JP2003139555A - Navigation system, data server, route setting method, and information distribution system of data server - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a navigation system having highly improved convenience by making users able to input the destination, stopping points, and other information from the outside of a car, without forcing the users to carry out troublesome operation, when a user makes a driving plan at the outside of the car. SOLUTION: A scanner unit of a mobile terminal 10 reads a code data such as bar codes printed in a map or the like, and then sends the data to a data server 20. The data server 20 converts the code data sent from the mobile terminal 10 into position information which indicates positions in an actual coordinate system and stores in a position information storage unit. The position information is sent to a car-mounted navigation device 30 from the data server 20 if necessary. The car-mounted navigation device 30 determines a driving route of the car according to the position information, and guides the car based on the driving route.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a navigation system for guiding a vehicle to a destination, a data server used in the navigation system, a route setting method for setting a traveling route of a vehicle, and a data server information providing method.

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2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, vehicle-mounted navigation devices that provide route guidance according to a user's operation input have been widely used.
The in-vehicle navigation device that provides such route guidance is
When the user inputs the destination and transit points, GPS
(Global Positioning System) etc. are used to recognize the current position of the vehicle, and the optimal route from the current position of the vehicle to the destination through the waypoint entered by the user is selected,
The route is guided while the necessary map is displayed on the display.

In such a vehicle-mounted navigation device, a method for a user to input a destination and a waypoint is as follows.
For example, a user can scroll through the map displayed on the display to search for destinations and stopovers, specify the destinations and stopovers on the map, and display a list with the names of major points. In general, a method of displaying a desired destination or a waypoint from the list and selecting the desired destination or transit point from the list.

However, the above method compels the user to perform a complicated operation, which increases the burden on the user. For this reason, various proposals have been made for an in-vehicle navigation device that provides route guidance, which makes it easier to input a destination and a waypoint and reduce the burden on the user. For example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-241507. In the official gazette, a bar code corresponding to a position indicating a main intersection or a tourist attraction is printed on a map book, and the bar code scanner connected to the in-vehicle navigation device reads the bar code printed on the map book. Discloses a technique for inputting a destination and a waypoint.

In an in-vehicle navigation device for route guidance, if the destination and the waypoint can be entered by the bar code input as described above, the user can very easily perform the input operation of the destination and the waypoint. Becomes
It will be convenient for the user.

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By the way, the user's drafting of the drive plan is not always performed after the user gets into the vehicle equipped with the in-vehicle navigation device, but rather, a travel guide or the like outside the vehicle such as at home. In many cases, a drive plan is created with reference to.

However, in the conventional vehicle-mounted navigation device, the input operation of the destination or the waypoint can be performed only in the vehicle, including the one for performing the barcode input as disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-241507. Therefore, when making a drive plan outside the vehicle, the user somehow remembers the destination and the waypoint,
It was necessary to input these destinations and transit points into the in-vehicle navigation device after getting on the vehicle. For this reason, there is a problem that the driver cannot start immediately after getting on the vehicle, even though the drive plan is planned outside the vehicle in advance, and that the user feels troublesome because he / she relies on the memory to input the destination and the waypoint. Was occurring.

The present invention was devised in view of the above-mentioned conventional circumstances, and when a drive plan is made outside the vehicle without forcing the user to perform a complicated operation, its destination or waypoint And the like, which makes it possible to easily input information such as “outside the vehicle” and greatly improves convenience, a data server used in this navigation system, a route setting method for setting a vehicle traveling route, and a data server information providing method. Is intended to provide.

[0009]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, in a navigation system that guides a route of a vehicle, a vehicle-mounted navigation device mounted on the vehicle and a mobile terminal that reads code data written on a printed matter. And receiving the code data from the mobile terminal,
A data server that converts this code data into position information indicating the position of the coordinate system and stores the position information in the storage means, and the vehicle-mounted navigation device receives the position information from the data server as necessary and the vehicle Is set, and route guidance is performed based on this.

The invention described in claim 2 is the same as claim 1.
In the navigation system according to [1], the vehicle-mounted navigation device includes a small battery, and when the main power supply is off, power is supplied from the small battery to enable reception of position information from the data server. It is characterized by being present.

The invention described in claim 3 is the same as claim 1.
Alternatively, in the navigation system according to the second aspect, the position information is transmitted from the data server to the in-vehicle navigation device in response to an operation input from the mobile terminal.

The invention according to claim 4 is the same as claim 1.
In the navigation system according to [1], the in-vehicle navigation device and the mobile terminal each include short-distance data communication means for performing short-distance data communication, and the short-distance data is transmitted between the in-vehicle navigation device and the mobile terminal. After the communication link is established by the communication means, the position information is transmitted from the data server to the vehicle-mounted navigation device.

The invention described in claim 5 is the same as claim 1.
In the navigation system according to any one of 1 to 4, the storage means of the data server is provided with a recording area for each user, and each recording area has a position corresponding to code data from a mobile terminal of another user. It is characterized in that information can be stored.

The invention described in claim 6 is the same as claim 1.
In the navigation system according to any one of 1 to 5, the storage means of the data server is provided with a shared recording area shared by a plurality of users, and the position information stored in the shared recording area is stored in a plurality of locations. It is characterized in that it can be received by an in-vehicle navigation device. In the invention according to claim 7, the code data is received, the received code data is converted into position information indicating the position of the coordinate system and stored in the storage means, and the position information stored in the storage means is required. Read according to
It is a data server that transmits to an in-vehicle navigation device mounted on a vehicle.

The invention described in claim 8 is the invention according to claim 7.
In the data server according to the item 1, the code data is data read from a printed matter by the mobile terminal, and the code data is received from the mobile terminal.

The invention described in claim 9 is the same as claim 8.
In the data server described in (1), the storage means is provided with a recording area for each user, and each recording area can store position information corresponding to code data received from another user's mobile terminal. It is characterized by that.

The invention according to claim 10 is the data server according to claim 9, wherein the recording area for each user is managed by the identification information assigned to each user's mobile terminal or vehicle-mounted navigation device. When the position information is stored or read, the recording area in which the position information is stored or read is specified based on the identification information.

The invention according to claim 11 is the data server according to any one of claims 7 to 10, wherein the storage means is provided with a shared recording area shared by a plurality of users, and The position information stored in the shared recording area can be transmitted to a plurality of vehicle-mounted navigation devices.

The invention according to claim 12 is the data server according to claim 11, wherein the shared recording area is an identification assigned to a mobile terminal or an in-vehicle navigation device of each user who uses the shared recording area. It is managed by information, and when storing or reading the position information, a shared recording area for storing or reading the position information is specified based on the identification information.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, in a route setting method for setting a traveling route of the vehicle in a vehicle-mounted navigation device mounted on the vehicle, the data server reads code data read from a printed matter by a portable terminal. Upon reception, the data server converts the code data into position information indicating the position of the coordinate system and stores the position information in storage means, and reads out the position information stored in the storage means as necessary to load the vehicle. It is characterized in that the traveling route of the vehicle is set based on the position information transmitted to the navigation device and transmitted from the data server by the in-vehicle navigation device.

