JP2009042972A - Receiving apparatus of road traffic information - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a receiving apparatus capable of optionally updating images and voices in a stand-by picture and various display patterns. <P>SOLUTION: The road traffic information receiving apparatus for receiving road traffic information by a mobile body and outputting a report in accordance with the receiving contents and receiving state of reception is provided with a memory card reader/writer for reading out/writing a memory card for achieving user customizing and/or data updating service of various display pattern and a memory slot for inserting the memory card. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a receiving device for road traffic information, and more specifically, a road whose function can be greatly expanded by allowing a user to freely change a display pattern using a memory card and update point data and a program of the receiving device body. The present invention relates to a traffic information receiving apparatus.

Conventional road traffic information receiving devices include, for example, the approach of various monitoring points for monitoring over the speed limit of a moving object such as the “vehicle-mounted navigation device” disclosed in Patent Document 1, and driving of the moving object. Some have a function to notify the hand. According to this device, the driver does not notice that there has been a change in the speed limit determined for each travel point during driving, and keeps driving unintentionally while his car has exceeded the speed limit. In such cases, there are many cases where unfortunately unforeseen accidents occur, which is effective in preventing such accidents.
Also, even if the driver himself is driving along the flow of vehicles in the lane, it may unfortunately get caught in subtle judgments for each monitoring point. Therefore, an unexpected economic loss such as spending a lot of time or paying a large amount of fines occurs, which is effective for preventing such a situation from occurring for the driver. Furthermore, it is also effective to know the approach of various monitoring points that exceed the speed limit and arrange their own vehicles so as not to prevent the passage of this emergency vehicle in advance.
The above-mentioned various monitoring points are generally called Orbis, which includes a fixed type and a mobile type, and the fixed type includes a radar type and a speed measuring device (measurement). Camera) and a speed warning board. In addition, there is a loop coil type measuring sensor provided with a camera and a loop sensor. Further, as a next generation type, what is called an “NH type system” that determines the vehicle speed from blurring of photographic images when a traveling vehicle is photographed with a digital camera is being studied. Note that the radar type includes a so-called stealth type that emits a radar wave only instantaneously. Furthermore, there is a device that uses a photoelectric tube type or infrared type measurement sensor to measure the time required for the vehicle to pass through a certain section to determine the vehicle speed. In addition, the mobile type includes, for example, a radar-type enforcement machine mounted on the patrol car roof.

