JP5858400B2 - Navigation device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for assisting a user in setting a destination in a navigation apparatus.

  As a technology for supporting the setting of the user's destination in the navigation device, a database in which the facility name and the location of the facility are registered in advance is prepared for each facility, and the designation of the name of the facility that the user wants to make the destination is accepted from the user. Then, each facility searched from the database by partial match search between the received name and the facility name registered in the database is used as a destination candidate, a list of destination candidates is presented to the user, and a destination is selected from the displayed list. There is known a technique for accepting selection of a destination candidate to be set as a user (for example, Patent Document 1).

  In addition, as a technique for assisting the user in setting the destination in the navigation apparatus, a technique for automatically setting a facility registered in the user's schedule as the destination is also known (for example, Patent Document 2).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 09-280883 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-147129

  A database in which the facility name and the location of the facility are registered in advance for each facility is prepared in advance, and a destination candidate is obtained by performing a partial match search between the name of the facility desired by the user and the facility name registered in the database. According to the technology for searching the facility to be searched from the database, if the name of the facility that the user wants to set as the destination is ambiguously specified, the facility cannot be uniquely identified, and many facilities are searched as destination candidates. May be presented, or conversely, one facility may not be searched as a destination candidate.

In such a case, the user finds out the facility desired to be the destination from among the many destination candidates presented and sets it as the destination, or re-specifies the name of the facility desired as the destination. It is necessary to perform complicated operations such as for setting the destination.
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to enable a user to easily set a desired facility as a destination even when the name of the facility that the user wants to set as a destination is specified in an ambiguous manner.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention searches a facility having a facility name that matches a name specified by a user and presents the facility database in which the facility name and facility position of each facility are registered, and A search unit that searches the facility database for a facility registered with a facility name that matches the name specified by the user, and accepts postings of posted articles together with posted coordinates that represent the coordinates of the poster at the time of posting the posted article A posted coordinate acquisition unit that acquires posted coordinates associated with posted articles posted by the user stored in an SNS (social networking service) server that accumulates posted articles in association with posted coordinates; The facility location corresponding to the posted coordinates acquired by the posted coordinate acquisition unit is registered in the facility database with the list of facilities searched by the search unit. It is provided with a list display unit that displays facilities in a form arranged at the upper level and receives selection of facilities from the user on the facility list.

  Here, when there are a plurality of facilities searched from the facility database with the name specified by the user, the facility that the user has visited among the plurality of facilities may be the facility specified by the user Is considered high. Therefore, in this way, if the facility that the user has visited is obtained from the posting coordinates of the posted article that the user has posted to the SNS server, and the destination candidate list in which the requested facility is arranged is displayed, It is possible to increase the probability that the facility intended by the user can be easily selected.

  Here, in such a navigation device, the posted coordinate acquisition unit is associated with a posted article including a name designated by the user, among the posted articles posted by the user stored in the SNS server. It is also preferable to obtain the posted coordinates.

  In addition, in such a navigation device, the posted coordinate acquisition unit accepts posted posts together with posted coordinates that represent the coordinates of the posters at the time of posting the posted articles and associates the posted articles with the posted coordinates. The post article is acquired from the SNS server to be stored, and for each user of the navigation device, the correspondence between the name representing the facility included in the post article of the user and the post coordinates associated with the post article You may comprise so that the management server to manage may acquire the posting coordinate corresponding to the name designated from the said user who is managing about the user of the said vehicle-mounted system.

  By configuring in this way, even when the user specifies the name of the facility with an ambiguous name that the user is accustomed to, the user includes the ambiguous name in the article in the past, and the ambiguous name Estimating the facility specified by the ambiguous name from the posted article posted to the SNS server from the facility called by the user by name, and displaying a list arranged at the top so that the estimated facility can be easily selected Can do.

  Further, in the navigation device as described above, in the list display unit, when the search unit cannot search from the facility database in which the facility name matching the name specified by the user is registered, the posted coordinates A virtual facility having the posted coordinates acquired by the acquisition unit as the location of the facility may be displayed, and selection of the facility may be received from the user.

  By doing in this way, when the facility corresponding to the ambiguous name designated by the user cannot be searched from the facility database, the user includes the ambiguous name in the article in the past and uses the ambiguous name. When there is a posted article posted from the facility called by the user, the user can set the coordinates of the facility designated by the ambiguous name as the destination.

