JP6531382B2 - Information guidance system, information guidance method and computer program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information guidance system, an information guidance method, and a computer program for guiding information on facilities located on a map.

  2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, in many cases, a navigation device is mounted on a vehicle, which provides travel guidance of the vehicle and allows a driver to easily arrive at a desired destination. Here, the navigation device detects the current position of the vehicle with a GPS receiver or the like, acquires map data corresponding to the current position through a recording medium such as a DVD-ROM or HDD or through a network, and displays it on the liquid crystal monitor A device that can Furthermore, in such a navigation device, information about facilities located in the vicinity of the current position of the vehicle or facilities located in a specific area (for example, around a destination) is also provided. Also, in recent years, some mobile phones, smart phones, tablet terminals, personal computers and the like have the same function as the above navigation device.

  Here, when guiding information on the above facilities, a facility that meets the conditions desired by the user is searched based on the current position information of the vehicle and the conditions input by the user, and a guide is provided on the facilities that meet the conditions. Is common. In addition, when guiding the searched facilities to the user, for example, the names of the searched facilities are displayed in a list, as in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2014-32013 and Japanese Patent No. 4723729, and the searched This is done by displaying the location of the facility on a map.

JP, 2014-32013, A (page 7, FIG. 6) Patent No. 4723729 (page 8, FIG. 6)

  Here, in the techniques described in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 described above, the information of the facility to be guided to the user is the information regarding the individual facility that corresponds to the search condition. For example, in FIG. 6 of Patent Document 1, the name and the position of a store of a convenience store called “XX Mart xx store” are guided. However, when searching for facilities, it is also assumed that the user wants to provide information of a group to which the higher-level facilities belong, rather than the information of individual facilities.

  In recent years, there are many facilities run by chain stores (groups) that develop the same brand and service based on large capital, at each facility located throughout the country such as department stores, supermarkets, convenience stores, gas stations, drug stores and the like. Therefore, there may be many facilities of the same chain store which provide the same goods and services in the same area. In such a case, when facilities in the same chain store correspond to the search condition and are displayed as a search result, only facilities in the same chain store will be continuously guided in a list, and it is necessary for the user There is a problem that it is difficult to obtain useful information. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 6 of cited reference 1, a large number of facilities (that is, facilities with very similar names) that differ only in the location of “××” indicating the branch name in “○ マ ー ト Mart ×× store” It is also assumed that the user is guided in a list.

  In addition, some users may want chain store information rather than individual facility information. For example, if the user only wants to go to a particular chain store without regard to the location of the facility, or if there is a desired chain store in a particular area, how much There are cases where you want to know if you have a store number.

  Then, in the techniques described in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2, only the information related to the individual facilities corresponding to the search condition is displayed in a list without regard to the group to which the facilities such as the chain store described above belong. Was guiding. As a result, it is difficult for the user to understand the guided information and to obtain necessary information for the user.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and provides a more effective facility guidance by guiding information of facilities searched in consideration of a group to which a facility such as a chain store belongs. It is an object of the present invention to provide an information guidance system, an information guidance method, and a computer program that make it possible to

In order to achieve the above object, an information guidance system (1) according to the present invention searches facility corresponding to a predetermined search condition based on facility information acquiring means (13) for acquiring facility information on a facility and based on the facility information. Facility search means (13) and an individual name for individually specifying the target facility as guidance information on the target facility which is the facility searched by the facility search means, and a group to which the target facility belongs when it belongs to a group The facility information means (13) displays the group name specifying the information in a list form on the display device (15) in a predetermined number unit, and the guidance information for the display device based on the user's operation Guidance switching means (13) for switching the target facility to be displayed, and a ground for displaying the map image (54) together with the guidance information on the display device Display means (13) and position information guiding means (13 for displaying information for specifying the position of the guidance facility which is the target facility for which the individual name is displayed on the display device, superimposed on the map image And the map display means displays the map image at a scale including the positions of all the guide facilities, and the facility guide means belongs to any one of the groups as a first step. As for the target facilities, without displaying the individual names, one group name is displayed as the guidance information for each group, and as a second step, the user selects the group name displayed on the display device. When an operation is accepted, the individual names of the target facilities belonging to the group of the selected group name are newly displayed in a list, and the group names are displayed in the first step. When that the target facility is a plurality, if they belong to different groups, respectively, with each target facility to display a plurality of the group name in the list form belong, separate the target facility in the second stage When displaying the name, the selected group name and the individual names of the target facilities belonging to the group of the group name are continuously displayed in the same list.
The “group” to which the facility belongs is, for example, a chain store such as a franchisee, a group of stores operated by the same owner or parent company, a related group company, a parent company (head office) and its subsidiaries (branches, sales offices) There are sectarian temples etc.

In the information guiding method according to the present invention, the facility information acquiring means (13) corresponds to a step of acquiring facility information on a facility, and the facility searching means (13) corresponds to a predetermined search condition based on the facility information. Searching the target facility, and the individual name and target facility for individually specifying the target facility as guidance information on the target facility which is the facility searched by the facility search unit, and the facility guide means (13) And displaying the group name specifying the group to which the group belongs to the display unit (15) in a predetermined number unit, and the guide switching means (13) based on the user's operation, Switching the target facility for which the guidance information is to be displayed on the display device, and the map display means (13) being in front of the display device A step of displaying a map image (54) together with the guidance information, and information for specifying the position of the guidance facility which is the target facility for which the individual name is displayed on the display device, the position information guiding means (13) the anda step of displaying superimposed on the map image, the map display means displays the map image to scale including the positions of all of the guide facility, the facility guiding means, first As the stage, for the target facilities belonging to any group, the group name of one group is displayed as the guidance information for each group without displaying the individual name, and is displayed on the display device as the second stage. When the user's operation of selecting the group name is accepted, the individual names of the target facilities belonging to the group of the selected group name are newly listed Displaying, when displaying the group name in the first stage, there the target facility are multiple, if they belong to different groups, displays a plurality of groups names each target facility belongs to a list form In addition, when displaying the individual names of the target facilities in the second step, the selected group name and the individual names of the target facilities belonging to the group of the group names are successively displayed in the same list. It is characterized by displaying.