In addition, as a conventional road traffic information receiving device, various models combining various functions shown below are manufactured and sold.
First, the receiving apparatus had a shape and structure as shown in FIG. In the figure, 81 is a receiving device, 82 is a solar panel, 83 is a GPS built-in part, 84 is a switch, 85 is a volume, 86 is a power switch, and 87 is various indicators.
The receiving apparatus of FIG. 4 has the following specifications as a radar wave receiving function.
(1) The reception frequency corresponds to 10.525 GHz (X band) and 24.200 GHz (K band).
(2) Double superheterodyne is adopted as a receiving method.
(3) As the reception sensitivity switching function, three-level control of H / M / L is possible.
(4) As an alarm function at the time of reception, a level-linked buzzer alarm and a warning display LED lamp are provided.
(5) Other functions include voice received when detecting stealth type enforcement equipment, alarm notification function, alarm mute function, alarm dimmer function (function to reduce the amount of LED lamp light), radar wave caused by leaked radio waves from car navigation A function for preventing malfunction of the receiving apparatus is provided.
Moreover, the function of the specification shown below is comprised as a detection function of the own vehicle position and a running direction.
(1) A GPS function for obtaining information about the vehicle position and the traveling direction of the vehicle.
(2) A map information system function for storing map information including monitoring points and knowing the relationship between the acquired vehicle position and travel direction.
(3) Other functions include detecting the infrared rays emitted from a system that measures the vehicle speed using infrared rays, the LED lamp blinking function when approaching a loop control system, the current consumption reduction function by intermittent GPS reception control, and the loop Equipped with a power saving mode function, an Orbis function, and an area cut function that only notify the approach of the system control system.
Furthermore, as a wireless reception function, a function having the following specifications is provided.
(1) The reception frequencies correspond to 350 and 100 MHz (frequency violation frequency) and 407.725 MHz (frequency used by the car locator system) 159.275 to 160.575 MHz (VHF).
(2) Double superheterodyne is adopted as a receiving method.
(3) Each ON / OFF switching is provided as the reception function switching.
(4) As an alarm function at the time of reception, the voice output of the reception voice / notification alarm and the blinking operation of the LED lamp corresponding to 350.100 MHz, the voice output of the notification voice and the blinking operation of the LED lamp corresponding to the car locator system, As VHF correspondence, the voice output of the announcement voice and the blinking operation of the LED lamp are provided.
(5) As a car location mute function, a function of canceling the alarm sound output for the subsequent 120 seconds by a mute operation during the output of the alarm sound at the time of detecting the car locator system is provided.
(6) As a caro care attenuator function, a function for switching the attenuator ON / OFF when receiving a radio wave of the car locator system is provided.
(7) As a car location reception artificial intelligence, it has a function of judging the near / close of a radio wave source and outputting a notification voice.
In addition,
(1) Function to turn on / off the GPS function.
(2) Auto power control function.
(3) Battery voltage detection function.
(4) LSC function (function to control warning output according to the vibration state of the vehicle)
(5) Time dimmer function (function to control the light quantity of the LED lamp based on GPS time information)
(6) Set operation voltage support function (DC 12V corresponding to use of both external power supply and charging, DC 3.6V corresponding to use of built-in rechargeable battery).
(7) Solar battery device (with solar panel). Etc.
Recently, as a product that has cleared all the problems such as the orientation of the solar panel, the reception sensitivity of GPS radio waves, the improvement of the reception sensitivity of microwaves with high straightness, and the safety of operation switches, etc. As shown in Fig. 5, which is an improvement of the product shown, the remote control and the main body are separated from the main body side solar panel and the large display to improve the position and orientation of the display, and position registration data such as various control points are stored. A sun visor compatible GPS solar radar detector with remote control stored in memory has been developed and put on the market.
JP-A-9-318371

However, in the conventional device, it was possible to notify the driver of the police control area by radar detection, or to display and notify the police control area based on the control information stored in the storage device in advance. Recently, there has been a problem that road traffic information such as various types of point information is increasing day by day, and only the information stored in the existing storage device cannot cope with the increased number of newly established points.
Also, if you want to change the display pattern and sound that visually displays various control points and the like on the EL screen with pictures and the pattern image on the standby screen to your favorite image and sound so that the user can quickly recognize the warning contents There was also a problem that even if I thought, I could not change it freely.
Therefore, according to the present invention, the user can freely update the road traffic information stored in the memory such as the position of the new point, and the user can freely display the pattern and sound of the display patterns of various information according to his / her preference. An object of the present invention is to provide a road traffic information receiving device that can be rewritten and changed.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention of the road traffic information receiving device according to claim 1 receives road traffic information in an automobile and notifies the driver according to the received contents and reception status of the reception. A GPS module for detecting the position of the automobile and calculating the speed of the automobile, a position registration data memory for registering road traffic information corresponding to the position, and position and speed data from the GPS module. A road traffic information receiving apparatus comprising: a CPU that receives and controls road traffic information corresponding to a current position from the position registration data memory; and a display unit that visually displays the road traffic information. Memory card reader that reads and writes memory cards that enable user customization of various display patterns and / or data update services Writer and further comprising a memory slot for inserting the memory card and said.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the road traffic information receiving device according to the first aspect, the memory card is inserted into the memory slot, and the data stored in the memory card is stored in the memory card. It is characterized by updating.
According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the road traffic information receiving device according to the second aspect of the present invention, the content updated with the data stored in the memory card is displayed on the display unit so that the user can display the memory card. It is characterized by being able to update with saved images and sounds of your choice.

