JP2002062146A - Terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a terminal in which map guide information is displayed depending on a state for navigating a person or a state for navigating a car. SOLUTION: The terminal comprises a current position measuring unit 241, and a manual input unit 213 inputting a mode for navigating a person or a mode for navigating a car wherein map information is displayed on the screen of a display 231 while being varied depending on the mode.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a terminal device having a map information display for displaying route guidance information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A car in which a navigation terminal device is installed in a car, a map is displayed on a screen, a destination is searched, and a route to the destination is visually confirmed on the screen while the car is running. Navigation is becoming popular.

[0003] In addition, there is also a system in which when a pick-up request is made by the other party's mobile phone, a car navigation terminal device displays a map of the surrounding area including the place where the other party is based on navigation information from a base station near the caller. It is being implemented in the world.

Incidentally, as a car navigation terminal device of this kind, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-2000
It is also described in Japanese Patent No. 55682.

[0005] As described above, the navigation terminal device is currently implemented as a car navigation terminal device, but is expected to be widely used as a man navigation terminal device when a person walks in the near future.

[0006]

However, it is inconvenient for the user if the man navigation terminal device is required separately from the car navigation terminal device, and one navigation terminal device is required for car navigation navigation and man navigation. It is convenient if it can be used for both purposes.

However, if one navigation terminal device is used for both purposes, for example, the speed of the car for the car and the walking speed for the man are different, so that the setting conditions suitable for the car and the man are different. Therefore, the setting conditions for the car do not match the setting conditions for the man,
It is inconvenient to use it for man.

It is an object of the present invention to determine whether a vehicle is in a car navigation system.
An object of the present invention is to provide a terminal device that displays map guidance information according to a state of a man navigator where a person is walking.

[0009]

According to the present invention, there is provided a current position measuring device for measuring a current position of a vehicle, and a manual input device for setting a mode for a car navigation system by a car or a mode for a man navigation system where a person walks. Change the map information depending on the mode,
A terminal device for displaying car navigation map information on a screen in a car navigation mode and displaying man navigation map information on a screen in a man navigation mode.

The present invention comprises a current position measuring device for measuring the current position of the vehicle, and a manual input device for selecting a mode for car navigation by car or a mode for man navigation by which a person walks. The guidance start position information before the turn for the turn on the way to the destination is different, the guidance start position is large when the car navigation map information is used, and the guidance map when the man navigation map information is small is displayed on the screen. Characteristic terminal device.

The present invention relates to a current position measuring device for measuring a current position of a vehicle, a manual input device for setting a mode for a car navigation system by a car or a mode for a man navigation system where a person walks, and a mode for a car navigation system or a man navigation system. A broadcast information filter device having different filter conditions for filtering the broadcast reception information depending on the mode, and displaying the filtered information on the screen when the broadcast reception information matches the filter condition. Terminal device.

According to the present invention, a display indicating the use of the car navigation is provided together with the car navigation map information in the car navigation mode, and a display indicating the use of the man navigation is provided together with the man navigation map information in the man navigation mode. Characteristic terminal device.

In the present invention, the manual input device includes a key arranged on the screen, and it is possible to select one of the car navigation mode and the man navigation mode by inputting the key. Terminal device.

In the present invention, the terminal device is characterized in that the manual input device is a menu device that changes the mode by pressing one of a car navigation option and a man navigation option displayed on the screen. .

In the present invention, the manual input device is selected depending on the presence / absence of a charger connection, and displays on the screen the man-navigation map information when there is a charger and the car navigation map information when there is no charger. Device.

According to the present invention, the surrounding map display range with respect to the current position on the screen differs depending on the mode, so that the display time of the car navigation map information is wide and the display time of the man navigation map information is narrow and enlarged and large. Is a terminal device.

In the present invention, the terminal device is characterized in that the car navigation map information is a road map and the man navigation map information is a house map.

[0018]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a transmission / reception system including a terminal device according to the present invention.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 100 denotes a broadcasting device;
Is a receiving terminal device, and 300 is a broadcast artificial satellite, which is used to receive a broadcast signal from the broadcast device 100 and receive the broadcast signal at the receiving terminal device 200.
Reference numeral 400 denotes a GPS (Global Positioning System) satellite, which is used by the receiving terminal device 200 to assume its own position. Here, the terminal device 200
It may be a terminal device for man navigation where a person walks, or a terminal device for car navigation installed in a car.

The broadcasting apparatus 100 includes a database 101 for contents with additional information and a distribution schedule management unit 1.
02, and a transmission unit 103. According to the distribution schedule of the distribution schedule management unit 102, the database 10
The content with additional information from No. 1 is sent from the transmitting unit 103 and sent to the broadcasting artificial satellite 300 as a broadcast signal.

