JP2016035387A - Navigation device, terminal device, navigation method, information processing method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem that when setting a destination or a via location in a conventional navigation device, external information cannot easily be utilized and it is troublesome to set the destination or the via location.SOLUTION: A destination or a via location can be set simply by a navigation device 1 comprising: a map information storage unit 101 capable of storing map information including one or more pieces of place information; a place-associated correspondence information reception unit 103 for receiving place-associated correspondence information pertaining to place-associated information including one or two or more pieces of place information and information other than the place information; a place information acquisition unit 105 for acquiring the one or two or more pieces of place information from the place-associated correspondence information; a route information generation unit 106 for searching for a route using the map information and generating route information, assuming at least one place information among the one or two or more pieces of place information as a destination; and a route information output unit 107 for outputting the route information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a terminal device or a navigation device constituting a navigation system.

  Conventionally, in a navigation apparatus, generally, a route search is performed based on a destination or a waypoint manually input by a user, and route information passing through the input waypoint and the destination is generated (for example, Patent Documents). 1).

JP 2010-151539 A

  In the conventional navigation apparatus, the user must manually input information on the destination or the destination and one or more waypoints, and the input operation is complicated. For this reason, when using the spot information posted in the guidebook or web page or the spot information included in the voice input to set the destination or waypoint, the user manually inputs multiple spot information into the navigation device. Therefore, it is not easy to use the spot information included in various contents for the route information of the navigation device.

  In addition, conventionally, for example, using a terminal device such as a so-called smartphone, before driving by a car, after searching for a place to go on a web page or an electronic book of a travel guide, When setting the location, the user had to remember the place he wanted to go and manually set the location as a destination or waypoint.

  The navigation device according to the first aspect of the invention relates to a map information storage unit capable of storing map information including one or more pieces of point information, and points related to point related information including one or more pieces of point information and information other than the point information. A point-related correspondence information receiving unit that receives the related correspondence information, a point information acquisition unit that acquires one or more pieces of point information from the point-related correspondence information, and at least one piece of point information among one or more pieces of point information Is a navigation device that includes a route information generation unit that searches for a route using map information and generates route information, and a route information output unit that outputs the route information.

  With this configuration, it is possible to easily set a destination or destination and waypoint for generating route information.

  Further, in the navigation device of the second aspect of the invention, with respect to the first aspect, the point related information is a web page, the point related information is a character string included in the web page, and a point information acquisition unit Is a navigation device that acquires one or more pieces of spot information from a character string that is spot related information included in the web page received by the spot related correspondence information receiving unit.

  With this configuration, it is possible to easily set a destination or destination and waypoint for generating route information using a web page.

  Further, in the navigation device of the third aspect of the invention, with respect to the first aspect of the invention, the spot related correspondence information is a URL, the spot related information is a web page, and the spot information acquisition unit is a spot related correspondence information. The navigation device acquires a web page corresponding to the URL received by the receiving unit, and acquires one or more point information from the web page.

  With this configuration, it is possible to easily set a destination or a destination and a waypoint for generating route information using a URL.

  Further, in the navigation device according to the fourth aspect of the invention, with respect to the first aspect, the point-related correspondence information is an image obtained by scanning a paper medium, the point-related information is a character string included in the image, and the point The information acquisition unit is a navigation device that acquires, by character recognition, a character string included in an image received by the point-related correspondence information reception unit, and acquires one or more point information from the character string.

  With this configuration, it is possible to easily set a destination or destination and waypoint for generating route information using an image obtained by scanning a guidebook or the like.

  Further, in the navigation device of the fifth aspect of the invention, with respect to the first aspect, the point-related correspondence information is an electronic book, the point-related information is one or more character strings included in the electronic book, The information acquisition unit is a navigation device that acquires one or more character strings from the electronic book received by the point-related correspondence information receiving unit, and acquires one or more point information from the character strings.

  With this configuration, it is possible to easily set a destination or a destination and a waypoint for generating route information using an electronic book.

  Further, in the navigation device of the sixth aspect of the invention, with respect to the first aspect, the spot related correspondence information is a voice, the spot related information is a character string included in the voice, and the spot information acquisition unit is The navigation device acquires a character string included in the voice received by the point-related correspondence information receiving unit by voice recognition, and acquires one or more pieces of point information from the character string.

  With this configuration, it is possible to easily set a destination for generating route information or a destination and a waypoint by using a voice input sentence or the like.

  Further, in the navigation device of the seventh aspect of the invention, with respect to the first aspect, the spot related correspondence information is one or more keywords, the spot related information is a character string included in the web page, and the spot information The acquisition unit performs a Web search using one or more keywords received by the point-related correspondence information receiving unit, and acquires one or more point information from one or more acquired Web pages as a result of the Web search. It is a navigation device.

  With this configuration, it is possible to easily set a destination or destination and waypoint for generating route information using a keyword that is not a place name or the like.

  In addition, the navigation device of the eighth invention further comprises a product related information storage unit capable of storing one or more product related information having point information and one or more product identifiers as compared to the first invention. The point-related information and the point-related correspondence information are one or more product identifiers, and the point information acquisition unit acquires one or more point information corresponding to the one or more product identifiers from the product-related information storage unit. It is a navigation device.

  With this configuration, it is possible to easily set a destination or destination and waypoint for generating route information using the product identifier.

  Further, the navigation device of the ninth aspect of the invention further comprises a current position acquisition unit that acquires the current position with respect to the eighth invention, and the point information acquisition unit uses the current position to obtain one or more items. The navigation device acquires one or more pieces of point information corresponding to an identifier from a product related information storage unit.

  With this configuration, it is possible to easily set a destination or destination and waypoint for generating route information using the current position and the product identifier.

  In addition, in the navigation device of the tenth aspect of the present invention, with respect to any one of the first to ninth aspects, the point information acquisition unit acquires two or more pieces of point information in a manner in which the order can be recognized, The information generation unit is a navigation device that sets two or more pieces of point information as a waypoint or destination according to an order, searches for a route using map information, and generates route information.

  With this configuration, it is possible to easily set a destination or destination and waypoint for generating route information.

  Further, in the navigation device of the eleventh aspect of the invention, in contrast to the tenth aspect of the invention, the point information acquisition unit acquires two or more pieces of point information in an order according to the order of appearance of the point information in the point related information. Device.

  With this configuration, it is possible to easily set a destination or destination and waypoint for generating route information.

  Further, in the navigation device of the twelfth aspect of the present invention, in contrast to the tenth aspect of the invention, when the point information acquisition unit passes all points indicated by two or more pieces of point information, the shortest route is obtained. The navigation device generates route information by setting two or more pieces of point information as route points or destinations, searching for a route using map information.

  With this configuration, it is possible to easily set a destination or destination and waypoint for generating route information.

  In addition, the terminal device of the thirteenth invention includes a point-related correspondence information acquisition unit that acquires point-related correspondence information regarding point-related information including one or more point information and information other than the point information, It is a terminal device comprising a point information acquisition unit that acquires one or more point information from correspondence information, and a point information transmission unit that transmits one or more point information to a navigation device.

  With this configuration, the destination for generating the route information or the destination and the waypoint can be easily transmitted to the navigation device.

  Further, in the fourteenth aspect of the present invention, in the thirteenth aspect, the point-related correspondence information is a web page, and the point information acquisition unit is configured to receive one or more pieces of point information from the web page. Is a terminal device that acquires

  With this configuration, it is possible to easily transmit a destination for generating route information or a destination and a waypoint to the navigation device using a web page.

  Further, in the terminal device of the fifteenth aspect of the invention, with respect to the thirteenth aspect of the invention, the point-related correspondence information is an image obtained by scanning a paper medium, and the point information acquisition unit stores a character string included in the image. It is a terminal device which acquires by character recognition and acquires 1 or 2 or more point information from a character string.

  With this configuration, it is possible to easily transmit a destination for generating route information or a destination and a waypoint to the navigation device using an image obtained by scanning a guidebook or the like.

  Further, in the terminal device of the sixteenth aspect of the invention, with respect to the thirteenth aspect of the invention, the point-related correspondence information is an electronic book, and the point information acquisition unit acquires one or more character strings from the electronic book. , A terminal device that acquires one or more pieces of point information from a character string.

  With this configuration, it is possible to easily transmit a destination for generating route information or a destination and a waypoint to the navigation device using an electronic book.

  The terminal device according to the seventeenth aspect of the invention relates to the thirteenth aspect of the invention, the point-related correspondence information is a voice, and the point information acquisition unit acquires a character string included in the voice by voice recognition. , A terminal device that acquires one or more pieces of point information from a character string.

  With this configuration, a destination for generating route information or a destination and a waypoint can be easily transmitted to the navigation device by a sentence or the like inputted by voice.

  Further, in the eighteenth aspect of the present invention, in contrast to the thirteenth aspect, the point-related correspondence information is one or more keywords, and the point information acquisition unit performs a Web search using the one or more keywords. The terminal device acquires one or more pieces of spot information from one or more web pages obtained as a result of the web search.

