JP2005030895A - Navigation apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To collectively overwrite data at a portable information terminal at the side of a navigation apparatus when transmitting data already input to a car navigation apparatus to the portable information terminal. <P>SOLUTION: The navigation apparatus 10 receives data, such as a name, an address, and a telephone number, transmitted from the portable information terminal 30 by a transmission/reception section 21, and sets a destination by the data. The position information acquired this time is added to address data received from the portable information terminal 30. When the processed data are transmitted to the portable information terminal 30, the entire address data of the portable information terminal 30 are received collectively, and overwriting is judged by the navigation apparatus 10. When overwriting is permitted, the collective reception data are overwritten by the processed data and are transmitted to the portable information terminal 30. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention makes it possible to use the data held by the navigation device in the portable information terminal by transmitting the data held by the navigation device to the portable information terminal, and perform destination search using the data held by the portable information terminal. The present invention relates to a navigation device that can handle the above.
[0002]
[Prior art]
There is known a car navigation device that has a function of displaying a road map around a vehicle position, a function of calculating a recommended route from a departure place to a destination, a function of guiding a route based on the calculated recommended route, and the like. . This car navigation device has a function of specifying a destination name, address, telephone number and the like to set the destination.
In this function, data such as the name, address, and telephone number of the destination are stored in advance in the car navigation system, and in addition to the information necessary to specify the destination, the data of the point and facility are also stored. ing. Such a car navigation device is known from US Pat.
[0003]
On the other hand, portable information terminals having personal schedule management functions, memo functions, address book functions, communication functions with external devices, and the like are becoming popular instead of conventional handwritten notebooks. Until now, when using the name of the destination, address, telephone number, data of the location or facility stored in the car navigation device on the portable information terminal, the user calls the data of the car navigation device, and the portable information I was manually typing on the terminal.
[0004]
In addition, when overwriting the data already in the portable information terminal when transmitting data from the car navigation device to the portable information terminal, the data received on the screen of the portable information terminal after transmitting the data from the car navigation device It was necessary to perform overwriting after confirming and selecting which data to overwrite.
The cooperation between the car navigation device and the portable information terminal is known from Patent Documents 2 to 5.
[0005]
[Patent Document 1]
JP 2000-337917 A
[Patent Document 2]
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-289997
[Patent Document 3]
JP 7-311738 A
[Patent Document 4]
JP-A-8-210868
[Patent Document 5]
Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2000-298033
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, the data already input to the car navigation device is again input to the portable information terminal by hand, or the data already input to the mobile information terminal is manually input to the car navigation device again, or the data There is a problem that it is troublesome to operate both the car navigation device and the portable information terminal at the time of overwriting.
[0006]
The present invention provides a car navigation device in which overwriting of data in a portable information terminal is performed collectively on the navigation device side when data already input to the car navigation device is transmitted to the portable information terminal.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
(1) The navigation device according to the invention of claim 1 registers a detecting means for detecting a current position, a display monitor for displaying the detected current position on a map, and an arbitrary point on the map together with its internal address data. A location registering means for receiving, a receiving means for receiving external address data from an external portable information terminal and storing it as external search data, referring to the internal address data based on the external search data, and displaying the corresponding point in the display Display control means for displaying a map on a monitor, data creation means for creating transmission data based on the external address data received from the portable information terminal, created by the data creation means, and stored in the transmission data storage means Transmitting means for transmitting data to the portable information terminal and overwriting determination when transmitting specific transmission data by the transmitting means In order to receive all external address data of the portable information terminal once, overwriting determination, overwriting the external address data received in batch and storing in the transmission data storage means as batch transmission data, The transmission means transmits the batch transmission data to the portable information terminal.
(2) The invention according to claim 2 is the navigation device according to claim 1, wherein the data creation means is obtained by referring to the internal address data with respect to the external address data received from the portable information terminal. It is characterized in that transmission data is created by adding position information.
(3) The invention according to claim 3 is the navigation device according to claim 1, wherein the specific transmission data includes data of a plurality of items, and which data is transmitted when the specific transmission data is transmitted by the transmission unit. As a condition (overwrite condition) for deciding whether to overwrite, the overwriting condition setting means for setting at least one of the items, and the specific transmission data and the batch received for the item that becomes the set overwriting condition And determining means for comparing with external address data to determine whether the address data to be overwritten exists in the batch received data.
(4) The invention according to claim 4 is the navigation device according to claim 3, wherein the determination unit determines that there is data to be overwritten in the externally received external address data. The overwriting means overwrites the batch received data with the specific transmission data, and stores the specific transmission data as new registration data in the transmission data storage means when there is no data to be overwritten. Do
[0008]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
---- Overall description ---
FIG. 1 is a system block diagram of a car navigation apparatus 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The car navigation device 10 has a function for presenting information related to vehicle travel, specifically, a function for displaying a road map around the vehicle position, a function for calculating a recommended route from the departure point to the destination, and a calculated recommendation. It also has a function to perform route guidance based on the route. It is a device that performs so-called navigation or road guidance.
[0009]
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 11 denotes a current position detection device that detects the current position of a vehicle. For example, a gyro 11a that detects the traveling direction of the vehicle, a vehicle speed sensor 11b that detects a vehicle speed, a GPS sensor 11c that detects a GPS signal from a GPS satellite, and the like. Consists of. A map storage memory 12 stores road map data and address data, and includes a CD-ROM 13 which is a recording medium storing the road map data and address data, and a reading device thereof. The recording medium is not limited to a CD-ROM, and may be a magnetic tape, a DVD, or any other recording medium. As will be described later, the map storage memory 12 has an address book area for storing data received from the outside as an address book.
[0010]
A control circuit 14 controls the entire apparatus and includes a microprocessor and its peripheral circuits. The control circuit 14 executes a control program stored in the ROM 16 using the RAM 15 as a work area and performs various controls described later. Reference numeral 17 denotes an input device having various switches for inputting the destination of the vehicle. In the present embodiment, a touch panel switch is provided in the display screen. Further, the input device 17 may be provided with a joystick for instructing movement of the cursor (focus) or scrolling of the screen, and the input device 17 may be of a remote control type.
