JP2013033051A - Navigation device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To register and manage one or a plurality of pieces of spot information which are retrieved in the same conditions as a single group.SOLUTION: In a navigation device 1 according to the present invention, when retrieval conditions are inputted by an operation input section 11 from a retrieval screen, spot information matching with the retrieval conditions is extracted from a spot information DB 144, and a list of the extracted spot information is displayed on a spot list screen 121. When a batch registration button 121a on the spot list screen 121 is operated by the operation input section 11, the extracted spot information is registered as a single group into a group spot information table 151 of a registered spot information storage section 15.

Description

  The present invention relates to a navigation device.

Conventionally, in a vehicle-mounted navigation device, a CD-RO storing a large number of point information
Storage devices such as M (Compact Disc Read Only Memory), HD (Hard Disk), and DVD are provided. The user inputs conditions such as an address, a telephone number, a facility genre, and a region, and searches for point information that meets the conditions from among a large number of pieces of point information stored in the storage device and sets it as a destination. .

However, it is complicated to input search conditions every time a destination is set and to search for desired point information from a large number of point information. Therefore, a technique for registering frequently used spot information and the like in another memory and facilitating a read operation of the spot information for setting a destination has been proposed. For example, Patent Document 1 describes a technique for automatically registering a facility searched as a destination at least once in a registered facility information storage unit. There is also known a technique for registering point information selected and operated by a user from point information searched by inputting conditions from a large number of point information.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-194176

However, when all the point information searched by inputting conditions is to be registered, in the conventional technique, it is necessary for the user to select and register the point information to be registered for each case. That is, it is necessary to repeat the registration operation for the number of retrieved items.

In addition, if you want to display a list of multiple locations that have been searched under the same conditions at a later date, you can use the registered location information editing function to display all the location information that the user has searched under the same criteria. On the other hand, it was necessary to perform an operation for assigning the same point mark. Then, it is necessary to display a list of registered point information on the display unit and to sort in order of the point marks.

Any of the operations is very troublesome for the user as an operation performed in a constrained space in the vehicle. Moreover, the point mark which can be provided is also limited, and it cannot be said that it is sufficient for classifying and managing the registered point information.

The problem of the present invention is to register one or a plurality of point information searched under the same conditions as a group,
To be able to manage.

In order to solve the above problem, the navigation device of the invention according to claim 1 is:
Extraction means for extracting point information that matches the input search condition from an external storage medium in which a plurality of pieces of point information are stored in advance;
The group information including the group name that is automatically given to the group of spot information based on the input search condition is assigned to the group of spot information extracted by the extracting means as a group, and the second information is added. Registration means for registering in the storage means;
Display control means for controlling display information to be displayed on the display means;
An input means for inputting an instruction from the user;
A route search means for performing a route search,
The display control means causes the display means to display the group name registered in the second storage means, and further selects a first selection input to the input means from the group name displayed on the display means. A group of point information to which the group name selected by the information is given is displayed on the display means,
The route search means performs a route search using the point information selected by the second selection information input to the input means from the group of the spot information displayed on the display means as a destination;
It is characterized by.

The invention according to claim 2 is the invention according to claim 1,
The group information includes a group name indicating the group of point information,
A group name input means for receiving an input of a group name by a user;
The registration unit assigns the group name input via the group name input unit to the extracted group of spot information.

The invention according to claim 3 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 and 2,
The registration means provides an area for storing information on new items not included in the extracted spot information when the extracted spot information is registered in the second storage means.

The invention according to claim 4 is the invention according to claim 3,
The point information includes position information of a point represented by the point information,
Detecting means for detecting a position reached by a vehicle on which the navigation device is mounted;
When the point information including the position information that matches the position detected by the detection means is stored in the second storage means, the point information has been reached in the area newly provided in the point information Information updating means for storing information indicating
Is provided.

The invention according to claim 5 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
Deletion means for deleting the group of point information stored in the second storage means from the second storage means in units of the group.

The invention according to claim 6 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
Editing means for editing group information stored in the second storage means.

The invention according to claim 7 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
Additional registration means for additionally registering the spot information newly extracted by the extraction means to the group of spot information already registered in the second storage means is provided.

The invention according to claim 8 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
The second storage means is a storage device provided in the navigation device or an external storage device detachable from the navigation device.

According to the present invention, one or a plurality of point information searched under the same condition is registered as a group,
Be able to manage.

