JP3316244B2 - How to select guidance information in the navigation display - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a navigation device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An on-vehicle navigation device displays on a display screen map information such as a road network, background, attributes such as landmarks, road names, and administrative names, and displays the position of the vehicle on the map. In addition, it is configured to display the direction of the vehicle, the north direction, various distances, and the like. Then, after setting the current location and the destination on the map, navigation is executed. For example, guide information such as a landmark is generally as shown below. Information: Sightseeing guides, historic sites, playgrounds, parks, libraries, golf courses, tennis courts, etc.
Displayed by voice etc. Safety: JA for car accidents
Display F, hospital, etc. Access: Information on airports, bullet trains, ferries, etc. is displayed. Highway: Metropolitan Expressway, Urban Expressway, Tomei,
Information about interchanges, service areas, etc. of Meishin, etc. is displayed. For these navigations, all switches or guidance information switches are selectively used.

[0003]

However, in the conventional navigation apparatus and method, since there is no efficient link between the map database and the guide information database, it is possible to directly obtain the guide information around the own vehicle position. Therefore, it takes time to set the destination and it takes time to select the destination. An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the conventional technology.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an image display of guidance information of a vehicle position, a destination position, and a direction on map information including landmarks as the vehicle moves. And a method of selecting guidance information in the navigation display to be selectable, wherein an area setting step of setting whether the area of the required facility is around the own vehicle position or other than the information on the plurality of facilities displayed in the image, A condition setting step of setting at least the type of facility required from the information on the plurality of facilities displayed in the image, and when the setting of the area is set around the own vehicle position, based on the type of the set facility, A vehicle position periphery search step for extracting information on facilities within a predetermined range based on the vehicle position, and displaying a list of facilities around the extracted vehicle position. A list display step that, while selecting a predetermined facility from the listed facilities,
A destination determination selecting step for selecting whether to determine or cancel the selected facility, and a facility determined when the selected facility is determined as the destination in the destination determining step Destination storing / displaying step of storing the location of the selected facility in the storage means and displaying the selected facility location on the map screen;
It is characterized by having.

[0005]

In the area setting step, it is set from the information on the plurality of facilities displayed on the image whether the area of the required facility is around the own vehicle position or other than the location of the own vehicle. At least the type of required facility is set from the information on the facility.
When the set area is around the own vehicle position, information on facilities within a predetermined range is extracted based on the own vehicle position in the own vehicle position surrounding search step based on the set type of facility. Then, in the list display step, the facilities around the extracted vehicle position are displayed in a list, and in the destination determination selecting step, a predetermined facility is selected from the listed facilities, and You will be asked to decide or cancel. Then, in the destination storage / display step,
When the facility selected in the destination determination selecting step is determined as a destination, the location of the determined facility is stored in the storage means, and the selected facility location is displayed on a map screen.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1, on a guide information screen 2 on a display screen 1, each item information 3, access 4, safety 5, and highway 6 of the guide information are displayed, and these can be arbitrarily selected. This selection may be made by, for example, operating keys or a touch panel corresponding to the display. Here, if the information 3 is selected, the display area selection screen 7 is displayed next. Here, the vicinity 8 of the vehicle position, the vicinity 9 of the destination, and the nationwide area information 20 are displayed, and any one of them can be displayed. Position data (latitude and longitude) is added to each database, and a position can be registered on a map from guide information and set as a destination as described later. The case where the surroundings 8 of the own vehicle position is selected will be described later with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3, and the case where the surroundings 9 of the destination is selected will be described with reference to FIGS. Further, the case where the information screen 10 is selected will be described with reference to FIGS.

When the vicinity 8 of the vehicle position or the vicinity 9 of the destination is selected, the vehicle is located within a predetermined range with reference to the vehicle position when the vicinity 8 of the vehicle position is selected, and the destination when the vicinity 9 is selected. The guidance information is read, the information screen 10 is displayed, and various facilities are selectively displayed. If the accommodation facility 11 is selected here, the accommodation facility screen 1
2 is displayed, and various accommodation facilities are displayed. Now, if the predetermined accommodation facility 13 is selected, the predetermined accommodation facility 13 is selected.
Is displayed, and when the position setting 15 is selected, the predetermined accommodation facility 1 is displayed.
3 is set and registered as a destination. Thereby, the destination can be set directly from the guidance information. The other access 4, safety 5, and highway 6 items in the guide information screen 2 can also be set as destinations in the same manner as described above.

