JP2005275550A - Vehicle-mounted information providing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle-mounted information providing apparatus which can reduce operation burdens for users. <P>SOLUTION: Retrieval items corresponding to retrieval conditions are set. If profile data 111 corresponding to the retrieval items is stored in a profile data storage device 110, the profile data 111 is read out from the profile storage device 110 and retrieval items are set. On the other hand, if not stored in the profile data storage device 110, retrieval items inputted by a user are set. If the number of retrieval items inputted by a user exceeds a specified number of retrieval items j, high priority items are set as retrieval items. Thereby, users can acquire desired retrieval data through a small number of operations. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an in-vehicle information presentation apparatus that presents various types of information to a vehicle occupant, and more particularly to a technique for retrieving desired data without imposing a lot of burden on the occupant.

Conventionally, as an information presentation apparatus mounted on a vehicle, a search service has been provided as a telematics application as disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-99805 (Patent Document 1).
JP 2002-99805 A

  However, in the conventional example disclosed in Patent Document 1 described above, the conditions necessary for the search are different for each service content, and the conditions are also different each time. Therefore, the search setting conditions are assumed to be used in advance by the user. For services that are not set, it is necessary for the user to respond and set conditions every time the search service is used. there were.

  This invention is made in order to solve such a conventional subject, and the objective is the vehicle-mounted information which can search the desired data, without putting many burdens on a user. It is to provide a presentation device.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an in-vehicle information presentation apparatus that is mounted on a vehicle and presents information to a user. A traveling state determination unit that determines a traveling state of the vehicle, and various types of data to be searched. Profile data storing means for storing and saving profile data, and receiving search conditions by a user's input operation, setting search items according to the search conditions, and profile data corresponding to the search items according to the traveling state of the vehicle Is stored in the profile data storage means, a distribution processing means for performing a distribution operation of whether to search using profile data according to the determination result or to search by user input, and Based on the profile data stored in the profile data storage means, the search condition is met. Profile data selection setting means for selecting and setting profile data corresponding to the search item, search item input processing means for setting the search item corresponding to the search condition as user input, and search set as the user input Search processing means for searching for desired data from the various types of data to be searched based on conditions when there is a user input to the item and conditions set in the profile data. Information search means for presenting the results to the user, wherein the search item input processing means determines the number j of search items that can be selected and set by the user according to the driving situation of the vehicle, and searches by the user input. When the number of search items exceeds the number of search items j that can be selected and set, the search to be performed by the user input Of eyes, the search item of higher priority j number, and sets the search item input by a user.

  According to the present invention, the user's favorite search items set in advance as profile data can be used, so that the user's trouble of selection operation can be reduced. Further, even when there are a large number of search items input by the user, the number of search items j that can be selected and set in accordance with the traveling state of the vehicle is set, and the number of selection items by the user is equal to or less than this number of search items j. Therefore, it is possible to limit the burden of operation by the user.

  Furthermore, when narrowing the number of search items by the user to less than or equal to the number j of search items that can be set, search items with high priority are selected, so that the desired data can be searched accurately.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the in-vehicle information presentation device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

  As shown in the figure, this in-vehicle information presentation device is mounted on a vehicle and provides various types of information to a user who gets on the vehicle. A program for searching various types of data to be searched and desired data A search program storage device (vehicle storage means) 140 for storing data, a profile data storage device (profile data storage means) 110 for storing profile data 111 for search services, and various types of data stored in the search program storage device 140 Search service operating environment (search processing means) 130 for executing a search program 141 for searching for desired data from the data of the above, and search items from the search program 141 (items used to narrow down data desired by the user) Setting processing device that accepts a setting request and performs processing for setting the search item And a 50.

  Further, in the setting processing device 150, a sorting process for receiving a search item setting request from the search program 141 and performing a process of sorting the search item set from the search service profile data 111 and the search item set by the user. Section (distribution processing means) 151, a selection setting processing section (profile data selection setting means) 152 for selecting and setting a search item requested by the search program 141 from the search service profile data 111, and a request from the search program A user input processing unit (search item input processing means) 153 that allows the user to set the search items.

  Furthermore, a liquid crystal display 160 that presents various information to the user, a travel condition determination device (travel condition determination means) 170 that acquires various data relating to vehicle travel, such as vehicle speed, and determines a travel condition, And an input unit 180 that performs an input operation.

  As the profile data storage device 110, for example, a hard disk drive, RAM, flash RAM, or the like is used.

