JP2001304877A - On-vehicle navigation device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an on-vehicle navigation device capable of activating a function of an audio device connected to the area name of an own car position without undergoing a process of resetting the function of the audio device to connect it to the area of the own car position each time a driving route is set. SOLUTION: This on-vehicle navigation device is stored with a first table in which area names are connected to genre names in such a manner that one genre name is connected to a plurality of adjacent areas and a second table in which each genre name is connected to one function of the audio device. A genre name corresponding to the area name of the own car position is retrieved in the first table, and a function of the audio device corresponding to the retrieved genre name is retrieved in the second table. The audio device operates based on the retrieved function.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an on-vehicle navigation device having an audio device and displaying map information and the like on a display and a speaker.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional on-vehicle navigation apparatus displays map information and the like on a screen of a display means constituted by a liquid crystal display, a CRT, or the like. Is read from the map database, and the guidance voice is displayed by voice output means such as a speaker. The displayed map information is changed to information of a different area as the traveling vehicle moves. The information displayed on the display means and the audio output means is stored in a map database, and a recording medium on which the map database is recorded is reproduced using information reading means, and a map of a necessary area is read from the map database. It is designed to be selected and displayed.

The image data to be displayed on the display means is
At the time of display, it is temporarily stored in the video RAM,
Displayed based on AM data. On the other hand, as for the audio information displayed by the audio output means, necessary data is selectively read out from the audio information related to the displayed map and temporarily stored in the main storage memory. Various methods have been devised for the display method using the above-described display means. Nevertheless, long-time driving for the vehicle driver is likely to cause fatigue and fatigue, and in order to reduce these, the Many navigation devices include an audio device that reads audio information from a recording medium and outputs the audio information using a sound output unit. Further, with respect to the audio device reproducing method, various technologies have been proposed in order to provide many services to the driver.

For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-30526 discloses that when music information is provided in a navigation device provided with an audio device, a route from a departure place to a destination is searched in advance, and a vehicle is located at a point on the route. When the vehicle arrives, the location and the specific operation of the audio device are associated with each other and registered in the storage means so that the audio device performs a specific operation such as playing a specific song. A technology is disclosed in which the audio device performs the registered specific operation when the vehicle travels along the searched route and reaches the registered point.

[0005]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional technique, a traveling route from a departure point to a destination is searched in advance, and music or the like to be reproduced in advance at each point on the route is searched. It must be specified and registered in the correspondence table. That is, even if a correspondence table between each point on the traveling route and the specific operation of the audio device is created, if the departure place or the destination is changed, the correspondence table must be created again, and Even if the departure point or the destination is not changed, if the traveling route is changed in the middle, the correspondence table must be re-created in accordance with the change of the route. There was a problem that time was required. The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to eliminate the step of resetting the operation of the audio device associated with the area of the own vehicle position every time the travel route is set. Another object of the present invention is to provide an in-vehicle navigation device capable of operating an audio device associated with an area name of a vehicle position.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Theme The present invention has the following structure to achieve the above object. First
The present invention relates to an audio device for reproducing audio information, a current position processing means for calculating a current position of the own vehicle and outputting a region name of the current position, and a first table in which a region name is associated with a genre name. And a second storage unit that associates the genre name with the operation of the audio device.
And a second storage unit for storing a table of the current position, wherein the genre name corresponding to the area name of the current position is stored in the first storage unit.
And the operation of the audio device corresponding to the searched genre name is searched using the second table, and the audio device is operated based on the searched operation. It is an in-vehicle navigation device.

According to the first invention, the following effects are obtained. That is, in a vehicle-mounted navigation device provided with an audio device for outputting acoustic information associated with a traveling area, a travel route is searched for each time a new departure point or destination is set, and the search result is obtained. Based on the above, the specific operation of the audio device associated with the region name of the region including the own vehicle position can be executed without performing the step of resetting the operation of the audio device associated with each region Will be possible.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the in-vehicle navigation device according to the first aspect, in the first table, the same genre name corresponds to each of a plurality of localities located at locations remote from each other. This is an in-vehicle navigation device adapted to be operated. The distant place refers to a non-adjacent area. Specifically, for example, a place in a non-adjacent administrative division, or a non-adjacent municipal, or a considerable distance (for example, about 50 km) Points, etc.

