JP2009300117A - Route guiding device for vehicle, and route guiding system for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reliably reduce the amount of ultraviolet rays hitting on a vehicle occupant. <P>SOLUTION: A correspondence between information of a current location and information of the amount of ultraviolet rays measured by an ultraviolet sensor 2 at the current location is stored in a memory of a control device 18 every travel of a prescribed distance by the vehicle. When processing route search execution by the control device 18, a route wherein the amount of ultraviolet rays in a vehicle compartment of the vehicle is the least is selected from among a plurality of guide candidate routes based on the correspondence, and is guided as a moving route. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a navigation device and a vehicle route guidance system.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a technique for enabling a driver who is traveling to avoid sun glare is known. For example, Patent Literature 1 discloses a technique for predicting that direct sunlight is inserted into the driver's seat and notifying the driver in advance that direct sunlight is inserted into the driver's seat. Patent Document 2 discloses a technique for predicting that direct sunlight is inserted into a driver's seat and guiding a route that avoids a route in which the sun enters the driver's front view.
JP 2003-121159 A JP-A-8-159800

  However, the techniques disclosed in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 have a problem that although the amount of direct sunlight hitting a driver can be reduced, the amount of ultraviolet rays hitting a vehicle occupant cannot always be reduced. ing.

  Specifically, since ultraviolet rays are light having a wavelength shorter than that of visible light, it is more easily scattered than visible light and is inserted into a place where direct sunlight is not inserted. Therefore, even in places where the amount of direct sunlight is small, there are places where the amount of ultraviolet rays is large, and there are places where the amount of ultraviolet rays is small. That is, the amount of ultraviolet rays cannot be determined by the presence or absence of direct sunlight. Therefore, even if the techniques disclosed in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 performed in anticipation of direct sunlight being inserted into the driver's seat, the amount of ultraviolet rays corresponding to a vehicle occupant cannot necessarily be reduced.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a vehicular route guidance device and a vehicular route guidance system that can more reliably reduce the amount of ultraviolet rays corresponding to a vehicle occupant. Is to provide.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the vehicle route guidance device according to claim 1 is a vehicle route guidance device that searches and guides a travel route through which a vehicle can reach a destination from a departure place. Current position information acquisition means for sequentially acquiring position information, ultraviolet light amount information acquisition means for acquiring information on the amount of ultraviolet rays in the vehicle interior of the vehicle measured by an ultraviolet sensor, information on the current position, and the current position at the current position A correspondence storage unit that stores a correspondence relationship with information on the amount of ultraviolet rays measured by the ultraviolet sensor, and a plurality of guides that are candidates for guidance as the travel route based on the correspondence relationship stored in the correspondence storage unit Vehicle candidate selection means for selecting a route that minimizes the amount of ultraviolet rays in the passenger compartment among candidate routes is provided, and the route selected by the vehicle side selection means is guided as the movement route. It is characterized in.

  According to this, the ultraviolet light amount information is associated with each point where the ultraviolet light amount in the passenger compartment is actually measured by the ultraviolet sensor. Therefore, when there is a point where the amount of ultraviolet rays is actually measured (hereinafter referred to as an actually measured point) among the points existing on the guidance candidate route, the amount of ultraviolet light in the passenger compartment at the point existing on the guidance candidate route is calculated. Can be predicted with high probability. Therefore, it is possible to select a route that minimizes the amount of ultraviolet rays in the passenger compartment from among a plurality of candidate guide routes. Therefore, according to the structure of Claim 1, it can make it possible to reduce more reliably the ultraviolet-ray amount which hits the passenger | crew of a vehicle.

  The route guidance device for a vehicle according to claim 2, further comprising: an ultraviolet ray amount related information acquisition means for acquiring ultraviolet ray amount related information, which is at least one of weather information as weather information and date information as date information. The correspondence storage unit further includes a correspondence between the current position information, the ultraviolet light amount information measured by the ultraviolet sensor at the current position, and the ultraviolet light amount relation information when the ultraviolet light amount is measured at the current position. Stores relationships.

  According to this, the ultraviolet ray amount information and the ultraviolet ray amount related information when the ultraviolet ray amount is actually measured are associated with each point where the ultraviolet ray amount is actually measured by the ultraviolet sensor. Therefore, among the points existing on the guidance candidate route, there is an actual measurement point, and the ultraviolet ray amount related information (that is, weather and date / time) when the vehicle is expected to pass through this actual measurement point is the actual measurement point. If it is the same as the ultraviolet ray amount related information associated with the point, the ultraviolet ray amount in the passenger compartment at the point existing on the guidance candidate route can be predicted with higher probability. Therefore, it is possible to select a route that minimizes the amount of ultraviolet rays in the passenger compartment from among a plurality of candidate guide routes.

  Further, in the vehicle route guidance apparatus according to claim 3, the vehicle-side selection means passes through a point of the guidance candidate route that is estimated to have the ultraviolet ray amount equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold based on the correspondence relationship. The route with the least number of times is selected as the route with the least amount of ultraviolet rays in the vehicle interior of the vehicle.

  According to the third aspect, it is possible to more surely reduce the amount of ultraviolet rays corresponding to the vehicle occupant.

  The route guidance device for a vehicle according to claim 4 further includes traffic information acquisition means for acquiring traffic information indicating a traffic congestion state on the guidance candidate route, wherein the vehicle side selection means is based on the traffic information. In the guidance candidate route, the higher the degree of traffic congestion, the higher the amount of ultraviolet light associated with the correspondence relationship is corrected, and the amount of ultraviolet light in the passenger compartment is corrected based on the amount of ultraviolet light after the correction. It is characterized by selecting the least number of routes.

  If the vehicle stays at a single point due to traffic jams, it may be necessary to continue to bathe for a long time without being able to block out the ultraviolet rays, which is considered to be more affected by the ultraviolet rays. In addition, when there is no traffic jam and the vehicle is hardly staying at one point, even if the amount of ultraviolet rays in the vehicle interior at that point is strong, it is considered that the vehicle is not easily affected by the ultraviolet rays.