According to the present invention, new information can be added and updated instantly no matter how many new control points are added, so you can make inquiries by phone, send the receiving device to rewrite the data, or install a separate adapter. Economical and time-consuming tasks such as purchasing and updating data can be saved, and safe operation can be performed because the current situation can always be met.
In addition, the display pattern and the voice can be made into a favorite pattern that can be easily recognized by the user, thereby enabling a quick reaction and contributing to safe driving.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an apparatus for receiving road traffic information according to the present invention.
2 is a perspective view of the road traffic information receiving apparatus shown in FIG.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a display pattern stored in the SD memory shown in FIG.
In FIG. 1, FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing basic functions of the receiving apparatus main body.
A range surrounded by 20 is a block diagram of the conventional device of FIG. 4, and a range surrounded by 10 is a block diagram of the road traffic information receiving device according to the present invention, a memory card reader for reading a memory card into the conventional device 20. The feature is that a writer 56 is added. Inside the receiver body, a main control unit (CPU) 31, a distance / position / velocity data receiving unit 32 for processing signals from the GPS receiver 30, and a standard data memory (on-board memory) for storing standard position registration data 48 and an external memory card 52 such as a rewritable SD memory for data updating provided by the present invention (in addition, a memory stick, a picture card, a compact flash, a USB memory, etc. can be used) 52 Is going. For example, the position registration data in the on-board memory 48 is used to notify / warn the position of the enforcement machine, the expressway / general road speed limit / overloading, information, etc. by voice or a display pattern such as a default standard image. GPS data such as speed switching points, enforcement points, accident-prone areas, police stations, Orbis speed limits, 7 types of speed regulators, N system locations, 17-band radio waves, X / K radar wave information Etc. are registered. In the X / K band radar receiver, a signal received from the high frequency receiver 33 is processed by the signal processor 34 and input to the main controller 31. In the wireless receiver, a 150 to 170 MHz high frequency receiver 35, a signal level detector / detector 36, a 300 to 410 MHz high frequency receiver 37, a signal level detector / detector 38, a 420 to 500 MHz high frequency receiver 39, and a signal level detector. A received signal is input to the main control unit 31 via the detector 40. The infrared light receiving unit 41 inputs a signal from the remote controller to the main control unit 31. Further, the main control unit 31 outputs an alarm sound output from the alarm sound output unit 44 to the speaker 45, outputs an alarm signal to the alarm LED display unit 46, and outputs / displays various setting conditions and the like on the EL display 50. Yes. In addition, the power supply unit supplies power from the solar battery 42 and the rechargeable battery 47 to each unit via the power supply control unit 43. Some solar batteries are not installed depending on the model.
In the memory card (SD card) 52, the above-described location registration data stored in the on-board memory 48, a standby screen freely rewritten by a user's preference, a separately prepared template, etc., various display patterns Data, audio data, and the like are stored.
When this memory card (SD card) 52 is inserted into a slot provided in the apparatus as shown in FIG. 2, it is read by the memory card reader / writer 56 (FIG. 1) and sent to the CPU 31.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the flat plate type receiver 10 of the GPS radar detector type shown in FIG. 1, 50 is an EL display unit, 51 is a card slot cover on the side, and this cover 51 is opened to open a micro SD card. 52 is inserted and used. Of course, the present invention is not limited to the micro SD card 52, and other write / erasable flash memory cards can be used. The receiving device main body may be attached and fixed to a dashboard or the like of an automobile using an attachment member such as a mounting base or a base for attachment, and may be operated by a separate remote controller.
The micro SD card 52 stores the update data of the same type as the location registration data of the onboard memory 48. Incidentally, the onboard memory 48 stores the location registration data (the alarm based on the audio / video). Speed limit switching points (approx. 900 locations), control points (approx. 2,600 locations), Orbis speed limit check-in (approx. 680 locations), speed control devices (approx. 680 locations), overload monitoring system, parking prohibited Stores about 14,000 items such as Eliya, fire fighting radio, police radio, heli tele radio, radar stealth alarm, emergency vehicle information, location registration data using 23 types of high-precision GPS data, standby screens, and the like.

