JP2005024495A - Sight-seeing information guide device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To guide a view point in a midway during moving and a seating position easy to view it, when moving on a vehicle such as a sight-seeing bus. <P>SOLUTION: A route for guiding the vehicle is computed by a route searching part 11 of a navigation system 10. View points along the route are listed up by a view information listing-up part 30 input with route information, based on the route information, a time from an information input part 20 and meteorological information, and the seating position easy to view the view point from the vehicle is calculated as to each of the listed-up view points. A screen display 50 screen-displays the listed-up view points and information of the seating positions easy to view the view points, and guides those. An occupant is thereby able to select the seating position matched with the view point desired by the occupant. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a tourist information guide device in a navigation system that guides a scenery point in the middle of travel and a seating position where it is easy to see when traveling by car such as a sightseeing bus.

As a conventional sightseeing information guide device, for example, one disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 8-278748 is known. Here, using a microcomputer mounted on a vehicle such as a sightseeing bus, the tourist information on the way to travel is processed according to the season, time, and the position of the occupant. The technology provided is used.
JP-A-8-278748

However, when the vehicle moves, the above-mentioned conventional technology can provide tourist guidance information corresponding to the vehicle position, only the part of the tourist guidance information required according to each seating position. The information that it is easy to see from any seating position cannot be provided.
For this reason, even if there is a landscape point to be seen, there is a problem that the information cannot be obtained depending on the seating position and an oversight occurs.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional problems, and provides a tourist information guidance device that provides a landscape point and easy-to-see seating position information, and allows an occupant to select a seating position according to the landscape point.

  The present invention includes a tourist information guide device in a navigation system that sets a guidance route, detects the current position of the vehicle, recognizes the vehicle position on the guidance route, and performs vehicle guidance. The tourist information guide device extracts landscape points along the guide route based on the set guide route, calculates an easy-to-see seating position of the landscape point based on the extracted location information of the landscape point, and together with the landscape point It is configured to be displayed to the passenger.

  According to the present invention, since the occupant can obtain the landscape point and the easy-to-see seating position information in advance, the seating position can be selected in accordance with the landscape point, and the desired landscape can be seen by sitting at the difficult-to-see seating position Things that overlook the point no longer occur.

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described by way of examples.
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of the embodiment.
A navigation system 10 mounted on a vehicle includes a route search unit 11 that searches for a route for guiding the vehicle and a current position detection unit 12 that detects a current position of the vehicle. The route information from the route search unit 11 is landscape. The information is output to the information listing unit 30. The current position information from the current position detection unit 12 is output to the landscape guide unit 40.

  The landscape information list-up unit 30 has a landscape information table, and searches the landscape information table based on the input route information, the time from the information input unit 20, and the weather information to list the landscape points along the route. Up. For each listed landscape point, the respective easy-to-see seating position is calculated. Here, the position information of the listed landscape point and the easy-to-see seating position of the landscape point are output to the landscape guide unit 40, and the seating position detection information including the landscape point and the easy-to-see seating position is output to the screen display device 50. The

The landscape guide unit 40 determines whether or not a landscape point has been approached based on the current position information of the vehicle, and outputs landscape information regarding the approached landscape point to the screen display device 50.
In the screen display device 50, based on the input seating position detection information, all the scenery points along the route and the easy-to-see seating positions are displayed on the display screen and presented to the occupant. When the vehicle moves and the landscape information about the landscape point that the vehicle approaches is input from the landscape guide unit 40, the display is switched to display the information of the approached landscape point.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation flow in the above configuration.
In step 110, the route search unit 11 of the navigation system 10 performs route search. The route search is performed based on the current position of the vehicle and the input destination information, and the searched route selected by the driver is output to the landscape information list-up unit 30 as route information. . Note that the selected route information is also used in the navigation system 10 to guide the travel route.

  In step 120, the current weather and time information is input to the landscape information list-up unit 30 by the information input unit 20. The information input unit 20 includes, for example, a clock and a weather sensor, may use information detected by each, and may use information input by a driver as an interface.

In step 130, the landscape information list-up unit 30 lists landscape points along the route by searching the landscape information table based on the input route information, time, and weather information.
With respect to the list of landscape points, for example, if it is clear, a point where a night view can be seen at night, such as a mountain or a landscape, is listed as a landscape point.

In step 140, the landscape information list-up unit 30 checks whether or not a landscape point is listed. If a landscape point is listed, the process proceeds to step 150.
In step 150, the landscape information list-up unit 30 calculates an easy-to-see seating position for each listed landscape point. For example, when a mountain is listed, the seating position on the mountain side is calculated as an easy-to-see seating position. When a night view is listed, the seating position on the night view side is calculated as an easy-to-see seating position.

The listed landscape points and the easy-to-see seating position information are output to the screen display device 50. As a result, the screen display device 50 displays all the listed landscape points and the easy-to-see seating positions on the screen for guidance.
Thereafter, the process proceeds to step 160. If no landscape points are listed in the check in step 140, the process proceeds to step 160.

In step 160, the navigation system 10 starts the route guidance by displaying the vehicle position on the map so as to travel along the selected route. When the vehicle travels, the momentary vehicle position information detected by the current position detection unit 12 is output to the landscape guidance unit 40.
In step 170, the landscape guide unit 40 compares the current position of the vehicle with the position information of the landscape point to determine whether or not the vehicle has approached the landscape point. Information on the approaching landscape point and landscape information including the easy-to-see seating position are output to the screen display device 50. Thereby, the screen display device 50 switches the display screen to display and guide information related to the approaching landscape point and its easy-to-see seating position.

In step 190, the navigation system 10 checks whether or not the detected vehicle position is the destination, and determines whether or not the destination has arrived.
If the destination has not been reached, the process returns to step 170 and the above is repeated. If it is determined that the vehicle has arrived at the destination, the navigation system 10 ends the route guidance at step 200.

  The present embodiment is configured as described above. Based on the route information set in the navigation system 10, the time when the vehicle moves, and the weather information, landscape points in the middle of movement are extracted, and the vehicle is extracted for each extracted landscape point. Since an easy-to-see seating position is calculated and guided, the occupant can select and use the seating position according to the scenery point that he / she wants to see.

Moreover, since the information regarding a landscape is displayed when approaching a landscape point in the middle of movement, it is possible to know that the vehicle is approaching the landscape point, and there is an effect that no oversight occurs.
In this embodiment, step 120 constitutes information input means.
Step 130 constitutes a landscape point extraction means.
Step 150 constitutes a seating position calculation means.
Steps 170 and 180 constitute a landscape information guide means.

It is a figure which shows the structure of an Example. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of operation | movement.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Navigation system 11 Path | route search part 12 Current position detection part 20 Information input part 30 Landscape information list-up part 40 Landscape guidance part 50 Screen display apparatus (display means)

Claims (3)

In a navigation system that sets a guidance route, detects the current position of the vehicle, recognizes the vehicle position on the guidance route, and performs vehicle guidance,
Based on the set guidance route, landscape point extraction means for extracting a landscape point along the guidance route;
A seating position calculating means for calculating an easy-to-see seating position of the landscape point based on the position information of the extracted landscape point;
A tourist information guide device comprising: the landscape point; and display means for displaying an easy-to-see seating position of the landscape point. Provided with information input means for inputting weather and time information,
The tourist information guide device according to claim 1, wherein the landscape point extracting unit extracts the landscape point according to the input weather and time information. With landscape information guidance means,
The said landscape information guidance means judges that it approached to the extracted landscape point based on the detected vehicle position, and displays the information regarding the approached landscape point on the display means. The sightseeing information guide apparatus according to 1 or 2.

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