  With this configuration, it is possible to easily transmit a destination for generating route information or a destination and a waypoint to the navigation device using a keyword that is not a place name or the like.

  Further, in the nineteenth aspect of the present invention, in the thirteenth aspect, the point-related correspondence information is one or more product identifiers, and the point information acquisition unit corresponds to the one or more product identifiers. It is a terminal device that acquires one or more point information.

  With this configuration, the destination for generating route information or the destination and waypoint can be easily transmitted to the navigation device using the product identifier.

  Further, the terminal device according to the twentieth aspect of the present invention further comprises a current position acquisition unit that acquires a current position, with respect to the nineteenth aspect of the invention, and the point information acquisition unit uses the current position and is one or more. It is a terminal device which acquires 1 or 2 or more point information corresponding to a goods identifier.

  With this configuration, the destination for generating route information or the destination and waypoint can be easily transmitted to the navigation device using the product identifier.

  Further, in the terminal device according to the twenty-first invention, in contrast to any one of the thirteenth to twenty-second inventions, the point information acquisition unit can recognize two or more pieces of point information in an order recognizable order. It is a terminal device to acquire.

  With this configuration, the destination for generating the route information or the destination and the waypoint can be easily transmitted to the navigation device.

  Further, in the terminal device of the twenty-second invention, in contrast to the twenty-first invention, the point information acquisition unit has two or more pieces of point information in an order according to the order of appearance of the point information in the point-related correspondence information. Is a terminal device that acquires

  With this configuration, a destination or a destination and a waypoint for easily generating route information can be transmitted to the navigation device.

  Further, in the terminal device of the twenty-third invention, in contrast to the twenty-first invention, when the point information acquisition unit passes all points indicated by two or more pieces of point information, It is a terminal device which acquires two or more point information in the order which becomes.

  With this configuration, a destination or a destination and a waypoint for easily generating route information can be transmitted to the navigation device.

  According to the navigation device, the navigation method, or the program for realizing the navigation device according to the present invention, the point information included in each content can be easily set to the destination or waypoint of the route using various contents. Can do.

  Further, according to the terminal device or the program for realizing the terminal device according to the present invention, the point information included in various contents can be simply used as the point information for setting the destination of the route or the destination and the waypoint. To the navigation device.

Block diagram of navigation device 1 of Embodiment 1 Conceptual diagram of a navigation system provided with the navigation device 1 and the terminal device 2 Block diagram of the terminal device 2 The flowchart which shows the production | generation procedure of the route information in the navigation apparatus 1 A flowchart following the flowchart of FIG. The figure which shows an example of the web page which the navigation apparatus 1 receives as point relevant information The figure which shows an example of the route information output on the display screen of the navigation apparatus 1 Block diagram of terminal device 4 according to the second embodiment Block diagram of the navigation device 5 The flowchart which shows the transmission procedure of the point information in the terminal device 4 A flowchart following the flowchart of FIG. The schematic diagram which shows an example of the external appearance of the computer system in the said embodiment The figure which shows an example of a structure of the computer system

  Embodiments of a navigation system including a navigation device and a terminal device according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Note that, in the embodiment, the components denoted by the same reference numerals perform the same operation, and thus the description thereof may be omitted.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a navigation device constituting the navigation system according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the navigation device 1 shown in FIG. 1 is communicably connected to the terminal device 2 by wire or wireless.

  In addition, the navigation device 1 receives the spot related correspondence information transmitted from the terminal device 2, acquires one or more spot information using the spot related correspondence information, and acquires the acquired one or more spot information. Has a function of searching for a route and outputting route information as a result of the search.

  Note that the spot-related correspondence information is information including one or more spot information and information other than the spot information. Further, the spot-related correspondence information is, for example, a sentence including one or more spot information. Information other than point information is information such as non-independent words such as particles, local special products and services including each point and each point. In the following description, information including one or more pieces of point information and information other than the point information may be expressed as “point related information”.

  The navigation device 1 is a device that is mounted on a moving body (vehicle) such as a car, a motorcycle, or a bicycle, and has a navigation function for performing route guidance to a current position or a destination. The navigation device 1 may be a mobile terminal device such as a smartphone having a navigation function. The navigation apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment can browse web pages via the Internet (not shown).

  The navigation device 1 includes a map information storage unit 101, a product related information storage unit 102, a point related correspondence information receiving unit 103, a current position acquisition unit 104, a point information acquisition unit 105, a route information generation unit 106, and a route information output unit 107. Prepare.

  The map information storage unit 101 is hardware that can store map information. The map information includes at least image information indicating a map, one or more pieces of point information, and information other than the point information.

  The map image information is, for example, raster data or vector data. When the image information is raster data, it is preferable to have image information corresponding to a plurality of scales. The image information corresponding to a plurality of scales is, for example, image information with a large scale, image information with a medium scale, image information with a small scale, etc. for the same region. The image information may be obtained by dividing a map into tiles. The image information may be in the KIWI format used in car navigation.

  The point information is information that can identify a point set on the map. Locations set on the map include, for example, prefectural government offices, stations, facilities, restaurants, temples and shrines, temples and other buildings, tourist spots, and places where there are places of interest such as sights and historic sites. included. The information that can specify the point includes, for example, information such as position information indicating the position of the point on the map, name information indicating the name of the point on the map, and a point identifier for identifying the point on the map. included.

  The position information is usually longitude and latitude information indicating longitude and latitude, but may be coordinate information indicating coordinates on a map, altitude information indicating altitude, or the like. The point identifier is usually an ID, but may be point name information.

  The product related information storage unit 102 can store one or more product related information having point information and one or more product identifiers. The product identifier is information for identifying a product. The product identifier is usually an ID, but may be product name information.

  The spot related correspondence information receiving unit 103 receives spot related correspondence information related to spot related information. The point related information is information from which the point related information is acquired. It may be considered that the spot-related correspondence information may be the same as the spot-related information. The point related information is information related to content including the point related information. The types of content including location-related information include, for example, web pages such as sightseeing spots, images scanned from paper media such as travel guide books, electronic books such as travel guides, and voice guidance such as route guidance by voice. Note that an electronic book may be referred to as an electronic book, a digital book, or the like. The location-related correspondence information includes keywords and URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) that are not place names for searching web pages.

  In the first embodiment, the location-related correspondence information receiving unit 103 can receive web pages, information such as keywords and URLs for searching web pages, data obtained by scanning paper media, electronic books, audio, and the like. It is like that.

  The current position acquisition unit 104 acquires the current position. Since the technique for acquiring the current position is a known technique, detailed description thereof is omitted.

  The spot information acquisition unit 105 acquires one or more spot information from the spot related correspondence information received by the spot related correspondence information receiving unit 103.

When the spot-related correspondence information receiving unit 103 receives web page information as the spot-related correspondence information, the spot information acquisition unit 105 performs, for example, the following processes (1) to (5).
(1) The point information acquisition part 105 deletes predetermined data, such as a tag and an image, from the received web page, and acquires a character string. Since this process is a known technique, a detailed description is omitted.
(2) The point information acquisition unit 105 performs morphological analysis on the acquired character string.
(3) The point information acquisition unit 105 acquires one or more terms having predetermined characteristics from the acquired character string using the result of the morphological analysis. The term is, for example, a noun or a noun phrase. Moreover, a term is an independent word corresponding to an independent word and a place name, for example.
(4) The point information acquisition unit 105 searches the map information storage unit 101 using the one or more terms acquired in (3) as keys, and the point information that matches each term exists in the map information storage unit 101. Determine whether or not.
(5) The point information acquisition unit 105 acquires one or more terms corresponding to the point information. One or more terms are one or more pieces of point information.

  When the location-related correspondence information receiving unit 103 receives one or more keywords that are not URLs or place names as the location-related correspondence information, the location information acquisition unit 105 uses the URL or the one or more keywords on the Internet. Search for web pages. And the spot information acquisition part 105 performs said (1) to (5) process with respect to each acquired 1 or more web page, and acquires 1 or more spot information.

  When the spot-related correspondence information receiving unit 103 receives an image obtained by scanning a paper medium as the spot-related correspondence information, the spot information acquisition unit 105 recognizes one or more character strings included in the image by optical character recognition (OCR). : Optical character recognition). And the spot information acquisition part 105 performs said (2) to (5) process with respect to the extracted character string, and acquires one or more spot information.

  When the location-related correspondence information receiving unit 103 receives an electronic book, the location information acquisition unit 105 extracts data of one or more character strings included in the electronic book. And the spot information acquisition part 105 performs said (2) to (5) process with respect to the extracted character string, and acquires one or more spot information.

  In addition, when the location-related correspondence information receiving unit 103 receives voice data such as route guidance, the location information acquisition unit 105 uses one or more character strings included in the voice data by voice recognition (SR: speech recognition). get. And the spot information acquisition part 105 performs said (2) to (5) process with respect to the acquired character string, and acquires one or more spot information.

