JP2008145169A - Navigation apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a navigation apparatus capable of scrolling a map while altering a representative fraction in such a way that a plurality of recommended routes may be included in one screen. <P>SOLUTION: A display screen of a display monitor 16 is pressed by a finger (code 61a). The finger in a pressing state is moved in the direction of the arrow 62a. The finger is separated from the display screen in the direction of the arrow 62b (code 61c) continuously without halting the moving finger (code 61b). The map (30) is scrolled, and its representative fraction is altered in such a way as to display the recommended routes 21a-21c to display the map. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a navigation apparatus that provides a plurality of recommended routes to a user and allows the user to select a preferred recommended route from among the plurality of recommended routes.

A vehicle navigation apparatus that provides a plurality of recommended routes in a single search process and can select a recommended route desired by the user from among them is known as a prior art (for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2002-202137 A

  In order to investigate what kind of road each recommended route passes among a plurality of recommended routes searched, there is a case where one recommended route is enlarged and displayed. Further, in order to compare a plurality of recommended routes, there is a case where it is desired to display a map at a scale ratio in which a plurality of recommended routes are included in one screen. In the conventional vehicle navigation device as described in Patent Document 1, such display switching of the recommended route is not considered.

(1) The navigation device according to the first aspect of the invention rubs the display monitor, the touch panel provided on the display monitor, search means for searching for a plurality of recommended routes from the departure place to the destination, and the touch panel. The display control means switches the map scroll of the map displayed on the display monitor and the integrated control of the scale ratio according to different operation modes.
(2) According to the invention of claim 2, in the navigation device of claim 1, when the display control means detects one operation mode, the display control means scrolls the map in the rubbing direction without changing the scale ratio, When the operation form is detected, the scale is changed so that at least a part of the plurality of recommended routes is displayed on the monitor, and the map is scrolled in a predetermined direction.
(3) The invention according to claim 3 is the navigation device according to claim 2, wherein one operation mode is an operation in which, after rubbing the touch panel with a finger, the rubbing finger is temporarily stopped and then the finger is released from the touch panel. The other operation mode is characterized in that the touch panel is rubbed with a finger and the finger is released from the touch panel without stopping the rubbed finger.
(4) The invention of claim 4 is the navigation device according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the predetermined direction is a rubbing direction.
(5) The invention of claim 5 is the navigation device according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the predetermined direction is a direction of a destination.
(6) The invention of claim 6 is characterized in that, in the navigation device according to claim 5, when the display control means scrolls the map in the direction of the destination, the scrolling is continued until the touch panel is pressed.

  According to the navigation device of the present invention, the display control means for switching between the map scroll of the map displayed on the display monitor and the integrated control of the scale ratio according to different operation modes when rubbing on the touch panel is provided. Therefore, the map can be changed to a scale ratio in which a plurality of recommended routes are included in one screen while scrolling the map. Thereby, even when scrolling the map and examining one recommended route, it is possible to display a display screen on which a plurality of recommended routes can be easily compared, thereby improving user convenience.

  A configuration of a navigation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG. The navigation device 1 can search and display a plurality of recommended routes from the departure point to the destination. The user can select a preferred recommended route from the displayed recommended routes, and can receive route guidance according to the selected recommended route. The navigation device 1 includes a control circuit 11, ROM 12, RAM 13, current location detection device 14, image memory 15, display monitor 16, input device 17, speaker 18, touch panel 19, and disk drive 111. The disc drive 111 is loaded with a DVD-ROM 112 storing map data.

  The control circuit 11 includes a microprocessor and its peripheral circuits, and performs various controls by executing a control program stored in the ROM 12 using the RAM 13 as a work area. When the control circuit 11 performs a predetermined route search process based on the map data stored in the DVD-ROM 112, the processing result is displayed on the display monitor 16 as a recommended route.

  The current location detection device 14 is a device that detects the current location of the vehicle, and includes, for example, a vibration gyro 14a, a vehicle speed sensor 14b, a GPS (Global Positioning System) sensor 14c, and the like. The vibration gyro 14a detects the traveling direction of the vehicle, the vehicle speed sensor 14b detects the vehicle speed, and the GPS sensor 14c detects a GPS signal from a GPS satellite. The navigation device 1 determines a map display range, a route search start point, and the like based on the current location of the vehicle detected by the current location detection device 14, and displays the current location on the map.

  The image memory 15 stores image data to be displayed on the display monitor 16. This image data includes map drawing data and various graphic data, which are appropriately generated based on the map data stored in the DVD-ROM 112. The navigation device 1 can perform map display and the like by using the image data generated in this way.