[0011]
Reference numeral 18 denotes an image memory for storing image data to be displayed on the display monitor 19, and this image data is created from road map drawing data and various graphic data. The image data stored in the image memory 18 is appropriately read and displayed on the display monitor 19. The control circuit 14 functions as a display signal output device to the display monitor 19.
[0012]
Reference numeral 21 denotes a transmission / reception unit that transmits / receives data to / from the portable information terminal 30 described later, and transmits / receives data to / from the portable information terminal 30 by infrared communication. Data such as name, address, and telephone number transmitted from the portable information terminal 30 is received by the transmission / reception unit 21. In addition, data stored in the map storage memory 12 and the CD-ROM 13 of the car navigation device 10 is transmitted from the transmission / reception unit 21. The communication means by the transmission / reception unit 21 is not limited to infrared communication, but may be communication using radio waves. Also, wired communication may be used.
[0013]
The car navigation device 10 configured as described above performs various types of navigation based on the vehicle position information acquired by the current location detection device 11 and the road map data stored in the map storage memory 12. For example, a road map in the vicinity of the vehicle position and the vehicle position are displayed on the display monitor 19, and the driver is guided along the route obtained by the route search.
[0014]
FIG. 2 is a system block diagram of the portable information terminal 30 used in the embodiment of the present invention. The portable information terminal 30 has a personal schedule management function, a memo function, a data management function such as an address book, and the like.
[0015]
In FIG. 2, 31 is an input device for inputting a personal schedule and data to the portable information terminal. In addition to keys and touch panel switches provided in the display screen, a handwriting input recognition device and a pointing device for instructing movement of a cursor (focus) and scrolling of the screen are included.
[0016]
Reference numeral 32 denotes a display monitor for displaying data and the like. As described above, the display monitor 32 also has a function as an input device. Reference numeral 33 denotes a data storage memory for storing input contents and results calculated by a control circuit 34 described later. The data storage memory 33 may be a storage device that is removable from the portable information terminal 30 in addition to a semiconductor storage element built in the portable information terminal 30.
[0017]
A control circuit 34 controls the entire apparatus and includes a microprocessor and its peripheral circuits. The control circuit 34 performs various controls by executing a control program stored in the ROM 36 using the RAM 35 as a work area.
[0018]
Reference numeral 37 denotes a transmission / reception unit that transmits / receives data to / from an external device, and transmits / receives data to / from a personal computer or another portable information terminal by infrared communication. Data such as name, address, and telephone number stored in the portable information terminal 30 is transmitted from the transmission / reception unit 37 to be transferred to the car navigation apparatus 10. In addition, by receiving the data of the car navigation device 10 transmitted from the car navigation device 10 by the transmission / reception unit 37, the data possessed by the car navigation device can be used by the portable information terminal 30. The communication means in the transmission / reception unit 37 is not limited to infrared communication, but may be communication using radio waves. Also, wired communication may be used.
[0019]
In the car navigation device 10 and the portable information terminal 30 configured as described above, data selected from the data stored in the portable information terminal 30 is transmitted from the transmission / reception unit 37 of the portable information terminal 30, and the car navigation device 10. Are transmitted to the RAM 15 and temporarily stored in the RAM 15. In the car navigation device 10, the control circuit 14 performs matching processing between the data received from the portable information terminal 30 and the data stored in the map storage memory 12 or the CD-ROM 13, and the map storage memory 12 as new registration point data. Or you can set it as your destination.
[0020]
Further, detailed information such as famous places and entertainment facilities possessed by the car navigation device 10 and latitude / longitude information (hereinafter, position information) are transmitted from the transmission / reception unit 21 of the car navigation device 10, and the transmission / reception unit 37 of the portable information terminal 30. The mobile information terminal 30 can use various kinds of information that the car navigation device 10 has.
[0021]
---- Explanation and comparison of data of each device ---
3A, 3 </ b> F, and 3 </ b> G illustrate examples of data items in the address book function among the functions of the portable information terminal 30. In the initial setting of the portable information terminal 30, Yomi (last name), Yomi (first name), last name, first name, Yomi (company), company name, title, telephone number (company), telephone number (home), telephone number (FAX) , Telephone number (mobile), telephone number (others), postal code, prefecture, municipality, address, country, custom 1, custom 2, custom 3, custom 4, and comments. Further, the above five items of telephone numbers can be changed to item names of other telephone numbers, respectively, by user settings. In addition to the item name of the default telephone number, in addition to the above, it can be replaced with the item name of telephone number (representative), telephone number (pager), or E-mail as shown in FIG. It is. In the following description of this embodiment, FIGS. 3A, 3F, and 3G are referred to as external address data.
[0022]
FIG. 3C shows data items that can be received by the car navigation device 10 when data is transmitted from the portable information terminal 30 to the car navigation device 10. Yomi (last name), Yomi (first name), last name, first name, Yomi (company), company name, title, telephone number (company), telephone number (home), telephone number (FAX), telephone number (other), postal code , Prefecture, municipality, address, country, and additional information. Regarding the telephone number, the above four items of the telephone number can be received and used when searching by telephone number. Further, in the additional information item, position information is added to the external address data of the portable information terminal 30. Hereinafter, in the description of this embodiment, FIG. 3C is referred to as external search data.
[0023]
For the above-described external address data and external search data, data originally stored in the map storage memory 12 or the CD-ROM 13 of the car navigation device 10 is referred to as internal address data.
[0024]
The arrows between FIGS. 3A and 3C indicate external address data and external search data transmitted and received between devices when data transmitted from the portable information terminal 30 is received by the car navigation device 10. The comparison of data items is shown.
[0025]
FIG. 3D shows that the car navigation device 10 performs a search based on the external data received from the portable information terminal 30, that is, the external search data, and associates the internal address data of the car navigation device 10 with the external search data. Thus, the data items stored in the address book area of the map storage memory 12 are represented. As for the additional information, detailed information such as a scenic spot and an entertainment facility, and position information are added to this portion of the internal address data of the car navigation device 10. As described above, the car navigation apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment adds the searched internal address data to the received external search data and stores it in the address book. Hereinafter, in the description of the present embodiment, the data in FIG. 3D is referred to as composite address data.
