JP4248964B2 - Navigation device, facility list display method and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a navigation device.

  Conventional navigation devices have a facility search function that can search for facilities around the vehicle position based on a genre designated by the user. The following devices have been proposed as navigation devices capable of such facility searches.

  The navigation device described in Patent Document 1 searches information data according to a genre inputted by voice and a search range set by a search range setting means, and outputs a search result as a voice from a speaker.

  Further, the facility information providing apparatus described in Patent Literature 2 searches for facilities existing in the area based on the current position of the user, information on the traveling direction, and road map information sent from the user terminal, The facility information is displayed to the user.

JP 2001-133283 A JP 2002-98537 A

  However, in the conventional navigation device, when a facility search is performed, a facility having a direction opposite to the currently traveling direction is also searched, but information on a facility having a direction opposite to the currently traveling direction is included. Is often unnecessary. In addition, when the user is heading to the right side with respect to the traveling direction, information on a facility on the left hand with respect to the traveling direction is often unnecessary.

  Further, in the conventional peripheral search, the relationship with the direction and the traveling direction is not taken into consideration, and the entire peripheral is searched. Therefore, there is a problem that it takes time to narrow down the search points and the efficiency is not good. Also, the user cannot assume a condition that the distance is searched for as a peripheral range.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve these problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a navigation device, a facility list display method, and a program capable of selecting a search area in consideration of the traveling direction. .

In order to solve the above problems, the navigation device of the present invention includes a search area selection screen and a building search target floor in which a surrounding area of the own vehicle is divided into a plurality of regions in consideration of the traveling direction based on the own vehicle position. Drawing means for displaying a designated screen on a predetermined display device; and setting means for setting an area selected from the search area selection screen and a screen for designating a search target floor of the building as a search area and a search target floor ; , Facility search means for searching for facilities existing in the search area and search target floor set by the setting means, and means for displaying a plurality of facility names searched by the facility search means on the screen of the display device; Is provided.

According to the present invention, it is possible to select a search area in consideration of the traveling direction, for example, forward, backward, right-hand direction, left-hand direction, etc., based on the own vehicle. Therefore, the efficiency of the peripheral search can be improved. Moreover, according to this invention, a search object floor can be input based on the screen which designates the search floor of a building.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above configuration, the drawing means divides the area around the own vehicle into a plurality of regions using a circle based on the position of the own vehicle. According to the present invention, the search area can be specified according to the distance from the vehicle position.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above-described configuration, the drawing means further divides the area around the own vehicle into a plurality of areas in a mesh pattern with respect to the own vehicle. According to the present invention, the search area can be specified based on the display divided into a mesh shape because the mesh area is divided.

In the above configuration, the present invention is characterized in that the setting means sets a plurality of areas as a search area and a search target floor . According to the present invention, the search area can be set in detail.

The present invention having the above structure, the rendering means, when said search area and the search target floor is selected, and changing the color of the selected search areas and search target floor. According to the present invention, the selected area can be confirmed at a glance.

The navigation device of the present invention is characterized in that, in the above configuration, the navigation device includes a touch panel arranged corresponding to the search area selection screen and a screen for designating a search target floor of a building .

In addition, the program of the present invention includes a search area selection screen in which the area around the own vehicle is divided into a plurality of areas in consideration of the traveling direction based on the vehicle position, and a screen for designating a floor to be searched for the building. A first step of displaying on a predetermined display device; a second step of setting an area selected from the search area selection screen and a screen for designating a search target floor of a building as a search area and a search target floor ; A third step of searching for a facility existing in the search area and search target floor set in the second step, and a fourth step of displaying a plurality of facility names searched in the third step on the screen of the display device And execute.

According to the present invention, it is possible to select a search area in consideration of the traveling direction, for example, forward, backward, right-hand direction, left-hand direction, etc., based on the own vehicle. Therefore, the efficiency of the peripheral search can be improved. Moreover, according to this invention, a search object floor can be input based on the screen which designates the search floor of a building.

Further, the facility list display method of the present invention displays a search area selection screen in which the area around the own vehicle is divided into a plurality of areas based on the position of the own vehicle and a screen for designating a floor to be searched for a building on a predetermined display device. The second step of setting the area selected from the search area selection screen and the screen for designating the search target floor of the building as the search area and the search target floor , and the second step. wherein a third step of searching for facilities existing in the search area and the search target floor within that a fourth step of displaying a plurality of facility names retrieved by the third step on the screen of the display device And

According to the present invention, it is possible to select a search area in consideration of the traveling direction, for example, forward, backward, right-hand direction, left-hand direction, etc., based on the own vehicle. Therefore, the efficiency of the peripheral search can be improved. Moreover, according to this invention, a search object floor can be input based on the screen which designates the search floor of a building.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the navigation apparatus which can select a search area in consideration of the advancing direction, the facility list display method, and a program can be provided.

  Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the navigation apparatus according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the navigation device 100 includes a navigation controller 1, a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk) 2, a disc reader 3, a remote control (remote control) unit 4, a vehicle position detector 5, and a display device 6.

  The navigation controller 1 realizes its function by executing a predetermined operation program using a CPU (Central Proceding Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory) and the like.

  The DVD 2 is a recording medium that stores map data necessary for map display, route search, and the like. The DVD 2 stores map data in units of rectangular figure leaves divided into appropriate sizes by longitude and latitude. The map data of each leaf can be specified and read by designating the leaf number.

  The DVD 2 stores map information, town page data, city area detailed map information, and the like. The map information includes a road layer, a background layer indicating objects on the map, a character layer for displaying characters such as a city name, and the like. Down-page data is a phone number database for searching for a phone number facility by entering the phone number and displaying the surrounding map, a facility database covering the name, occupation, latitude and longitude, etc. for each facility, building database, etc. Is included.

  The building database includes a building database and a user database. The building database can include information on longitude and latitude positions, names, and total floors for each building. The user database includes the building user name, telephone number, address, number of floors of the user, and the like.

  The disc reader 3 reads map data from the DVD 2 based on the control of the navigation controller 1. The remote control unit 4 includes various operation keys such as a joystick for designating up / down / left / right directions, a numeric keypad, and a determination key for confirming various settings, and outputs a signal corresponding to the operation content to the navigation controller 1.

  The vehicle position detection unit 5 includes, for example, a GPS receiver, an orientation sensor, a distance sensor, and the like, detects the vehicle position (longitude, latitude) at a predetermined timing, and outputs a detection result.

  The display device 6 includes a liquid crystal display panel 61 and a touch panel 62, and displays various images such as a map image around the vehicle position and search results of surrounding facilities based on the drawing data output from the navigation controller 1.

  The touch panel 62 is for a user to input various operation instructions. The touch panel 62 is attached to the front surface of the liquid crystal display panel 61 and outputs a predetermined detection signal when a user's finger or the like comes into contact.

  Next, a detailed configuration of the navigation controller 1 will be described. The navigation controller 1 includes a map buffer 10, a map readout control unit 12, a map drawing unit 14, a facility search unit 16, a character information creation / drawing unit 18, a VRAM (Video RAM) 20, a vehicle position calculation unit 22, and a route search processing unit. 24, a route memory 26, a route guidance processing unit 28, an input processing unit 30, an operation screen generation unit 32, an image composition unit 34, a contact position detection unit 35, and a position calculation unit 36.

  The map buffer 10 temporarily stores map data read from the DVD 2 by the disk reader 3. The map reading control unit 12 outputs a request for reading a predetermined range of map data to the disk reading device 3 in accordance with the vehicle position calculated by the vehicle position calculating unit 22, a request from the input processing unit 30, and the like.

  The map drawing unit 14 creates map drawing data for displaying a map image based on the map data stored in the map buffer 10.

  The facility search unit 16 searches for a facility that is input from the remote control unit 4 and the touch panel 62 and satisfies the facility search condition set by the input processing unit 30. Here, the facility search condition includes a genre, a search area, the number of floors where the facility exists, and the like.

  The character information creation / drawing unit 18 creates character information related to a travel route to one facility identified as a selection candidate, creates drawing data for displaying the character information, and stores the drawing data in the VRAM 20. The VRAM 20 temporarily stores map drawing data output from the map drawing unit 14, drawing data output from the character information / drawing unit 18, and the like.

  The vehicle position calculation unit 22 calculates the vehicle position and the vehicle direction based on the detection data output from the vehicle position detection unit 5, and if the calculated vehicle position is not on the road of the map data, the vehicle position calculation unit 22 A map matching process for correcting the position is performed. The route search processing unit 24 searches for a travel route that connects the departure point and the destination designated by the user under predetermined conditions.

  The route memory 26 stores route data corresponding to the travel route extracted by the route search processing unit 24. The route guidance processing unit 28 reads route data stored in the route memory 26 and performs route guidance processing such as creating drawing data for displaying the traveling route to be guided on the map.