It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure of the navigation apparatus of embodiment which concerns on this invention. (A) is a figure which shows the example of data storage of the point information table of FIG. 1, (b) is a figure which shows the example of data storage of the group information table of FIG. 1, (c) is the individual point information table of FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of data storage of. It is a flowchart which shows the spot registration process performed by the control part of FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the point list screen displayed on the display part of FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the point detail screen displayed on the display part of FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the selection screen displayed on the display part of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the point group read-out process performed by the control part. It is a figure which shows an example of the registration group list screen displayed on the display part of FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the affiliation point list screen displayed on the display part of FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the group edit screen displayed on the display part of FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the separate screen displayed on the display part of FIG.

Embodiments according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the scope of the invention is not limited to the illustrated examples.

First, the structure of the navigation apparatus 1 in this Embodiment is demonstrated. The navigation device 1 is a device that is mounted on a vehicle and displays route guidance to the current position of the vehicle (own vehicle) and a destination.

  FIG. 1 shows a functional configuration example of the navigation apparatus 1.

As shown in FIG. 1, the navigation device 1 includes a control unit 10, an operation input unit 11, and a display unit 1.
2, voice output unit 13, hard disk device 14, registration point information storage unit 15, GPS (Glob
al Positioning System) module 16, autonomous navigation unit 17, VICS (registered trademark) (Vehicle Information and Communication System) module 18, external storage devices I / F19, / F20, and the like.

The control unit 10 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory),
It is composed of a RAM (Random Access Memory) or the like. The CPU of the control unit 10 reads and executes a system program stored in the ROM, and drives and controls each unit of the navigation device 1. Further, the CPU reads various processing programs stored in the ROM based on information input via the operation input unit 11, the GPS module 16, the VICS (registered trademark) module 18, and the like, and expands them in the RAM. Various processes are executed according to the developed program.

For example, when a destination is set via the operation input unit 11 and a route search is instructed, the control unit 10 executes a route search process, and from the map information stored in the hard disk device 14, the node (intersection) Road information including information on nodes such as branch points and inflection points) and link (straight path) information is read out, and based on the read road information, the vehicle's current position (vehicle position) is changed to the destination. (Eg, standard route, route with the shortest distance, route with the lowest charge, route with the shortest time, etc.). When the route search process ends, the control unit 10 causes the display unit 12 to display a selection screen for the user to select a guidance route to be used for route guidance from the searched routes, and selects from the operation input unit 11. In response to the input, one of the searched routes is set as a guidance route to be used for route guidance, and stored in the RAM as a route search result.

In addition, when the route guidance is instructed via the operation input unit 11, the control unit 10 performs route guidance processing, based on the vehicle position input from the GPS module 16 or the like and the search result of the route search processing. Data required for route guidance (map information, location information, guide map data, etc. near the vehicle position) is read from the hard disk device 14 and stored in the RAM, and route guidance is displayed on the display unit 12 or route guidance is displayed. Audio is output from the audio output unit 13.

Moreover, the control part 10 performs the spot registration process mentioned later, the extraction means which extracts the spot information which corresponds to the input search conditions from the spot information DB 144, and the extracted spot information as a group (group) is the second group. A function as a registration means for registering in the registration point information storage unit 15 as a storage means is realized.

In addition, the control unit 10 executes a point group reading process, which will be described later, and reads a group of point information stored in the registered point information storage unit 15 in units of a group according to an operation from the operation input unit 11. 12, display control means for displaying a list, spot information stored in the registration spot information storage section 15, deletion means for deleting the spot information stored in the registration spot information storage section 15 as a group, and group information stored in the registration spot information storage section 15. A function as an editing means for editing and an additional registration means for additionally registering new spot information in the group of spot information stored in the registered spot information storage unit 15 is realized.

Further, the control unit 10 receives information on the vehicle position (latitude, latitude, etc.) input from the GPS module 16 or the like when a signal (OFF signal) indicating that the engine switch key 20a is turned off is input via the I / F 20. Longitude) and the acquired position is detected as the position where the vehicle has reached. That is, the control unit 10 functions as a detection unit.

Furthermore, when the control unit 10 detects the position where the host vehicle has arrived, the point information including the position information that matches the position where the host vehicle has arrived is the group point information table 15 in the registered point information storage unit 15.
1 is stored, and if it is determined that it is stored, the visited flag is displayed in the “visited flag” area 151e of the point information including the position information that matches the position reached by the host vehicle. Store ON. That is, the control unit 10 functions as an information update unit.

