JP6005474B2 - Information processing system, information processing terminal, information processing method, and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a system including a navigation device for searching for a route and the like.

  Conventionally, there has been an algorithm for determining the shortest path called Dijkstra's Algorithm (see, for example, Non-Patent Document 1). The Dijkstra method is a method in which the shortest route is checked while calculating distances in the order of short distances radially from the starting point. The Dijkstra method is an algorithm in which the route becomes the shortest route when a destination point is reached. Furthermore, in the Dijkstra method, the required memory amount and processing time increase in proportion to the number of links and nodes. Note that a node is a point on the map. A link is a line connecting nodes.

  Conventionally, there has been an algorithm for determining the shortest path called an A * algorithm (see, for example, Non-Patent Document 2). The A * algorithm is an algorithm that efficiently solves the shortest path problem when the estimated value h * (n) of the distance from each vertex n to the goal is known. The A * algorithm is an idea in which a predicted distance is added to the Dijkstra method, and the arrival step to the destination point is shorter than the Dijkstra method. Further, in the A * algorithm, since the predicted distance is included, there is a possibility that the route will not be the shortest route when the destination point is reached. In the A * algorithm, priority is given to reaching the destination, and the memory capacity and processing time can be reduced.

"Dijkstra method (shortest path problem)", [online], [searched on February 17, 2011], Internet <URL: http://www.deqnotes.net/acmicpc/dijkstra/> "A *" [online], [Search February 17, 2011], Internet <URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A*>

  However, conventionally, there has been a problem that the user cannot output appropriate information to the navigation device. For example, the user can cause the navigation device to output a result of route search, a map of the current location, etc., but information related to a destination that is not used for route search, etc. Could not be output from.

  The information processing system of the present invention is an information processing system including one or more information processing terminals and a navigation device, and the information processing terminal is one or more pieces of information transmitted to the navigation device, Destination designation information that is information for designating one or more destination related information that is information that is related to the destination designated by the destination designation information and that is not used for acquisition of the destination by the navigation device; A transmission information receiving unit that receives one or more transmission information that is information having a destination, and a destination setting command that is a command that is transmitted to the navigation device and causes the navigation device to set a destination A command storage unit that stores a first command that is a command, a transmission instruction reception unit that receives a first transmission command that is an instruction to transmit the first command, The navigation device includes a transmission unit that associates the first command indicated by the first transmission instruction received by the instruction reception unit with the transmission information received by the transmission information reception unit and transmits the information to the navigation device. A receiving unit that receives a first command to be transmitted and transmission information, and a destination indicated by the destination designation information included in the transmission information in accordance with a destination setting command included in the first command received by the receiving unit. It is an information processing system provided with the process part which performs the process to set, the output part which outputs the process result which the process part performed, and the destination relevant information which transmission information has.

  With this configuration, it is possible to cause the navigation device to output information related to the destination that is not used to acquire the destination, and to allow the navigation device to output appropriate information.

  In the information processing system of the present invention, in the information processing system, the first command is destination designation information transmitted in association with the first command and the first command when the navigation device arrives at the destination. And at least one of the destination related information is a command having a delete command that is a command to delete from the navigation device, and the processing unit receives the first command received by the receiving unit when the navigation device arrives at the destination The information processing system is configured to delete the first command and at least one of the destination designation information and the destination related information associated with the first command in accordance with the deletion command.

  With this configuration, when the user arrives at the destination, the first command and at least one of the destination designation information and the destination related information can be deleted from the navigation device, and the user's privacy can be protected.

  In the information processing system of the present invention, in the information processing system, the information processing terminal includes a transmission information storage unit in which one or more transmission information is stored, and transmission information stored in the transmission information storage unit. A selection instruction reception unit that receives a selection instruction that is an instruction to select one or more, and the transmission information reception unit reads transmission information indicated by the selection instruction received by the selection instruction reception unit from the transmission information storage unit, An information processing system that receives transmission information indicated by a selection instruction.

  With this configuration, the transmission information selected by the user from the transmission information stored in advance can be transmitted in association with the first command, and the convenience of operation can be improved. For example, if the user accumulates one or more pieces of transmission information in the transmission information storage unit in advance, the user can select one of the transmission information according to the selection instruction when boarding a taxi. A destination can be set easily and quickly in the navigation device 2.

  The information processing system of the present invention further includes a position setting information receiving unit that receives position setting information having information specifying a position and information related to the position in the information processing system, and the command storage unit includes Is a command for outputting information related to the position of the position setting information when the position indicated by the information specifying the position of the position setting information is the position in the area where the navigation device is currently located. Two instructions are further stored, the transmission instruction reception unit further receives a second transmission instruction that is an instruction to transmit the second instruction, and the transmission unit further determines the second transmission instruction received by the transmission instruction reception unit. In response, the second command and the position setting information received by the position setting information receiving unit are associated and transmitted to the navigation device, and the receiving unit further receives the second command and the position setting information. In accordance with the second command received by the receiving unit, the processing unit acquires position information indicated by the information specifying the position included in the position setting information associated with the second command, and the position is the current position of the navigation device. The output unit determines whether the position is within the area, and the output unit receives the position received by the receiving unit when the processing unit determines that the position indicated by the information specifying the position is within the area where the navigation device is currently located. It is an information processing system that outputs information related to a position included in setting information.

  With this configuration, when there is a position indicated by the position designation information in the area including the current position, position related information corresponding to the position designation information can be output, and the position related information registered by the user can be output at an appropriate position. Can be output.

  An information processing terminal of the present invention is an information processing terminal constituting an information processing system including one or more information processing terminals and a navigation device, and is one or more pieces of information transmitted to the navigation device. Destination designation information which is information for designating a destination and one or more destination related information which is information related to the destination designated by the destination designation information and which is not used for acquisition of the destination by the navigation device A transmission information receiving unit that receives one or more pieces of transmission information that is information including: a destination setting command that is a command that is transmitted to the navigation device and causes the navigation device to set a destination A command storage unit that stores a first command that is a command, a transmission instruction reception unit that receives a first transmission command that is an instruction to transmit the first command, A first command indicating the first transmission instruction to signal instruction accepting unit accepts an information processing terminal that includes a transmission unit that associates the transmission information transmitting information receiving unit receives and transmits to the navigation apparatus.

  With this configuration, it is possible to cause the navigation device to output information related to the destination that is not used to acquire the destination, and to allow the navigation device to output appropriate information.

  A navigation device according to the present invention is a navigation device that constitutes an information processing system including one or more information processing terminals and a navigation device, and is a command transmitted by the information processing terminal. A first command that is a command having a destination setting command that is a command for setting a destination, destination designation information that is information for designating a destination, and information related to a destination designated by the destination designation information. A receiving unit that receives one or more transmission information that is information including one or more destination-related information that is information that is not used for acquiring a destination by the navigation device, and a first command received by the receiving unit is In accordance with the destination setting command, the processing unit for performing the processing for setting the destination using the destination indicated by the destination designation information included in the transmission information, and the processing performed by the processing unit Result, a navigation device provided with an output section for outputting the destination-related information included in the transmission information.

  With this configuration, it is possible to output information related to the destination that is not used for acquiring the destination, and output appropriate information to the navigation device.

  According to the information processing system and the like according to the present invention, it is possible to cause the navigation device to output appropriate information.

Block diagram of an information processing system in an embodiment of the present invention A flowchart for explaining the operation of the information processing terminal of the information processing system A flowchart for explaining the operation of the navigation device of the information processing system Conceptual diagram of the information processing system The figure which shows the transmission information management information of the information processing system The figure which shows the example of a display of the input interface image of the information processing system The figure which shows the example of a display of the list of transmission information of the information processing system The figure which shows the example of a display of the menu screen of the information processing system The figure which shows the example of a display of the information processing system The figure which shows the example of a display of the input interface of the information processing system The figure which shows the example of a display of the position relevant information of the information processing system The figure which shows the example of a display of the input interface of the information processing system The figure which shows an example of the source of the WEB page which the information processing terminal of the information processing system is displaying The figure which shows an example of the external appearance of the computer system in embodiment of this invention The figure which shows an example of a structure of the computer system

  Hereinafter, embodiments of an information processing system and the like will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, since the component which attached | subjected the same code | symbol in embodiment performs the same operation | movement, description may be abbreviate | omitted again.

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FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an information processing system 1000 in the present embodiment.

  The information processing system 1000 includes an information processing terminal 1 and a navigation device 2. The information processing terminal 1 and the navigation device 2 are connected so that information can be transmitted and received by, for example, a wireless network such as a wireless LAN or wireless communication such as Bluetooth (registered trademark). However, the information processing terminal 1 and the navigation device may be connected by wired communication or the like, or may be connected so as to be communicable by infrared communication or the like.

  The information processing terminal 1 includes a transmission information storage unit 100, a selection instruction reception unit 101, a transmission information reception unit 102, a position setting information reception unit 103, a command storage unit 104, a transmission instruction reception unit 105, and a transmission unit 106.

  The navigation device 2 includes a reception unit 200, a reception information storage unit 201, a map information storage unit 202, a current position acquisition unit 203, a processing unit 204, and an output unit 205.