  The input processing unit 30 outputs commands for performing operations corresponding to various operation instructions input from the remote control unit 4 and the position calculation unit 36 to each unit in the navigator controller 1.

  The operation screen generation unit 32 creates drawing data for displaying an operation screen necessary for the user to perform various operation instructions.

  In addition, the operation screen generating unit 32 creates drawing data for displaying a search area selection screen in which the area around the own vehicle is divided into a plurality of regions based on the position of the own vehicle.

  In addition, the operation screen generation unit 32, for example, draws data corresponding to an operation screen for inputting facility search conditions when performing facility search by the facility search unit 16, or a plurality of facilities searched by the facility search unit 16. The drawing data corresponding to the operation screen displayed in the list formation is created using as an option.

  The image composition unit 34 performs image composition by superimposing the drawing data read from the VRAM 20 and the drawing data output from the operation screen generation unit 32, and outputs the composition data to the display device 6. The contact position detection unit 35 detects the contact position when the user touches the touch panel 62 based on the detection signal output from the touch panel 21. The position calculation unit 36 calculates a contact position on the touch panel 62 based on the detection result by the contact position detection unit 35, and outputs the calculated contact position to the input processing unit 30.

  Next, the operation of the navigation device according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 2 is an operation flowchart of the navigation device according to the present embodiment. When the navigation device 100 is turned on and facility search is selected from the operation menu displayed on the screen of the display device 6 via the touch panel 62, the input processing unit 30 selects the facility search. Is detected and notified to the operation screen generator 32.

  The operation image generating unit 32 displays a facility search condition setting screen on the screen of the display device 6. When the user performs a touch operation on the touch panel of the display device 6 while looking at the facility search condition setting screen, the touch panel 62 outputs an output signal corresponding to the touch operation to the contact position detection unit 35 to make contact on the touch panel. Detect position. The position calculation unit 36 calculates a contact position on the touch panel based on the detected contact position, and outputs the calculated contact position to the input processing unit 30. The facility search unit 16 sets facility search conditions (step 101).

  In step 102, the facility search unit 16 performs a facility search according to the set facility search condition. If there is a facility that satisfies the facility search condition, the facility search unit 16 outputs the search result to the operation screen generation unit 32. The operation screen generation unit 32 creates a facility list based on the search result from the facility search unit and outputs the facility list to the image composition unit 34.

  In step 103, the display device 6 displays a facility list corresponding to the output signal from the image composition unit 34 on the screen. In step 104, the facility search unit 16 detects whether any one facility has been selected from the facility list displayed on the display device 6. When the facility search unit 16 detects that a facility has been selected, the facility search unit 16 outputs the detection result to the route search processing unit 24.

  In step 105, the route search processing unit 24 searches for a travel route connecting the current vehicle position and the destination with the location of the selected facility as the destination. The route search processing unit 24 calculates the travel distance, travel time, travel fee, etc. to reach the facility when the vehicle travels along the travel route searched.

  In step 106, the character information creation / drawing unit 18 creates drawing data according to the calculation result from the route search processing unit 24. The character information creation / drawing unit 18 stores the created drawing data in the VRAM 20.

  In step 107, the map drawing unit 14 reads the travel route searched by the route search processing unit 24 from the route memory 26, and creates map drawing data in a range including the travel route. The map drawing unit 14 stores the created map drawing data in the VRAM 20. The image synthesis unit 34 synthesizes the drawing data stored in the VRAM 20 and the drawing data output from the operation screen generation unit 32 and outputs the synthesized data to the display device 6.

  In step 108, the display device 6 displays on the screen a facility image, character information relating to the travel route to one facility selected from the facility list, and a map image including the map image.

FIG. 3 shows a search result screen including a facility list displayed on the screen 63 of the display device 6.
In FIG. 3, reference numeral 6 denotes a display device, and 63 denotes a screen on the display device 6.
As shown in FIG. 3, an area A0 in which a facility list is displayed is provided on the left side of the screen. In the facility list, the facilities are arranged in the order of the Japanese syllabary order, the registration order in the database, and the closest to the vehicle position. Next to the facility name, a symbol 1F indicating the floor on which the facility is located is shown. In the example shown in FIG. 3, the facilities “XX store”, “ΔΔ store”, and “XX store” are all located on the first floor.

  In the area on the right side of the screen, route information related to the travel route when the facility selected from the facility list is the destination is displayed. On the upper right side of the screen, a character information area A1 for displaying character information is provided, and a travel distance “80 km”, a travel time “3 hours”, and a travel fee “4000 yen” are displayed.