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a data server information providing method for exchanging data between a mobile terminal and a vehicle-mounted navigation device via a communication network, wherein the data server is a mobile phone. The code data is received from the terminal, the received code data is converted into position information indicating the position of the coordinate system, the mobile terminal which is the transmission source of the code data is collated, and the position converted from the code data is received. When the information is stored in the storage means and the position information transmission request is received from the portable terminal or the vehicle-mounted navigation device, the request source is collated and the position information stored in the storage means is transmitted. The position information is specified, and the specified position information is transmitted to the vehicle-mounted navigation device.

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According to the navigation system of the present invention, the user reads the code data indicating the destination or the waypoint of the vehicle traveling from the printed matter such as a map book using the portable terminal, and the destination or the waypoint is read. By specifying, the position information indicating the position of these destinations and transit points in the coordinate system is transmitted from the data server to the in-vehicle navigation device as needed, and the traveling route is set in the in-vehicle navigation device. Therefore, when the user makes a drive plan outside the vehicle, the destination and transit points can be easily input outside the vehicle, and after the user gets into the vehicle, the traveling set by the in-vehicle navigation device is set. Since the vehicle travel guidance is performed based on the route, it is possible to appropriately perform the vehicle travel guidance without forcing the user to perform a complicated operation.

Further, in the navigation system according to the present invention, the destination and the waypoint are designated by the user by reading the code data using the portable terminal, so that the operation load on the user is greatly reduced. can do.

Further, in the navigation system according to the present invention, the information individually acquired by a plurality of users is aggregated in the data server, and the information can be used by a specific user to set the route by the in-vehicle navigation device. By doing so, it is possible to realize a navigation system with extremely high utility value.

Furthermore, in the navigation system according to the present invention, a plurality of users can use the information acquired by a specific user and stored in the data server, and the route setting based on this information can be performed in each of the plurality of vehicle-mounted navigation devices. If it is possible, a navigation system with extremely high utility value can be realized.

Further, by using the data server according to the present invention, it is possible to realize a navigation system in which appropriate vehicle travel guidance can be performed without forcing a user to perform a complicated operation and a user's operation load is significantly reduced. You can

Further, according to the route setting method of the present invention, it is possible to properly set the traveling route of the vehicle without forcing the user to perform a complicated operation.

Further, according to the data server information providing method of the present invention, the code data transmitted from the portable terminal is appropriately managed and stored in the data server, and if necessary, the appropriate position information is provided in the in-vehicle navigation. Can be provided to the device.

[0029]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

(First Embodiment) FIG. 1 schematically shows the system configuration of a navigation system to which the present invention is applied. The navigation system 1 shown in FIG. 1 includes a portable terminal 10 and a data server 20 that can be carried around, a data server 20 and an in-vehicle navigation device 3 mounted on a vehicle.
Data is transmitted / received to / from 0 via the communication network 2 such as the Internet. That is, the data server 20 and the plurality of wireless communication base stations 3 are connected to the communication network 2, and wireless communication is performed between the mobile terminal 10 and the wireless communication base station 3 to enable the mobile communication. The data transmitted from the terminal 10 is the wireless communication base station 3 and the communication network 2.
The data transmitted from the data server 20 is received by the data server 20 via the in-vehicle navigation device 30 and the wireless communication base station 3 performs wireless communication. It is adapted to be received by the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30 via the base station 3.

In the navigation system 1, the mobile terminal 10 is used to read the code data such as the bar code and the map code number printed on the printed matter such as a map book, so that the destination and the waypoint of the vehicle traveling can be determined. Data server 2 specifies the location information of these destinations and transit points by designating outside the vehicle.
It is stored in 0 and can be supplied to the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30 as needed. Then, the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30 sets an optimum route based on the position information supplied from the data server 20, and the vehicle on which the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30 is mounted (hereinafter referred to as the own vehicle) is designated as a route. Route guidance is provided to reach the destination through the ground.

Here, the code data is data defined as one-to-one correspondence with predetermined information according to a specific code system, and the position information is a specific information such as a destination or a waypoint. It is data indicating a position in a conventional coordinate system.

As shown in FIG. 2, the portable terminal 10 includes a scanner section 11, an operation input section 12, a communication section 13, and a display section 1.
4, a speaker 15 and a control unit 16 are provided.

The scanner unit 11 uses a printed matter such as a map book on which code data such as bar codes indicating the positions of major intersections and tourist attractions are printed, and the necessary code data according to the user's operation, for example, own vehicle. The code data indicating a destination and a waypoint of traveling is optically read. Code data such as a barcode read by the scanner unit 11 is supplied to the control unit 16.

The operation input unit 12 is a user interface for receiving an operation input by the user, and is composed of, for example, a ten-key pad, a jog dial, or the like. When the user inputs an operation using the operation input unit 12, a signal according to the operation input is supplied to the control unit 16.

The communication unit 13 performs wireless communication with the wireless communication base station 3 under the control of the control unit 16 and transmits / receives data via the communication network 2. The data transmitted from the mobile terminal 10 is supplied from the communication unit 13 to the wireless communication base station 3, and is supplied from the wireless communication base station 3 to the data server 10 via the communication network.

The display unit 14 displays images, characters and the like under the control of the control unit 16. Further, the speaker 15 outputs a sound such as a beep sound according to the control by the control unit 16.

The control unit 16 executes an operation control program to control the operation of the portable terminal 10 as a whole. Specifically, the control unit 16 has the functions of the code data storage unit 16a, the input processing unit 16b, the display control unit 16c, and the audio output control unit 16d by executing the operation control program. .

The code data storage section 16a is for temporarily storing code data such as a bar code read from the map book by the scanner section 11.

The input processing unit 16b performs various processes according to a user's operation input using the operation input unit 12. Specifically, for example, the user inputs the operation input unit 12
When an operation input for transmitting the code data read from the map book by the scanner unit 11 is performed using, the input processing unit 16b reads the code data temporarily stored in the code data storage unit 16a, A process of transmitting the read code data from the communication unit 13 to the data server 20 is performed.

The display control unit 16c controls the operation of the display unit 14 so that the display unit 14 displays images, characters and the like. Specifically, the display control unit 16c performs a process of displaying information corresponding to the code data on the display unit 14 when the scanner unit 11 reads the code data from a printed matter such as a map book. .

The voice output control section 16d controls the operation of the speaker 15 to output a voice from the speaker 15. Specifically, this audio output control unit 16d
For example, when the scanner unit 11 reads code data from a printed matter such as a map book, the speaker 15 outputs a sound such as a beep sound for notifying the user of the fact.

In the portable terminal 10 as described above, specifically, for example, a small scanner is connected to the portable telephone, and the code data storage unit 16a, the input processing unit 16b, the display control unit 16c, and the like described above are connected to the portable telephone. Audio output control unit 16d
It is realized by incorporating a program for exhibiting the function as. The mobile terminal 10 may be, for example, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a laptop personal computer, or the like, in addition to the above mobile phones.
It is widely applicable to terminals that can be carried around and can perform predetermined information processing. By connecting a small scanner to these terminals,
Code data storage unit 16a and input processing unit 16 described above
b, the display control unit 16c, and the sound output control unit 16d may be realized by incorporating a program for exhibiting the functions.

The data server 20, as shown in FIG.
The communication unit 21, the user information database 22, the position information storage unit 23, and the control unit 24 are provided.

