JP2008134963A - Information processing apparatus and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information processing apparatus more reducing an operation load for setting a destination. <P>SOLUTION: When an article is unloaded from a vehicle, an identification code read out from a wireless tag, a vehicle position, etc. are stored in an article management data table as article management data. When the same article is carried into a vehicle afterwards, an identification code is read out from the wireless tag (S205) and an article management table is retrieved (S230). Then, a guide to a destination is started by setting the vehicle position set in the detected article management data as a destination (S245). Consequently, a suitable destination corresponding to the article is set without requiring a user to set a destination. Thereby, a user's operation load is reduced as compared with a conventional navigation apparatus or the like. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus that uses information of a wireless tag.

  In a conventional navigation device, a user designates a destination by operating an operation unit or the like, whereby the navigation device recognizes the destination and notifies information related to the route (for example, route information and traffic information). It was supposed to be. However, since it is common for a user to specify a destination on a map or to specify a destination by inputting an address, a telephone number, or the like, the user usually takes several operational steps. It can be said that this is an annoying operation.

  Therefore, for the purpose of eliminating such annoyance, for example, a collection and delivery system as described in Patent Document 1 has been proposed. In this collection / delivery system, the collection / delivery terminal mounted on the collection / delivery vehicle reads the delivery label to acquire collection / delivery route information from the collection / delivery management center based on the information, and the navigation device guides the collection / delivery route based on the collection / delivery route information. It has come to do.

According to such a collection / delivery system, the collection / delivery route is guided only by the driver of the collection / delivery vehicle reading the delivery label, so that the operation burden on the driver of the collection / delivery vehicle is reduced.
JP 2002-108999 A

  However, even in such a collection / delivery system, it is necessary to input information about the delivery destination (destination) in the database of the collection / delivery management center. In addition, the driver of the collection / delivery vehicle must confirm the position of the delivery label affixed on the luggage and perform an operation for causing the collection / delivery terminal to read the information of the delivery label.

  The present invention has been considered in view of such problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus such as a navigation apparatus that can further reduce an operation burden related to destination setting.

  An information processing apparatus according to claim 1, which has been made to solve the above-described problem, includes an identification code reading unit, a storage control unit, and a destination setting unit. The identification code reading means is a means for reading the identification code from the wireless tag attached to the article, the storage means is a means for storing information, and the storage control means is for identifying when the article is unloaded from the vehicle. The storage unit stores the identification code of the article read by the code reading unit, the position of the vehicle, and the read time as history information. The destination setting means reads the identification code by the identification code reading means when an article is brought into the vehicle, and is history information after the read time and having the same identification code as the identification code. And sets the position of the vehicle included in the history information as a destination.

  According to such an information processing apparatus, the destination is set without the user performing any operation for setting the destination. Therefore, it is possible to reduce a user's operation burden as compared with a conventional navigation device or the like.

  By the way, the storage control unit may further store the day of the week in the storage unit as history information, and the destination setting unit may perform a search using the day of the week stored in the storage unit as a condition ( Claim 2).

  In this way, when the same article is unloaded at different places depending on the day of the week, the destination is set by distinguishing it. Therefore, the destination is set more accurately.

  In addition, the storage control means further stores in the storage means the route information from when the article is placed on the vehicle to when it is unloaded in association with the history information, and the destination setting means adds to the destination. The route information included in the retrieved history information may be set as a guide route (claim 3).

  If this is the case, a route associated with the article, which is different from the route calculated uniformly by the route calculation algorithm, is set as the guide route, and the route guidance desired by the user can be further improved. Can be executed.

  By the way, history information may be used for route guidance. For example, as in the information processing apparatus according to claim 4, a notification unit that notifies information, a position, a time, and a current time included in history information corresponding to the destination set by the destination setting unit Based on the above, it is preferable to include notification control means for determining whether or not there is a time allowance and notifying the notification means of the result. This determination is performed by, for example, determining whether or not the time included in the history information is exceeded when the time expected to reach the position included in the history information is added to the current time. .

