JP5743763B2 - Folded map - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a map that displays a long and continuous route such as a highway or a long-distance route, and in particular, it is possible to continuously display a bent or branched route as an accurate map while walking along a route on the map. The present invention relates to a folded map that can be folded compactly so that it can be carried and referenced.

Car navigation systems for automobiles and navigation systems for personal digital assistants that are currently used in various places are widely used because they have an excellent function as a map guide that can display a large amount of map information at a high speed with a small device. It is popular. However, the car navigation system of an automobile cannot be used for walking on a highway, and the portable information terminal has a fundamental problem that it does not work at all when the radio wave does not reach or the power is turned off.
On the other hand, a paper map is a medium that can be used as independent information that does not depend on radio waves or batteries, and is a general-purpose product (for example, 1 / 50,000 or 2. By specializing as a map for a specific use (for example, a map for walking a long-distance route on foot) instead of a map with a scale of 1 / 50,000), there is a possibility of realizing an unprecedented and easy-to-use map. doing.

In other words, in the case of a slow movement on foot, an analog paper map with a scale of 1 / 10,000 or 1 / 20,000 is better than the map and the actual topography because 5cm on the map is 500m or 1km. It is also optimal because it is easy to link and can be written on the map as appropriate.
In addition, the so-called folding map, which can be folded small when it is expanded, is convenient to use when it is small and can be stored and carried, so it can be expanded widely. (See Patent Document 1).

Utility Model Registration No. 3114825

Many conventional folded maps are good at displaying the entire area of a specific area, city, prefecture, entire sightseeing area, etc. by expanding, but for example, highways, long-distance routes, river basins It is not suitable for displaying a map so that it is easy to follow a long continuous route such as.
For example, draw a route with a total length of several tens or hundreds of kilometers, such as the Kumano Kodo (registered road leading to Kumano Sanzan), which is registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, on a single map that can be carried around. In other words, even if the entire long route can be displayed, the display becomes rough, and it is not suitable for guiding the route in detail. I didn't get it.

Therefore, it is possible to draw a route on a long map at a scale of about 1 / 10,000 or 1 / 20,000 using a long sheet of paper, but this is so that the route on the large map is located at the center, Since it becomes a shape cut out with a certain width, it is necessary to fold or wind it up so that it is gathered into an appropriate size in consideration of carrying it.
However, because this long route road and river basin are zigzag bent or branched, even if you fold or wind up from the end, it will not be a shape that is neatly aligned vertically It had to be difficult to carry and difficult to use.

  On the other hand, in order to make it easy to carry a long and narrow map, the shape of the map is a straight belt, and the route drawn there deforms the actual map image, for example, reduces the turning angle or omits part of it. However, in this case, there is a defect that the map notation is sacrificed by giving priority to the ease of use of the map shape, and the map notation is different from the actual notation.

  Therefore, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention has a rectangular size that is easy to use when folded in consideration of carrying, and can be folded so that an accurate map display can be displayed when expanded. The purpose is to provide a map.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention displays a straight valley fold line through opposite sides in a sheet displaying a map image, and the valley fold line is formed from the end of the valley fold line on either side. By forming a mountain fold line symmetrically on both sides across the line, folding the paper with the valley fold line, and folding the paper with the mountain fold line to match the two mountain fold lines The map image is displayed and formed on a sheet so that the map image continues through a mountain fold line.
In this way, by folding two sheets together with the two mountain fold lines, the map image can be bent while being continued through the overlapped mountain fold lines.

In addition, the map image is displayed and formed continuously on the front and back of the paper, and the map image is partially overlapped on the edge portion of the paper where the map image is continuous from the front to the back and from the back to the front. A fold line for connecting adjacent pages for folding a paper portion where map images overlap is displayed and formed.
As a result, the paper is folded at the folding line, and the map image at the end of each page is connected to the front and back, so the map images of roads and characters that were difficult to understand because they were cut off at the edges are continued to the next page. You can make it easier to see.

In addition, in a map formed by binding a plurality of pages to display a map image continuously, straight valley fold lines and / or mountain fold lines through opposite sides in the first page displaying the map image , And a joining symbol representing a joining point connecting the map image with the second page is attached to the place where the fold line and the map image are overlapped, and a straight line is formed through the opposite sides in the second page. A valley fold line and / or a mountain fold line is displayed, and a joint symbol that is the same as the joint symbol is displayed at a location where the fold line and the map image are overlapped.
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Further, the valley fold line and the mountain fold line can be distinguished by changing the shape and / or color.
Thus, the folding direction is not mistaken when folding the paper.

