JP2020135074A - Travel route recording device - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a travel route recording device capable of recording a travel route of any vehicle that a user gets on.SOLUTION: A portable terminal device 100 is carried by a user and comprises: a position detection unit 161 which iteratively detects a position for recording a travel route of a first vehicle that is driven by any other person than the user, in a case that the user gets on the first vehicle; a recording start decision unit 162 which decides recording start of the travel route; a recording end decision unit 163 which decides recording end of the travel route; a travel route recording unit 164 for recording the iteratively detected positions as the travel route from making the decision of the recording start by the recording start decision unit 162 to making the decision of the recording end by the recording end decision unit 163; and a traveling record presenting unit 165 by which the traveling route recorded by the traveling route recording unit 164 is presented to an on-vehicle device mounted on a second vehicle in a case that the user gets on the second vehicle.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

The present invention relates to a travel route recording device that records a travel route of a vehicle.

When a passenger rides in a vehicle driven by another person, he / she often does not remember the travel route to the destination as compared with the case where the passenger himself / herself drives. For this reason, even if the passenger himself drives the vehicle and tries to drive along the same driving route at a later date, it is difficult to reproduce the same driving route because the right / left turn position is wrong due to ambiguous memory. .. In particular, when using a taxi, it is often the case that you are in the back seat, so you often overlook signs and signs that serve as landmarks when turning left or right, and it is quite difficult to remember the driving route.

Conventionally, there has been known a vehicle driving support system that records a vehicle's traveling route or the like as a traveling experience history and incorporates it into another vehicle (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In this system, even if a driver or a passenger gets on another vehicle, driving support such as notification of appropriate driving information can be provided according to the driving experience history of the driver or the passenger.

JP-A-2007-323598

By the way, in the system disclosed in Patent Document 1 described above, a traveling route or the like is recorded by using an in-vehicle device (vehicle-mounted device or driving support device for a vehicle), and an arbitrary vehicle or taxi driven by an acquaintance by chance is recorded. Since it is desired to be able to record the traveling route in those vehicles when the vehicle is boarded in the above vehicle, there is a problem that the same traveling route cannot be reproduced in the vehicle driven by the user himself / herself at a later date.

The present invention has been created in view of these respects, and an object of the present invention is to provide a travel route recording device capable of recording a travel route of an arbitrary vehicle on which a vehicle has been boarded.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the travel route recording device of the present invention is carried by the user, and when the user gets on the first vehicle driven by a vehicle other than the user, the travel route of the first vehicle. A traveling route recording device for repeatedly detecting the position of the own device, a recording start determining means for determining the recording start of the traveling route, and a recording end determining means for determining the recording end of the traveling route. And the traveling route recording means that records the position repeatedly detected by the position detecting means as the traveling route from the determination of the recording start by the recording start determining means to the determination of the recording end by the recording end determining means. , Providing a travel record that provides a travel route recorded by a travel route recording means toward an in-vehicle device mounted on the second vehicle when a user gets on a second vehicle other than the first vehicle. It has the means.

Using the travel route recording device carried by the user who got into the first vehicle, the recording start determination of the travel route, the recording of the travel route, and the determination of the end of the recording of the travel route are performed, and any arbitrary such as a taxi can be determined. It is possible to record the traveling route when getting on the vehicle.

Further, it is desirable that the above-mentioned travel record providing means provides the traveling route recorded by the traveling route recording means to the in-vehicle device to which the vehicle-mounted device is associated in advance. As a result, it becomes possible to use the recorded travel route in the in-vehicle device of a specific vehicle such as owned by the user.

Further, it is desirable that the above-mentioned traveling record providing means provides the traveling route recorded by the traveling route recording means when the own device and the in-vehicle device are connected. This makes it possible to reduce the time and effort required to capture the travel route from the travel route recording device to the in-vehicle device when the user gets into the second vehicle.

Further, it is desirable that the above-mentioned recording start determining means determine that recording is started when the moving speed of the position detected by the position detecting means exceeds the first reference value. In particular, it is desirable that the above-mentioned first reference value is set to a value faster than the walking speed of a person. As a result, it is possible to automatically determine that the vehicle on which the user has boarded has started traveling and start recording the traveling route.