  Since a technique for acquiring a character string from a web page or sound and a technique for extracting a character string included in an image or an electronic book are well known, detailed description thereof is omitted.

  In addition, when acquiring the 2 or more point information, it is suitable for the point information acquisition part 105 to acquire 2 or more point information in the aspect which can recognize an order. For example, the point information acquisition unit 105 recognizes the order in which two or more pieces of point information extracted from a web page, a scanned image of a paper medium, an electronic book, a voice guide, etc. appear in the web page, and the like. It is preferable to acquire two or more pieces of point information in an order according to the order of appearance.

  In addition, after the point information acquisition unit 105 acquires two or more pieces of point information, the shortest route that passes through all the points indicated by the two or more pieces of point information from the current position is indicated by processing of the route information generation unit 106 described later. It is preferable that route information is created.

  The route information generation unit 106 uses the current position of the navigation device 1 acquired by the current position acquisition unit 104 as a departure point, and at least one piece of point information among one or more pieces of point information acquired by the point information acquisition unit 105. As a destination, a route search is performed using the map information stored in the map information storage unit 101 to generate route information.

  When the point information acquisition unit 105 acquires two or more pieces of point information, the route information generation unit 106 uses the current position acquired by the current position acquisition unit 104 as a departure point, and sets one or more pieces of point information as transit points. Route information indicating a route having the destination information as the destination is acquired using the map information stored in the map information storage unit 101.

  When the point information acquisition unit 105 acquires two or more pieces of point information in such a manner that the order can be recognized, the route information generation unit 106 sets the acquired two or more pieces of point information as route intermediate points or destinations according to the order. It is preferable to search for a route using the map information stored in the map information storage unit 101 and generate the route information.

  When creating route information that passes through all the acquired two or more point information, the route information generation unit 106 sets each point information as a transit point or destination so that the route becomes the shortest route, and a map information storage unit The route information may be created using the map information stored in 101.

  When the spot related correspondence information receiving unit 103 receives a product identifier as the spot related correspondence information, the spot information acquisition unit 105 searches the merchandise related information storage unit 102 using the merchandise identifier, and sets the merchandise identifier as the merchandise identifier. Acquire one or more point information associated with each other.

  The point information acquisition unit 105 is one or more pieces of point information corresponding to the received product identifier using the product related information and the current position of the navigation device 1 acquired by the current position acquisition unit 104, and is determined in advance from the current position. One or more pieces of point information that satisfy the specified conditions may be acquired. The spot information acquisition unit 105 may sort the spot information in order from the current position and acquire one or more spot information in order, or may acquire only spot information within a predetermined threshold from the current position.

  Since a technique for searching for a route by using the set waypoints, destinations, and map information and generating the route information is well known, detailed description thereof will be omitted. Further, since the technique for searching for the shortest route is well known, detailed description is omitted.

  The route information output unit 107 outputs the route information generated by the route information generation unit 106. It is preferable that the route information output unit 107 outputs route information on a map. Here, the output is usually a display on a display, but projection using a projector, printing with a printer, sound output, transmission to an external device, accumulation in a recording medium, other processing devices and others This is a concept that includes delivery of processing results to other programs.

  The map information storage unit 101 and the product related information storage unit 102 are preferably non-volatile recording media, but can also be realized by volatile recording media. The process of storing the map information and the product related information in the map information storage unit 101 and the product related information storage unit 102 does not matter. For example, the map information and the product related information may be stored in the map information storage unit 101 and the product related information storage unit 102 via a recording medium, respectively, and the map information storage unit 101 and the product related information via a communication line or the like. Each may be stored in the storage unit 102. Further, the map information and the product related information input by the input device may be stored in the map information storage unit 101 and the product related information storage unit 102, respectively.

  The location-related correspondence information receiving unit 103 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication means, but may be realized by a means for receiving a broadcast.

  The current position acquisition unit 104 can be realized by a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver, for example. The current position acquisition unit 104 may acquire the current position by another method. The other method is, for example, a method of obtaining using radio waves from three or more mobile phone base stations.

  The point information acquisition unit 105 and the route information generation unit 106 can be usually realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedures of the point information acquisition unit 105 and the route information generation unit 106 are usually realized by software, and the software is recorded in a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  The route information output unit 107 may or may not include an output device such as a display or a speaker. The path information output unit 107 can be realized by output device driver software, or output device driver software and an output device.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the terminal device 2 according to the first embodiment.

  The terminal device 2 is a device for transmitting point-related correspondence information to the navigation device 1. The terminal device 2 is usually a portable terminal having a communication function. The terminal device 2 includes information terminal devices such as a personal computer, a portable information terminal, a smartphone, and a tablet that can acquire various digital contents such as the above-described web page, scanned image of a paper medium, electronic book, and voice guidance. It is.

  The terminal device 2 includes a reception unit 201, a spot related correspondence information storage unit 202, a spot related correspondence information acquisition unit 203, and a spot related correspondence information transmission unit 204.

  The accepting unit 201 accepts various instructions and information from the user. The instruction from the user according to the first embodiment is, for example, an instruction to import information such as a web page, an image obtained by scanning a paper medium, an electronic book, or sound into the terminal device 2 or the information is transmitted to the navigation device 1. An instruction, an instruction to perform a Web search using a keyword or URL input by the user, and the like. The information to be received is, for example, point related correspondence information. The location-related correspondence information is, for example, a web page, a keyword that is not a place name, a URL, an image obtained by scanning a paper medium, an electronic book, a sound, a product name, and the like.

  For reception, information input from an input device such as a keyboard, mouse, touch panel, reception of information transmitted via a wired or wireless communication parallel, reading from a recording medium such as an optical disk, a magnetic disk, or a semiconductor memory This includes receiving information that has been issued.

  The location-related correspondence information storage unit 202 stores information such as the web page that has been taken into the terminal device 2. Data such as an image, an electronic book, and a sound obtained by scanning a paper medium can be taken into the terminal device 2 by various methods. For example, when the terminal device 2 is connected to another terminal device via a wired or wireless network and data such as images, electronic books, and voices are stored in the other terminal device, the other device is communicated via the network. From the terminal device, data such as images, electronic books, and voices can be taken into the terminal device 2.

  When the terminal device 2 is provided with a voice input function, a user can directly input voice data to the terminal device 2 using a microphone. When a device such as a scanner or a multifunction device having a scanner function is connected to the terminal device 2, an image obtained by scanning a paper medium such as a guide book with the device can be directly input to the terminal device 2. It is also possible to record data such as images, electronic books, and voices into an external recording medium, and to read data such as images, electronic books, and voices into the terminal device 2 by causing the terminal device 2 to read the external recording medium. .

  The spot related correspondence information acquisition unit 203 acquires the spot related correspondence information transmitted to the navigation device 1 received by the receiving unit 201 by reading the spot related correspondence information from the spot related correspondence information storage unit 202. In addition, the spot related correspondence information acquisition unit 203 acquires the keyword, URL, product name, and the like received by the reception unit 201 as the spot related correspondence information.

  The spot related correspondence information transmission unit 203 transmits the spot related information acquired by the spot related correspondence information acquisition unit 203 to the navigation device 1 in a predetermined communication format.

  Next, the operation of generating route information in the navigation device 1 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. Here, it is assumed that there are six types of point-related correspondence information, such as an image obtained by scanning a paper medium, an electronic book, sound, a web page, a product identifier (product name), and information for web page search. Note that the web page search information is, for example, a keyword, a URL, or the like.

  (Step S <b> 101) The spot information acquisition unit 105 determines whether the spot related correspondence information receiving unit 102 has received the spot related correspondence information transmitted from the terminal device 2. If there is a reception, the process proceeds to step S102. If there is no reception, the process returns to step S101.

  (Step S102) The current position acquisition unit 104 acquires the current position of the navigation device 1.

  (Step S103) The spot information acquisition unit 105 determines whether or not the type of the received spot-related correspondence information is an image obtained by scanning a paper medium. If the received point-related correspondence information is an image obtained by scanning a paper medium, the process proceeds to step S109. If the received point-related correspondence information is not an image obtained by scanning the paper medium, the process proceeds to step S104.

  (Step S104) The spot information acquisition unit 105 determines whether or not the type of the received spot related information is a voice. If the received location-related correspondence information is a voice, the process proceeds to step S110. If the received location-related correspondence information is not a voice, the procedure proceeds to step S105.

  (Step S105) The spot information acquisition unit 105 determines whether or not the type of the received spot related correspondence information is an electronic book. If the received spot-related correspondence information is an electronic book, the process proceeds to step S111. If the received spot-related correspondence information is not a paper medium as an electronic book, the process proceeds to step S106.