The operation input unit 11 has an arrow key for indicating a direction (upper, upper right, right, lower right, lower, lower left, left, upper left), a set key arranged at the center of the arrow key, a numeric key, and the like. Various keys associated with various functions such as navigation use are provided, and operation signals for the operated keys are output to the control unit 10. Further, the operation input unit 11 includes a touch panel provided so as to cover the screen of the display unit 12, and detects and detects coordinates instructed by a coordinate reading principle such as an electromagnetic induction type, a magnetostriction type, a pressure sensitive type, and the like. The coordinates are output to the control unit 10 as a position signal.
Alternatively, the operation input unit 11 may include a remote controller, a microphone, and the like.

The display unit 12 is configured by a color liquid crystal display or the like, and displays display information for navigation such as a map screen, an icon, and a guide map on the display screen in accordance with an instruction from the control unit 10.

The audio output unit 13 includes a D / A converter, an amplifier, a speaker, and the like.
Audio data is converted into an analog signal and output as an audio signal.

The hard disk device 14 has a map DB (Data Base) 141, a guide map DB 142, a guide voice DB 143, a point information DB 144, and the like, and stores in advance data including point information necessary for route search and route guidance in the navigation device 1. The first storage means. The first storage means is not limited to a hard disk device, and may be a storage device including a recording medium such as a CD-ROM and a DVD and a drive for reading information from these recording media.

The map DB 141 is a database that stores map information including road information, railway information, and river information. Road information includes nodes, links, names of roads, types of roads (highways, national roads, prefectural roads, general roads, arterial roads, toll roads, etc.), road widths, IC (interchange) names, and maps Information such as the location information (latitude and longitude), the name of the SA (service area), and location information on the map.

The river information includes information such as the name of each river, a node (position information on a map of a contact point such as a branch point with a tributary, a bending point), a link (a straight line portion of the river), and the like.

The railway information includes the name and type of each railway line, node (location information on the map of the contact point such as the station and the inflection point of the railway line), link (straight line part of the railway line), information of the station included in each railway line (station name,
Information such as type (terminal station, etc.) is included.

The guide map DB 142 is guide map data for displaying a guide image at the point of route guidance (
For example, it is a database storing image data of enlarged intersections, direction signs, traveling direction arrows, and the like.

The guidance voice DB 143 is a database that stores voice data of messages necessary for route guidance.

The point information DB 144 is point information relating to each point on the map, for example, the name of the point, position information (latitude, longitude) on the map, address, telephone number, genre information, and a mark for displaying the point on the map ( This is a database storing icon image information) and the like.

The registered spot information storage unit 15 is configured by a non-volatile semiconductor memory or the like, and is a second storage unit that stores spot information registered in response to a registration operation of the operation input unit 11 by the user. The first storage means and the second storage means are provided, and the spot information registered by the user from the plurality of spot information stored in the first storage means is stored in the second storage means. Thus, it is possible to easily read out the point information.

In the present embodiment, the registered spot information storage unit 15 includes a group spot information table 151 that stores each piece of spot information registered as a group, and a group spot information table 15.
Group information table 152 for storing information (referred to as group information) relating to a group of point information registered in 1, and individual point information table 15 for storing individually registered point information
3.

An example of the group spot information table 151 is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2A, the group location information table 151 includes a “name” area 151a and a “position” area 151b.
, “Mark” area 151c, “group number” area 151d, “visited flag” area 15
1e, “number of visits” area 151f, “undefined” area 151g, etc., each of the point information registered as a group and newly added information are stored by item. "Name" area 1
51a stores name information of points. The “position” area 151b stores position information (latitude and longitude) on the map. The “mark” area 151c stores icon image information indicating a point. The “group number” area 151d stores a group number assigned at the time of registration.
A “visited flag” area 151e is a flag indicating whether or not the point has been visited (whether or not the vehicle has reached the point) (ON if visited, OFF if not visited) (Default is OFF). The “number of visits” area 151 f stores the number of visits to a point. The “undefined” area 151g stores information on the defined item when an additional item is defined by the user.

An example of the group information table 152 is shown in FIG. Group information table 15
2B, as shown in FIG. 2B, a “group number” area 152a, a “group name” area 152b, a “number of spots” area 152c, a “domination flag” area 152d, a “user defined item 1” area 152f, It has a “user-defined item 2” area 152g, an “undefined” area 152h, etc., and stores group information related to a group of spot information registered as a group by item.