  The information processing terminal 1 is, for example, a portable information terminal, a mobile communication device such as a mobile phone, a so-called smartphone, a tablet terminal, a portable game machine having a communication function, a portable music player, a computer, or the like. The information processing terminal 1 is preferably portable.

  The transmission information storage unit 100 stores one or more transmission information. The transmission information is one or more information transmitted to the navigation device 2. The transmission information is information having destination designation information and one or more destination related information.

  The destination designation information is information for designating the destination. The destination is, for example, a destination when the user moves. The destination designation information is information used for setting the destination in the navigation device, for example. For example, the destination may be a destination used when the navigation device 2 performs a route search. The same applies to the following. The destination designation information is destination location information (for example, coordinates indicated by a combination of latitude and longitude), an address, a landmark name, and the like. The destination designation information may be information as long as it is possible to designate the destination as a result. For example, the destination designation information may be information from which the location information of the destination can be acquired by searching for a telephone number or a URL. .

  The destination related information is information related to the destination indicated by the destination designation information included in the transmission information having the destination related information, and is information output from the navigation device 2. The destination related information is, for example, information that is not used for acquiring the destination by the navigation device 2. The information that is not used for acquiring the destination is, for example, information other than the destination designation information or information that the navigation device 2 cannot acquire the destination even if the navigation device 2 performs a process such as a normal search. Here, obtaining the destination is, for example, obtaining information indicating the position of the destination. The destination related information is, for example, image information related to the destination. The image indicated by the image information may be a still image or a moving image. The image information related to the destination is, for example, image information such as a photograph or an illustration showing the destination and its surroundings, and a map around the destination. The map around the destination may be, for example, a schematic map such as a guide map around the destination or a tourist map. Further, for example, the image information related to the destination may be a photograph taken of a famous destination. If the destination is a restaurant, the image information related to the destination is a picture related to the destination, a picture of the inside or outside of the destination restaurant, a picture of a signboard, or a food or drink provided at the restaurant. It may be a photograph or an image of a restaurant menu. Further, for example, the destination related information is a character string related to the destination, and is a character string in which the destination cannot be acquired by processing such as search. For example, the destination related information is text that describes the destination and does not include a term that is directly related to the destination. The destination related information may be information such as a WEB page related to the destination, a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the WEB page, an email, or the like.

  A pair of destination related information and destination designation information included in one transmission information is, for example, a pair of a photograph taken by a camera (not shown) and position information acquired by the camera at the shooting position. May be. The position information acquired by the camera at the shooting position is the coordinates of the shooting position acquired by the GPS device or the like of the camera. The position information acquired by the camera at the shooting position is stored in, for example, EXIF (Exchangeable image file format) information of image information shot by the camera. The position information indicating the shooting position is also called a geotag, for example. A camera (not shown) may be provided in the information processing terminal 1. In addition, the position information of the shooting position of the camera is obtained by means of a GPS receiver or the like (not shown) for acquiring the current position information provided in the information processing terminal 1, which is acquired at the time of shooting. It may be used. As a means for acquiring the current position information, one having the same configuration as that of a current position acquisition unit 203 of the navigation device 2 described later can be used.

  Further, the set of destination designation information and destination related information included in one transmission information may be as follows. For example, this group includes location information automatically acquired in accordance with a user's instruction from information on one WEB page being browsed by the user, destination designation information such as an address and a telephone number, and the URL and A pair with destination related information which is one or more pieces of image information acquired from the WEB page may be used. Such a set of information is obtained from, for example, information on the WEB page (for example, the source of the WEB page) output by a means (not shown) for outputting the WEB page of the information processing terminal 1 or the like. A means (not shown) for automatically acquiring the transmission information may be automatically acquired and stored in the transmission information storage unit 100. For example, when a user inputs an instruction to acquire transmission information from a browsing WEB page, the means for automatically acquiring the transmission information acquires destination designation information in the source of the WEB page being output. A portion that matches the pattern designated in advance is detected. Then, information arranged at a predetermined position in the detected pattern, or information on a position having a predetermined positional relationship with a portion matching the pattern is acquired as destination designation information. For example, this automatic acquisition means detects a tag to which identification information specified in advance is given, and acquires an element of this tag as destination specifying information. The means for automatically acquiring, for example, similarly acquires and accumulates destination related information (for example, image information). The automatic acquisition means may acquire destination designation information or destination related information from one mail, one document, or the like instead of one WEB page.

  Note that information such as a WEB page, mail, and document having destination designation information and destination related information may be considered as transmission information here.

  In addition, information that can acquire destination designation information and destination related information as a result may be considered as transmission information here. For example, the transmission information may be considered as the URL of a WEB page having destination designation information and destination related information, or link information to a mail or document having destination designation information and destination related information.

  The process in which transmission information is stored in the transmission information storage unit 100 does not matter. For example, transmission information input by a user using an input interface screen or an input device (not shown) may be accumulated in the transmission information storage unit 100. Further, transmission information received via a communication line or the like may be accumulated in the transmission information storage unit 100.

  The transmission information storage unit 100 is preferably a non-volatile recording medium, but can also be realized by a volatile recording medium. Further, the storage here is a concept including temporary storage. The same applies to the following storage units.

  The selection instruction receiving unit 101 receives a selection instruction that is an instruction to select one or more of the transmission information stored in the transmission information storage unit 100. For example, the selection instruction may be considered as information specifying one or two or more pieces of transmission information as transmission information to be transmitted to the navigation device 2 in association with a command to be described later.

  Accepting selection instructions refers to accepting information input from input devices such as a keyboard, mouse, and touch panel, receiving information transmitted via a wired or wireless communication line, recording on an optical disk, magnetic disk, semiconductor memory, etc. It is a concept including reception of information read from a medium. The selection instruction input means may be anything such as a numeric keypad, a keyboard, a mouse, or a menu screen. The selection instruction receiving unit 101 can be realized by a device driver for input means such as a numeric keypad or a keyboard, control software for a menu screen, or the like.

  The transmission information receiving unit 102 receives one or more transmission information. The transmission information receiving unit 102 receives transmission information input from a user via an input device such as a keyboard or a touch panel, for example. The transmission information receiving unit 102 may receive transmission information from another device (not shown) or the like via a wireless or wired network, a communication line, or the like. Further, the transmission information receiving unit 102 may receive the transmission information indicated by the selection instruction by reading out the transmission information indicated by the selection instruction received by the selection instruction receiving unit 101 from the transmission information storage unit 100. Reading of transmission information from the transmission information storage unit 100 may also be considered as reception here.

  The transmission information receiving unit 102 receives information such as a WEB page, mail, and document having destination designation information and destination related information, and transmits a set of destination designation information and destination related information from this information. It may be acquired as information. Obtaining transmission information as a result in this way may be considered as reception of transmission information here. For example, information provided with a tag specified in advance may be acquired as destination designation information or destination related information from a WEB page or the like. For example, a tag provided with identification information designated in advance may be acquired as destination designation information or destination related information. Further, a character string having an appearance pattern of a character string designated in advance or a character string associated with the appearance pattern may be acquired as destination designation information or destination related information from a WEB page or the like. For example, the transmission information receiving unit 102 may acquire a character string up to a line feed code after the character string “address:” as destination designation information. Further, for example, the transmission information receiving unit 102 may acquire the largest image arranged on the WEB page as the destination related information.

  Accepting here means accepting information input from input devices such as a keyboard, mouse, touch panel, receiving information sent via a wired or wireless communication line, recording on an optical disc, magnetic disc, semiconductor memory, etc. It is a concept including reception of information read from a medium.

  The transmission information input means may be anything such as a numeric keypad, a keyboard, a mouse, or a menu screen. The transmission information receiving unit 102 can be realized by a device driver for input means such as a numeric keypad or a keyboard, control software for a menu screen, or the like.

  The position setting information receiving unit 103 receives one or more position setting information. The position setting information is information including information specifying a position (hereinafter referred to as position specifying information) and information related to the position (hereinafter referred to as position related information). The position designated by the position designation information is, for example, a position other than the destination indicated by the destination designation information included in the transmission information received by the transmission information receiving unit 102. The position designation information is the same information as the information for designating the destination described above. The position related information is a photograph taken at a position designated by the position designation information included in the position setting information having the position related information, a character string or an image related to the position, and the like. For example, the information related to the position may be image information indicating a special product at this position. A set of one or more position designation information and one or more position related information included in one position setting information includes, for example, a photograph taken by a camera (not shown), and a shooting position of the camera. It may be a set with position information (for example, geotag) automatically acquired in step (1). The position here may be a single point or a region including the periphery of the single point. For example, the position here may be a region having a predetermined size and shape including one point.

  Accepting here means accepting information input from input devices such as a keyboard, mouse, touch panel, receiving information sent via a wired or wireless communication line, recording on an optical disc, magnetic disc, semiconductor memory, etc. It is a concept including reception of information read from a medium.

  The transmission information input means may be anything such as a numeric keypad, a keyboard, a mouse, or a menu screen. The transmission information receiving unit 102 can be realized by a device driver for input means such as a numeric keypad or a keyboard, control software for a menu screen, or the like.

