JP3477224B2 - Navigation system destination input method - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a destination input method for a navigation system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method of setting the position of a destination, which is required for a navigation system that displays the destination on a display along with a map of its surroundings.

The present invention is particularly applicable to, but not limited to, a vehicle-mounted navigation system.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, in a vehicle-mounted navigation system, a display and a CD-recording map information are recorded.
A ROM is provided, and the position of the destination is displayed on a display together with a map of the surrounding area. Then, the driver can reach the destination by relying on the map.

To use such a navigation function, it is necessary to set the destination position in the navigation system. The position of the destination can be set by operating the touch panel mounted on the display surface of the display or operating the switches arranged around the display surface to select the prefecture, municipality, or street address. There is.

FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining such a conventional destination input method. Here, the destination is XX prefecture XX
It is assumed to be XX-cho, XX-cho, city. First, the figure
A menu for selecting prefectures is displayed as shown in (a). However, this page does not include the destination prefecture, so select the next page display.

Then, the next page is displayed as shown in FIG. Similarly, the next page display is instructed until the page including the destination prefecture is displayed. In this example, the pages shown in (a), (b), and (c) in the figure do not include the prefectures of the destination, so the next page display is specified in sequence, The page will be turned to the page shown in d).

When the destination prefecture is displayed as shown in FIG. 3D, the destination prefecture is designated there. In the conventional destination input method, the prefecture of the destination is thus input to the navigation system. The input of cities, towns and villages is similarly performed as shown in (e), (f), (g), (h), (i) and (j) of the same figure.

[0008]

In the conventional destination input method described above, the address of the destination is set in order of the prefecture, the city, the town, and the address while turning the page in order. Therefore, many destinations are set before the destination is set. However, it has the drawback that it requires a long time.

Furthermore, it is generally difficult to recite the address of the destination. Therefore, in the above-mentioned operation, while looking at the memo in which the address is written, do not make a mistake and do not overlook the menu display. The above operation is not easy from this point as well, and it takes a long time to input the destination.

The technical problem of the present invention is to improve the operability in the destination input method of the navigation system, paying attention to such a problem.

[0011]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram for explaining the basic principle of the present invention. In the destination input method of the navigation system of the present invention, an address book or a telephone number for identifying the geographical position of the destination is stored in the position specifying information storage means 1, and the position specifying information storage means 1 is stored.
The address book and the telephone number etc. which were memorized in are given to the navigation system 2, the navigation system 2 displays the names of the address book and the telephone number in the menu, and the position is specified by selecting the item of the menu, It can be set as the ground.

[0012]

In the present invention, since the information for specifying the geographical position is stored in advance in the position information storage means 1 by the above method, at the time of using the navigation system, the prefecture, the municipality of the destination is used. , It is not necessary to specify the address.

That is, at the time of using the navigation system, only the operation of selecting the destination stored in advance in the database is required, so that compared with the conventional input method,
The operability is improved because it is not necessary to specify the destination prefecture, municipality, and street address in order, and it is not necessary to operate while collating addresses.

[0014]

EXAMPLES Next, examples of how the destination input method of the navigation system according to the present invention is actually embodied will be described. FIG. 2 is a block diagram for explaining the first embodiment of the present invention. Electronic notebook 10 is
Used for registering and storing address book. Then, the address book data is stored in the IC card 12 mounted in the IC card drive 10a included in the electronic notebook 10.

On the other hand, in this example, the navigation system 11 also has an IC card drive 11a. According to this structure, the IC card 12 stores the address book and the IC card 12 is used for the navigation system 11.
It becomes possible to input the address book into the navigation system 11 by replacing it with.

Since the address book can be entered into the navigation system 11 simply by inserting the IC card 12, it is necessary to set the prefecture, the municipality, and the street address in order to enter the destination address when using the navigation system 11. Is eliminated and the operability is improved.

In the address book stored in the IC card 12,
At least a name such as a person's name or a company name and its address are preferably included. By doing so, in the present example, the above-mentioned conventional selection menu of prefectures can be replaced with a menu for displaying a personal name, a company name, etc. as shown in FIG.

In other words, instead of selecting the destination by the address, it is possible to select the destination by the name that is easier to recognize. FIG. 4 is an example of a flowchart for performing such menu display control. The address book is step H
20, H21, H24, and H25 are separated so that display is performed in page units.

Then, in step H22, only the name of each page of the address book is displayed in the menu. After the menu is displayed, the operation is awaited in step H23, and if the next page display is instructed, the next page is displayed again in step H22. On the other hand, if the name is selected, the name is selected as in step H26. The address corresponding to is set as the destination.

As described above, according to the present invention, when using the navigation system, it is possible to save the trouble of setting the destination prefectures, municipalities, and addresses one by one, so that the operability is improved.