In addition, the valley fold line and the mountain fold line that are displayed to be joined to the map image of another page are the shape and / or the mountain fold line and the mountain fold line that are displayed to continue the map image in the same page. Alternatively, the color can be changed for identification.
As a result, even if a valley fold line and a mountain fold line for joining with other pages and a valley fold line and a mountain fold line for the same page are mixed in the same page, the folding direction is wrong. There is no.

Further, the map images of all the pages are folded and continuous, and all the reduced images in which the page numbers and the joint symbols are described are attached as index diagrams.
Thereby, after confirming the whole image with the index diagram, it is possible to easily confirm the relationship between the page to be opened and another page joined thereto.

It is an index figure which shows virtually the state where all the folding maps of the present invention were developed, folded and continued. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state which expand | deployed the spread page of the folding map of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state before folding the map in 1st Example of the folding map of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state which folded the map in 1st Example of the folding map of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the margin in 2nd Example of the folding map of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state before folding up the 1st page of the map in 3rd Example of the folding map of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state which folded the 1st page of the map in 3rd Example of the folding map of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state before folding the 2nd page of the map in 3rd Example of the folding map of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state which folded the 2nd page of the map in 3rd Example of the folding map of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state which piled up the 1st page and 2nd page of the map in 3rd Example of the folding map of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the enlarged map display of 4th Example of the folding map of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the procedure of the enlarged map display of 4th Example of the folding map of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the procedure of the enlarged map display of 4th Example of the folding map of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the procedure of the enlarged map display of 4th Example of the folding map of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the procedure of the enlarged map display of 4th Example of the folding map of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the procedure of the enlarged map display of 4th Example of the folding map of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the procedure of the enlarged map display of 4th Example of the folding map of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the procedure of the enlarged map display of 4th Example of the folding map of this invention.

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments for implementing a folded map according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. 1 to 18 are diagrams illustrating embodiments of the present invention. In these drawings, the same reference numerals denote the same components, and the basic configuration and operation are the same. To do.

As an example, the folded map of the present embodiment is printed in a scale of 1 / 20,000 scale, and a page of approximately 20 cm in length and 27.5 cm in width is bound into 30 pages in a booklet form. It is composed. As a result, the booklet can be opened to the full extent of the booklet, and when it is spread, the map images are easily viewed continuously across the pages. In addition, when the number of pages further increases, an appropriate binding method such as wireless binding may be selected in addition to the saddle stitching.
Further, each page is folded in two in the longitudinal direction of the paper, so that the entire map has a compact booklet form suitable for carrying 20 cm long and 14.5 cm wide (A5 size). When using this folded map, the two-page spread two-fold folds are expanded to develop a map part that is 20 cm long and 55 cm wide as shown in FIG. 2, and this dimension is at a scale of 1 / 20,000. The vertical distance corresponds to an actual distance of 4 km = 1 ri and the horizontal is 11 km = 2.8 ri (about 3 ri).

FIG. 1 is an index diagram 1 that virtually shows a state in which all the folded maps of the present invention are expanded, folded, and continued, and represents an entire road. The index FIG. 1 is printed on a cover page or a facing page so that the user can easily see it.
The map image that the user actually sees at the same time is the size of two spread pages starting from the first page, and Fig. 1 shows 15 map images of two spread pages, 30 pages in length. This is an index display that represents the entire image.
The number 7 of the number group surrounded by a square frame is a bridge junction number described later, 12 is a noble indicating the page number from 1 to 30, and 13 is a road guided by the folded map of the present invention.

  In FIG. 2, the center chain line is a saddle stitching portion 2 showing a portion where the saddle stitch is folded, and for example, the first page and the second page are expanded to the left and right. A dotted line in the center of each of the left and right pages is a bi-folding portion 3 that is folded in advance for valley folding. FIG. 4 is a grid drawn on a map image as an example of a latitude line and a longitude line at an interval of 5 cm. One square grid 4 corresponds to 1 km square of the real distance, so that the user can This is a guideline for calculating the actual distance from the distance.

<First embodiment>
3 to 4 show the folding of the first embodiment in which the map images in the same page are made continuous.
FIG. 3 shows a map image for one page in the folded map of the present embodiment. Reference numeral 5 is a valley fold line that passes through the top and bottom of the paper, and FIG. 6 is a mountain fold line that is displayed radially symmetrically on both sides of the valley fold line 5 from the lower end of the valley fold line 5. . A triangular portion surrounded by two mountain fold lines 6 sandwiching the valley fold line 5 is a blank space that is not printed and is hidden when folded.
By making the mountain fold line 6 red, for example, and the valley fold line 5 blue, the user can fold the paper without making a mistake.