  As the profile data 111, for example, a file stored on a hard disk drive, or data on a RAM or flash RAM is used.

  As the search service operating environment 130, for example, a microcomputer and a real-time OS operating on the microcomputer, a microcomputer and a real-time OS operating on the microcomputer, and a Java execution environment (Java Virtual Machine) operating on the microcomputer are used. be able to.

  As the search program storage device 140, for example, a removable memory card such as a CD-ROM, a DVD-ROM, or a PCMCIA card, and its drive can be used. As the search program 141, a program that operates on the search service operating environment 130 can be used.

  As the setting processing device 150, for example, a microcomputer is used, and for the distribution processing unit 151, the selection setting processing unit 152, and the input processing unit 153, for example, a program that operates on the microcomputer can be used.

  The driving state determination device 170 reads, for example, the on / off state of the parking brake, the vehicle speed signal input to the speedometer, the vehicle position data acquired using the GPS, the time data, and the like. Judging the running situation of the vehicle on the computer.

  Next, the operation of the in-vehicle information presentation device according to the present embodiment configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. Here, a case where restaurant search is performed as the search service and profile data corresponding to lunch, coffee, and dinner corresponding to time zones is stored in advance as an example will be described.

  First, when the user activates the search service to operate the restaurant search service from the search program storage device 140 on the search service operating environment 130 (S1001), the search program 141 for searching for a restaurant from the setting processing device 150 is performed. Is loaded into the search service operating environment 130 (S1002), and the program is started (S1003).

  Then, the search program 141 sends a “genre”, “price range”, “number of users”, “current position and current position” of the restaurant required for the search to the setting processing device 150 that performs the setting process for search. A request is made to set items such as “distance” and “time zone to be used” (S1004).

  At this time, the degree of influence (priority) on the search is the order of “genre”, “price range”, “number of users”, “distance from the current position to the current position”, and “time zone you want to use”. It is assumed that the retrieval of the desired data is affected, and the data regarding the order of the degree of the influence is also sent from the retrieval program 141 to the setting processing device 150 at the same time. Here, “degree of influence on search” means a narrowing down ratio when performing a process of narrowing down desired data from the entire data. For example, the search “restrict to 30 data from 100 data” has a greater influence on the search than the search “restrict to 50 data from 100 data”. .

  Next, in the setting processing device 150, a search item given by the search program 141 is acquired, and a distribution processing unit 151 sets whether the search item is set based on profile data or selected by user input. I do.

  Here, the distribution processing unit 151 acquires time data from the traveling state determination device 170, and as a profile to be used according to time, which profile data to be used is used for lunch, coffee, or dinner. Judgment is made (S1005).

  For example, if the time is around 12:00, a lunch profile is selected, and the setting processing device 150 reads the profile data 111 for lunch from the profile data storage device 110 (S1006).

  Next, the distribution processing unit 151 matches the read profile data 111 with the search items sent from the search program 141, and sets the search items existing in the profile data 111 (YES in S1007) from the profile data 111. As an example, the selection setting processing unit 152 that performs setting processing from the profile data 111 is instructed to perform processing (S1008).

  On the other hand, for items that do not exist in the profile data 111 (NO in S1007), the input processing unit 153 that performs user input processing is instructed to perform processing (S1009), assuming that the user performs input settings.

  Here, if the profile data 111 for lunch is set such that “the price range is 1000 yen or less”, “the distance from the current position is within 2 km”, and “the time until use is immediate”, A search item is set from the profile data 111, the price range is 1000 yen or less, the current position and the distance from the current position are obtained from the driving situation determination device 170 within 2 km, and the time zone to be used is the current time And the selection setting processing unit 152 from the profile data 111.

  That is, these search items do not need to be specified by the user, and the operation by the user is simplified.

  In addition, since the setting data does not exist in the profile data 111 and the items of “genre” and “number of users” of the restaurant described above cannot be set, user input processing is necessary. The input processing unit 153 is instructed to perform input processing.

  The input processing unit 153 that performs an input process by the user acquires the determination result of the traveling state from the traveling state determination device 170, and obtains the number j of items that can be set by the user (S1010). For example, the number of items j is unlimited when the vehicle is stopped, and the number of items j is determined to be 3 while the vehicle is running.

  Here, if the number of items instructed in the process of S1009 exceeds the settable number of items j (YES in S1011), the setting is made in order from the search items set by the search program 141 having the highest degree of influence of the search. The item to be performed is selected (S1012), and if the number of instructed items is equal to or less than the settable number of items j (NO in S1011), all search items are set by the user (S1013). For example, when the traveling speed of the vehicle is high, a large operation load cannot be applied to the user. Therefore, in order to reduce the operation load on the user, the number of items that can be set is set to a low value (for example, “3”). ).