  The touch panel 19 is a transparent touch switch laminated on the surface of the display monitor 16, and an image displayed on the display monitor 16 is displayed through the touch panel 19. When the display screen of the display monitor 16 is pressed, the touch panel 19 is pressed. The touch panel 19 sends a signal corresponding to the operation position on the touch panel 19 to the touch panel control unit 110, and the touch panel control unit 110 calculates the pressed position of the touch panel 19.

  When various buttons, display menus, and the like displayed on the display monitor 16 are pressed with a finger, the touch panel 19 is pressed. Then, the processes defined in the pressed various buttons and the display menu are executed. If the display screen on which the map is displayed is rubbed, the map is scrolled in the rubbing direction.

  The disk drive 111 reads map data for displaying a map on the display monitor 16 from the loaded DVD-ROM 112. The map data includes map display data, route search data, and the like. The map display data and the route search data include road link information and node information stored in the map data. The map display data has map data of a plurality of scales from wide areas to details, and the scale of the display map can be changed according to a user request. The map data may be read from a recording medium other than the DVD-ROM 112, such as a CD-ROM or a hard disk.

  The display monitor 16 provides the user with various information such as a map near the vehicle position as a screen display based on various information such as map data.

  The input device 17 has operation keys for the user to set various commands, and is realized by a button switch on the operation panel. The user selects and sets a destination by pressing a button switch on the panel with a finger according to an instruction on the display screen of the display monitor 16.

  The speaker 18 outputs sound for guiding the operation to the user and guiding the route.

  When the destination is set by the user, the navigation device 1 performs a route calculation from the current location detected by the current location detection device 14 to the destination based on a predetermined algorithm. At this time, a plurality of recommended routes are searched according to a plurality of search conditions such as highway priority, distance priority, and time priority. The plurality of recommended routes obtained in this way are displayed on the screen separately from other roads by changing the display form, for example, the display color. Thereby, the user can recognize the recommended route on the map on the screen. The user can operate the input device 17 to select a recommended recommended route from a plurality of recommended routes displayed on the screen. The navigation device 1 displays the selected recommended route on the map displayed on the display monitor 16 so that the vehicle can travel according to the selected recommended route, and instructs the user on the direction of travel using a screen or voice, Route the vehicle.

  Next, a map scrolling operation according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. Here, three recommended routes from the vehicle position to the destination are searched in advance. In order to examine what kind of road these recommended routes pass, the user will be assumed to enlarge the map displaying the recommended routes on the display monitor 16 and scroll the map.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a wide area map 20 displaying three recommended routes 21a to 21c searched in advance. The wide area map 20 shows the vehicle position 22 that is the departure point of the recommended routes 21a to 21c and the destination 23 of the recommended routes 21a to 21c. A range indicated by a dotted line 24a in FIG. 2 is a display range in the wide area map 20 that is first displayed on the display monitor 16 by the user.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the operation of scrolling the map displayed on the display screen of the display monitor 16 as it is. On the display screen, a map 30 displaying the range of the dotted line 24a of the map 20 of FIG. 2 is displayed. Overlaid on the map 30, a vehicle position mark 31 and a recommended route 21a to 21c displaying the vehicle position 22 are displayed.

  When the user scrolls the map 30 displayed on the display screen as it is, the user performs the following operation. The display screen is pressed with a finger (reference numeral 32a). The finger is moved in the direction of the arrow 33 in the pressed state. Then, after stopping the moving finger (reference numeral 32b), the finger is released from the display screen. That is, the touch panel 19 is rubbed in the direction of the arrow 33, the rubbed finger is temporarily stopped, and then the finger is released from the touch panel 19. Then, as shown in FIG. 4, the display range of the display monitor 16 in the wide area map 20 moves from the range of the dotted line 24 a to the range of the dotted line 24 b in the direction of the arrow 33. Then, as shown in FIG. 5, a map 50 in the range of the dotted line 24 b of the wide area map 20 is displayed on the display monitor 16.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining an operation of scrolling the map displayed on the display screen of the display monitor 16 by changing the map to a scale ratio including the three recommended routes 21a to 21c. FIG. 6 shows a display screen of the display monitor 16 that displays the range of the dotted line 24a in FIG.

  When the user changes the map 30 displayed on the display screen to a scale ratio including the three recommended paths 21a to 21c and scrolls, the user performs the following operation. The display screen is pressed with a finger (reference numeral 61a). In the pressed state, the finger is moved in the direction of the arrow 62a. Without stopping the moving finger (reference numeral 61b), the finger is moved away from the display screen in the direction of the arrow 62b (reference numeral 61c). That is, the touch panel 19 is rubbed in the direction of the arrow 62a, and the finger is released from the touch panel 19 without stopping the finger. Then, as shown in FIG. 7, the display range of the display monitor 16 in the wide area map 20 moves from the range of the dotted line 24a in the direction of the arrow 62a. Then, the display range of the display monitor 16 is expanded to the range where the recommended routes 21a to 21c are displayed (the range of the dotted line 24c). As a result, as shown in FIG. 8, a map 80 on which recommended routes 21 a to 21 c are displayed is displayed on the display monitor 16.

