JP2011209168A - Navigation device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a navigation device having excellent handleability.SOLUTION: The navigation device includes a body case, a display part provided in the body case, a control part connected to the display part, a position detection part connected to the control part, and a map storage part. The navigation device has a constitution wherein a camera is provided in the body case, and the camera and an image synthesis part are connected to the control part, and position information detected by the position detection part and a photographing direction mark of the camera are synthesized into an image photographed by the camera, by the image synthesis part.

Description

  The present invention relates to a navigation device with a camera.

  There is one that creates an album by arranging an image photographed by a camera and map information obtained by a photographing position detector (for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2006-185058 A

  In the above-described conventional example, the image taken by the camera and the map information obtained by the photographing position detector are arranged side by side, so it is easy to see where the image was taken and it is convenient.

However, in the conventional device, the shooting location is known, but it is difficult to understand which direction the shooting was taken from that location, and it is difficult to compare and reproduce with subsequent captured images, which is inconvenient.
Therefore, the present invention aims to improve usability.

  In order to achieve this object, the present invention provides a main body case, a display unit provided in the main body case, a control unit connected to the display unit, a position detection unit connected to the control unit, and a map memory A camera is provided in the main body case, the camera and the image composition unit are connected to the control unit, and an image photographed by the camera by the image composition unit is included in the position detection unit. The detected position information and the shooting direction mark of the camera are combined to achieve the intended purpose.

  As described above, the present invention includes a main body case, a display unit provided in the main body case, a control unit connected to the display unit, a position detection unit connected to the control unit, and a map storage unit, The main body case is provided with a camera, the camera and the image composition unit are connected to the control unit, and the position information detected by the position detection unit in the image photographed by the camera by the image composition unit Since it is configured to synthesize the shooting direction mark of the camera, usability can be improved.

  That is, in the present invention, since the position information detected by the position detection unit and the shooting direction mark of the camera are combined with the image shot by the camera, where the image is, This makes it easy to see where the photo was taken from the location, making it easier to use.

The figure which shows the utilization form of the navigation apparatus regarding one Embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows the utilization form of the navigation apparatus regarding one Embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows the utilization form of the navigation apparatus regarding one Embodiment of this invention. The control block diagram of the navigation apparatus regarding one Embodiment of this invention Control flow chart of navigation device according to one embodiment of the present invention

(Embodiment 1)

  FIG. 1 shows a usage form of a navigation apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. This navigation apparatus 1 is usually mounted in the front of a car 2 and provides route guidance to a destination.

  In the state shown in FIG. 1, the navigation device 1 is taken out of the automobile 2 and, for example, an image of Mt. That is, the navigation apparatus 1 of the present embodiment is provided with a camera (4 in FIG. 4).

  Further, since the lens (not shown) of the camera 4 is provided on the back surface of the main body case 5 constituting the navigation device 1 (the front side of the automobile 2), it is displayed on the display unit 6 provided on the vehicle interior side. The traveling direction display 7 indicating the traveling direction of the automobile 2 becomes the photographing direction mark of the camera 4 as it is.

  As shown in FIG. 2, this embodiment is characterized by not only Mount 3 in the image of the display unit 6 but also a map 8 that is position information indicating the shooting location, and an automobile 2 that is a shooting direction mark of the camera 4. And the traveling direction display 7 are combined and displayed.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the map 8 and the traveling direction display 7 are displayed at the lower left (a in FIG. 3), lower right (b in FIG. 3), upper right (c in FIG. 3), and upper left (FIG. 3). D) can be appropriately changed by the cursor switch 9.
Further, on the upper side or the lower side of the display unit 6, shooting date / time, location, and shooting memo are displayed as shooting information 10.

In order to perform photography and image composition as described above, the navigation device 1 of the present embodiment has a configuration shown in FIG.
That is, the display unit 6 provided on the front side (the vehicle interior side) of the main body case 5 is connected to the control unit 12 via the display control unit 11.
Further, as is well known, a position detection unit 15 including a GPS reception unit 13 and a position calculation unit 14 and a map storage unit 16 are connected to the control unit 12.
Further, the map information of the current position read from the map storage unit 16 is temporarily taken into the memory 17.
Furthermore, the camera 4 is connected to the control unit 12 via the image input unit 18, and an image taken by the camera 4 is also taken into the memory 17.