Further, a computer program according to the present invention includes a computer, facility information acquisition means for acquiring facility information on a facility, facility search means for searching a facility corresponding to a predetermined search condition based on the facility information, and the facility As guidance information on a target facility which is a facility searched by a search means, a predetermined number unit of an individual name for individually specifying the target facility and a group name for specifying a group to which the target facility belongs when belonging to a group Guiding means for switching the target facility for which the guidance information is to be displayed on the display device based on the facility guiding means for displaying the list information on the display device (15) and the user's operation And map display means for displaying a map image (54) together with the guidance information on the display device; The information specifying the position of the guide facility which is the target facility where the individual name is displayed is made to function as position information guide means to be superimposed and displayed on the map image, and the map display means is all The map image is displayed at a scale including the position of the guidance facility, and the facility guidance means does not display the individual name for the target facilities belonging to any of the groups as the first step. When the user's operation of selecting the group name displayed on the display device is received as the second step, the group name of one group is displayed as the guidance information each time, the selected group name is selected. the newly displayed in a list form the individual names of the target facility belonging to the group, when displaying the group name in the first stage, the target facility has a plurality The if they belong to different groups, respectively, with each target facility to display a plurality of the group name in the list form belong, when displaying the individual names of the target facility in the second stage, which is selected A group name and the individual names of the target facilities belonging to the group of the group name are displayed consecutively in the same list.

  According to the information guidance system, the information guidance method, and the computer program of the present invention having the above configuration, the group name for specifying the group to which the facility belongs when the facility belongs to a group is listed as guidance information on the searched facility. Since the information is displayed by displaying the information, it is possible to provide information on the facilities searched in consideration of the group to which the facility such as a chain store belongs. As a result, even when there are a large number of facilities that meet the search condition, the information on the facilities can be guided to the user in an easy-to-understand manner, and the user can easily obtain the necessary information. Further, the user can easily grasp the position of the facility in which the individual name is displayed in the list by referring to the displayed map image.

It is a block diagram showing a navigation device concerning this embodiment. It is a figure showing an example of institution data. It is a figure showing the relation between a group and an institution. It is a flow chart of a facility guidance processing program concerning this embodiment. It is a figure showing a facility guidance screen displayed on a liquid crystal display in Steps 5 and 6. It is the figure which showed the plant | facility guidance screen displayed on a liquid crystal display in step 8,9. It is a figure showing an example in which a facility mark is displayed in duplicate. It is a figure showing a facility guidance screen displayed on a liquid crystal display in Steps 12 and 13. It is a figure showing a facility guidance screen displayed on a liquid crystal display in Steps 14 and 15.

  Hereinafter, based on one embodiment which materialized the information guidance system concerning the present invention to a navigation device, it explains in detail, referring to drawings. First, a schematic configuration of the navigation device 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a navigation device 1 according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the navigation device 1 according to the present embodiment includes a current position detection unit 11 for detecting the current position of a vehicle equipped with the navigation device 1, and a data recording unit 12 in which various data are recorded. A navigation ECU 13 that performs various arithmetic processing based on the input information, an operation unit 14 that receives an operation from the user, and a liquid crystal display 15 that displays the user with a map around the vehicle and guidance information about a facility. Communication is performed between a speaker 16 that outputs voice guidance regarding route guidance, a DVD drive 17 that reads a DVD that is a storage medium, and an information center such as a probe center or a VICS (registered trademark: Vehicle Information and Communication System) center. And a communication module 18.

Below, each component which comprises the navigation apparatus 1 is demonstrated in order.
The current position detection unit 11 includes the GPS 21, the vehicle speed sensor 22, the steering sensor 23, the gyro sensor 24, and the like, and can detect the current position, direction, traveling speed of the vehicle, current time, and the like. . Here, in particular, the vehicle speed sensor 22 is a sensor for detecting the moving distance of the vehicle and the vehicle speed, generates a pulse according to the rotation of the drive wheel of the vehicle, and outputs a pulse signal to the navigation ECU 13. And navigation ECU13 calculates the rotational speed and moving distance of a driving wheel by counting the pulse which generate | occur | produces. The navigation device 1 does not have to include all the four types of sensors described above, and the navigation device 1 may be configured to include only one or more of these sensors.

  Further, the data recording unit 12 is a hard disk (not shown) as an external storage device and a recording medium, a driver for reading a map information DB 31 recorded on the hard disk, a predetermined program and the like and writing predetermined data on the hard disk And a recording head (not shown). The data recording unit 12 may be configured by a memory card or an optical disk such as a CD or a DVD instead of the hard disk. Further, the map information DB 31 may be stored in an external server, and the navigation device 1 may acquire the map information through communication.

  Here, the map information DB 31 includes, for example, link data 33 for roads (links), node data 34 for node points, facility data 35 for facilities, map display data for displaying a map, intersection data for each intersection, route It is storage means in which search data for searching, search data for searching for points, etc. are stored.

  Further, as the link data 33, the width of the road to which the link belongs, the gradient arrangement, the cant, the bank, the state of the road surface, the number of lanes of the road, the number of lanes decrease, the width Data representing narrowing points, crossings, etc. represents the radius of curvature, intersections, T-junctions, entrances and exits of the corners, etc. for corners, data representing downhill roads, uphill roads, etc. for road attributes Regarding types, in addition to general roads such as national roads, prefectural roads, narrow streets, etc., data representing expressways national roads, urban expressways, motorways, toll roads such as general toll roads, toll bridges etc. are recorded respectively.