The “group number” area 152a stores a group number for identifying a group of spot information registered as a group. The “group name” area 152b stores the name of the group. The “number of points” area 152c stores the number of pieces of point information belonging to the group.
In the “Conquer flag” area 152d, the visited flag of all point information belonging to the group is ON.
A flag indicating whether or not it has become (ON if all visited flags are ON, default is OF
F) is stored. The “user definition item 1” area 152f stores information indicating items defined for each piece of point information belonging to the group by the user. The “user definition item 2” area 152g stores information indicating items defined for the group information by the user. The “undefined” area 152h stores information on defined items when additional items are defined by the user.

FIG. 2C shows an example of the individual point information table 153. Individual point information table 15
2 includes a “name” area 153a, a “position” area 153b, a “mark” area 153c, and the like, and stores individually registered spot information by item as shown in FIG.

The GPS module 16 includes a GPS antenna or the like (not shown). This GP
The S antenna receives GPS signals transmitted from a plurality of GPS satellites launched into low earth orbit. The GPS antenna receives GPS signals transmitted from at least three GPS satellites, detects the absolute current position (latitude, longitude) of the vehicle based on the received GPS signals, and outputs the detected position to the control unit 10. .

The autonomous navigation unit 17 includes an angle sensor, a distance sensor, and the like. The angle sensor detects the angular velocity of the vehicle (the rotation angle in the horizontal direction per unit time) and calculates the amount of change in the moving direction. A distance sensor detects the pulse signal output according to rotation of a wheel, and calculates the moving amount | distance of a vehicle. The autonomous navigation unit 17 calculates a relative position change of the vehicle based on the angular velocity signal and the vehicle speed pulse signal, and outputs it to the control unit 10.

  The VICS (registered trademark) module 18 receives road congestion information by receiving a broadcast from an FM multiplex broadcasting station or the like via an antenna (not shown), and outputs it to the control unit 10. Alternatively, the VICS (registered trademark) module 18 may be configured to receive road traffic congestion information broadcast from a beacon transmitter using light / radio waves from a device installed on the road.

The external storage device I / F 19 includes a USB (Universal Serial Bus) memory and a CF (Compact
Flash) An interface for connecting an external storage device 19a such as a card and inputting / outputting data to / from the external storage device 19a. The external storage device 19a is a CD-
R (Compact Disk Recordable), SD (Secure Digital) memory card (registered trademark),
Smart media (registered trademark) or the like may be used, and in this case, the external storage device I / F 19 includes a drive for reading and writing data to and from the external storage device 19a.

The I / F 20 outputs an input signal from the engine switch key 20 a for switching ON / OFF of the host vehicle engine to the control unit 10.

  Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described.

First, a process for registering spot information extracted by searching from spot information in the spot information DB 144 will be described.

FIG. 3 shows a spot registration process executed by the control unit 10. The processing is performed by the operation input unit 1
1 is a process executed when an information search instruction is input according to 1.

First, a search screen is displayed on the display unit 12, and a search condition is input from the search screen by the operation input unit 11 (step S1). Next, the point information that matches the search condition is the point information D.
The spot list screen 121 that is extracted from B144 (step S2) and displays a list of the extracted one or more spot information is displayed on the display unit 12 (step S3).

FIG. 4 shows an example of the spot list screen 121 displayed in step S3. As shown in FIG. 4, the point list screen 121 is a “batch registration” for inputting a point information list 121a that matches the search condition entered by the user and an instruction for registering the point-displayed point information as a group. A button 121b, a “return” button 121c for instructing to return to the search, and the like are displayed. When one point is pressed and selected from the list displayed on the point list screen 121, a point detail screen 122 shown in FIG. 5 is displayed. The point details screen 122
Detailed information column 122a for displaying detailed information (name, address, telephone number, etc.) about the point
Or a “spot registration” button 122b for instructing to register the spot information individually. In addition, a “select registration” button or the like may be provided on the spot list screen 121 so that the spot information selected by the operation input unit 11 among the spot information displayed in the list can be registered as a group. Further, a “re-search” button or the like may be provided on the spot list screen 121 so that the search condition can be further narrowed down from the spot information displayed in the list so that the search can be performed again.