The communication control section 21 controls the transmission / reception of data via the communication network 2. Information such as code data and various commands transmitted from the communication unit 13 of the mobile terminal 10 via the wireless communication base station 3 and the communication network 2 is received by the communication control unit 21 and supplied to the control unit 24. become. Further, as described later, the position information read from the position information storage unit 23 by the control unit 23 is transmitted from the communication control unit 21 to the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30 via the communication network 2 and the wireless communication base station 3. Will be done.

The user information database 22 contains information about users registered as users of the navigation system 1, specifically, for example, a terminal ID which is identification information of the mobile terminal 10 used by the user and a user ID used by the user. Various information such as an in-vehicle navigation ID which is the identification information of the in-vehicle navigation device 30 is stored.

The position information storage unit 23 temporarily stores the position information corresponding to the code data transmitted from the mobile terminal 10 under the control of the control unit 24. Position information corresponding to the code data transmitted from the mobile terminal 10 is stored in the position information storage unit 23 in association with, for example, the terminal ID of the mobile terminal 10 that is the transmission source of the code data. By specifying the terminal ID, the position information stored in association with the terminal ID can be read from the position information storage unit 23.

The control section 24 executes an operation control program to control the operation of the entire data server 20. Specifically, the control unit 24 executes the operation control program to cause the code data analysis processing unit 24a,
The command analysis processing section 24b and the write / read control section 24c have respective functions.

The code data analysis processing unit 24a analyzes the code data transmitted from the mobile terminal 10 to the data server 20 via the wireless communication base station 3 and the communication network 2 and received by the communication control unit 21, and The position information corresponding to the code data is acquired. Specifically, the code data analysis processing unit 24a has a conversion table in which code data and various pieces of information corresponding thereto are described in association with each other, for example, for each code system, and the conversion table is referred to. Then, the code data transmitted from the mobile terminal 10 is converted into position information corresponding thereto.

The command analysis processing section 24b is used for the portable terminal 1.
The command transmitted from 0 to the data server 20 via the wireless communication base station 3 and the communication network 2 and received by the communication control unit 21 is analyzed, and various processes are performed according to the command. Specifically, for example, when a command to read the position information stored in the position information storage unit 23 from the mobile terminal 10 and send it to the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30 is transmitted, the command analysis processing unit 2
4b analyzes the command and operates the write / read controller 24c in response to the command, and the position information storage 2
The corresponding position information stored in No. 3 is read, and the read position information is transmitted from the communication control unit 21 to the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30.

The writing / reading control section 24c associates the position information converted from the code data by the code data analysis processing section 24a with the terminal ID of the portable terminal 10 which is the transmission source of the code data, and the position information storage section 23. In addition to the control of writing to the position information storage unit 23, the position information stored in the position information storage unit 23 is read from the position information storage unit 23 according to the command analyzed by the command analysis processing unit. This write / read controller 2
The position information read from the position information storage unit 23 by 4c is transmitted from the communication control unit 21 to the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30 via the communication network 2 and the wireless communication base station 3.

As shown in FIG. 4, the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30 has a communication section 31, a non-volatile memory 32, a small battery 33, a GPS receiving section 34, a map database 35,
The display unit 36, the speaker 37, and the control unit 38 are provided.

The communication section 31 performs wireless communication with the wireless communication base station 3 and transmits / receives data via the communication network 2. Position information transmitted from the data server 20 (the scanner unit 11 of the mobile terminal 10
The position information corresponding to the code data indicating the destination, the waypoint, etc. read from the map book by the) is supplied to the vehicle-mounted navigation device 10 via the communication network 2 and the wireless communication base station 3, and the communication unit 31 Will be received by.

The non-volatile memory 32 is connected to the communication unit 31, and temporarily stores the position information transmitted from the data server 20 to the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30 and received by the communication unit 31. There is.

The small battery 33 is composed of, for example, a Li-ion battery or the like, is connected to the communication unit 31, and is used as a power source of the communication unit 31. In the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30, the communication unit 31 includes the small battery 3
By supplying power from 3, the communication unit 31 can receive data even when the main power supply is off.

The GPS receiver 34 receives the G signal from the GPS satellite.
By receiving the PS signal, the in-vehicle navigation device 3
The position information indicating the current position of the vehicle equipped with 0 is acquired. The position information indicating the current position of the vehicle acquired by the GPS receiver 13 is supplied to the controller 38.

The map database 35 is composed of a CD-ROM or the like in which necessary map data is recorded. The map data of the designated area can be sequentially read from the map database 35 according to the processing by the control unit 38.

The display section 36 displays the map data and various information read from the map database 35 under the control of the control section 38. In addition, the speaker 3
In response to control by the control unit 38, 7 outputs, for example, a voice for instructing the traveling direction.

The control unit 38 executes an operation control program to control the operation of the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30 as a whole. Specifically, the control unit 38 executes the operation control program so that the route setting processing unit 38a,
The route guidance processing unit 38b, the display control unit 38c, and the voice output control unit 38d have respective functions.

The route setting processing section 38a receives position information from the data server 20 received by the communication section 31 and temporarily stored in the non-volatile memory 32 (printed matter such as a map book by the scanner section 11 of the portable terminal 10). Based on the position information corresponding to the code data indicating the destination, the transit point, etc. read from the position information and the position information indicating the current position of the own vehicle acquired by the GPS receiving unit 34, the travel route of the own vehicle is determined. This is a process for setting. That is, when the main power source of the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30 is turned on and the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30 is activated, the route setting processing unit 38a reads the position information indicating the destination and the waypoint from the nonvolatile memory 32, Based on the position information indicating the destination or the transit point read from the nonvolatile memory 32 and the position information indicating the current position of the own vehicle acquired by the GPS receiving unit 34, the route specified from the current position of the own vehicle Set the travel route of your vehicle through the ground to the destination.

The route guidance processing unit 38b guides the traveling of the own vehicle so that the own vehicle appropriately travels on the traveling route set by the route setting processing unit 38a. Specifically, the route guidance processing unit 38b is configured by the route setting processing unit 38.
When the travel route is set by a, necessary map data is read from the map database 35 and displayed on the display unit 36, and the current position of the vehicle is grasped based on the position information acquired by the GPS receiving unit 34. Then, the current position of the own vehicle is superimposed on the map data and displayed on the display unit 36. In addition, the route guidance processing unit 38b, for example,
When the host vehicle approaches an intersection or the like where a right turn or a left turn is to be performed, a process for instructing the traveling direction of the own vehicle is performed, such as outputting a voice instructing a right turn or a left turn from the speaker 37.

The display control unit 38c has a route guidance processing unit 38c.
The operation of the display unit 36 is controlled according to the processing by b,
The display unit 36 displays necessary map data and various information.

The voice output control section 38d controls the operation of the speaker 37 in accordance with the processing by the route guidance processing section 38b, and causes the speaker 37 to output a voice or the like indicating the traveling direction of the vehicle. .

