JP2001153672A - Electronic apparatus having facility guide function - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic apparatus having facility guide function capable of realizing useful information annovincement. SOLUTION: A detection processing of a new object to be guided is performed to form a guide-waiting list having mark point data stored according to the order of priority set in a menu (S100). When a facility corresponding to the head mark point data of the guide-waiting list is present within a guide decision radius (S130: YES), and a guide having a higher priority than this guide is not having outputted (S140: NO), the output of guide data is started (S150). When the guide point is not yet incorporated in a route (S160: NO), it is decided whether a route guide request to the guide point is generated or not (S200). When the route guide request is generated (S200: YES), the guide point is added to the destinations of route guide or the nearest passing points.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to an electronic device having a facility guide function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A vehicle-mounted navigation device will be described as an example of this type of electronic equipment. Conventionally,
The position is detected by GPS etc. along with the running of the car,
There has been known a navigation device that displays the position on a display together with a road map to smoothly reach a destination. At this time, along with the road map, a navigation device that displays a mark indicating the type of facility such as a gas station or a restaurant on the map is also known, and is effective when it is desired to visit such a facility. Specifically, a list of facilities designated by the user within the screen display range is displayed, or the facilities are displayed in an order closer to the current location. Further, a navigation device capable of selecting a mark for each type of facility to be displayed is also known, and can display only a mark of a facility of a desired type. Further, some of these marks can be set with a priority order for each facility type, and some display a predetermined number of marks according to the priority order.

[0003] There is also known a navigation device for notifying the displayed guide of the facility by an image or a voice, thereby facilitating the discovery of the facility. In these navigation devices, a guide such as the type of the facility, the name of the facility, and sightseeing information is provided on condition that the facility approaches a certain distance from the current location.

[0004]

However, these navigation devices have the following problems. (1) The guide of the facility of the type required by the user may not be notified.

Conventionally, a priority is given to the display order of marks for each facility type, and a mark for each facility type is displayed on a screen according to the priority. Then, the guide is generally notified in order from the facility closest to the current location among the displayed marks. For this reason, when the location of the facility of the type that requires the user to be guided is slightly away from the current location, there is a problem that the guide may not be notified.

(2) When a facility of a facility type requiring a guide is not displayed on the screen, it takes time and effort to obtain the guide. Conventionally, if the type of facility that requires a guide is not displayed on the screen,
First, the user needs to set so that a mark corresponding to the type of facility that needs to be displayed is displayed on the screen. This setting is performed by selecting a mark to be displayed or a facility type name from a menu or the like. Then, the user further selects a facility requiring a guide from the facilities displayed on the screen by this setting. Thus, a desired guide was obtained. Therefore, in order to select a facility, it is necessary to search for and select a required facility from a facility mark, a menu, or the like displayed on the screen, and it is necessary to pay close attention to the screen. In particular, in the case of an in-vehicle navigation device, there is a problem that the vehicle must be stopped and operated in order to obtain a desired guide, which takes a lot of trouble.

(3) When setting a guided facility as a destination for route guidance, it is necessary to select the guided facility again. Conventionally, when a user wants to go to a facility while listening to the guide of the facility, it has conventionally been necessary to search and select the guided facility again from a menu or a map. Therefore, when selecting a facility (2)
There was a similar problem.

(4) Since the facility guide is not different for each facility, it may not be possible to know which facility guide is being notified. For example, in a navigation device in which a guide corresponding to a mark displayed on a screen is notified, when there are a plurality of the same marks on the screen, it is not known which facility on the screen is the guided facility. There was a problem.

Therefore, the present invention solves the above-mentioned problems,
An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic device having a facility guide function for realizing user-friendly notification.

[0010]

The electronic device having the facility guide function according to claim 1 which has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, comprises a facility location, a facility guide, and a facility type. Priority is set for notification of a guide for each type of facility, and the facility within a predetermined position range is guided according to the set priority. Therefore, the user can obtain the guide in order from the facility of the type that needs the guide more.

The predetermined position range is set automatically or manually. As a method of automatically setting, for example, GP
There is a method of detecting the current position in S or the like and setting the vicinity of the current position as a predetermined position range, or setting the range of a map displayed on the display as a predetermined position range. on the other hand,
As a method of manually setting, for example, there is a method of setting a periphery of a position input by a user as a predetermined range.