[0026]
FIG. 3E shows transmission data items when the internal address data of the car navigation device 10 is transmitted to the portable information terminal 30. Internal address data classified into items of classification name, point name, telephone number, address, and detailed information is transmitted from the car navigation device 10 to the portable information terminal 30. The classification name is a category categorized in advance on the car navigation device 10 side, such as a family restaurant, a zoo, or a financial institution. A point name is a proper noun as a point, for example, JPO, Tokyo Station, Misato Junction, etc. Also, since the address items in the internal address data are divided into prefectures, municipalities, and addresses within the items, the contents are transmitted in accordance with the data structure of the portable information terminal 30. The item of detailed information includes information that introduces and explains the location, location information, and the like. Information that introduces and explains points included in the detailed information includes, for example, business hours and characteristics of the facility. This detailed information may include map data and images, and these images may be moving images or with audio.
[0027]
FIG. 3F shows the same external address data as FIGS. 3A and 3G as described above. The arrows between FIGS. 3E and 3F indicate the internal address data transmitted / received between the devices when the internal address data of the car navigation device 10 is transmitted from the car navigation device 10 to the portable information terminal 30. And the comparison of data items between external address data. Of the internal address data of the car navigation device 10, detailed information such as a scenic spot and an entertainment facility, location information, and the like are stored in the custom 1 item of the portable information terminal 30. As described above, the car navigation device 10 according to the present embodiment converts the internal address data so as to match the address data structure of the external portable information terminal 30 and performs transmission.
[0028]
FIG. 3G shows the same external address data as FIGS. 3A and 3F as described above. The arrows between FIGS. 3D and 3G indicate between the devices when the composite address data stored in the address book of the car navigation device 10 is transmitted from the car navigation device 10 to the portable information terminal 30. The comparison of the data item of the synthetic address data transmitted / received and external address data is shown. Of the combined address data, the item of additional information is stored in the custom 1 item of the portable information terminal 30. As described above, in the car navigation device 10 of the present embodiment, the data classification of the composite address data matches the data classification of the external address data of the portable information terminal 30.
[0029]
Note that the user can directly input address data into the car navigation device 10 directly into the address book area of the map storage memory 12.
[0030]
--- Reception of data from portable information terminal to car navigation ---
The case where the car navigation device 10 of the present embodiment receives external address data from the portable information terminal 30 and registers it in the map storage memory of the car navigation, and sets the destination based on the external address data in detail. explain. In the following description of the present embodiment, the description of the case where a selection switch not directly related to the present invention is selected is omitted.
[0031]
--- Flowchart description: Data transfer from portable information terminal to car navigation → Registration to address book area ---
4 and 5 show a flowchart when the car navigation apparatus 10 receives external address data from the portable information terminal 30 and registers the external address data in the address book area in the map storage memory 12. 8 to 16 are diagrams describing the minimum information necessary for the description of the present embodiment on the screen of the car navigation device corresponding to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 4 and 5.
[0032]
When the ignition switch of the vehicle is turned on and the car navigation device 10 is turned on, the program stored in the ROM 16 of the car navigation device 10 starts operating. In step S10, an initial screen is displayed, and preparation is performed in step S20. When the preparation is completed, the process proceeds from step S30 to step S40, and a current location map and a menu screen shown in FIG. If it is determined in step S50 that the main menu switch 8b of the display monitor 19 shown in FIG. 8 has been pressed, the process proceeds to step S60 to display the main menu screen shown in FIG. If it is determined in step S70 that the address book switch 9a of the display monitor 19 shown in FIG. 9 has been pressed, the process proceeds to step S80 to display the top screen of the address book shown in FIG. If it is determined in step S90 that the new input switch 10a of the display monitor 19 shown in FIG. 10 has been pressed, the process proceeds to step S100, and a new input screen shown in FIG. 11 is displayed. If it is determined in step S110 that the reception switch 11a of the display monitor 19 shown in FIG. 11 has been pressed, the process proceeds to step S120 to prepare for infrared communication.
[0033]
When preparation for infrared communication in step S120 is not possible due to some inconvenience, in step S140, a display indicating that preparation is not performed as shown in FIG. And return to step S100.
[0034]
When the preparation for infrared communication is completed, the data standby screen shown in FIG. 12 is displayed in step S150. If it is determined in step S160 that the reception switch 12a of the display monitor 19 shown in FIG. It will be in a standby state.
[0035]
When the external address data is transmitted from the portable information terminal 30 (Yes in Step S180), the display during data reception shown in FIG. 16B is performed on the lower part of the display monitor 19 in Step S200. If there is no transmission from the portable information terminal 30 for a certain time (step S180 is No), external address data is sent to the lower part of the display monitor 19 as shown in FIG. 16D in step S190. It is displayed that this will not occur, and the process returns to step S150. If it is determined in step S210 that some inconvenience has occurred when receiving external address data from the portable information terminal 30, an error occurs in the lower part of the display monitor 19 as shown in FIG. 16 (e) in step S220. Is displayed, and the process returns to step S150. If it is not determined in step S210 that an error has occurred, the process proceeds to step S230, and a message indicating that reception has been completed is displayed below the display monitor 19 as shown in FIG. The received data is temporarily stored in the RAM 15.
[0036]
When the external address data transmission from the portable information terminal 30 is completed and the reception by the car navigation device 10 is completed, the process proceeds to step S240, and the received external address data, that is, the external search data is displayed on the data reception screen. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing the external search data displayed in step S240. Each item of the external search data is displayed at a corresponding position on the display monitor 19. If there is an item that does not exist in the external search data, the corresponding part on the display monitor 19 is blank. When the received external search data includes position information, the position information is displayed in one custom item. In FIG. 13, one custom item is displayed by scrolling the screen downward.