  Further, as the node data 34, coordinates (positions) of node points set for each predetermined distance according to a branch point of an actual road (including an intersection, a T-junction, etc.) and each road according to a curvature radius and the like A node attribute indicating whether a node is a node corresponding to an intersection, etc., a connected link number list which is a list of link numbers of links connected to the node, and an adjacency which is a list of node numbers of nodes adjacent to the node via the link A node number list, data on height (altitude) of each node point, etc. are recorded.

Further, as the facility data 35, information about a facility which is to be a departure place, a destination, a guidance target or the like in the navigation device 1 is stored. For example, accommodation facilities such as hotels and inn, refueling facilities such as gas stations, shopping malls, supermarkets, shopping centers, commercial facilities such as convenience stores, amusement facilities such as theme parks and game centers, and eating and drinking facilities such as restaurants, bars and taverns Information on facilities, parking facilities such as public parking lots, transportation facilities, religious facilities such as temples, churches, museums, public facilities such as museums, etc. corresponds.
In addition, the facility data 35 includes, for each facility, a facility number that is an identifier of the facility, a facility name that indicates the name of the facility, and a facility genre that indicates the genre of the facility ("parking lot", "post office", "restaurant", etc.) , And position coordinates indicating the position of the facility.

Here, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the facility data 35.
For example, in the example of the facility data 35 shown in FIG. 2, the fact that "Convenience store ○ chain A branch (genre: convenience store)" corresponding to the facility number: "10001" exists at the point of coordinates (x1, y1) It shows. It also indicates that “× ○ parking lot B town first (genre: parking lot)” corresponding to the facility number: “10002” exists at the point of coordinates (x2, y2). Similarly, information on other facilities is also stored.

  Further, with regard to facilities belonging to any group among the facilities stored in the facility data 35, data linking the facility to a group to which the facility belongs and the names of the groups are also stored in the data recording unit 12. . In addition, the information regarding a group is not memorize | stored about the plant | facility (for example, a public accommodation, a store of personal management, etc.) which does not belong to any group.

  Here, as a "group" to which the facility belongs, there are, for example, a chain store such as a franchisee, a store group operated by the same owner or parent company, a related group company, a parent company (head office) and its subsidiaries (branches, sales offices), There are temples etc. of the same sect. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 3, each facility which is a chain store of "convenience store ○ ○ chain", each facility which is a chain store of "parking lot × ○ chain", and each chain store of "○ × stand chain" Facilities are stored in association with groups to which they belong.

  The navigation device 1 then searches the facilities corresponding to the search condition (for example, area or genre) specified by the user using the facility data 35 when performing the facility search process as described later, and the search condition is The various information (a name and a position coordinate) regarding the installation applicable to is extracted from map information DB31. Then, a landmark indicating the position of the facility is displayed at the corresponding position of the map image displayed on the liquid crystal display 15, or a list of facility name of the facility, distance from the current position, required time, etc. is displayed in list form By doing this, the information about the facility is guided to the user. In addition, when an operation is performed to set the facility to which the user is guided as a destination or a via point, a guidance route in which the facility is set as a destination or a via point is set.

  Furthermore, when the facility corresponding to the search condition belongs to any group, the name of the group to which the name of the individual facility belongs is displayed in the first stage as described later. Then, when the displayed name of the group is selected by the user, the individual names of the facilities belonging to the group selected as the second stage are newly displayed (see FIG. 6).

  Further, the navigation ECU (Electronic Control Unit) 13 is an electronic control unit that controls the entire navigation device 1 and is a working memory when the CPU 41 as an arithmetic device and control device and the CPU 41 perform various arithmetic processing. In addition to the RAM 42, which stores route data etc. when a route is searched, and a control program, it is read out from ROM 43 and ROM 43 where facility guide processing program (FIG. 4) and the like described later are recorded. An internal storage device such as a flash memory 44 for storing a program is provided. The navigation ECU 13 constitutes various means as a processing algorithm. For example, the facility information acquisition unit acquires facility information on a facility. The facility search means searches for a facility corresponding to a predetermined search condition based on the facility information. The facility guidance means, as guidance information on the target facility which is the facility searched by the facility search means, an individual name for specifying the target facility individually and a group name for specifying the group to which the target facility belongs when belonging to the group The information is displayed in the form of a list on the display device in predetermined units. The guidance switching unit switches a target facility for which guidance information is displayed on the liquid crystal display 15 based on the user's operation. The map display means displays a map image on the liquid crystal display 15 together with the guidance information. The position information guiding means superimposes and displays information for specifying the position of a guidance facility which is a target facility whose individual name is displayed on the liquid crystal display 15 on the map image.

  The operation unit 14 is operated when inputting a departure point as a travel start point and a destination as the travel end point, and includes a plurality of operation switches (not shown) such as various keys and buttons. And navigation ECU13 performs control in order to perform various corresponding operations based on the switch signal outputted by pressing etc. of each switch. In addition, it is also used when inputting the search condition of the facility, and selecting the name of the group displayed after the search. The operation unit 14 can also be configured by a touch panel provided on the front surface of the liquid crystal display 15. Moreover, it can also be comprised by a microphone and a speech recognition apparatus.

  In addition, the liquid crystal display 15 includes a map image including a road, traffic information, operation guidance, operation menu, key guidance, guidance route from the departure place to the destination, guidance information along the guidance route, news, weather forecast, The time, mail, television program etc. are displayed. In addition, when a facility search is performed, it is also used when displaying information about the searched facility and information of a group to which the facility belongs. Instead of the liquid crystal display 15, HUD or HMD may be used.

  Further, the speaker 16 outputs voice guidance for guiding traveling along the planned traveling route based on an instruction from the navigation ECU 13 and guidance for traffic information.

  The DVD drive 17 is a drive capable of reading data recorded on a recording medium such as a DVD or a CD. Then, based on the read data, reproduction of music and video, update of the map information DB 31, and the like are performed.

  The communication module 18 is a communication device for receiving traffic information including traffic jam information, regulation information, traffic accident information and the like transmitted from a traffic information center, for example, a VICS center or a probe center. For example, a mobile phone or DCM corresponds.