  (Step S106) The point information acquisition unit 105 determines whether or not the type of the received point related information is a web page. If the received location related information is a web page, the process proceeds to step S112. If the received location related information is not a web page, the process proceeds to step S107.

  (Step S107) The spot information acquisition unit 105 determines whether or not the type of the received spot related correspondence information is information for web page search. If the received type of location-related correspondence information is information for web page search, the process proceeds to step S113. If the received type of location-related correspondence information is not information for web page search, the process proceeds to step S108.

  (Step S108) The spot information acquisition unit 105 determines whether or not the type of the received spot-related correspondence information is a product identifier. If the received type of point-related correspondence information is a product identifier, the process proceeds to step S114. If the received type of point-related correspondence information is not a product identifier, the process returns to step S101.

  (Step S109) The point information acquisition unit 105 extracts one or more character strings included in the received image by optical character recognition, and proceeds to step S115. For example, in the case of an image obtained by scanning a guidebook of “Ise / Shima”, the point information acquisition unit 105 extracts a character string including character strings such as “Ise Jingu” and “Toba Aquarium” included in the image.

  (Step S110) The point information acquisition unit 105 extracts one or more character strings included in the received voice by voice recognition, and proceeds to step S115. For example, in the case of “Ise / Shima” tourist guidance voice, the point information acquisition unit 105 extracts a character string including character strings such as “Ise Jingu” and “Toba Aquarium” included in the voice.

  (Step S111) The point information acquisition unit 105 extracts one or more character strings included in the received electronic book, and proceeds to step S115. For example, in the case of an electronic book of the “Ise / Shima” guidebook, the point information acquisition unit 105 extracts a character string including character strings such as “Ise Jingu” and “Toba Aquarium” included in the electronic book.

  (Step S112) The point information acquisition unit 105 deletes the tag of the received web page, extracts one or more character strings, and proceeds to step S115. For example, in the case of a sightseeing area guide web page of “Ise / Shima”, the point information acquisition unit 105 extracts a character string including character strings such as “Ise Jingu” and “Toba Aquarium” included in the web page. .

  (Step S113) The point information acquisition unit 105 performs a web search using the received URL or one or more keywords, acquires one or more web pages, and proceeds to step S112. In addition, when the point information acquisition part 105 acquires two or more web pages, the process of step S112 is performed with respect to each two or more web pages.

  (Step S114) The spot information acquisition unit 105 searches for the merchandise related information stored in the merchandise related information storage unit 102 using the received merchandise identifier, and acquires one or more spot information corresponding to the merchandise identifier. Then, the process proceeds to step S119. For example, when the product identifier is “leisure seat”, the spot information acquisition unit 105 acquires spot information of one or more stores that handle leisure sheets.

  (Step S115) The point information acquisition unit 105 performs morphological analysis of the character string extracted in steps S109 to S112.

  (Step S116) The point information acquisition unit 105 acquires, for example, one or more nouns or noun phrases from the analysis result of step S115. Here, the point information acquisition unit 105 may acquire one or more independent words, for example.

  (Step S117) The point information acquisition unit 105 uses the one or more nouns or each noun or noun phrase acquired in step S116 to collect a set of point information included in the map information stored in the map information storage unit 101. Search for.

  (Step S118) The spot information acquisition unit 105 acquires one or more spot information from the search result of Step S117.

  (Step S119) The route information generation unit 106 sets one or more pieces of point information acquired in step S118 or step S114 as a destination or a waypoint.

  (Step S120) The route information generation unit 106 uses the map information stored in the map information storage unit 101 to search for a route that passes through the destination set in step S119 or the destination and one or more waypoints, The route information is generated.

  (Step S121) The route information output unit 107 outputs the route information generated by the route information generation unit 106 in step S121, and returns to step S101.

  In the flowcharts of FIGS. 4 and 5, when there is a power-off or process end interrupt, the path information generation process ends at that point.

  Further, before step S119, the output unit (not shown) outputs one or more pieces of spot information acquired by the spot information acquisition unit 105, and the reception unit (not shown) receives one or more pieces of spot information from the user. Among them, a selection instruction for selecting a destination or a selection instruction for selecting a destination and one or more waypoints may be received. In such a case, the route information generation unit 106 sets a destination or a waypoint based on a selection instruction from the user.

(Concrete example)
Next, for a specific example of the route information generation operation of the navigation device 1 in the first embodiment, the user visits the web page 3 of the tourist guide “Ise / Shima” shown in FIG. 6 from the mobile terminal device that is the terminal device 2. The case where it transmits to the navigation apparatus 1 is demonstrated to an example.

  The web page 3 includes a photograph 301 of a sightseeing spot and a description 302 of a sightseeing guide. When the location-related correspondence information receiving unit 103 of the navigation device 1 receives the web page 3, the location information acquisition unit 105 deletes the tag of the web page 3 and displays the character string “Hotel Shima Spain Village” described in the explanatory note 302. "Departure, ..." was extracted and morphological analysis was performed on the character string, and "Hotel Shima Spain Village", "Toba Observatory", "Observatory", "Toba Bay", "Dolphin Island", Acquire nouns or noun phrases such as “Toba Aquarium” and “Ise Jingu”. At this time, the point information acquisition unit 105 acquires these nouns or noun phrases while recognizing the order of appearance on the web page 3. That is, the point information acquisition unit 105 uses the characters “Hotel Shima Spain Village”, “Toba Observatory”, “Observatory”, “Toba Bay”, “Dolphin Island”, “Toba Aquarium”, and “Ise Jingu”. Acquired by number in order of appearance.

  Next, the point information acquisition unit 105 compares the acquired characters such as “Hotel Shima Spain Village” with the point information of the Ise / Shima area stored in the map information storage unit 101, and finds the point information that matches the character. Acquired as point information for creating route information. For example, “Toba Bay” and “Dolphin Island” are not location information where a car can travel, and “observation platform” is not location information stored in the map information storage unit 101. “Hotel Shima Spain Village”, “Toba Observatory”, “Toba Aquarium” and “Ise Jingu” except for these are acquired as point information for creating route information.

  Next, the route information generation unit 106 sets the current position as a departure place, and among the pieces of point information such as “Hotel Shima Spain Village”, the point information of “Ise Jingu” having the largest number in the order of appearance is set as the destination. Set “Hotel Shima Spain Village”, “Toba Observatory” and “Toba Aquarium” according to the numbers in the order of appearance, and search the map information to find “Current Location” → “Hotel Shima Spain Village” ”→“ Toba Observatory ”→“ Toba Aquarium ”→“ Ise Jingu ”. When a plurality of routes are obtained, the route information generation unit 106 uses the shortest route from “current location” to “Hotel Shima Spain Village”, “Toba Observatory” and “Toba Aquarium” to “Ise Jingu” The route information output unit 107 outputs the route information to the display screen of the navigation device 1 in the form shown in FIG. 7, for example.

  In addition, Figure 7 is a map of the motorway from “current location” to “Ise Jingu” via “Hotel Shima Spain Village”, “Toba Observatory” and “Toba Aquarium” on the Ise / Shima area map. A route map is displayed. The locations A, B, C, D, and E are “current location”, “Hotel Shima Spain Village”, “Toba Observatory”, “Toba Aquarium”, and “Ise Shrine”. The point of is shown.

  As a specific example, the case where the navigation device 1 receives a web page as the location-related correspondence information has been described. However, as the location-related correspondence information, a portion corresponding to the explanatory text in FIG. When receiving a scanned image of paper media, e-books, voice guidance, etc., obtain information on each location of “Hotel Shima Spain Village”, “Toba Observatory”, “Toba Aquarium” and “Ise Jingu” The route information similar to the case of receiving a web page can be displayed on the display screen of the navigation device 1 only in that the method is different from the case of a web page in that the method corresponds to each format.

  In addition, when the navigation apparatus 1 receives a product identifier as point-related correspondence information, the method for obtaining one or more pieces of point information corresponding to the product identifier is different from the case of receiving a web page, and corresponds to the product identifier. Route information with one or more pieces of point information as destinations or destinations and waypoints can be displayed on the display screen of the navigation device 1 in the manner shown in FIG.

  As described above, according to the first embodiment, it corresponds to point information included in various contents such as a web page, an image scanned from a paper medium, an electronic book, and sound, and a product identifier input by the user as point related information. The route information can be generated by easily setting the destination point information to the destination or the destination and the waypoint.

  Further, according to the first embodiment, for example, content (web page, electronic book, etc.) checked by the user using the terminal device 2 can be used as it is for setting a destination or the like.

  In the first embodiment, one or more pieces of spot information acquired by the navigation device 1 may be output, and the user may select a destination or the like from the one or more spot information.

  In the first embodiment, when the navigation apparatus 1 acquires one piece of point information, the point indicated by the point information is set as the destination, and when two or more pieces of point information are acquired, the two or more It is preferable that the point information is output and the user can select a destination or the like.