In the navigation system 1 configured as described above, when the user makes a drive plan outside the vehicle such as at home, as shown in FIG. 5A, the scanner unit 11 of the portable terminal 10 is used. By reading code data such as a barcode printed on a printed matter such as a map book, a destination or a waypoint can be designated.
After the user reads all the necessary code data using the scanner unit 11 of the mobile terminal 10, the mobile terminal 1
By inputting an operation to transmit the code data using the operation input unit 0 of 0, or automatically when the necessary code data is completely read, the scanner unit 11 automatically reads it from a printed matter such as a map book. The code data is transmitted from the mobile terminal 10 to the data server 20 together with the terminal ID which is the identification information of the mobile terminal 10.

Further, the data server 20 is the mobile terminal 10
When the code data is transmitted from the terminal together with the terminal ID, the code data is converted into position information indicating a position in a specific coordinate system such as a destination or a waypoint, and the converted position information is associated with the terminal ID. It is adapted to be stored in the position information storage unit 23.

Then, when the user uses the operation input unit 12 of the portable terminal 10 to input the position information of the destination and the waypoint to the in-vehicle navigation device 30 when the user gets on the vehicle, the operation shown in FIG. As shown in b), the command instructing the transmission of the position information is transmitted from the mobile terminal 10 to the data server 20 together with the terminal ID which is the identification information of the mobile terminal 10. Then, the data server 20
Receives a command to send location information,
The position information of the transmission target is read from the position information storage unit 23 based on the terminal ID, and the read position information is transmitted to the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30.

When the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30 receives the position information transmitted from the data server 20, the received position information is stored in the non-volatile memory 32 until the main power is turned on. Then, when the main power supply is turned on, the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30 reads the position information stored in the non-volatile memory 32, sets the traveling route of the host vehicle based on this, and sets the traveling route according to this traveling route. It is designed to provide route guidance.

Here, the flow of processing in the navigation system 1 as described above will be described more specifically with reference to the flowchart in FIG.

First, in step S1-1, in accordance with the user's operation, the scanner unit 11 of the portable terminal 10 reads code data indicating a destination, a transit point, etc. from a printed matter such as a map book. The code data read by the scanner unit 11 is temporarily stored in the code data storage unit 16a of the control unit 16. In addition, the scanner unit 11
When the code data is read by the speaker 15, the speaker 15 is controlled according to the control by the audio output controller 16d of the controller 16.
7 or a beep sound is output from the display unit 14 according to the control of the display control unit 16c of the control unit 16.
By displaying the information corresponding to the code data as shown in, the user is presented that the code data has been read.

Next, in step S1-2, for example, an operation input indicating the end of reading is performed from the operation input unit 12 of the portable terminal 10, or code data indicating the end of reading is read by the scanner unit 11 or the like. The control unit 16 of the mobile terminal 10 determines whether or not the user has instructed to finish reading the code data for designating the destination or the waypoint.

When it is determined that the instruction to finish reading the code data is given, next, in step S1-3, the destination or transit point temporarily stored in the code data storage unit 16a. Is read from the code data storage unit 16a in response to an operation input by the user or automatically, and is transmitted from the communication unit 13 to the wireless communication base station 3 together with the terminal ID that is the identification information of the mobile terminal 10. And to the data server 20 via the communication network 2. In addition, at this time, under the control of the display control unit 16c of the control unit 16, information indicating that the code data has been transmitted to the data server 20 is displayed on the display unit 14 as illustrated in FIG. 8, for example.

In the data server 20, the code data indicating the destination and the transit point designated by the user are stored in the mobile terminal 1.
When transmitted from 0, this code data is sent to the communication control unit 2
Received by 1. Then, in step S1-4, the code data analysis processing unit 24a of the control unit 24 converts the code data transmitted from the mobile terminal 10 into position information, and in step S1-5, the writing / writing is performed.
Under the control of the read control unit 24c, this position information is stored in the position information storage unit 23 in association with the terminal ID. When the code data analysis processing unit 24a of the control unit 24 converts the code data into position information,
Based on the vehicle-mounted navigation device ID, which is the identification information of the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30 stored in the user information database 22, the vehicle-mounted navigation device 3 that is the destination of the position information.
A model of 0 is specified and converted into position information corresponding to the data format of the map data handled by the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30.

Next, in step S1-6, the position information stored in the data server 20 by the user from the operation input unit 12 of the portable terminal 10 is sent to the vehicle-mounted navigation device 3
It is determined by the control unit 16 of the mobile terminal 10 whether or not an instruction input to send to 0 has been input.

When it is determined that the instruction input for transmitting the position information stored in the data server 20 to the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30 is made, then, in step S1.
At -7, the input processing unit 16b of the control unit 16 generates a command to instruct the transmission of the position information, and the command is transmitted from the communication unit 13 via the wireless communication base station 3 and the communication network 2 together with the terminal ID. And is transmitted to the data server 20.

In the data server 20, when the command for instructing the transmission of the position information is transmitted from the mobile terminal 10, the communication control unit 21 receives this command. Then, in step S1-8, this command is analyzed by the command analysis processing unit 24b of the control unit 24, and in response to this command, the write / read control unit 24c of the control unit 24 stores it in the position information storage unit 23. The location information is read based on the terminal ID. Then, in step S1-9, the vehicle-mounted navigation device in which the position information read from the position information storage unit 23 is designated as the destination by the communication control unit 21 via the communication network 2 and the wireless communication base station 3 Sent to 30.

The position information transmitted to the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30 is received by the communication unit 31 and stored in the nonvolatile memory 32 until the main power of the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30 is turned on. When the main power supply of the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30 is turned on, the position information stored in the non-volatile memory 32 by the route setting processing unit 38a of the control unit 38, that is, the destination or waypoint specified by the user is displayed. The position information shown is read out, and step S1-1
At 0, based on the position information read from the nonvolatile memory 32 and the position information indicating the current position of the own vehicle acquired by the GPS receiving unit 34, the travel route of the own vehicle is set to the route setting processing unit 38a. Set by. Then, according to the travel route set by the route setting processing unit 38a, route guidance is performed by the route guidance processing unit 38b, and a series of processes in the navigation system 1 to which the present invention is applied ends.

As described above, in the navigation system 1 to which the present invention is applied, the user reads the code data such as the bar code printed on the printed matter such as the map book by the scanner unit 11 of the portable terminal 10. You can specify the destination and transit points. Then, the code data read by the mobile terminal 10 is the data server 2
0 is converted into specific position information of the coordinate system and stored in the data server 20, and the position information indicating the destination and the waypoint is supplied to the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30 as needed. . Therefore, according to the navigation system 1, when the user makes a drive plan outside the vehicle, the user can easily input the destination, the waypoint, etc. outside the vehicle using the mobile terminal 10, and the user can own the vehicle. After boarding the vehicle, the vehicle can be promptly started to drive without inputting a destination or a waypoint again. In addition, in this navigation system 1,
Since the destination and the waypoint are specified by reading the code data such as a barcode, the operation is easy and the usability is very good.

The navigation system 1 described above specifically illustrates one application example of the present invention, and various technical modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Specifically, for example, in the navigation system 1 described above, when the position information indicating the destination or waypoint stored in the data server 20 is supplied with the command to instruct the transmission of the position information, the data server Two
However, the position information may be automatically transmitted from the data server 20 to the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30.