  Subsequently, a facility guidance processing program executed by the CPU 41 in the navigation device 1 having the above configuration will be described based on FIG. FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a facility guidance processing program according to the present embodiment. Here, the facility guidance processing program is executed when the navigation device 1 receives a predetermined operation for searching for a facility, and searches for a facility corresponding to the condition desired by the user, and provides guidance based on the searched facility. Is a program that The program shown in the flowchart of FIG. 4 below is stored in the RAM 42 or the ROM 43 provided in the navigation device 1 and is executed by the CPU 41.

  First, in step (hereinafter abbreviated as S) 1 in the facility guidance processing program, the CPU 41 acquires the search condition of the facility designated by the user. Here, when searching for a facility, the user first uses the operation unit 14 to input search conditions. In addition, as a search condition, it is possible to specify the position, the name, the genre, etc. of the facility. For example, if “near the vehicle position” is specified as the position of the facility and “convenience store” is specified as the genre, convenience stores located in the vicinity (for example, within 3 km) of the vehicle position are searched.

  Next, in S2, based on the facility data 35 stored in the data recording unit 12, the CPU 41 searches for a facility corresponding to the search condition acquired in S1. For example, when “around the vehicle position” is acquired as the position of the facility and “convenience store” is acquired as the search condition as the genre, the position coordinates of each facility and the GPS 21 stored in the facility data 35 (FIG. 2) By comparing with the coordinates of the current position of the vehicle detected by the above, facilities located in the vicinity (for example, within 3 km) of the current position of the vehicle are extracted. Furthermore, among the extracted facilities, only the facilities of the category "convenience store" are further extracted. Then, the facility finally extracted is the facility corresponding to the search condition.

  Subsequently, in S3, the CPU 41 specifies an individual name and a group name to be displayed on the liquid crystal display 15. Here, in the navigation device 1 according to the present embodiment, as the information of the facility corresponding to the search condition, in particular, the guidance of the name of the facility and the position of the facility is performed. Specifically, the names of the facilities (hereinafter referred to as target facilities) searched in S2 are displayed on the liquid crystal display 15 in a list, and the positions of the facilities on the map image displayed on the liquid crystal display 15 as well. Information (for example, a mark) identifying the

  However, for a target facility belonging to any of the groups, basically the name of the group to which the target facility belongs (hereinafter referred to as the group name) without displaying the individual name of the facility (hereinafter referred to as the individual name) ) Is displayed on the liquid crystal display 15. In addition, only one name is displayed for each group, so that group names are not displayed redundantly. That is, when there are a plurality of target facilities belonging to the same group, not one group name is displayed for each target facility but only one group name is displayed in group units. On the other hand, for a target facility that does not belong to any group, the individual name of the facility is displayed on the liquid crystal display 15. Further, the display of the individual names and the group names is performed by displaying them in a list in a predetermined number of units. Here, the predetermined number is the maximum number (hereinafter referred to as the maximum display number) at which the individual names and the group names can be displayed on the liquid crystal display 15 at one time. The maximum display number can be appropriately set according to the size of the screen of the liquid crystal display 15 and the like, but is set to, for example, six. In addition, the list may be displayed in the order of the Japanese syllabary of the name, may be in order of proximity to the vehicle position, or may be in order of proximity to the destination or the guide route when the destination is set. . Furthermore, the group name may be in the order of the group in which the number of target facilities to which it belongs is large.

  Therefore, in S3, if the display order of the list is, for example, the order of the Japanese syllabary, the CPU 41 compares the individual name of the target facility found in the S2 with the group name to which the target facility belongs and In order from the above, the names of the maximum display number are specified as individual names and group names to be displayed on the liquid crystal display 15. If the sum of the individual names of the target facilities searched in S2 and the group names to which the target facilities belong is smaller than the maximum display number (for example, in the case of one or two), the target facilities searched in S2 All of the individual names of and the group names to which the target facility belongs are specified as the individual names and the group names to be displayed on the liquid crystal display 15.

  If the sum of the individual names of the target facilities searched in S2 and the group names to which the target facilities belong is equal to or more than the maximum display number (for example, six) that can be displayed on the liquid crystal display 15 at one time, Only the individual name and the group name specified in S3 are displayed in a list on the liquid crystal display 15. However, by scrolling the displayed list based on the user's operation, it is possible to switch the individual name or the group name to be displayed (S10).

  Next, in S4, the CPU 41 determines whether the name to be displayed on the liquid crystal display 15 specified in S3 is only a group name.

  When it is determined that the name to be displayed on the liquid crystal display 15 specified in S3 is only the group name (S4: YES), the process proceeds to S5. On the other hand, when it is determined that the name to be displayed on the liquid crystal display 15 specified in S3 includes the individual name (S4: NO), the process proceeds to S11.

  In S5, the CPU 41 displays the group names to be displayed on the liquid crystal display 15 specified in S3 in a list on the liquid crystal display 15.

  Furthermore, in S6, the CPU 41 also displays a map image on the same screen as the group name displayed in a list. The map image displayed for S6 may be a map image around the current position of the vehicle, or when a destination is set, it may be a map image including the area around the destination and the entire guide route. good. When a facility search is performed under a search condition for searching a facility in a predetermined area, a map image of the predetermined area may be used. Furthermore, the scale of the displayed map may be a predetermined initial value (e.g., 1/10000) or may be a scale set by the user.