  Further, in the navigation device as described above, in the list display unit, when the search unit cannot search from the facility database in which the facility name matching the name specified by the user is registered, the posted coordinates A virtual facility having the posted coordinates acquired by the acquisition unit as the location of the facility may be displayed, and selection of the facility may be received from the user.

  In addition, in the navigation apparatus as described above, a destination setting unit that is registered in the facility database and sets the facility position of the facility that the list display unit has received the selection from the user, and the destination A route to the destination set by the setting unit may be set as a guide route, and a route guide unit for guiding traveling along the set guide route may be provided.

  In addition, in the navigation device as described above, when the list display unit accepts selection of a virtual facility with the posted coordinate acquired by the posted coordinate acquisition unit as the location of the facility, the position of the posted coordinate is A destination setting unit to be set on the ground, and a route guidance unit for setting a route to the destination set by the destination setting unit as a guidance route and guiding traveling along the set guidance route. May be.

  Further, the navigation device as described above is provided with a schedule management unit for managing the user's schedule, and the search unit specifies a name representing a facility registered in the schedule managed by the schedule management unit from the user. As a name, a facility in which a facility name matching the name is registered may be searched from the facility database.

  Here, the present invention also provides an information system including a navigation device, an SNS (social networking service) server, and a management server accessible by the navigation device via wireless communication. Here, the SNS server accepts the posting of the posted article together with the posted coordinates indicating the coordinates of the poster at the time of posting the posted article, and accumulates the posted articles that are posted in association with the posted coordinates. The post article is acquired from the SNS server, and for each user of the navigation device, the correspondence between the name representing the facility included in the post article of the user and the post coordinates associated with the post article is managed. Is. In addition, the navigation device searches the facility database for a facility registered with a facility name that matches the name specified by the user, and the management server manages the user of the in-vehicle system. A post coordinate acquisition unit that acquires post coordinates corresponding to a name specified by the user, and a list of facilities searched by the search unit, the facility position corresponding to the post coordinates acquired by the post coordinate acquisition unit is the facility A list display unit that displays the facilities registered in the database in a form arranged at a higher level and receives a selection of the facility from the user on the list of the facilities is provided.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the user can easily set a desired facility as the destination even when the user specifies the name of the facility that the user wants to make as the destination.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the vehicle-mounted system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the map database which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the SNS server and point server which concern on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the destination setting process which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the vehicle-mounted system which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 1 shows the configuration of the information system according to this embodiment.
As shown in the figure, the information system includes an in-vehicle system 1 mounted in each automobile, an Internet 2 that accommodates the in-vehicle system 1 via wireless communication, an SNS (social networking service) server 3 connected to the Internet 2, A point server 4 and a calendar server 5 are included.

  The in-vehicle system 1 includes an input device 11, a display device 12, a wireless communication device 13 for connecting to the Internet 2, a vehicle state sensor 14, a GPS receiver 15, a map database 16, and an SNS client 17. A communication control unit 18 that controls communication using the wireless communication device 13, a navigation unit 19, a calendar client 20, a memory 21, a control unit 22, a user using the operation unit and the display device 12, and a vehicle mounted on the vehicle. The system includes a GUI control unit 23 that processes input / output between each unit of the system.

Here, the wireless communication device 13 may be, for example, a mobile telephone called a mobile phone, and in this case, the wireless communication device 13 is connected to the Internet 2 via the mobile telephone network.
The vehicle state sensor 14 is a set of sensors that detect various vehicle states, such as an azimuth sensor such as an angular acceleration sensor or a geomagnetic sensor, or a vehicle speed sensor such as a vehicle speed pulse sensor.
A part of the above-described in-vehicle system 1 may be configured as a CPU circuit having a general configuration including a microprocessor, a memory, and other peripheral devices in terms of hardware. In this case, Each unit configured as a CPU circuit is realized as a process realized by a microprocessor executing a program prepared in advance. In this case, such a program may be provided to the CPU circuit via a recording medium or an appropriate communication path.