  The user can specifically grasp the contents of the travel route to the facility. Further, a map image area A2 is provided on the lower right side of the screen, and a map image of a range including the entire travel route searched as a destination is displayed. The user can easily grasp geographical information regarding the travel route to the facility.

  In step 109, the facility search unit 16 detects whether or not an operation to determine the currently selected facility as a destination for route guidance has been performed by the touch panel 62 or the remote control unit 4. The facility search unit 16 detects whether or not another facility included in the facility list has been selected in step 110 when an operation instruction for determining the destination is not made within a predetermined period of time. While no other facility is selected, the process returns to step S109, and when another facility is selected, the process returns to step S105 and the above process is repeated.

  In step 109, the facility search unit 16 outputs a control signal to the route guidance processing unit 28 when it is detected that an operation for determining the selected facility as the destination is performed. In step 111, the route guidance processing unit 28 performs predetermined route processing based on the route data stored in the route memory 26.

  Next, the facility search condition setting process flowchart of step 101 will be described. FIG. 4 is a process flowchart for setting facility search conditions. When the facility search is selected from the menu displayed on the screen 63 of the display device using the touch panel 62, the input processing unit 30 notifies the operation screen generating unit 32 that the facility search has been selected. To do.

  The operation screen generator 32 displays a genre setting screen on the screen 63 of the display device. Here, for example, the operation screen generating unit 32 displays the list as a genre in a list so that a facility that may stop by during traveling such as a restaurant, a hotel, a gas station, a convenience store, a hospital, or the like can be selected. . In addition, the operation screen generating unit 32 displays a screen on which characters that can be searched for can be input.

  When the genre displayed on the screen 63 of the display device is touched, the touch panel 62 outputs a detection signal to the contact position detection unit 35. The position calculation unit 36 calculates the contact position and outputs the calculated contact position to the input processing unit 30. The input processing unit 30 notifies the facility search unit 16 of the genre selected according to the contact position. Thereby, a genre is set to the facility search part 16 (step 201).

  Further, when the input processing unit 30 notifies the facility search unit 16 of the selected genre, the input processing unit 30 outputs a signal to the operation screen generation unit 32 so that the search area selection screen is displayed on the screen 63 of the display device. The operation image generating unit 32 displays a search area selection screen on the screen 63 of the display device.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a search area selection screen displayed on the screen 63 of the display device. As shown in FIG. 5, the search area selection screen is based on the vehicle position C, with the front F, the rear B, the right hand direction R, and the left hand direction L as the boundaries, the right front area S1, the right rear area S2, The area is divided into four areas, a left rear area S3 and a left front area S4.

  The search area selection screen is further divided into a plurality of regions with a plurality of concentric circles r1, r2, and r3 centered on the vehicle position C. In FIG. 5, when the r1 circle is selected, the search area is within a radius of 400 [m] based on the vehicle position c. When the circle of r2 is selected, the search area is larger than the radius of 400 [m] and less than or equal to the radius of 1 [km] based on the vehicle position c. When the concentric circle of r3 is selected, the search area is within the range of radius 1 [km] and radius 5 [km] or less with reference to the vehicle position c.

  In the example shown in FIG. 5, in the area S1 on the right front, the range of the circle r1 having a radius of 400 [m] and the circle r2 having a radius of 400 [m] to a radius of 1 [km] or less is selected as the search area S. Is shown. As described above, a plurality of search areas S can be specified.

  When the search area is selected via the touch panel 62, the operation screen generating unit 32 displays the color of the selected search area S in a color different from the colors of the other parts as shown in FIG. To do. As a result, the selected search area S can be distinguished at a glance.

  When the user selects a search area by a touch operation while looking at the search area selection screen displayed on the screen 63 of the display device, the touch panel 62 outputs a detection signal to the contact position detection unit 35. The contact position detection unit 35 detects the contact position, the position calculation unit 36 calculates the contact position, and the input processing unit 30 outputs a search area corresponding to the contact position to the facility search unit 16. Thereby, the facility search unit 16 performs facility area setting (step 202).

  When outputting the search area to the facility search unit 16, the input processing unit 30 notifies the operation screen generation unit 32 to display the building search floor designation screen on the screen 63 of the display device. The operation screen generator 32 displays a search floor designation screen on the screen 63 of the display device.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a search floor designation screen. In FIG. 6, reference numeral 6 denotes a display device, 63 denotes a screen of the display device, T denotes a search floor designation bar, and M denotes a reference mark. The search floor of the facility can be specified by moving the reference mark M up and down and the search floor specification bar T. In this case as well, a plurality of facility search floors can be designated.