The guide stored in the facility information storage means is
Information about the facility, which is stored as, for example, voice, images, characters, and the like. The guide notifying means may include, for example, a guide audio output means for notifying the guide by voice, and a guide display means for outputting the guide in video, image, text, or the like.

The priority setting means allows the user to set the priority. The setting of the priority may be, for example, setting of the order of notification for each type of facility,
As shown in (1), the distance at which the guide notification is started may be set for each facility type. In this case, the guide is notified when the current position is within a set distance from the facility position. In this way, the user can change the range for starting the guide for each facility type. For example, if there is a facility of a type that should have a guide only when it is nearby, and a facility of a type that needs a guide even if it is some distance away, the guide start distance for each facility type You can set and get a guide. Also,
Since the range of the guide can be limited by the guide start distance, unnecessary guides are not informed and hindered. Therefore, a guide that further meets the user's intention can be realized. In addition, for example, in this case, if the notification content includes a content that indicates the facility type, the user can know that he or she is within the set distance when the guide is notified.

[0014] In order to display an image or output a sound, notification requires a predetermined time. Therefore, a plurality of guides may be in a notification startable state during the notification. In this case, the notification may be performed in the order of the notification startable state, or the notification may be performed in consideration of a plurality of priorities. It may be. For example, among the facilities within the guide start distance, information may be output from a facility guide having a higher priority in order of notification for each facility type. In addition, a facility that is outside the guide start distance during a predetermined time required for notification may not be notified. Further, a guide type or the like to be notified with the highest priority may be set, and the notification may be performed by interrupting the guide during the notification. By doing so, it is possible to provide a device that realizes user-friendly notification.

The user can obtain information on a desired type of facility by notifying the guide in this way. However, if this information does not include information on the location of the facility, the user can hear the guide. I do not know the location of the facility. Further, even if information on the location of the facility is included, the user does not always know the location.
Therefore, as described in claim 3, a mark corresponding to the type of facility may be displayed at a corresponding position of the facility along with a map. In this way, the position of the guided facility on the map and the relationship with other facilities can be understood,
Guide information can be used effectively.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic apparatus having a facility guide function for solving the above-mentioned problems, which stores a facility position, a facility guide, and a facility type. When the type of facility that displays the location of the facility is additionally set, the guide of the facility of that type and located closest to the current location is notified. By doing so, it is possible to eliminate the trouble that the user selects to display the new facility type on the screen and then selects the guide notification target facility from the facilities displayed on the screen again. be able to. In other words, the above-described two operations are not required, and a guide for the required facility type can be obtained by a single operation.

Conventionally, when selecting a facility for which a guide is desired to be notified, generally, the facility closest to the current position of the vehicle is often selected. Even in such a case, it is necessary to pay close attention to the screen in order to search for a mark or the like of the facility or to select the facility from a menu or the like. However, according to the present invention, such a situation is eliminated because the guide of the nearest facility is automatically notified. Therefore, a guide according to the user's intention can be realized, and an electronic device having an easy-to-use facility guide function can be provided. The information indicating the location of the facility displayed by the facility display means may be, for example, a mark such as a circle or dot indicating the location of the facility, the name of the facility, or the name of the type of the facility, or the type of the facility. It may be a mark or the like.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic apparatus having a facility guide function for solving a problem described above, wherein a facility guide is notified while the facility guide is being notified. Can be input as a route guidance destination, and the instructed facility is set as the route guidance destination. In this way, when the user wants to go to the facility for which the guide is informed, the user can immediately set the facility as the destination of the route guidance, and can know the route to the facility. . In addition, since there is no need to search for and select a facility corresponding to the notified guide on the screen, there is no need for operation. In particular, for example, when the vehicle is mounted on a vehicle, there is no need to stop the vehicle in order to search for the facility whose guide is notified on the screen.

If the destination of the route guidance has already been set in the route guidance means, the position of the facility for which route guidance is being performed may be set as the passage point. In this way, it is possible to stop at the facility for which route guidance is being performed and head toward the destination. Therefore, the notified guide can be easily used, and user-friendly notification can be realized.

