JP5807609B2 - Information presentation apparatus, information distribution system, information presentation method, and information distribution method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information presentation apparatus and an information distribution system that are useful when applied to presentation of multiple types of information including map information, and an information presentation method and an information distribution method.

  In general, a navigation system used in a vehicle such as an automobile plots information on traffic elements such as intersections on a road and place names of travel areas on a map, and displays the plotted information together with a map image on a display device. Visible display. When the destination is set by the user, the navigation system performs recommended route guidance to the destination by using an intersection, a place name, or the like as a landmark.

  On the other hand, there are innumerable traffic elements on the road on which the vehicle travels, and there are many travel areas in which a plurality of traffic elements are close to each other. In addition, since the amount of information that can be displayed on the display screen of the display device is limited by the display area of the display device, multiple information is duplicated when detailed information on traffic elements is displayed on such a display screen. For example, the visibility of the display screen is reduced.

  Therefore, for example, in the navigation system described in Patent Document 1, when information relating to traffic elements or the like is displayed redundantly, the priority of the information is determined and the information with high priority is emphasized and displayed. Yes. As a result, even if information relating to traffic elements and the like is displayed redundantly, it is possible to present information with high priority to the user.

JP 2009-236713 A

  By the way, if high priority information is highlighted when information about traffic elements etc. is displayed in duplicate, the low priority information that is displayed redundantly is blocked by the high priority information. It can be. For this reason, if there is information desired by the user or information having a high utility value for the user among information determined to have low priority, it is difficult to present such information to the user.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide an information presentation apparatus, an information distribution system, an information presentation method, and an information presentation method capable of presenting a plurality of information without reducing visibility. It is to provide an information distribution method.

Hereinafter, means for solving the above-described problems and the effects thereof will be described.
The invention according to claim 1 is an information presentation device that displays map information and additional information of a type different from the map information on a display unit, and the display position assigned to the map information and the additional information is A priority determination unit that determines the priority of the overlapping information when the information overlaps a predetermined range or more, and an initial display position assigned to the information that is determined to be low by the priority determination unit. And a display position moving unit that moves to a position where the overlap with the display position of the other information whose priority is determined between the position and the information is less than a predetermined range .

  In the above configuration, when the display positions of a plurality of types of information such as map information and additional information overlap a predetermined range or more, the priority of each overlapping information is determined. Then, the display position of the information determined to have a low priority is moved from the pre-assigned initial position. As a result, even if information with different priorities overlaps, information with a higher priority is displayed at the initial position without being moved. Thereby, the visibility of information with high priority is maintained without being blocked by information with low priority. Moreover, the visibility of information with low priority is maintained without being blocked by information with high priority by being moved from the initial position. Further, in the above configuration, since information determined to have a low priority is selected as a movement target, it is possible to stably display information having a high priority at a pre-assigned initial position. It becomes possible to maintain the display position of the high information at an appropriate position.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the information presentation device according to the first aspect, the additional information is information in which an information amount is dynamically changed, and the display unit adds the information amount to the additional information. The gist is to dynamically allocate a corresponding display area and display the additional information in the allocated display area.

  When certain information is displayed on the display unit, a display area is usually assigned according to the amount of information. The larger the information amount, the larger the display area, and the smaller the information amount, the larger the display area. Get smaller.

  On the other hand, the additional information displayed on the display unit includes information whose amount of information dynamically changes depending on the time zone, area, transmission source, etc., even if the information is the same type. For this reason, even if the display position of such additional information is once determined based on the collection point and the information amount, if the information amount increases, the additional information does not fit in the initially assigned display position. As a result, when the display position is assigned to the additional information, even if the additional information does not overlap with the information existing in the vicinity, the additional information and the information existing in the periphery will overlap afterwards.

  Therefore, as described above, when the amount of additional information changes dynamically, a display area corresponding to the amount of additional information is dynamically allocated. When the additional information displayed in this display area is displayed overlapping with other information, the display position of the additional information is moved. As described above, in the above configuration, even if the display area dynamically changes in accordance with the change in the information amount of the additional information, a display area corresponding to the information amount in each case is assigned, and based on the assigned display area. Additional information movement processing is performed. As a result, the additional information whose display area is dynamically changed is appropriately suppressed from overlapping with other information.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the information presentation device according to the second aspect, the additional information is pop-up information that is distributed from a center that manages the additional information and is pop-up displayed on the display unit. The gist.

In particular, the amount of information of the pop-up information is easily reflected in the display area, and the presence or absence of the pop-up information tends to change dynamically.
In this regard, according to the above configuration, even when the pop-up information is displayed as the additional information and the display area of the pop-up information changes dynamically, the pop-up information and the map information are prevented from overlapping. The Thereby, visibility of pop-up information and map information comes to be maintained suitably. Such pop-up information is usually displayed in a display form such as a balloon with a specific display position as a base point. Therefore, even if the pop-up information is moved, as long as the base point is maintained at the initial display position, even if the pop-up information is strongly related to the specific point, the pop-up information and the specific point The association can be maintained.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the information presentation device according to the second or third aspect, the display position moving unit may determine the display position of the additional information according to the determined priority. As pre-processing prior to display processing of additional information to be executed, the information amount of the dynamically changing additional information is identified, and the additional information determined according to the additional information display area determined from the identified information amount The gist is to perform a process of moving the display position.

  According to the above configuration, as a pre-process of the additional information display process, the display area is determined based on the information amount of the additional information, and the process of moving the display position of the additional information according to the display area is executed. That is, at a timing immediately before displaying additional information whose information amount dynamically changes, a display area is determined according to the information amount of the latest additional information, and the display position is moved according to the display area. As a result, the movement of the additional information is performed based on the information amount of the latest additional information, and the information amount of the latest additional information can be accurately reflected on the display position of the additional information.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the information presentation device according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the priority determination unit sets the priority of the map information to “high” and the priority of the additional information. When the display position assigned to the map information and the additional information overlaps a predetermined range or more, the display position moving unit determines that the additional information determined as the priority is “low”. The gist is to move from the position.

  In general, map information often indicates attributes and names of specific points. In addition, this map information is usually displayed near a point indicated by the map information on the map, for example. Therefore, even if the displayed information increases, it is preferable to fix the display position of the map information.

  In this regard, according to the above configuration, the priority of the map information is defined as “high” and the priority of the additional information is defined as “low”. And when the display position of map information and additional information overlaps, the display position of additional information with a low priority is moved. Thereby, while displaying a plurality of information such as map information and additional information, it is possible to accurately display map information that is strongly related to a specific point.

  The invention according to claim 6 is the information presentation device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the map information includes information on at least one of a place name, a station name, and a landmark, and the addition The gist is that the information includes advertising information related to store advertisements.

  The place name, station name, and landmark are strongly related to a specific point, and various information is given to the user via the screen presented on the display unit. The need to maintain visibility is high. In addition, stores that transmit advertisement information tend to be densely present at specific points, and in areas where such advertisement information is displayed, advertisement information and map information tend to overlap.

  In this regard, according to the above-described configuration, when information related to a place name, a station name, and a landmark that are strongly related to a specific point overlaps with advertisement information, the display position of any information is moved. For this reason, it is possible to accurately maintain the visibility of each piece of information while making it possible to display both the information on the place name, the station name, and the landmark, and the advertisement information. Accordingly, for example, route guidance to a store that transmits advertisement information can be performed by presenting information on place names, station names, and landmarks.

  A seventh aspect of the present invention is the information presentation apparatus according to any one of the first to sixth aspects, wherein the display unit includes a plurality of pieces of information including the map information and the additional information for each type of information. The gist is that a plurality of information is displayed by being drawn in a drawing area of a plurality of layers layered in layers.

  As described above, if a plurality of types of information are displayed by being drawn in a plurality of hierarchized drawing areas, various types of information display processing and movement processing can be performed in units of layers. Thereby, it is possible to accurately display a plurality of types of information.