  Therefore, according to the configuration of claim 4, among the plurality of guide candidate routes, avoiding a route that is considered to be more affected by ultraviolet rays, and selecting a route that is considered less susceptible to ultraviolet rays, Furthermore, it becomes possible to carry out with high precision.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a vehicular route guidance apparatus for searching and guiding a moving route that allows a vehicle to reach a destination from a departure place, in order to solve the above-mentioned problem. Current position information acquisition means for sequentially acquiring current position information, ultraviolet light amount information acquisition means for acquiring information on the amount of ultraviolet light in the vehicle compartment measured by the ultraviolet sensor, information on the current position, and the current position And a correspondence relationship storage unit that stores a correspondence relationship with the information on the amount of ultraviolet rays measured by the ultraviolet sensor, and the vehicle interior in the vehicle interior based on the correspondence relationship stored in the correspondence relationship storage unit. Threshold determination means for determining whether or not there is a point where the amount of ultraviolet rays exceeds a predetermined threshold, and the threshold determination means determines that there is a point where the amount of ultraviolet light in the vehicle interior exceeds a predetermined threshold If the is characterized in that and a warning means for performing warning to an occupant of the vehicle.

  According to this, the ultraviolet light amount information is associated with each point where the ultraviolet light amount in the passenger compartment is actually measured by the ultraviolet sensor. Therefore, when there is an actual measurement point among points existing on the moving route, the amount of ultraviolet rays in the passenger compartment at the point existing on the moving route can be predicted with high probability. In addition, when the amount of ultraviolet rays is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value, a warning can be given to the vehicle occupant. Therefore, when the amount of ultraviolet rays is an abnormally large value, a warning is given to the vehicle occupant. By doing so, it is possible to prompt the vehicle to travel avoiding a route with a large amount of ultraviolet rays. Therefore, according to the structure of Claim 5, it can make it possible to reduce more reliably the ultraviolet-ray amount which hits the passenger | crew of a vehicle.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a vehicular route guidance system including any one of the vehicular route guidance devices and a vehicle-side communication device that transmits the correspondence information. A plurality of vehicles, a server-side communication device that receives the correspondence information transmitted from the communication devices of the plurality of vehicles, and a memory that stores the correspondence information received by the server-side communication device; A plurality of guides that are candidates for guiding the target vehicle as a travel route that can reach the destination from the departure point based on the correspondence relationship received from the vehicle-side communication device of the plurality of vehicles, stored in the memory. A server-side selection unit that selects a route that minimizes the amount of ultraviolet rays in the vehicle interior of the target vehicle from among the candidate routes, and is selected by the server-side selection unit. As the route the moving path is characterized by guiding the occupant of the vehicle with the object.

  Moreover, it is good also as a structure with which the route guidance apparatus for vehicles does not have the function to select the path | route in which the amount of ultraviolet rays in the vehicle interior of the object vehicle becomes the minimum as follows. In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the vehicle route guidance system according to claim 7 includes: an ultraviolet light amount information acquisition unit that acquires information on an ultraviolet light amount in the vehicle interior of the vehicle measured by an ultraviolet sensor; A plurality of vehicles equipped with a device, a vehicle-side communication device that transmits information on a correspondence relationship between information on the current position and information on the amount of ultraviolet rays measured by the ultraviolet sensor at the current position, and the plurality of vehicles A server-side communication device that receives the correspondence information transmitted from the communication device; a memory that stores the correspondence information received by the server-side communication device; and the memory that is stored in the memory. Based on the correspondence received from the vehicle-side communication devices of a plurality of vehicles, a plurality of guidance candidates that are candidates for guiding the target vehicle as a travel route that can reach the destination from the departure place A management server that includes a server-side selection unit that selects a route that minimizes the amount of ultraviolet rays in the vehicle interior of the target vehicle, and moves the route selected by the server-side selection unit. As a route, the vehicle is guided to a passenger of the target vehicle.

  According to the structure of Claim 6 and Claim 7, the ultraviolet-ray amount information is matched for every point which measured the ultraviolet-ray amount in the vehicle interior by the ultraviolet sensor. Therefore, when an actual measurement point exists among the points existing on the guidance candidate route, the amount of ultraviolet rays in the passenger compartment at the point existing on the guidance candidate route can be predicted with high probability. In addition, since information on the correspondence between the current position information and the information on the amount of ultraviolet rays measured by the ultraviolet sensor at the current position can be obtained from a plurality of vehicles, among the points existing on the guidance candidate route, There are more cases where actual measurement points exist than when information on correspondence is obtained from one vehicle. Therefore, it becomes possible to select a route with the least amount of ultraviolet rays in the passenger compartment more accurately among a plurality of guide candidate routes.

  The vehicle route guidance system according to claim 8, wherein the vehicle route guidance device has at least one of weather information as weather information and date / time information as date / time information as ultraviolet ray related information. And a memory for acquiring information on the current position, information on the amount of ultraviolet light measured by the ultraviolet sensor at the current position, and when measuring the amount of ultraviolet light at the current position. It is characterized by storing a correspondence relationship with ultraviolet ray amount related information.

  According to this, it becomes possible to select a route that minimizes the amount of ultraviolet rays in the passenger compartment from among a plurality of guide candidate routes, with higher accuracy.

  According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a vehicular route guidance apparatus, in order to solve the above problem, a current position information acquisition means for acquiring information on a current position of the vehicle, and an ultraviolet ray amount in the vehicle interior of the vehicle measured by an ultraviolet sensor. A route information device for a vehicle comprising: an ultraviolet light amount information acquisition means for acquiring the information of: and information on a correspondence relationship between the current position information and the ultraviolet light amount information measured by the ultraviolet sensor at the current position A plurality of vehicles equipped with a vehicle-side communication device; and a server-side communication device that receives the correspondence information transmitted from the communication devices of the plurality of vehicles. A management server that distributes the correspondence information received from the vehicle-side communication device of the vehicle to the plurality of vehicles, and based on the correspondence information distributed from the management server, Information indicating the amount of ultraviolet rays in serial current position is characterized by guiding the occupant of the vehicle.