  Next, with respect to the selected item, the input processing unit 153 performs a search item selection process from the user (S1014), and the search item and the search set by the selection setting processing unit 152 acquired in the process of S1008 described above. The item is sent to the search program 141.

  Thereafter, the search program 141 performs a search process from various data stored and stored in the search program storage device 140 (S1015), and displays the searched data on the liquid crystal display (information presentation means) 160 to the user. Information can be presented (S1016).

  For example, if the time is around 18:00, the dinner profile is selected in the processing of S1005, and the setting processing device 150 reads the dinner profile data 111 from the profile data storage device 110 (S1006).

  Next, the distribution processing unit 151 matches the read profile data 111 with the search items sent from the search program 141, and sets items that exist in the profile data 111 (YES in S1007) using the profile data 111. The selection setting processing unit 152 is instructed to perform processing (S1008). If the profile data does not exist (NO in S1007), the input processing unit 153 is assumed to perform input setting by the user. An instruction is given to perform processing (S1009).

  Here, assuming that only the information “seat on the window side if reservation can be made” is set as the profile data 111 for dinner, the search item corresponding to the data stored in the profile data 111 is from the search program. There are no matches to the requested search items, and there are five items such as “genre”, “price range”, “number of users”, “distance from current location” and “time zone you want to use” for restaurants. Since setting data cannot be set because there is no setting data in the profile data 111, input processing by the user is required, and an instruction is given to the input processing unit 153 to perform input processing.

  In the input processing unit 153, the determination result of the driving situation is acquired from the driving condition determination device 170, and the number j of items that can be set by the user is obtained (S1010).

  Here, if the number of items instructed in the processing of S1009 exceeds the number of items that can be set (YES in S1011), the items to be set in order from the search having the highest degree of influence set by the search program 141 Is selected (S1012), and if the number of instructed items is equal to or less than the settable number of items (NO in S1011), it is assumed that the user sets all items (S1013).

  If it is determined that the number of settable items j is 3 when the vehicle is running, there are 5 items to be set, but only 3 items can be set. The priority of search, that is, the “genre”, “price range”, and “number of users” of the restaurant having a high influence level are selected as search items and set as items set by the user (S1012).

  Next, the input processing unit 153 performs search item selection processing from the user for the selected item (S1014), along with the search item set by the selection setting processing unit 152 from the profile data 111 in the processing of S1008 The “genre”, “price range”, and “number of users” are the conditions set by the user, and for the “current position” having a low degree of influence, the data on the current position acquired by the driving situation determination device 170 is used. The “distance from the current position” and “time zone to be used” are sent to the search service 141 in the form of “no setting”.

  Thereafter, the search program 141 performs a search process using the data in the search program 141 (S1015), and presents information using the liquid crystal display 160 (S1016).

  As described above, in the in-vehicle information presentation apparatus according to the first embodiment, in the processing when searching for the data desired by the user, the items used for searching among the search items used for searching are profiled as profile data. It is stored in the data storage device 110. When the user requests a search service, the search items set as profile data are automatically set as items, so that the burden of the condition setting operation by the user can be significantly reduced.

  For items that are not stored in the profile data storage device 110, the number of items j that can be set by the user is determined. If the number of search items that can be set by the user exceeds the number of items that can be set, j, Only the j items having a strong influence (high priority) are allowed to be set by the user.

  Therefore, since only the j item settings determined to be input by the user are presented as user search items, not only the operation load on the user is remarkably reduced, but also items having a strong influence on the search are displayed. Since it selects, the data which a user requires can be searched exactly and this can be shown to a user.

  Furthermore, since various types of data to be searched are stored and stored in the search program storage device 240, it is possible to search for desired data without providing communication facilities.

  In addition, as described above, the search program storage device 240 in which various data to be searched is stored uses a removable recording medium such as a CD-ROM or a DVD-ROM. The writing process can be easily performed.

  Further, when there is a desire to use the search item set as user input by the distribution processing unit 151 as profile data thereafter, the search item and the data of the user's selection result for the search item are stored in a new profile. It is also possible to store and save the data 111 in the profile data storage device 110.

  By performing such processing, the profile data 111 for the presented search item can be newly created, so the number of data stored in the profile data storage device 110 can be increased, and the search from the next time Can be used for processing.

  Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the in-vehicle information presentation device according to the second embodiment.

  As shown in the figure, this in-vehicle information presentation device is mounted on a vehicle and provides various types of information to a user who gets on the vehicle, and a search program that stores a program for searching various types of data to be searched A storage device 240 and a profile data storage device 210 for storing profile data 211 for search service are provided.

  In addition, a communication device (communication means) 220 that performs data communication with a base station provided outside the vehicle, and a communication temporary storage device that temporarily stores data obtained by the communication device 220 ( Temporary storage means) 221.

  Further, a search service operation for executing a search program 241 for searching for a desired one from various data stored in base station side storage means provided on the base station side via the communication device 220 from the base station An environment 230 and a setting processing device 250 that receives a setting request for a search item (item used for narrowing down data desired by the user) from the search program 241 and performs processing for setting the search item.

  Further, in the setting processing device 250, a sorting process for receiving a search item setting request from the search program 241 and performing a process of sorting the search item set from the profile data 211 for the search service and the search item set by the user. Unit 251, a selection setting processing unit 252 that selects and sets a search item requested by search program 241 from search service profile data 211, and a user input that causes the user to set a search item requested by search program 241 And a processing unit 253.

  Furthermore, a liquid crystal display 260 that presents various types of information to the user, a travel state determination device (running state determination unit) 270 that acquires various types of data related to vehicle travel, such as vehicle speed, and determines the travel state, An input unit 280 for performing an input operation.

  As the profile data storage device 210 and the temporary storage device 221 for information related to communication, for example, a hard disk drive, RAM, flash RAM, or the like is used.

  As the profile data 211, for example, a file saved on a hard disk drive or data on a RAM or flash RAM is used. For example, a mobile phone is used as the communication device 220.

  As the search service operating environment 230, for example, a microcomputer and a real-time OS operating on the microcomputer, a microcomputer and a real-time OS operating on the microcomputer, and a Java execution environment (Java Virtual Machine) operating on the microcomputer are used. be able to.

  As the search program storage device 240 for storing the search program 241, for example, a removable memory card such as a CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, PCMCIA card, etc., its drive, and a service for providing a plurality of information are simultaneously operated. A RAM or a hard disk connected to a microcomputer that can be used can be used. As the search program 241, a program that operates on the search service operating environment 230 can be used.

  As the setting processing device 250, for example, a microcomputer is used. For the distribution processing unit 251, the selection setting processing unit 252, and the input processing unit 253, for example, a program that operates on the microcomputer can be used.

  The driving state determination device 270 uses, for example, the on / off state of the parking brake, the vehicle speed signal input to the speedometer, the vehicle position data acquired using the GPS, the time data, and the like. Judging the running situation of the vehicle on the computer.

  Next, the operation of the in-vehicle information presentation device according to the present embodiment configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. Here, a case where restaurant search is performed as a search service and profile data corresponding to lunch, coffee and dinner corresponding to a time zone is stored as profile data will be described as an example.

  First, when the user activates the search service to operate the restaurant search service from the search program storage device 240 on the search service operating environment 230 (S2001), the search program 241 for searching for a restaurant from the setting processing device 250. Is read into the search service operating environment 230 (S2002), and the program is started (S2003).

  Then, the search program 241 sends a “genre”, “price range”, “number of users”, “current position and current position” of the restaurant necessary for the search to the setting processing device 250 that performs the setting process for search. A request is made to set items such as “distance”, “time zone desired to be used”, “whether reservation is possible”, and “favorite seat in case of reservation” (S2004).

  At this time, as the degree of influence on the search, the “genre”, “price range”, “number of users”, “distance from the current position to the current position”, “time zone you want to use”, “whether you can make a reservation” , It is assumed that retrieval of desired data is affected in the order of “favorite seats when reserved”, and data regarding the order of the degree of influence is also sent from the retrieval program 241 to the setting processing device 250 at the same time. .

  Next, in the setting processing device 250, a search item given by the search program 241 is acquired, and the distribution processing unit 251 distributes whether the search item is set based on profile data or selected by user input. Process.

  Here, the distribution processing unit 251 acquires time data from the traveling state determination device 270, and as to which profile data to use depending on the time, which profile data to use is used: lunch, coffee, or dinner. Judgment is made (S2005).

  For example, if the time is around 12:00, a lunch profile is selected, and the setting processing device 250 reads the profile data 211 for lunch from the profile data storage device 210 (S2006).