The terminal device 200 includes a broadcasting satellite 300.
Broadcasting signals and GPS (Global Positioning)
System) Receiver 20 for receiving a signal from satellite 400
1 and a broadcast information filter unit 202. In addition, the terminal device 200 includes a man-navigation information storage unit 211, a car navigation information storage unit 212, a manual input unit 213, a mode display unit 221, a mode storage unit 222, and a display unit 231.
Having. The manual input unit 213 selects either the man navigation information storage unit 211 or the car navigation information storage unit 212.
The state of the mode display unit 221 is stored in the mode storage unit 222 and is displayed on the display unit 231. The display state can be changed by the manual input unit 213.

The terminal device 200 further includes a current position measurement unit 241, a map 251, a route calculation unit 261, a guidance point determination unit 271, a guidance information generation unit 272, and a control unit 281. The current position measuring unit 241 uses the GPS
(Global Positioning System) It measures its own position by exchanging signals with the satellite 400. The map 251 may be received from a broadcasting device as necessary. The route calculation unit 261 also calculates a route to the destination and, if necessary, a distance based on the own location measured by the current position measurement unit 241. The guidance point determination unit 271 extracts a turn from the route and stores it. The guidance information generation unit 272 generates guidance information for the turning angle extracted by the point determination unit 271. Then, the guidance map is displayed on the display unit 231 together with the map. The control unit 281 controls each of the units 201 to 272.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a flow of mode display of the terminal device 200 of FIG. This mode display is periodically executed.

In FIG. 2, at step S21, the control unit 281 of FIG. 1 checks the mode state from the mode storage unit 222. In step S22, the mode state is determined. In the case of man-navigation, the process proceeds to step S23, and a man-navigation icon is displayed on the mode display unit 221 in FIG. In step S22, in the case of the car navigation system, the process proceeds to step S24, and the mode display unit 221 of FIG.
Executes the display of the man navigation icon.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display screen of the display unit 231 of FIG. 1 based on the result of the mode display flow of FIG.

FIG. 3A shows the case of a car navigation system, and the display screen of the display unit 231 shows a car navigation icon 3.
01 is displayed. (B) shows a case of the man-navigation, in which a man-navigation icon 311 is displayed on the display screen of the display unit 231.

3 (a) and 3 (b), at the lower left of the display screen, a car icon (car-shaped icon) 302 for a car navigation system, and a man icon (a human icon) for a man navigation system. Icon 312 is displayed. In addition, a mode setting limb 351 of “mode” display is arranged at the lower right of the display screen. This mode setting limb 3
51 has a touch-type sensor behind which responds by pressing.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a flow when the mode of the terminal device 200 of FIG. 1 is set. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing how the display contents of the display screen of the display unit 231 in FIG. 1 change when the mode is set in FIG.

In FIG. 4, in step S41, it is determined whether or not a mode input has been made.
At 42, a mode menu is displayed on the display screen of the display unit 231 in FIG. An example of this mode menu display is shown in FIG.
In this case, the man navigation icon 311 is displayed on the display screen of the display unit 231 together with the man icon 312. Next step S43
Then, the current mode is extracted from the mode storage unit 222 in FIG.

In the next step 44, a mode is input. That is, in FIG. 5A, when the mode setting limb 351 of “mode” display is pressed, options including a “man navi” character 501 and a “car navigation” character 502 are displayed as shown in FIG. 5B. This option has a touch sensor behind it that responds when pressed. Where, for example,
A "car navigation" character 502 is pressed. Then, in the next step S45, the mode menu on the display screen of the display unit 231 is erased. Then, in the next step S46, it is determined whether the mode has been changed, and in step S47, the mode storage unit 2
The new mode is set to 22 and a mode display is executed in step S48. Then, as shown in FIG. 5C, the car navigation icon 301 is displayed on the display screen of the display unit 231.
It is displayed together with the car icon 302.

As described above, the mode can be easily set for the car navigation system or the man navigation system at any place when the person likes.

FIG. 6 shows a car navigation information storage unit 21 shown in FIG.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a flow for storing car navigation attribute setting information and man navigation attribute setting information in a second information storage unit 211 and a man navigation information storage unit 211. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the attribute setting information for car navigation and the attribute setting information for man navigation.