Here, FIG. 5 is a view showing the facility guidance screen 51 displayed on the liquid crystal display 15 in the steps S5 and S6. In addition, in FIG. 5, the facility guidance screen 51 displayed when the "convenience store" in the "periphery of the vehicle position" is designated as the search condition is shown.
As shown in FIG. 5, the facility guidance screen 51 includes two display areas, a left screen 52 for displaying a map image around the vehicle position, and a right screen 53 for displaying facility information of the searched facility.
Then, on the left screen 52, a map image 54 around the vehicle position is displayed. In addition, a vehicle position mark 55 indicating the current position of the vehicle is superimposed on the map image and displayed. As described above, map images other than the area around the vehicle position may be displayed as the map image.
On the other hand, the right screen 53 is provided with an information display space 56 for displaying the individual names of the searched target facilities and the group names of the groups to which the target facilities belong in a list. The example shown in FIG. 5 shows the case where only the group name is displayed. Further, a scroll bar 57 is arranged beside the information display space 56. Then, the user can scroll the individual names and group names displayed in the information display space 56 by switching the scroll bar 57 up and down to switch to other names. Also, as described later, when the user selects any of the group names displayed in the information display space 56, the individual names of the target facilities belonging to the selected group name group are newly displayed in the information display space 56. (See Figure 6).

  Next, in S7, the CPU 41 determines whether or not an operation to select one of the group names displayed on the liquid crystal display 15 has been received. For example, in a state where the facility guidance screen 51 shown in FIG. 5 is displayed, when an operation of touching any of the group names displayed in the information display space 56 is received, an operation of selecting the touched group name is It is determined that it has been accepted.

  When it is determined that the operation of selecting one of the group names displayed on the liquid crystal display 15 is received (S7: YES), the process proceeds to S8. On the other hand, when it is determined that the operation of selecting the group name displayed on the liquid crystal display 15 is not received (S7: NO), the process proceeds to S10.

  In S8, the CPU 41 successively displays the individual names of the target facilities belonging to the group of the selected group name in the form of a list in succession to the selected group name. Also, scrolling is performed so that the selected group name is positioned at the top of the list.

  Next, in S9, the CPU 41 superimposes information (for example, a mark) specifying the position of a target facility (hereinafter referred to as a guidance facility) whose individual name is displayed on the liquid crystal display 15 on a map image for each guidance facility and displays Do. Furthermore, the scale of the map image displayed on the liquid crystal display 15 is an appropriate scale (for example, all the guide facilities where the position of all the guide facilities is included in the map image and the user can grasp the position of each guide facility). Change the position to the maximum scale included in the map image).

Here, FIG. 6 is a view showing the facility guidance screen 51 which is displayed after the group name “convenience store チ ェ ー ン chain” is particularly selected in the facility guidance screen 51 shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 6, on the facility guidance screen 51, the individual names of the target facilities belonging to the group of “Convenience store チ ェ ー ン chain” selected by the user are newly displayed in the information display space 56. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 6, four target facilities (“Convenience Store XX Chain A Branch”, “Convenience Store XX Chain B Branch”, “Convenience Store XX Chain C Branch”), “Convenience Store ○ Chain D Branch] is shown. In addition, the list is scrolled so that the selected “convenience store チ ェ ー ン chain” is positioned at the top of the list.
On the other hand, on the map image 54 displayed on the left screen 52, facility marks 61 to 64 indicating the positions of the facilities whose individual names are displayed on the information display space 56 are displayed. The alphabet displayed in the facility marks 61 to 64 corresponds to the alphabet displayed in the information display space 56. For example, the facility mark 61 with the position of “Convenience store ○ ○ chain A branch” attached with “B” Indicated by In addition, the scale of the map image 54 is all the facilities whose individual names are displayed in the information display space 56 ("Convenience store チ ェ ー ン chain A branch", "convenience store チ ェ ー ン chain B branch" in the example shown in FIG. The positions of the chain C branch and the convenience store chain D branch are set to the scale included in the map image.

  In the case where the plurality of facility marks 61 to 64 are superimposed on the map image 54 and displayed, if the display positions of the facility marks 61 to 64 overlap among the guide facilities, the information display space 56 is displayed above the list. The facility mark identifying the position of the displayed guide facility is displayed with priority. Specifically, a facility mark that specifies the position of the guidance facility displayed at the top of the list in the information display space 56 is drawn as a layer higher. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 6, “Convenience store XX Chain A Branch” is the highest layer, and “Convenience Store XX Chain B Branch”, “Convenience Store XX Chain C Branch”, “Convenience Store XX Chain D Branch” It becomes lower layer in order of. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 7, when the display position of the facility mark 61 of the “convenience store チ ェ ー ン chain B branch” and the facility mark 62 of the “convenience store チ ェ ー ン chain C branch” overlap, “convenience store チ ェ ー ン chain B” The facility mark 61 of "branch" will be displayed on the front.

  In the example shown in FIG. 7, when the display positions of the facility marks 61 to 64 overlap among the guide facilities, the facility mark specifying the position of the guide facility displayed at the top of the list in the information display space 56, Although the configuration is such that drawing is performed as the upper layer, only the facility mark that specifies the position of the guidance facility displayed at the top of the list in the information display space 56 among the overlapping facility marks may be drawn. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 7, only the facility mark 61 of “Convenience store チ ェ ー ン chain B branch” may be drawn, and the facility mark 62 of “convenience store チ ェ ー ン chain C branch” may not be drawn.

  Incidentally, when the individual name displayed on the liquid crystal display 15 is subsequently selected by the user, the CPU 41 detailed information of the target facility corresponding to the selected individual name (distance from own vehicle position, opening hours, address Etc.) or execute processing to set the target facility as the destination.

  On the other hand, in S10, the CPU 41 determines whether or not an operation of scrolling the individual name and the group name displayed on the liquid crystal display 15 has been received. For example, in a state where the facility guidance screen 51 shown in FIG. 5 is displayed, when an operation to move the scroll bar 57 up and down is accepted, an operation to scroll the individual name and the group name displayed on the liquid crystal display 15 is accepted. It is determined that

  When it is determined that the operation of scrolling the individual name and the group name displayed on the liquid crystal display 15 is received (S10: YES), the process proceeds to S3. Then, according to the received scroll operation, the individual name or group name to be displayed on the liquid crystal display 15 is switched to execute the processing of S3 and subsequent steps. On the other hand, when it is determined that the operation of scrolling the individual name and the group name displayed on the liquid crystal display 15 is not received (S10: NO), the facility guidance processing program is ended.