When the “collective registration” button 121b on the spot list screen 121 is pressed by the operation input unit 121 (step S4; YES), the spot information displayed in the list on the spot list screen 121 is grouped in the registered spot information storage unit 15. It is registered in the group spot information table 151 (
Step S5). At this time, a group number for uniquely identifying the registered group of spot information is given and stored in the “group number” area 151 d of each registered spot information.

Next, a selection screen 123 for selecting whether to automatically assign a group name or to assign an arbitrary group name is displayed on the display unit 12. In FIG.
An example of 3 is shown. As shown in FIG. 6, the selection screen 123 has a message “Do you want to automatically assign a group name?” And a “Yes” button 123a for selecting automatic assignment.
A “No” button 123b for the user to select to give arbitrarily is displayed.

When the “Yes” button 123a on the selection screen 123 is pressed by the operation input unit 11 and an automatic assignment of the group name is instructed (step S6; YES), the group name is automatically created based on the search condition input by the user, Group information including the group name is automatically given to the group of point information registered in step S5 (step S7). That is, step S5
In the group information table 152, the group number assigned to the group of spot information is associated with the group name created based on the search condition, the number of spots obtained by counting the number of spot information of the group, and the like. . For example, when the user searches in step S1 using “ramen” and “Kanto” as a search condition, a group of point information in which names corresponding to the search condition expression such as “Ramen tour Kanto” are searched according to the search condition. Created as a name.
When the group information is registered, this process ends.

On the other hand, the “No” button 123b on the selection screen 123 is pressed by the operation input unit 11,
When the user gives an instruction for the group name (step S6; NO), the hiragana 5
A character input screen (group name input means) (not shown) on which a zero sound button, a kanji conversion button, a determination button, and the like are displayed is displayed on the display unit 12, and a group name is input from the screen by the operation input unit 11. Is pressed (step S8), the input group name, group number, and number of points are registered in the group information table 152 (step S9).
), This process ends.

On the other hand, in step S4, the “collective registration” button 121b is not pressed by the operation input unit 11 (step S4; NO), and one point selected from the list displayed on the point list screen 121 is pressed and selected. When the “location registration” button 122b of the displayed location details screen 122 is pressed and location registration is instructed (step S10; YES), the location information of the selected location is registered in the individual location information table 153 (step S10). S11), this process ends.

On the other hand, if a point is not selected in step S10 (step S10: N) and the “return” button 121c is pressed (step S12; YES), the process returns to step S1,
A search with a new search condition is executed.

Next, a process for reading the spot information registered as a group in a group unit (hereinafter referred to as a group unit) will be described.

FIG. 7 shows a point group reading process executed by the control unit 10. The process is
This is a process executed when a point information reading instruction in units of groups is input by a predetermined operation of the operation input unit 11 by the user.

When a read instruction in units of groups is input by the operation input unit 11, group information is read from the group information table 152 stored in the registration point information storage unit 15,
A registered group list screen 124 displaying a list of registered group information is displayed on the display unit 12.
Is displayed (step S21).

FIG. 8 shows an example of the registered group list screen 124 displayed on the display unit 12. As shown in FIG. 8, the registered group list screen 124 displays a list 124 a of group information registered in the group information table 152. The list 124a displays the group name of each group, the number of points, the conquest flag, and the like. The registered group list screen 124 includes a “group” tab 124b and an “individual” tab 124c. When the “individual” tab 124c is pressed, the registered point information is displayed in a list. It is possible to switch to a spot list screen (not shown).

When group information is selected from the list 124a displayed on the registered group list screen 124 by the operation input unit 11 (step S22), the point information belonging to the selected group (that is, the group number of the selected group information is changed). Corresponding point information) is read from the group point information table 151, and the belonging point list screen 125 displaying a list of the read group of point information is displayed on the display unit 12 (step S23).

FIG. 9 shows an example of the affiliation point list screen 125 displayed on the display unit 12. The affiliation point list screen 125 is a screen that displays a list of point information in units of groups selected in step S22. As shown in FIG. 9, the affiliation point list screen 125 includes a list 125a of a group of point information belonging to the selected group, a “collective deletion” button 125b, a “group edit” button 125c, and the like. The list 125a displays the name of each point belonging to the selected group, the visited flag, the number of visits, and the like. In this way, information on whether or not each point belonging to the group has been visited, the number of visits, etc. are displayed, so the user can
From a group of point information belonging to the group, it is possible to check where it has been, where it has not been conquered, and so on. “Batch delete” button 125b
It is a button for inputting an instruction to delete the group information and the spot information of the group to be displayed on the screen from the registered spot information storage unit 15 in units of groups. The “group editing” button 125c is a button for instructing editing of group information of a group to be displayed on the screen.