In this case, the data server 20 converts the code data transmitted from the mobile terminal 10 into the position information, and then determines the location information transmission destination based on the terminal ID transmitted from the mobile terminal 10 together with the code data. The in-vehicle navigation device 30 is specified, and communication is performed with the communication unit 31 of the specified in-vehicle navigation device 30 to transmit the position information. At this time, the in-vehicle navigation device 30
As described above, the communication unit 31 of is capable of always receiving the data by the power supply from the small battery 33. Therefore, even if the main power supply of the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30 is turned off, the data is transmitted from the data server 20. The position information is received by the receiving unit 31 of the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30 and is temporarily stored in the non-volatile memory 32.

As described above, when the position information is automatically transmitted from the data server 20 to the in-vehicle navigation device 30, the user uses the portable terminal 10 to instruct the position information transmission. Since there is no need to input, it is possible to realize a navigation system with further improved convenience.

In the navigation system 1 described above, the mobile terminal 10 is used to read the code data printed on a printed matter such as a map book and transmit the code data to the data server 20, but instead of the mobile terminal 10. For example, a stationary information processing terminal such as a personal computer installed in the user's home or work may be used. In this case, a small scanner is connected to the stationary information processing terminal, and the code data storage unit 16a, the input processing unit 16b, and
A program for causing the functions of the display control unit 16c and the audio output control unit 16d to be exhibited may be incorporated.

(Second Embodiment) Next, a navigation system according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the navigation system according to the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 9, the mobile terminal 10 and the in-vehicle navigation device 30 are provided with short-distance data communication units 17 and 39, respectively. In between, for example, short-distance data communication using Bluetooth or IrDA is performed. In the navigation system of the second embodiment, when the user brings the mobile terminal into the vehicle and turns on the main power source of the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30, a communication link is established between the mobile terminal 10 and the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30. Is established, the position information indicating the destination and the waypoint stored in the data server 20 based on the data transmission flag of the mobile terminal 10 is automatically transmitted from the data server 20 to the in-vehicle navigation device 30. To be received by.

In the navigation system of the second embodiment, as described above, the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30
Since the position information stored in the data server 20 is transmitted to the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30 after the main power source of the vehicle-mounted navigation device 3 is turned on, the vehicle-mounted navigation device 3
It is not necessary to connect the small battery 33 to the communication unit 31 of 0. In addition, in the navigation system of the second embodiment, the other configurations are the same as those in the first embodiment.
Since it is the same as the navigation system 1 of the first embodiment, the navigation system 1 of the first embodiment will be described below.
Constituent elements similar to those are denoted by the same reference numerals in the drawings, and redundant description will be omitted.

In the navigation system of the second embodiment as described above, the code data required by the user is read from a printed matter such as a map book using the scanner unit 11 of the mobile terminal 10, and the read code data is read by the mobile terminal 10. When the data is transmitted to the data server 20, the data transmission flag of the mobile terminal 10 is turned on. That is, in the navigation system of the second embodiment, the mobile terminal 10 stores whether or not the code data is transmitted to the data server 20 by the data transmission flag, and the mobile terminal 10 causes the data server 20 to store the code data. When the code data is transmitted, the mobile terminal 10 turns on the data transmission flag.

Then, when the user brings the portable terminal 10 into the vehicle and activates the in-vehicle navigation device 30, a communication link by short-distance data communication such as Bluetooth is established between the portable terminal 10 and the in-vehicle navigation device 30. , The mobile terminal 10 as shown in FIG.
From the onboard navigation device 30, information indicating that the data transmission flag is turned on is the terminal ID.
Will be sent automatically with. When the information indicating that the data transmission flag is turned on is transmitted from the mobile terminal 10 to the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30, the data transmission flag of the mobile terminal 10 is turned off.

When the information indicating that the data transmission flag is turned on is transmitted from the mobile terminal 10, the in-vehicle navigation device 30 generates a command requesting the data server 20 to transmit the position information. Then, this command is transmitted from the communication unit 31 to the data server 20 together with the terminal ID of the mobile terminal 10. Data server 20
When the command requesting the transmission of the position information is received from the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30, the position information of the transmission target is read from the position information storage unit 23 based on the terminal ID transmitted together with this command, and the read position information is obtained. It is transmitted to the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30. As a result, the traveling route of the host vehicle is set in the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30, and the route guidance according to this traveling route is performed.

Here, the flow of processing in the navigation system of the second embodiment as described above will be described more specifically with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, in step S2-1, the scanner unit 11 of the portable terminal 10 reads code data indicating a destination, a waypoint, etc. from a printed matter such as a map book in accordance with a user's operation, and in step S2- In 2, it is determined whether or not the user has given an instruction to finish reading the code data.

When it is determined that the instruction to end the reading of the code data is given, next, in step S2-3, the code data read by the scanner unit 11 of the mobile terminal 10 is changed to the mobile terminal 10. It is transmitted from the mobile terminal 10 to the data server 20 together with the terminal ID which is the identification information. Then, when the code data is transmitted from the mobile terminal 10 to the data server 20, next, in step S2-4, the data transmission flag of the mobile terminal 10 is turned on.

In the data server 20, the code data indicating the destination and the transit point designated by the user is stored in the mobile terminal 1.
When transmitted from 0, the code data is converted into position information in step S2-5, and this position information is stored in the position information storage unit 23 in association with the terminal ID in step S2-6.

Next, when the user brings the portable terminal 10 into the own vehicle and the in-vehicle navigation device 30 is activated, in step S2-7, the short distance between the portable terminal 10 and the in-vehicle navigation device 30 is reached. It is determined whether the data communication link has been established.

When a short-distance communication link is established between the mobile terminal 10 and the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30,
In step S2-8, information indicating that the data transmission flag of the mobile terminal 10 is turned on, that is,
The information indicating that the location information indicating the destination or waypoint designated by the user is stored in the data server 20 is automatically transmitted from the mobile terminal 30 to the in-vehicle navigation device 30 together with the terminal ID of the mobile terminal 10. Sent.
Then, from the mobile terminal 10 to the in-vehicle navigation device 30
When the information indicating that the data transmission flag is turned on is transmitted to, the data transmission flag of the mobile terminal 10 is turned off in step S2-9.

When the information indicating that the data transmission flag is turned on is transmitted from the portable terminal 10 to the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30, the position information is transmitted to the data server 20 in step S2-10. The requested command is generated by the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30. Then, the command requesting the transmission of this position information is transmitted from the communication unit 31 of the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30 to the data server 20 together with the terminal ID of the mobile terminal 10.

In the data server 20, when the command requesting the transmission of the position information is transmitted from the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30, it is stored in the position information storage unit 23 in response to this command in step S2-11. The position information, that is, the position information indicating the destination or waypoint designated by the user is read out based on the terminal ID. Then, in step S2-12, the position information read from the position information storage unit 23 is transmitted from the data server 20 to the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30.

When the position information is transmitted from the data server 20 to the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30, step S2-
At 13, the position information transmitted from the data server 20 by the in-vehicle navigation device 30 and the GPS
The travel route of the host vehicle is set based on the position information indicating the current position of the host vehicle acquired by the reception unit 34.
Then, route guidance is performed by the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30 in accordance with this traveling route, and a series of processing in the navigation system of the second embodiment ends.