  Further, when the facility search floor is specified, the operation image generation unit 32 may display the specified facility search floor in a color different from the colors of other floors. FIG. 6 shows an example in which the first floor 1F is designated, and the first floor B1F, the second floor B2F, the second floor 2F, and the third floor 3F are not designated. For this reason, the color of the 1st floor 1F portion is displayed in a color different from the colors of the other floors. Therefore, the designated floor can be confirmed at a glance.

  When the user designates the search floor by a touch operation while looking at the search floor designation screen displayed on the screen 63 of the display device, the touch panel 62 outputs a detection signal to the contact position detection unit 35. The contact position detection unit 35 detects the contact position, the position calculation unit 36 calculates the contact position, and the input processing unit 30 outputs a search floor corresponding to the contact position to the facility search unit 16. In the above example, as shown in FIG. 6, the search floor is the first floor 1F. Thereby, the facility search unit 16 performs facility search floor setting, and searches for facilities based on the set conditions.

  In addition, although FIG. 5 demonstrated the example which divided | segmented the own vehicle periphery area into the several area | region using the concentric circle as a search area selection screen, as shown in FIG. 7, the own vehicle periphery area was divided | segmented into mesh shape. The search area selection screen may be displayed on the screen 63 of the display device. In the above example, the search area is set after the genre is set, but the search area may be set after the address narrowing is set.

  The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, but the present invention is not limited to such specific embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the gist of the present invention described in the claims.・ Change is possible.

1 is a block diagram of a navigation device according to an embodiment. It is an operation | movement flowchart of the navigation apparatus concerning a present Example. It is a figure which shows the search result screen containing the facility list | wrist displayed on the screen of a display apparatus. It is a process flowchart of a facility search condition setting. The search area selection screen displayed on the screen of the display device is shown. It is a figure which shows a search floor designation | designated screen. It is a figure which shows the search area selection screen which divided | segmented the own vehicle periphery area into mesh shape.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Navigation controller 4 Remote control unit 6 Display apparatus 16 Facility search part 30 Input processing part 32 Operation image generation part 35 Contact position detection part 36 Position calculation part 62 Touch panel

Claims (8)

Drawing means for displaying a search area selection screen in which the area around the own vehicle is divided into a plurality of areas in consideration of the traveling direction based on the vehicle position and a screen for designating a search target floor of the building on a predetermined display device;
A setting means for setting a region selected from the search area selection screen and a screen for designating a search target floor of the building as a search area and a search target floor ;
Facility search means for searching for facilities existing in the search area and search target floor set by the setting means;
Means for displaying a plurality of facility names searched by the facility search means on a screen of the display device; The navigation device according to claim 1, wherein the drawing unit divides the vehicle surrounding area into a plurality of regions using a circle based on the vehicle position. 2. The navigation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the drawing unit further divides the area around the own vehicle into a plurality of regions in a mesh pattern with respect to the own vehicle. The navigation device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the setting unit sets a plurality of areas as a search area and a search target floor . It said drawing means, when the search area and the search target floor is selected, the navigation device according to claim 3, wherein the claim 1, characterized in that to change the color of selected search area and the search target floor. The navigation device according to any one of claims 1 to 5 , wherein the navigation device includes a touch panel disposed corresponding to the search area selection screen and a screen for designating a search target floor of a building. apparatus. A first step of displaying, on a predetermined display device, a search area selection screen in which the area around the own vehicle is divided into a plurality of areas based on the position of the own vehicle and a screen for designating a search target floor of the building ;
A second step of setting, as the search area and the search target floor , an area selected from the search area selection screen and the screen for specifying the search target floor of the building ;
A third step of searching for facilities existing in the search area and the search target floor set in the second step;
The program which makes a computer perform the 4th step which displays the some facility name searched by the said 3rd step on the screen of the said display apparatus. A first step of displaying, on a predetermined display device, a search area selection screen in which the area around the own vehicle is divided into a plurality of areas in consideration of the traveling direction based on the position of the own vehicle and a screen for designating a floor to be searched for a building ; ,
A second step of setting, as the search area and the search target floor , an area selected from the search area selection screen and the screen for specifying the search target floor of the building ;
A third step of searching for facilities existing in the search area and the search target floor set in the second step;
And a fourth step of displaying a plurality of facility names searched in the third step on the screen of the display device.

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