  According to this, since the passenger of the own vehicle can receive guidance on the information indicating the amount of ultraviolet rays in the vehicle interior at a certain point, which is actually measured by the ultraviolet sensor of the vehicle other than the own vehicle, the own vehicle is actually It is also possible for the passenger of the own vehicle to know the actual amount of ultraviolet rays at the point where the vehicle has never been visited. Therefore, it becomes possible for the vehicle occupant to travel while avoiding a route with a large amount of ultraviolet rays based on the actual amount of ultraviolet rays. Therefore, according to the structure of Claim 9, it can make it possible to reduce more reliably the ultraviolet-ray amount which hits the passenger | crew of a vehicle.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a navigation apparatus 1 to which the present invention is applied. A navigation device 1 shown in FIG. 1 is mounted on a vehicle, and includes a position detector 11, a map data input device 16, an operation switch group 17, an audio output device 19, an external memory 20, a display device 21, and navigation side transmission / reception. Machine 22, remote control sensor 23, remote control terminal (hereinafter referred to as remote control) 24, and control device 18 connected thereto.

  The position detector 11 includes a geomagnetic sensor 12 for detecting geomagnetism, a gyro sensor 13 for detecting an angular velocity around the vertical direction of the vehicle, a distance sensor 14 for detecting a moving distance of the vehicle, and a radio wave from an artificial satellite. It has a GPS receiver 15 for GPS that detects the current position, and detects the current position and traveling direction of the vehicle. Since each of these sensors 12 to 15 has an error having a different property, it is configured to be used while being complemented by a plurality of sensors. Depending on the accuracy of each sensor, the position detector 11 may be configured as a part of the above-described ones. Furthermore, a steering rotation sensor (not shown), a vehicle speed sensor that detects the speed from the rotation speed of each rolling wheel, and the like are provided. It may be used.

  The GPS receiver 15 obtains date and time information at the current position of the vehicle from time data of a quartz clock mounted on the GPS receiver 15 and time data of an atomic clock mounted on the artificial satellite, which will be described later. Send to control device 18 Therefore, the GPS receiver 15 functions as an ultraviolet ray amount related information acquisition unit. The date / time information may be, for example, information indicating the month, information indicating any season of spring, summer, autumn, or winter, or information indicating what day of the month. It may be information indicating a certain time or information indicating a time zone such as morning and night. In the present embodiment, the following description will be given by taking as an example a case where the date and time information is information indicating which time zone of the morning, day, and night of the month.

  The map data input device 16 is mounted with a storage medium (not shown), and various data including so-called map matching data, map data, and landmark data for improving the accuracy of position detection stored in the storage medium. Is a device for inputting. The map data includes link data indicating roads and node data. A link is a link between nodes when the roads on the map are divided by a plurality of nodes such as intersections, branches, and merge points, and roads are configured by connecting the links. . Link data includes a unique number (link ID) that identifies the link, link length indicating the link length, link start and end node coordinates (latitude / longitude), road name, road type, road width, number of lanes, right turn -Consists of data such as the presence or absence of a left turn lane, the number of lanes, speed limit, etc.

  On the other hand, the node data includes a node ID, a node coordinate, a node name, and a link ID of a link connected to the node, each node having a unique number for each node where roads on the map intersect, merge and branch. It consists of each data such as ID and intersection type.

  The storage medium also stores various facility types, names, address data, and the like, and these data are used for destination setting for route search. Note that a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM, a memory card, an HDD, or the like is used as the storage medium.

  For example, a touch switch or a mechanical switch integrated with the display device 21 is used as the operation switch group 17, and various functions (for example, map scale change, menu display selection, destination setting, Route search, route guidance start, current position correction, display screen change, volume adjustment, etc.). The operation switch group 17 includes switches for setting a departure place and a destination. By operating the switch, the user (that is, the vehicle occupant) can set the departure point and the destination from a registered point, facility name, telephone number, address, and the like.

  The remote controller 24 is provided with a plurality of operation switches (not shown). By inputting various command signals to the control device 18 via the remote control sensor 23 by the switch operation, the control device 18 has the same function as the operation switch group 17. Can be executed.

  The voice output device 19 is composed of a speaker or the like, and outputs a guidance voice at the time of route guidance based on an instruction from the control device 18.

  The external memory 20 is a mass storage device such as a writable HDD. The external memory 20 stores a large amount of data and data that must not be deleted even when the power is turned off, and uses frequently used data by copying it from the map data input device 16. . The external memory 20 stores the latest detection result among the information on the current position of the vehicle detected by the position detector 11. Further, the external memory 20 stores the latest detection result among the information on the direction of the vehicle detected by the position detector 11. The external memory 20 may be a removable memory having a relatively small storage capacity.

  The display device 21 displays a map for guiding driving of the vehicle, a destination selection screen, and the like, and is capable of full color display, using a liquid crystal display, an organic EL display, a plasma display, or the like. Can be configured.

  The navigation-side transmitter / receiver 22 is a small vehicle-mounted communication device, and transmits weather information indicating weather (sunny weather, cloudy weather, rainy weather, etc.) around the current position of the vehicle transmitted from an information center (not shown), such as a mobile phone network. Receive via. The navigation-side transceiver 22 receives traffic information transmitted from the information center. Then, the navigation-side transceiver 22 sends the received weather information and traffic jam information to the control device 18. The weather information and traffic jam information described above may be received from a radio broadcast or the like. Further, regarding the weather around the current position of the vehicle, it may be determined whether the weather is sunny, cloudy, or rainy based on sensor signals from a sunshine sensor or a rain sensor.

  The control device 18 is configured as a normal computer, and includes a well-known CPU, a memory such as a ROM and a RAM, an I / O, and a bus line (none of which is shown) for connecting these configurations. Yes. The control device 18 performs a process as a navigation function (for example, a map scale change process, a map scale change process, a map data input unit 16, an operation switch group 17, an external memory 20, and a remote control sensor 23). Menu display selection processing, destination setting processing, route search execution processing, route guidance start processing, current position correction processing, display screen change processing, volume adjustment processing, etc.). For example, in the route search execution process, when a destination is input from the operation switch group 17 and the remote controller 24, the control device 18 is configured to have a plurality of movement routes (hereinafter, referred to as distance priority, time priority, etc.) that satisfy preset conditions. , Called a guidance candidate route) using a known Dijkstra method.