[0037]
If it is determined in step S250 that the registration switch 13a of the display monitor 19 shown in FIG. 13 has been pressed, the process proceeds to step S251 to check whether there is external search data to be overwritten, and in step S252. If it is determined that there is an overwriting target, an overwriting process described later is performed in step S253, and the process proceeds to step S270. If there is no overwriting target, the process proceeds to step S260, where the external search data in the RAM 15 is registered as the composite address data in the address book area of the map storage memory 12, and at the same time, the process proceeds to step S270 and the received data confirmation screen shown in FIG. Is displayed.
[0038]
If it is determined that the edit switch 13b of the display monitor 19 shown in FIG. 13 is pressed, the received external address data can be changed. When changing the address data, including changing the address and telephone number, if the received external address data does not contain location information, scroll the map on the map display screen and select a location. The cursor center point that is the map scroll destination can also be added as new position information. If the position information is already included, the new position information can be overwritten on the stored position information by the same operation. Further, this processing is possible not only when receiving the external address data described this time but also when calling and changing the registered external search data.
[0039]
If it is determined in step S280 that the return switch 14a of the display monitor 19 shown in FIG. 14 has been pressed, the process proceeds to step 290 to display the address list screen shown in FIG. If it is determined in step 300 that the return switch 15a of the display monitor 19 shown in FIG. 15 has been pressed, the process returns to step S80, and another external address data can be received from the portable information terminal 30 as shown in FIG. Displays the top screen of the address book.
[0040]
As with the conventional car navigation device, the registered address data received from the portable information terminal and registered in the above description can be used for the destination search. When the destination search is performed based on the registered external search data, the mesh ID, X coordinate, and Y coordinate of the point displayed on the display monitor 19 as the destination are acquired from the internal address data, and are used as position information. Register in the additional information item of the composite address data. At this time, if the position information has already been registered and the registered position information is different from the position information obtained by the search, an overwrite process is performed.
[0041]
--- Explanation of flowchart: Overwrite process in step S253 ---
Here, the overwriting process in step S253 in the above description will be described.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart of the overwrite process in step S253. FIG. 17 is a diagram in which the minimum information necessary for explaining the present embodiment is described on the screen of the car navigation apparatus corresponding to the flowchart shown in FIG.
[0042]
If it is determined in step S252 in FIG. 6 that the overwrite target data already exists in the combined address data of the car navigation device 10, an overwrite confirmation screen is displayed on the display monitor 19 shown in FIG. 17 in step S254. In step S255, it is determined whether there are a plurality of overwrite candidate data such as a plurality of people with the same name. If there is one overwrite candidate, the process proceeds to step S257. When there are a plurality of overwrite candidates in the composite address, the “previous data” switch 17a and the “next data” switch 17b in FIG. 17 are selected to be overwritten, and the process proceeds to step S257. If it is determined in step S257 that the “YES” switch 17c in FIG. 17 has been pressed, the data currently displayed on the screen is overwritten in step S258. If it is determined that the “NO” switch 17d has been pressed, the received data is treated as new data, and a new registration process is performed in step S259.
[0043]
--- Explanation of flowchart: Data transfer from portable information terminal to car navigation → Destination setting ---
FIGS. 29 and 30 show flowcharts when the car navigation apparatus 10 receives external address data from the portable information terminal 30 and sets a destination based on the external address data. 8 to 20 are diagrams in which the minimum information necessary for the description of the present embodiment is described on the screen of the car navigation apparatus corresponding to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 29 and 30.
[0044]
When the ignition switch of the vehicle is turned on and the car navigation device 10 is turned on, the program stored in the ROM 16 of the car navigation device 10 starts operating. An initial screen is displayed in step S310, and preparation is performed in step S320. When the preparation is completed, the process proceeds from step S330 to step S340, and the current location surrounding map and menu screen shown in FIG. If it is determined in step S350 that the destination setting switch 8a of the display monitor 19 shown in FIG. 8 has been pressed, the process proceeds to step S360, and the destination setting screen shown in FIG. 18 is displayed. If it is determined in step S370 that the reception switch 18a of the display monitor 19 shown in FIG. 18 has been pressed, the process proceeds to step S380 to prepare for infrared communication.
[0045]
When preparation for infrared communication in step S380 is not possible due to some inconvenience, a display indicating that preparation is not completed as shown in FIG. 16C at the bottom of the display monitor 19 in step S400. And return to step S360.
[0046]
When preparation for infrared communication is completed, the data standby screen shown in FIG. 12 is displayed in step S410. If it is determined in step S420 that the reception switch 12a of the display monitor 19 shown in FIG. 12 has been pressed, the process proceeds to step S430. It will be in a standby state.
[0047]
When the external address data is transmitted from the portable information terminal 30 (Yes in Step S440), the display during data reception shown in FIG. 16B is performed on the lower part of the display monitor 19 in Step S460. If there is no transmission from the portable information terminal 30 for a certain period of time (No in step S440), external address data is sent to the lower part of the display monitor 19 as shown in FIG. 16 (d) in step S450. It is displayed that this is not the case, and the process returns to step S410. If it is determined in step S470 that some inconvenience has occurred when receiving external address data from the portable information terminal 30, an error occurs in the lower part of the display monitor 19 as shown in FIG. 16E in step S480. Is displayed, and the process returns to step S410. If it is not determined in step S470 that an error has occurred, the process proceeds to step S490, and the completion of reception is displayed at the bottom of the display monitor 19 as shown in FIG. The received data is temporarily stored in the RAM 15.
[0048]
When the external address data transmission from the portable information terminal 30 is completed and the reception by the car navigation device 10 is completed, the process proceeds to step S500, and the received external address data, that is, the external search data is displayed on the data reception screen. FIG. 19 is a diagram showing the external search data displayed in step S500. Each item of the external search data is displayed at a corresponding position on the display monitor 19. If there is an item that does not exist in the external search data, the corresponding part on the display monitor 19 is blank. When the received external search data includes position information, the position information is displayed in one custom item. In FIG. 19, the contents of one custom item can be confirmed by scrolling the screen downward.
