidance, and performing a screen switching operation is 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. Can be. When the display 12 is provided with a touch switch corresponding to the display of the function pallet, the above-described operation is performed based on a signal input by touching the pallet. The input signal generating means including the pallet and the touch switch constitutes an input section, 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. 25, a distance sensor 26 for detecting a traveling distance from the number of rotations of wheels, a GPS receiving device 21 using a satellite navigation system (GPS), and a communication device. The communication device is a traffic information acquisition means VICS (Vehicle Information & Communication System).
m) The VICS is composed of a receiving device 22 and a data transmitting / receiving device 23. VICS transmits road traffic information to a vehicle in real time by FM multiplexing (text broadcasting), a radio beacon, and an optical beacon. The information is transmitted, and the information of the radio wave beacon and the optical beacon is detailed information of a narrow area within a radius of about 10 km around the beacon, and can be received when the vehicle passes through the beacon. The VICS transmission data includes the degree of congestion (for example, the degree of congestion such as impassability, congestion, congestion, heavy traffic, or normal congestion), the start position of congestion, the length of congestion, It is composed of regulations (construction information, road closures, etc.) and travel time (time required at a predetermined speed). The data transmitting / receiving device 23 is, for example, a mobile phone or a personal computer, and exchanges information required for navigation with a traffic information center (for example, ATIS) at the request of the driver.

The information storage device 3 is an external storage device that stores navigation programs and data, and is, for example, a CD-ROM or DVD. The program includes a map drawing unit, a route search unit, a route guidance unit, a current position calculation unit, a destination setting operation control unit, and the like, and includes an application unit for performing a signal output process of navigation, an OS unit, and the like.
Here, a program for performing processing such as route search, a display output control required for route guidance, a program for performing voice output control required for voice guidance and data necessary for the program, and further, a route guidance and a map display. Necessary display information data is stored. The data includes map data necessary for route guidance (road map, house map, building shape map, etc.), intersection data, node data, road data, photograph data, registered point data, destination point data, guide road data, It consists of a file of detailed destination data, destination reading data, telephone number data, address data, and other data, and stores all data necessary for the navigation device.

The central processing unit 4 non-volatilely stores a CPU 40 for executing various arithmetic processing, and important information (for example, a program for executing route search and route guidance, data for setting conditions, data for various parameters, etc.). Flash memory 41 (for example, electrically erasable EEPROM: electrically erasable and P)
a program (program reading means) for performing a program check and update process of the flash memory 41, and a data check of the flash memory 41 and the RAM 43 to control information stored therein so that they can be rewritten mutually. ROM 42 which is a non-volatile storage means storing a program, a memory location for registering information of an arbitrary location by a driver's operation,
The information stored for each individual such as the frequency information accumulated by the learning function and the error correction information of various detection means is temporarily (volatilely) stored, and the stored information is retained even when the ACC is turned off. RAM 43 as a readable and writable volatile storage means (for example, an SRAM capable of electrically storing temporarily stored information: Static R)
AM), an image memory 44 in which image data to be used for screen display on a display is stored, and image data extracted from the image memory 44 based on a display output control signal from the CPU 40, subjected to image processing, and output to the display. A processor that synthesizes voices, phrases, one set of sentences, sounds, and the like read from the information storage device 3 based on a voice output control signal from the CPU 45 and the CPU, converts the synthesized signals into analog signals, and outputs the analog signals to the speaker 16 4
6. A communication interface 47 for exchanging input / output data by communication, a sensor input interface 48 for capturing a sensor signal of the current position detection device 2, a clock 49 for writing date and time in internal diagnostic information, and the like. I have. In the central processing unit 4, when data acquired by each sensor of the current position detecting device 2 is fetched from the sensor input interface 48, the CPU 40 calculates the current position coordinates at regular intervals based on the data, and temporarily stores the coordinates. Write to RAM43. The current position coordinates are obtained by performing a map matching process in consideration of detection errors of various data. The output values of the various sensors are constantly corrected. Here, the route guidance is configured so that the driver can select either the screen display or the voice output.