  Further, every time the vehicle travels a predetermined distance (for example, every 500 m interval), the control device 18 acquires information on the current position of the vehicle from the position detector 11 and measures the current position with the ultraviolet sensor 2. Information on the amount of ultraviolet rays and weather information and date / time information (hereinafter referred to as ultraviolet ray amount related information) when the amount of ultraviolet rays is measured at the current position is stored in the memory of the control device 18 in association with the current position information. (Hereinafter referred to as an actual measurement value collection process). Therefore, the control device 18 functions as a current position information acquisition unit in claims, and the memory of the control device 18 functions as a correspondence storage unit in the claims. For the information on the amount of ultraviolet rays, the information sent from the ultraviolet sensor 2 is used, for the weather information, the information sent from the navigation transceiver 22 is used, and for the date information, the information is sent from the GPS receiver 15. Use what comes. Therefore, the navigation-side transceiver 22 also functions as an ultraviolet ray amount information acquisition unit and an ultraviolet ray amount related information acquisition unit. In addition, it is assumed that the information on the current position, the information on the amount of ultraviolet rays, and the information on the amount of ultraviolet rays are associated with each other and stored in a table format, for example. Details of the actual measurement value collection process will be described later.

  Furthermore, when the user inputs a destination from the operation switch group 17 or the remote controller 24 (that is, when the route search execution process is started), the control device 18 stores the information in the form of a table in association with each other. Based on the current position information, ultraviolet ray amount information, and ultraviolet ray amount related information (hereinafter collectively referred to as table storage information), and traffic jam information sent from the navigation side transceiver 22, When it is assumed that the vehicle travels on each of the plurality of guide candidate routes, the guide candidate route that minimizes the amount of ultraviolet rays in the vehicle interior of the vehicle is estimated, and the estimated guide candidate route is selected as a travel route to be guided. Processing (hereinafter referred to as low UV route selection processing) is performed. Therefore, the control device 18 also functions as a traffic jam information acquisition unit and a vehicle side selection unit. Details of the low ultraviolet ray route selection process will be described later. Further, the control device 18 causes the display device 21 to perform route guidance display based on the movement route selected by the low ultraviolet ray route selection process, and performs guidance.

  The ultraviolet sensor 2 is a known ultraviolet sensor and is installed in a vehicle to measure the amount of ultraviolet rays in the passenger compartment. As an installation place of the ultraviolet sensor 2, for example, as shown in FIG. In this case, the ultraviolet ray sensor 2 measures the amount of ultraviolet rays inserted into the vehicle interior from the front of the vehicle. Further, the ultraviolet sensor 2 sends information on the measured ultraviolet amount to the control device 18.

  In the present embodiment, the configuration for measuring the amount of ultraviolet rays inserted into the passenger compartment from the front of the vehicle is shown as an example, but the present invention is not necessarily limited thereto. For example, the ultraviolet sensor 2 may be configured to measure the amount of ultraviolet rays inserted into the vehicle interior from the side of the vehicle or from the rear of the vehicle by setting the installation location of the ultraviolet sensor 2 to the side or the rear of the vehicle.

  Next, the flow of actual value collection processing in the control device 18 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the flow of actual value collection processing in the control device 18. This flow is started when the ignition switch of the vehicle is turned on.

  First, in step S1, the control device 18 determines whether or not a predetermined distance has been reached since the vehicle started traveling. The predetermined distance here is a distance that can be arbitrarily set, for example, 500 m. And when it determines with having reached the predetermined distance (it is Yes at step S1), it moves to step S2. If it is not determined that the predetermined distance has been reached (No in step S1), step S1 is repeated.

  In step S2, information on the current position of the vehicle is acquired from the position detector 11, and the process proceeds to step S3. In step S3, information on the amount of ultraviolet rays measured by the ultraviolet sensor 2 at this current position is obtained from the ultraviolet sensor 2, and the process proceeds to step S4. In step S4, the ultraviolet ray amount related information when the ultraviolet ray amount is measured at the current position is obtained from the navigation side transceiver 22 and the GPS receiver 15, and the process proceeds to step S5.

  In the present embodiment, the configuration in which processing is performed in the order of the processing in step S2, the processing in step S3, and the processing in step S4 is shown, but the configuration is not necessarily limited thereto. The process of step S2 to step S4 may be out of order, and the order may be changed.

  In step S5, the current position information, ultraviolet ray amount information, and ultraviolet ray amount related information obtained in steps S2 to S4 are associated with each other and stored in the form of a table in the memory, and the process proceeds to step S6.

  In step S6, when the ignition switch of the vehicle is turned off (Yes in step S6), the flow is ended, and when the ignition switch of the vehicle is not turned off (No in step S6), Control goes to step S7.

  In step S <b> 7, the control device 18 determines whether or not the travel distance of the vehicle has reached a predetermined distance since the previous current position information was acquired from the position detector 11. The predetermined distance here is a distance that can be arbitrarily set, for example, 500 m. And when it determines with having reached the predetermined distance (it is Yes at step S7), it moves to step S2 and repeats a flow. If it is not determined that the predetermined distance has been reached (No in step S7), the process returns to step S6 and the flow is repeated.

  In other words, in the flow of FIG. 3, until the ignition switch is turned off, every time the vehicle travels 500 m, information on the current position of the point, information on the amount of ultraviolet rays, and information on the amount of ultraviolet rays are stored in the memory in association with each other. to continue.

  In addition, the table storage information in which the current position information and the ultraviolet ray amount related information among the current position information, the ultraviolet ray amount information, and the ultraviolet ray amount related information to be newly stored in the memory are already stored in the memory. If it is the same, the average value of the amount of ultraviolet rays to be newly stored in the memory and the amount of ultraviolet rays in the table storage information already stored in the memory is obtained, and the obtained average value is stored in this table. What is necessary is just to make it the structure matched again as information of the amount of ultraviolet rays of information.

  Note that the flow of FIG. 3 ends even when the ignition switch of the vehicle is turned off, even in the middle of the flow.

  Next, the flow of the low ultraviolet ray route selection process in the control device 18 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a flow of low ultraviolet ray route selection processing in the control device 18. This flow is started when the user inputs a destination from the operation switch group 17 or the remote controller 24.

