JP5905227B2 - Navigation device and automatic check-in method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a navigation device and an automatic check-in method, and more particularly, to a device for controlling a check-in function that informs the user of the current location on social media on the web using a GPS mounted on a mobile terminal. .

  2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, mobile terminals that combine the functions of mobile phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs) have been provided. This type of mobile terminal is called a smartphone, and has not only a normal call function but also an execution function for various applications that the PDA is good at. The smartphone also has a function of connecting to the Internet and can download a desired application via the Internet.

  Some applications that can be downloaded to smartphones work in conjunction with the Internet. For example, there is an application that provides a check-in service. The check-in service is a service that can inform a social media of a location where the user is currently using GPS installed in a smartphone.

  Social media is a community-based information exchange medium formed on the web, and has a mechanism that allows two-way conversations between users belonging to the community. Many social media have various ways to promote connections between users, and are characterized by being able to visually grasp each other's relationships.

  The procedure for performing “check-in” in the above-described check-in service is as follows. First, the user activates an application for a check-in service. Then, the GPS automatically recognizes the current location, and a list of facilities in the vicinity is displayed. The user selects the facility where he / she is from the list and presses the check-in button. By checking in in this way, you can easily communicate on social media based on where you are.

  In addition, in a navigation apparatus that performs vehicle travel guidance, a technique has been proposed in which when a destination is reached, the position of the destination is transmitted to an information center such as a server via a mobile phone (for example, Patent Document 1). reference).

JP 2002-303528 A

  In order to use the check-in service of the smartphone, the user must perform a plurality of operations such as starting an application, selecting a facility, and pressing a check-in button. For example, there is a problem that the above-described multiple operations must be performed on the smartphone even when the destination facility is reached using the travel guidance of the navigation device.

  The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and enables easy check-in without troublesome operations when arriving at a set destination facility. For the purpose.

In order to solve the above-described problem, in the navigation device of the present invention , when it is detected that the destination of the set guidance route has been reached, an activation command for an application that provides a check-in function is sent to the smartphone. In addition to outputting, the location information of the destination and the facility name information are provided to the smartphone application. Furthermore, in another aspect of the present invention, after the destination location information and the facility name information are provided to the smartphone application, a check-in button pressing command is provided to the smartphone application.

  According to the present invention configured as described above, upon arrival at the destination facility, application activation and facility selection (designation of facility location information and facility name information) necessary for check-in are automatically performed. To be done. Further, according to another feature of the present invention, in addition to this, the check-in button is automatically pressed. Therefore, when the user arrives at the destination facility, the user does not have to perform operations related to application activation, facility selection, and check-in button pressing, and check-in can be performed easily.

It is a block diagram which shows the function structural example of the navigation apparatus provided with the function of the automatic check-in apparatus by this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the operation example of the automatic check-in control by the navigation apparatus of this embodiment.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration example of a navigation device 10 having the function of an automatic check-in device according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the navigation device 10 of the present embodiment includes a map data storage unit 1, a current location detection unit 2, a destination setting unit 3, a route search unit 4, a guidance route storage unit 5, a travel guide unit 6, a purpose. A terrestrial storage unit 7, an arrival detection unit 8, and a check-in control unit 9 are provided.

  In addition, an operation unit 11 and a display unit 12 are connected to the navigation device 10. Furthermore, the smartphone 20 is detachably connected to the navigation device 10. It is assumed that an application that provides a check-in function (hereinafter referred to as a check-in application) is installed on the smartphone 20.

  The operation unit 11 is used by the user to set various information (for example, a destination of a guidance route) or perform various operations on the navigation device 10. The operation unit 11 is configured by, for example, a remote controller, a touch panel, an operation switch, or the like. The display unit 12 is for displaying various images (for example, a map image around the own vehicle, images of various operation screens, and the like), and is configured by a liquid crystal display, for example.

  The map data storage unit 1 stores map data including road data representing roads and facility data representing various facilities facing the roads, and is configured by a recording medium such as a hard disk. Although a hard disk is used here as a recording medium for storing map data, other recording media such as a DVD-ROM, a CD-ROM, and a semiconductor memory may be used.