The navigation program and data may be read from the outside via the data transmitting / receiving device 23. In this way, by reading the necessary navigation programs and data from the outside via the data transmission / reception device 23, the necessary programs and the latest data can be appropriately updated and stored, and , Information storage device 3
And the flash memory 41 of the central processing unit 4 or the R
It can also be stored in the AM 43.

Next, the operation will be described. FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the overall processing flow of the navigation device of FIG. The outline of the processing executed by the central processing unit 40 from starting up the system as a navigation device to performing point input, route search, route guidance, and the like is as follows.
The navigation program is read out from the CD-ROM by performing an initialization process, and the navigation program is stored in the flash memory 41 and activated (step S11). Next, a process of acquiring the current position of the vehicle by the current position detection device 2 is performed,
A map around the current position is displayed, and the name of the current position is displayed (step S1).
2). Next, a process of setting a destination using a telephone number, an address, a facility name, a registered point, and the like is performed (step S1).
3) A route search from the current position to the destination is performed (step S14). When the route is determined, the current position detecting device 2
While the current position is being tracked, the display output and the voice output of the route guidance until reaching the destination are performed (step S15).

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described by applying to the destination setting processing of step S13 in the above navigation processing. FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining an example of a screen display according to the present invention.

In the example of the screen display of FIG.
This is a main window that displays processing contents such as “destination”, “setting / editing”, “place”, and “information” in words. b, c
Is a guide information window according to the present invention, and b is a non-highlighted display window that displays the contents of the main window a in a short guide text and in a stationary state. For example, if the main window a is “destination”, I will look for and guide you. " c is a highlighting window that displays the contents of the main window in a relatively long guide text and in a dynamic state. For example, if the main window a is “destination”, the sentence “Please decide how to find” is displayed on the right. And move it to the left to display it. d is a user operation window corresponding to the processing of the main window a. For example, if the main window a is "destination", "enter facility name", "select more", "input telephone number", "select genre""
Selectable items such as "select address", ... "select from previous location" are displayed. e is a user operation support window corresponding to the selection item of the user operation window d. For example, when the cursor is moved to the item of “genre selection” in the user operation window d, “eating”, “car related”, “buying”, ... “Other places” are displayed to facilitate selection of items in the user operation window d.
f is an input window for returning to the previous screen, g
Shows a processing window for displaying processing before and after input by the user.

The screen display example of FIG. 3B is displayed when there are a large number of selection items in the user operation window d and cannot be stored in one screen.
The user operation support window e is provided in the left area of the user operation window, and the selection item of the user operation window d can be selected by operating the scroll button h. The configuration of the other windows is the same as that in FIG.

FIGS. 4 and 5 show a specific example of an operation method of the destination setting process. In FIG. 4, a map M is displayed on the first screen, and the own vehicle position P is displayed on the map M.

When the menu button of the remote controller 11 is pressed in this state (step S21), a "menu screen" of the screen type described with reference to FIG. 3A is displayed. "?" Is displayed in the main window a, "Navigable by simple operation" is displayed in a static state in the non-highlighted window b, and "Please decide what you want to do" is displayed in the highlighted window c from the right. It is dynamically displayed so as to flow to the left, and selection items of “setting / editing”, “finding a place”, “seeing information”, “deciding a destination” are displayed in a user operation window d, and a joystick key is displayed. When "decide destination" is selected, the item "decide destination" is highlighted (hatched portion), and "facility name", "moyori",
"Phone number", "Genre", "Address selection",……
Selectable items such as "Previous location" are displayed.

Press the enter key to "determine the destination"
(Step S22), "decide destination"
The screen is displayed. “Destination” is displayed in the main window a, “Search for a destination” is displayed in a non-highlighted window b in a stationary state, and the highlighted window c is displayed.
, "Please decide how to find" is dynamically displayed so that it flows from right to left, and in the user operation window d,
Selectable items such as "enter facility name", "select mochi", "enter phone number", "select genre", "select address", ... "select from previous location" are displayed. When “select more” is selected, the item “select more” is highlighted (hatched portion), and “eating”, “vehicle-related”,
"Buy", ... "Other places" etc. are displayed. Further, "How to find?" Is displayed in the processing window g.