According to the second aspect, the following effects are obtained. That is, since the number of audio information sources included in the audio device in the on-vehicle navigation device is limited to a relatively small number, the operation of the audio device associated with an excessively large number of genre names is eliminated. Although it may become impractical, the number of genre names can be reduced by associating the same genre name with each of a plurality of distant regions, so that the relatively small number of genres Many area names can be associated with names.

According to a third aspect, in the vehicle-mounted navigation device according to the first or second aspect, in the second table, the operation of the audio device corresponding to the genre name can be changed. An in-vehicle navigation device in which a second table can be stored in the second storage means.

According to the third invention, the second table can be created or changed in accordance with the audio information source held by the user, so that the user can change the audio information source to be attached, The user can freely edit the second table, for example, when his / her preference changes.

According to a fourth aspect, in the vehicle-mounted navigation device according to any one of the first to third aspects, the operation of each audio device in the second table outputs a specific voice or music. This is an in-vehicle navigation device.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the vehicle navigation apparatus according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the first table indicates a table using a region name indicating a wide range and a narrow range. This is an in-vehicle navigation device that stores a table using area names and selects and uses one of the two tables. The area name indicating the wide area,
It refers to a first range wider than a predetermined range, for example, a prefecture name, etc., and refers to a wide area administrative division among administrative division names. In addition, the area name indicating a narrow range indicating a range narrower than the first range is, for example, a municipal name, and refers to a name of each administrative division constituting the wide administrative division among administrative division names.

According to the fifth invention, for example, when the destination is far, the first table using the area name indicating a wide area is used, and when the destination is close, the area name indicating the narrow area is used. The first table that has been used can be used, and the operation of the audio device can be easily changed in a short time according to the application.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An on-vehicle navigation device according to the present invention has a first table in which a region name and a genre name are associated with each other.
Also, a second table in which the genre name and the operation of the audio device are associated with each other is stored in advance in the storage means, and when the own vehicle enters a certain area, the area of the area including the own vehicle position is included. A genre name corresponding to a region name is searched using the first table, an operation of the audio device corresponding to the searched genre name is searched using the second table, and based on the searched operation. And an on-vehicle navigation device for operating the audio device. The first table and the second table may be stored in the same storage unit, and the first table and the second table are created in a single table, and Even if it is stored in the storage means, it does not depart from the gist of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a vehicle-mounted navigation device according to the present invention. In the on-vehicle navigation device 10 according to one embodiment of the present invention, 12 is a main controller composed of a microcomputer or the like, 14 is a vehicle position processing means, 16 is a map database composed of a CD-ROM or the like, and 18 is a CD-ROM drive or the like. Information reading means, 20 is a main storage memory such as a RAM,
22 is an input means, 24 is a video processing means, 26 is an audio output means having a speaker, and 40 is an audio device.
The audio device 40 is a device A such as a CD player, for example.
And a device B such as an MD playback device and a device C such as a DVD playback device. Some or all of the devices constituting the audio device 40 may be configured to also serve as the information reading means 18. Also, the audio device 4
A part or the whole of the device constituting 0 may have an autochanger for reproducing a plurality of recording media.

The current position processing means 14 includes a self-contained navigation sensor 28 including an angular velocity sensor for detecting the angular velocity of the vehicle and a distance sensor for detecting the traveling distance of the vehicle, and measures the current position and current direction of the vehicle by satellite navigation. GPS receiving means 30, and own vehicle position calculating means 3 for calculating own vehicle position based on inputs from self-contained navigation sensor 28 and GPS receiving means 30
Equipped with two. The information reading means 18 reads map data from the map database 16 and outputs the map data to the main controller 12.

The main controller 12 receives the unit data of the road network given from the information reading means 18, the current position data of the own vehicle from the current position processing means 14, the voice information, and the user's input from the input means 22. The position data relating to the departure place and the destination of the own vehicle are stored in the main storage memory 20. The departure place, the destination, the display mode on the display means (display) 38 and the sound output means 26 are input from the input means 22 by the operator of the vehicle-mounted navigation device 10 and stored in the main storage memory 20. The information reading means 18 selects and reads necessary data in the map database 16 based on the display mode or the like stored in the main storage memory 20.