  First, in step S21, a plurality of guide candidate routes that reach a destination input from the operation switch group 17 or the remote controller 24 and that satisfy preset conditions such as distance priority and time priority are publicly known. The search is performed using the Dijkstra method, and the process proceeds to step S22.

  In step S22, the date and time information is acquired from the GPS receiver 15, and the weather information is acquired from the navigation-side transceiver 22, and the process proceeds to step S23.

  In step S23, one guide candidate route that has not yet been selected is selected from the plurality of guide candidate routes searched in step S21, and the process proceeds to step S24. In step S24, one road that has not yet been selected is selected from the individual roads (hereinafter referred to as roads) connecting the intersections of the guidance candidate routes selected in step S23, and the process proceeds to step S25.

  In step S25, it is determined whether or not the point on the road selected in step S24 is associated with the table storage information stored in the memory. That is, it is determined whether or not there is a spot where the ultraviolet ray amount is actually measured by the ultraviolet sensor 2 (hereinafter referred to as an actual measurement spot) on the road selected in step S24. If it is determined that an actual measurement point exists (Yes in step S25), the process proceeds to step S28. If it is not determined that an actual measurement point exists (No in step S25), the process proceeds to step S26.

  In step S26, it is determined whether there is a road that has not yet been selected. And when it determines with the road which has not been selected yet existing (it is Yes at step S26), it returns to step S24 and repeats a flow. If it is not determined that there is a road that has not yet been selected (No in step S26), the process proceeds to step S27.

  In step S27, it is determined whether there is a guidance candidate route that has not yet been selected. If it is determined that there is a guidance candidate route that has not yet been selected (Yes in step S27), the process returns to step S23 and the flow is repeated. If it is not determined that there is a guidance candidate route that has not yet been selected (No in step S27), the process proceeds to step S32.

  In step S28, a cost calculation process is performed, and the process proceeds to step S29. Details of the cost setting process will be described below.

  In the cost calculation process, the distance to the road selected in step S24 calculated from the current position of the vehicle detected by the position detector 11 and the map data stored in the storage medium of the map data input device 16 and the step S22 are calculated. Based on the date and time information and weather information acquired in step (1), the date and time when passing through the actual measurement point on the road (in the example of this embodiment, which time zone of the morning, night, and night of the month) and the actual measurement point on the road Predict the weather when passing through.

  Then, based on the information on the actual measurement point and the information on the predicted date / time and weather, the table storage information is referred to, and the data on which the current position information, the date / time and the weather information (that is, ultraviolet ray related information) coincide with each other. When there is a column, information on the amount of ultraviolet rays associated with the data column is obtained.

  When the traffic information on the road is received by the navigation-side transceiver 22, the traffic information on the actual measurement point is acquired from the navigation-side transceiver 22, and the traffic information indicated by the acquired traffic information indicates the amount of traffic. Then, the information of the obtained ultraviolet ray amount (specifically, the value of the ultraviolet ray amount) is corrected. For example, this correction is performed by multiplying the value of the amount of ultraviolet light by a coefficient corresponding to the degree of traffic indicated by the traffic jam information. For example, the coefficient corresponding to the degree of traffic is a coefficient “10” when the degree of traffic is “congested”, a coefficient “5” when “congested”, and a coefficient “1” when “normal”. In the case of “sparse”, the coefficient may be set to “0.5”. This coefficient can be arbitrarily set.

Subsequently, it is determined whether or not the obtained value of the amount of ultraviolet rays is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold (for example, 41 W / m ² or greater). Is added. If it is not equal to or greater than the predetermined threshold, the cost “1” is subtracted from the road. And the cost of the said road is calculated by performing these series of processes about all the actual measurement points on the said road.

  In step S29, it is determined whether all roads included in the candidate guide route selected in step S23 have been selected. And when it determines with having selected all the roads (it is Yes at step S29), it moves to step S30. If it is not determined that all roads have been selected (No in step S29), the process returns to step S24 to repeat the flow.

  In step S30, the cost calculated for each road included in the candidate guide route selected in step S23 is summed to calculate the total cost of the candidate guide route, and the process proceeds to step S31.

  In step S31, it is determined whether or not all the plurality of guide candidate routes searched in step S21 have been selected. And when it determines with having selected all the some guidance candidate routes (it is Yes at step S31), it moves to step S32. If it is not determined that all the plurality of guide candidate routes have been selected (No in step S31), the process returns to step S23 and the flow is repeated.

  In step S32, the total costs of the plurality of guide candidate routes are compared, the guide candidate route having the smallest total cost is selected as the travel route to be guided, and the flow is ended.

  According to the above configuration, the ultraviolet ray amount information and the ultraviolet ray amount related information when the ultraviolet ray amount is actually measured are associated with each point where the ultraviolet ray amount in the vehicle compartment is actually measured by the ultraviolet ray sensor 2. Therefore, among the points existing on the guidance candidate route, there is a measured point, and the ultraviolet ray amount related information when the vehicle is expected to pass through this measured point is associated with this measured point. If the information is the same as the information on the amount of ultraviolet rays, the amount of ultraviolet rays in the passenger compartment at the point existing on the guidance candidate route can be predicted with high probability. Therefore, it is possible to select a route that minimizes the amount of ultraviolet rays in the passenger compartment from among a plurality of candidate guide routes. Therefore, according to the above configuration, it is possible to more surely reduce the amount of ultraviolet rays corresponding to a vehicle occupant.

  In addition, when the vehicle stays at a single point due to traffic jams, it may be necessary to continue the bathing for a long time without being able to block the ultraviolet rays, so it is considered that the vehicle is more affected by the ultraviolet rays. In addition, when there is no traffic jam and the vehicle is hardly staying at one point, even if the amount of ultraviolet rays in the vehicle interior at that point is strong, it is considered that the vehicle is not easily affected by the ultraviolet rays. Therefore, according to the above configuration, a route that is considered to be more susceptible to ultraviolet rays among a plurality of guidance candidate routes is avoided (that is, not selected), and a route that is considered less susceptible to ultraviolet rays is selected. This can be performed with higher accuracy.