  Next, map scroll processing according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The processing of FIG. 9 is performed in the control circuit 11 by executing a program that starts when the map 30 displayed on the display screen is pressed.

  In step S901, after the touch panel 19 is pressed, the value of the parameter n that identifies the detection order of the detected pressed positions is set to zero. In step S902, the touch position is calculated by the touch panel control unit 110, and the pressed position (Xn, Yn) is detected. In step S903, detection of pressing of the touch panel 19 is waited for 100 ms.

  In step S <b> 904, it is determined based on a signal from the touch panel 19 whether the touch panel 19 is pressed. If it is pressed, an affirmative determination is made in step S904, and the process proceeds to step S905. If not pressed, a negative determination is made in step S904, and the process proceeds to step S906.

  In step S905, n + 1 is set as the value of parameter n. Then, the process returns to step S902.

  In step S906, the scroll direction and scroll distance of the map 30 are calculated based on the last detected pressing position (Xn, Yn) and the first detected pressing position (X0, Y0). Here, the direction of the press position (Xn, Yn) detected last with respect to the press position (X0, Y0) detected first becomes the scroll direction of the map 30. The scroll distance of the map 30 is a value obtained by multiplying the distance between the last detected pressing position (Xn, Yn) and the first detected pressing position (X0, Y0) by a predetermined constant.

  In step S907, the square value of the distance between the last detected pressing position (Xn, Yn) and the previous pressing position (Xn-1, Yn-1) is determined from the predetermined value S. Determine if it is larger. The value of the predetermined value S is, for example, a square value of a distance of 10 dots with a resolution capable of detecting the pressed position of the touch panel 19. Based on the determination in step S907, it is determined whether the finger has moved away from the touch panel 19 after the movement of the finger has stopped temporarily, or whether the finger has left without stopping. If the square value is greater than the predetermined value S, an affirmative determination is made in step S907 and the process proceeds to step S908. If the square value is less than or equal to the predetermined value S, a negative determination is made in step S907, and the process proceeds to step S909.

  In step S908, the scale ratio changing process of the map 30 displayed on the display monitor 16 is performed. Details of this processing will be described later. In step S909, the map displayed on the display monitor 16 is scrolled with the map scroll direction and scroll distance calculated in step S906.

  Next, the scale ratio changing process in step S908 of FIG. 9 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In step S1001, the range of the map displayed on the display screen after scrolling in the direction and distance calculated in step S906 of FIG. 9 is calculated.

  In step S1002, it is determined whether at least a part of the roads constituting all the recommended routes 21a to 21c are displayed in the calculated map range, that is, the map displayed on the display screen after scrolling. That is, for all the recommended routes 21a to 21c, it is determined whether any one link constituting each recommended route 21a to 21c is included in the calculated map range. If a positive determination is made in step S1002, the scale change process ends. If a negative determination is made in step S1002, the process proceeds to step S1003.

  In step S1003, the range of the map displayed on the display screen when the map scale is further reduced by one level is calculated. In step S1004, it is determined whether or not at least one link constituting all the recommended routes 21a to 21c is displayed in the map range calculated in step S1003. If a positive determination is made in step S1004, the process proceeds to step S1005. In step S1005, the map is displayed at the scale used in step S1003. If a negative determination is made in step S1004, the process returns to step S1003.

The navigation device 1 according to the above embodiment has the following effects.
(1) When a part of the plurality of recommended routes 21a to 21c is enlarged and the map 30 is displayed, the touch panel 19 is rubbed with a finger, the rubbed finger is temporarily stopped and then the finger is released from the touch panel 19, The map 30 is scrolled in the rubbing direction without changing the scale ratio. Further, when the touch panel 19 is rubbed with a finger and the finger is released from the touch panel 19 without stopping the rubbed finger, the map 80 is scrolled in the rubbing direction. At this time, at least a part of all the recommended routes 21a to 21c is changed to a scale ratio displayed on one screen. Therefore, even when one recommended route is examined by scrolling the map, a display screen that can be easily compared with other recommended routes can be displayed, so that convenience for the user is improved.

(2) The function executed by rubbing the touch panel 19 is changed depending on whether the finger is released from the touch panel 19 after having been temporarily stopped after rubbing the touch panel 19 with a finger, or whether the finger is released from the touch panel 19 without stopping. be able to. Therefore, a plurality of functions can be executed by an operation mode in which the same touch panel 19 is rubbed with a finger, and convenience for the user is improved.