Further, in order to realize the guide according to the intention of the user, it is possible to set whether or not to notify the guide, and the guide notifying means notifies based on the setting. Can be turned on / off. With this configuration, when the user does not need the guide, the guide is not notified. On the other hand, when the user needs the guide, the guide is notified, so that the guide according to the intention can be further realized. It is preferable to provide a setting switch or the like to determine whether or not to notify the guide so that the guide can be selected.

Further, such a limitation of the notification form can be performed by various methods. In particular, when the vehicle is mounted on a vehicle, it is preferable to detect whether or not the vehicle is running, and to limit the device for notifying the guide when the vehicle is running. As a device to notify the guide,
For example, an audio output device that outputs an audio guide,
There are display devices that output guides based on images such as texts and videos. Further, a plurality of these audio output devices and display devices may be provided. For example, a device having both a sound output device and a display device may be provided in the front seat and the rear seat.

As a restriction method, for example, only a voice guide may be output and an image guide may not be displayed. Conversely, only an image guide may be displayed and a voice guide may not be output. It may be. When a device with both a sound output device and a display device is installed in the front and rear seats, only the audio guide is output by the front seat device, and only the image guide is displayed by the rear seat device. It is better to do it.

By restricting the guide destination device in this way, it is possible to contribute to safe driving during traveling and to realize a guide that is more intended by the user. By the way, the content of the guide to be notified is, for example, "1
A guide for each facility type such as "There is a restaurant at a distance of 00 m" may be provided, or a guide for each facility such as "There is a Tokyo Tower at a distance of 1 km" may be provided. Further, the guide is not limited to the contents described above, and may be, for example, a description about the facility, or a photograph or video of the facility.

However, no matter what kind of guide is notified, it is preferable that the guide notified by the guide notifying means is notified so as to be associated with the facility. Therefore, as described in claim 8, the guide to be notified may be different in all facilities. For example, the guides corresponding to the locations of the facilities on the map may all be stored as different contents and reported. In order to make the contents different from each other, for example, it is preferable that the facility and the guide correspond one-to-one. In this way, the facility of the notified guide does not have to know which facility is the guide.

[0025] As described in claim 10, the location of the facility may be displayed together with a map together with the guide. In this way, the problem that the facility notified by the guide does not know which facility on the map does not occur. For this reason, it is possible to realize guide notification in accordance with the user's intention, and to realize user-friendly notification.

[0026]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. It is needless to say that the embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the following examples, and can take various forms as long as they belong to the technical scope of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram when applied as a vehicle-mounted navigation device 1. The navigation device 1 of the present embodiment receives a position detector 12 for detecting the current position of the vehicle, an operation switch group 20 for inputting various commands to the device, and various commands similar to the operation switch group 20. Possible remote control terminals (hereafter,
Called remote control. ) Remote control sensor 21 for inputting a signal from 13, a map data input device 22 for inputting map data and the like from an external storage medium 23 in which map data and various information are recorded, and various displays such as a map display screen and a TV screen 26, a speaker 28, and various processes are executed in response to inputs from the position detector 12, the operation switch group 20, the map data input device 22, and the remote controller 13 described above, and the display device 26, the speaker Control circuit 3 for controlling 28
0.

The position detector 12 is a GPS (Global Positi
a GPS receiver 12a that receives a transmission radio wave from an artificial satellite for an oning system via a GPS antenna and detects the position, direction, speed, and the like of the vehicle, and a gyro that detects the magnitude of rotational motion applied to the vehicle. The vehicle includes a scope 12b, a vehicle speed sensor 12c including a vehicle speed sensor and a wheel sensor for detecting the traveling distance of the vehicle, and a geomagnetic sensor 12d for detecting an absolute azimuth based on geomagnetism. Each of the sensors 12a to 12d has an error having a different property, and is configured to be used while complementing each other. Depending on the accuracy, only a part of the above-described sensors 12a to 12d may be used. Alternatively, the steering angle of the vehicle obtained from the rotation difference between the left and right steering wheels may be accumulated to change the direction. A sensor to be obtained or a wheel sensor for each rolling wheel may be used.