  In the present embodiment, a configuration has been described in which correction is performed to increase the amount of ultraviolet rays at a measured point with a higher degree of traffic jam based on the traffic jam information, but is not necessarily limited thereto. For example, a configuration in which the control device 18 does not acquire traffic jam information and does not perform the above-described correction may be employed.

  In the present embodiment, the configuration in which the low ultraviolet ray route selection process is performed when the route search execution process is started is shown, but the present invention is not necessarily limited thereto. For example, even when the setting input from the user as to whether or not to perform the low ultraviolet ray route selection process is received by the operation switch group 17 or the remote controller 24 and the route search execution process is started, the low ultraviolet ray route selection process is performed. In the case where the setting input for performing is not received, the travel route may be determined by performing the route search execution process without performing the low ultraviolet ray route selection process.

  In addition, although the control apparatus 18 showed the structure which acquires the information of the present position of a vehicle from the position detector 11 in this embodiment, it does not necessarily restrict to this. For example, the configuration may be such that the control device 18 acquires information on the traveling direction of the vehicle at the current position from the position detector 11 together with information on the current position of the vehicle. In this case, in step S3, information on the amount of ultraviolet rays measured by the ultraviolet sensor 2 at the current position and in the traveling direction may be obtained from the ultraviolet sensor 2. In step S4, the current position and the traveling direction are obtained. In this case, the ultraviolet light amount related information when the ultraviolet light amount is measured may be obtained from the navigation-side transceiver 22 and the GPS receiver 15. In step S5, the current position information obtained in steps S2 to S4, the vehicle traveling direction information, the ultraviolet light amount information, and the ultraviolet light amount related information may be stored in association with each other in the memory. . Then, the current position information, the vehicle traveling direction information, the ultraviolet ray amount information, the ultraviolet ray amount related information, and the traffic jam information sent from the navigation-side transceiver 22 are also stored. In addition, the low ultraviolet path selection process may be performed.

  According to the above configuration, the ultraviolet ray amount information, the vehicle traveling direction information, and the ultraviolet ray amount related information when the ultraviolet ray amount is measured at each point where the ultraviolet ray amount in the vehicle compartment is actually measured by the ultraviolet sensor 2. Are associated with each other. Therefore, among the points existing on the guidance candidate route, there is a measured point, and the information on the traveling direction of the vehicle and the ultraviolet light amount related information when the vehicle is expected to pass through this measured point are the measured points. When the information on the traveling direction of the vehicle associated with the point and the ultraviolet ray amount related information are the same, it is possible to predict the ultraviolet ray amount in the passenger compartment at the point existing on the guidance candidate route with higher probability. it can. Therefore, it becomes possible to select a route with the least amount of ultraviolet rays in the passenger compartment more accurately among a plurality of guide candidate routes.

In addition, when the setting input for performing the low ultraviolet ray route selection process is not received, the route search is executed in the configuration in which the route search execution process is performed without performing the low ultraviolet ray route selection process and the movement route is determined. A configuration in which a warning is given to a vehicle occupant when there is a point in the travel route determined by performing processing that is estimated to have an ultraviolet ray amount in the passenger compartment exceeding an abnormal threshold (for example, 51 W / m ² or more). It may be. Specifically, first, in the same way as the process of obtaining the information on the amount of ultraviolet rays associated with the data string of the table storage information during the cost calculation process described above, the travel route determined by performing the route search execution process is determined during travel. The value of the amount of ultraviolet rays estimated to be actually inserted into the passenger compartment is obtained. Subsequently, the control device 18 determines whether or not the obtained ultraviolet ray amount has a value equal to or higher than the abnormal threshold value. Then, if it is determined that there is something above the abnormal threshold, it corresponds to the point where the amount of ultraviolet light above the abnormal threshold is estimated to be inserted into the vehicle interior (that is, in the table storage information, the amount of ultraviolet light above the abnormal threshold corresponds to the information). The point indicated by the information on the current position attached) is displayed in the route guidance display to be displayed on the display device 21, for example, by highlighting it, thereby warning the vehicle occupant of the point where the amount of ultraviolet rays is large. Note that the warning is not limited to the configuration performed by the display device 21 but may be configured by the audio output device 19.

  According to the above configuration, a warning can be given to the vehicle occupant when the amount of ultraviolet rays in the passenger compartment at a point on the moving route is greater than or equal to the abnormal threshold, so avoid a route with a large amount of ultraviolet rays. Can be encouraged to drive. Therefore, even with the above-described configuration, it is possible to more reliably reduce the amount of ultraviolet rays corresponding to a vehicle occupant.

  Next, the vehicle route guidance system 100 to which the present invention is applied will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the vehicle route guidance system 100. A vehicle route guidance system 100 shown in FIG. 5 includes vehicles 4 a and 4 b equipped with a navigation device 1 and an ultraviolet sensor 2 and a management server 3.

  The navigation device 1 in the vehicle route guidance system 100 performs the same function as described above except that the navigation-side transceiver 22 exchanges information with the management server 3. Specifically, the navigation device 1 uses the navigation-side transceiver 22 to send the management server 3 information on the current position, information on the amount of ultraviolet rays, and information on the amount of ultraviolet rays (hereinafter referred to as correspondence relationship information) associated with each other in the actual value collection process. Send). That is, every time the vehicle travels a predetermined distance (for example, every 500 m interval), the correspondence information is transmitted to the management server 3 by the navigation-side transceiver 22. Therefore, the navigation-side transceiver 22 functions as the vehicle-side communication device of the claims. Further, when the route search execution process is started, the navigation device 1 uses the navigation-side transceiver 22 to send to the management server 3 information on the current position, ultraviolet light amount related information, traffic jam information, and the operation switch group 17 or the remote controller. The destination information input from 24 is transmitted.

  The management server 3 is a server on the network, and includes a server-side transceiver 31, a server-side arithmetic device 32, and a server memory 33.

  The server-side transceiver 31 exchanges information with the navigation-side transceiver 22 by, for example, indirect communication via a mobile phone network or the like. Specifically, the server-side transceiver 31 receives the above-described information transmitted from the navigation-side transceiver 22 of the vehicles 4a and 4b to the management server 3. In addition, the server-side transceiver 31 transmits information on a movement route obtained by the server-side arithmetic device 32 described later to the navigation-side transceiver 22.