[0049]
In step S510, a condition for performing a route search is specified. Here, as shown in FIG. 19, since there are a plurality of external search data items that can be used for the search, the user needs to select a search item at the user's discretion. There is. Search items can be displayed and selected by scrolling the screen. Therefore, a telephone number not displayed in FIG. 19 or location information can be selected when included in the additional information item. If the search switch 19a of the display monitor 19 shown in FIG. 19 is pressed after selecting the search item here, the search condition is judged in step S510 and stored in the search item and the map storage memory 12 or the CD-ROM 13. A matching process with the internal address data is executed. The matching result is developed in the RAM 15.
[0050]
In FIG. 19 of step S500, when information that can specify one destination such as a telephone number or position information is selected as a search condition, the process proceeds to step S580, and the destination vicinity map shown in FIG. 20 is displayed.
[0051]
In FIG. 19 of step S500, when a facility name, an address, or the like is selected, there may be a plurality of destination candidates. For example, when there are multiple stores such as a famous convenience store and the destination cannot be specified as one, or the address is not specified because the address is specified as “Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo”, and the destination cannot be specified as one. There is. If such information is selected as a search condition, the process advances to step S520 to determine whether there are a plurality of candidates. Here, when there is only one candidate and one destination is specified, the process proceeds to step S580, and the destination vicinity map shown in FIG. 20 is displayed. However, if there are a plurality of destination candidates that match the search conditions, the country selection in step S530, the prefecture selection in step S540, the municipality selection in step S550, the facility name selection in step S560 are performed, and the address in step S570. Check. Thereby, after narrowing down the conditions on the screen and specifying one destination, as shown in FIG. 20 in step S580, a surrounding map of the internal address data corresponding to the destination is displayed on the display monitor 19. To display.
[0052]
In step S580, the mesh ID, X coordinate, and Y coordinate of the destination point displayed on the display monitor 19 are acquired from the internal address data in step S581, and are registered in the additional information item of the composite address data as position information. At this time, if the position information has already been registered, an overwriting process is performed.
[0053]
If it is determined in step S590 that the route search switch 20a of the display monitor 19 shown in FIG. 20 has been pressed, a route search to the destination is performed in step S600, and guidance to the destination is started in step S610.
[0054]
In the car navigation device 10 according to the present embodiment, the search result and the displayed map are stored in the map storage memory as a new registration point, or set as the destination, as in the conventional car navigation device. be able to.
[0055]
In the present embodiment described above, a method has been described in which data is transferred from a portable information terminal to car navigation, and the received external address data is registered in the map storage memory of the car navigation and set as a destination. In such a car navigation device 10, external address data transmitted from the portable information terminal 30 can be received and stored. Based on the stored external search data, matching with the internal address data of the car navigation device 10 can be performed. As a result of matching, a map of the internal address data can be displayed, and can be stored in the map storage memory 12 as a new registration point or set as a destination. Internal address data matching external search data can be additionally written and stored as composite address data.
[0056]
--- Data transmission from car navigation system to portable information terminal ---
In the car navigation device 10 according to the present embodiment, the car navigation device 10 has the car navigation device 10 by transmitting detailed information such as famous places and entertainment facilities, as well as position information to the portable information terminal 30. Various information can be used on the portable information terminal 30.
[0057]
--- Flowchart description: Sending car navigation composite address data to portable information terminal ---
The case where the car navigation device 10 of the present embodiment transmits information of the address book area possessed by the car navigation device 10 to the portable information terminal 30 will be described in detail. The transmitted data is composite address data corresponding to FIG.
[0058]
FIG. 7 is a flowchart when the car navigation device 10 transmits the composite address data stored in the address book area of the map storage memory 12 or the address data directly input by the user to the car navigation device 10 to the portable information terminal 30. Indicates. 8 to 21 are diagrams describing minimum information necessary for the description of the present embodiment on the screen of the car navigation apparatus corresponding to the flowchart shown in FIG.
[0059]
As shown in FIG. 7, when the ignition switch of the vehicle is turned on and the car navigation device 10 is turned on, the program stored in the ROM 16 of the car navigation device 10 starts operating. An initial screen is displayed in step S620, and preparation is performed in step S630. When the preparation is completed, in step S650, a current location map and a menu screen shown in FIG. If it is determined in step S660 that the main menu switch 8b of the display monitor 19 shown in FIG. 8 has been pressed, the process proceeds to step S670 to display the main menu screen shown in FIG. If it is determined in step S680 that the address book switch 9a of the display monitor 19 shown in FIG. 9 has been pressed, the process advances to step S690 to display the top screen of the address book shown in FIG. In step S700, when an arbitrary line including the name to be transmitted in FIG. 10 is selected and confirmed with a switch (not shown), the process proceeds to step S710, and the address list screen of the selected line shown in FIG. 15 is displayed. In step S720, when a person who wishes to transmit from the address list shown in FIG. 15 is selected and confirmed by a switch (not shown), a confirmation screen for transmission data shown in FIG. 14 is displayed on the display monitor 19 in step S730.
[0060]
If it is determined in step S740 that the transmission switch 14b of the display monitor 19 shown in FIG. 14 has been pressed, the process proceeds to step S750, and after performing the data overwriting process described later, the process proceeds to step S760 and the infrared data of the selected data is transmitted. Start transmission by communication. During infrared communication, a display indicating that data is being transmitted is displayed below the display monitor 19 as shown in FIG. The composite address data transmitted at this time is created so that the data classification of the internal address data matches the data classification of the external address data as described above. Further, data directly input to the car navigation device 10 by the user also matches the data classification of the external address data.
[0061]
If it is determined in step S770 that an error has occurred during infrared communication, in step S780, a display indicating that an error has occurred is displayed at the bottom of the display monitor 19 as shown in FIG. Return to S730.
[0062]
When the infrared communication is completed, a completion display is displayed at the bottom of the display monitor 19 as shown in FIG. 21C in step S790, and it is determined in step S800 that the return switch 14a of the display monitor 19 shown in FIG. If it does, it will return to step S690 and the top screen of the address book shown in FIG. 11 will be displayed so that another synthetic address data can be transmitted to the portable information terminal 30.