When the “collective deletion” button 125b on the affiliation point list screen 125 is pressed by the operation input unit 11 (step S24; YES), the group information of the group that is the display target of the screen (selected in step S22) and A group of point information belonging to this is deleted from the registered point information storage unit 15 (step S25), and this process ends.

When the “group edit” button 125c on the affiliation point list screen 125 is pressed by the operation input unit 11 (step S24; NO; step S26; YES), the group edit screen 126 is displayed on the display unit 12 (step S27). .

FIG. 10 shows an example of the group edit screen 126 displayed on the display unit 12. The group edit screen 126 is a screen for editing the group information selected in step S22. As shown in FIG. 10, the group edit screen 126 is associated with each item button 126a-126b of editable group information, and each item is displayed. Information is displayed. The group editing screen 126 displays an “add point” button 126c, an “add group information” button 126d, an “add point information” button 126e, an “OK” button 126f, and the like.

Any one of the edit item buttons 126a to 126 on the group edit screen 126 is operated by the operation input unit 11.
When 126e is operated (step S28; YES), group information editing processing corresponding to the operated item is executed (step S29).

For example, when any of the item buttons 126a to 126b is operated, an input screen corresponding to the operated item (for example, a keyboard for a name item and a reset key for a conquest flag item) is displayed. When entered from the input screen, the entered content is displayed in association with the item button. From this screen, it is possible to reset the group name, conquest flag, and the like. When the conquest flag is reset, all visited flags of point information are also reset.

Further, for example, when the “add point” button 126c is operated, the “registered point” button 1
26g, the operation of the “new registration” button 126h becomes valid. "Registered point" button 12
When 6g is operated, the spot information registered in the individual spot information table 153 is read, and a list of the read spot information is displayed on the display unit 12. When spot information is operated and selected from the list displayed by the operation input unit 11, the selected spot information is additionally registered in the group spot information table 151 in association with the group number of the group information selected in step S22. At the same time, the number of points of the group in the group information table 152 is updated. When the “new registration” button 126h is operated, a search screen is displayed, point information that matches the input search conditions is extracted from the point information DB 144, and a list of the extracted point information is displayed on the display unit 12. The When any point information is operated and selected from the displayed list, the selected point information is additionally registered in the group selected in step S22. That is, it is additionally registered in the group spot information table 151 in association with the group number of the group information selected in step S22, and the spot number of the spot group in the group information table 152 is updated.

Further, for example, when the “add group information” button 126d is operated, an input screen for the user to input an item to be added to the group information (keyboard for inputting characters or item candidates that can be selected as additional items) ) Is displayed, and additional item information is input from the screen, the input additional item information is displayed in the “user-defined item 2” area 152g of the group information selected in step S22 of the group information table 152. be registered. this"
The information input to the “user-defined item 2” area 152g identifies the item of the “undefined” area 152h for the group information. Thereby, it is possible to add the information of the additional item input by the user to the group information selected in step S22. For example, it is possible to add input fields such as impressions and date and time when the group is conquered.

Further, for example, when the “add point information” button 126e is operated, an input screen for a user to input an item to be added to each piece of point information belonging to the group (selected as a keyboard or an additional item for inputting characters) Possible item candidates) is displayed, and when additional item information is input from the screen, the additional information input in the “user-defined item 1” area 152f of the group information selected in step S22 of the group information table 152 is input. Item information is registered. Based on the information input in the “user-defined item 1” area 152f, the item of the “undefined” area 151g of the spot information corresponding to the group information in the group spot information table 151 is specified. Thereby, it becomes possible to add the information of the additional item input by the user to the point information belonging to the group selected in step S22. For example, it becomes possible to add an evaluation input field for the user to input the evaluation of each point belonging to the group.

By pressing the “add group information” button 126d and the “add spot information” button 126e, the user can freely customize information that can be given to the group information and spot information of the selected group.

In the present embodiment, an “undefined” area is provided in advance in the group spot information table 151 and the group information table 152, and the user adds “group information”.
Although it has been described that these areas can be used in accordance with the operation of the button 126d and the “add point information” button 126e, an “undefined” area is not provided in advance, and an “add group information” button 126d and “add point information” An area may be added in accordance with the operation of the button 126e. The number of items that can be added is not limited to one.