If this is the case, the user can know that there is more time or no time than the previous time, which improves convenience for the user.
An information processing apparatus according to claim 5 for solving the above-described problem includes an identification code reading unit, a notification unit, a storage control unit, and a notification control unit. The identification code reading means is means for reading the identification code from the wireless tag attached to the article, the storage means is means for storing information, and the notifying means is means for notifying the user of information. In addition, the storage control means includes an identification code of the article read by the identification code reading means when the article is placed on the vehicle or at least one of the cases when the article is unloaded from the vehicle, The read time is stored in the storage unit as history information. Before departure, the notification control means searches the storage means for history information in which the time after that time is set, and the article corresponding to the identification code included in the searched history information is present in the vehicle. Whether or not the article is currently not present in the vehicle is notified by means of a notification means when the determination is made based on the identification code read by the identification code reading means.

  According to such an information processing apparatus, since an alert is made about an article that has been placed on the vehicle at the time of previous departure but has not been placed this time, that is, an article that may be forgotten to be loaded, Forgetting can be prevented.

  By the way, the storage control means may further store the day of the week information in the storage means as history information, and the notification control means may perform a search using the day of the week information stored in the storage means as a condition ( Claim 6).

  In this way, even when the same article is loaded depending on the day of the week and when it is not loaded, the notification is made by distinguishing it. Therefore, inadvertent notification is reduced.

  The functions of the storage control means, destination setting means, and notification control means described above may be realized by a program (claims 7, 8, 9). If such a program is executed by a computer built in the information processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus has the same operations and effects as the information processing apparatus of the present invention described above. Further, the program can be distributed using a network or the like, and the replacement of the program in the information processing apparatus is easier than the replacement of the parts. Therefore, it is possible to easily improve the functions of the information processing apparatus.

  Embodiments to which the present invention is applied will be described below with reference to the drawings. The embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the following embodiments, and various forms can be adopted as long as they belong to the technical scope of the present invention.

[Description of configuration]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a navigation apparatus 20 in which the function of the information processing apparatus of the present invention is incorporated.

  The navigation device 20 is mounted on a vehicle, and a position detector 21 that detects the current position of the vehicle, an operation switch group 22 for inputting various instructions from a user, and various instructions as with the operation switch group 22 are input. A remote control terminal (hereinafter referred to as a remote control) 23a that is possible and separate from the navigation device 20, a remote control sensor 23b that inputs a signal from the remote control 23a, and an external communication unit that communicates with the RF receiver 24, a map data input device 25 for inputting data from a map storage medium in which map data, voice data, and the like are recorded, a display unit 26 for displaying a map and various information, and various guide voices are output. A voice output unit 27, a microphone 28 that outputs an electrical signal based on voice spoken by the user, and an article management data table The storage unit 31 to be stored and the above-described position detector 21, operation switch group 22, remote control sensor 23 b, external communication unit 24, map data input unit 25, microphone 28, and various processes are executed according to inputs from the storage unit 31. And an external communication unit 24, a display unit 26, an audio output unit 27, and a control unit 29 for controlling the storage unit 31.

  The position detector 21 receives a radio wave from a GPS (Global Positioning System) artificial satellite via a GPS antenna (not shown) and outputs a received signal, and a magnitude of rotational motion applied to the vehicle. A gyroscope 21b for detecting the distance and a distance sensor 21c for detecting a distance traveled from the longitudinal acceleration or the like of the vehicle are provided. And the control part 29 calculates the position, direction, speed, etc. of a vehicle based on the output signal from these sensors 21a-21c. Although there are various methods for obtaining the current position based on the output signal from the GPS receiver 21a, either a single positioning method or a relative positioning method may be used.

  The operation switch group 22 includes a touch panel configured integrally with the display surface of the display unit 26, mechanical key switches provided around the display unit 26, and the like. The touch panel and the display unit 26 are laminated and integrated. There are various types of touch panels such as a pressure-sensitive method, an electromagnetic induction method, a capacitance method, or a combination of these methods. It may be used.

  The remote controller 23a is composed of a plurality of buttons. When any one of the buttons is pressed, a signal corresponding to the type of the button reaches the remote control sensor 23b via short-range wireless communication such as infrared rays. ing.