  The invention according to claim 8 is the information presentation apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the plurality of layers include an icon layer that forms a drawing area for icon information in addition to a map layer that forms a drawing area for map information, The gist is to include at least one layer of an additional information layer that constitutes a drawing area for additional information and a menu layer that constitutes a drawing area for menu information.

  According to the above configuration, various types of information can be displayed by drawing map information, icon information, additional information, and menu information on the map layer, icon layer, additional information layer, and menu layer, respectively. . When information display positions overlap between layers, it is possible to eliminate information duplication through movement of information display positions in each layer. This makes it possible to move the target information in units of layers.

The invention according to claim 9 is an information distribution system for distributing the additional information to a display device on which map information and additional information of a type different from the map information are visually displayed, and the collection point of the additional information A point information associating unit for associating the point information with respect to the corresponding additional information as the display position in the display device, and the point where the additional information is collected is common or close to the point indicated by the map information. A priority discriminating unit that discriminates priorities of the map information and the additional information when the assigned display areas overlap by a predetermined range or more, and a display position of the information discriminated that the priority is low by the priority discriminating unit. the location change information for changing a position overlapping with the display position of the other information that the priority is discriminated between the information from the collection point of the information is less than the predetermined range A position changing unit whose serial priority is associated with the lower and discrimination information, and summarized in that comprises a.

  In the above configuration, when the display positions of a plurality of types of information such as map information and additional information overlap a predetermined range or more, the priority of each overlapping information is determined. In addition, position change information for changing information determined to have low priority from the collection point is generated. Then, the generated position change information is associated with information determined to have low priority, that is, information that is a display position change (movement) target. Thus, the information associated with the position change information is distributed from the information distribution system to the display device. And a display apparatus prescribes | regulates the display position of applicable information based on position change information, and displays this information and other information. At this time, since the display position of the information displayed by the display device is changed based on the position change information, a plurality of pieces of information are prevented from being displayed in duplicate. Thereby, the visibility of information with high priority is maintained without being blocked by information with low priority. Moreover, the visibility of information with low priority is maintained without being blocked by information with high priority. Further, in the above configuration, since information determined to have a low priority is selected as a movement target, it is possible to stably display information having a high priority at a pre-assigned initial position. It becomes possible to maintain the display position of the high information at an appropriate position.

  The invention according to claim 10 is the information distribution system according to claim 9, wherein the information distribution system distributes information whose information amount dynamically changes as the additional information, and the position changing unit The gist is to generate the position change information in consideration of the amount of information of the additional information.

  When certain information is displayed on a display device, a display area is usually assigned according to the amount of information. The larger the information amount, the larger the display area, and the smaller the information amount, the larger the display area. Get smaller.

  On the other hand, additional information displayed on the display device includes information whose amount of information dynamically changes depending on a time zone, an area, a transmission source, and the like, even if the information is the same type. For this reason, even if the display position of such additional information is once determined based on the collection point and the information amount, if the information amount increases, the additional information does not fit in the initially assigned display position. As a result, when the display position is assigned to the additional information, even if the additional information does not overlap with the information existing in the vicinity, the additional information and the information existing in the periphery will overlap afterwards.

  Therefore, as described above, information in which the amount of information changes dynamically is defined as the additional information, and the position change information is generated in consideration of a display area corresponding to the information amount of the additional information. As a result, when the additional information displayed in this display area is displayed overlapping with other information, position change information for changing the display position of the additional information to a position different from the collection point is generated. The As described above, in the above configuration, even if the display area dynamically changes with the change in the information amount of the additional information, a display area corresponding to the information amount in each case is assigned, and based on the assigned display area. Position change information is generated. As a result, the additional information whose display area is dynamically changed is appropriately suppressed from overlapping with other information.

  The invention according to claim 11 is the information distribution system according to claim 10, wherein the information distribution system distributes pop-up information popped up on the display device as the additional information.

In particular, the amount of information of the pop-up information is easily reflected in the display area, and the presence or absence of the pop-up information tends to change dynamically.
In this regard, according to the above configuration, even when the pop-up information is displayed as the additional information and the display area of the pop-up information changes dynamically, the pop-up information and the map information are prevented from overlapping. The Thereby, visibility of pop-up information and map information comes to be maintained suitably. Such pop-up information is usually displayed in a display form such as a balloon with a specific display position as a base point. Therefore, even if the pop-up information is moved, as long as the base point is maintained at the initial display position, even if the pop-up information is strongly related to the specific point, the pop-up information and the specific point The association can be maintained.

  According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the information distribution system according to the tenth or eleventh aspect, the information distribution system identifies an information amount of the dynamically changing additional information prior to the distribution of the additional information. In addition, the gist is to generate the position change information according to a display area of the display device of additional information determined from the identified information amount.

  According to the above configuration, prior to the distribution of the additional information, the display area of the additional information on the display device is determined based on the information amount of the additional information. And position change information is produced | generated according to this display area. That is, the position change information for changing the display position of the additional information according to the information amount of the latest additional information is generated immediately before distributing the additional information whose information amount dynamically changes. Then, in the display device, additional information display processing is executed based on the position change information generated based on the latest additional information to be displayed. As a result, it is possible to accurately reflect the information amount of the latest additional information on the display position of the additional information, and it is possible to accurately display the additional information whose information amount dynamically changes.

The invention according to claim 13 is the information distribution system according to any one of claims 9 to 12, wherein the priority determination unit sets the priority of the map information to “high” and the priority of the additional information. Determining the degree as “low”, the position changing unit has a display area assigned to the map information and the additional information equal to or greater than a predetermined range in common or close to the point indicated by the map information. When overlapping , the gist is to generate position change information related to the additional information determined as the priority “low”, and associate the generated position change information with the corresponding additional information.

  In general, map information often indicates attributes, names, and the like of specific points, and this map information is usually displayed near the point indicated by the map information on a map, for example. Therefore, even if the displayed information increases, it is preferable to fix the display position of the map information.

  In this regard, according to the above configuration, the priority of the map information is defined as “high” and the priority of the additional information is defined as “low”. And when the display position of map information and additional information overlaps, the position change information for changing the display position of the additional information with low priority is generated, and this position change information is associated with the corresponding additional information. In the display device, the display position of the additional information that overlaps with the map information is defined based on the position change information. Accordingly, it is possible to accurately display map information having a strong relationship with a specific spot while displaying a plurality of information such as map information and additional information on the display device.

The invention according to claim 14 is an information presentation method used in an information providing apparatus for displaying map information and additional information of a type different from the map information on a display unit , wherein the priority determination unit includes the map a determining step display position assigned to the information and the additional information to determine the priority of the information underlying these overlapping the overlap than the predetermined range, the display position movement unit, the low priority in the determination step Movement for moving the display position of the determined information from the initial position previously assigned to the information to a position where the overlap with the display position of the other information whose priority is determined between the information is less than a predetermined range Including a step.

  In the above method, when the display positions of a plurality of types of information such as map information and additional information overlap by a predetermined range or more, the priority of each overlapping information is determined. Then, the display position of the information determined to have a low priority is moved from the pre-assigned initial position. As a result, even if information with different priorities overlaps, information with a higher priority is displayed at the initial position without being moved. Thereby, the visibility of information with high priority is maintained without being blocked by information with low priority. In addition, the information with low priority is also moved from the initial position, so that the visibility is maintained without being blocked by information with high priority. Furthermore, in the above method, since information determined to have a low priority is selected as a movement target, it is possible to stably display information with a high priority at a pre-assigned initial position. It becomes possible to maintain the display position of the high information at an appropriate position.