In the navigation system of the second embodiment described above, the user brings the portable terminal into the vehicle and turns on the main power source of the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30 so that the portable terminal 10 and the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30 are connected to each other. When the communication link is established, the position information indicating the destination and the waypoint stored in the data server 20 is automatically transmitted from the data server 20 to the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30, so that the user uses the mobile terminal 10. It is not necessary to perform an operation input for instructing the transmission of position information, and convenience can be further improved.

In the example described above, the mobile terminal 10
When a communication link by short-distance data communication is established between the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30 and the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30, information indicating that the data transmission flag is turned on is transmitted from the mobile terminal 10 to the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30. The in-vehicle navigation device 30 generates a command requesting the data server 20 to transmit the position information and transmits the command to the data server 20. As shown in FIG. The mobile terminal 10 determines that the in-vehicle navigation device 30 has been activated by the establishment of the communication link by the short-range data communication between the in-vehicle navigation device 30 and the in-vehicle navigation device 30.
0 generates a command for instructing the data server 20 to transmit the position information according to the data transmission flag and transmits this command to the data server 20, so that the data server 20 transmits the position to the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30. The information may be automatically transmitted. Also in this case, the user does not need to perform an operation input for instructing the transmission of the position information using the mobile terminal 10, so that the convenience can be further improved.

(Third Embodiment) Next, a navigation system according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. The navigation system of the third embodiment has a basic configuration similar to those of the navigation systems of the first and second embodiments described above, and its usage forms are the first and second embodiments described above. It is different from the form of navigation system. That is,
In the navigation system of the third embodiment, the location information storage unit 23 of the data server 20 is provided with a personal folder which is a recording area for each user, and another user stores his own mobile terminal 10 in this personal folder. It is possible to store the information read by using it. And
Information read by a plurality of users using their respective mobile terminals 10 may be aggregated and stored in a personal folder of a specific user of the data server 20, and this aggregated information may be transmitted to a specific in-vehicle navigation device 30. It is like this.

In the navigation system of the third embodiment, for example, when a user runs a vehicle equipped with the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30 and sequentially stops at the homes of a plurality of friends, the navigation system is set. Very effective at.

Hereinafter, a user N drives a vehicle equipped with the in-vehicle navigation device 30 to drive his friend A's home,
A specific description will be given by taking as an example the case of visiting each of the home of friend B and the home of friend C. In this case, the user N contacts the friends A, B, and C in advance and requests that the information of the home location of each person be transmitted to the data server 20. At this time, the user N informs the friends A, B, and C of information for identifying his / her folder of the data server 20, specifically, for example, the terminal ID of his / her mobile terminal 10.

In the navigation system of the third embodiment, the friends A, B and C receive a request from the user N,
The scanner unit 11 of each mobile terminal 10 reads the code data such as the barcode indicating the position near the home printed on the map book or the like, and the read code data is transmitted to the folder of the user N of the data server 20. Thus, when the user's own mobile terminal 10 is operated, as shown in FIG. 13A, the code data read by the scanner unit 11 of the mobile terminals 10 of the friends A, B, C, that is, the friends A, B, The code data indicating the position near the home of C is transmitted from each mobile terminal 10 to the data server 20 together with identification information such as the terminal ID of the mobile terminal 10 of the user N, for example.

In the data server 20, the code data indicating the positions near the homes of the friends A, B, and C from the mobile terminals 10 of the friends A, B, and C is the terminal ID of the mobile terminal 10 of the user N.
Etc., the code data is converted into specific position information in the coordinate system and stored in the folder of the user N provided in the position information storage unit 23. At this time, the folder of the user N is specified by, for example, the mobile terminals 10 of the friends A, B, and C from the friends A, B, and C.
Is specified based on the terminal ID of the mobile terminal 10 of the user N transmitted together with the code data indicating the position near the home.

Then, for example, as shown in FIG. 13B, a command for instructing the transmission of the position information from the mobile terminal 10 in response to the operation input of the user N is, for example, the user N.
When it is transmitted together with the terminal ID of the mobile terminal 10 and the like, the data server 20 identifies the folder of the user N of the position information storage unit 23 based on the transmitted terminal ID and the like, The stored position information, that is, the position information indicating the positions of the friends A, B, and C near their homes is read and transmitted to the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30.

In the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30, when the position information indicating the positions of friends A, B, and C near their homes is transmitted from the data server 20, the position information and GPS information are sent.
Based on the position information indicating the current position of the vehicle acquired by the reception unit 34, the travel route passing near the homes of the friends A, B, and C is set. Then, route guidance is provided so that the vehicle travels on this traveling route.

Here, the flow of processing in the navigation system of the third embodiment as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, in step S3-1, the code data is read from a printed matter such as a map book by the scanner units 11 of the plurality of mobile terminals 10 in response to a plurality of user operations, and in step S3-2, It is determined whether or not each user has given an instruction to finish reading the code data.

If it is determined that the instruction to finish reading the code data is given, then in step S3-3, the code data read by the scanner unit 11 of each mobile terminal 10 is transmitted to the destination. Each mobile terminal 1 together with information (terminal ID, etc.) for specifying a folder
From 0 to the data server 20. Then, when the code data is transmitted from each mobile terminal 10 to the data server 20, next, in step S3-4,
The code data transmitted from each mobile terminal 10 is converted into position information, and in step S3-5, the position information is stored in a specific folder in the position information storage unit 23 designated as the transmission destination. Collected in folders.

Next, in step S3-6, for example, in response to an operation input by a specific user, the portable terminal 1
0 supplies a command to instruct the data server 20 to transmit the position information, or a command to instruct the data server 20 to transmit the position information from the mobile terminal 10 or the in-vehicle navigation device 30. Supplied automatically.

In the data server 20, when the command for instructing the transmission of the position information is transmitted, the step S3-
In accordance with this command, the position information storage unit 2
Location information aggregated and stored in 3 specific folders,
That is, the position information indicating the destinations and transit points designated by a plurality of users is read. And step S3
At -8, the position information read from the position information storage unit 23 is transmitted from the data server 20 to the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30.

When the position information is transmitted from the data server 20 to the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30, step S3-
9, the display unit 36 of the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30
A screen for confirming the contents of the position information as shown in FIG. 15 is displayed on the screen. Then, when the user refers to the screen of the display unit 36 and selects the necessary position information, the position information selected by the user and the GPS receiving unit 34 are acquired in step S3-10. The travel route of the host vehicle is set based on the position information indicating the current position of the host vehicle. Then, route guidance is performed by the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30 according to this traveling route, and a series of processes in the navigation system of the third embodiment is completed.

In the navigation system of the third embodiment described above, the position information acquired by a plurality of users is aggregated in the data server 20, and the position information is made available to a specific user to be mounted on the in-vehicle navigation device 30.
Since the route can be set by, a navigation system with extremely high utility value can be realized.

In the example described above, the code data read by the plurality of users using their own mobile terminals 10 are transmitted to the specific folders of the data server 20, respectively. As described above, the code data read by the plurality of users using their own mobile terminals 10 is transmitted to the mobile terminal 10 of the specific user, and the code data aggregated by the mobile terminal 10 of the specific user is converted into the specific data. The data may be transmitted from the mobile terminal 10 to the data server 20.