In addition, the above-mentioned recording end determination means may determine that recording ends when the moving speed of the position detected by the position detecting means continues to be equal to or less than the second reference value for a certain period of time. desirable. Further, it is desirable that the above-mentioned recording end determining means determine that the recording is terminated when the position detected by the position detecting means deviates from the road. As a result, it is possible to automatically determine that the user has got off the vehicle and end the recording of the traveling route.

Further, it is desirable that an operation means for accepting an operation by the user is further provided, and the recording start determination means determines to start recording when the start instruction is given by the user using the operation means. Further, it is desirable that the above-mentioned recording end determination means determines that the recording is to be terminated when the user gives an end instruction using the operation means. By starting / ending the recording of the traveling route based on the operation of the user himself / herself, it is possible to surely record the traveling route according to the user's wishes.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the mobile terminal apparatus of one Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the functional block of the in-vehicle device as a travel path recording device which operates by executing a travel path recording program. It is a flow chart which shows the operation procedure which records a traveling route when a user carrying a mobile terminal device gets into a vehicle such as a taxi. It is a flow chart which shows the operation procedure of providing a travel route when a user who has a mobile terminal device which recorded a travel route gets on another vehicle. It is a flow chart which shows the operation procedure which receives a traveling path by an in-vehicle device mounted on a specific vehicle.

Hereinafter, a mobile terminal device according to an embodiment to which the travel route recording device of the present invention is applied will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a mobile terminal device 100 of one embodiment. The mobile terminal device 100 shown in FIG. 1 is generally called a smartphone, has functions of a mobile phone and a mobile information terminal, and operates as a travel route recording device. The portable terminal device 100 includes a GPS receiver 110, an operation unit 120, a touch panel 122, an input control unit 124, a display processing unit 130, a display unit 132, a digital-to-analog converter (D / A) 140, a speaker 142, and a microphone 144. , Analog-to-digital converter (A / D) 146, telephone processing unit 150, CPU 160, memory 170, and USB interface unit (USB I / F) 180.

The GPS receiver 110 receives signals transmitted from a plurality of GPS satellites and outputs positioning data indicating the position of the own device (own vehicle position) at predetermined time intervals.

The operation unit 120 is for receiving various operations by the user, and is provided with various switches, operation knobs, and the like. The touch panel 122 is arranged so as to overlap the screen of the display unit 132, and detects the position on the screen where the user's finger touches. The input control unit 124 monitors the operation status of the operation unit 120 and the touch panel 122, and detects the input content by the user.

The display processing unit 130 outputs video signals for displaying various operation screens, input screens, and the like, and displays these screens on the display unit 132. The display unit 132 is composed of an LCD (liquid crystal display device) or the like, and displays operation contents using the operation unit 120 and the touch panel 122, processing contents by the CPU 160, and the like.

The digital-to-analog converter 140 converts incoming voice data or the like when the mobile terminal device 100 is used as a telephone into an analog signal and outputs it from the speaker 142. The microphone 144 collects the voice uttered by the user. The collected voice is converted into digital data by the analog-digital converter 146.

The telephone processing unit 150 performs processing as a mobile phone. For example, the telephone processing unit 150 performs incoming / outgoing call processing with the base station to perform call processing, Internet connection processing, and the like.

The CPU 160 controls the entire mobile terminal device 100 by executing a predetermined program stored in the memory 170, and also performs various processes related to the operation as the travel route recording device.

The memory 170 is used as a work area for storing the operation program of the CPU 160 and for storing various data necessary for the operation of the CPU 160. The operation program executed by the CPU 160 includes a travel route recording program for the map application and the mobile terminal device 100 to operate as the travel route recording device. The memory 170 is composed of, for example, a semiconductor memory such as a ROM or RAM, and may include a hard disk device or the like in addition to these.