Next, as shown in FIG. 2a, the map database 16 stores map data representing a map, address data, and facility data.
In the address data, correspondence between addresses and coordinates in each place is registered.
The facility data includes facility records provided for each facility. Each facility record includes a facility identifier uniquely assigned to the facility, a facility type indicating the type of restaurant, SA (service area), tourist facility, park, etc., a facility name that is the name of the facility, a facility The facility coordinates representing the latitude and longitude coordinates of the facility, the facility address representing the address of the facility, the telephone number of the facility, and the facility detailed description which is various information relating to other facilities are stored.

Next, the SNS server 3 and the point server 4 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 3, the SNS server 3 includes a posted article database 31 and an SNS providing unit 32.
The posted article database 31 stores post data for each account provided for each SNS account. In the post data by account, each post posted to the SNS server 3 from the corresponding account using a mobile phone, a smartphone, a personal computer, or the SNS client of the in-vehicle system 1 is stored as post article data. ing.

In addition to the posted article itself, each posted article data includes the posted date and time of the posted article, and posted coordinates that are the coordinates at which the contributor (the device on which the SNS client is mounted) was located.
Next, the SNS providing unit 32 accepts a posted article posted to the SNS server 3 using an SNS client from an SNS account, and corresponds to the account that posted the posted article in the posted article database 31 as posted article data. Store in separate posted article data.
In addition, the SNS providing unit 32 generates timeline data including, for each SNS client, each posted article posted by the account of the SNS client together with information on the account that posted the posted article, the posting date and time, and the posting coordinates. Or post to each SNS client each posted article posted by the account of the SNS client and other accounts that the account has registered to follow, information on the account that posted the posted article, posting date and time, etc. Generate and distribute timeline data including coordinates.

Next, the point server 4 includes a user-specific point database 41, a data collecting unit 42, and a data providing unit 43.
The user-specific point database 41 stores user-specific point data provided for each user of the point server 4. Here, the user of the in-vehicle system 1 corresponds to the user of the point server 4.
The user-specific point data includes a corresponding user's SNS account and a point table, and a name and coordinates can be registered in each entry (each row in the figure) of the point table.
Next, the data collection unit 42 functions as an SNS client with respect to the SNS server 3 and periodically performs the following processing for each user corresponding to each user-specific spot data registered in the user-specific spot data.
That is, the SNS server 3 is accessed with an account registered in the user-specific spot data corresponding to the user, and the timeline data of the account is acquired from the SNS server 3.
Then, for each posted article included in the timeline data, a phrase representing the facility name included in the posted article is extracted, and the extracted phrase and the posted coordinates of the posted article are used as an extracted name and an extracted coordinate.
That is, for example, if the posted article is “arrival at the first building, XX meeting now” and the posted coordinates of the posted article are (X ## 1, Y ## 1), the facility name is represented in the posted article The phrase “first building” is the extracted name, and the post coordinates (X ## 1, Y ## 1) are the extracted coordinates.
Here, the phrase representing the facility name in the posted article can be extracted by syntactic / semantic analysis of the posted article. Alternatively, a facility name database that stores facility names is provided in the point server 4, and a phrase that matches the facility name registered in the facility name database with a predetermined level or more among the phrases included in the posted article represents the facility name. By doing so, it is possible to extract a phrase representing the facility name from the posted article.

  Then, the extracted name and the extracted coordinates are registered in the newly created entry in the point table of the user-specific point data corresponding to the user as the name and coordinates. However, if an entry in which a name / coordinate pair that matches the extracted name / extracted coordinate pair is already registered in the location table, a new entry is not created and registered in the entry. .

  And the data provision part 43 corresponds to the search name of the point table of the point data according to user corresponding to the user who issued the search request in response to the search request specifying the search name from the user of the in-vehicle system 1. The entry in the point table where the name is registered is searched, and the coordinates registered in the searched entry are returned to the in-vehicle system 1.

  Now, returning to FIG. 1, the calendar client 20 of the in-vehicle system 1 stores the calendar in which the user's schedule of the in-vehicle system 1 stored in the memory 21 is stored in the calendar server 5. Synchronize with the user's calendar, display the calendar stored in the memory 21 on the display device 12 via the GUI control unit 23, and edit the schedule to be registered in the displayed calendar according to the operation of the input device 11. Perform processing.