When an item is selected on the information screen 10, it is possible to calculate the distance between the own vehicle position and each facility position and display the calculated distance in ascending order of distance. The configuration in this case will be described later with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 2, when the user selects the vicinity 8 of the vehicle position (step 30), landmarks around the vehicle position are read from the database, and the information screen 10, the accommodation facility screen 12, the predetermined accommodation facility display are displayed as described above. Screens such as screen 14 are sequentially displayed and selected (step 3
1). When the position setting 15 is selected (step 32), the position is stored in the memory (step 33),
The position is displayed on the map screen (step 34). If the position setting 15 has not been set, it is confirmed whether or not to cancel (step 35), and the processing ends or returns to step 30.
Here, since the selected facility position is configured to be displayed on the map screen, the facility position can be specifically confirmed. For example, there is an effect that it is possible to confirm whether the facility position is along the road on which the vehicle is traveling or along a distant road. Therefore, the user can check whether the selected facility is the desired one, and can prevent the user from going to the wrong facility by mistake.

Referring to FIG. 3, when the vicinity 8 of the own vehicle position is selected (step 36), landmarks around the own vehicle position are read from the database, and the information screen 10, the accommodation facility screen 12, the predetermined accommodation facility display are displayed as described above. Screens such as screen 14 are sequentially displayed and selected (step 3
7). Then, the distance between the vehicle position and the landmark is obtained from the position data (step 38), and the distance is listed in ascending order (step 39). When a predetermined landmark is selected and the position setting 15 is selected (step 4).
0), the position is stored in the memory (step 41), and the position is displayed on the map screen (step 42). If the position setting 15 is not set, the process ends.

In FIG. 4, when a destination periphery 9 is selected (step 50), landmarks around the destination are read from the database, and the information screen 10, the accommodation facility screen 12, and the predetermined accommodation facility display screen 14 are read as described above. Etc. are sequentially displayed and selected (Step 5
1). When the position setting 15 is selected (step 52), the position is stored in the memory (step 53),
The position is displayed on the map screen (step 54). If the position setting 15 is not set, the process ends.

In FIG. 5, when the destination periphery 9 is selected (step 55), landmarks around the destination are read from the database, and the information screen 10, the accommodation facility screen 12, and the predetermined accommodation facility display screen 14 are read as described above. And so on (step 56).
Then, the distance between the destination and the landmark is obtained from the position data (step 57), and the distance is listed in ascending order (step 58). The given landmark is selected,
When the position setting 15 is selected (step 59), the position is stored in the memory (step 60), and the position is displayed on the map screen (step 61). If the position setting 15 is not set, the process ends.

The details when the nationwide area selection 20 is selected on the display area selection screen 7 will be described with reference to FIGS. When the nationwide area selection 20 is selected, a nationwide area selection screen 16 is displayed as shown in FIG. 6, and the nationwide area is displayed. Here, when a predetermined area is selected, the screen is switched to a prefecture name selection screen 17. This example shows an example in which the Kanto area is selected, and the name of each prefecture in Kanto is displayed. If a prefecture name is selected here, the display shown in FIG. 1C is displayed, and various facilities are selectively displayed. Here, as described above, if the accommodation facility 11 is selected, the accommodation facility screen 12 is displayed, and various accommodation facilities are displayed. Similarly, if the predetermined accommodation facility 13 is selected, the predetermined accommodation facility 1 is selected.
A predetermined accommodation facility display screen 14 on which details of the predetermined accommodation facility 3 are displayed is displayed.
3 is set and registered as a destination. Thereby, the destination can be set directly from the guidance information. FIG. 7 shows a tree of each data described above.