[0063]
--- Flowchart description: Sending car navigation internal address data to portable information terminal ---
A case will be described in detail where the car navigation device 10 of the present embodiment transmits detailed information such as a scenic spot and amusement facilities possessed by the car navigation device 10, location information, and the like to the portable information terminal 30. The data to be transmitted is internal address data corresponding to FIG.
[0064]
FIG. 24 shows a flowchart when the car navigation apparatus 10 transmits the internal address data to the portable information terminal 30. 8 to 23 are diagrams describing the minimum information necessary for the description of the present embodiment on the screen of the car navigation device corresponding to the flowchart shown in FIG.
[0065]
As shown in FIG. 24, when the ignition switch of the vehicle is turned on and the car navigation device 10 is turned on, the program stored in the ROM 16 of the car navigation device 10 starts operating. An initial screen is displayed in step S810, and preparation is performed in step S820. When the preparation is completed, a current location map and a menu screen shown in FIG. 8 are displayed on the display monitor 19 in step S840. If it is determined in step S850 that the destination setting switch 8a of the display monitor 19 shown in FIG. 8 has been pressed, the process proceeds to step S860, and the destination setting screen shown in FIG. 18 is displayed. In step S860, when switches such as the all facility switch 18b, the peripheral facility switch 18c, and the latest destination 18d of the display monitor 19 shown in FIG. 18 are pressed, the process proceeds to step S870. When the destination search is performed in step S870, the facility name screen shown in FIG. 22 is displayed in step S880.
[0066]
If it is determined in step S890 that the detail display switch 22a of the display monitor 19 shown in FIG. 22 has been pressed, the process proceeds to step S900 to display the detailed information shown in FIG.
[0067]
If it is determined in step S910 that the transmission switch 23a of the display monitor 19 shown in FIG. 23 has been pressed, the process proceeds to step S920, and after performing data overwrite processing described later, the process proceeds to step S930, and the infrared data of the selected data is displayed. Start transmission by communication. During infrared communication, a display indicating that data is being transmitted is displayed below the display monitor 19 as shown in FIG. The transmitted internal address data is converted so as to match the address data structure of the portable information terminal 30.
[0068]
If it is determined in step S940 that an error has occurred during infrared communication, in step S950, a display indicating that an error has occurred is displayed at the bottom of the display monitor 19 as shown in FIG. Return to S900.
[0069]
When the infrared communication is completed, a completion display is displayed at the bottom of the display monitor 19 as shown in FIG. 21C in step S960, and it is determined in step S970 that the return switch 23b of the display monitor 19 shown in FIG. Then, the process returns to step S900.
[0070]
--- Explanation of flowchart: Overwrite processing in steps S750 and S920 ---
Here, the overwriting process in steps S750 and S920 in the above description will be described.
FIG. 25 is a flowchart of the overwrite process in steps S750 and S920. 16 to 17 and FIG. 26 are diagrams in which the minimum information necessary for the description of the present embodiment is described on the screen of the car navigation apparatus corresponding to the flowchart shown in FIG.
[0071]
In FIG. 25, in step S1010, the overwrite determination item selection screen shown in FIG. 26 is displayed. On this screen, an item is specified for determining whether or not overwriting is necessary.
[0072]
In FIG. 26, the focus moves between items. When the focus is set on an item to be used for overwriting determination, the selection switch 26c shown in FIG. 26 is pressed to select the item as the overwriting determination item. The At this time, as shown in FIG. 26 (last name), the selected item is surrounded by a frame so that the user can visually determine the selected item. A plurality of overwrite determination items can be specified. By repeating the above operation, a plurality of overwrite determination items can be specified. Further, when a plurality of items are selected, AND and OR can be switched as the relationship of the selected items by using the AND / OR switch 26b of FIG. 26 in advance. At this time, for example, the selection item may be surrounded with a red frame when AND is selected, and the selection item may be surrounded with a blue frame when OR is selected so that the current condition can be visually determined. .
[0073]
If the selection of the overwrite determination item is completed in step S1010 and it is determined in step S1020 that the reception switch 26a shown in FIG. 26 is pressed, all external search data registered in the portable information terminal in step S1030. Receive. During reception, in step S1040, it is displayed that reception is in progress as shown in FIG. If it is determined in step S1050 that some inconvenience has occurred when receiving external address data from the portable information terminal 30, an error occurs in the lower portion of the display monitor 19 as shown in FIG. 16E in step S1060. Is displayed, and the process returns to step S1010. When it is not determined in step S1050 that an error has occurred, the process proceeds to step S1070, and the completion of reception is displayed at the bottom of the display monitor 19 as shown in FIG. The received data is temporarily stored in the RAM 15.
[0074]
In step S1080, it is determined whether an overwrite determination item has been specified in preprocessing step S1010. If no overwrite determination item is specified, the current transmission data is not overwritten and is handled as new registration data, and is registered as new data in step S1150. If an overwrite determination item is specified in step S1010, it is determined whether or not there is a corresponding overwrite candidate in the data received in step S1030 in step S1090 for the specified overwrite determination item. Here, when there is no overwriting target data in the received data, the current transmission data is not overwritten but handled as newly registered data, and is registered as new data in step S1150. If it is determined in step S1090 that the data to be overwritten exists, in step S1100, if the specified overwrite determination item is used as a condition, whether there are a plurality of corresponding overwrite candidates in the data received in step S1030. Determine. If the number of overwrite candidates is one, the process advances to step S1120 to display the overwrite confirmation screen shown in FIG. If there are a plurality of overwrite candidates, the overwrite confirmation screen shown in FIG. 17 is displayed in S1110, and after selecting the overwrite target with the “previous data” switch 17a and the “next data” switch 17b in FIG. 17, The process proceeds to step S1120. If it is determined in step S1120 that the “yes” switch 17c in FIG. 17 has been pressed, the data currently transmitted on the screen shown in FIG. 17 is overwritten in step S1140. If it is determined that the “NO” switch 17d has been pressed, the received data is treated as new data, and a new registration process is performed in step S1150.