  The instruction storage unit 104 stores one or more first instructions. The first command is a command that is transmitted to the navigation device 2 and has a destination setting command that is a command that causes the navigation device 2 to set a destination. One first command may include two or more commands including a destination setting command. The first command stored in the command storage unit 104 is, for example, a command that causes the processing unit 204 of the navigation device 2 to execute a predetermined process including at least a process of setting a destination. The destination setting command is, for example, a command for causing the navigation device 2 to search for a route, outputting a map of the destination, or setting a destination to be used when searching for destination information.

  The destination setting command is, for example, a command for setting the destination indicated by the destination setting information included in the transmission information transmitted in association with the destination setting command as the destination of processing performed by the navigation device 2. is there.

  The first command is, for example, using the destination set using the destination setting information in addition to the destination setting information to the navigation device 2 to the route from the current location or the position specified by the user to the destination You may have the command etc. which perform a search. Further, the first command may include an instruction for causing the navigation device 2 to display a map around the destination set using the destination setting information.

  Further, the first command may further include a deletion command in addition to the destination setting information. When the navigation device 2 arrives at the destination, the deletion command navigates at least one of the first command having the deletion command and the destination designation information and the destination related information transmitted in association with the first command. This is an instruction to delete from the device 2. The destination designation information and the destination related information transmitted in association with the first command are the destination designation information and the destination related information included in the transmission information transmitted to the navigation device 2 in association with the first command. It is. The delete command may be a command for deleting transmission information transmitted in association with the first command.

  The instruction storage unit 104 may further store a second instruction. The second command is used when the position indicated by the position designation information included in the position setting information transmitted to the navigation device 2 in association with the command is a position in the area where the navigation device 2 is currently located. This is a command for causing the apparatus 2 to output position related information included in the position setting information. The region where the navigation device 2 is currently located is, for example, a region having a current position of the navigation device 2 and a predesignated size and shape including the current position. For example, the region where the navigation device 2 is currently located is a rectangular or circular region of a predesignated size centered on the current position of the navigation device 2. Moreover, the area | region which the map containing the present position currently output by the navigation apparatus 2 shows may be sufficient. The area where the navigation device 2 is currently located is, for example, an area that is sequentially set with reference to the coordinates of the current position of the navigation device 2 or the like.

  The transmission instruction receiving unit 105 receives a first transmission instruction. The first transmission instruction is an instruction to transmit one or more first instructions stored in the instruction storage unit 104. This first transmission instruction may include an operation for designating one or more first commands to be transmitted. However, when the first command is not specified, the transmission instruction receiving unit 105 may receive a transmission command for transmitting a command specified by default or a command transmitted immediately before. The first transmission instruction may be considered as an instruction to transmit the transmission information specified by the selection instruction received by the selection instruction receiving unit 101 and one or more instructions.

  The transmission instruction receiving unit 105 further receives a second transmission instruction. The second transmission instruction is an instruction to transmit an instruction stored in the instruction storage unit 104. The second transmission instruction may be considered as an instruction to transmit the position setting information received by the position setting information receiving unit 103 and the second command.

  Accepting here means accepting information input from input devices such as a keyboard, mouse, touch panel, receiving information sent via a wired or wireless communication line, recording on an optical disc, magnetic disc, semiconductor memory, etc. It is a concept including reception of information read from a medium.

  The input means for the first transmission instruction and the second transmission instruction may be anything such as a touch panel, a keyboard, a mouse, or a menu screen. The transmission instruction receiving unit 105 can be realized by a device driver of an input unit such as a touch panel or a keyboard, or control software for a menu screen.

  The transmission unit 106 transmits the first command indicated by the first transmission instruction received by the transmission instruction reception unit 105 and the transmission information received by the transmission information reception unit 102 to the navigation apparatus 2 in association with each other. Note that the first command indicated by the first transmission instruction is not necessarily the first command explicitly indicated by the first transmission instruction. For example, when the first transmission instruction does not have information specifying the first instruction, the first instruction specified by default may be considered as the first instruction indicated by the first transmission instruction. In addition, when there is only one first command stored in the command storage unit 104 and the first transmission instruction does not include information specifying the first command, only one first command is stored. The first command indicated by the first transmission instruction may be considered.

  The transmission unit 106 further transmits the second command and the position setting information received by the position setting information receiving unit 103 in association with each other in accordance with the second transmission instruction received by the transmission instruction receiving unit 105 and transmits the second command to the navigation device 2. To do.

  The transmitting unit 106 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication unit, but may be realized by a broadcasting unit. The transmission unit 106 may or may not include a communication device.

  The navigation device 2 is a device that outputs, for example, information related to the movement of the user. The information relating to movement is, for example, information such as a map relating to a destination of movement, information relating to a movement route, and information such as a map of the current location. The navigation device 2 is, for example, a so-called car navigation device or a portable navigation device. In addition, here, a portable information terminal having a navigation function, a mobile phone, a so-called smartphone, or the like may be considered as a navigation device.

  The receiving unit 200 receives the first command and transmission information transmitted from the information processing terminal 1. Specifically, the receiving unit 200 receives a set of a first command and transmission information associated with the first command. The receiving unit 200 receives the second command and the position setting information transmitted from the information processing terminal 1. Specifically, the receiving unit 200 receives a set of a second command and position setting information associated with the second command. The receiving unit 200 accumulates the received combination of the first command and the transmission information in the received information storage unit 201. In addition, the reception unit 200 accumulates the received combination of the second command and the transmission information in the reception information storage unit 201.

  When the receiving unit 200 receives a WEB page, mail, document, or a photograph image having shooting position information as transmission information, the receiving unit 200 receives the destination designation information and the destination from the received WEB page. Related information may be acquired as transmission information. The process in which the receiving unit 200 obtains the destination designation information and the destination related information from the WEB page or the like is performed, for example, by the transmission information receiving unit 102 receiving the destination designation information and the destination related information from the WEB page or the like. This is the same as the processing to acquire.

  Further, when the transmission information received by the receiving unit 200 is the URL of the WEB page, the receiving unit 200 acquires the information of the WEB page indicated by this URL, and uses the WEB page to specify the destination designation information as described above. And destination related information may be acquired as transmission information. The same applies when the received transmission information is link information to an email or document.

  The receiving unit 200 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication means, but may be realized by a means for receiving a broadcast. The receiving unit 200 may or may not include a communication device.

  The reception information storage unit 201 stores a set of the first command and transmission information received by the reception unit 200. In addition, the reception information storage unit 201 stores a set of the second command received by the reception unit 200 and the position setting information.

  The map information storage unit 202 stores map information. Map information is information relating to a map. The map information has road information, for example. The road information is information regarding the road indicated by the map. The map information usually further includes map symbol information that is an image of a map. The map symbol information is, for example, bitmap data (raster data) or vector data constituting the map, or a combination thereof. The file format of the map symbol information is not limited to the GIF format, JPEG format, PNG format, or the like. The map information may be an ISO kiwi map data format. The map information may include character strings such as place names written on the map, names of buildings, scenic spots, and places.

  The map information includes, for example, positional information indicating absolute positions, such as coordinate information having longitude and latitude of the area displayed by the map information, and the positional relationship between the areas indicated by each map among the map information. It has or is associated with positional information indicating a relative position that can be understood. For example, the map information may include information that defines the range and center point of the map displayed by the map information in the range of latitude and longitude. By using such position information, coordinates on the map and coordinates in the real space (for example, latitude and longitude) can be appropriately converted. Further, the map information may have position information that can specify a position such as an address in the map indicated by the map information. Moreover, the map information may have map symbol information for each scale, or map information may be prepared for each scale. Usually, map information is managed in association with a map scale. Specifically, the map information may include information on a map scale value output by the map information, and the map information is stored in the map information storage unit 202 in association with the map scale. It may be. The scale of the map here may be considered as information indicating the value of the scale of the map.

  The road information is information related to the road. The road information includes, for example, node data and link data. The node indicates a point where roads are connected such as an intersection or a branch point. Node data is information related to the node. The node data may be considered as data indicating the connection relationship of the road network. For example, an end point of a road network such as a dead end, that is, an end point of a road that is not connected to another road may be considered as a node. In addition, the node may be provided at any location on the road other than the point where the roads are connected. Further, the node does not necessarily have to be provided at a point where all roads are connected to each other. The node data includes, for example, identification information for identifying the node, coordinates on the map of the node, or coordinates in the real space. Further, the node data may include information indicating a link connected to the node. The link indicates, for example, a road connecting the nodes. The link data is data related to the link. The link usually corresponds to one road or a part of one road. A road corresponding to a link divided by nodes may be considered as a divided road. The link data includes, for example, link identification information that is information for identifying a link, and information (for example, node identification information) indicating nodes to which the link is connected (for example, nodes at both ends). The link data may have coordinates on the map at the end of the link or in real space. In addition, each link data may have road identification information (for example, Keihin bypass, Karasuma-dori, National Highway No. 1, etc.) such as the name and road number of the road including the link indicated by the link data. . For example, in such a case, assuming that one road is composed of a plurality of links, the identification information of the same road is given to the ring data of each link. In this embodiment, a node may be considered as an end point of a link, and node data or the like may be omitted. Note that the link does not necessarily have to be a road delimited by adjacent nodes, and may be a road delimited by a set of non-adjacent nodes on one road.