Explaining this with a concrete example, in this example, as shown in FIG. 16A, the code data read by the scanner unit 11 of the mobile terminals 10 of the friends A, B, and C are shown as follows. The data is transmitted from the mobile terminal 10 to the mobile terminal 10 of the user N, respectively. In the mobile terminal 10 of the user N, when the code data is transmitted from the mobile terminals 10 of the friends A, B, and C, the code data is aggregated, and information corresponding to these code data is collected, for example, as shown in FIG. Is displayed on the display unit 14. When the user refers to the screen of the display unit 14 and selects the necessary code data, the selected code data is displayed by the user N.
Will be transmitted from the mobile terminal 10 to the data server 20.

In the data server 20, when the code data selected from the mobile terminal 10 of the user N is transmitted, the code data is converted into position information and the user provided in the position information storage unit 23. Store in N folder. Then, for example, as shown in FIG. 16B, when a command to instruct the transmission of the position information is supplied from the mobile terminal 10 in response to the operation input of the user N, the user N of the position information storage unit 23 is supplied. The position information stored in the folder, that is, the position information acquired by the friends A, B, and C and selected by the user N is read and transmitted to the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30.

In the in-vehicle navigation device 30, when the position information is transmitted from the data server 20, the position information of the vehicle is calculated based on the position information and the position information indicating the current position of the vehicle acquired by the GPS receiving section 34. Set the travel route. Then, route guidance is provided so that the vehicle travels on this traveling route.

Also in this example, similarly to the above-mentioned example,
The position information acquired by a plurality of users is aggregated in the data server 20, and the position information can be set by the in-vehicle navigation device 30 by allowing the specific users to use the position information. A high navigation system can be realized.

Further, in the example described above, the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30 uses the position information individually acquired by the mobile terminals 10 of a plurality of users and aggregated in the data server 20 and the position information indicating the current position of the vehicle. On the basis of this, the vehicle travel route is set and route guidance is provided. However, the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30 sets the travel route according to an operation by a specific user, and then sets the mobile terminals 10 of a plurality of users. In the case where the position information individually acquired in step 1 is transmitted, each position information acquired by the mobile terminals 10 of a plurality of users is added to the already set travel route so that a new travel route is set. Good. In addition, the travel route set by the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30 corresponds to an operation input by the specific user using the mobile terminal 10.
Alternatively, it is desirable to be able to appropriately change according to an operation input using the mobile terminal 10 by another user.

(Fourth Embodiment) Next, a navigation system according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described. Like the navigation system of the third embodiment, the navigation system of the fourth embodiment has the same basic configuration as that of the navigation systems of the first and second embodiments described above, and its usage is described above. The navigation system is different from the navigation systems of the first and second embodiments. That is,
In the navigation system of the fourth embodiment, the position information storage unit 23 of the data server 20 is provided with a group folder as a shared recording area shared by a plurality of users, and the position information stored in this group folder is stored in the group folder. The information is transmitted to each of the plurality of vehicle-mounted navigation devices 30 so that each of the plurality of vehicle-mounted navigation devices 30 can set a route based on the position information.

In the navigation system of the fourth embodiment, for example, when a plurality of users drive vehicles equipped with the in-vehicle navigation device 30 respectively and head for a meeting place designated by a specific user, It is very effective when setting the travel route by the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30 of each vehicle.

Hereinafter, the users A, B, and C each drive the vehicle equipped with the in-vehicle navigation device 30,
A case where the user heads to the meeting place designated by the user A will be specifically described as an example.

In the navigation system of the fourth embodiment, the user A reads the code data such as the bar code indicating the position of the meeting place printed on the map book or the like by the scanner unit 11 of the portable terminal 10, and reads the read code data. When the mobile terminal 10 is operated so that is transmitted to the group folder of the data server 20, as shown in FIG. 18A, the code data read by the scanner unit 11 of the mobile terminal 10 of the user A, that is, the waiting The code data indicating the position of the place is transmitted from the mobile terminal 10 of the user A to the data server 20 together with the identification information such as the terminal ID of the mobile terminal 10 of the user A.

In the data server 20, when the code data indicating the position of the meeting place is transmitted from the mobile terminal 10 of the user A together with the terminal ID of the mobile terminal 10 of the user A, the code data is converted into position information. And stores it in a group folder provided in the position information storage unit 23. At this time, the group folder is specified based on, for example, the terminal ID of the mobile terminal 10 of the user A transmitted from the mobile terminal 10 of the user A together with the code data indicating the position of the meeting place.

Then, for example, when a command for instructing the transmission of the positional information is supplied from the mobile terminal 10 in response to the operation input of the user A, for example, together with the terminal ID of the mobile terminal 10 of the user A, etc., FIG. As shown in (b), the data server 20 identifies the group folder of the position information storage unit 23 based on the transmitted terminal ID and the like, and the position information stored in this group folder, that is,
The position information indicating the meeting place designated by the user A is read out, and the position information is read in the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30 mounted in the vehicle of the user A, the vehicle-mounted navigation device 30 mounted in the vehicle of the user B, the vehicle of the user C. To the in-vehicle navigation device 30 mounted on the vehicle.

In each of the vehicle-mounted navigation devices 30 mounted on the vehicles of users A, B, and C, when the position information indicating the meeting place designated by the user A is transmitted from the data server 20, the position indicating the meeting place is displayed. Based on the information and the position information indicating the current position of each vehicle acquired by the GPS receiving unit 34, the traveling route for each vehicle toward the meeting place is set. Then, route guidance is provided so that each vehicle travels on this traveling route.

Here, the flow of processing in the navigation system of the fourth embodiment as described above will be explained with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, in step S4-1, the scanner unit 11 of the portable terminal 10 reads code data indicating a meeting place or the like from a printed matter such as a map book in response to an operation of a specific user, and in step S4- In 2, it is determined whether or not the user has given an instruction to finish reading the code data.

If it is determined that the instruction to finish reading the code data is given, then in step S4-3, the code data indicating the meeting place and the like read by the scanner unit 11 of the portable terminal 10 is read. Is transmitted from the mobile terminal 10 to the data server 20 together with the information for specifying the destination group folder. Then, when the code data indicating the meeting place or the like is transmitted from the mobile terminal 10 to the data server 20, next, in step S4-4, the code data transmitted from the mobile terminal 10 is converted into position information by the data server 20. Then, in step S4-5, the position information is stored in the group folder in the position information storage unit 23 designated as the destination.

Next, in step S4-6, for example, in response to an operation input by a specific user, the portable terminal 1
0 supplies a command to instruct the data server 20 to transmit the position information, or a command to instruct the data server 20 to transmit the position information from the mobile terminal 10 or the in-vehicle navigation device 30. Supplied automatically.

In the data server 20, when the command to instruct the transmission of the position information is transmitted, the step S4-
In accordance with this command, the position information storage unit 2
The position information stored in the third group folder, that is, the position information indicating the meeting place and the like designated by a specific user is read. And step S4
At -8, the position information read from the group folder of the position information storage unit 23 is transmitted from the data server 20 to the plurality of vehicle-mounted navigation devices 30.