The main controller 12 calculates recommended route guidance data and the like based on the data read from the main storage memory 20, and converts the recommended route guidance data, map data of the area including the own vehicle position, own vehicle position data and the like. Output to the video processing means 24. Further, the main controller 12 sends necessary audio data to the audio output unit 26 based on the display data stored in the main storage memory 20, and notifies the user of the information as appropriate from the audio output unit 26.
The image processing means 24 includes a graphic controller 34 and a video RAM 3 in addition to the display means (display) 38.
6, the graphic controller 34 transfers the recommended route guidance data from the main storage memory 20 to the video RAM 36 for storage, and outputs the recommended route guidance data read from the video RAM 36 to the display means 38 for display.

The main storage memory 20 is also used as first storage means for storing a first table in which a region name and a genre name are associated with each other, and associates a genre name with an operation of the audio device. It is also used as a second storage means for storing the second table. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a correspondence table of a region name, a genre, and an operation in the present invention.
The table shown in FIG. 3A is an example of the first table,
The data described in the first table is stored in the main memory 2 by a navigation device manufacturer or a software company.
0 or provided on CD-RO
M and a recording medium such as a floppy (registered trademark) disk are provided and provided, but the provided data can be changed by the user.

The table shown in FIG. 3B is an example of the second table, and the operation data described in the second table is created by a user of the navigation device. That is,
The operation of the audio device to be associated (associated) with each genre is set in advance by the user, and the correspondence table is stored in the main storage memory 20 as a second table.

As exemplified in FIG. 3A, in the first table, area names and genre names associated with the area names are described. Here, one genre name is assigned to a region that is relatively broader than the concept of a certain point, such as a municipal unit, a county unit, or a ward unit of a city or a city. The same genre name may be given to a region. For example, the same genre name of mountain is given to Azumi-gun, Nagano prefecture, Kiso-gun, Gifu prefecture, and Tsuru-gun, Yamanashi prefecture. Instead of an administrative division unit, a genre name of Mt. Fuji may be given to an area where Mt. Fuji is visible, or a genre name of Sagami Bay may be given to an area where Sagami Bay is visible.

As exemplified in FIG. 3B, in the second table, the operation of the audio device associated with each genre described above is selected by the user via the input means 22 and described. . The operation of the audio device,
For example, to reproduce a specific music from a recording medium mounted on a specific reproduction device, or to reproduce a specific sound, for example, a narration, recorded in advance on a recording medium. When the user specifies the operation of the audio device to create the second table, the number of the device for reproducing information and the number of the recording medium attached to the device of the number , The reproduction start position of the medium number on the recording medium, the title of the information, and the like. The device number is for specifying one of a plurality of devices constituting the audio device 40, and the medium number is that the device has an autochanger and a plurality of recording media are mounted. The playback start position is specified by, for example, a track number, and the title is described by, for example, the name of a music piece.

A list of information such as song titles and titles recorded on a recording medium mounted on the audio device 40,
When a third table indicating the correspondence between the information and the recording start position is prepared, the user can create the second table simply by specifying a title for each genre.
In this case, the third table is stored in the main storage memory 20,
Based on the title specified by the user, the main controller 12 reads the device number, the medium number, the reproduction start position, and the like corresponding to the title from the third table, and writes them in the second table.

Hereinafter, the operation sequence of the audio device in the car navigation system according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation sequence of the audio device in the vehicle-mounted navigation device according to the present invention. In FIG. 2, when the power supply of the in-vehicle navigation device 10 is turned on, in step S11, the current position processing means 1
4 calculates the current position and outputs the area name. Step S
Going to 13, has the current location's name changed? If yes, the process proceeds to step S19, and if No, the process proceeds to step S15.

In step S15, it is asked whether there is a map information output request. If the navigation device 10 needs to display an intersection, a building, or the like, the process proceeds to step S17 with Yes, and if No, the process proceeds to step S31. Proceed to. In step S17, map information is output based on the display request, and the process proceeds to step S31.

In step S19, it is asked whether there is an area name corresponding to the current position in the first table. If Yes, the process proceeds to step S21. If No, the process proceeds to step S29.
Proceed to. In step S29, a message indicating that there is no corresponding area name is displayed on the display means 38 or the voice output means 26.
Proceed to 1. In step S21, the main controller 1
2 reads the first table from the main storage memory 20, searches for the genre name corresponding to the area name at the current position, and proceeds to step S
Proceed to 23.