The remote control sensor 23 b receives a signal sent from the remote control 23 a and outputs the received signal to the control unit 29.
The external communication unit 24 is a part having a function of receiving information on the wireless tag read by the RF receiver 32 from the RF receiver 32.

  The map data input device 25 is a device for inputting various data stored in a map data storage medium (not shown) (for example, a hard disk or a DVD-ROM). Map data storage media include map data (node data, link data, cost data, background data, road data, name data, mark data, intersection data, facility data, etc.), voice data for guidance, voice recognition data, etc. Is remembered. Instead of inputting these data from the map data storage medium, these data may be input via a communication network.

  The display unit 26 includes a liquid crystal display, an organic EL display, and the like. The display screen of the display unit 26 includes a current position of the vehicle detected by the position detector 21 and map data input from the map data input unit 25. Additional data such as a mark indicating the identified current location, a guide route to the destination, a name, a landmark, and a mark of various facilities can be displayed in an overlapping manner. Also, facility guides can be displayed.

  The microphone 28 outputs an electric signal (voice signal) based on the inputted voice to the control unit 29 when the user inputs (speaks) voice. The user can operate the navigation device 20 by inputting various sounds to the microphone 28.

  The storage unit 31 has a non-volatile storage medium such as a hard disk or a flash memory, and can store article management data in the article management data table based on a command from the control unit 29 and can store articles from the stored article management data table. Management data can be read and output to the control unit 29.

  Here, the article management data table will be described with reference to the table layout diagram of FIG. In the article management data table, each record includes “identification code”, “article name”, “type”, “location (place name, longitude, latitude)”, “day of the week”, “time”, “counter”, “running record” 1 ”,“ travel record 2 ”, and“ travel record 3 ”. The article management data is a combination of information set in these items.

“Identification code” is an item for setting an identification code read from the wireless tag.
The “article name” is an item for setting the article name read from the wireless tag.

  "Type" sets information ("ride" or "get off") that indicates whether the record was generated when the article was brought into the vehicle or the record generated when the article was removed from the vehicle It is an item to do.

“Location” is an item for setting information (location name, latitude, longitude) related to the position of the vehicle when the record is generated.
“Day of the week” is an item for setting the day of the week when the record is generated.

“Time” is an item for setting the time when the record is generated. The time is rounded off to the nearest 10 minutes.
The “counter” is an item for recording the number of times instead of generating a record having the same identification code, article name, type, location, day of the week, and time. Details will be described later.

  The “travel record 1”, “travel record 2”, and “travel record 3” are items for recording route information when route guidance is executed based on the record. The “route record 1” records route information for the next route guidance, the “travel record 2” records the previous route information, and the “travel record 3” includes route information every moment during the route guidance. To be recorded. Details will be described later.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the control unit 29 is configured around a well-known microcomputer including a CPU, ROM, RAM, SRAM, I / O, a bus line connecting these configurations, and the like. Various processes are executed based on the program stored in the program. For example, the current position of the vehicle is calculated as a set of coordinates and traveling directions based on each detection signal from the position detector 21, and a map or the like near the current position read via the map data input device 25 is displayed on the display unit 26. Based on the current location display processing, the map data stored in the map data input device 25, and the destination set in accordance with the operation of the operation switch group 22 or the remote controller 23a, the optimum route from the current position to the destination is determined. A route calculation process for calculating the route, a route guidance process for guiding the route by displaying the calculated route on the display unit 26 or outputting the sound as a voice to the voice output unit 27, and the like are executed.

  The RF receiver 32 includes a not-shown antenna and a receiving circuit, and has a function of reading an identification code from a wireless tag. The received result is output to the external communication unit 24 of the navigation device 20.

[Description of operation]
Next, various processes executed by the control unit 29 of the navigation device 20 will be described. The processing related to the present invention will be described in detail, and description of route calculation processing, route guidance processing, and the like executed by a normal navigation apparatus will be omitted.

(1) Article Monitoring Process Next, the article monitoring process executed by the control unit 29 will be described using the flowchart of FIG. The article monitoring process is started when power supply to the navigation device 20 is started, or when a door (including a trunk door) of a vehicle on which the navigation device 20 is mounted is closed.