  Next, the distribution processing unit 251 matches the read profile data 211 with the search items sent from the search program 241, and what is present in the profile data 211 (YES in S 2007) is set from the profile data 211. The selection setting processing unit 252 that performs setting processing from the profile data 211 is instructed to perform processing (S2008).

  On the other hand, for items that do not exist in the profile data 211 (NO in S2007), the input processing unit 253 that performs user input processing is instructed to perform processing (S2009), assuming that the user performs input settings.

  Here, as the profile data 211 for lunch, “the price range is 1,000 yen or less”, “the distance from the current position is within 2 km”, “the time until use is immediate”, “no reservation is required” If it is set, the search item is set from the profile data 211, the price range is 1000 yen or less, and the current position and the distance from the current position are obtained from the traveling state determination device 270 and 2 km from there. The time zone to be used is set by the selection setting processing unit 252 from the profile data 211 as the current time and no reservation is required.

  In addition, since the setting data does not exist in the profile data 211 for the items of “genre” and “number of users” of the above-mentioned restaurant, user input processing is required. The input processing unit 253 is instructed to perform input processing.

  The input processing unit 253 that performs input processing by the user obtains the traveling state determination result from the traveling state determination device 270, and obtains the number j of items that can be set by the user (S2010).

  Here, if the number of items instructed in the process of S2009 exceeds the settable number of items j (YES in S2011), the setting is made in order from the search items set by the search program 241 with the high degree of influence of the search. The item to be performed is selected (S2012), and if the number of instructed items is equal to or less than the settable number of items j (NO in S2011), all search items are set by the user (S2013).

  Next, with respect to the selected item, the input processing unit 253 performs a search item selection process from the user (S2014), and the search item and the search set by the selection setting processing unit 252 acquired in the above-described processing of S2008 are performed. Item is sent to the search program 241.

  Thereafter, the search program 241 uses the communication device 220 to send search items necessary for the search to the search program function of the base station (S2015), receives the search results, and stores them in the temporary storage device 221 (S2016). Then, the search program 241 performs a search process from various data stored and stored in the temporary storage device 221, displays the searched data on the liquid crystal display 260, and presents information to the user (S2017).

  For example, if the time is around 18:00, a dinner profile is selected in the processing of S2005, and the setting processing device 250 reads the dinner profile data 211 from the profile data storage device 210 (S2006).

  Next, the distribution processing unit 251 matches the read profile data 211 and the search items sent from the search program 241, and sets items that exist in the profile data 211 (YES in S 2007) using the profile data 211. In step S2008, the selection setting processing unit 252 is instructed to perform processing. If the profile data does not exist (NO in S2007), the input processing unit 253 is instructed to perform processing (S2009), assuming that the user performs input settings.

  Here, as the profile data 211 for dinner, if only the information “reservation is necessary and if the reservation can be made, the window seat” is set, the restaurant “genre”, “price range”, “use” The number of people, the current position and the distance from the current position, and the time zone that you want to use cannot be set because there is no setting data, so user input processing is required, and the input processing unit 253 is instructed to perform input processing. coming out.

  In the input processing unit 253, the determination result of the traveling situation is obtained from the traveling situation judgment device 270, and the number j of items that can be set by the user is obtained (S2010).

  Here, if the number of items instructed in the process of S2009 exceeds the settable number of items j (YES in S2011), the setting is performed in descending order of the influence of the search set by the search program 241. When an item is selected (S2012) and the number of items instructed is equal to or less than the settable item number j (NO in S2011), all items are set by the user (S2013).

  If it is determined that the vehicle is running and the number of items that can be set is three, there are five items to be set, but only three items can be set. The three items of “genre”, “price range”, and “number of users” of the restaurant that have a high degree of influence are selected as search items and set as items set by the user (S2012).

  Next, the input processing unit 253 performs search item selection processing from the user for the selected item (S2014), along with the search items set by the selection setting processing unit 252 from the profile data 211 in the processing of S2008, The “genre”, “price range”, and “number of users” are the conditions set by the user, and the “current position” with a low degree of influence uses the current position acquired by the driving situation determination device 270, The “distance from position” and “time zone to be used” are sent to the search service 241 in the form of no setting.

  Thereafter, the search program 241 performs a search process using the data in the search program 241 (S2015), and presents information using the liquid crystal display 260 (S2016).