The USB interface unit 180 is for inputting / outputting signals to / from an in-vehicle device or the like via a USB cable. The USB interface unit 180 includes a USB port and a USB host controller. The connection between the mobile terminal device 100 and the in-vehicle device or the like may be made via Bluetooth (registered trademark), wireless LAN, or other wired or wireless connection means.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a functional block of an in-vehicle device 300 as a travel route recording device 100A that operates by executing a travel route recording program. The travel route recording device 100A is for recording the travel route of the vehicle when the user gets on a vehicle (first vehicle) that is carried by the user and is driven by a vehicle other than the user. For this purpose, the travel route recording device 100A includes a position detection unit 161, a recording start determination unit 162, a recording end determination unit 163, a travel route recording unit 164, and a travel record providing unit 165.

The position detection unit 161 repeatedly (for example, at regular time intervals) detects the position of the mobile terminal device 100 using the GPS receiver 110.

The recording start determination unit 162 determines the recording start of the traveling route. For example, the recording start determination unit 162 determines that recording is started when the moving speed of the position detected by the position detection unit 161 exceeds the first reference value. This "first reference value" is set to a value faster than the walking speed of a person. This makes it possible to start recording the traveling route when the vehicle starts running after the user gets into the vehicle.

Alternatively, the recording start determination unit 162 may determine that recording is to be started when the user gives a start instruction using the operation unit 120. This makes it possible to start recording the travel route based on the user's own operation.

The recording end determination unit 163 determines the end of recording of the traveling route. For example, the recording end determination unit 163 determines that the recording is terminated when the state in which the moving speed of the position detected by the position detection unit 161 is equal to or lower than the second reference value continues for a certain period of time. This "second reference value" is set to a value faster than the walking speed of a person. Further, the "fixed time" is for excluding the case where the vehicle temporarily stops traveling due to traffic congestion, waiting for a traffic light, or the like, and is set to a length of, for example, about several minutes. This makes it possible to end the recording of the traveling route when the user gets out of the vehicle.

Alternatively, the recording end determination unit 163 may determine that the recording is terminated when the position detected by the position detection unit 161 deviates from the road. However, in order to make this determination, it is necessary to know whether or not the detected position is on the road. For example, it is conceivable that this determination is made by executing a map application.

Further, the recording end determination unit 163 may determine that the recording is to be terminated when the user gives an end instruction using the operation unit 120. This makes it possible to end the recording of the traveling route based on the user's own operation.

The travel route recording unit 164 sets the travel route repeatedly detected by the position detection unit 161 from the time when the recording start determination unit 162 determines the recording start to the time when the recording end determination unit 163 determines the recording end. Record as. As a recording method of this traveling route, the detected position (longitude, latitude) itself is recorded as a traveling route, or the link row (or node row) of the road corresponding to the detected position is specified (for example, with a map application). When recording as a traveling route by linking), extracting right and left turn intersections on the route on which the vehicle traveled based on the detected position, and recording these intersection rows as traveling routes, etc. Can be considered. Even if it is not the case, any information that can trace the traveling locus of the vehicle can be recorded as a traveling route.

When the user gets on a vehicle (second vehicle) other than the vehicle for which the travel route is recorded, the travel record providing unit 165 directs the travel route toward the in-vehicle device mounted on the vehicle. The traveling route recorded by the recording unit 164 is provided.

The GPS receiver 110 and the position detection unit 161 described above are used as the position detection means, the recording start determination unit 162 is used as the recording start determination means, the recording end determination unit 163 is used as the recording end determination means, and the travel route recording unit 164 is used for the travel route recording. The travel record providing unit 165 corresponds to the traveling record providing means, and the operating unit 120 corresponds to the operating means.

The vehicle-mounted device 300 (travel path recording device 100A) of the present embodiment has such a configuration, and the operation thereof will be described next.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing an operation procedure for recording a traveling route when a user carrying a mobile terminal device 100 gets on a vehicle such as a taxi.

The position detection unit 161 detects the position of the mobile terminal device 100 (step 100). Assuming that the travel route recording program is executed before boarding, this position detection operation is performed regardless of the presence or absence of boarding.

Next, the recording start determination unit 162 calculates the movement speed based on the change in the position detected by the position detection unit 161 and determines whether or not the calculated movement speed exceeds the first reference value ( Step 102). This movement speed exceeds the first reference value when the vehicle on which the user is riding starts running at a speed faster than the walking speed of the person, but the person is not on the vehicle (the vehicle is on but the vehicle is stopped). (Including cases), it will be slower than the first reference value. In such a case, a negative determination is made, the process returns to step 100, and the position detection operation is repeated.

