JP2011180078A - Navigation system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform guidance suitable for a driving location when a holder of a driving license in a form of an IC card drives a vehicle in a location away from his home. <P>SOLUTION: A navigation system 1 obtains driver's home address information from a driving license 2 present outside of the navigation system 1 using a driving license reading section 15. meanwhile, the navigation system 1 obtains a current location of a vehicle with the navigation system 1 mounted thereon using a GPS receiver section 14, and calculates a distance between a home address and a current location of the vehicle using a control section 10 to determine whether or not the distance exceeds a prescribed distance. When a distance between a home address and a current location of the vehicle exceeds a prescribed distance, a guide provided by the navigation system 1 is changed to a guide for sightseeing or the like. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a navigation device.

  There has been disclosed a navigation system capable of performing different guidance and guidance according to a driver by using a driver's license and a navigation device in the form of an IC card. (Patent Document 1).

JP 2004004016 A

  In the invention of Patent Document 1, in order to perform guidance and guidance, the age and driving history of the owner of the driver's license are acquired from the information stored in the driver's license converted into an IC card. However, it does not use the information related to the home address stored in the driver's license on the IC card. Therefore, even when the driver's license holder is traveling, even when driving away from home, we cannot provide guidance tailored to the driving location, You may get the same guidance as around your home.

  A navigation device according to the present invention provides predetermined information from an IC card that can store information including at least the address of a driver's home in a navigation device that provides a map display to a driver who is a holder of a driver's license. Information acquisition means for acquiring the current position of the vehicle, current position specifying means for specifying the current position of the vehicle, and guidance determination means for determining the guidance performed by the navigation device based on the distance from the location indicated by the home address to the current position of the vehicle Are provided.

  According to the present invention, when a driver who is a driver's license in the form of an IC card is driving a vehicle at a location away from home, guidance suitable for the driving location can be provided. it can.

It is a block diagram which shows an example of a structure of the navigation apparatus in one Embodiment of this invention. It is an example of the flowchart showing the process which changes the guidance which a navigation apparatus performs based on information, such as a home address memorize | stored in the driver's license made into IC card. It is an example of the display screen for the user to select the content of the guidance which a navigation apparatus performs. It is an example of the flowchart showing the process which judges the content of the guidance which a navigation apparatus performs based on the information memorize | stored in the driver's license.

  A configuration of a navigation device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1 includes a control unit 10, an HDD 11, a display monitor 12, a gyro sensor 13, a GPS receiving unit 14, a driver's license reading unit 15, an input unit 16, and a speaker 17.

  The control unit 10 is a part for executing various processes and controls for operating the navigation device 1, and is configured by a microprocessor, various peripheral circuits, a RAM, a ROM, and the like.

  The HDD 11 is a non-volatile storage medium, and stores data including map data, icon image data displayed on the map, various settings, registered contents, and the like. The map data includes data such as facilities on the map. Data stored in the HDD 11 is read from the HDD 11 under the control of the control unit 10 as necessary, and is used for various processes and controls executed by the control unit 10.

  The display monitor 12 is a device for displaying various images and videos, and a liquid crystal display or the like is used. Based on the control of the control unit 10, the navigation device 1 performs route guidance by displaying a map, a current position of the host vehicle, an icon, and the like on the display monitor 12.

  The gyro sensor 13 is a sensor for detecting an angular velocity corresponding to a change in the direction of the vehicle. Based on the angular velocity detected by the gyro sensor 13, the direction of the vehicle is obtained. The GPS receiver 14 receives a GPS signal transmitted from a GPS satellite and outputs it to the controller 10. The GPS signal includes the position and transmission time of the GPS satellite that transmitted the GPS signal as information for obtaining the current position and the current time of the vehicle. Therefore, the control unit 10 can calculate the current position and the current time of the vehicle based on such information by receiving GPS signals from a predetermined number or more of GPS satellites.

  The driver's license reading unit 15 performs wireless communication with the driver's license 2 (hereinafter simply referred to as the driver's license 2) in the form of an IC card according to an instruction from the control unit 10 and is stored in the driver's license 2 Information can be acquired. Driver's license 2 contains information such as the name, address, date of birth, permanent address, address, date of license issuance, end of validity, license type, license number, and photo of the driver You can remember it. When acquiring information from the driver's license 2, it is necessary to input a password stored in advance. There are two personal identification numbers for a driver's license, and both personal identification numbers are required in order to obtain information on the permanent registry and face photo. The driver's license reading unit 15 may be an external device of the navigation device 1.