FIG. 3 shows an example of various update data stored in the micro SD card 52. From the top, (1) “Standby screen”, (2) “Forbidden area alarm”, (3) “Firefighting” Four types of image change image examples are shown: “when alarming during wireless reception” and (4) “when alarming during police car wireless reception”.
In the case of “standby screen” in (1), the standard image before the change in (a) is the default screen first stored in the onboard memory 48 (FIG. 1) or the like. A picture of “original data” represents a picture to be written to the SD card 52 in a standby screen image from a user-preferred character, template, or the like, and a “changed display example” in (c) is displayed on the receiving device. It is an image newly written on the SD card 52 on the standby screen.
As for writing to the micro SD card 52, for example, when new points or the like are added or there is favorite original data, the user inserts the SD card 52 into the memory slot of the personal computer 55, and the new one via the Internet. Data can be easily written into the SD card 52 by taking in data or creating it by the user himself. The SD card 52 in which the point data has been written and updated in this manner is inserted into the slot of the receiving device shown in FIG. 2 and read by the memory card reader / writer 56 (FIG. 1), so that new data is stored in the CPU 31 (FIG. 1). Sent to. In this way, the micro SD memory 52 in which preferred original data or a new standby screen is written is inserted into the card slot of the receiving device main body 50, and the changed image is displayed on the standby screen as shown in (c). Can do.
The other (2) display pattern images such as “at the time of a prohibited area alarm” shown in FIG. 3 are the same, and the default (a) “Men police officers and police cars that control parking at night” are shown. , Instead of the user's favorite (b) "daytime police and reindeer" picture, the warning voice data is also from "♪ Jean, no parking here Elijah", "♪ Jean, this place is no parking, "Let's be careful!" Other examples of (3) “Alarm when receiving firefighter radio” and (4) “Alarm when receiving police car wireless” can be similarly rewritten.

In addition, when a new point or the like is added, the writing and updating of the point data can be easily performed by writing to the SD card 52.
Furthermore, data rewriting is not limited to GPS point data, and basic program version rewriting can be easily performed using an SD card.
As described above, according to the present invention, the memory card reader / writer for reading and writing the memory card in the conventional receiving apparatus and the memory slot for inserting the memory card are provided. Alternatively, a data update service can be enabled.

1 is a block diagram of a road traffic information receiving apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. It is an external appearance perspective view of the receiver shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a display pattern of SD memory shown in FIG. It is a perspective view of the receiving device of the conventional road traffic information. It is a block diagram of the conventional remote control operation type receiver.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Road traffic information receiving apparatus according to the present invention 20 Conventional road traffic information receiving apparatus 30 GPS receiver 31 Main control unit 32 Distance / position speed data receiving unit 33 High frequency receiving unit 34 Signal processing unit 35 150 to 170 MHz high frequency receiving 36, 38, 40 Signal level detection, detector 37 300-410 MHz high frequency receiver 39 420-500 MHz high frequency receiver 41 Infrared light receiving unit 42 Solar battery 43 Power supply control unit 44 Alarm ounce audio output unit 45 Speaker 46 Alarm warning lamp setting Status EL and LED display 47 Rechargeable battery 48 On-board memory 50 EL display 51 Card slot / cover 52 SD card memory

Claims (3)

A road traffic information receiving device for receiving road traffic information in a vehicle and notifying a driver according to the received contents and reception status of the received vehicle, wherein the GPS module detects the position of the vehicle and calculates the speed of the vehicle A position registration data memory in which road traffic information corresponding to the position is registered, and position and speed data received from the GPS module, and road traffic information corresponding to the current position is obtained from the position registration data memory for control. In a road traffic information receiving device comprising: a CPU to perform; and a display unit for visually displaying the road traffic information.
Receiving road traffic information comprising a memory card reader / writer for reading and writing a memory card that enables user customization of various display patterns and / or a data update service and a memory slot for inserting the memory card apparatus.   2. The road traffic information receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the memory card is inserted into the memory slot and data stored in the receiving apparatus main body is updated with data stored in the memory card.   The content updated with the data stored in the memory card is displayed on the display unit, so that the user can update the user's favorite image and sound stored in the memory card. 2. A road traffic information receiving device according to 2.