The invention according to claim 15 is an information distribution method used in an information distribution system for distributing the additional information to a display device on which map information and additional information of a type different from the map information are displayed. point information associating unit comprises a association step of associating the point information related to the collection point of the additional information in the appropriate additional information as the display position on the display device, the priority determination unit, the collection point of the additional information is the map A determination step for determining the priority of the map information and the additional information when the display area assigned to the map information and the additional information overlaps a predetermined range or more in common or close to the point indicated by the information, and a position changing unit , while the priority is determined between the display position of the information which the priority is judged to be low in the determining step from the collection point of the information with the information Overlap with the display position of the information is summarized in that comprising: a changing step of associating the information of the position change information is determined to be low the priority for changing a position less than a predetermined range.

  In the above method, when the display positions of a plurality of types of information such as map information and additional information overlap by a predetermined range or more, the priority of each overlapping information is determined. In addition, position change information for changing information determined to have low priority from the collection point is generated. Then, the generated position change information is associated with information determined to have low priority, that is, information that is a display position change (movement) target. Thus, the information associated with the position change information is distributed to the display device. In the display device, the display position of the corresponding information is defined based on the position change information, and this information and other information are displayed. At this time, since the display position of the information displayed on the display device is changed based on the position change information, a plurality of pieces of information are prevented from being displayed in duplicate. Thereby, the visibility of information with high priority is maintained without being blocked by information with low priority. Moreover, the visibility of information with low priority is maintained without being blocked by information with high priority. Furthermore, in the above method, since information determined to have a low priority is selected as a movement target, it is possible to stably display information with a high priority at a pre-assigned initial position. It becomes possible to maintain the display position of the high information at an appropriate position.

The block diagram which shows schematic structure of the navigation system and center to which an information presentation apparatus and the information presentation method are applied about 1st Embodiment of the information presentation apparatus and information presentation method concerning this invention. (A) And (b) is a figure which shows an example of the movement aspect of the additional information of the embodiment. (A)-(d) is a figure which shows an example of the movement aspect of the additional information of the embodiment. The flowchart which shows an example of the display procedure of the map information of this embodiment, icon information, and additional information. (A) is a figure which shows an example of the movement aspect of additional information when information does not exist in the area | region made into the candidate of a movement destination. (B) is a figure showing an example of a movement mode of additional information when information exists in an area set as a movement destination candidate. The figure which shows an example of the display screen of the display part which comprises a navigation system. (A) is a figure which shows an example of the layer structure which consists of a menu layer, a pop-up layer, an icon layer, and a map layer. (B) is a figure which shows an example of the menu information drawn on a menu layer, a pop-up layer, an icon layer, and a map layer, pop-up information, icon information, and map information. (A) The map which shows an example of the display position allocated to pop-up information, icon information, and map information, the magnitude | size which determines a display area, and a priority. (B) is a figure which shows an example of the layer structure by which pop-up information, icon information, and map information are drawn. The flowchart which shows an example of the display procedure of map information, icon information, and additional information about 2nd Embodiment of the information presentation apparatus and information presentation method concerning this invention. The block diagram which shows schematic structure of the navigation system and center with which an information delivery system and an information delivery method are applied about 3rd Embodiment of the information delivery system and information delivery method concerning this invention. The sequence diagram which shows an example of the display procedure of the map information of the embodiment, icon information, and additional information. The block diagram which shows schematic structure of the navigation system and center with which an information delivery system and the information delivery method are applied about 4th Embodiment of the information delivery system and information delivery method concerning this invention.

(First embodiment)
A first embodiment that embodies an information presentation apparatus and an information presentation method according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. In addition, the information presentation apparatus and information presentation method of this Embodiment are applied to the navigation system mounted in the vehicle, for example. Note that the information presentation apparatus and the information presentation method according to the present embodiment are visually displayed by drawing different types of information on a single layer.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a navigation system 100 to which the information presentation device and the information presentation method of the present embodiment are applied includes an operating system 110 that manages basic functions and the like of the navigation system 100. In addition, the navigation system 100 according to the present embodiment includes an application execution unit 120 that executes an application program acquired from the outside.

  The operating system 110 includes a route guide unit 111 that searches for a route to a destination set by the user and guides the searched route. When the destination is set by the user, the route guidance unit 111 acquires latitude and longitude information of the vehicle on which the navigation system 100 is mounted from the GPS 101 and searches for a recommended route to the set destination. In addition, the route guide unit 111 executes a process for performing travel guidance for the searched recommended route.

  The operating system 110 also includes an image data generation unit 112 that generates image data to be output to the display unit 131 configured by a liquid crystal display or the like provided in the vehicle. The image data generation unit 112 is an image to be displayed on the display unit 131 based on the latitude / longitude information acquired by the GPS 101, the search result and processing result of the route guide unit 111, data input from the application execution unit 120, and the like. Generate data. Then, the image data generation unit 112 outputs the generated image data to the display unit 131. Note that the image data generation unit 112 according to the present embodiment generates, as image data, for example, data obtained by plotting map information related to place names, station names, landmarks, and the like on a map. Further, the image data generation unit 112 according to the present embodiment generates, as the image data, data obtained by plotting additional information such as pop-up information on which a store advertisement or the like is pop-up displayed on a map. The image data generation unit 112 draws a map indicating an area around the vehicle on which the navigation system 100 is mounted in the drawing memory 130 based on the latitude / longitude information acquired from the GPS 101 for the initial screen of the display unit 131. . Then, the image data generation unit 112 causes the display unit 131 to display the drawn map. In addition, since the advertisement content of the store changes according to the time zone and the information amount of the advertisement content changes accordingly, the additional information dynamically changes the information content and the information amount.

  In addition, the operating system 110 identifies the amount of information to be displayed based on data input from the display position defining unit 113 that defines the display position of various types of information displayed on the display unit 131 and the application execution unit 120. An information amount identification unit 114 is provided. Further, the operating system 110 determines the priority of the information displayed on the display unit 131 according to the priority determination unit 115 and the display position of the information displayed on the display unit 131 according to the determination result of the priority determination unit 115. The display position moving unit 116 is moved.

  Among these, the display position defining unit 113 defines the display position of map information such as a place name, a station name, and a landmark based on the place name and latitude / longitude information included in the map data registered in the map database 140, for example. To do.

  Further, the display position defining unit 113 displays, for example, icon information indicating the presence of, for example, a gas station or a restaurant based on the place name and latitude / longitude information included in the icon data registered in the map database 140. Is specified.

  Further, the display position defining unit 113 defines an initial display position of the additional information based on data indicating a collection point of the additional information such as information related to the store advertisement included in the data input from the application execution unit 120. . Then, the display position defining unit 113 outputs information indicating the defined display position to the information amount identifying unit 114. Note that the application execution unit 120 to the display position defining unit 113 include data indicating the type of additional information and a request destination, in addition to data indicating various additional information collection points. In the present embodiment, for example, a center 200 that manages additional information is defined as a request destination of the corresponding additional information.

  In addition, the display position defining unit 113 outputs map information and icon information among the information defining the display position to the image data generating unit 112. Then, the map information and icon information input to the image data generation unit 112 are drawn on the map drawn in the drawing memory 130.

  The information amount identification unit 114 identifies the information amount of various types of information displayed at the display position defined by the display position defining unit 113. The information amount identification unit 114 of the present embodiment refers to a request destination of additional information indicated by the data input from the application execution unit 120 when identifying the information amount of the additional information. Then, the information amount identification unit 114 acquires the information content of the corresponding additional information from the center 200 defined as the request destination via the communication unit 102. That is, in the present embodiment, the information content of the additional information, in other words, the content of the additional information to be displayed on the display unit 131 is acquired at a timing immediately before the display process is executed. Therefore, the information content of the additional information that dynamically changes is acquired at a different timing from the map information and icon information whose information content and information amount do not change. Thereby, the information content of the latest additional information is reflected in the display process.