  The input unit 16 is composed of a device for detecting various operations input from the user for operating the navigation device 1 and has various input switches. The user operates the input unit 16 to input, for example, the name of a facility or a spot to be set as the destination, select a destination from registered locations registered in advance, The displayed map can be scrolled in an arbitrary direction, or a password for authentication for reading the contents of the driver's license 2 can be input. The input unit 16 can be realized by an operation panel, a remote controller, or the like. Alternatively, the input unit 16 may be a touch panel integrated with the display monitor 12.

  The speaker 17 outputs various audio information related to the traveling of the vehicle under the control of the control unit 10. For example, a route guidance voice for guiding the vehicle to the destination according to the recommended route, various warning sounds, and the like are output.

  Next, a process for providing guidance suitable for a location when the driver who is the owner of the driver's license is driving in a location away from home will be described with reference to FIG. . The process of FIG. 2 is executed by the control unit 10 of the navigation device 1. In FIG. 2, it is assumed that the driver's license 2 is inserted in the driver's license reading unit 15. Further, the guidance provided when driving at a place away from home is a sightseeing guide.

  In the process of FIG. 2, the navigation device 1 first authenticates the driver's license 2. In step S200 of FIG. 2, the control unit 10 reads the driver's password from the driver's license 2 via the driver's license reader 15. When the reading of the password is completed, the process proceeds to step S201.

  In step S <b> 201, the control unit 10 notifies the driver that the driver's license 2 is to be authenticated, displays a password input screen on the display monitor 12, and causes the driver to enter the password via the input unit 16. Make input. If an input by the driver is performed, the process proceeds to step S202. In step S202, the control unit 10 determines whether or not the input personal identification number is correct. For example, it is determined whether the number input by the driver matches the password read in step S200, and if they match, the process proceeds to step S203. If the input numbers do not match, the process returns to step S201.

  The personal identification number input in step S201 may be a personal identification number for obtaining information regarding the home address. Note that if the PIN number of the driver's license 2 is mistaken three times in succession, the driver's license 2 cannot be used. For this reason, in step S202, if the password entered in step S201 is incorrect, it is preferable to give a notice for alerting by a predetermined screen or voice.

  In step S <b> 203, the control unit 10 acquires information regarding the home address of the driver who is the owner from the driver's license 2 via the driver's license reading unit 15. If the information regarding the driver's home address is acquired, the process proceeds to step S204.

  In step S204, the control unit 10 acquires the current position of the vehicle based on a GPS signal received by the GPS receiving unit 14. When the current position of the vehicle is acquired, the process proceeds to step S205.

  In step S205, the control unit 10 calculates the distance between them based on the information regarding the home address of the driver acquired in step S203 and the current position of the vehicle acquired in step S204. move on.

  In step S206, the control unit 10 determines whether or not the calculated distance exceeds a predetermined distance (for example, 50 km). If the calculated distance exceeds the predetermined distance, the process proceeds to step S207; otherwise, the process returns to step S204.

  In step S <b> 207, the control unit 10 notifies the driver whether to change to the sightseeing guide via the display monitor 12 or the like, and causes the driver to select whether to change via the input unit 16. If the driver chooses to change the guidance, the process proceeds to step S208, and if not, the process of FIG. 2 ends. Note that step S207 may be omitted.

  In step S208, the control unit 10 changes the guide displayed on the display monitor 12 to the one for sightseeing, and ends the process of FIG.

  By the above processing, the navigation device 1 can provide guidance suitable for the driving location, such as sightseeing guidance when the driver's license holder is driving at a location away from home. Next, an example of sightseeing guidance provided by the navigation device 1 will be described.

  In the navigation apparatus 1, when a map is displayed on the display monitor 12, icons representing facilities and services such as stations, convenience stores, and gas stations can be displayed in an overlapping manner. The icon to be displayed varies depending on the type of facility or service. The types of icons that can be displayed on the display monitor 12 are determined in advance. For example, there are icons corresponding to facilities such as parking lots, subway stations, gas stations, restaurants, hotels, and convenience stores. These icons may be classified by genre. Examples of icon genres include transportation, meals, public facilities, leisure, tourist spots, and accommodation facilities. The navigation device 1 may display only some icons. The icons to be displayed can be set for each icon genre or for each type of facility or service represented by the icon. One icon may correspond to a plurality of facilities or services, or may belong to a plurality of genres.