The operation switch group 20 includes the display device 2
A touch switch configured on the display screen integrally with the touch panel 6 and a mechanical key switch provided around the display device 26 are used. The touch switch is composed of an infrared sensor that is arranged vertically and horizontally on the screen of the display device 26. For example, when the infrared light is interrupted by a finger or a touch pen, the interrupted position becomes a two-dimensional coordinate value (X, Y). ). Thus, a predetermined instruction can be input by directly touching the display screen.

Next, the map data input unit 22 includes so-called map matching data for improving the accuracy of position detection, map data including road data representing road connections, image data of marks, right / left turns, and the like. Route guidance data including data related to the instruction of the facility, coordinate of facility point, facility type, facility name, mark location data including pointer to guide for each facility, facility guide data for each facility, etc. This is a device for inputting various data from the external storage medium 23 to the control circuit 30. External storage medium 2
As 3, it is common to use a CD-ROM or DVD from the data amount, but other media such as a magnetic storage device such as a hard disk or a memory card may be used.

The road data is formed by connecting a plurality of nodes such as intersections with links to form a map.
For each link, a unique number (link ID) for identifying the link, a link length indicating the length of the link, x and y coordinates of the start and end of the link, a road width of the link, and a road type (toll road, etc.) (Indicating the road information of the above). The guide data is information that can be notified, such as audio data, image data, and video data, and stores a guide related to the facility.

The display device 26 is a color display device.
On the screen, a mark indicating the current position of the vehicle detected by the position detector 12, road data input from the map data input device 22, guide routes, names, landmarks, and various facilities displayed on the map are further displayed. It is possible to superimpose and display additional data such as marks. In addition, facility guides can also be displayed.

The speaker 28 notifies the user of the audio information for the facility guide and various types of guidance processed by the control circuit 30. Next, the control circuit 30 controls the CPU, RO
It is mainly composed of a well-known microcomputer including M, RAM, I / O and bus lines connecting these components, and is configured as a set of coordinates and traveling direction based on each detection signal from the position detector 12. Based on the calculation of the current position of the map, the process of displaying a map near the current position read through the map data input device 22 on the display screen, and the operation based on the mark point data stored in the map data input device 22. A destination selection process for selecting a destination facility in accordance with the operation of the switch group 20 or the remote controller, a route guidance process for automatically selecting an optimal route from the current position to the destination, and providing guidance according to the selected route. Execute The method for automatically setting the optimal route in this way is as follows.
Techniques such as the Dijkstra method are known. Then, the guidance route is displayed on the road map on the display device 26 so as to guide the driver to an appropriate route.

The destination is set as follows. First, the user operates the operation switch group 20 or the remote controller 13.
From the property name, telephone number,
Enter the address, latitude and longitude, etc. Subsequently, the CPU of the control circuit 30 determines the coordinate position corresponding to the input information based on the information from the map data input device 22, and stores the determined coordinate position as the destination in the RAM of the control circuit 30. .

In the route guidance performed as described above, guidance is provided for facilities existing near the route to the destination. Even when the route is not being guided, the facility guides the facilities near the current location. The control circuit 30 can cause the display device 26 to display a screen for performing various settings. This setting screen includes a mark display selection screen as shown in FIG. On this screen, a mark to be displayed can be selected from the operation switch group 20 or the remote controller 13. The display target mark is displayed corresponding to each facility type. For example, in the example of FIG. 2, icons of symbols that can understand the type of each facility are displayed in the portions of mark 2, mark 5, mark 6, mark 7, and mark 8.

This mark is a mark of a sightseeing point such as a famous place or a historic site, a landmark such as a radio tower, a skyscraper, an airport, a bridge, a mark of a place registered by a user in a navigation device, a convenience store, a school, a post office, a national highway. , Prefectural roads, etc., there are marks of properties representing specific genres and names. Note that a different mark may be used for each chain store.

For example, in the example of FIG. 2, a mark 5 indicates a gas station, and a mark 6 indicates a fast food restaurant. The mark selected from the operation switch group 20 or the remote controller 13 is displayed in the upper row. For example, in FIG. 2, mark 6, mark 2, and mark 5 are selected marks. When the marks are displayed overlapping, the marks are displayed with priority from the left. That is, in the example of FIG. 2, the mark 6 is displayed with the highest priority. This priority is the priority of the guide notification.