  Next, the information amount identification unit 114 identifies the information amount of the additional information acquired from the center 200. Then, the information amount identification unit 114 determines a display area on the display screen of various information based on the identified information amount and information indicating the display position input from the display position defining unit 113. Then, the information amount identification unit 114 outputs information indicating the determined display area to the priority determination unit 115.

  The priority discriminating unit 115 discriminates the priority of the duplicated information when the display areas of various information input from the information amount discriminating unit 114 overlap by a predetermined range or more. Note that the priority determination unit 115 according to the present embodiment is, for example, an addition that is displayed based on the priority “high” for map information, the priority “medium” for icon information, and data input from the application execution unit 120. Each information is defined as a low priority. In addition, as a predetermined range in which the presence / absence of information duplication is determined, for example, a range in which one display area of overlapping information is approximately 30% or more is defined. Then, the priority determination unit 115 outputs various types of information with overlapping display areas and information indicating the determination result to the display position moving unit 116.

  When the information indicating the priority determination result is input from the priority determination unit 115, the display position moving unit 116 performs a process of moving the display position assigned to the information with the lower priority among the overlapping information. Do. The display position moving unit 116 according to the present embodiment moves the display position of information with low priority from the initial display position so that the overlapping portion with information with high priority is less than a predetermined range. Thereby, the overlapping part of several information is suppressed to less than a predetermined range.

  Note that the display position moving unit 116 of the present embodiment selects additional information as information to be moved. That is, the display position moving unit 116 according to the present embodiment does not select the map information and the icon information as moving objects. This prevents the display position of map information and icon information that are particularly relevant to points such as place names, station names, and landmarks from being moved, and the accuracy of information associated with points based on map information and icon information is improved. Will be maintained. Then, the display position moving unit 116 outputs information indicating the display position and information content of the moved additional information to the image data generating unit 112. As a result, the additional information is drawn in the drawing memory 130 and displayed on the display unit 131.

  On the other hand, the application execution unit 120 executes the installed application program. The application execution part 120 of this Embodiment performs the application program for displaying the pop-up information regarding the advertisement etc. of the shop pop-up displayed on the display part 131 as additional information, for example. In addition, the application execution unit 120 according to the present embodiment outputs data indicating the collection point of additional information and the request destination to the operating system 110 in advance. The operating system 110 obtains the latest additional information from the center 200 at the timing when the additional information is displayed, for example, when the vehicle on which the navigation system 100 is mounted approaches the collection point of the additional information. Thus, in the present embodiment, while the additional information can be displayed based on the application program, the latest additional information is displayed at the timing immediately before the additional information moving process and the display process are performed in the operating system 110. It is supposed to be acquired. Therefore, even if the information amount of the additional information, in other words, the display area necessary for displaying the additional information changes, the display position of the additional information is moved according to the changed information amount.

  The center 200 includes a communication unit 201 that communicates with the communication unit 102 of the navigation system 100, and an additional information management unit 202 that manages additional information. The additional information management unit 202 of this embodiment manages pop-up information as additional information. For example, the additional information management unit 202 acquires advertisement information indicating an advertisement of a specific store from a store or an information terminal that transmits the advertisement information. Further, the additional information management unit 202 appropriately acquires the advertisement information, and appropriately updates the content of the advertisement information managed by the additional information management unit 202. Thereby, the advertisement information managed by the additional information management unit 202 is maintained in the latest state. Then, the additional information management unit 202 distributes the corresponding advertisement information in response to a request from the navigation system 100.

Next, with reference to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the movement aspect of the additional information by the information presentation apparatus and information presentation method of this Embodiment is demonstrated.
As shown in FIG. 2A, for example, as information to be displayed in the display area 11 on the map, there is map information with a priority “high” indicating the place name of the spot corresponding to the display area 11. To do. Further, as information to be displayed in the display areas 13 to 16 on the map, there is icon information with a priority “medium” indicating a parking lot or a stand or the like existing at a point corresponding to each display area 13 to 16. To do.

  Here, if the pop-up information 10 is transmitted from a store existing at a point corresponding to the display area 11, the pop-up information 10 overlaps the map information displayed in the display area 11 and the display position (display area). It will be.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 2B, for example, the low-priority pop-up information 10 among the overlapping map information and the pop-up information 10 is an area adjacent to the display area 11 and assigned a priority. Moved to the area 12 which is not the display area of the information. The pop-up information 10 is displayed in the area 12 while the base point of the pop-up display is maintained in the display area 11. Thereby, as shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, even when a plurality of information is displayed densely, the map information and the pop-up information 10 are displayed on the display unit 131 without overlapping. The Rukoto.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3A, when map information having a high priority is assigned to the area 12, the display position of the pop-up information 10 whose initial display position is the display area 11 is set as FIG. As illustrated in (b) and (c), for example, display areas 12 to 15 whose initial display positions are close to the display area 11 are searched. However, icon information of a priority “medium” related to points corresponding to the display areas 12 to 15 is already assigned to the display areas 12 to 15.

  Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3D, the display area 16 adjacent to the areas 13 and 15 and having no assigned priority information is set as the display area for the pop-up information 10. The pop-up information 10 is displayed in the display area 16 while the base point of the pop-up display is maintained in the display area 11 as shown in FIG.

Hereinafter, the operation of the information presentation apparatus and the information presentation method of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 4, first, a map of an area around the vehicle and displayed on the display unit 131 is drawn in the drawing memory 130 (step S100). Next, map information and icon information are sequentially acquired from the map database 140 (steps S101 and S102).

  When the map information and the icon information are acquired in this way, the display position of the map information and the icon information on the map is defined based on the information indicating the location and the latitude / longitude included in the map information and the icon information (step S103). . Further, based on the data indicating the display position of the additional information acquired in advance from the application execution unit 120, the additional information to be displayed on the map is specified, and the initial display position of the specified additional information is specified. The

  Then, the latest additional information in which the initial display position is defined is acquired from the center 200 (step S104). Thus, when the latest additional information is acquired, the information amount of the additional information, map information, and icon information is identified (step S105). Then, based on the identified information amount and the specified display position, a display area in the display unit 131 for additional information, map information, and icon information is obtained.

  Thus, when the display area of each information is obtained, information in which the display area overlaps a predetermined range or more is specified in order to display information on common or close points among additional information, map information, and icon information. (Step S106). Then, when information with overlapping display areas is identified, the priority for the identified information is determined (step S107). Thereby, for example, when the display areas of the map information and the additional information overlap, it is determined that the priority of the map information is “high” and the priority of the additional information is “low”. In addition, for example, when the display areas of the icon information and the additional information overlap, it is determined that the priority of the icon information is “medium” and the priority of the additional information is “low”. . Then, the additional information with low priority among the overlapping information is moved from the initial display position to a position where there is no information overlapping more than a predetermined range (step S108). Thereby, on the map illustrated in FIG. 5A, the map information 20 indicating the station name and the map information 21 indicating the landmark are allocated to a certain display area, and the display position of the pop-up information 30 is the map information 21. And the display position of the pop-up information 30 is moved. Further, as illustrated in FIG. 5B, when the map information 22 indicating the place name already exists at the display position selected as the movement destination candidate of the pop-up information 30, the display area where no map information or icon information exists. Is searched, and the pop-up information 30 is moved to the searched display area.

  Then, the additional information that has been moved and the map information and icon information with the specified display position are drawn in the drawing memory 130, so that the additional information, map information, and icon information are displayed on the map (step). S110). Each information is drawn in the order of low priority, that is, in the order of additional information, icon information, and map information.

  Thus, as illustrated in FIG. 6, the map information 24 to 26 and the icon information 40 are displayed on the map, and the pop-up relating to the advertisement moved so as not to overlap with the map information 24 to 26 and the icon information 40. Information 31 and 32 will be displayed on the map. In this way, a process of moving a plurality of additional information collected in the map area drawn in step S100 and a process of displaying various types of information are performed (steps S109 to S111 in FIG. 4).