[0075]
As described above, in the present embodiment, with respect to the overwriting process when data is transmitted to the portable information terminal 30, the car navigation apparatus 10 side performs the overwriting process once by sucking the data into the car navigation apparatus 10. The data that has been overwritten or newly registered is set as data to be transmitted to the portable information terminal. Therefore, it is not necessary to operate the portable information terminal 30, and appropriate data transmission can be performed by performing a batch operation on the car navigation device 10 side.
[0076]
In the car navigation device 10 according to the present embodiment described above, the internal address data, the composite address data, and the address data directly input to the car navigation device 10 by the user are transmitted to the portable information terminal 30 together with the position information, thereby the car navigation device. Various information of 10 can be used by the portable information terminal 30.
[0077]
--- About a modification of this embodiment ---
In the above-described embodiment, a general implementation method using the present invention has been described. Hereinafter, an application example will be described based on the general implementation method.
[0078]
--- Modification of this embodiment 1 ---
FIG. 27 shows that the data of the car navigation device A having the latest address data according to one embodiment of the present invention can be used by the car navigation device B having the old version of address data via the portable information terminal. It is the block diagram which showed the method to do.
[0079]
In FIG. 27A, reference numeral 40 denotes a car navigation apparatus A having the latest address book data 41 in the internal address data shown in FIG. 3E or the composite address data shown in FIG. Is a portable information terminal. In FIG. 27B, reference numeral 43 denotes a car navigation apparatus B having the internal address data shown in FIG. 3E or the composite address data shown in FIG. .
[0080]
First, as a first step, as shown in FIG. 27 (a), the car navigation device A40 selects the data to be transferred from the address data in the latest address book data 41 to the car navigation device B, and the portable information terminal The data is transferred to 42 by the method described above. At this time, the address data to be transferred may be internal address data or composite address data.
[0081]
Next, as a second stage, as shown in FIG. 27B, the address book is transferred from the portable information terminal 42 having the address book data transmitted from the car navigation device A 40 to the car navigation device B having the old version of the address book data 44. Send data. In the car navigation apparatus B, the received address book data is overwritten or newly registered in the external search data shown in FIG. As a result, as shown in FIG. 27C, the latest version of the address book data can be used also in the car navigation apparatus B.
[0082]
In the present embodiment, the data transfer from the car navigation apparatus A having the latest version of address book data to the car navigation apparatus B having the old version of address book data has been described. Next, a case where data is transferred from the car navigation device B having the old version of the address book data to the car navigation device A having the latest version of the address book data will be described. Normally, it is not possible to overwrite the latest version of address book data with the old version of address book data, but there are cases where the user accidentally reverts to old information, or who wants to revert to old information due to user circumstances. is assumed. In this case, data is transferred from the car navigation device B having the old version of the address book data to the car navigation device A having the latest version of the address book data. However, as described above, it is difficult to normally overwrite the latest version of address book data with the old version of address book data. Therefore, unconditional overwriting should be avoided.
[0083]
Therefore, when the data is transferred, information for identifying the data version is added to the external address data and the composite address data in order to determine which data is newer on the transmission side and the reception side. And when old data is about to be overwritten on new data, a message is displayed on the screen to confirm whether or not the data can be overwritten, and a function is provided to allow the user to select whether or not to actually overwrite. Can do.
[0084]
As described above, since the address book data held in the portable terminal can be used in the navigation device installed in a different vehicle, the data can be used effectively and the convenience of the user is improved. Furthermore, when the navigation device is replaced, the data registered by the user in the navigation device before the replacement can be transferred to the new navigation device as it is, so that the trouble of re-entering the data on the navigation device after the replacement can be saved. .
[0085]
--- Modification of this embodiment 2 ---
A modification will be described with reference to FIG. A method of setting a store or restaurant published in an information magazine as a destination by using the car navigation device by taking position information such as a mesh ID and coordinate values published in the information magazine from the portable information terminal into the car navigation device It is the block diagram which showed.
[0086]
In FIG. 28, 45 is a town information magazine or magazine that provides a mesh ID or coordinate value of a certain facility name, and 46 indicates the posted mesh ID and coordinate value. 47 is a portable information terminal, and 48 is a car navigation device.
[0087]
In FIG. 28, position information 46 such as mesh IDs and coordinate values of facility names published in various information magazines 45 is registered or overwritten in the portable information terminal 47 as address book data, and the registered external address book data is car-navigated. To device 48. The external address data received by the car navigation device 48 can be set as the destination. Here, the received address data includes only location information such as the mesh ID and coordinate value of the facility name. By adding information such as the facility name, address, and telephone number to this, the map storage memory 12 is provided. New registration can also be performed, and it is possible to call and set as a destination from the next time.
[0088]
In this embodiment, the position information provider such as mesh ID and coordinate value is provided not only by paper media such as information magazines, magazines, newspapers, and advertisements but also by telecommunication lines such as the Internet and various storage media. It may be.
[0089]
As described above, the location information provided by various information providing media is taken into the car navigation device via the mobile terminal, so that a facility that is not registered in the car navigation can be set as the destination. In addition, the latest position information provided by various information providing media can be reflected in the navigation, saving the user's trouble and improving convenience.
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, when data stored in the portable information terminal is processed by the car navigation device and the data is returned to the portable information terminal, all the address data of the portable information terminal is converted by the car navigation device. Executed overwriting judgment after batch receiving and transferred. After that, the batch received data overwritten with the processed data is transferred to the portable information terminal. Therefore, there is no need to perform operations such as overwriting determination on the portable information terminal.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a system block diagram of a car navigation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a system block diagram of a portable information terminal used in the present embodiment, capable of transmitting / receiving data to / from the car navigation apparatus according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing items of data transmitted and received between the car navigation apparatus according to the present invention and the portable information terminal used in the present embodiment, (a), (f), (g ) Is an example of the data item in the address book function of the portable information terminal, (b) is another item name that can be replaced with a plurality of items of the phone number in the data item in the address book function of the portable information terminal, (C) is an item name when the data transmitted from the portable information terminal is received by the car navigation device, (d) is a search by the car navigation device based on the data received from the portable information terminal, and the car navigation device The item name of the data stored in the car navigation device associating the data held by the mobile information terminal with the data transmitted from the portable information terminal, and (e) carrying the data held in the car navigation device. An item name at the time of transmitting to the information terminal, an arrow between items indicates the comparison data items when performing the transmission and reception between the devices
FIG. 4 is the first half of a flowchart for receiving address book data from a portable information terminal and registering it in the address book data of the car navigation device in the car navigation device according to the present invention.