  On the other hand, in S11, which is executed when it is determined in S4 that the name to be displayed on the liquid crystal display 15 includes an individual name, the CPU 41 determines the name to be displayed on the liquid crystal display 15 specified in S3. It is determined whether it is only an individual name. As described above, for the target facilities that do not belong to any group, the individual names of the facilities are displayed on the liquid crystal display 15 from the beginning.

  When it is determined that the name to be displayed on the liquid crystal display 15 specified in S3 is only the individual name (S11: YES), the process proceeds to S14. On the other hand, when it is determined that the name to be displayed on the liquid crystal display 15 specified in S3 includes both the individual name and the group name (S11: NO), the process proceeds to S12.

  In S12, the CPU 41 displays the individual names and group names to be displayed on the liquid crystal display 15 specified in S3 in a list on the liquid crystal display 15.

  Subsequently, in S13, the CPU 41 also displays the map image on the same screen as the individual names and the group names displayed in the list. In addition, information (for example, a mark) for specifying the position of the guidance facility whose individual name is displayed on the liquid crystal display 15 is superimposed and displayed on the map image for each guidance facility. Furthermore, the scale of the map image displayed on the liquid crystal display 15 is an appropriate scale (for example, all the guide facilities where the position of all the guide facilities is included in the map image and the user can grasp the position of each guide facility). Change the position to the maximum scale included in the map image). Thereafter, the process shifts to S7.

Here, FIG. 8 is a view showing the facility guidance screen 51 displayed on the liquid crystal display 15 in the steps S12 and S13. Note that FIG. 8 shows the facility guidance screen 51 that is displayed when “Dragstore” located in “around the vehicle position” is specified as the search condition.
As shown in FIG. 8, in the information display space 56 of the facility guidance screen 51, the individual name of the searched target facility and the group name of the group to which the target facility belongs are displayed in a list. Then, the user can scroll the individual names and group names displayed in the information display space 56 by switching the scroll bar 57 up and down to switch to other names. Also, as described above, when the user selects any of the group names displayed in the information display space 56, the individual names of the target facilities belonging to the selected group name group are newly displayed in the information display space 56. (Refer to S7-S9, FIG. 6). On the other hand, when an individual name is selected by the user, detailed information (distance from the vehicle position, opening hours, address, etc.) of the target facility corresponding to the selected individual name is displayed, or the target facility is Execute the process set to.
Further, on the map image 54 displayed on the left screen 52, facility marks 71 to 73 indicating the position of the facility on which the individual name is displayed among the names displayed on the information display space 56 are displayed. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 8, three group names of “○ ○ drug chain”, “Δ Δ drug store”, and “Δ ○ shop store” and “XX pharmacy”, “XX pharmacy”, “XX Since three individual names of "dispensing pharmacy" are displayed, facility marks 71 to 73 indicating positions of "XX pharmacy,""OXpharmacy," and "XX dispensing pharmacy" are displayed. In addition, the scale of the map image 54 is for all the facilities whose individual names are displayed in the information display space 56 ("XX pharmacy", "XX pharmacy", "XX dispensing pharmacy" in the example shown in FIG. 8). The position is set to the scale included in the map image.

  Also, when the facility marks 71 to 73 overlap with each other, the facility display for specifying the position of the guide facility displayed at the top of the list is preferentially displayed by the information display space 56 as in the case of S9. Configure (see FIG. 7).

  On the other hand, in S14, the CPU 41 displays the individual names to be displayed on the liquid crystal display 15 specified in S3 in a list on the liquid crystal display 15.

  Subsequently, in S15, the CPU 41 also displays a map image on the same screen as the individual names displayed in a list. In addition, information (for example, a mark) for specifying the position of the guidance facility whose individual name is displayed on the liquid crystal display 15 is superimposed and displayed on the map image for each guidance facility. Furthermore, the scale of the map image displayed on the liquid crystal display 15 is an appropriate scale (for example, all the guide facilities where the position of all the guide facilities is included in the map image and the user can grasp the position of each guide facility). Change the position to the maximum scale included in the map image). Thereafter, the process proceeds to S10.

Here, FIG. 9 is a view showing the facility guidance screen 51 displayed on the liquid crystal display 15 in the above-mentioned S14 and S15. In addition, in FIG. 9, the facility guidance screen 51 displayed when the "park" in the "periphery of the own vehicle position" is designated as a search condition is shown.
As shown in FIG. 9, in the information display space 56 of the facility guidance screen 51, the individual names of the searched target facilities are displayed in a list. Further, in the example shown in FIG. 9, since the number of target facilities is smaller than the maximum display number at which individual names and group names can be displayed on the liquid crystal display 15 at one time, the scroll bar 57 is not displayed. Further, as described above, when the user selects any of the individual names displayed in the information display space 56, detailed information of the target facility corresponding to the selected individual name (distance from the vehicle position, business hours, Execute the process of displaying the address etc. or setting the target facility as the destination.
On the other hand, on the map image 54 displayed on the left screen 52, facility marks 81 to 84 indicating the positions of the facilities of the individual names displayed on the information display space 56 are displayed. In addition, the scale of the map image 54 is all the facilities whose individual names are displayed in the information display space 56 (in the example shown in FIG. 9, “× ○ Park”, “○○ Park”, “○ × Park”, “× The position of “children's park” is set to the scale included in the map image.

  In addition, when the facility marks 81 to 84 overlap with each other, the facility display for specifying the position of the guidance facility displayed at the top of the list is preferentially displayed by the information display space 56 as in the case of S9. Configure (see FIG. 7).