The navigation apparatus 1 of the above embodiment can be modified as follows.
(1) When the finger is released from the touch panel 19 without stopping the rubbed finger, the map 80 is scrolled in the rubbing direction, and at least a part of the plurality of recommended routes 21a to 21c is displayed on one screen. However, the scroll direction is not limited to the rubbing direction as long as it is a scroll direction in which the plurality of recommended paths 21a to 21c can be compared on one screen. For example, as shown in FIG. 11, the map may be scrolled in the directions 90 a to 90 c of the destination 23 instead of the rubbing direction. Dotted lines 24 a and 24 d to 24 f indicate the display range of the display monitor 16. By doing in this way, a map can be scrolled in the scroll direction suitable for displaying the some recommendation path | routes 21a-21c on 1 screen.

(2) When the rubbing operation on the touch panel 19 is performed once, it is scrolled by a predetermined amount. However, the scrolling may be continued until the touch panel 19 is pressed again after the map scroll is started in the direction of the destination 23 as in (1) above. A plurality of recommended routes 21a to 21c can be compared to the destination 23 by one scroll operation, and the convenience for the user is improved.

(3) The map may be scrolled after changing the scale ratio of the map displayed on the display monitor 16 to the scale ratio at which at least a part of all the recommended routes 21a to 21c is displayed. Or after scrolling a map, you may make it change the scale ratio of the map currently displayed on the display monitor 16 to the scale ratio in which at least one part is displayed about all the recommended paths 21a-21c. Further, while scrolling the map, the scale ratio of the map displayed on the display monitor 16 may be gradually changed to the scale ratio at which at least a part of all the recommended routes 21a to 21c is displayed.

(4) The above description is an example, and the present invention is not limited to any navigation device that can switch between integrated control of map scroll and scale ratio according to different operation modes when rubbing on the touch panel. A configuration may be adopted. For example, in the first operation mode, the map is scrolled in the rubbing direction without changing the scale ratio, and in the second operation mode, at least a part of the plurality of recommended routes is displayed on the monitor. The scale ratio may be changed. In addition to the above embodiment, the first operation mode may be an operation of rubbing the touch panel 19 with one finger, and the second operation mode may be an operation of rubbing the touch panel 19 with two fingers. In this case, a touch panel 19 that can detect a plurality of pressed positions is used. Even in such a case, even when one recommended route is examined by scrolling the map, a display screen that can be easily compared with other recommended routes can be displayed. improves.

  The above description is merely an example, and the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment.

The correspondence between the elements of the claims and the embodiments will be described.
The search means and display control means of the present invention correspond to the control circuit 11. In addition, the above description is an example to the last, and when interpreting invention, it is not limited to the correspondence of the component of said embodiment and the component of this invention at all.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the navigation apparatus of embodiment of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating three recommended paths searched beforehand. It is a figure for demonstrating operation which scrolls the map displayed on the display screen of the display monitor as it is. It is a figure for demonstrating the movement of the display range of the display monitor in a wide area map. It is a figure for demonstrating the display screen displayed on a display monitor after scrolling a map. It is a figure for demonstrating operation which changes and changes the map displayed on the display screen of the display monitor to the reduced scale rate containing three recommended paths. It is a figure for demonstrating the movement of the display range of the display monitor in a wide area map. It is a figure for demonstrating the display screen displayed on a display monitor, after changing a map to the reduced scale containing three recommended paths and scrolling a map. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the map scroll process in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the scale ratio change process of FIG.9 S907. It is a figure for demonstrating the scroll of the map of a destination direction.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Navigation apparatus 11 Control circuit 16 Display monitor 17 Input device 19 Touch panel 21a-21c Recommended path | route 24a-24f Display range of a display monitor

Claims (6)

A display monitor;
A touch panel provided on the display monitor;
Search means for searching for multiple recommended routes from the starting point to the destination,
A navigation apparatus, comprising: a display control means for switching between map scrolling of the map displayed on the display monitor and integrated control of the scale ratio according to different operation modes when rubbing on the touch panel. The navigation device according to claim 1.
The display control means scrolls the map in the rubbing direction without changing the scale ratio when one of the operation forms is detected, and at least for each of the plurality of recommended routes when the other operation form is detected. A navigation device characterized by changing a scale ratio so that a part of a route is displayed on the monitor and scrolling a map in a predetermined direction. The navigation device according to claim 2,
The one operation mode is an operation in which, after rubbing the touch panel with a finger, the rubbing finger is temporarily stopped and then released from the touch panel, and the other operation mode is performed by rubbing the touch panel with a finger, A navigation device characterized in that the operation is to release a finger from the touch panel without stopping the rubbed finger. The navigation device according to claim 2 or 3,
The navigation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined direction is a rubbing direction. The navigation device according to claim 2 or 3,
The navigation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined direction is a direction of the destination. The navigation device according to claim 5, wherein
When the display control means scrolls the map in the direction of the destination, the display device continues the scrolling until the touch panel is pressed.

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