Next, the navigation unit 19 of the in-vehicle system 1 calculates the current position by map matching processing between the output of the vehicle state sensor 14 or the GPS receiver 15 and map data.
In addition, the navigation unit 19 searches for and sets a guidance route to the destination set by the control unit 22 based on the map data stored in the map data storage unit, and guides the guidance route when the destination arrives. Also cancel settings.
Further, the navigation unit 19 generates a guide image in which a graphic representing the current position, the set guidance route and the destination is drawn on the map image indicating the map represented by the map data in the map database 16, and the GUI control unit For example, a process of displaying on the display device 12 via the display 23 is performed.
Hereinafter, the destination setting process performed by the control unit 22 for setting the destination in such a configuration will be described.
FIG. 4 shows the procedure of the destination setting process.
The destination setting process is a process that is performed when the user instructs the start of the destination setting process via the input device 11. As shown in FIG. The desired facility is set as the destination name (step 402).

  Here, the setting of the destination name in step 402 may be performed by setting the name of the facility as the destination name for the character string input using the input device 11, An input device may be provided, and a character string obtained by recognizing the voice spoken by the user may be set as a destination name, or the calendar client 20 may be registered in the calendar stored in the memory 21. Alternatively, a character string representing the first visited place after the current date and time registered in a certain schedule may be set as the destination name.

  Next, when the destination name is set in this way, the facility data in the map database 16 is searched using the destination name as a search key, and the facility name that matches or partially matches the destination name is registered. Existing facility records are extracted from the map database 16 (step 404).

Further, it is checked whether or not the number of search hits, that is, the number of facility records extracted by the search is 0 (step 406).
If the number of hits in the search is not 0, the priority order of the facility records searched in step 404 is higher as the distance from the current position to the position represented by the facility coordinates of each facility record is lower. (Step 408).
Then, it is checked whether or not the number of hits in the search is greater than a predetermined threshold Th (for example, Th = 10) (step 410). If not, the process proceeds to step 416.
On the other hand, if the number of facility records searched in step 404 is greater than the predetermined threshold Th (step 410), a search request specifying the destination name as the search name is issued to the point server 4 to From the server 4, the coordinates registered in the entry of the point table in which the name that matches the destination name is registered among the points in the point table of the point data by user corresponding to the user of the in-vehicle system 1. (Step 412).

  Then, the priority order of each facility record set in step 408 is raised to the highest priority order of the facility record in which the facility coordinates that can be regarded as coincident with the coordinates obtained from the point server 4 are registered ( The process proceeds to step 414) and step 416. In addition, when the facility record searched in step 404 includes a plurality of facility records in which facility coordinates that can be considered to coincide with the coordinates acquired from the point server 4 are included, the priority order between the included facility records is as follows. The smaller the distance from the current position to the position represented by the facility coordinates of each facility record, the higher the setting.

When the process proceeds to step 416, a list in which the combination of the facility name and the facility address of the facility record searched in step 404 is arranged from the top according to the priority order of the facility record is displayed on the display device 12 as a destination candidate list. To do.
If the user performs an operation of selecting a facility as a destination on the destination candidate list (step 418), the coordinates of the selected facility (here, the facility in the facility record of the selected facility) (Coordinates) is set as the destination (step 420), and the destination setting process is terminated.
Next, when it is determined in step 406 that the number of hits for the search is 0, by issuing a search request designating the destination name as the search name to the point server 4, the point server 4 The coordinates registered in the entry of the point table in which the name that matches the destination name among the points in the point table of the user-specific point data corresponding to the user of the in-vehicle system 1 are acquired (step 422). .

  Then, the acquired coordinates are converted into addresses using the address data of the map database 16, the destination name is the facility name, the converted address is the facility address, and a list of pairs of the facility name and address is the destination candidate list. Is displayed on the display device 12 (step 424). In this case, if there are multiple pairs of facility names and addresses to be included in the list, that is, if there are multiple coordinates acquired from the point database, there are more pairs that include addresses corresponding to coordinates closer to the current location. A destination candidate list is generated so as to be arranged above.