When starting the execution of the article monitoring process, the control unit 29 first acquires the identification code and the article name of the wireless tag attached to the article present in the vehicle via the RF receiver 32 (S105).
Next, an article list is generated from the obtained identification code (S110). The article list here is a list composed of one or a plurality of identification codes. The generated article list is stored in the SRAM of the control unit 29.

  Next, the article list generated in S110 is compared with the previous article list (S115). The “previous article list” here means the article list stored in the SRAM in S110 when the article monitoring process was executed last time.

  As a result of the comparison, it is determined whether or not there is an article that exists in the vehicle at the previous execution but does not exist at the current execution (S120). When it is determined that there is at least one such article (hereinafter referred to as “different article A”) (S120: Yes), the process proceeds to S125, and it is determined that there is no different article A. (S120: No), the process proceeds to S160.

  In S125, which proceeds when it is determined that there is a different article A, the current time, day of the week, and current position of the vehicle are acquired. The current time and day of the week are acquired from the clock function of the control unit 29, and the current position of the vehicle is calculated from the signal obtained from the position detector 21.

Subsequently, it is determined whether or not all the different articles A have been processed (S130). “Processing” here means the processing of S135 described below.
If it is determined that all the different articles A have been processed (S130: Yes), the process proceeds to S160. If it is determined that there is a different article A that has not been processed (S130: No), the process proceeds to S135. To do.

  In S135 that proceeds when it is determined that there is a different article A that has not been processed, one unselected article is selected from the different articles A. Subsequently, the article management data table is searched based on the identification code of the article, the type ("get off"), the day of the week acquired in S125, and the time, and whether or not the corresponding record (article management data) exists. Is determined (S140). If it is determined that the corresponding record exists (S140: Yes), the process proceeds to S155, and if it is determined that the corresponding record does not exist (S140: No), the process proceeds to S145.

  In S145, which proceeds when it is determined that the corresponding record does not exist, a new record is generated in the article management data table. Specifically, a record is newly generated that includes information of an identification code, an article name, a type (“get off”), a place (place name, latitude, longitude), day of the week, time, and counter. The information acquired from the wireless tag in S105 is used for the identification code and the article name, and the information acquired in S125 is used for the place, day of the week, and time. Further, “1” is set in the counter (S150). Thereafter, the process returns to S130.

In step S155 that is performed when it is determined that the corresponding record exists, “1” is added to the counter value of the record. Then, the process returns to S130.
If it is determined that there is no different article A or if it is determined that all the different articles A have been processed, the result of the comparison in S115 is not present in the vehicle at the previous execution, but the current execution Sometimes it is determined whether there is an article present in the vehicle. When it is determined that there is even one such article (hereinafter referred to as “different article B”) (S160: Yes), the process proceeds to S165, and when it is determined that there is no different article B. (S160: No), this process (article monitoring process) is terminated.

  In S165, which proceeds when it is determined that there is a different article B, the current time, day of the week, and current position of the vehicle are acquired. The current time and day of the week are acquired from the clock function of the control unit 29, and the current position of the vehicle is calculated from the signal obtained from the position detector 21. If these have already been acquired in S125, they are not acquired in this step (S165).

  Subsequently, it is determined whether or not all the different articles B have been processed (S170). “Processing” here means the processing of S175 described below. When it is determined that all the different articles B have been processed (S170: Yes), this process (article monitoring process) is terminated, and when it is determined that there is a different article B that has not been processed (S170: No), S175. Transfer processing to.

  In S175, which proceeds when it is determined that there is a different article B that has not been processed, one unselected article is selected from the different articles B. Subsequently, the article management data table is searched based on the identification code of the article, the type ("ride"), the day of the week acquired in S165, and the time, and whether or not the corresponding record (article management data) exists. Is determined (S180). If it is determined that the corresponding record does not exist (S180: No), the process proceeds to S185. If it is determined that the corresponding record exists (S180: Yes), the process proceeds to S195.

