JP2001153664A - Quiz display method for navigation device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To entertain a user with a quiz while performing navigation and learn the objects of a sightseeing spot or register interesting object positions while enjoying the quiz. SOLUTION: In the determination of a designation, it is examined whether the position of an object including an image is present or not within a displayed screen, and when it is present, a quiz icon QI is displayed at the object position. When a user instructs the start of a quiz, a quiz image consisting of the image QP of the object and the quiz QT of the object is formed and displayed. When a detail button IB is selected, the detailed information for the object is displayed on the screen, and when a registration button AB is selected, the position of the object is registered.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a quiz display method for a navigation device, and more particularly to a quiz display method for creating and displaying a quiz using detailed information of a property database provided in the navigation device. The present invention relates to a navigation device that provides another fun while exhibiting its original function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A navigation device that provides guidance for driving a vehicle so that a driver can reach a desired destination is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Publication No. H11-27138.
The position of the vehicle is detected, map data around the vehicle position is read from a storage medium such as a DVD-ROM, a map image is drawn on a display screen, and a vehicle position mark (own vehicle position mark) is placed at a predetermined position on the map image. ) And draw. Then, as the current position changes due to the movement of the vehicle, the vehicle position mark on the screen is moved, or the vehicle position mark is fixed at a predetermined position such as the center of the screen and the map is scrolled, and the vehicle position mark is always displayed. The surrounding map information can be understood at a glance. Such a navigation device,
A route guidance function for searching for a guidance route from the departure point to the destination, displaying the guidance route on a map, and performing intersection guidance (enlarged intersection, display of traveling direction) is provided.

[0003]

Conventionally, a navigation device has been able to perform only the original display of navigation such as displaying a map near the position of the vehicle, searching for a destination, or guiding a route to the destination. Incidentally, recently, a large-capacity storage medium such as a DVD has been used as a map information storage medium. Therefore, if it is possible to provide the user with another pleasure while performing navigation by using the feature of the DVD of such large capacity storage, it is convenient and the product value of the navigation device can be improved. As described above, an object of the present invention is to allow a user to enjoy a quiz while performing navigation. Another object of the present invention is to enjoy a quiz,
The purpose is to learn about properties in sightseeing spots and register locations of properties of interest.

[0004]

According to the present invention, according to the present invention, there is provided a database for storing property detailed information such as a property position and a property image in association with a property name. This is achieved by creating a quiz using an image included in the detailed property information and displaying the quiz on the display unit. For example, in the screen displayed when determining the destination, it is checked whether the position of the article exists, and if it exists, an icon for a quiz is displayed at the article position. Create and display quizzes using images. In addition, during traveling on the guidance route, it is checked whether or not the position of the article exists in the screen displaying the route. If there is, an icon for a quiz is displayed at the article position. Create and display a quiz using the image of the property. By doing the above, you can provide quizzes to users while performing the original navigation,
The user can enjoy the quiz, learn the property displayed on the quiz while quizzing, and register the location of the property.

[0005]

(A) Schematic explanation of the present invention FIG. 1 is a first schematic explanatory view of the present invention, in which a quiz is displayed when a destination is set. In the figure, CSR is a cursor, QI is a quiz icon, QT is a quiz, QP is an image of a property, IB is a detail button, and AB is a registration button. The navigation device of the present invention is provided with a database that stores property detailed information such as the position of a property, an image, and a telephone number in correspondence with the property name, and the navigation apparatus uses the database to search for a telephone number. To display the destination, and the desired property is displayed so as to be at the center of the cursor CSR. At this time, it is checked whether the position of the property whose image is included in the property detailed information exists on the screen, and if it exists, the quiz icon QI is displayed at the property position (FIG. 1 (a)). And if there is a quiz start instruction,
The screen is divided and one side is displayed on a map so far, and the other side is created and displayed as a quiz QT using the image QP of the property (FIG. 1B). When the detail button IB is selected for the property, detailed information of the property is displayed, and when the registration button AB is selected, point registration of the property can be performed. This allows the user to enjoy the quiz while navigating, learn about the property, and register the location of the property of interest.