As described above, according to the information presentation apparatus and the information presentation method according to the present embodiment, the following effects can be obtained.
(1) When the display position assigned to the map information and the additional information overlaps a predetermined range or more, the priority of the overlapping information is determined. Then, the display position of the information determined to have a low priority is moved from the initial position previously assigned to the information. Thereby, the visibility of information with high priority is maintained without being blocked by information with low priority. In addition, the information with low priority is also moved from the initial position, so that the visibility is maintained without being blocked by information with high priority. Furthermore, since information determined to have a low priority is selected as a movement target, it is possible to stably display information with a high priority at an initial position assigned in advance, and information with a high priority. It is possible to maintain the display position at an appropriate position.

  (2) Information whose information amount dynamically changes was selected as additional information. Further, a display area corresponding to the amount of information is dynamically allocated to the additional information, and the additional information is displayed on the display unit 131 in the allocated display area. Thereby, the additional information whose display area is dynamically changed is appropriately suppressed from overlapping the map information and the icon information.

  (3) Pop-up information that is pop-up displayed on the display unit 131 is selected as additional information. Thereby, visibility of pop-up information and map information comes to be maintained suitably. Also, when moving the pop-up information, a balloon indicating the contents of the pop-up information was moved while maintaining the base point. Therefore, even if the pop-up information is moved, by maintaining the base point at the initial display position, even if the pop-up information is strongly related to the specific point, the pop-up information and the specific point Can be maintained.

  (4) As a process prior to the display process of the additional information, the information amount of the additional information that fluctuates dynamically is identified, and the display position of the additional information is moved according to the display area of the additional information determined from the identified information amount The processing to be performed was performed. As a result, the movement of the additional information is performed based on the information amount of the latest additional information, and the information amount of the latest additional information can be accurately reflected on the display position of the additional information.

  (5) The priority of the map information is determined as “high”, and the priority of the additional information is determined as “low”. Then, when the display position assigned to the map information and the additional information overlaps a predetermined range or more, the additional information determined as the priority “low” is moved from the initial position. Thereby, while displaying a plurality of information such as map information and additional information, it is possible to accurately display map information that is strongly related to a specific point.

  (6) Information related to place names, station names, and landmarks was selected as map information, and advertisement information related to store advertisements was selected as additional information. For this reason, it is possible to accurately maintain the visibility of each piece of information while making it possible to display both the information on the place name, the station name, and the landmark, and the advertisement information. Accordingly, for example, route guidance to a store that transmits advertisement information can be performed by presenting information on place names, station names, and landmarks.

(Second Embodiment)
Next, a second embodiment of the information presentation apparatus and the information presentation method according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 to 9, focusing on the differences from the first embodiment. Note that the basic configuration of the information presentation device and the information presentation method according to the present embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment, and FIGS. 7 to 9 are substantially the same as those of the first embodiment. The same elements are denoted by the same reference numerals, and duplicate descriptions are omitted.

  As illustrated in FIG. 7A, the information presentation apparatus and the information presentation method according to the present embodiment draw a plurality of types of information by drawing different types of information in the drawing areas of the plurality of layers 50 to 53 that are hierarchized. Display information of.

  That is, in this embodiment, as illustrated in FIGS. 7A and 7B, the map information 60, the map layer 50 constituting the drawing area, and the icons constituting the drawing area of the icon information 61 are sequentially arranged from the lower layer. The layer 51 is selected as an information drawing area. Further, on the upper layer of the icon layer 51, an additional information layer 52 constituting a drawing area for additional information such as pop-up information 62 and a menu layer 53 constituting a drawing area for menu information 63 are selected as information drawing areas. . Note that the additional information layer 52 includes, for example, a plurality of layers that are further hierarchized according to the type of information.

  Further, as illustrated in FIG. 8A, the display position and priority in each layer 50 to 52 are defined in the map information 60, icon information 61, and pop-up information 62 drawn in each layer 50 to 52. Has been. Note that the display positions of the map information 60 and the icon information 61 are defined based on, for example, the points indicated by the map information 60 and the icon information 61, previously associated latitude / longitude information, and the like. Further, the display position of the pop-up information 62 is defined based on, for example, latitude / longitude information indicating a collection point or a transmission point of the pop-up information 62.

  And as shown in FIG.8 (b), based on the information which shows the display position prescribed | regulated to the map information 60, the icon information 61, and the pop-up information 62, the display position of each information 60-62 is prescribed | regulated.

  In the example shown in FIG. 8B, the display positions of the pieces of information 60 to 62 in the layers 50 to 52 are overlapped. Therefore, the display positions of the pop-up information 62 in the additional information layer 52 are the map information 60 and the icon information 61. It is moved to a position that does not overlap the display position. Thereby, even if each information 60-62 is drawn by the hierarchized layers 50-52, it will be suppressed that the pop-up information 62 overlaps with the map information 60 and the icon information 61. FIG.

Hereinafter, the operation of the information presentation apparatus and the information presentation method of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
As shown in FIG. 9, in the present embodiment, the processes in steps S100 to S110 illustrated in FIG. 4 are executed, and such processes are executed for the number of layers of the pop-up information (steps S120 and S121). ). Thereby, it is suppressed that the pop-up information drawn on the layer of the hierarchized pop-up information, the map information, and the icon information overlap.

Note that even when pop-up information overlaps between layers of pop-up information, at least one of the overlapping pop-up information is moved.
As described above, according to the information presentation device and the information presentation method according to the present embodiment, the effects (1) to (6) can be obtained, and the following effects can be further obtained.

  (7) A plurality of pieces of information including map information and additional information are displayed by drawing in the drawing areas of the plurality of layers 50 to 53 hierarchized for each type of information. Thereby, it is possible to accurately display a plurality of types of information.

  (8) As a plurality of layers, in addition to the map layer 50 constituting the map information drawing area, the icon layer 51 constituting the icon information 61 drawing area and the additional information constituting the additional information (pop-up information) 62 drawing area The layer 52 and the menu layer 53 constituting the menu information drawing area were selected. This makes it possible to accurately move target information in units of layers, and to move additional information serving as movement information within a dedicated layer assigned to the additional information.

(Third embodiment)
Next, a third embodiment of the information distribution system and the information distribution method according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 10 and 11 with a focus on differences from the first embodiment. Note that the basic configuration of the information distribution system and the information distribution method according to the present embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment, and FIGS. 10 and 11 are substantially the same as those of the first embodiment. The same elements are denoted by the same reference numerals, and duplicate descriptions are omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the operating system 110A installed in the navigation system 100 according to the present embodiment includes a route processing unit 111 and a display processing unit that processes images displayed on the display unit 131 that constitutes the display device. 117.

  When the destination is set by the user of the navigation system 100, the route guidance unit 111 according to the present embodiment acquires, for example, latitude / longitude information indicating the current position of the navigation system 100 from the GPS 101, and the acquired latitude / longitude information and Information on the set destination is transmitted to the center 200A. Further, for example, when the user performs an operation for requesting information related to the surrounding environment, the route guide unit 111 acquires latitude / longitude information indicating the current position of the navigation system 100 from the GPS 101, and uses the communication unit 102 to transmit the latitude / longitude information. To the center 200A.

  The display processing unit 117 performs image display processing by the display unit 131 through cooperation with the center 200A. Prior to image display, the display processing unit 117 transmits data indicating the collection point, type, and request destination of additional information acquired from the application execution unit 120 to the center 200 </ b> A via the communication unit 102. Then, the display processing unit 117 displays the image data distributed from the center 200A as a response to the latitude / longitude information transmitted by the route guide unit 111 and the data indicating the collection point of the additional information transmitted by the display processing unit 117. Process.

  The center 200A according to the present embodiment includes a display position defining unit 113, an information amount identifying unit 114, a priority determining unit 115, and a display position defining unit 203 having functions according to the display position moving unit 116, an information amount identifying unit. 204, a priority determination unit 205, and a display position moving unit 206.