  Further, the processing in the navigation device 1 of the first embodiment may be realized by software. Then, this software may be distributed by software download or the like. Further, this software may be recorded and distributed on a recording medium such as a CD-ROM. This also applies to other embodiments in this specification.

  The software that implements the navigation device 1 in the present embodiment is the following program. That is, in this program, the computer-accessible recording medium includes a map information storage unit that can store map information including one or more pieces of point information, and the computer includes one or more pieces of point information and point information. A point-related correspondence information receiving unit that receives point-related correspondence information related to point-related information including information other than the above, a point information acquisition unit that acquires one or more pieces of point information from the point-related correspondence information, and the 1 or Among the two or more pieces of point information, as at least one piece of point information as a destination, a route search using the map information to generate route information and a route information output unit to output the route information It is a program to make it function.

  In the above program, the location-related correspondence information is a web page, the location-related information is a character string included in the web page, and the location information acquisition unit is received by the location-related correspondence information receiving unit. It is preferable that the program causes a computer to function as one or two or more pieces of point information obtained from a character string that is point-related information included in the web page.

  In the above program, the location-related correspondence information is a URL, the location-related information is a web page, and the location information acquisition unit is a web corresponding to the URL received by the location-related correspondence information receiving unit. It is preferable that the program is a program that causes a computer to function as a page that acquires one or more pieces of point information from the web page.

  In the above program, the point-related correspondence information is an image obtained by scanning a paper medium, the point-related information is a character string included in the image, and the point information acquisition unit receives the point-related correspondence information. It is preferable that the program is a program that causes a computer to function as one that acquires a character string included in an image received by the section by character recognition and acquires one or more pieces of point information from the character string.

  Further, in the above program, the point-related correspondence information is an electronic book, the point-related information is one or more character strings included in the electronic book, and the point information acquisition unit includes the point-related correspondence information. It is preferable that the program causes the computer to function as one or more character strings acquired from the electronic book received by the receiving unit and one or more point information from the character string.

  In the above program, the point-related correspondence information is a voice, the point-related information is a character string included in the voice, and the point information acquisition unit is a voice received by the point-related correspondence information receiving unit. It is preferable that the program is a program that causes a computer to function as a character string included in the character string obtained by voice recognition and to acquire one or more pieces of point information from the character string.

  In the above program, the location-related correspondence information is one or more keywords, the location-related information is a character string included in a web page, and the location information acquisition unit is the location-related correspondence information reception unit. Is a program that causes a computer to function as a Web search using one or more keywords received by and acquiring one or more pieces of point information from one or more Web pages acquired as a result of the Web search. That is preferred.

  The recording medium further includes a product related information storage unit capable of storing one or more product related information having point information and one or more product identifiers. In the program, the point related information and the point related information are stored. The correspondence information is one or more product identifiers, and the point information acquisition unit acquires one or two or more point information corresponding to the one or more product identifiers from the product related information storage unit. It is preferable that the program is a function that functions.

  In the above program, the location information acquisition unit further functions as current location acquisition for acquiring a current location, and the location information acquisition unit uses the current location to obtain one or more location information corresponding to the one or more product identifiers. It is preferable that the program acquired from the product related information storage unit is a program that causes a computer to function.

  In the above program, the point information acquisition unit acquires two or more pieces of point information in a manner in which the order can be recognized, and the route information generation unit receives the two or more point information according to the order. Or it is suitable that it is a program which makes a computer function as what sets it as a destination, searches for a route using the map information, and generates route information.

  In the above program, it is preferable that the point information acquisition unit is a program that causes a computer to function as acquiring two or more pieces of point information in an order according to the order of appearance of the point information in the point related information. is there.

  Further, in the above program, the point information acquisition unit sets the two or more pieces of point information to a waypoint or destination so that the route becomes the shortest route when passing through all the points indicated by the two or more pieces of point information. It is preferable that the program is a program that causes a computer to function as a program that sets, searches for a route using the map information, and generates route information.

(Embodiment 2)
In the second embodiment, the terminal device acquires one or more pieces of spot information from the spot-related correspondence information, and transmits the spot information to the navigation device. In the first embodiment, the navigation device 1 has a function of acquiring one or more pieces of point information from the point-related correspondence information. However, in the second embodiment, the terminal device is 1 or 2 from the point-related correspondence information. The point which has the function to acquire the above point information differs.

  Therefore, in the following description, differences in configuration and differences in operation based on the above differences will be described, and description of common contents will be omitted.

  FIG. 8 is a block diagram of a terminal apparatus according to the second embodiment. The terminal device 4 illustrated in FIG. 8 includes a reception unit 401, a spot related correspondence information storage unit 402, a spot related correspondence information acquisition unit 403, a current position acquisition unit 404, a spot information acquisition unit 405, and a spot information transmission unit 406. The terminal device 4 is communicably connected to a server 6 that includes a map information storage unit 601 and a product related information storage unit 602.

  The reception unit 401 and the spot-related correspondence information storage unit 402 correspond to the reception unit 201 and the spot-related correspondence information acquisition unit 202 in FIG. 3, respectively, and perform the same functions as those of the above-described members. Further, the current position acquisition unit 404 and the spot information acquisition unit 405 correspond to the product related information storage unit 102, the current position acquisition unit 104, and the spot information acquisition unit 105 of FIG. 1, respectively, and have the same functions as those described above. Fulfills the function. Further, the map information storage unit 601 and the product related information storage unit 602 correspond to the map information storage unit 101 and the product related information storage unit 102 of FIG. 1, respectively, and perform the same functions as those of the above-described members.

  Therefore, detailed descriptions of the reception unit 401, the spot-related correspondence information storage unit 402, the current position acquisition unit 404, the map information storage unit 601, and the product related information storage unit 602 are omitted.

  The point-related correspondence information acquisition unit 402 is a point-related correspondence information such as a web page, information such as a keyword or URL that is not a place name for searching for a web page, an image obtained by scanning a paper medium, an electronic book, sound, and a product identifier. To get. When the point-related correspondence information acquisition unit 402 is enabled for Web search, and the reception unit 401 receives a Web search instruction specifying a URL or one or more keywords from a user, the site-related correspondence information acquisition unit 402 performs web search using the URL or one or more keywords. A search is performed, and a web page corresponding to the URL or one or more keywords is acquired as point related information.

  In addition, the point-related correspondence information acquisition unit 402 communicates with other terminal devices when other terminal devices connected so as to be able to communicate via the network have data such as images, electronic books, and voices obtained by canceling paper media. To acquire information such as images, electronic books, and voices as point-related information.

  In addition, when the receiving unit 401 receives a product identifier as the spot related correspondence information, the spot related correspondence information storage unit 402 acquires the product identifier as the spot related correspondence information. The point-related correspondence information such as a web page acquired by the point-related correspondence information storage unit 402 is stored in the point-related correspondence information storage unit 402.

  The point information acquisition unit 405 acquires one or more character strings from the point related correspondence information such as a web page, and uses the character strings to store the map information stored in the map information storage unit 601 of the server 6 and the product related information. Search for product related information stored in the information storage unit 602 and search for 1 or 2 or more point information corresponding to location information or related information other than the location name included in the web page or the like, or 1 or 2 or more corresponding to the product identifier Get point information.

That is, the spot information acquisition unit 405 performs, for example, the following processes (6) to (10) when the spot related correspondence information storage unit 402 acquires a web page.
(6) The point information acquisition unit 405 deletes predetermined data such as tags and images from the acquired web page, and acquires a character string.
(7) The point information acquisition unit 405 performs morphological analysis on the acquired character string.
(8) The point information acquisition unit 405 acquires one or more terms having predetermined characteristics from the acquired character string using the result of the morphological analysis. The term is, for example, a noun or a noun phrase. Moreover, a term is an independent word corresponding to an independent word and a place name, for example.
(9) The point information acquisition unit 405 searches the map information storage unit 601 using the one or more terms acquired in (8) as keys, and the point information that matches each term exists in the map information storage unit 601. Determine whether or not.
(10) The point information acquisition unit 405 acquires one or more terms corresponding to the point information. One or more terms are one or more pieces of point information.

  When the location-related correspondence information acquisition unit 403 receives one or more keywords that are not URLs or place names as the location-related correspondence information, the location information acquisition unit 405 uses the URL or the one or more keywords on the Internet. Search for web pages. And the spot information acquisition part 405 performs said (6) to (10) process with respect to each acquired 1 or more web page, and acquires 1 or more spot information.

  When the spot-related correspondence information storage unit 402 receives an image obtained by scanning a paper medium as the spot-related correspondence information, the spot information acquisition unit 405 extracts one or more character strings included in the image by optical character recognition. To do. And the spot information acquisition part 405 performs said (7) to (10) process with respect to the extracted character string, and acquires one or more spot information.

  When the spot related correspondence information acquisition unit 403 receives an electronic book, the spot information acquisition unit 405 extracts data of one or more character strings included in the electronic book. And the spot information acquisition part 405 performs said (7) to (10) process with respect to the extracted character string, and acquires one or more spot information.