[0014]

As described above, according to the present invention, navigation for displaying guide information of the position of the own vehicle, the destination position, and direction on map information including landmarks as the vehicle moves and enabling selection can be made. In the method of selecting guidance information for display, an area setting step of setting whether the area of a required facility is around the own vehicle position or other than the information on the plurality of facilities displayed in the image, and A condition setting step of setting at least the type of facility required from the information on the facility, and when the setting of the area is set around the own vehicle position, based on the type of the set facility, based on the own vehicle position, A vehicle position surrounding search step of extracting information on facilities within a predetermined range;
A list display step of displaying a list of facilities around the extracted vehicle position; selecting a predetermined facility from the listed facilities; and selecting whether to determine or cancel the selected facility as a destination. A destination determining step of selecting, and when the selected facility is determined as a destination in the destination determining step, the position of the determined facility is stored in storage means, and the selected facility position is stored. And a destination storing / displaying step of displaying the destination on the map screen. Therefore, it is possible to select an area around the own vehicle position or another area. From the information, a list of facilities around the own vehicle position is selected, a predetermined facility is selected from the list, and the selected facility is set or keyed. There is an effect that can choose whether to Nseru. In addition, since the facility position selected and set as the destination is stored in the storage means and displayed on the map screen,
There is an effect that it is possible to specifically confirm the facility position such as whether or not the vehicle is along a road on which the vehicle is traveling, and to confirm whether or not the vehicle is at a position favorable for the user.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a tree diagram showing another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1: display screen, 2: guide information screen, 3: information, 4: access, 5: safety, 6: highway, 7: display area selection screen, 8: surroundings of own vehicle position, 9:
Around the destination, 10: Information screen, 11:
Accommodation facility, 12: Accommodation facility screen, 13: Predetermined accommodation facility,
14: predetermined accommodation facility display screen, 15: position setting, 16:
Nationwide area selection screen, 17: Prefectural name selection screen, 2
0: Nationwide area selection.

Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-3-137673 (JP, A) JP-A-2-310423 (JP, A) JP-A-62-151885 (JP, A) JP-A-5-197337 (JP) JP-A-4-123088 (JP, A) JP-A-1-173819 (JP, A) JP-A-6-66584 (JP, A) JP-A-62-151884 (JP, A) (58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G08G 1/0969 G01C 21/00 G09B 29/00-29/10

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A method of selecting guidance information in a navigation display in which guidance information of a vehicle position, a destination position, and a direction is displayed on map information including landmarks as the vehicle moves and is selectable. An area setting step of setting whether the area of the facility required from the information about the plurality of facilities displayed in the image is around the own vehicle position or other, and at least the facility required from the information about the plurality of facilities displayed in the image Condition setting step of setting the type of, if the setting of the area is set around the own vehicle position, based on the type of the set facility, based on the own vehicle position, the information of facilities within a predetermined range A step of searching around the vehicle position to be extracted; a list display step of displaying a list of facilities around the extracted vehicle position; and A destination selection step of selecting a predetermined facility from the facilities and selecting whether to determine or cancel the selected facility as a destination, and the facility selected in the destination determination selection step as the destination A destination storing / displaying step of storing the determined facility position in the storage means when the determined facility is determined, and displaying the selected facility position on a map screen. How to select guidance information in 2. On the basis of the set type of facility,
A distance information calculation calculating step of calculating distance information from the own vehicle position to a facility of a set type; and, based on the result of the distance information calculation, in the order of the distance from the own vehicle position to the vicinity of the own vehicle position. 2. The method for selecting guidance information in a navigation display according to claim 1, further comprising: a list display step of displaying a list of facilities. 3. A method of selecting guidance information in a navigation display in which guidance information on the own vehicle position, destination position, and direction is displayed on map information including landmarks as the vehicle moves and is selectable. An area setting step of setting whether the area of the facility required from the information about the plurality of facilities displayed in the image is around the own vehicle position or other, and at least the facility required from the information about the plurality of facilities displayed in the image Condition setting step of setting the type of, if the setting of the area is set around the own vehicle position, based on the type of the set facility, based on the own vehicle position, the information of facilities within a predetermined range A step of searching around the vehicle position to be extracted; a list display step of displaying a list of facilities around the extracted vehicle position in a list; If the area is not set around the position, the area is divided into a plurality of areas, the image is displayed, and a section displaying step is made selectable. Based on the type of the set facility and the above section, the area is in the selected section. A search step of extracting facility information; a list display step of listing and displaying facilities included in the extracted category; and selecting a predetermined facility from the listed facilities and using the selected facility as an object. A destination determining step of selecting whether to determine or cancel as the destination; and, when the selected facility is determined as the destination in the destination determining step, the position of the determined facility is stored in the storage means. And a destination storing / displaying step of displaying the selected facility location on a map screen while storing the selected facility location on the map screen. How to select guidance information in the navigation display.