  The link data may also include a cost for a plurality of road characteristic parameters, a road type as a road attribute, and the like. The road characteristic parameters include distance, travel time, charge / free distinction, ease of passage, road width, etc. Costs (distance cost, travel time cost, etc.) are determined for each road characteristic parameter. . The cost is an evaluation value used when evaluating a road to be selected, for example, when searching for a route. The cost may be considered as a value indicating a priority for route selection, for example. The cost may be considered as a score. The road type means a type such as an expressway, other toll roads, national roads, and prefectural roads.

  The road information may include data indicating the route of the road, road identification information such as the name of the road or street, and information such as the end point of the road instead of the node data and link data described above. good. In this case, unlike the case of using node data or link data, the road may not be divided at a point where the roads are connected. Further, the road information may include data indicating a road route in addition to the above node data and link data. The data indicating the road or link route is, for example, straight or curved line information along the road route or strip-like information (for example, spline curve or Bezier curve information) or arranged along the road. It may be a set of a plurality of coordinates, information on one or more vectors provided along the road, and the like. Data indicating the route of the road may be provided for each link data.

  The current position acquisition unit 203 acquires position information of the current location. The current position acquisition unit 203 acquires position information of the current location, for example, at a predetermined or indefinite timing specified in advance. The current position acquisition unit 203 may acquire position information of the current location according to a trigger specified in advance. The position information is information (hereinafter, referred to as area identification information) that can identify the current area such as coordinates represented by the latitude and longitude of the current position and the area name of the current position. Regardless of the size of the area. The area identification information is, for example, an area name, an address, a district name, a municipality name, an area name or an area code set in advance on a map or the like.

  The current position acquisition unit 203 is, for example, a GPS receiver. Further, the current position acquisition unit 203 can be realized by the same configuration as the means for detecting the position of a wireless LAN or a mobile phone. In this case, the current position acquisition unit 203 may acquire position information by a process similar to the process of detecting the position of a wireless LAN or a mobile phone. Further, the current position acquisition unit 203 may acquire position information by other processing.

  Note that the region identification information such as the region name described above is, for example, a region including the coordinates of the current location from information that manages the region identification information in association with coordinates that define the contour of the region indicated by this information. Can be obtained by searching. The information that manages the area identification information and the coordinates that define the contour of the area indicated by this information in association with each other may be, for example, map information stored in the map information storage unit 202 described later. A separately prepared database or the like may be used.

  The processing unit 204 performs processing for setting a destination using the destination indicated by the destination designation information included in the transmission information in accordance with the destination setting command included in the first command received by the receiving unit 200. The processing unit 204 may perform processing other than the processing for setting the destination. Processes other than the process of setting the destination performed by the processing unit 204 are, for example, the same processes as the processes excluding the process of setting the destination among the processes executed by a normal navigation device. For example, processing other than the processing for setting the destination performed by the processing unit 204 includes processing for performing a route search using the road information stored in the map information storage unit 202 described above, and processing for the map information storage unit 202 described above. This is a process for outputting a destination map using the stored map information. Further, processing other than the processing of setting the destination performed by the processing unit 204 is processing for acquiring and outputting information about the destination, processing for outputting a map of the current position, and the like. Since these processes are known techniques, a detailed description thereof is omitted here. One process performed by the processing unit 204 may be configured by a plurality of processes. For example, the processing unit 204 may perform a process other than the process of setting the destination as described above, for example, a process of performing a route search, according to an instruction other than the destination setting instruction included in the first instruction. The processing unit 204 may process only some commands included in the first command received by the receiving unit 200.

  The process of setting the destination by the processing unit 204 is, for example, the purpose of performing the process of searching for a route as described above, the process of outputting a map of the destination, or the process of acquiring information about the destination. This is processing for setting the destination indicated by the destination designation information in the place. The processing for setting the destination here is, for example, processing for inputting the destination indicated by the destination designation information as a destination used for other processing such as route search performed by the processing unit 204. For example, the processing unit 204 performs a route search process as described above or a process of outputting a destination map for the destination set in this way. The instruction for executing these processes may be included in the first instruction. In addition, when the destination designation information is information used for searching for a destination such as a telephone number, the destination designation information is used to obtain the destination and perform processing for setting the destination. do it. A database or the like used for searching for a destination is a navigation unit such as a storage unit (not shown) in the navigation device 2 or a storage unit included in a server device (not shown) connectable to the navigation device 2 via a wireless network or the like. What is necessary is just to make it store beforehand in the storage part etc. which the apparatus 2 can access.

  When the first command received by the receiving unit 200 includes the above-described deletion command in addition to the above destination setting command, the processing unit 204 may perform the following processing. For example, when the navigation unit 2 arrives at the destination indicated by the destination designation information included in the transmission information associated with the first command, the processing unit 204 deletes the first command received by the receiving unit 200 Accordingly, the first command and at least one of the destination designation information and the destination related information associated with the first command are deleted. For example, the processing unit 204 deletes these pieces of information from the reception information storage unit 201. When the deletion command is a command for deleting transmission information, the processing unit 204 may delete the transmission information associated with the first command. The user's privacy and the like can be protected by deleting the first command and at least one of the destination designation information and the destination related information when they become unnecessary. For example, the processing unit 204 acquires the current location information acquired by the current location acquisition unit 203 as the current location information of the navigation device 2. Then, the position information of the destination indicated by the destination designation information is acquired. When the two pieces of position information match, it is determined that the navigation device 2 has arrived at the destination. Alternatively, the arrival may be determined when the distance between the two pieces of position information is equal to or less than a predetermined distance. Alternatively, for the current position and the destination position, considering the measurement accuracy of position information, etc., each area including each position is set, and when these areas overlap, the destination is reached You may judge that you did.

  The processing unit 204 acquires the position information indicated by the position designation information included in the position setting information associated with the second command according to the second command received by the receiving unit 200. It is determined whether or not the position is within the area where it is located. When the navigation device 2 determines that the position is within the current position, for example, the output unit 205 outputs the position related information included in the position setting information associated with the second command. Give instructions. For example, the processing unit 204 passes position-related information and the like used for output to the output unit 205. The instruction for outputting the position related information is, for example, an instruction for outputting the position related information to a position on the map corresponding to the corresponding position setting information, or outputting the position related information to a position designated in advance. It may be an instruction. For example, the processing unit 204 acquires the current location information acquired by the current location acquisition unit 203 as the current location information of the navigation device 2. And the information which shows the area | region of the shape and size designated beforehand including the present position as information which shows the field where navigation device 2 is present is acquired. For example, this area is indicated by information combining a longitude range and a latitude range. Note that this area may be an area indicated by a map being output as a map including the current location by the output unit 205 of the navigation device 2. Then, it is determined whether the coordinate information which is the position designation information included in the position setting information is a coordinate in this area. If the coordinate information is in this area, the position in the area where the navigation device 2 is currently located is determined. Judge that there is. If the coordinates are not within this area, it is not determined that the position is within the area where the navigation device 2 is currently located. In addition, when the distance between the position indicated by the position information of the current location of the navigation apparatus 2 and the position indicated by the information specifying the position included in the transmission information is equal to or less than a predetermined distance, the navigation apparatus 2 is located at the current position. It may be determined that the position is within the area.

  If the information specifying the position included in the transmission information is information used for searching for a position such as a telephone number, the information specifying the position is used in the same manner as in the case of the destination specifying information described above. What is necessary is just to acquire positional information etc. by search etc.

  The output unit 205 outputs the processing result performed by the processing unit 204 and the destination related information included in the transmission information. The processing result is information indicating a route acquired by the processing unit 204 performing route search processing, for example. Information indicating the route includes, for example, a map image indicating the route of the route, a sign indicating an arrow indicating the route, a character string indicating the name of a place or a road passing through the route, a voice reading the character string, etc. It is. The information indicating the route may be an image showing the route on a map around the current location. The destination related information is, for example, information indicating the destination in an easy-to-understand manner. The destination related information is, for example, information indicating the destination using information other than the map, the route, and the destination identification information. For example, the output unit 205 may output the destination related information at any timing. For example, the output unit 205 may output a map indicating the current position of the navigation device 2 and always output destination related information next to the map or in a part of the map. Further, the output unit 205 may output the destination related information when the destination indicated by the destination designation information falls within the area indicated by the map including the current location or when the destination has arrived. good. When the destination related information is a URL of a WEB page or the like, the output unit 205 uses a communication unit (not shown) to transmit the information on the WEB page indicated by the URL or the like via a network or communication line (not shown). May be obtained and output.

  When the processing unit 204 determines that the position indicated by the information specifying the position is a position in the area where the navigation device 2 is currently located, the output unit 205 has position-related information that the position setting information received by the receiving unit 200 has. Information may be output. The output unit 205 may output the position related information, for example, on a map indicating the current location, or may output the position related information side by side with a map indicating the current location. For example, the output unit 205 may output position related information corresponding to the position designation information in the vicinity of the position indicated by the position designation information on the map indicating the current location.

  Output here refers to display on a display, projection using a projector, printing to a printer, sound output, transmission to an external device, storage in a recording medium, and output to other processing devices or other programs. It is a concept that includes delivery of processing results.