In FIG. 6, in step S61, it is determined whether or not a menu selection for attribute setting is made.
In step S62, the current mode is retrieved from the mode storage unit 222 of FIG. Then, in a next step S63, it is determined whether the mode is the car navigation or the man navigation. In the case of a car navigation system, the attribute setting information is extracted from the car navigation information storage unit 212 in step S64. In the next step S65,
The display unit 231 displays the extracted attribute setting information.
Then, in the next step S66, the attribute setting information is stored in the car navigation information storage unit 212. FIG. 7A shows an example of the attribute setting information 701 for car navigation.

If it is determined in step S63 that the navigation is the man-navigation, in step S67, the information storage unit 211 for man-navigation is used.
Then, attribute setting information is extracted. Next step S68
Then, the extracted attribute setting information is displayed on the display unit 231. In the next step S69, setting information is input from the manual input unit 213. Then, in the next step S70, the attribute setting information is stored in the man-navigation information storage unit 211.
FIG. 7B shows an example of the man-navigation attribute setting information 711.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a flow of transmission in the broadcasting device 100 of FIG. In step S81, the distribution schedule management unit 102 in FIG. 1 determines whether it is the transmission time. If "yes", distribution schedule management unit 1
In step 02, the content with additional information is transmitted from the database 101 to the transmission unit 103. Then, the next step S8
In 3, the transmitting unit 103 transmits the content with additional information.

FIG. 9 shows the content 9 with additional information shown in FIG.
It is a figure showing the example of No. 01. Here, the content 901
Is additional information (destination position 911, distribution target 912)
(Contents) 913.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a flow of receiving the content 901 with additional information of FIG. 8 in the terminal device 200 of FIG.

In FIG. 10, in step S101, it is determined whether or not the broadcast receiving unit 201 in FIG. 1 has received the content with additional information. In step S102, the current position is extracted from the current position measuring unit 241.
Then, the current mode is extracted from the mode storage unit 222. Then, in step S104, the mode is determined. In the case of a car navigation system, in step S105, the car navigation information storage unit 2
The filter condition is extracted from 12. In the case of man-navigation, the filter condition is extracted from the man-navigation information storage unit 211 in step S106. Then, the next step S1
At 07, additional information (target position, distribution target) is extracted.
Also, in the next step S108, it is determined whether or not the current position and the additional information match in the filter condition. If “No”, the process returns to step S101; if “High”, in the next step S109, The display unit 231 displays the content.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a flow of the navigation route setting in the terminal device 200 of FIG. In step S1101, it is determined whether the user has determined a route. In the next step S1102, the map 251 of FIG.
And the route calculation unit 261 determines a route. Then, in the next step S1103, the guidance point determination unit 2
Reference numeral 71 extracts a bend from the path and stores it.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a flow of generating and displaying guidance information of a navigation route in the terminal device 200 of FIG. This flow is executed periodically.

Referring to FIG. 12, in step S1201,
The current position and direction are extracted from the current position measurement unit 241. In the next step S1202, the current mode is retrieved from the mode storage unit 222. Then, the next step S12
At 03, the mode is determined. In the case of a car navigation system, in step S1204, car navigation guidance start point information is extracted from the car navigation information storage unit 212. In the case of the man-navigation, in step S1205, the man-navigation information storage unit 211
From the navigation start point information for man navigation. In the next step S1207, it is determined whether or not there is a turn when the distance of the guidance start information moves at the current position. In the case of “Yes”, in the next step 1208, the current position, the direction, and the turning position are set in the guidance information generating unit 272 in FIG. In the next step 1209, the guidance information generation unit 272 generates a guidance map from the map 251, the current position, and the turning position. Then, in the next step 1210, the display unit 231 displays the guidance map. In this way, the guidance map suitable for the car navigation or the man navigation is displayed on the display unit 231.

Although the manual input section shown in FIG. 1 is the key input shown in FIG. 3 and the menu display of the options shown in FIG. 5, the present invention is not limited thereto. The menu display may be selected, or the selection may be made based on the presence / absence of the charger connection, and the map information for man-navigation may be displayed on the screen when there is a charger, and the map information for car navigation may be displayed when it is not.

When the map information is displayed, the surrounding map display range with respect to the current point is changed, and if the map information for car navigation is wider and the map information for man navigation is narrower and enlarged and larger, it is practical. It is convenient. At this time, if the car navigation map information is a road map and the man navigation map information is more practical and convenient.

[0044]

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a terminal device which displays map guidance information according to the state of a man navigating a person walking or a car navigating state by car.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a transmission / reception system including a terminal device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a flow of mode display of the terminal device 200 of FIG.