  In the present embodiment, for sightseeing, for example, icons of genres such as sightseeing spots and accommodation facilities, and icons of facilities and services deeply related to sightseeing such as sights / historic sites and hotels are preferentially displayed on the map. Shall be. The type of icon to be displayed in the sightseeing guide may be selected by the user of the navigation device 1 in advance or may be selected by the control unit 10. The icon type may be selected for each icon genre, or may be selected for each type of facility or service.

(When the user of the navigation device 1 selects in advance)
When the user of the navigation device 1 selects in advance the type of icon to be displayed in the sightseeing guide, for example, a list of icon genres may be displayed on the display monitor 12 and selected via the input unit 16. FIG. 3 is an example of a screen when a list of icon genres and types of facilities and services is displayed on the display monitor 12. In the example of FIG. 3, leisure and accommodation facilities are selected as genres of icons to be displayed for sightseeing guidance, and a mark 301 is displayed in a column relating to each item. In addition, the type of facility or service represented by the icon belonging to the sightseeing spot genre is displayed, and whether to display the icon individually is selected. In the example of FIG. 3, a landmark / historic site is selected, and a mark 301 is displayed in the column of the corresponding item. In addition, a cursor 302 is displayed, and it is intended to further select a specialty product store. The cursor 302 can be moved by the input unit 16.

(When the control unit 10 determines)
On the other hand, when the type of icon to be displayed in the sightseeing guide is selected by the control unit 10, the control unit 10 may make a determination based on, for example, information on the driver holding the driver's license 2. The determination method will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining an example of a method for selecting the type of icon to be displayed in the sightseeing guide based on the information on the date of birth of the driver stored in the driver's license 2. .

  In starting the processing in the flowchart of FIG. 4, it is assumed that the driving license 2 is inserted in the driving license reading unit 15. In step S401 in FIG. 4, the control unit 10 authenticates the driver's license 2. The processing performed here is the same as steps S200 to S202 in FIG. If the input password is correct and the authentication of the driver's license 2 is completed, the process proceeds to step S402.

  In step S <b> 402, the control unit 10 acquires information on the date of birth of the driver from the driver's license 2 that has been authenticated via the driver's license reading unit 15. When the acquisition of the information regarding the date of birth of the driver holding the driver's license 2 is completed, the process proceeds to step S403.

  In step S403, the control unit 10 selects the type of icon to be displayed based on the information regarding the date of birth acquired in step S402. For example, the control unit 10 classifies the driver holding the driver's license 2 into an age group such as 20s or 30s based on the date of birth, and represents a predetermined facility or service corresponding to the age group. Select an icon. If the type of icon is selected, the process proceeds to step S404.

  In step S404, the control unit 10 searches the map data for a facility or service that is within the range of the map displayed on the display monitor 12 and corresponds to the type of icon selected in step S403. When the facility or service search is completed, the process proceeds to step S405.

  In step S405, the control unit 10 displays the icon representing the facility or service searched in step S404 in a superimposed manner on the map displayed on the display monitor 12, and ends the process of FIG.

  According to the embodiment described above, the following operational effects are obtained.

(1) The navigation device 1 of the present embodiment acquires the information of the holder from the driver's license 2 converted into an IC card by the driver's license reading unit 15 (step S203 in FIG. 2). On the other hand, the current position of the vehicle is acquired based on the GPS signal received by the GPS receiver 14 (step S204 in FIG. 2). The control unit 10 calculates the distance between the home address of the driver who is the owner of the driver's license 2 and the current position of the vehicle, and when it is larger than the predetermined distance, changes it to a tourist guide (see FIG. 2 steps S206 and S208). As a result, the navigation device 1 is suitable for places where the driver's license 2 is driving, that is, when driving in a place away from home, such as a tourist guide. Guidance can be provided. In addition, by using the address stored in the driver's license 2 instead of the HDD 11 of the navigation device 1, registration of the address in the navigation device 1 mounted on a rental car or the like can be omitted.

(2) The navigation device 1 according to the present embodiment can set the content of the guidance for sightseeing based on the information about the date of birth acquired from the driver's license 2 made into an IC card (FIG. 4). . Thereby, the guidance for sightseeing suitable for a driver's age group can be performed.

  The above-described embodiment can be modified as follows.