Further, when the moving speed exceeds the first reference value, a positive judgment is made in the determination in step 102. In this case, the travel route recording unit 164 starts recording the travel route (step 104), and records the position (position itself, link number corresponding to the position, etc.) detected by the position detection unit 161. Is recorded as (step 106).

Next, the recording end determination unit 163 calculates the movement speed based on the change in the position detected by the position detection unit 161, and the state in which the calculated movement speed is equal to or less than the second reference value continues for a certain period of time. It is determined whether or not this is done (step 108). If the moving speed does not fall below the second reference value, or if it falls below the second reference value but the state does not continue for a certain period of time, a negative judgment is made, and the process returns to step 106 to record the traveling route. Is repeated.

Further, when the state in which the moving speed becomes equal to or lower than the second reference value continues for a certain period of time, an affirmative judgment is made in the determination in step 108. In this case, the travel route recording unit 164 ends the travel route recording operation (step 110).

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing an operation procedure of providing a travel route when a user having a mobile terminal device 100 that records a travel route gets on another vehicle.

The travel record providing unit 165 determines whether or not the mobile terminal device 100 is connected to the in-vehicle device of the specific vehicle (step 200). Here, the "specific vehicle" is a vehicle that is assumed to allow the user to get on and use the traveling record recorded in the mobile terminal device 100. For example, a vehicle owned or used by a user, a vehicle of a friend or the like who may ride repeatedly, and the like correspond to this. Further, when the vehicle is connected to the vehicle-mounted device via a USB cable or by wireless LAN or Bluetooth, the vehicle equipped with the vehicle-mounted device may be a specific vehicle. If it is not connected to the in-vehicle device of the specific vehicle, a negative determination is made in the determination in step 200, and this determination is repeated.

Further, when the mobile terminal device 100 is connected to the in-vehicle device of the specific vehicle, a positive judgment is made in the determination in step 200. As a connection method, any one of a USB cable, a wireless LAN, and Bluetooth may be used, but other methods may be used.

Next, the travel record providing unit 165 determines whether or not there is an additional travel route recorded after the previous connection (step 202). If there is an additional travel route in the travel route recording unit 164, an affirmative determination is made. If it does not exist, a negative judgment is made and the operation related to the provision of the traveling route ends. Further, if an additional traveling route exists, an affirmative judgment is made in the determination in step 202. Next, the travel record providing unit 165 reads the added travel route from the travel route recording unit 164 and transmits the added travel route to the in-vehicle device via the USB interface 180 (step 204). In this way, the operation related to the provision of the traveling route is completed.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing an operation procedure for receiving a traveling route by an in-vehicle device mounted on a specific vehicle. For example, FIG. 1 shows a state in which an in-vehicle device 300 mounted on a specific vehicle is connected to a mobile terminal device 100. The in-vehicle device 300 has a function of a navigation device that performs map display, route search processing, route guidance processing, and the like.

The in-vehicle device 300 determines whether or not the mobile terminal device 100 is connected (step 300). If not connected, a negative judgment is made and this judgment is repeated. Further, when the mobile terminal device 100 is connected, a positive determination is made in the determination in step 300.

Next, the vehicle-mounted device 300 determines whether or not there is an additional traveling route (step 302). If there is a travel route, an affirmative determination is made, and the in-vehicle device 300 receives the additional travel route transmitted from the mobile terminal device 100 (step 304) and saves it as a travel history (step 306). In this way, the operation of receiving the travel history is completed. The in-vehicle device 300 can read this travel history and set it as a part of the travel route to the destination.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the mobile terminal device 100 carried by the user who has boarded the taxi or the like is used to determine the start of recording the travel route, record the travel route, and determine the end of recording the travel route. Therefore, it is possible to record the traveling route when getting on an arbitrary vehicle such as a taxi.

In addition, the travel route recorded by the mobile terminal device 100 is provided to the in-vehicle device that has been associated in advance. As a result, it becomes possible to use the recorded travel route in the in-vehicle device of a specific vehicle such as owned by the user.