  Then, the user visually recognizes the facility guidance screen 51 displayed on the liquid crystal display 15 shown in FIG. 5, FIG. 6, FIG. 8 and FIG. 9 to obtain information such as the name and position of the facility corresponding to the user's desired condition. It is possible to obtain Also, when the target facility belongs to any group such as a chain store, the group name is displayed first, and when the displayed group name is selected by the user, the individual of the target facility belonging to the group of the group name Since the name is displayed, it is possible to grasp whether or not there is a group such as a chain store desired in a specific area, and further, if there is a group, it is possible to grasp how many stores there are. It becomes.

  As described above in detail, the navigation device 1 according to the present embodiment, the facility guidance method by the navigation device 1, and the computer program executed by the navigation device 1 search for facilities corresponding to the search conditions specified by the user ( S2) As guidance information on the target facility which is the searched facility, an individual name specifying the target facility individually and a group name specifying the group to which the target facility belongs when belonging to a group are displayed in a predetermined number unit While displaying the list image on the display 15 (S5, S8, S12, S14), on the liquid crystal display 15, the map image is also displayed together with the individual name and the group name, and the individual name is further displayed. The information which specifies the position of the facility is superimposed and displayed on the map image (S9, S1 , S15), so it is possible to facilities such as chain stores is to guide the information of the search by taking into account the facility for the group to which it belongs. As a result, even when there are a large number of facilities that meet the search condition, the information on the facilities can be guided to the user in an easy-to-understand manner, and the user can easily obtain the necessary information. Further, the user can easily grasp the position of the facility in which the individual name is displayed in the list by referring to the displayed map image.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and it is needless to say that various improvements and modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.
For example, in the present embodiment, only the name of the facility or group is displayed in the information display space 56 of the facility guidance screen 51. Alternatively, information other than the name of the facility or group may be displayed. For example, the distance from the vehicle position, the required time, the genre, the business hours, the address, and the like.

  Further, in the present embodiment, when the group name displayed on the liquid crystal display 15 is selected, the individual names of the target facilities belonging to the group of the group name sequentially selected to the selected group name are newly listed. However, only individual names of the target facilities belonging to the group having the selected group name may be newly displayed in the form of a list.

  In the present embodiment, when the group name displayed on the liquid crystal display 15 is selected, the selected group name is moved to the top of the list, but the position of the selected group name is not changed. As well. Further, in the case where the group name and the individual name are displayed in list simultaneously, the group name may be displayed preferentially (that is, displayed in the upper rank of the list).

  Further, the present invention can be applied to an apparatus having a map image display function in addition to the navigation apparatus. For example, the present invention can also be applied to a mobile phone, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a mobile terminal or the like). Further, the present invention can be applied to a system configured of a server, a portable terminal, and the like. In that case, each step of the facility guidance processing program (FIG. 4) described above may be implemented by either the server or the portable terminal.

  In addition, although the embodiment in which the information guidance system according to the present invention is embodied has been described above, the information guidance system can also have the following configuration, in which case the following effects can be obtained.

For example, the first configuration is as follows.
Facility information acquisition means for acquiring facility information about a facility, facility search means for searching a facility corresponding to a predetermined search condition based on the facility information, and information on a target facility which is a facility searched by the facility search means Facility information that displays, as information, an individual name for individually specifying the target facility and a group name for specifying a group to which the target facility belongs when the target facility belongs to a group on a display device in a predetermined number unit A guide switching means for switching the target facility for which the guide information is to be displayed on the display device based on the means and the user's operation, and displaying a map image together with the guide information on the display device Information for identifying the position of the guide facility which is the target facility for which the individual name is displayed on the display device Anda position information guidance means for displaying superimposed on the map image, the map display means, the map image is displayed with scale including the positions of all of the guide facility, the facility guiding means, When there are a plurality of target facilities and they belong to different groups, a plurality of group names to which each target facility belongs are displayed in a list, and the group names and the targets belonging to the group having the group name It is characterized in that individual names of facilities and are continuously displayed in the same list .
According to the information guidance system having the above configuration, when the facility belongs to a group as guidance information on the searched facility, the group name for identifying the group to which the facility belongs is displayed by displaying it as a list, and thus the chain store It becomes possible to guide the information of the searched facility in consideration of the group to which the facility belongs. As a result, even when there are a large number of facilities that meet the search condition, the information on the facilities can be guided to the user in an easy-to-understand manner, and the user can easily obtain the necessary information. Further, the user can easily grasp the position of the facility in which the individual name is displayed in the list by referring to the displayed map image.

The second configuration is as follows.
The facility guiding means displays, as the guidance information, one group name for each group without displaying the individual names for the target facilities belonging to any of the groups as the first stage, and the second stage When the user's operation of selecting the group name displayed on the display device is accepted, the individual names of the target facilities belonging to the group of the selected group name are newly displayed in a list. It is characterized by
According to the information guidance system having the above configuration, when the target facility belongs to any group such as a chain store, the group name is first displayed, and when the displayed group name is selected by the user, the group is displayed Since the individual names of the target facilities belonging to the name group are displayed, it can be grasped whether or not there is a group such as a chain store desired in a specific area, and further, if there is a group, how many stores are It becomes possible to grasp whether there is any.

The third configuration is as follows.
The facility guiding means is characterized in that the individual names of the target facilities belonging to the selected group name group are newly displayed in list form continuously to the selected group name in the second step. I assume.
According to the information guidance system having the above configuration, it is possible to display a list of facilities belonging to the group selected by the user and meeting the search condition in correspondence with the group name so that the user can easily grasp the list. Become. Therefore, even when there are many facilities with similar names, it is possible to clearly identify and guide facilities belonging to the group selected by the user from other facilities.

The fourth configuration is as follows.
The facility guiding means is characterized in that the selected group name is displayed at the top of a list in the second step.
According to the information guidance system having the above configuration, it is possible to preferentially display on the display device the names of the facilities that belong to the group selected by the user and fall under the search condition.