  The road data is data necessary for various processes such as map matching and route search. This road data includes link information related to road links corresponding to individual vectors when the road is divided into a plurality of vectors and node information related to nodes corresponding to both end points of each road link. Contains. Facility data is data including location information and facility name information of various facilities. The facility indicated by the facility data can be set as the destination of the guidance route.

  The current location detection unit 2 detects the current location of the vehicle at predetermined intervals, and includes a self-contained navigation sensor, a GPS receiver, a position calculation CPU, and the like. The self-contained navigation sensor includes a vehicle speed sensor (distance sensor) that outputs a single pulse for each predetermined travel distance to detect the moving distance of the vehicle, and an angular velocity sensor (relative bearing sensor) such as a vibration gyro that detects the rotation angle of the vehicle. ). The self-contained navigation sensor detects the relative position and direction of the vehicle using these vehicle speed sensor and angular velocity sensor.

  The position calculation CPU calculates an absolute own vehicle device (estimated vehicle position) and a vehicle direction based on relative position and direction data output from the self-contained navigation sensor. The GPS receiver receives radio waves transmitted from a plurality of GPS satellites by a GPS antenna and performs a three-dimensional positioning process or a two-dimensional positioning process to calculate the absolute position and direction of the vehicle (the vehicle direction is The calculation is based on the current vehicle position and the current vehicle position one sampling time ΔT before).

  The destination setting unit 3 sets a point designated through the operation of the operation unit 11 by the user as a destination on the destination setting operation screen displayed on the display unit 12. This destination setting is performed using facility data stored in the map data storage unit 1. When the destination is set by the destination setting unit 3, the location information and the facility name information of the facility set as the destination are stored in the destination storage unit 7.

  The route search unit 4 is set by the destination setting unit 3 and stored in the destination storage unit 7 from the current location detected by the current location detection unit 2 using the map data stored in the map data storage unit 1. The route with the lowest cost connecting to the destination is searched. The guide route storage unit 5 temporarily stores the data of the guide route searched by the route search unit 4.

  The travel guide unit 6 is based on the map data stored in the map data storage unit 1, the current location data detected by the current location detection unit 2, and the guidance route data stored in the guidance route storage unit 5. Provide guidance route guidance. Specifically, the travel guide unit 6 displays the guidance route thickly in a color different from other roads on the map image, and displays an enlarged view of the intersection at the guidance intersection, thereby providing the travel guidance to the destination. Do.

  The arrival detection unit 8 includes the destination data (position information) set by the destination setting unit 3 and stored in the destination storage unit 7 and the current location data (position information) detected by the current location detection unit 2. Based on this, it is detected whether the vehicle has arrived at the destination. Specifically, when the current location data substantially matches the destination data, the arrival detection unit 8 determines that the vehicle has arrived at the destination.

  The check-in control unit 9 transmits a check-in application activation command to the smartphone 20 when the arrival detection unit 8 detects arrival at the destination. Further, the check-in control unit 9 transmits the location information and facility name information of the destination stored in the destination storage unit 7 to the smartphone 20 as information to be provided to the check-in application activated in response to the activation command. After that, a check-in button pressing command is transmitted to the smartphone 20.

  On the smartphone 20 side, the check-in application is activated in response to the activation command sent from the navigation device 10. The activated check-in application automatically recognizes the current location using GPS, and lists location information and facility name information of facilities in the vicinity of the current location as candidates.

  After that, the check-in application automatically selects a facility that matches the destination from a plurality of candidate facilities listed based on the location information and facility name information sent from the navigation device 10. To do. Furthermore, the check-in application executes a check-in button pressing operation in accordance with a pressing command sent from the navigation device 10.

  Next, the operation of automatic check-in control in the navigation device 10 configured as described above will be described. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation example of automatic check-in control according to the present embodiment. The flowchart shown in FIG. 2 starts when the guidance route data searched by the route search unit 4 is stored in the guidance route storage unit 5 and the travel guidance is started by the travel guide unit 6.