  FIG. 4 shows a map image of one page shown in FIG. 3 that is folded at the valley fold line 5 and at the mountain fold line 6 so that the map image is folded across the mountain fold line 6. This means that the song is displayed continuously.

<Second embodiment>
FIG. 5 shows the folding of the second embodiment applying the first embodiment described above.
Similar to the first embodiment described above, a triangular margin B1 surrounded by two mountain fold lines 6 sandwiching the valley fold line 5 becomes a wasteful space as it is. In order to effectively use the margin B1, information related to the map in the vicinity of the margin B1 is described.
For example, a surrounding enlarged map, special information, or a free writing space where the user can write freely is provided.
Further, the rectangular margin B2 surrounded by two mountain fold lines 6 sandwiching the valley fold line 5 on the right side of FIG. 5 is similar to the folding of the sheet in the triangular margin B1. The map image is folded and displayed continuously by folding the mountain at the mountain fold line 6 and the mountain fold line 6. In this embodiment, the map image is displayed on the same page. It is not intended to be used for bending inside, but to describe an enlarged map of the surrounding area and special note information related to the map in the vicinity of the margin B2, similarly to the margin B1.
Conventionally, windows and balloons have been used to describe surrounding enlarged maps and special information on the map. In that case, the map information for the windows and balloons was missing. In this way, it is possible to cover the necessary information in the vicinity while preventing such a missing map.

<Third embodiment>
6 to 10 show a folding procedure for continuously displaying the map images separated from each other, for example, the 12th page and the 19th page by bridging them.
First, in FIG. 6, “8” (as an example) of a bridge joint number 7 representing a place where the map image of the other page is bridge-joined with the map image of the other page is described in the upper right of the drawing. Next to that, a page symbol 8 “to 19” indicating that the corresponding page of the map image to be bridged is the 19th page is also written. The bridge junction number 7 is described as “8” having the same number in the index map of FIG. 1 to indicate the position in the entire map.

FIG. 6 shows a broken valley fold line 9 and a broken mountain fold line 10 in order to bridge a map image separated from the page corresponding to the bridge junction number 7 of “8”. In order to indicate which bridge joint is to be folded in the vicinity of each of the valley fold line 9 and the mountain fold line 10, the guide symbol 11 “8” is associated with the bridge joint number 7 “8”. Is described.
The number 12 is a noble indicating that this is the twelfth page, and its position can be referred to in the index page.
FIG. 7 shows a map image in which the sheet is folded at the valley fold line 9 and the mountain fold line 10 shown in FIG.

FIG. 8 shows a 19th page map image that is bridge-joined with the 12th page map image. In the lower left, a noble 12 “19” representing the 19th page, a bridge junction number 7 “8” thereon, and a page symbol 8 “12” indicating that the corresponding page of the map image to be bridged is the 12th page. "" Is also written.
FIG. 9 shows a map image in which the paper is folded at the mountain fold line 10 shown in FIG.

  FIG. 10 shows a state in which FIG. 9 is superimposed on FIG. 7 described above. The two bridge junction numbers 7 “8” described in FIGS. 7 and 9 are displayed in proximity to each other, indicating that the bridge junction is correctly performed. As a result, two map images separated from each other are bridge-joined, and the road 13 is connected to one. A portion shown in FIG. 14 is a folded portion obtained by folding two sheets and four pages of paper between the 12th and 19th pages.

  As described above, the bridge joint number and the page symbol of each destination are indicated at the place to be overlapped in the map image of two pages to be bridge-joined, and the valley fold line and / or the mountain fold line are displayed on the page to be overlapped. By describing the bridge junction number, it is possible to easily join the map images regardless of any complicated folds or remote pages.

<Fourth embodiment>
11 to 18 show a fourth embodiment in which the area of the spread map image can be enlarged using 12 pages from the 23rd page to the 34th page of the folded map of the present invention.
That is, when it is desired to display a specific area such as a branch of a highway or a city along the highway with a wide area, for example, the top and bottom of pages 28 and 29 shown in FIG. 11 have a width of 40 cm and a height of 7.5 cm. By expanding the map image, the top and bottom width can be greatly enlarged 1.75 times.
The procedure for expanding the map in this way will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 12 shows the map image of the 23rd page, and “9” and “10” of the bridge joint number 7 at both ends of the map image representing the highway 13 and “28” of the page symbol 8 of each link destination. ”And“ To 34 ”.
Then, the valley fold line 9 for folding the road 13 to be linked and the guide symbols 11 for “9” and “for 10” are described, and the valley fold line 9 is folded. FIG. 13 shows the valley folded state as viewed from the 24th page on the opposite side.