  The server side arithmetic device 32 stores the correspondence information received by the server side transceiver 31 in the server memory 33 in the form of a table, for example. Therefore, the server memory 33 functions as a memory of claims. Of the correspondence information to be newly stored in the server memory 33, when the information on the current position and the ultraviolet light amount relation information are the same as the correspondence information already stored in the server memory 33, Then, an average value of the amount of ultraviolet rays to be newly stored in the server memory 33 and the amount of ultraviolet rays in the correspondence information already stored in the server memory 33 is obtained, and the obtained average value is obtained as the amount of ultraviolet rays of the correspondence information. The information may be associated with the information again.

  In addition, when the server-side transceiver 31 receives the destination information, the server-side computing device 32 is information on the current position of the vehicle (here, the vehicle 4a as an example) that has transmitted the destination information. Then, based on the ultraviolet ray amount related information and the traffic jam information, the moving route of the vehicle 4a is selected by performing the same process as the low ultraviolet ray route selecting process of the control device 18 described above. Then, the server side transmitter / receiver 31 transmits information on the selected travel route toward the navigation side transmitter / receiver 22 of the vehicle 4a.

  When the navigation side transceiver 22 receives the information on the movement route selected by the server-side computing device 32, the navigation device 1 determines this movement route as the movement route to be guided. In the navigation device 1, the travel route selected by the server-side arithmetic device 32 is preferentially determined as the travel route to be guided over the travel route selected by the control device 18.

  According to the above configuration, correspondence information can be obtained from a plurality of vehicles (vehicle 4a and vehicle 4b in the example of the present embodiment), so that the actual measurement point is among the points existing on the guidance candidate route. The number of existing cases is greater than the case of obtaining correspondence information from one vehicle. Therefore, it becomes possible to select a route with the least amount of ultraviolet rays in the passenger compartment more accurately among a plurality of guide candidate routes.

  In the present embodiment, the configuration using the weather information and the traffic jam information transmitted from the navigation-side transceiver 22 when performing the process of selecting the movement route by the server-side arithmetic device 32 has been described. Absent. For example, when the server side arithmetic unit 32 performs a process of selecting a movement route, the configuration may be such that weather information and traffic jam information received from the information center by the server side transceiver 31 are used.

  In the present embodiment, the configuration in which the traffic information is used when the server-side arithmetic device 32 performs the process of selecting the travel route is shown. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the server-side arithmetic device 32 selects the travel route. When performing the process to perform, the structure which does not use traffic jam information may be sufficient.

  In addition, it is good also as a structure which does not perform a low ultraviolet-ray route selection process with the navigation apparatus 1 in the route guidance system 100 for vehicles.

  Further, in the vehicle route guidance system 100, the server-side arithmetic device 32 receives the correspondence information received by the server-side transceiver 31 from a plurality of vehicles (vehicles 4a and 4b in the example of the present embodiment) on the server side. The configuration may be such that the transmitter / receiver 31 distributes to at least one of the plurality of vehicles (in the example of the present embodiment, at least one of the vehicle 4a and the vehicle 4b). In this case, the above-described correspondence information distributed from the server-side transceiver 31 is received by the navigation-side transceiver 22, and the control device 18 performs a known “congestion” based on the received correspondence information. The configuration may be such that “ultraviolet information” is guided in the same manner as “information”. As a specific example, the amount of ultraviolet rays associated with the current position information is displayed at the point indicated by the current position information associated with each piece of correspondence information on the map for guiding the traveling of the vehicle. Guide the “ultraviolet information”. In addition, in this structure, it is good also as a structure which does not perform the process which selects a moving route with the server side arithmetic unit 32 of the route guidance system 100 for vehicles.

  According to this, the amount of ultraviolet rays in the passenger compartment at a certain point measured by the ultraviolet sensor 2 of a vehicle (here, vehicle 4b as an example) other than the own vehicle (here, vehicle 4a as an example) is measured. Since the passenger of the vehicle 4a can receive guidance for the information shown, the actual amount of ultraviolet rays at the point where the vehicle B has actually passed but the vehicle B has not actually passed. It is also possible for the passenger of the vehicle 4a to know. Therefore, it becomes possible for the passenger of the vehicle 4a to travel while avoiding a route with a large amount of ultraviolet rays based on the information on the actual amount of ultraviolet rays. Therefore, even with the above-described configuration, it is possible to more reliably reduce the amount of ultraviolet rays corresponding to a vehicle occupant.

  In the above-described embodiment, the configuration in which both the date information and the weather information are used as the UV amount related information is shown. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and any one of the date information and the weather information is used as the UV amount related information. A configuration using only one of them may be used.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, after searching for a plurality of guide candidate routes satisfying preset conditions such as distance priority and time priority using the Dijkstra method, a route with the least amount of ultraviolet rays in the passenger compartment is selected. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a configuration may be adopted in which a route that minimizes the amount of ultraviolet rays in the passenger compartment is selected by searching for a route that satisfies the UV priority condition using the Dijkstra method. In this case, in addition to the distance and time costs, the UV cost is calculated in the same manner as the cost calculation process described above, and the weight of this cost is set higher than other costs (that is, the distance and time costs) and the total cost is calculated. By calculating the cost, the route that minimizes the amount of ultraviolet rays in the passenger compartment may be selected. In this case, it is also possible to select a route that minimizes the amount of ultraviolet rays in the passenger compartment, using only the ultraviolet ray cost, without using the distance and time costs.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the claims, and the technical means disclosed in different embodiments can be appropriately combined. Such embodiments are also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a navigation device 1. FIG. It is a schematic diagram which shows the example of installation of the ultraviolet sensor 2. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a flow of actual value collection processing in the control device 18; 7 is a flowchart showing a flow of low ultraviolet ray route selection processing in the control device 18; 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a vehicle route guidance system 100. FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Navigation apparatus (route guidance device for vehicles), 2 Ultraviolet sensor, 3 Management server, 11 Position detector, 15 GPS receiver (Ultraviolet light quantity related information acquisition means), 18 Control apparatus (Current position information acquisition means, Ultraviolet light quantity information) Acquisition means, traffic jam information acquisition means, correspondence storage unit, vehicle side selection means), 21 display device (warning means), 22 navigation side transceiver (ultraviolet ray amount related information acquisition means, vehicle side communication device), 31 server side transmission / reception Machine (server-side communication device), 32 server-side computing device (server-side selection means), 33 server memory (memory), 100 vehicle route guidance system