When the enter key is depressed to determine "Moto genre selection" (step S23), a "Moto genre large item" screen is displayed. The main window a and the non-highlighted window b remain unchanged, and the highlight window c is dynamically changed so that "Please select the item that matches your destination. See the right window" flows from right to left. "Eat", "vehicles", "buy",..., "Other places", etc. are displayed in the user operation window d. When "eat" is selected with the joystick key, the "eat" item is displayed. A "family restaurant", "fast food", "udon / soba",... Are displayed in the user operation support window e. Also, "large item?" Is displayed in the processing window g.

When the user presses the enter key to determine "eat" (step S24), the "more genre item screen" of FIG. 5 is displayed, and the screen type is changed to the screen type described in FIG. 3B. The main window a and the non-highlighted window b do not change, and "Please select a genre that is appropriate for the destination" is dynamically displayed in the highlighted window c so as to flow from right to left. “Family restaurant”, “Fast food”, “Udon / Soba”,……… are displayed. “Genre?” Is displayed in the processing window g. The user selects a desired genre item by operating the scroll button h of the user operation support window e.

When the facility genre is determined by pressing the enter key (step S25), a "facility candidate selection screen" is displayed.
Is displayed. The main window a does not change, "Guidance" is displayed in the non-highlighted window b, and "Please specify the destination" is dynamically displayed in the highlighted window c so that it flows from right to left. In the user operation window d, the facility candidates of the designated genre 1, 2,...
... is displayed. Also, “candidate place?” Is displayed in the processing window g. The user selects a desired facility candidate by operating the scroll button h of the user operation support window e.

When the enter key is depressed to determine "facility candidate 1" (step S26), a map M and a cross mark Q are displayed as a "destination setting screen", and "return to search list", "return to here" A selection item of “Set as a destination” is displayed, and when the enter key is pressed to determine “Set as a destination”, the destination is set.

FIG. 6 shows the above-mentioned non-highlighted display window b.
And the moving image sentence (highlighted guidance information) displayed in the highlighted window c. These are stored in the storage means (ROM 4).
2). As a data structure, address information is assigned and stored for each guide message, and a display control unit described later generates a guide message corresponding to each screen type by a program that performs display control based on the address information. The extracted guidance message is displayed at a predetermined position on the screen, the guidance message displayed in the range to be highlighted is highlighted, and the guidance message displayed in the non-highlighted range is not highlighted. It should be noted that the guidance sentence is stored for each phrase or phrase, and for each phrase or phrase, emphasized and non-emphasized information is added, and only the phrase or phrase to which the emphasized information is added is highlighted. Is also good. Therefore, more information can be displayed to the user collectively in a narrow space on the screen, and the user can easily recognize what to do. It should be noted that the static sentence and the moving image sentence are not limited to sentences, and may be icons or animated images.

FIGS. 7 to 9 are diagrams showing the flow of processing in the display control means for realizing the above operation method.
FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the flow of the entire processing of the display control. First, a menu screen display process is performed (step S31), and then a screen type is determined (step S31).
32) Next, after extracting the guidance text corresponding to each screen type described in FIGS. 4 and 5 (step S33), the guidance text is displayed at a predetermined position on the screen (step S34). Subsequently, in step S35, it is determined whether or not the operation on the display screen has been completed.
If it is completed, the process of terminating the guidance message display and the process of terminating the current screen are performed (steps S36 and S37).

FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining the flow of processing in display control of a still sentence. First, a process of statically displaying the guidance text at a predetermined position on the screen is performed (step S4).
1) Next, it is determined whether or not the operation on the display screen has been completed (step S42). If the operation has not been completed, the process returns to step S41. A screen end process is performed (steps S43 and S43).
4).

FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining the flow of processing in display control of moving image text. First, a process of statically displaying a part of the guide text at a predetermined position on the screen is performed (step S).
51) Next, it is determined whether or not a predetermined time has been exceeded (step S52). After the predetermined time has elapsed, a process of dynamically displaying the entire guide text within a predetermined range of the screen is performed (step S5).
3) Next, it is determined whether or not the display of the guidance message has been completed (step S54).
Returning to step 53, the dynamic display is continued. If the display is completed, the process returns to step S51, and a part of the guide text is displayed in a static manner. The reason why the dynamic display is performed after the elapse of the predetermined time is that the guide text can be displayed more emphasized.