  In S185, which proceeds when it is determined that the corresponding record does not exist, a new record is generated in the article management data table. Specifically, a record is newly generated that includes information on an identification code, an article name, a type ("ride"), a place (place name, latitude, longitude), day of the week, time, and counter. The information acquired from the wireless tag in S105 is used for the identification code and the article name, and the information acquired in S165 is used for the place, day of the week, and time. Further, “1” is set in the counter (S190). Thereafter, the process returns to S170.

On the other hand, in S195, which proceeds when it is determined that the corresponding record exists, “1” is added to the counter value. Then, the process returns to S170.
(2) Automatic Destination Setting Process Next, the automatic destination setting process executed by the control unit 29 will be described using the flowchart of FIG. The automatic destination setting process is started when power supply to the navigation device 20 is started or when a door (including a trunk door) of a vehicle on which the navigation device 20 is mounted is closed. The The article monitoring process described above may be started at the same time, or only one of the processes may be executed. When execution is started at the same time, a snapshot of the article management data table (temporary article management data table) is used in this process.

  When starting the execution of the automatic destination setting process, the control unit 29 first acquires the identification code of the wireless tag attached to the article existing in the vehicle and the article name via the RF receiver 32 (S205).

  Next, an article list is generated from the obtained identification code (S210). The article list here is a list composed of one or a plurality of identification codes. The generated article list is stored in the SRAM of the control unit 29.

  Next, the article list generated in S210 is compared with the previous article list (S215). The “previous article list” here means the article list stored in the SRAM in S210 when the automatic destination setting process was executed last time.

  As a result of the comparison, it is determined whether there is an article that is not present in the vehicle at the previous execution but is present at the current execution (S220). When it is determined that there is even one such article (hereinafter referred to as “different article C”) (S220: Yes), the process proceeds to S225, and it is determined that there is no different article C. (S220: No), this processing (automatic destination setting processing) is terminated.

  In S225, which proceeds when it is determined that there is at least one different article C, any one is selected. The selection may be made randomly, or the selection may be made according to a predetermined condition (for example, a condition that the frequency of being judged as a different article is low, or a condition that the count is high).

  Subsequently, the current time, day of the week, and current position of the vehicle are acquired (S228). The current time and day of the week are acquired from the clock function of the control unit 29, and the current position of the vehicle is calculated from the signal obtained from the position detector 21.

  Subsequently, the article management data table is searched based on the identification code of the constituent article C selected in S225, the type ("get off"), the day of the week acquired in S228, and the time, and the corresponding record (article management data) is found. It is determined whether or not it exists (S230). However, the article management data table is searched under the condition that “the time after the current time and closest to the current time is set” only for the time condition. When it is determined that the corresponding record exists (S230: Yes), the process proceeds to S235, and when it is determined that the corresponding record does not exist (S230: No), this process (automatic destination setting process) is performed. finish.

  In S235, which proceeds when it is determined that the corresponding record exists, the place included in the corresponding record is set as a temporary destination. Then, a map of the location of the temporary destination is displayed on the display unit 26, and the user is inquired whether route guidance to the point is executed (S240). As a result, if the user inputs to the operation switch group 22 or the like to perform route guidance (S240: Yes), the process proceeds to S245, and the input to not execute route guidance is performed. If the user has made the switch group 22 or the like (S240: No), this processing (automatic destination setting processing) is terminated.

  In S245, execution of route guidance processing with the temporary destination as the destination is started. Although explanation about this route guidance processing is omitted, it is processing for performing guidance by a widely and generally known method. The route to be guided is performed based on the link number sequence recorded in the travel record 1 of the record found when searching in S230. Note that instead of the route guidance or together with the route guidance, a process of notifying traffic obstacle information (congestion information, accident information, etc.) existing on the route to the destination may be executed. Moreover, the process which alert | reports the information about whether there is room in the time until it gets to alighting place may be performed. This information calculates the time required to reach the place of getting off, adds the calculated time to the current time, and the time set in the record found when searching in S230 It is information based on the determination result of whether or not.

  In subsequent S250, recording of the travel route is started based on the signal from the position detector 21. The travel route is recorded by sequentially recording the link number of the travel route in the travel record 3 of the record found by searching in S235. Then, this process (automatic destination setting process) is terminated.