(1) In the present embodiment, the icon selected by the user of the navigation device 1 or the control unit 10 is displayed as a guide for sightseeing. However, the sightseeing guide may include items other than the icon display. For example, guidance regarding sightseeing spots or special products in the surrounding area of the current position of the vehicle may be output by image or voice. It should be noted that the data relating to the sightseeing spots and special products for each region may be stored in the HDD 11 together with the map data, or may be received from a server or the like outside the navigation device 1.

(2) In FIG. 4, the type of icon displayed in the tourist guide is selected based on the date of birth of the driver stored in the driver's license 2. However, the information stored in the driver's license 2 used for selecting the type of icon is not limited to the date of birth. For example, the home address of the driver may be used.

  For example, characteristic information (local special products, types of tourist attractions in the area, etc.) for each area relating to tourism is stored in the HDD 11 or the like. Then, when performing sightseeing guidance, the local characteristic information corresponding to the home address stored in the driver's license 2 is searched from the HDD 11 or the like. Next, the current position of the vehicle is acquired from the GPS receiver 14 or the like, and the spot color information corresponding to the current position of the vehicle is searched from the HDD 11. The spot color information corresponding to the home address may be excluded from the spot color information corresponding to the current position of the vehicle, and only the icons relating to the remaining spot color information may be displayed.

  Note that the feature information of the area corresponding to the home address from the icon selected in advance by the user of the navigation device via the screen as shown in FIG. 3 or the icon selected by the control unit 10 based on the date of birth of the driver. The icon may be excluded.

(3) In each embodiment and various modifications described above, driver information is obtained from the driver's license 2. However, the medium for storing the driver information may not be the driver's license 2. For example, a dedicated IC card that can be used only in the navigation device 1 may be used. At this time, it is desirable that the IC card can store personal information such as the name and address of the owner of the card and the date of birth, like the driver's license 2.

(4) When the navigation device 1 can register the user's name and home address, the user's name and home address are registered based on the information stored in the driver's license 2, and the registration is performed. The processing executed in the above-described embodiment or modification may be performed based on the information that has been performed.

  Each embodiment and various modifications described above are merely examples, and the present invention is not limited to these contents as long as the features of the invention are not impaired.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Navigation apparatus 2 Driver's license made into IC card 10 Control part 11 HDD
12 Display Monitor 13 Gyro Sensor 14 GPS Receiver 15 Driver's License Reading Unit 16 Input Unit 17 Speaker

Claims (9)

In a navigation device that provides guidance with a map display to the driver,
Information acquisition means for acquiring predetermined information from an IC card capable of storing information including at least the address of the driver's home;
Current position specifying means for specifying the current position of the vehicle;
A navigation apparatus comprising: guidance determination means for determining guidance performed by the navigation apparatus based on a distance from a location represented by the home address to a current position of the vehicle. The navigation device according to claim 1, wherein
When the distance from the location represented by the home address to the current position of the vehicle is greater than a predetermined value, the guidance determination unit displays a map that is set in advance in place of the guidance that has been performed so far. A navigation device characterized by deciding to perform accompanying guidance. The navigation device according to claim 2, wherein
The navigation device further includes icon selection means for selecting an icon to be displayed on the map,
When the distance from the location represented by the home address to the current position of the vehicle is greater than the predetermined value, the guidance determination unit displays the icon selected by the icon selection unit on the map. A navigation device characterized in that the guidance to be displayed is determined. The navigation device according to claim 3,
The navigation device, wherein the icon selection means selects an icon to be displayed on the map based on a selection operation previously performed by an operator of the navigation device. The navigation device according to claim 3,
The navigation device according to claim 1, wherein the icon selection means selects an icon to be displayed on the map based on the information acquired by the information acquisition means. The navigation device according to claim 5, wherein
The information acquisition means further acquires the date of birth of the driver from the IC card,
The navigation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the icon selection means selects an icon to be displayed on the map based on a date of birth of the driver. The navigation device according to any one of claims 4 to 6,
The navigation device further includes spot color information storage means for storing spot color information for each region,
The navigation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the icon selecting unit selects an icon to be displayed on the map, except for an icon related to spot color information of a region corresponding to the home address acquired by the information acquiring unit. The navigation device according to claim 5, wherein
The navigation device further includes spot color information storage means for storing spot color information for each region,
The icon selection means is an icon corresponding to spot color information around the current position of the vehicle as an icon to be displayed on the map, and corresponds to the home address acquired by the information acquisition means. A navigation device, wherein an icon that does not correspond to regional feature information is selected. The navigation device according to any one of claims 1 to 8,
The navigation device, wherein the IC card is a driver's license.

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