  The output unit 205 may or may not include an output device such as a display or a speaker. The output unit 205 can be realized by output device driver software, or output device driver software and an output device.

  Next, an example of the operation of the information processing terminal 1 of the information processing system 1000 will be described using the flowchart of FIG. Here, a case where transmission information stored in advance in transmission information storage section 100 is transmitted will be described as an example.

  (Step S <b> 101) The selection instruction receiving unit 101 determines whether an instruction for selecting one piece of transmission information stored in the transmission information storage unit 100 has been received. If accepted, the process proceeds to step S102. If not accepted, the process proceeds to step S105.

  (Step S <b> 102) The transmission information receiving unit 102 reads the transmission information that has received the instruction to be selected in step S <b> 102 from the transmission information storage unit 100. This reading is considered as acceptance here.

  (Step S103) The transmission instruction reception unit 105 determines whether or not a first transmission instruction has been received. The first transmission instruction may have information specifying the first command. If accepted, the process proceeds to step S104. If not accepted, the process returns to step S103.

  (Step S104) The transmission unit 106 reads the first command indicated by the first transmission instruction from the command storage unit 104, associates the first command with the transmission information read in step S102, and transmits the first command to the navigation device 2. . The transmission here may be broadcast, narrowcast, or the like. When there is only one first command in the command storage unit 104, or when the first command to be transmitted is determined by default or the like, the first transmission instruction has information for designating the first command. Even if not, these first commands may be considered as the first commands indicated by the first transmission instruction. Then, the process returns to step S101.

  (Step S105) The position setting information receiving unit 103 determines whether or not position setting information has been received. The position setting information receiving unit 103 receives position setting information input by a user, for example. If accepted, the process proceeds to step S106. If not accepted, the process returns to step S101.

  (Step S106) The transmission instruction receiving unit 105 determines whether a second transmission instruction has been received. If accepted, the process proceeds to step S107. If not accepted, the process returns to step S106.

  (Step S107) In response to the second transmission instruction, the transmission unit 106 associates the second command with the position setting information received in step S105, and transmits it to the navigation device 2. Then, the process returns to step S101.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 2, the process is terminated by powering off or a process termination interrupt.

  Next, an example of the operation of the navigation device 2 of the information processing system 1000 will be described using the flowchart of FIG. Here, a case where the navigation device 2 performs route search processing using the destination indicated by the destination setting information transmitted from the information processing terminal 1 will be described as an example. Although the description is omitted here, the output unit 205 of the navigation device 2 and the like are in parallel with the processing shown in FIG. Assume that the map including the current position sequentially acquired is sequentially read out from the map information storage unit 202 and output. Instead of performing the processing in parallel, the output unit 205 or the like may perform this processing between one or more processing steps shown in FIG.

  (Step S201) The receiving unit 200 determines whether a set of the first command and transmission information has been received. If received, the process proceeds to step S202. If not received, the process proceeds to step S213.

  (Step S <b> 202) The reception unit 200 accumulates the set of the first command and transmission information received in Step S <b> 201 in the reception information storage unit 201. Note that information indicating the starting point of the route search may be received from the information processing terminal 1 by the receiving unit 200 or the like.

  (Step S203) The processing unit 204 determines the destination indicated by the destination setting information included in the transmission information received in Step S201 according to the destination setting command included in the first command received in Step S201. Process to set as.

  (Step S204) The processing unit 204 searches for a route from the current location to the destination set in step S203. Note that the processing unit 204 may perform a route search from the starting point indicated by the information indicating the starting point of the route search received by the receiving unit 200 or the like to the destination.

  (Step S205) The output unit 205 outputs the result of the route search performed in step S204.

  (Step S206) The output unit 205 outputs destination related information included in the transmission information received in step S201.

  (Step S207) The processing unit 204 determines whether or not the second command is stored in the reception information storage unit 201. If stored, the process proceeds to step S208. If not stored, the process proceeds to step S212.

  (Step S208) The processing unit 204 indicates the position in the area including the current position of the navigation device 2 acquired by the current position acquisition unit 203 in the position setting information stored in the reception information storage unit 201. It is determined whether there is position setting information having designation information. For example, the processing unit 204 determines whether or not the position indicated by the position designation information included in each position setting information stored in the reception information storage unit 201 is a position within an area including the current position acquired by the current position acquisition unit 203. The position setting information having the position designation information indicating the position in the area including the current position is detected. If the position setting information can be detected, it is determined that there is position setting information having position specifying information indicating a position in an area including the current position. If there is, the process proceeds to step S209, and if not, the process proceeds to step S212.

  (Step S209) The output unit 205 outputs the position related information included in the position setting information detected in step S208. Note that the output of position-related information that has been output may be terminated after a predetermined time has elapsed. The output may be terminated when the position indicated by the position designation information corresponding to the output position related information is no longer in the area including the current position.

  (Step S210) The processing unit 204 determines whether or not the navigation device 2 has arrived at the destination indicated by the destination designation information included in the transmission information received in Step S201. For example, the processing unit 204 determines whether or not the distance between the current position acquired by the current position acquisition unit 203 and the destination indicated by the destination setting information is less than a predetermined distance. If there is, it is determined that the destination has been reached. If it has arrived, the process proceeds to step S211, and if it has not arrived, the process returns to step S207.

  (Step S211) The processing unit 204 determines whether or not the first command received in Step S201 has a delete command. If there is a delete instruction, the process proceeds to step S212. If not, the output unit 205 ends outputting the route search result, and the process returns to step S201. When returning to step S201, information such as a flag indicating that the first command and transmission information received in step S201 are the first command and transmission information corresponding to the already completed processing, respectively. It is preferable that the processing using such information is not performed again.

  (Step S212) The processing unit 204 deletes the first command and transmission information received in step S201 from the reception information storage unit 201. Then, the process returns to step S201.

  (Step S213) The receiving unit 200 determines whether a set of the second command and the position setting information has been received. If received, the process proceeds to step S214. If not received, the process proceeds to step S215.

  (Step S214) The receiving unit 200 accumulates the set of the second command and the position setting information received in Step S213 in the received information storage unit 201. Then, the process returns to step S201.

  (Step S215) The processing unit 204 determines whether or not the second command is stored in the reception information storage unit 201. If stored, the process proceeds to step S216. If not stored, the process returns to step S201.

  (Step S216) The processing unit 204 indicates the position in the region including the current position of the navigation device 2 acquired by the current position acquisition unit 203 in the position setting information stored in the reception information storage unit 201. It is determined whether there is position setting information having designation information. This process is the same as the process of step S208. If there is, the process proceeds to step S217, and if not, the process proceeds to step S201.

  (Step S217) The output unit 205 outputs position related information included in the position setting information detected in step S216. Then, the process returns to step S201.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 3, the process ends when the power is turned off or the process is terminated.

  Hereinafter, a specific operation of the information processing system 1000 in the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram of the information processing system 1000. Here, it is assumed that the navigation device 2 is a car navigation device mounted on an automobile. Further, it is assumed that the information processing terminal 1 is a multi-function mobile phone called a smartphone possessed by an automobile passenger. The information processing terminal 1 is provided with a touch panel (not shown) for operation. Here, it is assumed that the navigation apparatus 2 and the information processing terminal 1 are capable of transmitting and receiving information by wireless communication called so-called Bluetooth (registered trademark). In addition, it is assumed that the navigation device 2 and the information processing terminal 1 can communicate with an external wireless communication network or the like as appropriate.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing transmission information management information for managing transmission information stored in the transmission information storage unit 100 of the information processing terminal 1. The transmission information management information includes “ID”, “destination designation information”, and “destination related information”. “ID” is identification information for managing records of transmission information. Here, each line is considered a record. “Destination designation information” is destination designation information. Here, as an example, it is assumed that different types of destination designation information such as addresses, store names, and coordinates are mixed. Here, (x1, y1) is assumed to be coordinates indicated by a combination of longitude x1 and latitude y1. Here, x and y are assumed to be numerical values. The same applies to the following. “Destination-related information” is destination-related information. Here, as an example, different types of destination-related information such as URLs, images, and texts are mixed.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an input interface image 151 displayed on the monitor 150 or the like of the information processing terminal 1. The input interface image 151 is an input interface image for storing transmission information in the transmission information storage unit 100. For example, by inputting destination designation information into the input field 152 of the input interface image and destination related information into the input field 153, the reception unit (not shown) of the information processing terminal 1 causes the destination designation information and the destination to be displayed. A set with related information is received, and transmission information having this set is accumulated in the transmission information storage unit 100. It is assumed that the input field 153 can accept images such as photographs in addition to text. As a result, the transmission information is accumulated in the transmission information storage unit 100 as shown in FIG. When a photographic image having shooting position information is input to the input field 153 for inputting destination related information, the shooting field associated with the photographic image is input to the input field 153 for inputting destination designation information. Position information may be automatically input. When the input interface image 151 is output while browsing a WEB page or the like, the URL currently being browsed may be automatically input to the input field 153 for inputting destination designation information. Further, the title of the WEB page or the like may be automatically input in the input field 153 for inputting the destination designation information.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a list of transmission information stored in the transmission information storage unit 100. This list is displayed on the monitor 150 of the information processing terminal 1 by a user operation. Here, the “destination designation information” in the transmission information shown in FIG. 5 is displayed as a list.