  In addition, when the location-related correspondence information storage unit 402 receives voice data such as route guidance, the location information acquisition unit 405 acquires one or more character strings included in the audio data by voice recognition. And the spot information acquisition part 405 performs said (7) to (10) process with respect to the acquired character string, and acquires one or more spot information.

  In addition, when the location-related correspondence information storage unit 402 acquires a product identifier, the location information acquisition unit 405 searches the product-related information storage unit 602 using the product identifier and associates it with the product identifier. Get one or more point information.

  The spot information transmitting unit 406 transmits one or more spot information acquired by the spot information acquiring unit 405 to the navigation device 5 in a predetermined communication format.

  In the configuration of FIG. 8, the map information storage unit 601 and the product related information storage unit 602 are provided in the server 6. However, either or both of the map information storage unit 601 and the product related information storage unit 602 are connected to the terminal device. 4 may be provided.

  FIG. 9 is a block diagram of the navigation device 5 according to the second embodiment.

  The navigation device 5 includes a map information storage unit 501, a spot information reception unit 502, a current position acquisition unit 503, a route information generation unit 504, and a route information output unit 505. In the configuration of the navigation device 1 shown in FIG. 1, the navigation device 5 has a configuration in which the product related information storage unit 102 and the spot information acquisition unit 105 are deleted and the spot related correspondence information receiving unit 103 is changed to a spot information receiving unit 502. It corresponds. 9 differs from the configuration in FIG. 1 in that the navigation device 5 receives the location information directly from the terminal device 4, and therefore does not require a configuration for acquiring the location information from the location-related correspondence information like the navigation device 1. It is based on being.

  The map information storage unit 501, current position acquisition unit 503, route information generation unit 504, and route information output unit 505 are the map information storage unit 101, current position acquisition unit 104, route information generation unit 106, and route information output unit of FIG. The map information storage unit 501, the current position acquisition unit 503, the route information generation unit 504, and the route information output unit 505 are not described in detail. To do.

  The spot information receiving unit 502 receives one or more spot information transmitted from the terminal device 4.

  Note that the point indicated by one or more pieces of point information received by the point information receiving unit 502 is set as a destination, or a destination and one or more waypoints. That is, the route information generation unit 504 uses the current position of the navigation device 5 acquired by the current position acquisition unit 503 as the departure point, and at least one point among the one or more point information received by the point information reception unit 502. Using the information as a destination, a route search is performed using map information stored in the map information storage unit 501, and route information is generated.

  When the location information receiving unit 502 receives two or more pieces of location information, the route information generation unit 504 uses the current location acquired by the current location acquisition unit 503 as a departure location, and sets one or more pieces of location information as transit locations. The route information indicating the route having the destination information as the destination is acquired using the map information stored in the map information storage unit 501.

  When the point information receiving unit 502 receives two or more pieces of point information in a manner in which the order can be recognized, the route information generating unit 504 sets the two or more pieces of received point information as route intermediate points or destinations according to the order. It is preferable to search for a route using the map information stored in the map information storage unit 501 and generate the route information.

  When creating route information that passes through all of the received two or more pieces of point information, the route information generation unit 504 sets each point information as a transit point or destination so as to be the shortest route, and stores map information The route information may be created using the map information stored in the unit 501.

  Next, operation | movement of the terminal device 4 is demonstrated using the flowchart of FIG. 10, FIG. Here, it is assumed that there are six types of point-related correspondence information, such as an image obtained by scanning a paper medium, an electronic book, sound, a web page, a product identifier (product name), and information for web page search. Note that the web page search information is, for example, a keyword, a URL, or the like.

  (Step S <b> 201) The receiving unit 401 determines whether an instruction to transmit point information has been received. If an instruction to transmit point information is accepted, the process proceeds to step S202. If an instruction to transmit point information is not accepted, the process returns to step S201.

  (Step S <b> 202) The current position acquisition unit 404 acquires the current position of the terminal device 4.

  (Step S203) The point-related correspondence information acquisition unit 403 determines whether the point-related correspondence information including the point information is an image obtained by scanning a paper medium. If the point-related correspondence information is an image obtained by scanning the paper medium, the process proceeds to step S209. If the point-related correspondence information is not an image obtained by scanning the paper medium, the process proceeds to step S204.

  (Step S204) The point-related correspondence information acquisition unit 403 determines whether the type of the point-related correspondence information including the point information is voice. If the point-related correspondence information is a voice, the process proceeds to step S210. If the point-related correspondence information is not a voice, the process proceeds to step S205.

  (Step S205) The point-related correspondence information acquisition unit 403 determines whether or not the type of point-related correspondence information including the point information is an electronic book. If the point-related correspondence information is an electronic book, the process proceeds to step S211. If the point-related correspondence information is not a paper medium as an electronic book, the process proceeds to step S206.

  (Step S206) The point-related correspondence information acquisition unit 403 determines whether the type of point-related correspondence information including the point information is a web page. If the point-related correspondence information is a web page, the process proceeds to step S212. If the point-related correspondence information is not a web page, the process proceeds to step S207.

  (Step S207) The point-related correspondence information acquisition unit 403 determines whether the type of point-related correspondence information including the point information is information for web page search. If the type of point-related correspondence information is information for web page search, the process proceeds to step S213. If the type of point-related correspondence information is not information for web page search, the process proceeds to step S208.

  (Step S208) The point-related correspondence information acquisition unit 403 determines whether the type of point-related correspondence information including the point information is a product identifier. If the type of the spot-related correspondence information is a product identifier, the process proceeds to step S214. If the received type of the spot-related correspondence information is not a product identifier, the process returns to step S201.

  (Step S209) The point-related correspondence information acquisition unit 403 reads an image obtained by scanning a paper medium from the point-related correspondence information storage unit 402, and the point information acquisition unit 405 converts one or more character strings included in the image into optical characters. Extraction is performed by recognition, and the process proceeds to step S215. For example, in the case of an image obtained by scanning a guidebook of “Ise / Shima”, the point information acquisition unit 405 extracts a character string including character strings such as “Ise Jingu” and “Toba Aquarium” included in the image.

  (Step S210) The spot-related correspondence information acquisition unit 403 reads voice data from the spot-related correspondence information storage unit 402, and the spot information acquisition unit 405 extracts one or more character strings included in the voice by voice recognition. The process proceeds to step S215. For example, in the case of “Ise / Shima” tourist guidance voice, the point information acquisition unit 405 extracts a character string including character strings such as “Ise Jingu” and “Toba Aquarium” included in the voice.

  (Step S211) The point-related correspondence information acquisition unit 403 reads an electronic book from the point-related correspondence information storage unit 402, and the point information acquisition unit 405 extracts one or more character strings included in the electronic book, and step S215. Proceed to For example, in the case of an electronic book of the “Ise / Shima” guidebook, the point information acquisition unit 405 extracts a character string including character strings such as “Ise Jingu” and “Toba Aquarium” included in the electronic book.

  (Step S212) The point-related correspondence information acquisition unit 403 reads a web page from the point-related correspondence information storage unit 402, and the point information acquisition unit 405 deletes the tag of the web page and extracts one or more character strings. The process proceeds to step S215. For example, in the case of a sightseeing area guide web page of “Ise / Shima”, the point information acquisition unit 105 extracts a character string including character strings such as “Ise Jingu” and “Toba Aquarium” included in the web page. .

  (Step S213) The point-related correspondence information acquisition unit 403 performs a web search using the URL received by the reception unit 401 or one or more keywords, acquires one or more web pages, and proceeds to step S212. In addition, when the point information acquisition part 405 acquires two or more web pages, the process of step S112 is performed with respect to each of two or more web pages.

  (Step S214) The point-related correspondence information acquisition unit 403 acquires the product identifier received by the reception unit 401 as the point-related correspondence information, and the point information acquisition unit 405 stores the product-related information of the server 6 using the product identifier. The product related information stored in the part 602 is searched, one or more spot information corresponding to the product identifier is acquired, and the process proceeds to step S219. For example, when the product identifier is “leisure seat”, the spot information acquisition unit 405 acquires spot information of one or more stores that handle leisure sheets.

  (Step S215) The point information acquisition unit 405 performs morphological analysis of the character string extracted in steps S209 to S212.

  (Step S216) The point information acquisition unit 405 acquires, for example, one or more nouns or noun phrases from the analysis result of step S215. Here, the point information acquisition unit 105 may acquire one or more independent words, for example.

  (Step S217) The point information acquisition unit 405 uses the one or more nouns or each noun or noun phrase acquired in step S216 to store the map information storage unit 601 stored in the product related information storage unit 602 of the server 6. A set of point information included in the map information stored in is retrieved.

  (Step S218) The spot information acquisition unit 405 acquires one or more spot information from the search result of Step S217.