FIG. 5 is the latter half of the flowchart for receiving address book data from the portable information terminal and registering it in the address book data of the car navigation device in the car navigation device according to the present invention.
6 is a flowchart for explaining the overwriting process in step S253 of FIG.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart for transmitting address book data from the combined address data of the car navigation device to the portable information terminal in the car navigation device according to the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a display screen in steps S40, S340, S650, and S840 of the present embodiment in the car navigation device according to the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a display screen in steps S60 and S670 of the present embodiment in the car navigation device according to the present invention.
FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a display screen in steps S80 and S690 of the present embodiment in the car navigation device according to the present invention.
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a display screen in step S100 of the present embodiment in the car navigation device according to the present invention.
12 is a diagram showing a display screen in steps S150 and S410 of the present embodiment in the car navigation device according to the present invention. FIG.
FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a display screen in step S240 of the present embodiment in the car navigation device according to the present invention.
FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a display screen in steps S270 and S730 of the present embodiment in the car navigation device according to the present invention.
FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a display screen in steps S290 and S710 of the present embodiment in the car navigation device according to the present invention.
FIG. 16 is a diagram showing the content of the announcement displayed at the bottom of the display monitor in the display screen of the present embodiment in the car navigation device according to the present invention, and (b) in steps S200, S460, and S1040. The contents of the announcement displayed at the bottom of the display monitor, (c) the contents of the announcement displayed at the bottom of the display monitor at steps S140 and S400, and (d) the contents of the announcement displayed at the bottom of the display monitor at steps S190 and S450. (E) is the content of the announcement displayed at the bottom of the display monitor in steps S220, S480, and S1060, and (f) is the content of the announcement displayed at the bottom of the display monitor in steps S230, S490, and S1070.
17 is a diagram showing a display screen in steps S254 and S1120 of the present embodiment in the car navigation device according to the present invention, and is a scroll of the display screen of FIG.
FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a display screen in steps S360 and S860 of the present embodiment in the car navigation device according to the present invention.
FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a display screen in steps S500 and S900 of the present embodiment in the car navigation device according to the present invention.
FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a display screen in step S580 of the present embodiment in the car navigation device according to the present invention.
FIG. 21 is a diagram showing the contents of the announcement displayed at the bottom of the display monitor in the display screen of the present embodiment in the car navigation device according to the present invention, and (a) is the display monitor in steps S760 and S930. The content of the announcement displayed at the bottom, (b) the content of the announcement displayed at the bottom of the display monitor at steps S780 and S960, and (c) the content of the announcement displayed at the bottom of the display monitor at steps S790 and S950.
22 is a diagram showing the display screen in step S880 of the present embodiment in the car navigation device according to the present invention, in which the display screen of FIG. 16 is scrolled.
FIG. 23 is a diagram showing the display screen in step S900 of the present embodiment in the car navigation device according to the present invention, in which the display screen of FIG. 16 is scrolled.
FIG. 24 is a flowchart for transmitting address book data from the internal address data of the car navigation device to the portable information terminal in the car navigation device according to the present invention.
25 is a flowchart illustrating the overwrite process in step S750 in FIG. 7 and step S920 in FIG.
FIG. 26 is a diagram showing a display screen in step S1010 of the present embodiment in the car navigation device according to the present invention.
FIG. 27 is a block diagram showing a first modification of the present embodiment in the car navigation device according to the present invention.
FIG. 28 is a block diagram showing a second modification of the present embodiment in the car navigation device according to the present invention.
FIG. 29 is the first half of a flowchart for receiving data from a portable information terminal and setting the received address as a destination in the car navigation device according to the present invention.
FIG. 30 is the latter half of the flowchart for receiving data from the portable information terminal and setting the received address as the destination in the car navigation device according to the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
10, 40, 43, 48 Car navigation system
11 Current position detection device
12 Map memory
13 CD-ROM
14 Control circuit
15 RAM
16 ROM
17 Input device
19 Display monitor
21 Transceiver
30, 42, 47 Portable information terminal
37 Transmitter / Receiver
41 Latest version of address book data
44 Old address book data
45 Various information magazines
46 Location information

Claims (4)

Detection means for detecting the current position;
A display monitor that displays the detected current position on a map;
A point registration means for registering any point on the map together with its internal address data;
Receiving means for receiving external address data from an external portable information terminal and storing it as external search data;
Display control means for referring to the internal address data based on the external search data and displaying a map of the corresponding point on the display monitor;
Data creation means for creating transmission data based on the external address data received from the portable information terminal;
Transmitting means for transmitting the data created by the data creating means and stored in the transmission data storage means to the portable information terminal;
When transmitting specific transmission data by the transmission means, all external address data of the portable information terminal is once received in order to perform overwriting determination, and after the overwriting determination, the external address data received in batch is overwritten and transmitted collectively. Overwriting means for storing in the transmission data storage means as data,
The navigation device characterized in that the transmission means transmits the batch transmission data to the portable information terminal. The navigation device according to claim 1, wherein
The navigation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the data creating means creates transmission data by adding position information obtained by referring to the internal address data to the external address data received from the portable information terminal. The navigation device according to claim 1, wherein
The specific transmission data includes a plurality of items of data,
Overwrite condition setting means for setting at least one of the items as a condition (overwrite condition) for determining which data is overwritten when transmitting the specific transmission data by the transmission means;
Determining means for comparing the specific transmission data and the externally received external address data for an item that is a set overwrite condition, and determining whether the address data to be overwritten exists in the collective reception data A navigation device comprising: The navigation device according to claim 3,
When the determination means determines that there is data to be overwritten in the externally received external address data, the overwriting means overwrites the batch reception data with the specific transmission data and overwrites it. A navigation apparatus characterized in that, when there is no data to be stored, the specific transmission data is stored as new registration data in the transmission data storage means.

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