  Suppose that a user who is on a moving automobile in which the navigation device 2 is installed operates the information processing terminal 1 to display a list of transmission information as shown in FIG. Then, it is assumed that the user has selected the top item with a finger. This item is an item corresponding to the record whose “ID” of the transmission information management information shown in FIG. 6 is “001”.

  The selection instruction receiving unit 101 receives a selection instruction for selecting transmission information corresponding to an item designated by the user. Then, the transmission information receiving unit 102 reads the transmission information indicated by this selection instruction from the transmission information storage unit 100. Specifically, “Restaurant DEF” that is “Destination designation information” of the record whose “ID” of the transmission information management information shown in FIG. 6 is “001”, and destination related information “http: // www”. .RestaurantDEF ... ".

  Since the information processing terminal 1 has received the selection instruction, the information processing terminal 1 displays on the monitor 150 a menu screen for receiving a first transmission instruction that is an instruction to transmit the first instruction stored in the instruction storage unit 104 to the navigation device 2. .

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a menu screen for accepting the first transmission instruction. Here, it is assumed that the instruction storage unit 104 stores in advance only one first instruction having a destination setting instruction and a deletion instruction.

  If the user presses the button 154 for inputting the first transmission instruction on the menu screen shown in FIG. 8, the transmission instruction receiving unit 105 receives the first transmission instruction. In accordance with the first transmission instruction, the transmission unit 106 associates the transmission information received by the transmission information reception unit 102 with the first command stored in the command storage unit 104 and transmits it to the navigation device 2. .

  The receiving unit 200 of the navigation device 2 receives a set of a first command and transmission information transmitted from the information processing terminal 1. The receiving unit 200 accumulates the received combination of the first command and the transmission information in the received information storage unit 201.

  In response to the reception of the first command and the transmission information by the receiving unit 200, the processing unit 204 of the navigation device 2 selects the destination indicated by the destination designation information “Restaurant DEF” included in the transmission information for the purpose of the route search. Set the location and search for the route from the current location to the destination. For example, the processing unit 204 acquires the coordinates of the destination using “restaurant DEF” as the destination designation information as a search key. For example, from the map information stored in the map information storage unit 202, the coordinates of the location associated with the character string “restaurant DEF” are acquired. It is assumed that the acquired coordinates are (x2, y2). However, x2 is longitude and y2 is latitude. Then, the processing unit 204 performs a route search from the coordinates indicating the current position acquired by the current position acquisition unit 203 to the coordinates of the destination using the map information stored in the map information storage unit 202 and the like. . In addition, since the process which performs a route search is a well-known technique, detailed description is abbreviate | omitted. In addition, the navigation device 2 may appropriately have information necessary for route search in advance in a storage unit (not shown).

  Then, the output unit 205 outputs information indicating a route acquired as a result of the route search performed by the processing unit 204. For example, using the current position information sequentially acquired by the current position acquisition unit 203 over time, the output unit 205 sequentially reads out the map around the current position from the map information storage unit 202 and puts it on the read map. Output the above path. For example, the output unit 205 displays an image showing a route on the read map on the monitor 250 of the navigation device 2. In addition, since the process etc. which acquire the map of the present position, or output the image which showed the path | route on this map are well-known techniques as a process of the navigation apparatus 2, detailed description is abbreviate | omitted here.

  Further, since the transmission information received by the receiving unit 200 includes the destination related information “http: //www.restaurantDEF ...”, the output unit 205 outputs the destination related information. Here, since the destination related information is a URL, information such as an HTML file is acquired from the location indicated by the URL and output. For example, here, the acquired information such as HTML is displayed on the monitor 250 alongside the map of the current location. Since the process of acquiring information such as an HTML file from a URL or the like is a technique known as a technique of a WEB browser or the like, detailed description is omitted here.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a map showing a route search result and destination related information. In the figure, an image 91 corresponding to the destination related information is displayed next to a map 92 showing a route. In the map 92, the route from the current location 93 is indicated by a dotted line.

  The processing unit 204 determines whether or not the second command is stored in the reception information storage unit 201. Here, it is assumed that the second instruction is not stored. For this reason, the processing unit 204 does not perform processing according to the second command.

  Since the route search is performed, the processing unit 204 sequentially calculates the distance between the position indicated by the destination designation information and the current position information acquired by the current position acquisition unit 203 at a predetermined or indefinite timing specified in advance. It is calculated, and it is determined whether or not this distance is less than a predetermined value. And when it becomes less than the value designated beforehand, it judges that navigation device 2 arrived at the destination. The value designated in advance is determined by, for example, the accuracy of position information of the current location that can be acquired by the current position acquisition unit 203. For example, if this distance is set to 20 m, it is determined that the destination has been reached when the difference between the position indicated by the destination designation information and the position indicated by the position information of the current location is less than 20 m. .

  Since the first command received by the receiving unit 200 has a delete command, the processing unit 204 transmits a first command received by the receiving unit 200 and a transmission associated with the first command according to the delete command. The destination designation information and the destination related information included in the information are deleted. Here, as a specific example, the set of the first command stored in the reception information storage unit 201 and the transmission information is deleted. If the first command does not have a delete command, the output of the route search result is terminated, and the route search is not performed again using the first command received by the receiving unit 200 and the transmission information. These pieces of information may be given information such as a flag indicating that the corresponding processing has been completed.

  Here, in the above processing, a case will be described below in which the position setting information and the second command are transmitted from the information processing terminal 1 to the navigation device 2 and the navigation device 2 performs processing according to the second command.

  For example, it is assumed that the user operates the information processing terminal 1 to display an input interface screen for receiving position setting information on the monitor 150 of the information processing terminal 1.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an input interface screen for accepting position setting information displayed on the monitor 150. In FIG. 10, an input field 161 is an input field for receiving position designation information, and it is possible to input a destination name, an address, a telephone number, coordinates, and the like. The input field 162 is an input field that accepts position-related information, and can be input with text, images, URLs, and the like. Here, when the image input to the input field 162 is a photograph having shooting position information, the shooting position information (for example, coordinates) of the photograph is automatically input as information in the input field 161. Shall be.

  For example, it is assumed that the user inputs a photograph having the coordinates of the shooting position into the input field 161 as position related information. For example, if the user inputs the file name or the like of the photo file in the input field 161, the position setting information receiving unit 103 acquires the position information of the shooting position of the photo from the photo, Input as position designation information in the input field 162. The input position designation information is assumed to be coordinates indicated by longitude and latitude, for example. Then, if the user presses a button 163 that instructs to accept the position setting information, the position setting information receiving unit 103 receives the image information of the photo received via the input field 161 and the input field 162, the position information, Is temporarily stored in a memory (not shown) or the like. It is assumed that the temporarily stored image information of the photograph is, for example, image information whose file name is “anniversary.jpg”. Further, it is assumed that the temporarily stored position information is “(x3, y3)”. Note that x3 is a value indicating longitude, and y3 is a value indicating latitude.

  The information processing terminal 1 receives a second transmission instruction that is an instruction to transmit the second command stored in the command storage unit 104 to the navigation device 2 because the position setting information reception unit 103 has received the position setting information. A menu screen is displayed on the monitor 150. This menu screen is assumed to be a menu screen similar to the menu screen of FIG.

  When the user presses a button for inputting a second transmission instruction on the menu screen, the transmission instruction receiving unit 105 receives the second transmission instruction. In accordance with the second transmission instruction, the transmitting unit 106 associates the position setting information received by the position setting information receiving unit 103 with the second command stored in the command storage unit 104, and sends it to the navigation device 2. Send.

  The receiving unit 200 of the navigation device 2 receives a set of the second command and the position setting information transmitted from the information processing terminal 1. The receiving unit 200 accumulates the received pair of the second command and the position setting information in the received information storage unit 201.

  The processing unit 204 performs processing according to the second command received by the receiving unit 200. Specifically, the processing unit 204 sequentially acquires information on the current position sequentially acquired and output by the current position acquisition unit 203. Each time the current position information is acquired, the position included in one or more position setting information received by the receiving unit 200 within an area having a predesignated size and shape with the current position as the center, for example. Whether or not the position indicated by the designation information is included is sequentially determined for each of the one or more position setting information.

  Specifically, for example, the coordinates of the current position acquired by the current position acquisition unit 203 are (x4, y4) (where x4 is a value indicating longitude and y4 is a value indicating latitude). ). In this case, the processing unit 204 calculates a value “x4 + m” obtained by adding a positive value m designated in advance to the x coordinate (that is, longitude) and a value “x4-m” obtained by subtraction, respectively. Set the value to the longitude range of the area centered on the current position. Further, the processing unit 204 calculates a value “y4 + n” obtained by adding a positive value n designated in advance to the y coordinate (that is, latitude) and a value “y4−n” obtained by subtraction, respectively. Set the latitude range of the area centered on the current position. Next, the processing unit 204 reads position designation information included in the first position setting information stored in the reception information storage unit 201. Here, assuming that only the position setting information accumulated above is stored in the reception information storage unit 201, the position designation information (x4, y4) is read from this position setting information. Then, the processing unit 204 determines that “x4”, which is the x coordinate of the read position designation information, is a value between the above “x4-n” and “x4 + n”, and the y coordinate of the read position designation information. It is determined whether a certain “y4” is a value between “y4−n” and “y4 + n”. If the value is within the range of both values, it is determined that the position indicated by the position designation information (x3, y3) of the position setting information is included in the area including the current position. When the position indicated by the position designation information is included, an instruction to output the position related information included in the position setting information including the position designation information is passed to the output unit 205. When other position setting information is stored in the reception information storage unit 201, the above determination is also made for other position setting information. It should be noted that an area indicated by a map indicating the current position may be used instead of the above-described area as a previously designated area including the current position.