When a new type of facility (mark) is selected, the control circuit 30 outputs a guide for the facility that is the type of the new facility and that is closest to the current location. Map data input device 22 from storage medium 23
And output from the display device 26 and the speaker 28. The guide of the nearest facility is obtained by extracting with reference to the mark point data stored in the external storage medium 23, and reading the corresponding guide data using the pointer to the guide.

Further, a guide start distance can be set for each mark as shown in FIG. A predetermined value is set in advance for the guidance start distance in accordance with the density of facilities, and the user can set a free value for each facility type (mark). For example, if you are worried about running out of gasoline and want a guide because you may be a little far away, set it to 2000m. If you want to stop by if there is a fast food restaurant along the road, set 50m.
For example, it is possible to set the distance to the facility where the guide is started according to the user's request, such as setting to 0 m. Note that these settings are stored in the RAM.

According to such a setting, the control circuit 30
Displays the selected mark on the screen along with the map. The display of this mark is performed as follows. Map data, route guidance data, mark point data,
The guide data is input from the external storage medium 23, and the map data storage unit, the route guidance data storage unit,
It is stored in the mark point data storage unit and the guide data storage unit. When the current location moves, each piece of information close to the current location is read from the map data input device 22 to each storage unit on the RAM at any time. Whether it is close to the current location is determined from the coordinates of the facility location in the mark location data.

At the time of this reading, only the facilities of the mark set on the mark display selection screen of FIG. 2 are extracted based on the facility type information stored in the mark point data storage unit, and the corresponding mark is displayed. The image is read from the route guidance data and displayed. At this time, the current position and the map of the own vehicle (that is, the vehicle equipped with the device) are also displayed.

Then, the guide is started when the current position is within a predetermined guide measurement radius R from the displayed facility, as shown in FIG. At this time, the location of the facility uses the coordinates of the location of the facility stored in the mark location data storage unit. As the guide measurement radius R, the value of the guide start distance set for each facility type (mark) on the guide start distance setting screen in FIG. 3 is used.

At this time, if the coordinates of the points of the plurality of facilities fall within the guide measurement radius R, guides corresponding to the facilities are sequentially output in accordance with the priorities described above. The facility and the guide are associated one-to-one with the guide stored in the guide data storage by a pointer to the guide stored in the mark point data storage, and the guide is output using this correspondence relationship. I do. The output of this guide is performed by notifying from the speaker 28 and the display device 26.

The content of the guide may be, for example, "There is a Tokyo Tower at Rkm diagonally forward, at Rkm", or "There is a convenience store XX store at diagonally right, Rm". Further, as guide data, an image such as a photograph of a facility, a video such as a moving image, or a description including information about the facility such as a telephone number may be used. In addition, these contents may include information such as advertisements for a commercial facility, or may include highlights and history of a sightseeing spot such as a sightseeing spot such as a famous spot or historic site. By increasing the information amount of the guide data in this way, the user can obtain more facility information.

If a guide having a higher priority than the guide to be output is being output, the guide output is in a waiting state. Also, when there is a request to output a guide having a higher priority than the guide being output, the output of the guide is stopped. The high-priority guidance includes, for example, route guidance such as intersection guidance in route guidance. Note that the interrupted guide can be output again after the end of the high-priority guide output.

During the guide notification, the user can operate the operation switches 20 and the remote controller 13 to stop the output of the guide and to incorporate the guide point into the guide route as a destination or a passing point. It is. During guide output, if you want route guidance to the point,
Route calculation and route guidance are performed by a known method using the point as a destination. On the other hand, if the destination has been set, the point is included in the guide route as the nearest passing point.

FIGS. 5 to 8 show the above guide output operation.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. FIG. 5 is a main flowchart showing the guide processing executed by the control circuit 30. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the process of detecting a new guide target property executed in S100 of FIG. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the process of deleting from the guide waiting list executed in S200 of FIG.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the guide completion process of FIG. 5 executed in S230 of FIG.

In S100 of FIG. 5, a process of detecting a new guide target property is performed. This processing is the processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. Hereinafter, the flowchart of FIG. 6 will be described. In S300, reference is made to the mark point data. In subsequent S310, it is determined whether or not there is a mark point within the guide determination distance from the current location. If there is a mark point within the guide determination distance from the current location (S310: YES),
The process proceeds to S320, and if there is no mark point, S320 of FIG.
Move to 110.