(3) Travel End Process Next, the travel end process executed by the control unit 29 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The travel end process arrives at the destination (the temporary destination set in S235 of the automatic destination setting process described above) in the state where the recording of the travel route (S250 of the automatic destination setting process described above) is started. Execution starts when

  When starting execution of the travel end process, the control unit 29 determines whether or not the travel record 3 and the travel record 1 in the record found by searching in S230 of the automatic destination setting process described above match (S305). ). Here, “match” means that the link number and its order are completely matched. When it is determined that the travel record 3 and the travel record 1 match (S305: Yes), the process proceeds to S310, and when it is determined that the travel record 3 and the travel record 1 do not match (S305: No), S315. Transfer processing to.

In step S <b> 310, which is performed when it is determined that the travel record 3 and the travel record 1 match, the content of the travel record 3 is copied to the travel record 2. Then, this process (running end process) ends.
On the other hand, in step S315 that is performed when it is determined that the travel record 3 and the travel record 1 do not match, it is determined whether or not the travel record 3 and the travel record 2 match. Here, “match” also means that the link number and its order completely match. When it is determined that the travel record 3 and the travel record 2 match (S315: Yes), the process proceeds to S320, and when it is determined that the travel record 3 and the travel record 2 do not match (S315: No), The process proceeds to S325.

In step S <b> 320, which is performed when it is determined that the travel record 3 and the travel record 2 match, the content of the travel record 3 is copied to the travel record 1. Then, this process (running end process) ends.
In step S325 that is performed when it is determined that the travel record 3 and the travel record 2 do not match, the content of the travel record 3 is copied to the travel record 2. Then, this process (running end process) ends.

  The travel end process has been described above, but more specifically will be described. At the start of execution of the travel end process, the travel record 3 records the travel route for route guidance, the travel record 2 records the travel route recorded last time, and the travel record 1 travels to just before. The travel route (the latest travel route) that has been recorded is recorded. Note that the latest travel route is not necessarily the route being route-guided (for reasons such as avoiding traffic jams).

  Then, by executing the travel end process, if the travel route for route guidance matches the latest travel route (S305: Yes), the latest travel route (travel record 3) is moved to the travel record 2. This is because the latest travel route is used next time as the previous travel route.

  On the other hand, if the travel route for route guidance does not match the latest travel route (S305: No), the latest travel route is compared with the previous travel route (S315). As a result, if the latest travel route coincides with the previous travel route (S315: Yes), the travel route for route guidance is determined to have passed through a travel route different from the travel route for route guidance twice in succession. Replace with the latest travel route (S320).

  On the other hand, if the latest travel route and the previous travel route do not match (S325: No), the latest travel route is different from the previous route as well as the route guidance travel route. Replace with the route (S325).

  In this way, the travel record 1 is recorded with the most suitable travel route for route guidance. Therefore, even if another route (a detour route) is temporarily taken due to a traffic failure or the like, a route that has been passed several times before that instead of the detour route is set as the guide route at the next route guidance. Further, when the detour route is passed several times, the detour route is set as the guide route. That is, the guide route that is more realistic is set.

(4) Article Check Processing Next, the article check processing executed by the control unit 29 will be described using the flowchart of FIG. The article check process is started when power supply to the navigation device 20 is started, or when a door (including a trunk door) of a vehicle on which the navigation device 20 is mounted is closed. The article monitoring process and the automatic destination setting process described above may be started at the same time, or only one of the processes may be executed. When execution is started at the same time, a snapshot of the article management data table (temporary article management data table) is used in this process.

First, the control unit 29 acquires the identification code of the wireless tag attached to the article existing in the vehicle and the article name via the RF receiver 32 (S405).
Next, an article list is generated from the obtained identification code (S410). The article list here is a list composed of one or a plurality of identification codes.

  Next, the article management data table is searched by the current day of the week, time, and type ("get off"), and a necessary article list is generated based on the corresponding record (S415). Note that the article management data table is searched under the condition “time after the current time and within a predetermined elapsed time” only for the time condition. The predetermined elapsed time is suitable for an average boarding time, for example, a time of about 1 hour or 2 hours. The necessary article list is a list including one or a plurality of identification codes.