  When the output unit 205 receives an instruction to output the position related information, the output unit 205 outputs the position related information according to the instruction. For example, in the above, when the position designation information (x3, y3) included in the position setting information received by the receiving unit 200 is included in an area having a predesignated size and shape including the current position, the processing unit 204 Since the determination is made, the output unit 205 outputs an image “anniversary.jpg” which is position related information corresponding to the position designation information (x3, y3). Here, for example, the output unit 205 displays the image “anniversary.jpg”, which is position related information, alongside a map indicating the current location.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a display example of position related information. The position related information 111 is displayed side by side on the map 92. As shown in FIG. 9, when the purpose related information is already output, the position related information may be displayed so as to overlap the purpose related information, or the purpose related information and the position related information are displayed side by side. Also good. The map displayed side by side with the position related information 111 may be a map on which a route search result is displayed, or a map on which a route search result is not displayed. When displaying the position related information, the position indicated by the position designation information corresponding to the position related information may be displayed as an image or a character indicating the position of the marker or the like on the map to be displayed side by side.

  In the above specific example, a case has been described in which the transmission information receiving unit 102 receives the transmission information selected by the selection instruction among the transmission information stored in the transmission information storage unit 100. However, in the present invention, the transmission information receiving unit 102 may receive transmission information as follows.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 12, when displaying a photograph having shooting position information on the monitor 150 of the information processing terminal 1, the user causes the information processing terminal 1 to input this photograph as transmission information. The input interface 120 is displayed. When the user performs an operation of inputting this photo as transmission information, here, an operation of pressing the “OK” button 121, the transmission information receiving unit 102 displays the image included in the information of this photo as destination related information. In addition, transmission information having information on the shooting position of the photograph as destination designation information may be received.

  Similarly, when the WEB page is displayed on the monitor 150 of the information processing terminal 1, an input interface for allowing the user to input the information in the WEB page as transmission information to the information processing terminal 1 is provided. The display is the same as in FIG. Then, it is assumed that the user performs an operation of inputting information in the WEB page as transmission information. In this case, the transmission information receiving unit 102 uses the information having the first appearance pattern specified in advance in the WEB page as the destination related information and the information having the second appearance pattern as the destination. You may make it receive the transmission information which has as designation | designated information.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a web page source displayed on the information processing terminal 1.

  For example, the first appearance pattern is an appearance pattern of information below “SRC =” in a tag including “id = main”, and the second appearance pattern is an appearance of information with a tag including “id = address”. Suppose that it was a pattern. It is assumed that the user performs an operation of inputting information in the WEB page as transmission information while displaying the WEB page. The transmission information receiving unit 102 receives “shoppho.jpg”, which is information below “SRC =” in a tag including “id = main”, from the source of the WEB page as destination related information of the transmission information. Further, the transmission information receiving unit 102 receives information “S prefecture P city R town...” With a tag including “id = address” from the source of the WEB page as destination designation information of the transmission information.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, when transmitting destination designation information, information related to a destination that is not used for route search or the like is output from the navigation device by transmitting destination related information. Therefore, the navigation apparatus can output appropriate information.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, by further transmitting a deletion command, at least one of the destination designation information and the destination related information and the destination indicated by the destination designation information are set as the destination. The privacy can be protected by deleting the first command from the navigation device. For example, when a user uses a taxi or the like, destination designation information indicating the position of the user's home from the information processing terminal 1 possessed by the user in order to designate the destination to the taxi navigation device 2 Assume that transmission information including the destination related information indicating the appearance of the home and the first command are transmitted. In this case, when the taxi arrives at the home, the transmission information and the first command are deleted, so that the information about the user's home is deleted from the taxi navigation device 2. There is no need to worry about leaking outside.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, for example, the destination is set by selecting one transmission information from the one or two or more pieces of transmission information accumulated in advance in the transmission information storage unit 100 according to the selection instruction. Therefore, it is possible to easily set the destination. For example, transmission information about a plurality of sights of a sightseeing spot is accumulated in advance by a user manually inputting into the transmission information storage unit 100 or downloading from a server device (not shown). And when a user gets in a taxi etc. in the sightseeing spot, by selecting one of the transmission information by a selection instruction and transmitting it together with the first command to the navigation device 2 installed in the taxi. The taxi navigation device 2 can easily set a desired landmark as a destination.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, when there is position designation information in an area including the current position, the user can store the information in association with the location by outputting the position related information corresponding to the position setting information. Information can be output at an appropriate timing.

  In the above embodiment, each process (each function) may be realized by centralized processing by a single device (system), or by distributed processing by a plurality of devices. May be.

  In the above embodiment, it goes without saying that two or more communication means (such as a receiving unit and an output unit) existing in one device may be physically realized by one medium.

  In each of the above embodiments, each component may be configured by dedicated hardware, or a component that can be realized by software may be realized by executing a program. For example, each component can be realized by a program execution unit such as a CPU reading and executing a software program recorded on a recording medium such as a hard disk or a semiconductor memory. At the time of execution, the program execution unit may execute the program while accessing a storage unit (for example, a recording medium such as a hard disk or a memory).

  The software that realizes the information processing system in each of the above embodiments is a program as described below. That is, this program is a program for causing a computer to function as an information processing terminal constituting an information processing system including one or more information processing terminals and a navigation device, and is transmitted to the navigation device. A computer capable of accessing an instruction storage unit storing a first instruction, which is an instruction having a destination setting instruction that is an instruction for causing the navigation apparatus to set a destination, is transmitted to the navigation apparatus. Destination designation information that is information for designating a destination and information related to the destination designated by the destination designation information, and are not used for acquisition of the destination by the navigation device Transmission information reception that receives one or more transmission information that is information having one or more destination related information that is information A command storage unit storing a first command that is a command transmitted to the navigation device and having a destination setting command that is a command for setting the destination to the navigation device A transmission instruction receiving unit that receives a first transmission instruction that is an instruction to transmit a first command, a first command indicated by a first transmission instruction received by the transmission instruction receiving unit, and transmission information received by a transmission information receiving unit Is a program for causing the navigation unit to function as a transmission unit that associates and transmits to the navigation device.

  An information processing system of the present invention is a program that causes a computer to function as a navigation device that constitutes an information processing system including one or more information processing terminals and a navigation device. A first command which is a command to be transmitted and has a destination setting command which is a command for setting a destination to the navigation device, destination designation information which is information for designating a destination, and a destination One or more transmission information that is information related to the destination designated by the designation information and having one or more destination-related information that is information that is not used to acquire the destination by the navigation device is received. The destination indicated by the destination designation information included in the transmission information in accordance with the destination setting command included in the receiver and the first command received by the receiver. A processing unit that performs a process of setting a destination using a processing result by the processing unit has performed a program for functioning as an output unit for outputting the destination-related information included in the transmission information.

  In the above program, in a transmission step for transmitting information, a reception step for receiving information, etc., processing performed by hardware, for example, processing performed by a modem or an interface card in the transmission step (only performed by hardware). Not included) is not included.

  In the program, the functions realized by the program do not include functions that can be realized only by hardware. For example, a function that can be realized only by hardware such as a modem or an interface card in an acquisition unit that acquires information or an output unit that outputs information is not included in the function realized by the program.

  Further, the computer that executes this program may be singular or plural. That is, centralized processing may be performed, or distributed processing may be performed.

  FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of an external appearance of a computer that executes the program and realizes the information processing system according to the embodiment. The above-described embodiment can be realized by computer hardware and a computer program executed on the computer hardware.

  14, a computer system 900 includes a computer 901 including a CD-ROM (Compact Disk Read Only Memory) drive 905 and an FD (Floppy (registered trademark) Disk) drive 906, a keyboard 902, a mouse 903, a monitor 904, and the like. Is provided.

  FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of the computer system 900. In FIG. 15, in addition to the CD-ROM drive 905 and the FD drive 906, a computer 901 is connected to an MPU (Micro Processing Unit) 911, a ROM 912 for storing a program such as a bootup program, and the MPU 911. A RAM (Random Access Memory) 913 that temporarily stores program instructions and provides a temporary storage space, a hard disk 914 that stores application programs, system programs, and data, and an MPU 911 and a ROM 912 are interconnected. And a bus 915. The computer 901 may include a network card (not shown) that provides connection to the LAN.