In the lower left of FIG. 13, a part of the map image of the street 13 in FIG. 12 appears to protrude from the lower side by turning 90 ° clockwise.
Subsequently, the right side of FIG. 13 represents the map image of the 25th page, and “12” and “13” of the bridge joint number 7 at both ends of the map image representing the highway 13 and the page symbols of the respective link destinations. 8 “to 28” and “to 32” are written.
Then, the mountain fold line 10 for folding the road 13 to be linked and the guide symbols 11 for “12” and “for 13” are described. Wrap to the top left. Thereby, the map images of the 23rd page and the 25th page appear as shown in FIG. In the upper left of FIG. 14, a part of the map image of the street 13 in FIG. 13 appears to protrude from the upper side by turning 90 ° counterclockwise.
In FIG. 14, the 27th page on the right side is folded back to the left, so that the map images on the 25th and 23rd pages are connected to the top and bottom of the map image on the 28th page as shown in FIG. The

On the other hand, FIG. 16 shows the map image of page 34, and “10” and “11” of bridge junction numbers 7 at both ends of the map image representing the road 13 and “page symbol 8” of each link destination. 23 ”and“ 29 ”.
Then, the valley fold line 9 for folding the road 13 to be linked and the guide symbols 11 for “10” and “for 11” are described, and the valley fold line 9 is valley-folded. FIG. 17 shows this from the 33rd page on the opposite side.

In the lower right of FIG. 17, a part of the map image of the street 13 in FIG.
Subsequently, the left side of FIG. 17 represents the map image of page 32, and “13” and “14” of bridge junction number 7 at both ends of the map image representing the highway 13 and page symbols of the respective link destinations. 8 “to 25” and “to 29” are written.
The mountain fold line 10 for folding the road 13 to be linked and the guide symbols 11 for “12” and “for 13” are described. Fold the left part of to the upper right. Thereby, the map images of the 32nd page and the 34th page appear as shown in FIG. In FIG. 18, the 30th page on the left side is folded back to the left side, and this is combined with the left side portion of FIG. 15 described above, whereby the enlarged map image of FIG. 11 appears.

  As mentioned above, although the specific embodiment was shown and demonstrated about the folding map of this invention, this invention is not limited to these. A person skilled in the art can make various changes and improvements to the configuration and function of the folded map in each of the above embodiments without departing from the scope of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Index diagram 2 Saddle stitch part 3 Folding part 4 Lattice 5 Valley fold line 6 Mountain fold line 7 Bridge joint number 8 Page symbol 9 Valley fold line 10 Mountain fold line 11 Guide symbol 12 Noble 13 Road 14 Folding part B1 Margin B2 Margin

Claims (5)

A straight valley fold line is displayed through opposite sides on the map image display paper, and a mountain fold line is radially formed on both sides of the valley fold line from one end of the valley fold line. The map image is continuous through the mountain fold line by forming a line symmetrical display, folding the paper at the valley fold line, and folding the paper at the mountain fold line to match the two mountain fold lines. The map image is displayed and formed on the paper, and the map image is displayed and formed continuously on the front and back of the paper, and the edge of the paper where the map image is continuous from the front to the back and back to the front A folded map in which map images are partially overlapped and a folding line for connecting adjacent pages for folding the overlapped paper portion is displayed .   In a map formed by binding a plurality of pages and displaying map images continuously, a straight valley fold line and / or mountain fold line is displayed through opposite sides in the first page displaying the map image. In addition, a joining symbol representing a joining point that connects the map image with the second page is attached to a place where the folding line and the map image are overlapped, and a straight valley fold is formed through opposite sides in the second page. A folded map that displays a line and / or a mountain fold line and displays a joint symbol that is the same as the joint symbol at a location where the fold line and the map image are overlapped. The folded map according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the valley fold line and the mountain fold line are distinguishable by changing the shape and / or color. The valley fold line and the mountain fold line that are displayed to be joined to the map image of another page are the shape and / or color of the valley fold line and the mountain fold line that are displayed to continue the map image on the same page. The folded map according to claim 2 or 3 , wherein the map can be identified by changing. 3. The folded map according to claim 2 , wherein the map images of all the pages are folded and continuous, and all reduced images in which the page number and the joint symbol are described are attached as an index diagram.