  As described above, in the in-vehicle information presentation apparatus according to the second embodiment, in the processing when searching for data desired by the user, the items used for searching among the search items used for searching are profiled as profile data. It is stored in the data storage device 210. When the user requests a search service, the search items set as profile data are automatically set as items, so that the burden of the condition setting operation by the user can be significantly reduced.

  For items that are not stored in the profile data storage device 210, the number of items j that can be set by the user is determined, and if the number of search items that can be set by the user exceeds the number of items that can be set, j, Only the j items having a strong influence (high priority) are allowed to be set by the user.

  Therefore, since only the j item settings determined to be input by the user are presented as user search items, not only the operation load on the user is remarkably reduced, but also items having a strong influence on the search are displayed. Since it selects, the data which a user requires can be searched exactly and this can be shown to a user.

  In addition, since the search item data can be searched from various data stored and stored on the base station side using the communication device 220, it is necessary to provide a storage device for data storage on the vehicle side. In addition, the apparatus configuration on the vehicle-mounted side can be reduced in scale. In addition, when data is frequently updated on the base station side, it is always possible to search from the latest data, and a high-accuracy search corresponding to environmental changes is possible.

  In addition, by providing the temporary storage device 221 for communication, data to be searched can be temporarily stored and saved, so that the number of data exchanges with the base station can be reduced. The time required to obtain the result can be shortened.

  As mentioned above, although the vehicle-mounted information presentation apparatus of the present invention has been described based on the illustrated embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this, and the configuration of each part is an arbitrary configuration having the same function. Can be replaced.

  For example, in each of the above-described embodiments, a restaurant has been described as an example of a search target. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to searches for other genres.

  This is extremely useful for reducing the operation load at the time of search for the user who is driving the vehicle.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the vehicle-mounted information presentation apparatus which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the processing operation of the vehicle-mounted information presentation apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the vehicle-mounted information presentation apparatus which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the processing operation of the vehicle-mounted information presentation apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

110, 210 Profile data storage device (profile data storage means)
111, 211 Profile data 130, 230 Search service operating environment (search processing means)
140 Search program storage device (in-vehicle storage means)
141, 241 Search program 150, 250 Setting processing device 151, 251 Distribution processing unit (distribution processing means)
152,252 selection setting processing unit (profile data selection setting means)
153, 253 Input processing unit (search item input processing means)
160, 260 Liquid crystal display (information presentation means)
170, 270 Travel condition judgment device (travel situation judgment means)
180,280 input unit 220 communication device (communication means)
221 Temporary storage device for communication (temporary storage means)
240 Search Program Storage Device

Claims (7)

In an in-vehicle information presentation device that is mounted on a vehicle and presents information to a user,
A driving situation judging means for judging the running situation of the vehicle;
Profile data storage means for storing and storing profile data for various data to be searched;
Whether or not the search condition by the user's input operation is accepted, the search item corresponding to the search condition is set, and the profile data corresponding to the search item is stored in the profile data storage unit according to the traveling state of the vehicle A distribution processing means for performing a distribution operation of searching using profile data or searching by user input according to the determination result;
Profile data selection setting means for selecting and setting profile data corresponding to a search item corresponding to the search condition from profile data stored in the profile data storage means;
A search item input processing means for setting a search item according to the search condition as a user input;
Search processing means for searching for desired data from various data to be searched based on conditions when there is a user input for the search item set as the user input and conditions set in the profile data;
Information presenting means for presenting a result retrieved by the retrieval processing means to a user;
With
The search item input processing means determines the number of search items j that can be selected and set by the user according to the traveling state of the vehicle. In the case where the number exceeds, among the search items searched by the user input, j search items having high priority are set as search items by the user input.   The in-vehicle information presentation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the various types of data to be searched are stored in in-vehicle storage means mounted on a vehicle.   The in-vehicle information presentation apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the in-vehicle storage unit is removable.   Further comprising a communication means for communicating with a base station outside the vehicle, the various data to be searched is stored in a base station side storage means provided in the base station, and using the communication means, The in-vehicle information presentation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein various types of data to be searched are acquired by exchanging data with a base station.   The in-vehicle information presentation apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising a temporary storage unit that temporarily stores and saves the various types of data to be searched acquired by the communication unit.   The j search items having a high priority are j search items having a high degree of influence on a search among search items exceeding j search items by the user. The in-vehicle information presentation device according to any one of items 5.   Among the search items set by the search item input processing means and the data selected by the user for the search items, there is provided means for storing necessary data as profile data in the profile data storage means. The in-vehicle information presentation device according to any one of claims 1 to 6.

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