  A program that causes the computer system 900 to execute functions such as the information processing system according to the above embodiment is stored in the CD-ROM 921 or the FD 922, inserted into the CD-ROM drive 905 or the FD drive 906, and stored in the hard disk 914. May be forwarded. Instead, the program may be transmitted to the computer 901 via a network (not shown) and stored in the hard disk 914. The program is loaded into the RAM 913 when executed. The program may be loaded directly from the CD-ROM 921, the FD 922, or the network.

  The program does not necessarily include an operating system (OS) or a third-party program that causes the computer 901 to execute the functions of the information processing system according to the above embodiment. The program may include only a part of an instruction that calls an appropriate function (module) in a controlled manner and obtains a desired result. How the computer system 900 operates is well known and will not be described in detail.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible, and it goes without saying that these are also included in the scope of the present invention.

  As described above, the information processing system according to the present invention is suitable as a system having a navigation device, and is particularly useful as a system including a navigation device and an information processing terminal.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Information processing terminal 2 Navigation apparatus 100 Transmission information storage part 101 Selection instruction | indication reception part 102 Transmission information reception part 103 Position setting information reception part 104 Instruction storage part 105 Transmission instruction | indication reception part 106 Transmission part 200 Reception part 201 Reception information storage part 202 Map Information storage unit 203 Current position acquisition unit 204 Processing unit 205 Output unit 1000 Information processing system

Claims (9)

An information processing system comprising one or more information processing terminals and a navigation device,
The information processing terminal
It is one or more of information to be transmitted to the navigation device, and the transmission information receiving unit that receives one or more transmission information is information having a destination specified information is information specifying a destination,
A command storage unit that stores a first command that is a command transmitted to the navigation device and that has a destination setting command that is a command to set a destination for the navigation device;
A transmission instruction receiving unit that receives a first transmission instruction that is an instruction to transmit the first instruction;
A transmission unit that associates the first command indicated by the first transmission instruction received by the transmission instruction reception unit with the transmission information received by the transmission information reception unit, and transmits the information to the navigation device;
The navigation device
A receiving unit that receives the first command and the transmission information transmitted by the information processing terminal;
A processing unit that performs a process of setting a destination using a destination indicated by the destination designation information included in the transmission information according to a destination setting command included in the first command received by the receiving unit;
And an output unit that outputs the processing results of the processing unit has performed,
The first command is a command for deleting, from the navigation device, the first command and the destination designation information transmitted in association with the first command when the navigation device arrives at a destination. An instruction having a delete instruction;
When the navigation device arrives at a destination, the processing unit is configured to specify the first command and a destination designation associated with the first command according to a delete command included in the first command received by the receiving unit. An information processing system that deletes information. The information processing terminal includes a transmission information storage unit that stores one or more pieces of transmission information;
A selection instruction receiving unit that receives a selection instruction that is an instruction to select one or more of the transmission information stored in the transmission information storage unit;
The transmission information receiving unit, by reading the transmission information in which the selection instruction receiving unit receives selection instruction indicates from the transmission information storage unit, according to claim 1 Symbol placement information processing system receives the transmission information which the selection instruction indicates . A position setting information receiving unit for receiving position setting information including information specifying a position and information related to the position;
In the command storage unit, when a position indicated by the information specifying the position included in the position setting information is a position within an area where the navigation device is currently positioned, the instruction storage unit relates to a position included in the position setting information. The second command, which is a command to output the received information, is further stored,
The transmission instruction receiving unit further receives a second transmission instruction that is an instruction to transmit the second instruction,
The transmission unit further associates the second command with the position setting information received by the position setting information receiving unit in response to the second transmission instruction received by the transmission instruction receiving unit to the navigation device. Send
The receiving unit further receives the second command and position setting information,
The processing unit acquires information on a position indicated by information specifying a position included in the position setting information associated with the second command according to the second command received by the receiving unit, and the position is Determine if the navigation device is in the current location,
The output unit has a position included in the position setting information received by the receiving unit when the processing unit determines that the position indicated by the information specifying the position is a position in an area where the navigation device is currently located. claim 1 or claim 2 information processing system according to any one claim using an information input help. An information processing terminal constituting an information processing system including one or more information processing terminals and a navigation device,
It is one or more of information to be transmitted to the navigation device, and the transmission information receiving unit that receives one or more transmission information is information having a destination specified information is information specifying a destination,
A command storage unit that stores a first command that is a command transmitted to the navigation device and that has a destination setting command that is a command to set a destination for the navigation device;
A transmission instruction receiving unit that receives a first transmission instruction that is an instruction to transmit the first instruction;
A transmission unit that associates the first command indicated by the first transmission instruction received by the transmission instruction reception unit with the transmission information received by the transmission information reception unit, and transmits the information to the navigation device ;
The first command is a command for deleting, from the navigation device, the first command and the destination designation information transmitted in association with the first command when the navigation device arrives at a destination. An information processing terminal that is an instruction having a deletion instruction . A navigation device constituting an information processing system comprising one or more information processing terminals and a navigation device,
A command transmitted by the information processing terminal, which is a command having a destination setting command that is a command for setting the destination for the navigation device, and a destination that is information for specifying the destination a receiver for receiving the designation information, one or more transmission information and is information having,
A processing unit that performs a process of setting a destination using a destination indicated by the destination designation information included in the transmission information according to a destination setting command included in the first command received by the receiving unit;
E Bei and an output unit for outputting the processing result of the processing unit has performed,
When the navigation device arrives at a destination, the processing unit is configured to specify the first command and a destination designation associated with the first command according to a delete command included in the first command received by the receiving unit. A navigation device that deletes information . An information processing terminal constituting an information processing system including one or more information processing terminals and a navigation device, wherein the information is a transmission information receiving unit, a command transmitted to the navigation device, and the navigation device Using an information processing terminal having a command storage unit storing a first command that is a command having a destination setting command that is a command for setting a destination with respect to, a transmission instruction receiving unit, and a transmission unit An information processing method to be performed,
The transmission information receiving unit, wherein a one or more information transmitted to the navigation apparatus, reception transmission information receiving one or more transmission information is information having a destination specified information is information specifying a destination Steps,
A transmission instruction reception step in which the transmission instruction reception unit receives a first transmission instruction that is an instruction to transmit the first instruction;
A transmission step in which the transmission unit associates the first command indicated by the first transmission instruction received in the transmission instruction reception step with the transmission information received in the transmission information reception step, and transmits it to the navigation device. ,
The first command is a command for deleting, from the navigation device, the first command and the destination designation information transmitted in association with the first command when the navigation device arrives at a destination. An information processing method that is an instruction having a delete instruction . An information processing method comprising an information processing system including one or more information processing terminals and a navigation device, wherein the information processing method is performed using a navigation device having a receiving unit, a processing unit, and an output unit. There,
The receiving unit designates a destination and a first command which is a command transmitted by the information processing terminal and which has a destination setting command which is a command for setting the destination to the navigation device. a receiving step of receiving one or more transmission information and is information having a destination specified information is information,
A processing step for performing processing for setting the destination using the destination indicated by the destination designation information included in the transmission information according to the destination setting command included in the first command received in the reception step;
The output unit, and an output step of outputting the processing results made in the processing step,
The first command is a command for deleting, from the navigation device, the first command and the destination designation information transmitted in association with the first command when the navigation device arrives at a destination. An instruction having a delete instruction;
In the processing step, when the navigation device arrives at a destination, according to the deletion command included in the first command received in the receiving step, the first command and a destination designation associated with the first command An information processing method for deleting information. A program for causing a computer to function as an information processing terminal constituting an information processing system including one or more information processing terminals and a navigation device,
Access to a command storage unit storing a first command that is a command transmitted to the navigation device and that has a destination setting command that is a command for setting the destination to the navigation device. Possible computers,
It is one or more of information to be transmitted to the navigation device, and the transmission information receiving unit that receives one or more transmission information is information having a destination specified information is information specifying a destination,
A command storage unit that stores a first command that is a command transmitted to the navigation device and that has a destination setting command that is a command to set a destination for the navigation device;
A transmission instruction receiving unit that receives a first transmission instruction that is an instruction to transmit the first instruction;
The first instruction indicated by the first transmission instruction received by the transmission instruction receiving unit and the transmission information received by the transmission information receiving unit are associated with each other and transmitted to the navigation device, and function as a transmission unit .
The first command is a command for deleting, from the navigation device, the first command and the destination designation information transmitted in association with the first command when the navigation device arrives at a destination. A program that is an instruction having a delete instruction . A program that causes a computer to function as a navigation device that constitutes an information processing system including one or more information processing terminals and a navigation device,
Computer
A command transmitted by the information processing terminal, which is a command having a destination setting command that is a command for setting the destination for the navigation device, and a destination that is information for specifying the destination a receiver for receiving one or more transmission information and is information having a specified information,
A processing unit that performs a process of setting a destination using a destination indicated by the destination designation information included in the transmission information according to a destination setting command included in the first command received by the receiving unit;
To function as an output unit for outputting the processing result of the processing unit has performed,
The first command is a command for deleting, from the navigation device, the first command and the destination designation information transmitted in association with the first command when the navigation device arrives at a destination. An instruction having a delete instruction;
In the processing step, when the navigation device arrives at a destination, according to the deletion command included in the first command received in the receiving step, the first command and a destination designation associated with the first command A program that deletes information and .

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