  (Step S219) The point information transmission unit 406 transmits one or more pieces of point information acquired by the point information acquisition unit 405 in step S218 or step S214 to the navigation device 5 and returns to step S201.

  In the flowcharts of FIGS. 8 and 9, when there is a power-off or process end interrupt, the route information generation process ends at that time. Further, before step S219, an output unit (not shown) outputs one or more pieces of spot information acquired by the spot information acquisition unit 205, and a reception unit (not shown) receives one or more pieces of spot information from the user. Among them, a selection instruction for selecting point information to be transmitted to the navigation device 5 may be received. In such a case, based on the selection instruction by the user, the spot information transmission unit 406 transmits one or more spot information selected by the user to the navigation device 5.

(Concrete example)
Next, with respect to a specific example of the operation of the terminal device 4 and the navigation device 5 in the second embodiment, the user moves from the terminal device 4 which is a portable terminal device to the navigation device 5 in “Ise” of FIG. 6 used in the first embodiment. The case where one or more pieces of point information acquired from the web page 3 of the sightseeing guide “Shima” is transmitted to the navigation device 5 will be described as an example.

  When the user reads the web page 3 from the point-related correspondence information storage unit 402 and displays the web page 3 on the display screen of the terminal device 4 and performs an operation for transmission to the navigation device 5, the reception unit 401 accepts the operation, and the point-related correspondence information The acquisition unit 403 acquires the web page 3 displayed on the display screen as the point related information.

  When the point-related correspondence information acquisition unit 403 acquires the web page 3 as the point-related correspondence information, the point information acquisition unit 405 deletes the tag of the web page 3 and describes the character string “Hotel Shima Spain Village” described in the explanatory note 302. "Departure, ..." was extracted and morphological analysis was performed on the character string, and "Hotel Shima Spain Village", "Toba Observatory", "Observatory", "Toba Bay", "Dolphin Island", Acquire nouns or noun phrases such as “Toba Aquarium” and “Ise Jingu”.

  At this time, the point information acquisition unit 405 acquires these nouns or noun phrases while recognizing the order of appearance on the web page 3. In other words, the point information acquisition unit 405 displays the characters “Hotel Shima Spain Village”, “Toba Observatory”, “Observatory”, “Toba Bay”, “Dolphin Island”, “Toba Aquarium”, and “Ise Jingu”. Acquired by number in order of appearance.

  Next, the point information acquisition unit 405 collates the acquired characters such as “Hotel Shima Spain Village” with the point information of the Ise / Shima area stored in the map information storage unit 101, and finds the point information that matches the character. Acquired as point information for creating route information. For example, “Toba Bay” and “Dolphin Island” are not spot information where a car can travel, and “observation platform” is not spot information stored in the map information storage unit 101. Therefore, the spot information acquisition unit 405 “Hotel Shima Spain Village”, “Toba Observatory”, “Toba Aquarium” and “Ise Jingu” except for these are acquired as point information for creating route information.

  Next, when the spot information acquisition unit 105 acquires spot information such as “Hotel Shima Spain Village”, the spot information transmission unit 406 processes the spot information into a predetermined communication format and transmits it to the navigation device 5.

  When the navigation device 5 receives the point information such as “Hotel Shima Spain Village” from the terminal device 4, the route information generation unit 504 sets the current position as the departure place, and sets the location information such as “Hotel Shima Spain Village”. Among them, the location information of “Ise Jingu” with the highest number in the order of appearance is set as the destination, and “Hotel Shima Spain Village”, “Toba Observatory” and “Toba Aquarium” are set as transit points according to the numbers in the order of appearance. Set each and search the map information to get the route of “current location” → “Hotel Shima Spain Village” → “Toba Observatory” → “Toba Aquarium” → “Ise Jingu”.

  When a plurality of routes are obtained, the route information generation unit 504 uses the shortest route from “current location” via “Hotel Shima Spain Village”, “Toba Observatory” and “Toba Aquarium” to “Ise Jingu” Is output as route information on the display screen of the navigation device 5 in the manner shown in FIG.

  In addition, as a specific example, the case where the terminal device 4 acquires a web page as the spot-related correspondence information has been described. However, as the spot-related correspondence information, the portion corresponding to the explanatory text in FIG. If you obtain a scanned image of a paper medium in the form of an electronic book, audio guide, etc., obtain information on each location of “Hotel Shima Spain Village”, “Toba Observatory”, “Toba Aquarium”, and “Ise Jingu” Just as the web page is acquired, the only difference is that the method depends on each format, as in the case of the web page, "Hotel Shima Spain Village", "Toba Observatory", "Toba Aquarium" and " Each point information of “Ise Jingu” can be transmitted to the navigation device 5.

  In addition, when the spot related correspondence information acquisition unit 403 acquires a product identifier as the spot related correspondence information, the method for acquiring one or more spot information corresponding to the merchandise identifier is different from the case of acquiring a web page. One or more pieces of point information corresponding to the identifier can be transmitted to the navigation device 5.

  As described above, according to the second embodiment, it corresponds to point information included in various contents such as a web page, an image scanned from a paper medium, an electronic book, and sound, and a product identifier input by a user as point related information. Can be easily transmitted from the terminal device to the navigation device as point information for creating route information.

  Further, according to the second embodiment, for example, the content (web page, electronic book, etc.) checked by the user using the terminal device 4 is used as it is for setting the destination in the route search of the navigation device 5. it can.

  In the second embodiment, when the terminal device 4 acquires one piece of point information, the point indicated by the point information is transmitted to the navigation device 5, and when two or more pieces of point information are acquired, It is preferable that the above point information is output and the user can select desired point information from them and transmit it to the navigation device 5.

  Furthermore, the processing in the terminal device 4 according to the second embodiment may be realized by software. Then, this software may be distributed by software download or the like. Further, this software may be recorded and distributed on a recording medium such as a CD-ROM.

  The software that implements the terminal device 4 in the second embodiment is the following program.

  That is, the program includes a point-related correspondence information acquisition unit that acquires point-related correspondence information related to point-related information including one or more pieces of point information and information other than the point information, and the point-related correspondence information. It is a program for functioning as a spot information acquisition unit that acquires one or more spot information and a spot information transmission unit that transmits the one or more spot information to a navigation device.

  In the above program, the location-related correspondence information is a web page, and the location information acquisition unit is a program that causes a computer to function as acquiring 1 or more location information from the web page. That is preferred.

  In the above program, the point-related correspondence information is an image obtained by scanning a paper medium, and the point information acquisition unit acquires a character string included in the image by character recognition, and from the character string, 1 or It is preferable that the program is a program that causes a computer to function as the one that acquires two or more pieces of point information.

  In the above program, the point-related correspondence information is an electronic book, and the point information acquisition unit acquires one or more character strings from the electronic book, and one or more point information from the character string. It is preferable that the program is a program that causes a computer to function.

  In the above program, the point-related correspondence information is a voice, and the point information acquisition unit acquires a character string included in the voice by voice recognition, and one or more point information from the character string. It is preferable that the program is a program that causes a computer to function.

  In the above program, the location-related correspondence information is one or more keywords, and the location information acquisition unit performs a Web search using the one or more keywords, and the acquired one or more results as a result of the Web search. It is preferable that the program causes a computer to function as one that acquires one or more point information from the web page.

  In the above program, the point-related correspondence information is one or more product identifiers, and the point information acquisition unit acquires one or more point information corresponding to the one or more product identifiers. It is preferable that the program functions a computer.

  In the above program, the location information acquisition unit further functions as current location acquisition for acquiring a current location, and the location information acquisition unit uses the current location to obtain one or more location information corresponding to the one or more product identifiers. It is preferable that the program is a program that causes a computer to function.

  In the above program, the point information acquisition unit is preferably a program that causes a computer to function as acquiring two or more pieces of point information in a manner in which the order can be recognized.

  In the above program, the point information acquisition unit is preferably a program that causes a computer to function as acquiring two or more pieces of point information in an order according to the order of appearance of the point information in the point-related correspondence information. It is.

  In the above program, the point information acquisition unit acquires two or more pieces of point information in an order that makes the shortest route when passing through all the points indicated by the two or more pieces of point information. It is preferable that the program is a function that functions.

  FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of an external appearance of a computer that executes the program and realizes the navigation device 1 according to the first embodiment or the terminal device 4 according to the second embodiment. The first and second embodiments can be realized by computer hardware and a computer program executed thereon.

  In FIG. 12, a computer system 900 includes a computer 901 including a CD-ROM drive 905, a keyboard 902, a mouse 903, and a monitor 904.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of the computer system 900. In FIG. 13, in addition to the CD-ROM drive 905, a computer 901 is connected to an MPU (Micro Processing Unit) 911, a ROM 912 for storing a program such as a boot-up program, and the MPU 911. A RAM 913 that temporarily stores and provides a temporary storage space, a hard disk 914 that stores application programs, system programs, and data, and a bus 915 that interconnects the MPU 911, the ROM 912, and the like are provided. The computer 901 may include a network card (not shown) that provides connection to a LAN, WAN, or the like.