  When the display position defining unit 203 acquires the latitude / longitude information and the information about the destination transmitted from the route guide unit 111 of the navigation system 100 via the communication unit 201, the display position defining unit 203 is based on the latitude / longitude information and the information about the destination. The area for generating image data is specified.

  Then, the display position defining unit 203 defines the display position of the map information displayed in the specified area, for example, based on the place name and latitude / longitude information included in the map data registered in the map database 210.

  The display position defining unit 203 defines the display position of the icon information displayed in the specified area based on, for example, the place name and latitude / longitude information included in the icon data registered in the map database 210.

  Further, the display position defining unit 203 defines the initial display position of the additional information to be displayed in the specified area based on the data transmitted from the display processing unit 117 of the navigation system 100. In addition, the display position defining unit 203 outputs map information and icon information to the image data generating unit 207 among the information defining the display position. Then, the image data generation unit 207 generates image data for displaying the input map information and icon information on the map of the specified area, and the generated image data is navigated via the communication unit 201. Delivered to the system 100.

  The information amount identifying unit 204 identifies information amounts of various types of information displayed at the display position defined by the display position defining unit 203. The information amount identification unit 204 of the present embodiment refers to the request destination of additional information indicated by the data transmitted from the display processing unit 117 when identifying the information amount of the additional information. Then, the information amount identification unit 204 acquires the information content of the latest relevant additional information from, for example, the additional information management unit 202 specified as the request destination.

  Next, the information amount identifying unit 204 identifies the information amount of the additional information acquired from the additional information managing unit 202, and based on the identified information amount and the information indicating the display position input from the display position defining unit 203, The display area on the information display screen is determined. Then, the information amount identification unit 204 outputs information indicating the determined display area to the priority determination unit 205.

  The priority determination unit 205 determines the priority of the overlapped information when display areas of various types of information input from the information amount identification unit 204 overlap a predetermined range or more. Then, the priority determination unit 205 outputs various information overlapping the display area and information indicating the determination result to the display position moving unit 206.

  When the information indicating the priority determination result is input from the priority determination unit 205, the display position moving unit 206 performs a process of moving the display position assigned to the information with the lower priority among the overlapping information. Do. The display position moving unit 206 moves the display position of information with low priority from the initial display position so that the overlapping portion with information with high priority is less than a predetermined range. Thereby, the overlapping part of several information is suppressed to less than a predetermined range. Then, the display position moving unit 206 outputs information indicating the display position and information content of the moved additional information to the image data generating unit 207.

  The image data generation unit 207 generates image data for displaying the input additional information on the map of the specified area, and distributes the generated image data to the navigation system 100 via the communication unit 201. .

  When the display processing unit 117 of the navigation system 100 acquires image data indicating map information, icon information, and additional information distributed from the center 200A via the communication unit 102, the display processing unit 117 draws the acquired image data in the drawing memory 130. To do. Thus, the image data distributed from the center 200A is displayed on the display unit 131.

Hereinafter, the operation of the information distribution system and the information distribution method of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
As shown in FIG. 11, information indicating the current position of the vehicle on which the navigation system 100 is mounted is acquired by the GPS 101. Further, when the destination is set by the user, information indicating the current position of the vehicle and the destination is acquired. Then, the acquired latitude / longitude information and information indicating the destination are transmitted from the navigation system 100 to the center 200A.

  In the center 200A, when the latitude / longitude information and the information indicating the destination are transmitted from the navigation system 100, based on the latitude / longitude information and the information indicating the destination, the travel area and the travel of the vehicle on which the navigation system 100 is mounted. A route is identified. Then, based on the identified travel area and travel route, a map display area to be displayed on the display unit 131 is identified. Next, map information and icon information are sequentially acquired from the map database 210.

  Thus, when the map information and the icon information are acquired, the display positions of the map information and the icon information on the map are defined based on the information indicating the location and the latitude / longitude included in the map information and the icon information. Further, the additional information to be displayed on the map is specified based on the data indicating the display position of the additional information acquired in advance from the display processing unit 117, and the initial display position of the specified additional information is defined. The

  Then, the latest additional information in which the initial display position is defined is acquired from the additional information management unit 202. Thus, when the latest additional information is acquired, the information amount of the additional information, the map information, and the icon information is identified. Then, based on the identified information amount and the specified display position, a display area in the display unit 131 for additional information, map information, and icon information is obtained.

  In this way, when the display area is obtained, among the additional information, the map information, and the icon information, information in which the display area overlaps a predetermined range or more is specified in order to display information on common or adjacent points. Then, when information with overlapping display areas is identified, the priority for the identified information is determined. Thereby, for example, when the display areas of the map information and the additional information overlap, it is determined that the priority of the map information is “high” and the priority of the additional information is “low”. In addition, for example, when the display areas of the icon information and the additional information overlap, it is determined that the priority of the icon information is “medium” and the priority of the additional information is “low”. . Then, the additional information with low priority among the overlapping information is moved from the initial display position to a position where there is no overlapping information over a predetermined range.

  Then, image data indicating the moved additional information and the map information and icon information with the specified display position on the map is generated, and the generated image data is distributed from the center 200A to the navigation system 100.

Thus, the image data distributed to the navigation system 100 is drawn in the drawing memory 130, and an image in which various types of information are shown on the map is displayed on the display unit 131.
As described above, according to the information distribution system and the information distribution method according to the present embodiment, the effects (1) to (6) can be obtained, and the following effects can be further obtained.

  (9) Generation of an image to be displayed on the display unit 131, movement of the display position of information according to priority, and the like were performed at the center 200A that manages additional information. Thereby, in the navigation system 100, the image data distributed in response to the request may be displayed on the display unit 131, and the display processing and the like when displaying various types of information are greatly reduced.

(Fourth embodiment)
Next, a fourth embodiment of the information distribution system and the information distribution method according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 12, focusing on the differences from the first embodiment. The basic configuration of the information distribution system and information distribution method according to the present embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment, and FIG. 12 is substantially the same as that of the first embodiment. Elements are denoted by the same reference numerals, and duplicate descriptions are omitted. Note that the additional information of the present embodiment includes dynamically changing information, that is, information content of the additional information, and type information indicating the type of the additional information.

  As shown in FIG. 12, the operating system 110B installed in the navigation system 100 of the present embodiment includes a route processing unit 111, a display processing unit 117 that performs processing of images displayed on the display unit 131, and a display processing unit. The image data generating unit 112 is configured to generate image data based on the processing by 117.

  When the destination is set by the user of the navigation system 100, the route guidance unit 111 according to the present embodiment acquires, for example, latitude / longitude information indicating the current position of the navigation system 100 from the GPS 101, and the acquired latitude / longitude information and Information on the set destination is transmitted to the center 200B. Further, for example, when the user performs an operation for requesting information related to the surrounding environment, the route guidance unit 111 acquires latitude / longitude information indicating the current position of the navigation system 100 from the GPS 101, and the latitude / longitude information is obtained via the communication unit 102. To the center 200B. As described above, the navigation system 100 according to the present embodiment makes a request for distribution of additional information by transmitting latitude / longitude information and information on the destination to the center 200B.

  On the other hand, the additional information management unit 202 configuring the center 200B of the present embodiment associates the point information related to the collection point of the additional information managed by the additional information management unit 202 as the display position on the display device such as the display unit 131. An information association unit 202a is provided. Each time the additional information is collected by the additional information management unit 202, the spot information association unit 202a associates the spot information with the collected additional information.

  The center 200B of the present embodiment includes a display position defining unit 203, an information amount identifying unit 204, a priority determining unit 205, and a position changing unit 208 that associates additional information with position change information for changing the display position. It has. The center 200 </ b> B has a map database 210 having map data and icon data registered in the map database 140 included in the navigation system 100.