Another method for dynamically displaying the entire guide text within a predetermined area of the screen will be described. First, the still sentence and the moving picture sentence are drawn in separate image memories, and the two image memories are overlapped. When overlapping, the overlapping range in the moving picture is shifted little by little. By superimposing the moving images, the moving image sentence is dynamically displayed. Alternatively, a method of drawing a still sentence and a moving image sentence in one image memory and rewriting the moving image sentence every time may be used.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to this, and various modifications can be made. For example, in the above embodiment,
Although the example applied to the destination setting processing is described, it can be applied to all navigation operations and guides such as registration point setting and editing, pass point setting, route editing, route search, map 3D display, guide output, etc. is there.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, a sentence is used as an example of the dynamic display, but a dynamic display such as a blinking display or a repeated display of uppercase and lowercase characters may be used.
Further, as other highlighting, highlighting such as enlarged display, high-brightness display, and framed display may be used.

In the above-described embodiment, an example in which the present invention is applied to a navigation device is described. However, a multi-display combining an on-vehicle display with space restrictions, such as a television, a music CD, a video DVD, and the Internet, is used. The present invention is also applicable to operations and guides for media devices and the like.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a flow of overall processing of the navigation device in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining an example of a screen display according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a specific example of an operation method of the destination setting process of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a specific example of an operation method of a destination setting process following FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 shows a still sentence displayed in a non-highlighted display window,
FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining a moving image displayed in a highlight display window.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a flow of processing in display control for realizing the operation methods in FIGS. 5 and 6, and illustrating an overall flow of display processing.

FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining a flow of processing in still text display control.

FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining a flow of processing in display control of a moving image text.

[Explanation of symbols]

 b: Non-highlighted window c: Highlighted window

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Hiroyoshi Masuda 6-18 Okamachi Harayama, Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture Inside Aisin AW Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Mitsuhiro Nimura 6-18 Okamachi Harayama Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture Aisin・ F-term in AW Corporation (reference) FF25 FF27 FF33 FF35

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A vehicle information display device for providing guidance information by displaying the guidance information in a predetermined window of a display device, a storage means for dividing the guidance information into a plurality of parts and storing the information, and a storage means Display means for displaying a divided part of the guidance information stored in the dynamic state in a dynamic state and displaying a part other than the guidance information in the dynamic state in a static state. Vehicle information display device. 2. The information display device for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the dynamic state is movement of a sentence of guidance information. 3. The vehicle information display device according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle information display device is a navigation device that provides route guidance to a destination based on a destination or other point input.
An information display device for a vehicle as described in the above. 4. A recording medium storing a program for a vehicle information display device for providing guidance information by displaying the guidance information in a predetermined window of the display device, wherein the guidance information stored in the storage means is divided. Is displayed in a dynamic state,
A recording medium recording a program for displaying a part of the guide information in a static state other than a part displayed in a dynamic state. 5. A vehicle information display device for providing guidance information by displaying guidance information in a predetermined window of a display device, a storage means for adding address information to the guidance information and storing the guidance information, and the guidance information window. Reading the address information from the storage means, and displaying the guidance information in the non-highlighted window and the highlighted window based on the address information, and displaying the information in the highlighted window. An information display device for a vehicle, comprising: display control means for highlighting guidance information. 6. The information display device for a vehicle according to claim 5, wherein the highlighting is a movement of a sentence of guidance information. 7. The vehicle information display device according to claim 5, wherein the vehicle information display device is a navigation device that provides route guidance to a destination based on a destination or other point input.
An information display device for a vehicle as described in the above. 8. A recording medium storing a program for a vehicle information display device for providing guidance information by displaying guidance information in a non-highlighted display window and a highlighted display window of a display device, wherein address information is stored from a storage means. A recording medium for reading and displaying guidance information in a non-highlighted display window and a highlighted display window based on address information, and recording a program for highlighting the guidance information displayed in the highlighted display window. 9. A program for a vehicle information display device for providing guidance information by displaying guidance information in a non-highlighted display window and a highlight display window of the display device and highlighting the guidance information displayed in the highlight display window. The data structure of the vehicle information display device, wherein the data structure of the guide information is characterized in that the guide information is provided with address information of non-highlighted window display or highlighted window display. recoding media.