If the user selects a facility as a destination on the destination candidate list (step 418), it corresponds to the coordinates of the selected facility (here, the facility address of the selected facility). The coordinates acquired in step 422) are set as the destination (step 420), and the destination setting process is terminated.
The destination setting process has been described above.
An example of such destination setting processing will be described below.
Here, it is assumed that the name of the facility desired to be the destination designated by the user is “first building”, and the “first building” is set as the destination name.
In addition, the user of the in-vehicle system 1 coordinates to the SNS server 3 a post article “Arrive at the first building, XX meeting” from the facility that the user called “the first building” in the past (X ## Assume that you are posting from 1, Y ## 1). Here, in this case, the posted coordinates of the posted article are (X ## 1, Y ## 1), and the user corresponding to the user of the in-vehicle system 1 is processed by the data collection unit 42 of the point server 4 described above. In the point table of the different point data, there are entries in which “first building” and (X ## 1, Y ## 1) are registered as a set of name and coordinates.

  In this case, when the number of facility records obtained by searching the map data in the map database 16 using the destination name “first building” as a search key is 1 or more and a predetermined threshold value Th or less. 5a displays on the display device 12 a candidate destination list 510 in which the facility name and facility address pairs of each facility record retrieved from the facility data are arranged from the top to the bottom near the current position. Is done.

  On the other hand, if the number of facility records obtained by searching the map data in the map database 16 using the destination name “first building” as a search key exceeds a predetermined threshold Th, the destination By issuing a search request designating the name “first building” as a search name to the location server 4, from the location server 4, among the entries in the location table of user-specific location data corresponding to the user of the in-vehicle system 1 The coordinates (X ## 1, Y ## 1) registered in the entry of the location table in which the name that matches the search name “first building” is registered are acquired.

  Here, in the facility record obtained by searching the map data in the map database 16, there is a facility record in which the facility coordinates approximately matching the acquired coordinates (X ## 1, Y ## 1) are registered. It is assumed that the facility name of this facility record is “ALP first building” and the facility address is (XX city XX town XX town 123).

  In this case, the priority order of the facility record of the facility name “ALP first building” is set to the top. Further, as shown in FIG. 5b, a form in which the set of the facility name “ALP first building” and the facility address (XX city XX town 123 in XX prefecture) of the facility record with the highest priority is arranged at the top is provided. Then, the destination candidate list 510 in which the combination of the facility name and facility address of each facility record obtained by searching the map data using the destination name “first building” as a search key is displayed on the display device 12. It will be.

  As a result, even when the user designates the name of the facility as the facility that the user wants to call with the ambiguous name that the user is used to, the ambiguous name is included in the article by the user including the ambiguous name in the past. From the posted article posted from the facility that the user is calling in, the facility specified by the ambiguous name is estimated, and a destination candidate list 510 arranged at a higher level so that the estimated facility can be easily selected as the destination is displayed. Can be displayed.

  If the destination candidate list 510 is displayed as shown in FIGS. 5a and 5b, the facility selection is accepted from the user on the destination candidate list 510 as shown in FIG. 5c, and the “set to destination” button 520 is displayed. If is operated, the facility coordinates of the facility currently selected are set as the destination.

  Next, when the destination name “first building” is used as a search key and the number of facility records obtained by searching the map data in the map database 16 is 0, the destination name “first building” is used. By issuing a search request designated as a search name to the location server 4, the search name “first building” in the location table entry of the user-specific location data corresponding to the user of the in-vehicle system 1 from the location server 4. The coordinates (X ## 1, Y ## 1) registered in the entry of the point table in which the name matching “” is registered.

  Then, referring to the address database, the coordinates (X ## 1, Y ## 1) are converted into an address (XX city XX city XX town 123), and as shown in FIG. 5d, the destination name “first building” And the converted address (XX city XX city XX town 123) as a facility address, a list of pairs of facility names and addresses is displayed on the display device 12 as a destination candidate list 510. In this case, since the facility at the displayed address may not match or partially match the destination name specified by the user, a description such as “Is this facility?” Should be included. The validity of the address displayed on the user himself as the destination of the facility is prompted.

  If the “set to destination” button 520 is operated, the coordinates converted into the address of the facility currently selected are set as the destination. However, in the example shown in FIG. 5d, since only one facility is included in the destination candidate list 510, the one facility is unconditionally handled as the selected facility.