  Further, the map information captured in the memory 17 and the image photographed by the camera 4 and recorded in the memory 17 are synthesized by the image synthesis unit 19 as shown in FIG. 2 or FIG. Although displayed in the unit 6, it can also be recorded on the recording medium 21 via the recording control unit 20.

  The input device 22 in FIG. 4 includes the cursor switch 9, a shutter button (23 in FIG. 2), a decision switch (24 in FIG. 2), other switches (not shown), A switch (not shown) for setting a destination is collectively expressed.

The navigation device 1 according to the present embodiment includes a position detection unit 15 including a GPS reception unit 13 and a position calculation unit 14, and a map storage unit 16, so that normal destination search and route display can be performed. As shown in FIG. 1, route guidance is provided from the home to the shooting point of Mt. Fuji.
After arriving at the destination, as shown in FIG. 1, the navigation device 1 is taken out of the automobile 2, and the shutter button 23 is pushed with the composition shown in FIG. 2 (S1 in FIG. 5).
Then, the image photographed by the camera 4 is taken into the memory 17 via the image input unit 18 (S2).
The image captured by the camera 4 captured in the memory 17 is displayed on the display unit 6 via the display control unit 11 (S3).
In addition, the shooting point is detected by the position detector 15 including the GPS receiver 13 and the position calculator 14 (S4).
Further, map information in the vicinity of the shooting point is read from the map storage unit 16 and is taken into the memory 17 (S5).

  In the image composition unit 19, the image captured by the camera 4 captured in the memory 17, the map information near the photographing point, and the photographing information 10 are combined and displayed on the display unit 5 as shown in FIG. 2.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 3, the map 8 on the display unit 6 and the traveling direction display 7 are displayed on the lower left (a in FIG. 3), lower right (b in FIG. 3), and upper right (c in FIG. 3) by the cursor switch 9. , And appropriately change to the upper left (d in FIG. 3) (S7).

  Next, the determination switch (24 in FIG. 2) provided on the right side of the display unit 6 is pressed to select and determine any one of (a) to (d) in FIG. 3 (S8). Recording is performed on the recording medium 21 via the unit 20 (S9).

  In this way, the image recorded on the recording medium 21 becomes a shooting direction mark of the camera 4 and a map 8 which is position information indicating the shooting location as well as Mount Fuji 3, as shown in FIG. The traveling direction display 7 of the automobile 2 and the shooting information 10 are combined and displayed.

  In particular, since the map 8 which is position information indicating the shooting location and the traveling direction display 7 of the automobile 2 which is the shooting direction mark of the camera 4 are recorded at the same time, which location is taken in which direction. Becomes obvious and can be easily compared and reproduced with subsequent captured images, making it extremely easy to use.

  As described above, the present invention includes a main body case, a display unit provided in the main body case, a control unit connected to the display unit, a position detection unit connected to the control unit, and a map storage unit, The main body case is provided with a camera, the camera and the image composition unit are connected to the control unit, and the position information detected by the position detection unit in the image photographed by the camera by the image composition unit Since it is configured to synthesize the shooting direction mark of the camera, usability can be improved.

That is, in the present invention, since the position information detected by the position detection unit and the shooting direction mark of the camera are combined with the image shot by the camera, where the image is, This makes it easy to see where the photo was taken from the location, making it easier to use.
Therefore, it is expected to be used as a car navigation device.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Navigation apparatus 2 Car 3 Mt. Fuji 4 Camera 5 Main body case 6 Display part 7 Traveling direction display 8 Map 9 Cursor switch 10 Shooting information 11 Display control part 12 Control part 13 GPS receiving part 14 Position calculation part 15 Position detection part 16 Map storage part 17 Memory 18 Image input unit 19 Image composition unit 20 Recording control unit 21 Recording medium 22 Input device 23 Shutter button 24 Determination switch

Claims (3)

A main body case, a display section provided in the main body case, a control section connected to the display section, a position detection section connected to the control section, and a map storage section are provided, and a camera is provided in the main body case At the same time, the camera and the image composition unit are connected to the control unit, and the position information detected by the position detection unit and the photographing direction mark of the camera are included in the image photographed by the camera by the image composition unit. A navigation device characterized in that the composition is composed. 2. The navigation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image synthesizing unit includes a changing unit that changes a position where the position information detected by the position detecting unit and a shooting direction mark of the camera are combined in an image captured by the camera. . The navigation device according to claim 1, wherein a traveling direction display is used as a shooting direction mark of the camera.

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