In step S23, the main controller 12 reads the second table from the main storage memory 20, searches for a genre name corresponding to the area name searched in step S21, and proceeds to step S25. In step S25,
It is asked whether there is a map information output request. If the navigation device needs to display an intersection, a building, or the like, the process proceeds to step S17 with Yes, and proceeds to step S27 if No. In step S27, step S2
Based on the search result in step 3, a specific audio device or a specific song is reproduced, and the process proceeds to step S31. In step S31, is there an instruction to end the car navigation? , And the process is ended in the case of Yes, and in the case of No, step S11
Return to

As described in detail above, in the on-vehicle navigation device of the present invention, the area name and the genre name are associated and stored as the first table. In the first table, a name indicating a relatively large area such as a prefecture name may be used as the area name. In this case, a relatively small area within the range indicated by the area name is paraphrased. For example, the same area name is given to a plurality of adjacent areas. By doing so, the number of area names can be prevented from becoming too large. Further, as the area name, an area name indicating a relatively small area such as a ward may be used.
In the table, it is relatively easy to match the specific operation of the audio device with the actual environment of the own vehicle position during traveling. If two types of the first table are prepared and the user can select a region name indicating a wide range or a region name indicating a narrow range as the region name, the user can use the first table. , The operation of the audio device corresponding to the genre name can be easily switched in a short time.

Further, in the first table, the same genre name may be associated with a plurality of local names in remote locations. This is to enable the first table to be used without being limited to a specific traveling route, and to reduce the number of genres to be used. Since the number of audio recording media mounted on the audio apparatus and the number of music pieces recorded on the audio recording medium are limited, if the number of genre names used is too large, it may not be practical. Further, each genre name is associated with a specific operation of the audio device and stored as a second table. For example, when setting a specific operation of the audio device to be associated with each genre name such as mountain, sea, city, countryside, hot spring, forest, port, etc., the user recalls the genre name, or You can also select the song of the song.

According to the vehicle-mounted navigation device of the present invention, in the vehicle-mounted navigation device provided with the audio device for outputting the acoustic information associated with the region in which the vehicle is traveling, the audio device associated with the region of the own vehicle position It is possible to execute the operation of the audio device associated with the area name of the own vehicle position without going through the step of resetting the operation of each time the travel route is set.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of a vehicle-mounted navigation device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation sequence of the audio device in the vehicle-mounted navigation device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a correspondence table of area names, genres, and actions according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Onboard navigation apparatus 12 Main controller 14 Own vehicle position processing means 16 Map database 18 Information reading means 20 Main storage memory 22 Input means 24 Video processing means 26 Audio output means 28 Self-contained navigation sensor 30 GPS receiving means 32 Own vehicle position calculating means 34 graphic controller 36 video RAM 38 display means 40 audio device

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An audio device for reproducing audio information, a current position processing means for calculating a current position of the own vehicle and outputting a region name of the current position, and a first device which associates a region name with a genre name. First storage means for storing correspondence information;
In the vehicle-mounted navigation device having second storage means for storing second correspondence information in which a genre name is associated with an operation of the audio device, the genre name corresponding to the area name of the current position is stored in the first storage device.
Searching for the operation of the audio device corresponding to the searched genre name using the second correspondence information, and operating the audio device based on the searched operation. An in-vehicle navigation device characterized by the following. 2. The on-vehicle navigation device according to claim 1, wherein the first correspondence information associates the same genre name with each area name of a plurality of areas that are not adjacent to each other. In-vehicle navigation device. 3. The on-vehicle navigation device according to claim 1, wherein the second correspondence information allows the operation of the audio device corresponding to the genre name to be changed, and the second correspondence information after the change. The on-vehicle navigation device characterized in that the correspondence information can be stored in the second storage means. 4. The on-vehicle navigation device according to claim 1, wherein the operation of each audio device based on the second correspondence information is to output a specific voice or music. An in-vehicle navigation device, characterized in that: 5. The on-vehicle navigation device according to claim 1, wherein the first correspondence information includes correspondence information using an area name indicating a range wider than a predetermined range. An in-vehicle navigation device characterized by storing correspondence information using an area name indicating a range narrower than a predetermined range, and selecting and using one of the two correspondence information.