Further, it is difficult to recite an address, but it is not so difficult to recite a person's name, a company name, etc. Even if menus are displayed side by side, prefectures can be seen while looking at memos and the like. The recognition operation is higher than that of selecting, for example, so that the selection operation is easy, and the operability is also good from this point.

Further, the electronic notebook 10 may be operated to select a destination. It reserves an area for storing the destination in a specific area of the IC card 12 and stores the address of the selected destination in the area, or an address book index pointing to the selected destination. It can be realized by storing it in memory.

In this case, in addition to operating the familiar electronic notebook 10 to select the destination, the navigation system
Since the operation of selecting the destination in 11 is unnecessary, the operability is improved.

In the above embodiment, the electronic notebook 10 is an IC
It may be a personal computer having a card drive. That is, the electronic notebook 10 may be replaced with a device that can manage the address book, database, etc. on a regular basis.

Further, instead of the IC card 12, another storage medium may be used. For example, a floppy disk, magneto-optical disk, DAT, cassette tape or the like may be used. In that case, the electronic notebook 10 and the navigation system 11 are equipped with a floppy disk drive, a DAT drive, a cassette tape drive, etc. according to the storage medium used.

Further, the information for specifying the geographical position of the destination may be a telephone number, a postal code, etc., in addition to the address. In that case, the navigation system 11 stores the classification information such as telephone numbers and postal codes in the CD-R.
A configuration in which an OM or the like is incorporated as a storage medium and the classification information is searched and the range is somewhat wide, but the position of the destination is specified may be used.

In the above embodiment, the IC card
The configuration is such that information is input to the navigation system 11 via a storage medium such as 12, but other configurations may be used. FIG. 5 is a block diagram for explaining the second embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1A, the connector 10b of the electronic notebook 10 and the connector 11b of the navigation system 11 are connected using a cable 30. In FIG. 1B, the connector 10c of the electronic notebook 10 and the connector 11c of the navigation system 11 are directly connected. With such a configuration as well, the information can be input to the navigation system 11 via the connector.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram for explaining the third embodiment of the present invention. The electronic notebook 10 is a transmitter circuit 10 that emits light.
The navigation system 11 has a receiving circuit 11d for receiving the light. With such a configuration as well, it is possible to input the information to the navigation system 11 via light. In addition, infrared light is suitable for the light used in this example.

A telephone can be used instead of the electronic notebook 10 or the personal computer. Since the telephone often has a built-in speed dial memory for storing the speed dial, the stored contents, that is, the telephone number is input to the navigation system 11, and the navigation system 11 uses the telephone number as described above. You can specify the destination from.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram for explaining the fourth embodiment of the present invention. Phone 40 is a speed dial memory 40b
And a transmission circuit 40a for transmitting a telephone number via light. The navigation system 11 has a receiving circuit 11d that receives the light.

With this configuration, it becomes possible to input the telephone number stored in the speed dial memory 40b into the navigation system 11, and as described above,
It becomes possible to specify the destination from the telephone number. Also in this example, infrared light is suitable as the light used.

In the present example, it is preferable that the input operation of the destination is performed by pressing the abbreviated number next to a certain function key according to the usage method of the abbreviated dial. It shortens the phone number assigned to that speed dial dial memory 40
This can be realized by searching from b and transmitting the searched telephone number via the transmitting circuit 40a.

According to such an operation procedure, the destination can be designated by a procedure equivalent to the speed dial operation of the telephone, and the operability is good.

[0035]

As described above, the destination input method of the navigation system according to the present invention is configured to input the address book created in advance or the telephone number registered in the telephone set to the navigation system. Therefore, unlike the conventional method, it is not necessary to set the destination address when using the navigation system.

Since it is not necessary to set the destination address, it is not necessary to set the prefecture, the municipality, and the street address one by one when using the navigation, and it is not necessary to operate while looking at the memos. It was

Therefore, according to the present invention, the operability can be improved in the destination input method of the navigation system.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the basic principle of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a menu display suitable for the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating menu display control suitable for the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a conventional destination input method.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Position identification information storage means 2 navigation system 10 electronic notebook 10a IC card drive 10b connector 10c connector 10d transmitter circuit 11 Navigation system 11a IC card drive 11b connector 11c connector 11d receiver circuit 12 IC card 30 cables 40 telephone 40a transmitter circuit 40b speed dial memory

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A navigation system having a map data storage means for storing map information and a display means, obtains address book data created in advance from the outside, and displays at least a menu based on the address book data. ,
When the name is selected by the user, the position can be specified based on the address book data corresponding to the selected name and the map information and set as a destination. Destination input method. 2. A navigation system having a map data storage means for storing map information and a display means, wherein telephone number data registered in advance is obtained from the outside and at least a name is displayed on the display means based on the telephone number data. When the menu is displayed and the name is selected by the user, the position can be specified based on the telephone number data corresponding to the selected name and the map information and set as the destination. Input method for navigation system.