When the “OK” button 126f is pressed from the group edit screen 126 by the operation input unit 11 (step S30), this process ends.

On the other hand, when any point information is selected from the list displayed on the affiliation point list screen 125 (step S26; NO, step S31; YES), the individual screen 127 of the selected point information is displayed on the display unit 12. (Step S32).

FIG. 11 shows an example of the individual screen 127. The individual screen 127 is a screen for individually editing the selected point information or setting it as a destination. As shown in FIG. 11, the individual screen 127 is associated with each item button 127a to 127d of the point information, Information on each item is displayed. Further, on the individual screen 127, a “delete” button 127e, a “destination” button 127f, a “detour” button 127g, an “OK” button 127h, and the like are displayed.

When any one of the item buttons 127a to 127d on the individual screen 127 is pressed by the operation input unit 11 (step S33; YES), a point information editing process corresponding to the operation is executed (step S34), and the process proceeds to step S39. Migrate to

For example, when any one of the item buttons 127a to 127d is pressed, an input screen corresponding to the pressed item (for example, a keyboard for a name item, a numeric keypad for a visit count item, and a visited flag item) If there is, an ON / OFF key) is displayed, and when the input is input from the input screen, the input content is displayed in association with the item button. From this screen, it is possible to edit individual point information constituting the point group. For example, the visited flag and the number of visits are not counted as the number of visits unless they are set as destinations in the navigation device 1, but if there is a point visited by a train or the like, the visited flag is turned on from the screen.
If the number of visits is input, the number of visits can be reflected in the navigation device 1 without being guided by the navigation device 1.

When the “delete” button 127e is pressed by the operation input unit 11 (step S33; N
O, step S35; YES), the displayed spot information is the group spot information table 1.
51, the number of points in the group information table 152 is decremented by 1 (step S36), and the process proceeds to step S39.

When the “destination” button 127f or the “detour” button 127g is pressed by the operation input unit 11 (step S35; NO, step S37; YES), the displayed point information is set as the destination or detour point. (Step S38), the process proceeds to step S39.
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In step S39, the “OK” button 1 is displayed from the individual screen 127 by the operation input unit 11.
When 27h is pressed (step S39: YES), this process ends.

When the destination is set, the route search process and the route guidance process are executed by the control unit 10,
Route guidance from the current vehicle position to the set destination is performed.

When a signal (OFF signal) indicating that the engine switch key 20a is turned off is input via the I / F 20, the control unit 10 receives information on the vehicle position (latitude and longitude) input from the GPS module 16 or the like. And the acquired position is detected as the position where the vehicle has reached.
And if the position which the own vehicle reached | attained is detected, the control part 10 will be the point information including the positional information which corresponds to the position which the own vehicle arrived in the group spot information table 15 of the registration point information storage part 15.
1 is stored, and if it is determined that it is stored, the visited flag is displayed in the “visited flag” area 151e of the point information including the position information that matches the position reached by the host vehicle. ON is stored, and the number of visits stored in the “number of visits” area 151f is set to 1
Increment. In addition, when the “visited flag” area 151e of the point information having the same group number as the point information is referenced and all the visited flags are ON,
ON is stored in the “conquest flag” area 152 d of the group information corresponding to the group number in the group information table 152.

When the distance between the location and the vehicle position is within a predetermined distance and the speed of the vehicle is below a certain level, it is considered that the vehicle has arrived and the visited flag ON is stored in the “visited flag” area 151e. The number of visits stored in the “number of times” area 151 f may be incremented by one.

As described above, according to the navigation device 1, when a search condition is input from the search screen by the operation input unit 11, spot information that matches the search condition is extracted from the spot information DB 144, and the extracted spot information The list is displayed on the point list screen 121. When the collective registration button 121b on the spot list screen 121 is operated by the operation input unit 11, the extracted spot information is registered in the group spot information table 151 of the registered spot information storage unit 15 as a group.

Therefore, all of the group of point information that matches the input search condition is registered in a batch registration button 121b.
It is possible to register in the registered spot information storage unit 15 in a batch according to the operation of, and it is possible to save time and effort for spot registration by the user.