Further, when the connection between the mobile terminal device 100 and the in-vehicle device 300 is made, the mobile terminal is provided when the user gets into a specific vehicle by providing the travel route recorded by the mobile terminal device 100. It is possible to reduce the time and effort required to capture the traveling route from the device 100 to the in-vehicle device 300.

Further, when the moving speed of the position detected by the mobile terminal device 100 exceeds the first reference value, the recording of the traveling route is started. In addition, this first reference value is set to a value faster than the walking speed of a person. As a result, it is possible to automatically determine that the vehicle on which the user has boarded has started traveling and start recording the traveling route.

Further, when the moving speed of the position detected by the mobile terminal device 100 is equal to or lower than the second reference value for a certain period of time, the recording of the traveling route is completed. As a result, it is possible to automatically determine that the user has got off the vehicle and end the recording of the traveling route.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the gist of the present invention. For example, in the above-described embodiment, when the state in which the moving speed is equal to or lower than the second reference value continues for a certain period of time, the recording of the traveling route is ended, but the recording end determination unit 163 is performed by the position detection unit 161. The recording of the traveling route may be terminated when the detected position deviates from the road. As a result, it is possible to automatically determine that the user has got off the vehicle and end the recording of the traveling route. However, in this case, it is necessary to determine whether or not the detected position is on the road. For example, this determination may be performed by the running map application.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the recording start and recording end of the traveling route are automatically determined has been described, but when the recording start determination unit 162 is instructed by the user to start using the operation unit 120, the recording start determination unit 162 has been described. The recording end determination unit 163 may determine that the recording is to be started when the operation unit 120 is used to determine that the recording is to be started. By starting / ending the recording of the traveling route based on the operation of the user himself / herself, it is possible to surely record the traveling route according to the user's wishes.

As described above, according to the present invention, the travel route recording start determination, the travel route recording, and the travel route recording end determination are performed using the travel route recording device carried by the user who has boarded the vehicle. This makes it possible to record the travel route when boarding an arbitrary vehicle such as a taxi.

100 Mobile terminal device 100A Travel route recording device 110 GPS receiver 120 Operation unit 160 CPU
161 Position detection unit 162 Recording start judgment unit 163 Recording end judgment unit 164 Travel route recording unit 165 Travel record providing unit 170 Memory

Claims (9)

A travel route recording device that records the travel route of the first vehicle when the user gets on the first vehicle carried by the user and driven by a person other than the user.
A position detecting means that repeatedly detects the position of the own device, and
Recording start determination means for determining the start of recording of the travel route,
Recording end determination means for determining the end of recording of the travel route,
A traveling route recording means that records a position repeatedly detected by the position detecting means as a traveling route from the determination of the recording start by the recording start determining means to the determination of the recording end by the recording end determining means. When,
When a user gets on a second vehicle other than the first vehicle, the vehicle provides a travel route recorded by the travel route recording means toward an in-vehicle device mounted on the second vehicle. Record providing means and
A travel route recording device, characterized in that The travel route recording device according to claim 1, wherein the travel record providing means provides a travel route recorded by the travel route recording means to the vehicle-mounted device to which the vehicle-mounted device is associated in advance. .. According to claim 1 or 2, the travel record providing means provides a travel route recorded by the travel route recording means when a connection between the own device and the vehicle-mounted device is made. The described travel route recording device. The first to third aspects of the present invention, wherein the recording start determining means determines to start recording when the moving speed of the position detected by the position detecting means exceeds the first reference value. The traveling route recording device according to any one of the items. The traveling route recording device according to claim 4, wherein the first reference value is set to a value faster than the walking speed of a person. The recording end determination means is characterized in that it determines that recording is terminated when the state in which the moving speed of the position detected by the position detecting means is equal to or lower than the second reference value continues for a certain period of time. The traveling route recording device according to any one of claims 1 to 5. The invention according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the recording end determining means determines that the recording is terminated when the position detected by the position detecting means deviates from the road. Travel route recording device. Further equipped with an operation means for accepting operations by the user
The invention according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the recording start determination means determines to start recording when a start instruction is given by the user using the operation means. Travel route recording device. The travel route recording device according to claim 8, wherein the recording end determination means determines to end recording when an end instruction is given by the user using the operation means.

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