As a result, when the facility corresponding to the ambiguous name designated by the user cannot be searched from the facility data, the user calls the user with the ambiguous name by including the ambiguous name in the past in the article. When there is a posted article posted from a certain facility, the user can set the coordinates of the facility designated by the ambiguous name as the destination.
The embodiment of the present invention has been described above.
By the way, step 412 of the destination setting process of the above embodiment is a process of acquiring all coordinates registered in the point table of the user-specific point data corresponding to the user of the in-vehicle system 1 from the point server 4. Also good.
Here, when there are a plurality of facilities searched from the facility data with the name specified by the user, the facility that the user has visited among the plurality of facilities may be the facility specified by the user Is considered high. Therefore, if the facility that the user has visited is obtained from the posting coordinates of the posted article posted by the user and the destination candidate list 510 in which the obtained facility is arranged is displayed, the user can It is possible to increase the probability that the intended facility can be easily selected as the destination.

  In addition, the processing part of the destination setting processing steps 402-416 and 422-424 in the above embodiment is applied to an arbitrary process for receiving a facility with the name of the facility from the user and specifying the facility represented by the name. Can do. That is, for example, in the case of applying to the process of representing on the map the location of the facility that matches the name specified by the user, the facility selection operation is accepted on the destination candidate list displayed in step 416 or 424 and selected. A map around the operated facility may be displayed together with a mark representing the selected facility location on the map.

  In the above embodiment, the point server 4 uses the posting coordinates of the posted articles of the SNS server to estimate the facility corresponding to the destination name designated by each user, but this is replaced with the SNS server. Alternatively, a photo library on the interface network in which photo data with titles and shooting position information taken by each user is stored may be used.

  That is, in this case, the point server 4 uses the titles of the photos and the shooting position information stored in the photo library instead of the posted articles and the posted coordinates of the SNS server 3, and the point table of each user's point data for each user. Should be created.

  Moreover, you may make it provide the function of the point server 4 in the above embodiment in each vehicle-mounted system 1. However, in this case, each in-vehicle system 1 acquires the timeline data of the account from the SNS server 3 only for the SNS account of the user of the in-vehicle system, and stores it in the point table of the point data for each user of the account. Performs processing to register names and coordinates.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... In-vehicle system, 2 ... Internet, 3 ... SNS server, 4 ... Location server, 5 ... Calendar server, 11 ... Input device, 12 ... Display device, 13 ... Wireless communication device, 14 ... Vehicle state sensor, 15 ... GPS reception 16 ... Map database, 17 ... SNS client, 18 ... Communication control unit, 19 ... Navigation unit, 20 ... Calendar client, 21 ... Memory, 22 ... Control unit, 23 ... GUI control unit, 31 ... Posted article database, 32 ... SNS providing part, 41 ... point database according to user, 42 ... data collecting part, 43 ... data providing part.

Claims (14)