In S320, it is determined whether or not the mark point has already been guided. Whether or not guidance has already been performed is performed by referring to a flag stored for each mark point in the mark point data storage unit. The setting of “guided” is performed in the processing of S700 in FIG. 8 described later. If the guidance has already been provided (S320: YES), the process proceeds to S110 in FIG. 5, and if the guidance has not been provided (S320: NO), the process proceeds to S330.

In S330, it is determined whether or not there is a guide waiting list for storing the guide waiting mark point data. If there is a guide waiting list (S330: YE
S), the process proceeds to S340, and if there is no guide waiting list (S330: NO), the process proceeds to S370.

In S370, a guide waiting list is created, and the corresponding mark point data is inserted at the head of the list.
On the other hand, in S340, it is determined whether there is no free space in the guide waiting list. If there is a space in the guide waiting list (S
(340: NO), the process proceeds to S380, and if there is no space in the guide waiting list (S340: YES), the process proceeds to S350.

At S350, it is determined whether or not the priority described above with reference to FIG. 2 corresponding to the type of facility (mark) of the mark point data is lower than the priority of all facilities in the guide waiting list. Is determined. If the priority of the mark point data is lower than any of the mark point data in the list (S350: YES), the process proceeds to S390. On the other hand, if the priority is higher than any one (S
350: NO), and proceeds to S360.

In S360, the candidate with the lowest priority in the list is deleted, the mark point data is inserted into the list so as to be in the order of the priority, and the flow shifts to S110 in FIG. On the other hand, in S390, the process proceeds to S110 in FIG. 5 without performing substantial processing without adding to the guide waiting list.

The above is the description of the new guide target property detection processing executed in S100 of FIG. Hereinafter, description will be made returning to the flowchart of FIG. In S110 of FIG. 5, it is determined whether or not there is a guide waiting list. If there is a guide waiting list (S110: YES), S120
Move to. If there is no guide waiting list (S11
0: NO), and terminates the process.

In S120, the data at the head of the guide waiting list is referred to. In subsequent S130, it is determined whether or not the data exists within the aforementioned guide determination radius corresponding to the facility type (mark) of the referred mark point data. If it is within the guide determination radius (S130: YES), S1
The process proceeds to S40, and if not within the guide determination radius (S130: NO), the process proceeds to S190.

In S190, a process of deleting from the guide waiting list is performed. FIG. 7 shows the process of deleting from the guide waiting list. In S600 of FIG. 7, the waiting order of the second and subsequent data in the guide waiting list is increased by one, and the subsequent S61.
If 0, invalid data is stored at the end of the list.

On the other hand, in S140, it is determined whether or not a guide having a higher priority than the guide is being output. This determination is processing for deleting facilities from the list for facilities that have once entered the guide permission range, but have fallen out of the guide permission range during guide notification. If a guide with a higher priority than the guide is being output (S140: YES), the process ends, and if it is not being output (S140: NO), the process proceeds to S150.

In S150, the guide of the mark point data is output as described above. The point where this guide is output is hereinafter referred to as a guide point. In subsequent S160, it is determined whether or not the guide point has been incorporated into the route. If the guide point has already been included in the route guidance (S160: Y
ES), the process proceeds to S170, and if not incorporated (S160: NO), the process proceeds to S200. In S200, it is determined whether or not a route guidance request to the guide point has been generated. If the request has been generated (S200: YES), S21 is performed.
0, and if not generated (S200: NO),
The process moves to S170.

In S210, the guide point is added to the destination or the nearest passing point of the route guidance. If a destination has already been set, it is set as a passing point, and if no destination has been set, it is set as a destination. In S170, it is determined whether or not a guide interrupt of higher priority than the guide has occurred, and if it has occurred (S170: YE
S), the process proceeds to S220, where the output of the guide is stopped and the process is terminated.

On the other hand, if an interrupt with a higher priority than the guide does not occur (S170: NO), the flow shifts to S180. In S180, it is determined whether or not the output of the guide data has been completed. If the output of the guide data has been completed (S180: YES), the process proceeds to S230. If the output has not been completed (S180: NO), the process proceeds to S160. Transition.