  A program for causing the computer system 900 to execute the functions of the navigation device 1 according to the first embodiment or the terminal device 4 according to the second embodiment is stored in the CD-ROM 921, inserted into the CD-ROM drive 905, and stored in the hard disk 914. May be forwarded. Instead, the program may be transmitted to the computer 901 via a network (not shown) and stored in the hard disk 914. The program is loaded into the RAM 913 when executed. The program may be loaded directly from the CD-ROM 921 or the network. Further, the program may be read into the computer system 900 via another recording medium (for example, a DVD) instead of the CD-ROM 921.

  The program does not necessarily include an operating system (OS) or a third-party program that causes the computer 901 to execute the functions of the navigation device 1 according to the first embodiment or the terminal device 4 according to the second embodiment. The program may include only a part of an instruction that calls an appropriate function or module in a controlled manner and obtains a desired result. How the computer system 900 operates is well known and will not be described in detail.

  As described above, the navigation device and the terminal device according to the present invention have an effect that a destination or a waypoint can be easily set, and are useful as a navigation device and a terminal device.

1, 5 Navigation device 2, 4 Terminal device 3 Web page 6 Server 101, 501, 601 Map information storage unit 102, 602 Product related information storage unit 103 Point related correspondence information receiving unit 104, 404, 503 Current position acquisition unit 105, 405 Point information acquisition unit 106, 504 Route information generation unit 107, 505 Route information output unit 201, 401 Reception unit 202, 402 Point related correspondence information storage unit 203, 403 Point related correspondence information acquisition unit 204 Point related correspondence information transmission unit 301 Photo 302 Description 406 Point information transmitter 502 Point information receiver 900 Computer system 901 Computer 902 Keyboard 903 Mouse 904 Monitor 914 Hard disk 915 Bus

Claims (27)

A map information storage unit capable of storing map information including one or more point information;
A point-related correspondence information receiving unit that receives point-related correspondence information related to point-related information including one or more point information and information other than point information;
A point information acquisition unit that acquires one or more point information from the point-related correspondence information;
A route information generation unit that searches for a route using the map information and generates route information using at least one point information among the one or more pieces of point information as a destination;
A navigation device comprising a route information output unit for outputting the route information. The location-related correspondence information is a web page,
The point related information is a character string included in a web page,
The point information acquisition unit
The navigation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein one or more pieces of spot information are acquired from a character string that is spot related information included in a web page received by the spot related correspondence information receiving unit. The point-related correspondence information is a URL,
The point related information is a web page,
The point information acquisition unit
The navigation device according to claim 1, wherein a web page corresponding to the URL received by the spot-related correspondence information receiving unit is obtained, and one or more spot information is obtained from the web page. The point-related correspondence information is an image obtained by scanning a paper medium,
The point related information is a character string included in the image,
The point information acquisition unit
The navigation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a character string included in an image received by the point-related correspondence information receiving unit is acquired by character recognition, and one or more point information is acquired from the character string. The location-related correspondence information is an electronic book,
The point related information is one or more character strings included in the electronic book,
The point information acquisition unit
The navigation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein one or more character strings are acquired from the electronic book received by the point-related correspondence information receiving unit, and one or more point information is acquired from the character string. The location-related correspondence information is voice,
The point related information is a character string included in the voice,
The point information acquisition unit
The navigation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a character string included in the voice received by the point-related correspondence information receiving unit is acquired by voice recognition, and one or more pieces of point information are acquired from the character string. The location-related correspondence information is one or more keywords,
The point related information is a character string included in a web page,
The point information acquisition unit
The web search is performed using one or more keywords received by the spot related correspondence information receiving unit, and one or more spot information is acquired from the acquired one or more web pages as a result of the web search. The navigation device described. A product related information storage unit capable of storing one or more product related information having point information and one or more product identifiers;
The point-related information and the point-related correspondence information are one or more product identifiers,
The point information acquisition unit
The navigation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein one or more pieces of point information corresponding to the one or more product identifiers are acquired from the product-related information storage unit. It further comprises a current position acquisition unit for acquiring the current position,
The point information acquisition unit
The navigation apparatus according to claim 8, wherein one or more pieces of point information corresponding to the one or more product identifiers are acquired from the product related information storage unit using the current position. The point information acquisition unit acquires two or more pieces of point information in a manner in which the order can be recognized,
The route information generation unit
The navigation according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein, according to the order, the two or more pieces of point information are set as transit points or destinations, a route search is performed using the map information, and route information is generated. apparatus. The point information acquisition unit
The navigation device according to claim 10, wherein two or more pieces of spot information are acquired in an order according to the order of appearance of the spot information in the spot related information. The point information acquisition unit
When passing through all the points indicated by the two or more point information, set the two or more point information as a waypoint or destination so as to be the shortest route, and search for a route using the map information, The navigation device according to claim 10, wherein route information is generated. A point-related correspondence information acquisition unit that acquires point-related correspondence information related to point-related information including one or more point information and information other than point information;
A point information acquisition unit that acquires one or more point information from the point-related correspondence information;
A terminal device comprising: a point information transmission unit that transmits the one or more pieces of point information to a navigation device. The location-related correspondence information is a web page,
The point information acquisition unit
The terminal device according to claim 13, wherein one or more pieces of point information are acquired from the web page. The point-related correspondence information is an image obtained by scanning a paper medium,
The point information acquisition unit
The terminal device according to claim 13, wherein a character string included in the image is acquired by character recognition, and one or more pieces of point information are acquired from the character string. The location-related correspondence information is an electronic book,
The point information acquisition unit
The terminal device according to claim 13, wherein one or more character strings are acquired from the electronic book, and one or more point information is acquired from the character string. The location-related correspondence information is voice,
The point information acquisition unit
The terminal device according to claim 13, wherein a character string included in the voice is acquired by voice recognition, and one or more pieces of point information are acquired from the character string. The location-related correspondence information is one or more keywords,
The point information acquisition unit
The terminal device according to claim 13, wherein a web search is performed using the one or more keywords, and as a result of the web search, one or more pieces of point information are acquired from the acquired one or more web pages. The location-related correspondence information is one or more product identifiers,
The point information acquisition unit
The terminal device according to claim 13, wherein one or more point information corresponding to the one or more product identifiers is acquired. It further comprises a current position acquisition unit for acquiring the current position,
The point information acquisition unit
The terminal device according to claim 19, wherein one or more pieces of point information corresponding to the one or more product identifiers are acquired using the current position. The point information acquisition unit
The terminal device according to any one of claims 13 to 20, wherein two or more pieces of point information are acquired in a manner in which the order can be recognized. The point information acquisition unit
The terminal device according to claim 21, wherein two or more pieces of point information are acquired in an order according to the order of appearance of the point information in the point-related correspondence information. The point information acquisition unit
The terminal device according to claim 21, wherein when passing through all the points indicated by the two or more pieces of point information, the two or more pieces of point information are acquired in an order that makes the shortest route. On the recording medium,
Stores map information including one or more point information,
A navigation method realized by a point-related correspondence information reception unit, a point information acquisition unit, a route information generation unit, and a route information output unit,
A point-related correspondence information receiving step in which the point-related correspondence information receiving unit receives point-related correspondence information related to point-related information including one or more pieces of point information and information other than point information;
A point information acquisition step in which the point information acquisition unit acquires one or more point information from the point related correspondence information;
A route information generating step in which the route information generating unit searches for a route using the map information using at least one point information among the one or more pieces of point information as a destination, and generates route information;
A navigation method, wherein the route information output unit includes a route information output step of outputting the route information. An information processing method realized by a point-related correspondence information acquisition unit, a point information acquisition unit, and a point information transmission unit,
A point-related correspondence information acquisition step in which the point-related correspondence information acquisition unit acquires point-related correspondence information related to point-related information including one or more pieces of point information and information other than point information;
A point information acquisition step in which the point information acquisition unit acquires one or more point information from the point related correspondence information;
An information processing method comprising: a point information transmitting step in which the point information transmitting unit transmits the one or more pieces of point information to a navigation device. Computer-accessible recording media
A map information storage unit capable of storing map information including one or more point information;
The computer,
A point-related correspondence information receiving unit that receives point-related correspondence information related to point-related information including one or more point information and information other than point information;
A route information acquisition unit that acquires one or more pieces of point information from the point-related correspondence information, and a route using the map information with at least one point information among the one or more pieces of point information as a destination A route information generator for searching and generating route information;
A program for functioning as a route information output unit for outputting the route information. Computer
A point-related correspondence information acquisition unit that acquires point-related correspondence information related to point-related information including one or more point information and information other than point information;
A point information acquisition unit that acquires one or more point information from the point-related correspondence information;
The program for functioning as a point information transmission part which transmits the said 1 or 2 or more point information to a navigation apparatus.

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