When the position information is transmitted from the data server 20 to the plurality of vehicle-mounted navigation devices 30, the position information transmitted from the data server 20 and the vehicle-mounted navigation devices are sent by the vehicle-mounted navigation devices 30 in step S4-9. The travel route of the vehicle in which each in-vehicle navigation device 30 is mounted is set based on the position information indicating the current position of the vehicle in which the device 30 is mounted. Then, according to this traveling route, each on-vehicle navigation device 3
When 0, the route guidance of each vehicle is performed, and the series of processes in the navigation system of the fourth embodiment ends.

In the navigation system of the fourth embodiment described above, the position information acquired by a specific user is stored in the data server 20, and the position information is made available to a plurality of users to be used by a plurality of vehicle-mounted navigation devices 30. Since each route can be set based on this position information, it is possible to realize a navigation system having an extremely high utility value.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a mobile terminal that constitutes the navigation system of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a data server that constitutes the navigation system of the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a vehicle-mounted navigation device that constitutes the navigation system of the first embodiment.

5A and 5B are schematic diagrams conceptually showing a usage pattern of the navigation system according to the first embodiment, in which FIG. 5A shows a state in which code data is transmitted from a mobile terminal to a data server, and FIG. It shows how the position information is transmitted from the server to the vehicle-mounted navigation device.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing in the navigation system of the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a mobile terminal in which information corresponding to read code data is displayed on a display unit.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a mobile terminal in which information indicating that the read code data is transmitted to the data server is displayed on the display unit.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram of a mobile terminal and a vehicle-mounted navigation device that form a navigation system according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram conceptually showing how the navigation system of the second embodiment is used.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing in the navigation system of the second embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram conceptually showing another usage pattern of the navigation system of the second embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram conceptually showing a usage pattern of the navigation system of the third embodiment, in which (a) shows a state in which code data is transmitted from a plurality of mobile terminals of users to a data server, ( In b), the position information collected by the data server is transmitted to the vehicle-mounted navigation device.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing in the navigation system of the third embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing the vehicle-mounted navigation device in which a screen for confirming the content of the position information transmitted from the data server is displayed on the display unit.

FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram conceptually showing another usage pattern of the navigation system of the third embodiment, in which (a) is a data server from mobile terminals of a plurality of users to mobile terminals of a specific user. The code data is transmitted, and (b) shows the position information collected by the data server is transmitted to the vehicle-mounted navigation device.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a mobile terminal in which information corresponding to code data transmitted from another mobile terminal is displayed on a display unit.

FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram conceptually showing a usage pattern of the navigation system in the fourth embodiment, in which (a) shows a state in which code data is transmitted from a mobile terminal of a specific user to a data server, b) shows that the position information is transmitted from the data server to the plurality of vehicle-mounted navigation devices.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing in the navigation system of the fourth embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 navigation system 10 mobile terminals 11 Scanner section 12 Operation input section 13 Communications department 20 data server 21 Communication control unit 23 Location information storage 24 Control unit 30 Car navigation system 31 Communications Department 32 non-volatile memory 33 small batteries 38 Control unit 38a Route setting processing unit 38b Route guidance processing unit

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Toru Takagi             Nissan, Takaracho, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Nissan             Inside the automobile corporation (72) Inventor Shin Fujita             Nissan, Takaracho, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Nissan             Inside the automobile corporation F term (reference) 2C032 HA03 HB06 HB08 HB22 HB25                       HC08 HD03 HD16                 2F029 AA02 AB07 AB13 AC02 AC08                       AC14 AC18                 5H180 AA01 BB04 BB13 FF05 FF13                       FF22 FF25 FF27 FF32

Claims (14)

[Claims] 1. A navigation system for guiding a route of a vehicle, comprising: a vehicle-mounted navigation device mounted on the vehicle; a mobile terminal for reading code data printed on a printed matter; and a code terminal for receiving the code data from the mobile terminal. A data server that converts the code data into position information indicating a position in a coordinate system and stores the position information in a storage unit, and the vehicle-mounted navigation device receives the position information from the data server as necessary and stores the position information. A navigation system characterized by setting a traveling route of a vehicle and performing route guidance based on the traveling route. 2. The vehicle-mounted navigation device includes a small battery, and position information can be received from the data server by power supply from the small battery when the main power supply is off. The navigation system according to claim 1, wherein: 3. According to an operation input from the mobile terminal,
The navigation system according to claim 1, wherein the position information is transmitted from the data server to the vehicle-mounted navigation device. 4. The vehicle-mounted navigation device and the mobile terminal each include a short-range data communication unit that performs short-range data communication, and the short-range data communication unit is provided between the vehicle-mounted navigation device and the mobile terminal. The navigation system according to claim 1, wherein the position information is transmitted from the data server to the vehicle-mounted navigation device after the communication link is established by the data server. 5. A storage area of the data server is provided with a recording area for each user, and each recording area can store position information corresponding to code data from a mobile terminal of another user. The navigation system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising: 6. The storage means of the data server is provided with a shared recording area shared by a plurality of users, and the position information stored in the shared recording area can be received by a plurality of vehicle-mounted navigation devices. The navigation system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, which is provided. 7. The code data is received, the received code data is converted into position information indicating the position of the coordinate system and stored in the storage means, and the position information stored in the storage means is read out as necessary, A data server, which transmits to an in-vehicle navigation device mounted on a vehicle. 8. The data server according to claim 7, wherein the code data is data read from a printed matter by a mobile terminal, and the code data is received from the mobile terminal. 9. The storage means is provided with a recording area for each user, and each recording area is capable of storing position information corresponding to code data received from another user's mobile terminal. The data server according to claim 8, wherein the data server is a server. 10. The recording area for each user is managed by identification information assigned to each user's mobile terminal or in-vehicle navigation device, and the identification information is also stored when the location information is stored or read. The data server according to claim 9, wherein a recording area for storing or reading the position information is specified. 11. The storage means is provided with a shared recording area shared by a plurality of users, and the position information stored in the shared recording area can be transmitted to a plurality of vehicle-mounted navigation devices. The data server according to any one of claims 7 to 10, characterized in that. 12. The shared recording area is managed by identification information assigned to a mobile terminal or an in-vehicle navigation device of each user who uses the shared recording area, and when the position information is stored or read, The data server according to claim 11, wherein the shared recording area in which the position information is stored or read is specified based on the identification information. 13. A route setting method for setting a traveling route of a vehicle in a vehicle-mounted navigation device mounted in a vehicle, wherein a data server receives code data read from a printed matter by a mobile terminal, and the data server stores the code data. The code data is converted into position information indicating the position of the coordinate system and stored in the storage means, and the position information stored in the storage means is read out as necessary and transmitted to the in-vehicle navigation device, and the in-vehicle navigation device is provided. A route setting method, wherein the device sets a traveling route of the vehicle based on the position information transmitted from the data server. 14. A data server information providing method for exchanging data between a mobile terminal and a vehicle-mounted navigation device via a communication network, wherein the data server receives code data from the mobile terminal, The received code data is converted into position information indicating the position of the coordinate system, the mobile terminal that is the transmission source of the code data is collated, and the position information converted from the code data is stored in the storage means. When a request for transmitting the position information is received from the mobile terminal or the in-vehicle navigation device, the request source is collated, the position information to be transmitted is specified from the position information stored in the storage unit, and the specified position is determined. An information providing method for a data server, comprising transmitting information to the vehicle-mounted navigation device.