FIGS. 2 and 3 are second schematic explanatory diagrams of the present invention, in which a quiz is displayed during traveling on a guidance route.
In the figure, CM is a vehicle position mark, RT is a guidance route, NI is an icon of a property in the property database, an image of which is included in the property detailed information, QI is a quiz icon, and QT is a quiz icon.
Is a quiz, QP is an image of the property, IB is a detail button, AB
Is a registration button. When the vehicle position CM travels on the guide route RT (FIG. 2A), if the property position normally enters the display screen, the property icon N1 is displayed as it is. However, when the quiz mode is selected, if the property position is entered in the display screen, the quiz mode shown in FIG.
, The property icon N1 is a quiz icon QI
Instead of If there is an instruction to start the quiz, the screen is divided and one of the screens is continuously displayed with the previous route guidance display (FIG. 3). On the other side, a quiz QT using the image QP of the property is created and displayed. Also, for the property,
When the detail button IB is selected, detailed information of the property is displayed, and when the registration button AB is selected, point registration of the property can be performed. This allows the user to enjoy the quiz while navigating, learn about the property, and register the location of the property of interest.

(B) Embodiment of the present invention (a) Navigation device FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a navigation device according to the present invention. In the drawing, reference numeral 11 denotes a map storage medium for storing map information, for example, a DVD-ROM, 12 a DVD-ROM control unit for controlling reading of map information from the DVD-ROM, and 13 a position measurement for measuring the current position of the vehicle. The device is composed of a vehicle speed sensor for detecting a moving distance, an angular velocity sensor for detecting a moving direction, a GPS receiver, a position calculation CPU, and the like. Reference numeral 14 denotes a map information memory for storing map information read from a DVD-ROM, reference numeral 15 denotes a remote controller for performing menu selection operation, enlargement / reduction operation, manual map scrolling, and the like, and reference numeral 16 denotes a remote control interface.

Reference numeral 17 denotes a processor (CPU) for controlling the entire navigation apparatus, 18 is a ROM for storing various programs (guide route search processing program and the like), 19 is a RAM for storing processing results, and 20 is a display for generating a map image. A controller 21 for storing a map image generated by the display controller;
Is a menu generator for generating menu images, 23 is a quiz using information in the property database 26, a quiz generator, 24 is an image synthesizer for synthesizing and outputting various images, and 25 is an output from the image synthesizer. A display device for displaying an image to be displayed; 26, a property database storing information about the property; 27, a voice generating unit for generating a voice for route guidance and a voice for notifying a correct or incorrect answer of the quiz;
28 is a speaker for outputting the sound generated by the sound generation unit to the outside, and 29 is a bus.

(B) Property Database The property database stores property details such as the location of the property and the image of the property in association with the property name in the map information stored in the DVD-ROM 11. That is, as shown in FIG. 5, the property database has a hierarchical structure, and the property database LDB1 stores a property name, a property attribute pointer, an image flag, and an image pointer for each property, and a property detailed information database. LDB2 contains detailed information of the property, that is, longitude and latitude position, telephone number, address,
Property descriptions etc. are stored, and the property image database LDB
Reference numeral 3 stores image information of the property. The image flag is a flag indicating whether or not there is property image information.

(C) Quiz Display Flowchart When Setting Destinations FIG. 6 is a quiz display flowchart when setting destinations according to the present invention. The navigation device determines whether or not the user has selected the quiz mode from the menu (step 101). If the quiz mode has not been selected, the navigation device displays a map screen with normal destination settings (step 11).
3). On the other hand, if the quiz mode is selected, it is checked whether or not the property position including the image information exists in the destination setting screen by the pinpoint search of the telephone number or the like (step 102). If not, step 113
Performs a normal destination setting process.

In step 102, if the property position exists in the display screen, a quiz icon QI (FIG. 1A) is displayed at the relevant property position instead of the property icon (step 103). The property icon is an icon that is created from image data and indicates a property. continue,
It is determined whether or not there is a quiz start instruction from the user (step 104). If there is no quiz start instruction, the destination setting screen display is continued (step 114), and the processing of step 101 and thereafter is repeated. On the other hand, if there is an instruction to start the quiz, the display screen is divided into two, and a map is displayed on one side and a quiz is displayed on the other side (FIG. 1B). At this time,
The quiz generating unit 23 (FIG. 4) creates and displays a quiz image including a property image QP included in the detailed information in the property database and a quiz (question) QT of the property (step 105). It is to be noted that the name of the property is always entered in the options of the quiz QT, and the others are randomly extracted from the property database.

Subsequently, it is determined whether or not the correct answer of the displayed quiz has been selected (step 106). If the correct answer is selected, the correct answer sound, for example, a ping-pong sound is generated from the sound generation unit 27 (FIG. 4), output through the speaker 28, and the correct answer screen, FIG. 7A is displayed (step 107). On the other hand, in the case of an incorrect answer, an incorrect answer sound, for example, a booming sound is generated from the sound generation unit 27, output through the speaker 28, and the incorrect answer screen including the answer, FIG. 7B, is displayed (step 115). .