3 is a diagram showing a display screen of a display unit 231 in FIG. 1 based on the result of the mode display flow in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a flow when setting a mode of the terminal device 200 in FIG. 1;

5 is a diagram showing how the display contents of the display screen of the display unit 231 in FIG. 1 change when the mode is set in FIG.

6 is a diagram showing a flow of storing car navigation attribute setting information and man navigation attribute setting information in the car navigation information storage section 212 and the man navigation information storage section 211 of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing attribute setting information for car navigation and attribute setting information for man navigation.

8 is a diagram showing a flow of transmission in the broadcasting device 100 of FIG.

9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a content 901 with additional information in FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a flow of receiving the content 901 with additional information of FIG. 8 in the terminal device 200 of FIG.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a flow of setting a navigation route in the terminal device 200 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a flow of generating and displaying guidance information of a navigation route in the terminal device 200 of FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

100: Broadcasting apparatus, 101: Database of contents with additional information, 102: Distribution schedule management unit, 10
3 ... transmitting unit, 300 is a broadcasting satellite, 400 ... GPS
(Global Positioning System) satellite, 200 receiving terminal device, 201 receiving unit, 202 broadcast information filter unit, 211 information storage unit for man navigation, 212 information storage unit for car navigation, 213 manual input unit, 221 Mode display unit, 222: mode storage unit, 231, display unit, 24
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Current position measurement part, 251 ... Map, 261 ... Route calculation part, 271 ... Guidance point determination part, 272 ... Guidance information generation part, 281 ... Control part, 301 ... Car navigation icon, 3
02 ... car icon, 311 ... man navigation icon, 31
2 ... man icon, 351 ... mode setting limb of "mode" display, 501 ..., "man navigation" character, 502 ... "car navigation" character, 701 ... car navigation attribute setting information, 711 ...
Attribute setting information for man-navigation, 901: content with additional information, 911: destination position, 912: distribution target, 913
…content.

──────────────────────────────────────────────────の Continued on the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁷ Identification symbol FI Theme coat ゛ (Reference) G09B 29/00 G09B 29/00 A 29/10 29/10 A (72) Inventor Takaharu Ishida Hitachi, Ibaraki 7-1-1, Omikamachi, Hitachi City Hitachi, Ltd. Hitachi Research Laboratory, Inc. (72) Inventor Yukihiro Kawamata 7-1-1, Omikamachi, Hitachi City, Ibaraki Prefecture F-term, Hitachi Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd. (Reference) 2C032 HB21 HB22 HC08 HC11 HC14 HD03 HD07 2F029 AA02 AA07 AB07 5H180 AA01 AA21 CC12 FF05 FF22 FF32 5J062 AA03 AA08 BB01 BB05 CC07 DD11 FF01 HH07

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A current position measuring device for measuring a current position of the vehicle, and a manual input device for selecting a mode for a car navigation system by a car or a mode for a man navigation system where a person walks. A terminal device for displaying, on a screen, car navigation map information when in a car navigation mode and man navigation map information when in a man navigation mode. 2. A current position measuring device for measuring a current position of the vehicle, and a manual input device for selecting a mode for a car navigation system by a car or a mode for a man navigation system where a person walks. The guidance start position information before the turn for the turn on the way to is different, the guide start position is large for the car navigation map information, and the guidance map for the man navigation map information is small on the screen. Terminal device to do. 3. A current position measuring device for measuring a current position of the user, a manual input device for setting a mode for car navigation by car or a mode for man navigation for walking a person, a mode for car navigation or a mode for man navigation. A broadcast information filtering device having different filter conditions for filtering the broadcast reception information, and displaying the filtered information on the screen when the broadcast reception information matches the filter conditions. apparatus. 4. A display according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein in the car navigation mode, a display indicating the use of the car navigation system together with the car navigation map information is displayed. Is displayed on the terminal device. 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the manual input device includes a key arranged on the screen, and selects one of the car navigation mode and the man navigation mode by inputting the key. A terminal device, which is capable of: 6. The device according to claim 1, wherein the manual input device is a menu device that changes the mode by pressing one of options for car navigation and man navigation displayed on the screen. A terminal device characterized by the above-mentioned. 7. The screen according to claim 1, wherein the manual input device is selected based on the presence or absence of a charger connection, and if present, the map information for man-navigation is displayed on the screen. A terminal device for displaying. 8. The display system according to claim 1, wherein the display range of the surrounding map with respect to the current position on the screen differs depending on the mode, the display time of the map information for car navigation is wide, and the display time of the map information for man navigation is narrow and enlarged. A terminal device characterized by being large. 9. The terminal device according to claim 8, wherein the car navigation map information is a road map, and the man navigation map information is a house map.