  After the start of travel guidance by the travel guide unit 6, the current location detection unit 2 detects the current location of the vehicle (step S1). Then, the arrival detection unit 8 is based on the location information of the destination of the guidance route set by the destination setting unit 3 and stored in the destination storage unit 7 and the location information of the current location detected by the current location detection unit 2. Then, it is determined whether or not the vehicle has arrived at the destination (step S2).

  If the arrival detection unit 8 determines that the vehicle has not yet arrived at the destination, the process returns to step S1. On the other hand, when the arrival detection unit 8 determines that the vehicle has arrived at the destination, the arrival detection unit 8 notifies the check-in control unit 9 to that effect. Upon receiving this notification, the check-in control unit 9 transmits a check-in application activation command to the smartphone 20 (step S3).

  Thereafter, the check-in control unit 9 transmits the location information and facility name information of the destination stored in the destination storage unit 7 to the smartphone 20 in order to provide the check-in application (step S4). Furthermore, the check-in control unit 9 transmits a check-in button pressing command to the smartphone 20 to provide the check-in application to the check-in application (step S5), and ends the process of the flowchart shown in FIG.

  As described above in detail, in this embodiment, when the vehicle arrives at the facility set as the destination of the guidance route in the navigation device 10, a check-in application activation command is sent from the navigation device 10 to the smartphone 20. Send. Further, destination location information and facility name information, and a check-in button pressing command are transmitted to the smartphone 20 to be provided to the check-in application.

  According to this embodiment configured as described above, when the vehicle arrives at the destination facility, activation of the check-in application on the smartphone 20, selection of the facility (designation of the location information and facility name information of the facility), and the check-in button Is automatically pressed. Therefore, when the user arrives at the destination facility, the user does not have to perform operations related to application activation, facility selection, and check-in button pressing, and check-in can be performed easily.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the navigation device 10 having the route guidance function and the smartphone 20 are connected and used has been described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the present invention can also be applied to a navigation application used in place of the navigation device 10 by installing an application (hereinafter referred to as a navigation application) that provides a route guidance function in the smartphone 20. That is, the navigation application of the smartphone 20 may have the functions of the arrival detection unit 8 and the check-in control unit 9.

  In addition, each of the above-described embodiments is merely an example of implementation in carrying out the present invention, and the technical scope of the present invention should not be construed in a limited manner. That is, the present invention can be implemented in various forms without departing from the gist or the main features thereof.

2 current location detection unit 3 destination setting unit 7 destination storage unit 8 arrival detection unit 9 check-in control unit 10 navigation device 20 smartphone

Claims (3)

A navigation device equipped with a check-in function capable of notifying the current location of the user to the social media of the Internet based on the data of the current location detected by the current location detection unit,
An arrival detection unit that detects whether or not the vehicle has arrived at the destination based on the data on the destination of the guidance route set by the destination setting unit and the data on the current location detected by the current location detection unit;
When it is detected that has arrived at the destination by the arrival detection unit, and outputs a start-up command of the application that provides the check-in function to the smart phone, the location information and the facility name information of the destination A navigation device comprising: a check-in control unit provided to the application of the smartphone . The check-in control unit, after providing the destination position information and facility name information to the application of the smartphone , provides a check-in button pressing command to the application of the smartphone. The navigation device according to 1. An automatic check-in method provided by a navigation device equipped with a check-in function capable of notifying the social location of the Internet based on the data of the current location detected by the current location detection unit, the user's current location,
The arrival detection unit of the navigation device detects whether or not the vehicle has arrived at the destination based on the destination data of the guidance route set by the destination setting unit and the data of the current location detected by the current location detection unit A first step to:
When it is detected that the vehicle has arrived at the destination, the check-in control unit of the navigation device outputs an activation command for an application providing the check-in function to the smartphone, and the location information of the destination And a second step of providing facility name information to the application of the smartphone and then providing a command for pressing a check-in button to the application of the smartphone .

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