Claims (9)

A vehicle route guidance device that searches and guides a travel route through which a vehicle can reach a destination from a departure place,
Current position information acquisition means for sequentially acquiring information on the current position of the vehicle;
UV amount information acquisition means for acquiring information of the amount of ultraviolet rays in the vehicle interior of the vehicle measured by an ultraviolet sensor;
A correspondence storage unit that stores the correspondence between the information on the current position and the information on the amount of ultraviolet rays measured by the ultraviolet sensor at the current position;
Based on the correspondence stored in the correspondence storage, the vehicle-side selection that selects the route with the least amount of ultraviolet rays in the passenger compartment from among a plurality of guide candidate routes that are candidates for guidance as the travel route. With means,
A route guidance device for a vehicle, which guides the route selected by the vehicle side selection means as the travel route. Further comprising ultraviolet light amount related information acquisition means for acquiring ultraviolet light amount related information that is at least one of weather information that is weather information and date and time information that is date information;
The correspondence storage unit stores correspondence between the current position information, information on the amount of ultraviolet light measured by the ultraviolet sensor at the current position, and information on the amount of ultraviolet light when the amount of ultraviolet light is measured at the current position. The vehicle route guidance apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:   The vehicle-side selection means, based on the correspondence relationship, selects a route having a small number of times of passing through a point where the amount of ultraviolet rays is estimated to be equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold among the guidance candidate routes. 3. The vehicle route guidance apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the route guidance device is selected as a route that minimizes the amount of ultraviolet rays. Further comprising traffic information acquisition means for acquiring traffic information indicating the status of traffic on the guidance candidate route,
Based on the traffic jam information, the vehicle-side selection unit corrects the ultraviolet ray amount associated with the correspondence relationship higher at a point where the degree of traffic jam is higher in the guidance candidate route, and after this correction The vehicle route guidance apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a route that minimizes the amount of ultraviolet rays in the vehicle interior is selected based on the amount of ultraviolet rays. A vehicle route guidance device that searches and guides a travel route through which a vehicle can reach a destination from a departure place,
Current position information acquisition means for sequentially acquiring information on the current position of the vehicle;
UV amount information acquisition means for acquiring information of the amount of ultraviolet rays in the vehicle interior of the vehicle measured by an ultraviolet sensor;
A correspondence storage unit that stores the correspondence between the information on the current position and the information on the amount of ultraviolet rays measured by the ultraviolet sensor at the current position;
Threshold determination means for determining whether or not there is a point in the travel route where the amount of ultraviolet rays in the passenger compartment is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold based on the correspondence stored in the correspondence storage; ,
Vehicle route guidance, comprising: warning means for warning the vehicle occupant when the threshold value determining means determines that there is a point where the amount of ultraviolet rays in the vehicle interior is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value. apparatus. The route guidance device for vehicles according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
A plurality of vehicles equipped with vehicle-side communication devices that transmit the correspondence information;
A server-side communication device that receives the correspondence information transmitted from the communication devices of the plurality of vehicles;
A memory for storing the correspondence information received by the server-side communication device;
A plurality of guides that are candidates for guiding the target vehicle as a travel route that can reach the destination from the departure point based on the correspondence relationship received from the vehicle-side communication device of the plurality of vehicles, stored in the memory. A server-side selection means for selecting a route that minimizes the amount of ultraviolet rays in the vehicle interior of the target vehicle among the candidate routes, and a management server comprising:
A route guidance system for vehicles, wherein a route selected by the server side selection means is used as the travel route to guide a vehicle occupant. Current position information acquisition means for sequentially acquiring information on the current position of the vehicle;
A route guidance device for a vehicle, comprising: an ultraviolet light amount information acquisition means for acquiring information on an ultraviolet light amount in the vehicle interior of the vehicle measured by an ultraviolet sensor;
A plurality of vehicles equipped with a vehicle-side communication device that transmits information on a correspondence relationship between the information on the current position and information on the amount of ultraviolet rays measured by the ultraviolet sensor at the current position;
A server-side communication device that receives the correspondence information transmitted from the communication devices of the plurality of vehicles;
A memory for storing the correspondence information received by the server-side communication device;
A plurality of guides that are candidates for guiding the target vehicle as a travel route that can reach the destination from the departure point based on the correspondence relationship received from the vehicle-side communication device of the plurality of vehicles, stored in the memory. A server-side selection means for selecting a route that minimizes the amount of ultraviolet rays in the vehicle interior of the target vehicle among the candidate routes, and a management server comprising:
A route guidance system for vehicles, wherein a route selected by the server side selection means is used as the travel route to guide a vehicle occupant. The vehicle route guidance device further includes ultraviolet light amount related information acquisition means for acquiring ultraviolet light amount related information that is at least one of weather information that is weather information and date information that is date information,
The memory stores a correspondence relationship between the current position information, the ultraviolet amount information measured by the ultraviolet sensor at the current position, and the ultraviolet amount related information when the ultraviolet amount is measured at the current position. The route guidance system for vehicles according to claim 7 characterized by things. Current position information acquisition means for acquiring information on the current position of the vehicle;
A route guidance device for a vehicle, comprising: an ultraviolet light amount information acquisition means for acquiring information on an ultraviolet light amount in the vehicle interior of the vehicle measured by an ultraviolet sensor;
A plurality of vehicles equipped with a vehicle-side communication device that transmits information on a correspondence relationship between the information on the current position and information on the amount of ultraviolet rays measured by the ultraviolet sensor at the current position;
A server-side communication device that receives the correspondence information transmitted from the communication devices of the plurality of vehicles;
A management server for distributing the correspondence information received from the vehicle side communication devices of the plurality of vehicles by the server side communication device to the plurality of vehicles,
A vehicle route guidance system for guiding information indicating the amount of ultraviolet rays at the current position to an occupant of the vehicle based on the information on the correspondence distributed from the management server.

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