A navigation device for searching and presenting a facility having a facility name that matches a name designated by a user,
A facility database that registers the facility name and location of each facility;
A search unit that searches the facility database for a facility registered with a facility name that matches the name specified by the user of the navigation device ;
It is stored in an SNS (social networking service) server that stores posted articles in association with the posted coordinates by accepting posted articles together with posted coordinates indicating the coordinates of the poster at the time of posting the posted article. A posted coordinate acquisition unit that acquires posted coordinates associated with a posted article posted by the user of the navigation device ;
A list of facilities searched by the search unit is displayed in a form in which the facility position corresponding to the posted coordinates acquired by the posted coordinate acquisition unit is arranged in the higher order in the facility database, and on the list of the facilities And a list display unit that accepts a facility selection from a user of the navigation device. The navigation device according to claim 1,
The posted coordinate acquisition unit is a post associated with a posted article including the name specified by the user of the navigation device among posted articles posted by the user of the navigation device accumulated in the SNS server. A navigation apparatus characterized by acquiring coordinates. The navigation device according to claim 1 or 2,
The posted coordinate acquisition unit acquires the list display unit when the search unit cannot search the facility database for a facility registered with a facility name that matches the name specified by the user of the navigation device. A navigation device characterized by displaying a virtual facility with the posted coordinates as the location of the facility and receiving selection of the facility from a user of the navigation device. The navigation device according to claim 2,
The posted coordinate acquisition unit
Posts posts acquires the posts from the SNS server for storing in association with the posts posts at contributors of accepting posts posted to post coordinates with posts coordinates representing the coordinates of the contributors Each time, the management server that manages the correspondence between the name representing the facility included in the posted article of the poster and the posted coordinates associated with the posted article manages the user of the navigation device as the poster. A navigation device that acquires posted coordinates corresponding to the name designated by a user of the navigation device. The navigation device according to claim 4,
The posted coordinate acquisition unit acquires the list display unit when the search unit cannot search the facility database for a facility registered with a facility name that matches the name specified by the user of the navigation device. A navigation device characterized by displaying a virtual facility with the posted coordinates as the location of the facility and receiving selection of the facility from a user of the navigation device. The navigation device according to claim 1, 2, or 4 ,
A destination setting unit that is registered in the facility database and sets the facility position of the facility that the list display unit has received the selection from the user of the navigation device ;
A navigation apparatus comprising: a route guidance unit that sets a route to a destination set by the destination setting unit as a guidance route and guides traveling along the set guidance route. The navigation device according to claim 3 or 5, wherein
When the list display unit accepts selection of a virtual facility with the post coordinates acquired by the post coordinate acquisition unit as a facility position, a destination setting unit that sets the position of the post coordinates as a destination;
A navigation apparatus comprising: a route guidance unit that sets a route to a destination set by the destination setting unit as a guidance route and guides traveling along the set guidance route. The navigation device according to claim 6 or 7, wherein
A schedule management unit for managing a schedule of a user of the navigation device ;
The search unit uses a name representing a facility registered in a schedule managed by the schedule management unit as the name designated by a user of the navigation device, and a facility registered with a facility name that matches the name A navigation device characterized by searching from a facility database. An information system comprising a navigation device, an SNS (social networking service) server, and a management server accessible by the navigation device via wireless communication,
The SNS server accepts postings of posted articles together with posted coordinates that represent the coordinates of the posters at the time of posting the posted articles and stores posted articles in association with the posted coordinates,
The management server acquires the posted article from the SNS server, and for each contributor, a correspondence between a name representing a facility included in the posted article of the poster and a post coordinate associated with the posted article Manage
The navigation device
A facility database that registers the facility name and location of each facility;
A search unit that searches the facility database for a facility registered with a facility name that matches the name specified by the user of the navigation device ;
The management server manages the user of the navigation device as a contributor, the posted coordinate acquisition unit that acquires the posted coordinates corresponding to the name specified by the user of the navigation device ,
A list of facilities searched by the search unit is displayed in a form in which the facility position corresponding to the posted coordinates acquired by the posted coordinate acquisition unit is arranged in the higher order in the facility database, and on the list of the facilities And a list display unit that accepts a facility selection from a user of the navigation device . An information system according to claim 9, wherein
The list display unit of the navigation device, when the search unit is unable to search the facility database for a facility registered with a facility name that matches the name specified by the user of the navigation device , the posting An information system characterized by displaying a virtual facility whose post position is acquired by a coordinate acquisition unit and receiving a selection of the facility from a user of the navigation device . An information system according to claim 9 , wherein
The navigation device
A destination setting unit that is registered in the facility database and sets the facility position of the facility that the list display unit has received the selection from the user of the navigation device ;
An information system comprising: a route guidance unit that sets a route to the destination set by the destination setting unit as a guidance route and guides traveling along the set guidance route. The information system according to claim 10,
The navigation device
When the list display unit accepts selection of a virtual facility with the post coordinates acquired by the post coordinate acquisition unit as a facility position, a destination setting unit that sets the position of the post coordinates as a destination;
An information system comprising: a route guidance unit that sets a route to the destination set by the destination setting unit as a guidance route and guides traveling along the set guidance route. The information system according to claim 11 or 12,
The navigation device includes a schedule management unit that manages a schedule of a user of the navigation device ,
The search unit of the navigation device registers the name of the facility registered in the schedule managed by the schedule management unit as the name specified by the user of the navigation device, and the facility name that matches the name is registered. The information system characterized by searching the said facility database from the said facility database. A computer program that is read and executed by a computer,
A computer program for causing the computer to function as the navigation device according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8.