At S230, a guide output completion process is performed. The contents of the guide output completion processing will be described with reference to FIG. In S700, the target mark point is set to “guided”. A flag is provided in the mark location data storage unit for each facility location to indicate whether or not guidance has been completed, and the flag is set to be guided. This setting is referred to by the above-described processing of S320 in FIG.
The same facility will not be guided again until there is a reset operation such as F or date change or an instruction from the user.

In the following S710, the process of deleting from the guide waiting list shown in FIG. As described above, according to the navigation apparatus of the present embodiment, the user can set the guide priority and the guide start distance, so that the user can easily understand the guide target and the guide start condition, and can easily recognize the display mark. Different guides can be provided for each case. Also, unnecessary guide output does not have to be heard and heard. By utilizing the existing navigation function, detailed guidance for each point is possible, route guidance to the guide target point can be easily realized, and a guide system that considers driver safety is provided can do.

In this embodiment, the external storage medium 2
Reference numeral 3 corresponds to facility information storage means, map storage means, and mark image storage means, and the display device 26, speaker 28, and control circuit 30 correspond to guide notification means. Also, remote control 1
3, the remote control sensor 21, the operation switch group 20, the display device 26, and the control circuit 30 correspond to priority setting means, display facility type setting means, and instruction input means, and the position detector 12 and the control circuit 30 correspond to the current position detection means. , And corresponds to running state detecting means. The display device 26, the control circuit 30, and the like correspond to mark display means, facility display means, and facility position display means, and the display device 26, speaker 28, control circuit 30, and position detector 12 correspond to route guidance means. Another Embodiment (1) In the above embodiment, the display device 26 and the speaker 28 are provided. However, a plurality of devices such as the display device and the speaker may be provided. For example, these devices are provided in the front seat and the rear seat of the vehicle, respectively, and an image and a sound are notified. At this time, the content of the guide to be notified may be different between the front seat device and the rear seat device. Further, the user may be able to select the content of the guide to be notified and the device that performs the output.

For example, only audio may be output to the front seat device, and only video may be output to the rear seat device. These settings are made on a menu screen (not shown). This menu includes ON / OFF settings for the entire guide output and settings for whether or not to output a guide to the display device and the speaker for the front and rear seats. When starting, output to the output destination set in this menu.

In this way, when the guide output is not required, the driver can concentrate on driving without being notified of the guide, and for example, the driver may be woken up by the guide when the passenger is sleeping. Is also gone. Further, for example, if only the audio is output to the front seat device and the audio and video are output to the rear seat device, the driver can obtain the guide without looking at the guide displayed on the screen of the display device. It contributes to safe driving. Furthermore, since the passenger in the rear seat can see the image of the guide, the driver can enjoy driving. (2) In the above embodiment, the information to be stored in the external storage medium 23 is input from the external storage medium 23 via the map data input device 22.
It may be recorded in a storage device such as a non-volatile memory within 0. This makes it possible to further reduce the size of the device. A part of the information stored in the external storage medium 23 may be stored in a storage device such as a nonvolatile memory in the control circuit 30.

These data may be input from an information source via an external information input / output device such as a communication device or a receiving device (not shown). As an external information input / output device, an FM broadcast signal is received via a radio antenna (not shown), or a VICS (Vehi
cle Information and Communication System: Receives a radio beacon signal and an optical beacon signal from a fixed station for service. The received information is sent to the control circuit 30 for processing. Alternatively, these data may be obtained from various information sources by connecting to a mobile phone or the like. In this way, the guide can be notified based on the latest information on the facility, the guide, the map, and the like. (3) In the above embodiment, the display target marks are selected as shown in FIG. 5, and the selection order is set as the guide priority. However, separately from the display target marks, the guide target marks ( (Type of facility) may be selected with priority. The marks to be displayed are displayed on the screen in the order of the selected priority, and the guide notifies the guide in the order of the priority of the guide. In this case, S350, S360, S3 in FIG.
The priority of the guide at 80 or the like uses the priority of the mark to be guided.

In this way, for example, the guide can be used for facilities located in an area wider than the displayed range while displaying the mark of the facility near the current location on the map. Therefore, both the display and the guide of the mark further conform to the user's intention. (4) In the above embodiment, the mark point data and the guide data are read from the external storage medium 23 and used, but these data may be registered by the user.