The fifth configuration is as follows.
The facility guidance means is characterized in that the individual name is displayed as the guidance information for the target facility which does not belong to any group as the first stage.
According to the information guidance system having the above configuration, when the target facility does not belong to any group such as a chain store, the individual name of the target facility is displayed from the beginning, so the user does not belong to any group It becomes possible to easily identify and grasp the facility.

The sixth configuration is as follows.
When displaying the group name as the guide information, the facility guidance means preferentially displays a group name of a group having a large number of target facilities to which it belongs.
According to the information guidance system having the above configuration, it is possible to preferentially guide information on a group that is likely to be more useful information to the user, since many facilities that fall under the search condition belong.

The seventh configuration is as follows.
The position information guiding means displays the information for specifying the position of the guidance facility when the information for specifying the positions of a plurality of the guidance facilities is displayed superimposed on the map image for each of the information facilities. When overlapping among the guidance facilities, information identifying the position of the guidance facility displayed at the top of the list by the facility guidance means is preferentially displayed.
According to the information guidance system having the above configuration, even when the locations of the guidance facilities are adjacent and the information for specifying the locations of the guidance facilities needs to be displayed overlapping each other, the information more useful to the user is prioritized It will be possible to

1 Navigation Device 13 Navigation ECU
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Claims (7)

Facility information acquisition means for acquiring facility information on facilities;
Facility search means for searching for a facility corresponding to a predetermined search condition based on the facility information;
As guidance information on a target facility which is a facility searched by the facility search means, an individual name specifying the target facility individually and a group name specifying the group to which the target facility belongs when belonging to a group are specified. Facility guidance means for displaying a list of display units in units of several units;
Guidance switching means for switching the target facility for which the guidance information is displayed on the display device based on the user's operation;
Map display means for displaying a map image together with the guidance information on the display device;
Position information guiding means for superposing and displaying information for specifying the position of the guidance facility which is the target facility where the individual name is displayed on the display device, on the map image,
The map display means displays the map image at a scale including the positions of all the guidance facilities,
The facility guidance means is
As the first step, for the target facilities belonging to any of the groups, one of the group names for each group is displayed as the guidance information without displaying the individual names,
As a second step, when the user's operation of selecting the group name displayed on the display device is received, the individual names of the target facilities belonging to the group of the selected group name are newly listed in a list Display
When displaying the group name in the first step, if there are a plurality of target facilities and they belong to different groups, a plurality of group names to which each target facility belongs are displayed in a list.
In displaying the individual names of the target facilities in the second step, the selected group name and the individual names of the target facilities belonging to the group of the group names are continuously displayed in the same list. An information guidance system characterized by The facility guidance means is
The information guidance system according to claim 1 , wherein the selected group name is displayed at the top of a list in the second step. The facility guidance means is
The information guidance system according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the individual name is displayed as the guidance information for the target facilities that do not belong to any group as the first step. The facility guidance unit, when displaying the group name as the guidance information, any of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that preferentially displayed group name of the group number of the target facility often belongs Information guidance system described in. The position information guiding means displays the information for specifying the position of the guidance facility when the information for specifying the positions of a plurality of the guidance facilities is displayed superimposed on the map image for each of the information facilities. If the overlap between the guide facility, of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that preferentially displayed information identifying the position of the guide facility that is displayed on the top of the list by the facility guidance means The information guidance system described in any one. A step of the facility information acquisition means acquiring facility information on the facility;
The facility search means searches for a facility corresponding to a predetermined search condition based on the facility information;
A group for specifying a group to which an individual name individually specifying the target facility and the target facility belong when the target facility belongs to a group as the guide information on the target facility which is the facility searched by the facility search means. Displaying the names in the form of a list on the display device in a predetermined number of units;
A step of switching the target facility for which the guidance information is to be displayed on the display device based on the user's operation;
Displaying a map image together with the guidance information on the display device;
The position information guiding means superimposing and displaying, on the map image, information specifying the position of the guidance facility which is the target facility for which the individual name is displayed on the display device;
The map display means displays the map image at a scale including the positions of all the guidance facilities,
The facility guidance means is
As the first step, for the target facilities belonging to any of the groups, one of the group names for each group is displayed as the guidance information without displaying the individual names,
As a second step, when the user's operation of selecting the group name displayed on the display device is received, the individual names of the target facilities belonging to the group of the selected group name are newly listed in a list Display
When displaying the group name in the first step, if there are a plurality of target facilities and they belong to different groups, a plurality of group names to which each target facility belongs are displayed in a list.
In displaying the individual names of the target facilities in the second step, the selected group name and the individual names of the target facilities belonging to the group of the group names are continuously displayed in the same list. An information guidance system characterized by
An information guide method characterized by: Computer,
Facility information acquisition means for acquiring facility information on facilities;
Facility search means for searching for a facility corresponding to a predetermined search condition based on the facility information;
As guidance information on a target facility which is a facility searched by the facility search means, an individual name specifying the target facility individually and a group name specifying the group to which the target facility belongs when belonging to a group are specified. Facility guidance means for displaying a list of display units in units of several units;
Guidance switching means for switching the target facility for which the guidance information is displayed on the display device based on the user's operation;
Map display means for displaying a map image together with the guidance information on the display device;
Position information guiding means for superposing and displaying information for specifying the position of the guidance facility which is the target facility where the individual name is displayed on the display device;
As well as
The map display means displays the map image at a scale including the positions of all the guidance facilities,
The facility guidance means is
As the first step, for the target facilities belonging to any of the groups, one of the group names for each group is displayed as the guidance information without displaying the individual names,
As a second step, when the user's operation of selecting the group name displayed on the display device is received, the individual names of the target facilities belonging to the group of the selected group name are newly listed in a list Display
When displaying the group name in the first step, if there are a plurality of target facilities and they belong to different groups, a plurality of group names to which each target facility belongs are displayed in a list.
In displaying the individual names of the target facilities in the second step, the selected group name and the individual names of the target facilities belonging to the group of the group names are continuously displayed in the same list. A computer program characterized by

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