  When the display position defining unit 203 acquires the latitude / longitude information and the information about the destination transmitted from the route guide unit 111 of the navigation system 100 via the communication unit 201, the display position defining unit 203 is based on the latitude / longitude information and the information about the destination. The area displayed on the display unit 131 is specified. The display position defining unit 203 identifies additional information collected at the collection points included in the identified area based on the spot information associated by the spot information association unit 202a.

  Then, the display position defining unit 203 specifies the display position of the map information and icon information displayed in the specified area based on the map data and icon data registered in the map database 210. The display position defining unit 203 identifies the display position of the additional information displayed in the identified area based on the spot information associated by the spot information association unit 202a.

  The information amount identifying unit 204 identifies information amounts of various types of information displayed at the display position defined by the display position defining unit 203. Then, the information amount identification unit 204 acquires the information content of the additional information displayed in the specified area from the additional information management unit 202.

  Next, the information amount identifying unit 204 identifies the information amount of the additional information acquired from the additional information managing unit 202, and based on the identified information amount and the information indicating the display position input from the display position defining unit 203, The display area on the display screen of the information display unit 131 or the like is recognized. Then, the information amount identifying unit 204 outputs information indicating the recognized display area to the priority determining unit 205.

  The priority determination unit 205 determines the priority of the overlapped information when display areas of various types of information input from the information amount identification unit 204 overlap a predetermined range or more. Then, the priority determination unit 205 outputs various types of information with overlapping display areas and information indicating the determination result to the position change unit 208.

  When the information indicating the priority determination result is input from the priority determination unit 205, the position change unit 208 determines the display position of the information determined to be low among the overlapping information as the collection point. Different position change information for changing to a position that does not overlap with other information is generated. The position change unit 208 associates the generated position change information with the corresponding additional information. Then, the position change unit 208 distributes the additional information associated with the position change information to the navigation system 100 that has transmitted the latitude / longitude information and the like via the communication unit 201.

  When the display processing unit 117 of the navigation system 100 acquires the additional information associated with the position change information via the communication unit 102, the display processing unit 117 defines the display position of the acquired additional information based on the position change information. In addition, the display processing unit 117 specifies map information and icon information to be displayed together with the additional information based on latitude / longitude information and route information acquired from the route guide unit 111. In addition, the display processing unit 117 defines the display position of the specified map information and icon information based on the map data and icon data registered in the map database 140. Then, the display processing unit 117 outputs additional information that defines the display position, map information, and icon information to the image data generation unit 112.

  In this manner, the image data generation unit 112 draws the additional information, the map information, and the icon information in the drawing memory 130, so that the additional information, the map information, and the icon information are displayed at the specified display position. .

  As described above, according to the information distribution system and the information distribution method according to the present embodiment, the effects (1) to (6) can be obtained, and the following effects can be further obtained.

  (10) The center 200B is provided with the point information association unit 202a that associates the point information indicating the collection point of the additional information with the corresponding additional information. Further, the center 200B is provided with a position changing unit 208 that associates position change information for changing the display position with the additional information distributed to the navigation system 100. Thereby, the display processing unit 117 constituting the navigation system 100 can similarly change the display position of the additional information to a position that does not overlap with the map information or the icon information based on the position change information distributed from the center 200B. It becomes.

(Other embodiments)
In addition, each said embodiment can also be implemented with the following forms.
In the second embodiment, the additional information layer 52 is configured by a plurality of layers that are further hierarchized according to the type of information. However, the additional information layer 52 may be configured by a single layer.

  In the third embodiment, the application execution unit 120 is provided in the navigation system 100. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the application execution unit may be provided in the center 200A. Then, additional information acquired from the additional information management unit 202 may be selected based on data indicating the display position of the additional information held by the application execution unit. According to this, the center 200A can specify additional information to be distributed to the navigation system 100 only by acquiring the latitude / longitude information from the navigation system 100, and the number of communication between the navigation system 100 and the center 200A can be reduced. Can be achieved.

  In the second embodiment, the map layer 50, the icon layer 51, the additional information layer 52, and the menu layer 53 are employed as the plurality of hierarchized layers. Not limited to this, the plurality of hierarchized layers may be any one of the icon layer 51, the additional information layer 52, and the menu layer 53 in addition to the map layer 50. In addition, the layer types to be hierarchized are not limited to the map layer 50, the icon layer 51, the additional information layer 52, and the menu layer 53, but may be increased or decreased according to the type of information to be displayed.

  In each of the above embodiments, information on a place name, a station name, and a landmark is selected as the map information. Not limited to this, information regarding at least one of a place name, a station name, and a landmark may be selected as the map information. In addition to this, the map information may be any information as long as it is relevant to the point indicated on the map, and can be appropriately changed. In each of the above embodiments, advertisement information related to a store advertisement displayed in a pop-up is selected as additional information. In addition, the additional information may be, for example, traffic information indicating traffic congestion on the road, post information posted by the user, or the like, and can be changed as appropriate.

  In the above embodiments, the additional information is distributed from the centers 200 and 200A to the navigation system 100. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and it may be delivered directly to the navigation system 100 from a store or the like that provides additional information.

  In each of the above embodiments, the additional information display process is performed through the execution of the application program installed in the application execution unit 120. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and additional information display processing may be performed based on execution of a program or the like executed by the operating systems 110 and 110A installed in the navigation system 100.

  In the above embodiments, three types of information, map information, icon information, and additional information, are displayed. Not limited to this, the information to be displayed may be two types of information, map information and additional information. Furthermore, the information to be displayed may be four or more types of information.

  In the above embodiments, pop-up information displayed as pop-up is selected as additional information. Not limited to this, the additional information may be information whose information amount dynamically changes as the information content is updated.

  In the above embodiments, the additional information is moved when the map information or icon information and the additional information overlap. Furthermore, when map information and icon information overlap, icon information or map information may be moved. At this time, the icon information becomes the additional information.

  In each of the above embodiments, information whose information amount dynamically changes is selected as additional information. Not limited to this, the additional information may be information having a constant amount of information. Further, the additional information may be information whose information content does not change. In short, any information that is of a different type from the map information can be used as additional information.

  In each of the above embodiments, when the ratio of one overlapping area of overlapping information to the display area of each information is about 30% or more, the additional information moving process is performed. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and when the ratio of both overlapping areas of the overlapping information to the display area of each information is about 30% or more, the additional information moving process may be performed. Further, the execution standard of the movement process may be based on whether or not a plurality of information overlaps, and the ratio of one overlapping area of the overlapping information to the display area of each information is about 3 Even when it becomes less than or equal to 10%, it may be when it becomes 40% or more. Moreover, it is good also considering the execution reference | standard of a movement process that all the one display areas of the overlapping information overlap in the other display area.

  In each of the above embodiments, when information with different priorities overlaps, the display position of the additional information is moved to a free area that is not used as the information display area. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and when there is no empty area that is not the display area of information in the display area of the display unit 131, for example, any information displayed in the display area of the display unit 131 is overwritten with additional information. It may be displayed. Note that when the information overwritten with the additional information is, for example, map information or icon information, and the priority of the information is higher than the priority of the additional information, for example, the priority of the additional information displayed by overwriting is the target of overwriting. The priority is changed to the map information and icon information. As a result, it is possible to suppress overwriting of map information and icon information having higher priority than the additional information in which the priority “low” is defined.

  In each of the above embodiments, when the display positions of information with different priorities overlap, the display position of the additional information defined as having low priority is moved among the overlapping information. Not limited to this, the priority of the additional information is defined higher than the map information, and when the display position of these additional information and map information overlaps, the display position of the map information defined lower than the additional information is determined. You may move. In addition, the present invention is not limited to this, and when the display positions of information having the same priority overlap, the display position of any of the overlapping information may be moved.

