JPH01227182A - Map information using device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To shorten the processing time of the title device and, simultaneously, to certainly prevent erroneous definition by managing the additional processes of a map element and attribute information and defining process of the relation between the map element and attribute information as one flow. CONSTITUTION:A map information managing means 12 displays map information on a display device 16 by making access to a map information memory 19 and, at the same time, stores the map information in the memory 19 after adding a map element inputted from the display device 16 to the information. Thus the map information managing means 12 manages the addition, change, etc., of map elements. An attribute information managing means 14 manages the addition, change, etc., of attribute information associated with the map elements inputted from the display device 16 and a relation defining means 13 defines the relation between an inputted element and its associated attribute information. Thus addition of an element on a map and attribute information associated with the element and definition of the relation between the element and information can be processed collectively with one processor. Therefore, the time required for adding an element on a map and its associated attribute information can be reduced and, at the same time, definition of relation with an erroneous element can be prevented certainly.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a map formed of elements constituting a map, attribute information accompanying the elements, and relationship definition information that defines the relationship between the elements and the attribute information. The present invention relates to a map information operation device configured to allow editing of display information.

[Conventional technology]

As a conventional map information operation device, one having the configuration shown in FIG. 5 has been proposed.

In this conventional example, a processing device 2 is provided in a map information operation device 1, and this processing device 2 independently manages a map information management device 3, a relationship definition device 4, and an attribute information management device 5, and controls the display. By inputting a map element from the device 6 to the processing device 2 via the map display input device 7, this is added to the map information and stored in the map information memory 8, and at the same time, the attribute attached to the map element is displayed from the display device 6. By inputting information to the processing device 2 via the attribute information input device 9, the attribute information is registered in the attribute information memory 10 by the attribute management device 5, and the relationship between the map element and the attribute element is determined by the relationship definition device 4. configured to be defined. Here, the map information management device 3 and the relationship definition device 4 can mutually access the map information memory 9, and the relationship definition device 4 and the attribute information management device 5 can mutually access the attribute information memory 10. .

Therefore, when editing to add an element to the map, add attribute information attached to the element, and define the relationship between the two, the processing word W2 is first used as shown in FIG. 2(a). As shown in FIG.
As shown in 'b), the process is completed by performing attribute information addition processing to add attribute information in step ■, and further, as shown in FIG. 2(C), the corresponding element is added on the map in step ■. If there is a corresponding element, it is determined whether or not there is corresponding attribute information, and if there is a corresponding element, it is determined whether there is corresponding attribute information. A relationship definition process is performed to define the relationship between elements and attribute information, and these processes are performed independently.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) However, in the conventional map information operation device described above, the processing device 2 manages the map information management device 3, the relationship definition device 4, and the attribute information management device 5 independently. As a result, map element addition processing, attribute addition processing, and relationship definition processing must be performed individually, which is time-consuming and takes a long time. There is an unresolved problem that there is a high risk of erroneously defining map elements and attribute information.

Therefore, the present invention has been made by focusing on the unresolved problems of the conventional example described above, and it is possible to perform the process of adding map elements, the process of adding attribute information, and the process of defining the relationship between map elements and attribute information in one flow. The object of the present invention is to provide a map information management device that can reduce processing time and reliably prevent misdefinition by managing the information as follows.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides map display information formed of elements constituting a map, attribute information attached to the elements, and relationship definition information that defines the relationship between the attribute information and the elements. In an editable map information operation device,
A map information management means for managing the addition and modification of the elements, an attribute information management means for managing the addition and modification of the attribute information, and a relationship definition means for forming the relationship definition information are all integrated into one processing device. and these map information management means,
It is characterized in that the processes of the attribute information management means and the relationship definition means are performed in association with each other.