In addition, since group information including a group name is added and registered to the extracted group of point information, the group of point information extracted under the same search condition is managed as a group unit, that is, as a group unit. It becomes possible to do. That is, it becomes possible to read out the spot information registered in units of groups and display the list or delete the information, and the operability and convenience of the navigation device 1 can be improved. Since the group name can be automatically given on the navigation device side based on the search condition, it is possible to give the group name indicating the characteristics of the group of point information without the user's operation. Further, since the group name input by the user from the operation input unit 11 can be given, it is possible to give the group name desired by the user.

Further, the group spot information table 151 includes information storage areas for new items that are not in the spot information DB 144, such as a “visited flag” area, a “visit count” area, and the like. For this, an area for storing information of a new item is provided. As a result, new item information can be added. For example, if a visited flag is added as information on a new item, when the point information of a certain group is displayed in a list on the display unit, the user easily recognizes a point that has not yet been performed in the group. It is possible to select a point that has not been visited as a destination, and enjoy the conquest of each point that constitutes the group, and the entertainment characteristics when using the navigation device 1 are enhanced.

Further, the group information can be edited, and the spot information stored in the spot information DB 144 and the individually registered spot information stored in the individual spot information table 153 are registered in the already registered group. Since it can be added, the user can customize the group.

The description in the above embodiment is an example of the navigation device according to the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to this.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, the nonvolatile memory included in the navigation device 1 has been described as the second storage unit. However, the external storage device 19a that can be attached to and detached from the navigation device 1 is used as the second storage unit for user operations. It is good also as a structure which registers the point information and group information registered according to it in the external storage device 19a. If the registration destination of the point information and group information is the external storage device 19a, the restriction on the memory capacity is eased compared with the case of registering in the memory inside the navigation device 1, and more point information and group information can be registered. Is possible. Further, it is possible to edit the external storage device 19a in which the location information and registration information are registered by attaching it to a personal computer or the like.

In addition, the detailed configuration and detailed operation of the navigation device 1 in the above embodiment can be changed as appropriate without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Navigation apparatus 10 Control part 11 Operation input part 12 Display part 121 Point list screen 122 Point detail screen 123 Selection screen 124 Registration group list screen 125 Affiliation point list screen 126 Group edit screen 127 Individual screen 13 Audio | voice output part 14 Hard disk device 141 Map DB
142 Guide map DB
143 Guidance voice DB
144 point information DB
15 registration point information storage unit 151 group point information table 152 group information table 153 individual point information table 16 GPS module 17 autonomous navigation unit 18 VICS (registered trademark) module 19 external storage device I / F
19a External storage device 20 I / F
20a Engine switch key

Claims (8)

Extraction means for extracting point information that matches the input search condition from an external storage medium in which a plurality of pieces of point information are stored in advance;
The group information including the group name that is automatically given to the group of spot information based on the input search condition is assigned to the group of spot information extracted by the extracting means as a group, and the second information is added. Registration means for registering in the storage means;
Display control means for controlling display information to be displayed on the display means;
An input means for inputting an instruction from the user;
A route search means for performing a route search,
The display control means causes the display means to display the group name registered in the second storage means, and further selects a first selection input to the input means from the group name displayed on the display means. A group of point information to which the group name selected by the information is given is displayed on the display means,
The route search means performs a route search using the point information selected by the second selection information input to the input means from the group of the spot information displayed on the display means as a destination;
A navigation device characterized by the above. The group information includes a group name indicating the group of point information,
A group name input means for receiving an input of a group name by a user;
The navigation device according to claim 1, wherein the registration unit assigns the group name input via the group name input unit to the extracted group of spot information. The registration means provides an area for storing information on a new item not included in the extracted spot information when the extracted spot information is registered in the second storage means.
The navigation device described in 1. The point information includes position information of a point represented by the point information,
Detecting means for detecting a position reached by a vehicle on which the navigation device is mounted;
When the point information including the position information that matches the position detected by the detection means is stored in the second storage means, the point information has been reached in the area newly provided in the point information Information updating means for storing information indicating
The navigation device according to claim 3. The navigation device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a deletion unit that deletes the group of point information stored in the second storage unit from the second storage unit in units of the group. The navigation device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising an editing unit that edits group information stored in the second storage unit. The additional registration means for additionally registering the spot information newly extracted by the extraction means to the group of spot information already registered in the second storage means. Navigation device. The navigation device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the second storage means is a storage device provided in the navigation device or an external storage device detachable from the navigation device. .

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