  In the above embodiments, when the display positions of two pieces of information overlap, the display position of one piece of information is moved. Not only this but when the display position of two information overlaps, it is good also as eliminating the overlap of the display position of each information by moving the display position of both information.

  In each of the above embodiments, when the display positions of two pieces of information overlap, the display position of at least one piece of information is moved. Not only this but when the display position of three or more information overlaps, it is good also as moving the display position of the overlapping information.

  In each of the above embodiments, the priority of map information is defined as “high”, the priority of icon information as “medium”, and the priority of additional information as “low”. For example, the priority of the additional information may be defined as “high”, and the priority of the map information and the icon information may be changed. Further, the specified priority may be two levels or four or more levels. Furthermore, the priority of information that can be displayed on the display unit 131 may be defined based on the user's selection.

  In the third embodiment, various types of information are displayed on the display unit 131 by drawing various types of information in a single layer drawing area. Not limited to this, even in the configuration in which the image data is generated in the center 200A, as in the second embodiment, the display unit is configured by drawing various types of information in a plurality of layered drawing areas. Various information may be displayed by 131.

  In each of the first and second embodiments, the operating system 110 is provided with the display position defining unit 113 and the information amount identifying unit 114. Not limited to this, the display position defining unit 113 and the information amount identifying unit 114 may not be provided in the operating system 110, and the display position and the information amount may not be identified. According to this, for example, it is determined whether the map information and the additional information overlap based on whether the latitude and longitude of the map information and the additional information are common or similar to each other. In the third and fourth embodiments, the display position defining unit 203 and the information amount identifying unit 204 are provided in the centers 200A and 200B. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the display position defining unit 203 and the information amount identifying unit 204 may not be provided in the centers 200A and 200B, and the display position and the information amount may not be identified. According to this, for example, it is determined whether the map information and the additional information overlap based on whether the latitude and longitude of the map information and the additional information are common or similar to each other.

  In each of the above embodiments, the display unit 131 included in the navigation system 100 displays a plurality of information. Not only this but display of a plurality of information may be performed via a display part with which an information terminal of a smart phone is provided, for example. In addition, the present invention can be applied to any device that can display a plurality of information.

  10, 30, 31 ... Pop-up information, 20, 21, 22 ... Map information, 24, 25, 26 ... Map information, 40 ... Icon information, 50 ... Map layer, 51 ... Icon layer, 52 ... Additional information layer, 53 ... Menu layer, 60 ... Map information, 61 ... Icon information, 62 ... Pop-up information (additional information), 63 ... Menu information, 100 ... Navigation system, 101 ... GPS, 102 ... Communication unit, 110, 110A, 110B ... Operating system, DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 111 ... Route guidance part, 112 ... Image data generation part, 113 ... Display position prescription | regulation part, 114 ... Information amount identification part, 115 ... Priority discrimination | determination part, 116 ... Display position movement part, 117 ... Display processing part, 120 ... Application Execution unit 130 ... drawing memory 131 ... display unit 140 ... map database 200 00A, 200B ... center, 201 ... communication unit, 202 ... additional information management unit, 202a ... point information association unit, 203 ... display position defining unit, 204 ... information amount identification unit, 205 ... priority discrimination unit, 206 ... display Position moving unit, 207 ... Image data generating unit, 208 ... Position changing unit, 210 ... Map database.

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An information presentation device for displaying map information and additional information of a different type from the map information on a display unit,
When the display position assigned to the map information and the additional information overlaps a predetermined range or more, a priority determination unit that determines the priority of the overlapping information;
Overlap of the display position of the information determined to be low by the priority determination unit with the display position of the other information whose priority is determined between the information and the initial position previously assigned to the information And a display position moving unit that moves to a position that falls below a predetermined range . The additional information is information whose information amount changes dynamically,
The information display device according to claim 1, wherein the display unit dynamically allocates a display area corresponding to the amount of information to the additional information, and displays the additional information in the allocated display area. The information presentation apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the additional information is pop-up information that is distributed from a center that manages the additional information and is pop-up displayed on the display unit. The display position moving unit is configured to perform the additional information that fluctuates dynamically as a pre-process prior to the display process of the additional information that is executed after the display position of the additional information is determined according to the determined priority. The information presentation apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the information presentation apparatus performs a process of moving the display position of the determined additional information according to a display area of the additional information determined from the identified information quantity. The priority determination unit determines the priority of the map information as “high” and the priority of the additional information as “low”,
The display position moving unit moves the additional information determined as the priority "low" from the initial position when the display position assigned to the map information and the additional information overlaps a predetermined range or more. The information presentation device according to any one of the above. The map information includes information on at least one of a place name, a station name, and a landmark,
The information presentation device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the additional information includes advertisement information related to a store advertisement. The display unit displays a plurality of information by drawing a plurality of information including the map information and the additional information in a drawing area of a plurality of layers hierarchized for each type of information. The information presentation apparatus according to any one of 1 to 6. The plurality of layers constitute an icon layer constituting an icon information drawing area, an additional information layer constituting an additional information drawing area, and a menu information drawing area in addition to the map layer constituting the map information drawing area. The information presentation device according to claim 7, wherein the information presentation device includes at least one of the menu layers. An information distribution system that distributes the additional information to a display device on which map information and additional information of a different type from the map information are visibly displayed,
A point information associating unit for associating point information related to the collection point of the additional information with relevant additional information as a display position in the display device;
When the collection point of the additional information is common or close to the point indicated by the map information and the display area assigned to the map information and the additional information overlaps a predetermined range or more , the priority of the map information and the additional information is determined. A priority determination unit to
The display position of the information determined to be low by the priority determination unit overlaps the display position of the other information whose priority is determined between the information collection point and the information is less than a predetermined range information distribution system characterized in that it comprises a position changing unit to associate to the determined information and lower the priority position change information for changing the a position. In the information delivery system according to claim 9,
The information distribution system distributes information whose information amount dynamically changes as the additional information,
The position change unit generates the position change information in consideration of the amount of information of the additional information. The information distribution system according to claim 10,
The information distribution system distributes pop-up information popped up on the display device as the additional information. The information distribution system according to claim 10 or 11,
Prior to the distribution of the additional information, the information distribution system identifies an information amount of the dynamically changing additional information, and the position of the additional information determined from the identified information amount according to a display area on the display device. An information distribution system characterized by generating change information. The priority determination unit determines the priority of the map information as “high” and the priority of the additional information as “low”,
The position changing unit has a priority “low” when the collection point of the additional information is common or close to the point indicated by the map information and the display areas assigned to the map information and the additional information overlap a predetermined range or more. The information distribution system according to any one of claims 9 to 12, wherein position change information related to the additional information determined as is generated and the generated position change information is associated with the corresponding additional information. An information presentation method used in an information providing apparatus for displaying map information and additional information of a different type from the map information on a display unit,
Priority determination unit, and a determining step wherein the map information and display location assigned to the additional information to determine the priority of the information underlying these overlapping the overlapping more than a predetermined range,
The display position moving unit determines the display position of the information determined to be low in the determination step as the other information whose priority is determined from the initial position previously assigned to the information. And a moving step of moving to a position where the overlap with the display position is less than a predetermined range . An information distribution method used in an information distribution system that distributes the additional information to a display device on which map information and additional information of a type different from the map information are visibly displayed,
A step of associating the point information associating unit associating the point information regarding the collection point of the additional information with the corresponding additional information as the display position in the display device;
The priority determination unit, when the collection point of the additional information is common or close to the point indicated by the map information, when the display area assigned to the map information and the additional information overlaps a predetermined range or more, A determination step for determining the priority of the information;
The position changing unit overlaps the display position of the information determined to be low in the determination step with the display position of the other information whose priority is determined between the information collection point and the information A change step of associating position change information for changing to a position that falls below a predetermined range with information determined to be low in priority.

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