  Subsequently, the article list generated in S410 is compared with the necessary article list generated in S415 (S420). As a result of the comparison, if it is determined that there is an article that is in the necessary article list but not in the article list (S425: Yes), the process proceeds to S430, and it is determined that there is no article in the necessary article list that is not in the article list. If this is the case (S425: No), this process (article check process) is terminated.

  In step S430, which is performed when it is determined that there is an article that is in the necessary article list but not in the article list, the missing article is notified. Specifically, the article name of the article is displayed on the display unit 26, and the article name is voice-output by the voice output unit 27. Thereafter, this process (article check process) is terminated.

[Effect of the embodiment]
According to the navigation device 20 described above, when the article is unloaded from the vehicle, the article management data (identification code, vehicle position, etc.) is stored in the article management data table (S145 to S155). Then, when the article is brought into the vehicle, the article management table is searched (S230), and the guidance is started with the vehicle position where the corresponding article is lowered as the destination (S245).

  Therefore, the destination is set without any operation for the user to set the destination. Therefore, the operation burden on the user is less than that of a conventional navigation device or the like.

  The article management data table also stores information on the day of the week as article management data (see FIG. 6), and the search is performed with the day of the week as a condition (S230).

Therefore, even when the same article is unloaded at different places depending on the day of the week, the destination is set by distinguishing it. Therefore, the destination is set more accurately.
In addition, route information is also stored in the article management data table (S250).

  Therefore, a route associated with the article, which is different from the route calculated uniformly by the route calculation algorithm, is set as the guide route, and the route guidance desired by the user is executed.

  Further, by executing the article check process, when there is an article that is normally brought into the vehicle but not brought this time, the name of the article is notified (S430). ). Therefore, it is possible to effectively prevent forgetting to stack items.

  Also, since the day of the week is considered in the article check process (S415), even when the same article is loaded depending on the day of the week or not, it is distinguished and notified. Is made. Therefore, there are few inadvertent alerts.

[Other Embodiments]
(1) The recording of the travel route may be started only when the count of the article management data becomes n−1 (for example, n = 3) or more (S250). Only those having a count of n times or more may be searched for in S230. In this way, the accuracy of destination setting and route guidance is improved.

  (2) When there are multiple items brought into the vehicle and their disembarkation times are different, the disembarkation time is treated as a destination, and the disembarkation time later is treated as a destination. It may be. In this way, it is possible to execute route guidance that is more practical.

  (3) During the search in S230, the article management data table is further searched based on the identification code of the different article C selected in S225 and the type ("get off"), and the "location" information of the hit record is one. If you are doing it, you should set the location as a destination to visit irregularly. That is, it is good not to perform the process which alert | reports the information about whether there is room in the time until it gets to alighting place.

  (4) Depending on the user, it may be considered that a golf bag, gym equipment, or the like is left on the vehicle. For such a case, in the automatic destination setting process, even if there is no change in the mounted article (S220: No), it is lowered every week after an appropriate time (tens of minutes to several hours later) from the current time. When there is an article that is being used, route guidance may be executed with the “location” included in the record as the destination. If this is the case, even if the article is left mounted on the vehicle, route guidance to the place where the article is normally unloaded (route guidance, traffic fault notifications, Notification about whether or not time is available is executed.

  (5) For each article, the user may be able to set whether or not to make the above-described processing target. For example, a table such as an article master table in which an identification code for only the target article is recorded may be prepared, and the above-described processing may be executed with reference to the article master table. The user may be able to change the contents of the article master table using the operation switch group 22 or the like. If it is in this way, since only the articles which the user wants to target can be targeted, the accuracy of route guidance and the like is improved.

  In addition, it is preferable that the user can set the range of time conditions in S230 and S415 using the operation switch group 22 and the like. Further, it is preferable that the user can set the allowable time during which the article getting off and boarding in a short time is not recorded in the article management data table by using the operation switch group 22 or the like. As a result, the accuracy of route guidance and the like can be improved as a result.