[Effect]

In this invention, a map information management means is provided in the processing device;
By forming an attribute information management means and a relationship definition means, an element addition process for adding map information elements, an attribute information addition process for adding attribute information accompanying a map element, and a relationship between map elements and attribute information are defined. The relationship definition process to be processed is processed all at once, and the editing process is performed smoothly.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, reference numeral 11 denotes a map information operation device, which includes a map information management means 12, a relationship definition means 13, and an attribute information management means 14.
a map display input device 17 that inputs map elements from a display device 216 such as an interactive CRT display to the processing device 15;
5 is provided with an attribute information display input device 18 for inputting attribute information associated with map elements from a display device 16, and a map information memory 19 and an attribute information memory 20 are connected to the processing device 15. Here, the map information management means 12 accesses the map information memory 19 to display the map information on the display device 16, and also adds map elements input from the display device 16 to the displayed map information and stores the map information in the map information memory. Attribute information management means 14
manages the addition, modification, etc. of attribute information attached to map elements input from the display device 16, and the relationship definition means 13 defines the relationship between input elements and attribute information, and each of these means 12 14 are associated with each other by the processing device 15, and addition of map elements, addition of attribute information, and relationship definition between the two are collectively processed.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3, and a flowchart in FIG. 4 showing the processing procedure of the processing device 15.

Now, as shown in FIG. 2, the map information management means 12 accesses the map information memory 19 to read out the road 21 as desired map information, and displays this on the display device 16 via the map information display input device 17. Assume that it is being output and displayed.

In this state, as shown in FIG. 3, when adding the water pipe 22 as an element constituting the map to the road 21, the water pipe 22 as an element is removed from the display device 16 in step This is input to the processing device 15 via the map display input device 17 and added onto the road 21. Thereby, the road 21 to which the water pipe 22 has been added is registered in the map information memory 19 by the map information management means 12.

Next, the water pipe information 23 associated with the water pipe 22 added in step (2) is input from the display device 16 to the processing device 15 by the attribute information input device 18, and the water pipe information 23 is stored in the attribute information memory by the attribute information management means 14. Register on 20th.

Next, the relationship between the water pipe 22 added in step 0 and the water pipe information 23 as its attribute information is determined by the relationship definition means 1.
Defined by 3.

In this way, according to the above embodiment, the addition of map elements, the addition of associated attribute information, and the definition of the relationship between the two can be processed all at once, so that the processing time for these can be shortened, and This eliminates the possibility of erroneously defining the relationship between a map element and its accompanying attribute information.

In the above embodiment, a case has been described in which a CRT display is used as the display device 16, but the present invention is not limited to this, and it goes without saying that other display devices such as a liquid crystal display can be applied.

Moreover, the map information is not limited to roads, and any map information such as a layout of a site, a layout of floors in a building, etc. can be handled.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, one processing device can add elements on a map, add attribute information associated with the elements, and define relationships between elements and attribute information all at once. The time required to add elements and attribute information to a map can be shortened, and erroneous relationship definitions with other elements on the map can be reliably prevented.

[BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention, FIGS. 2 and 3 are explanatory diagrams each providing a detailed explanation of the invention, and FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an example of a conventional example, and FIGS. 6(a) to (C) are flowcharts showing an example of a processing procedure of a processing device in a conventional example. In the figure, 11 is a map information operation device, 12 is a map information management means, 13 is a relationship definition means, 14 is an attribute information management means, 1
5 is a processing device, 16 is a display device, 17 is a map display input device, 18 is an attribute information input device, 19 is a map information memory, 2o is an attribute information memory, 20 is a display device, 21 is a road, 22 is a water pipe, 23 is water pipe information.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1) Elements that make up the map, attribute information attached to the elements,
and a map information management device capable of editing map display information formed of relationship definition information that defines a relationship between the attribute information and the element; An attribute information management means for managing addition, modification, etc. of attribute information and a relation definition means for forming the relation definition information are formed in one processing device, and these map information management means, attribute information management means, and relation definition are formed in one processing device. A map information operation device characterized in that processing of means is performed in association with each other.