For example, the operation switch group 20 and the remote controller 1
From 3, it is also possible to input the reading kana data of the point to the mark point data, store it in a nonvolatile memory or the like of the control circuit, and output it by voice using it. In the case of the registered point reading kana guidance, "Your house is located at Rm in the left direction."

Further, the present apparatus may be provided with a voice input device such as a microphone, and the voice of the user may be fetched into a nonvolatile memory or the like of the control circuit and used as guide data. By doing so, the guide data is also registered and notified of the points registered by the user, thereby enabling detailed guidance of each point.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a communication device according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a mark display selection screen.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a guide start distance setting screen.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing conditions for determining a guide target point.

FIG. 5 is a main flowchart showing a guide process executed by the control circuit of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of detecting a new guide target object in FIG. 5 performed by the control circuit according to the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a deletion process from a guide waiting list in FIG. 5 executed by the control circuit of the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a guide completion process of FIG. 5 executed by the control circuit of the embodiment.

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 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Navigation apparatus 12 ... Position detector 12a ... GPS receiver 12a ... Sensor etc. 12b ... Gyroscope 12c ... Vehicle speed sensor 12d ... Geomagnetic sensor 13 ... Remote control 20 ... Operation switch group 21 ... Remote control sensor 22 ... Map data input device 23 ... External storage medium 26 Display device 28 Speaker 30 Control circuit

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Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. Facility information storage means for storing facility information including at least the location of a facility, a facility guide, and a facility type; guide notification means for notifying the guide; and priority for notification of the guide. Priority setting means for setting each facility type, wherein the guide notifying means notifies a guide of a facility within a predetermined position range based on the priority set by the priority setting means. An electronic device having a facility guide function. 2. An electronic device having a facility guide function according to claim 1, further comprising a current position detecting means for detecting a current position, wherein said priority setting means sets said priority as a priority based on a position of said facility. A guide start distance, which is a distance at which the guide of the guide is started, is set for each type of the facility, and the guide notifying unit is configured to guide the facility based on the position of the facility, the guide start distance, and the current position. An electronic device having a facility guide function that provides notification. 3. An electronic device having a facility guide function according to claim 1, further comprising: a map storage means for storing a map; a mark image storage means for storing image data of a mark; Electronic equipment having a facility guide function, comprising: mark display means for displaying the mark corresponding to the above at the corresponding position of the facility together with the map. 4. A facility information storage means for storing facility information including at least a facility location, a facility guide, and a facility type; a current location detection means for detecting a current location; and a notification of the facility guide. Guide notification means for displaying information indicating the position of the facility, display facility type setting means for setting the type of the facility to be displayed on the facility display means, the guide notification means When a new facility type is set in the display facility type setting means, a guide of the facility that is the type of the set facility and is closest to the current position is reported. Electronic equipment with facility guide function. 5. Facility information storage means for storing facility information including at least the location of a facility and a facility guide; route guidance means for setting a destination and providing route guidance; and reporting the facility guide. And guide input means for externally inputting an instruction for setting the facility as a destination of the route guidance means during notification of a facility guide by the guide notification means, When an instruction to set the facility for which the guide is being notified as a destination is input by the instruction input means, the route guidance unit sets the position of the facility for which the guide is being notified as the destination, and provides route guidance. An electronic device having a facility guide function. 6. The electronic device having a facility guide function according to claim 5, wherein the route guidance means sets the destination when setting the location of the facility during the guide notification as a destination. The electronic device having a facility guide function, wherein the route guidance is performed by setting the position of the facility being notified of the guide as a passing place. 7. An electronic device having a facility guide function according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein it is possible to set whether or not to notify a guide by said guide notifying means. Electronic equipment having 8. An electronic device having a facility guide function according to claim 1, wherein said electronic device is mounted on a vehicle, and further includes a traveling state for detecting whether or not the vehicle is traveling. An electronic apparatus having a facility guide function, wherein the guide notifying means limits a device for notifying a guide when the traveling state detecting means detects that the vehicle is running. . 9. An electronic apparatus having a facility guide function according to claim 1, wherein a guide notified by said guide notifying means is different in all facilities. machine. 10. An electronic device having a facility guide function according to claim 9, further comprising facility position display means for displaying the location of the facility together with a map.