  (6) If the wireless tag allows writing, when the article is unloaded from the vehicle, the contents of the record of the corresponding article management data table (location where it was unloaded, day of the week, time, etc.) are stored in the article. You may make it write in the attached | subject radio | wireless tag. In this case, by reading the information with another navigation device, an appropriate destination can be automatically set with the navigation device even if there is no item management data table.

[Correspondence with Claims]
The correspondence between the terms used in the description of the above embodiment and the terms used in the description of the claims is shown.

  The navigation device 20 corresponds to an information processing device, the RF receiver 32 corresponds to an identification code reading unit, the storage unit 31 corresponds to a storage unit, and the display unit 26 and the audio output unit 27 correspond to a notification unit. The control unit 29 corresponds to a storage control unit, a destination setting unit, and a notification control unit. Further, the article management data corresponds to history information.

It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of the navigation apparatus of embodiment. It is a flowchart for demonstrating an article | item monitoring process. It is a flowchart for demonstrating an automatic destination setting process. It is a flowchart for demonstrating driving | running | working completion processing. It is a flowchart for demonstrating an article check process. It is a table layout figure for demonstrating an article management data table.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 20 ... Navigation apparatus, 21 ... Position detector, 21a ... GPS receiver, 21b ... Gyroscope, 21c ... Distance sensor, 22 ... Operation switch group, 23a ... Remote control, 23b ... Remote control sensor, 24 ... External communication part, 25 ... Map data input device, 26 ... display section, 27 ... voice output section, 28 ... microphone, 29 ... control section, 31 ... storage section, 32 ... RF receiver.

Claims (9)

In an information processing apparatus used in a vehicle,
Identification code reading means for reading the identification code from the wireless tag attached to the article;
Storage means for storing information;
Storage control for storing the identification code of the article read by the identification code reading means, the position of the vehicle, and the read time in the storage means as history information when the article is unloaded from the vehicle Means,
When an article is brought into the vehicle, the identification code is read by the identification code reading means, and the history information having the same identification code as the identification code is retrieved after the read time, Destination setting means for setting the position of the vehicle included in the history information as a destination;
An information processing apparatus comprising: The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,
The storage control unit further stores the day of the week as the history information in the storage unit,
The destination setting means performs the search using the day of the week stored in the storage means as a condition;
An information processing apparatus characterized by the above. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2,
The storage control means further associates the history information with the route information from when the article is placed on the vehicle to when it is unloaded, and stores the information in the storage means.
The destination setting means sets the route information included in the searched history information as a guide route in addition to the destination;
An information processing apparatus characterized by the above. In the information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
further,
An informing means for informing the information;
Based on the position, the time, and the current time included in the history information corresponding to the destination set by the destination setting means, it is determined whether there is a time margin, and the result is reported to the notification Notification control means for informing the means;
Providing
An information processing apparatus characterized by the above. In an information processing apparatus used in a vehicle,
Identification code reading means for reading the identification code from the wireless tag attached to the article;
Storage means for storing information;
An informing means for informing the user of information;
The identification code of the article read by the identification code reading means when the article is placed on the vehicle or when the article is unloaded from the vehicle, and the reading time Storage control means for storing in the storage means as history information;
Before the departure, the history information in which the time after that time is set is retrieved from the storage means, and an article corresponding to the identification code included in the retrieved history information is present in the vehicle. Notification control that determines whether or not the article is currently not present in the vehicle by using the notification means when the determination is made based on the identification code read by the identification code reading means. Means,
An information processing apparatus comprising: The information processing apparatus according to claim 5,
The storage control means further stores day information in the storage means as the history information,
The notification control means performs the search using the day of week information stored in the storage means as a condition;
An information processing apparatus characterized by the above.   The program for functioning a computer as the said memory | storage control means or the said destination setting means in the information processing apparatus in any one of Claims 1-4.   The program for functioning a computer as the said alerting | reporting control means in the information processing apparatus of Claim 4.   A program for causing a computer to function as the storage control unit or the notification control unit in the information processing apparatus according to claim 5 or 6.

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