Next, the correct answer screen (FIG. 7A) or
It is determined whether the detail button IB in the incorrect answer screen (FIG. 7B) has been selected (step 108). If the detail button is selected, a detailed explanation screen (FIG. 8) including a description of the property is displayed together with detailed information such as the name, location, telephone number, and fee of the property (step 116).

Subsequently, it is determined whether or not the registration button AB (FIGS. 7 (a), 7 (b), 8) has been selected (step 109). Perform (step 117). Next, it is determined whether a predetermined time, for example, one minute, has elapsed from the display of the quiz screen (step 110). If not, the display of the quiz screen is continued, and the processing from step 110 onward is repeated. On the other hand, if a certain time has elapsed, the quiz screen and the quiz icon are deleted, and the display returns to the normal map screen (step 111).

(D) Quiz display flowchart when traveling on a guide route FIG. 9 is a quiz display flowchart when traveling on a guide route according to the present invention. The same processes as those in FIG. 6 are denoted by the same step numbers. The navigation device determines whether or not the user has selected the quiz mode from the menu (step 101). If the quiz mode has not been selected, the navigation device continues to display the map screen during normal route guidance (step 113). On the other hand, if the quiz mode is selected, it is determined whether or not the position of the property including the image information has entered the display screen (step 201). If not, the route guidance is continued (step 202), and the processing from step 101 onward is repeated. On the other hand, when the position of the property enters the screen, the icon NI of the property (FIG. 2)
A quiz icon QI (FIG. 2B) is displayed instead of (a) (step 103).

Subsequently, it is determined whether or not there is a quiz start instruction (step 104). If there is no quiz start instruction, the guidance route display is continued (step 20).
2). On the other hand, if there is a quiz start instruction, step 10
The processing after step 5 is performed in the same manner as the quiz display flowchart for setting the destination (FIG. 6).

(E) Modifications In the above description, the quiz is displayed while performing the original navigation. However, various other display methods are conceivable. For example, even when the navigation device is not performing the original navigation processing such as destination search or route guidance, if a navigation quiz item is added to the menu screen (FIG. 10A), this item is selected. As a result, FIG.
As shown in (b), only a quiz can be performed.

[0018]

As described above, according to the present invention, a database for storing property detailed information such as the position of a property and a picture of the property in correspondence with the property name is provided, and the property detailed information in the property database is stored in the database. Since the quiz using the included images is created and displayed on the display unit, it is possible to enjoy the quiz, learn about the property at the sightseeing spot, and register the location of the property of interest. According to the present invention, in the screen displayed at the time of setting the destination, it is checked whether or not the position of the article is present. If there is, an icon for quiz is displayed at the article position, and if there is an instruction to start the quiz, Since the quiz using the image of the property is created and displayed, the user can enjoy the quiz while navigating. According to the present invention, at the time of traveling on a guided route, it is checked whether or not the position of the property exists in the screen displaying the route,
If present, display a quiz icon at the property position,
If there is an instruction to start the quiz, a quiz using the image of the property is created and displayed, so that the user can enjoy the quiz while performing navigation.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a first schematic explanatory diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a second schematic explanatory diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a second schematic explanatory diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of a navigation device of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a property database.

FIG. 6 is a quiz display flowchart for setting a destination according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a correct answer / incorrect answer screen display.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of a property detail explanation screen.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a quiz display at the time of traveling on a guidance route according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of a modified example of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 QI ・ ・ Quiz icon QP ・ ・ Image of property QT ・ ・ Quiz (question) IB ・ ・ Detailed explanation screen display button AB ・ ・ Property registration button

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A quiz display method for a navigation device having a route guidance function for searching for a guidance route to a destination after setting a destination and guiding a vehicle along the guidance route, the method being adapted to correspond to a property name. A database that stores property details such as the location of the property and property images, creates a quiz using the image included in the property detail information in the property database, and displays the quiz on the display unit. A quiz display method for a navigation device, comprising: 2. A screen displayed when the destination is determined is checked to see if the position of the article is present. If there is, a quiz icon is displayed at the article position, and if there is an instruction to start the quiz, The quiz display method for a navigation device according to claim 1, wherein a quiz using an image of the property is created and displayed. 3. When traveling on a guided route, a check is made to see if the position of the property is present in the screen displaying the route, and if so, an icon for a quiz is displayed at the position of the property. The quiz display method for a navigation device according to claim 1, wherein a quiz using an image of the property is created and displayed.