JPH0313524B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an in-vehicle navigator that displays the current position of a vehicle on a road map display surface.

Conventionally, as this type of measurement, JP-A-52-141662
There is a "traffic display device" which reads the map recorded on a recording medium such as micro film with an optical reader using a vidicon camera etc., displays the road map of a specific area on the display device, and operates the operation knob. The road map is switched by operating the .

However, with the above device, when it is necessary to switch to a road map of an adjacent area as the vehicle is traveling, it is necessary to search the road map of the adjacent area by operating a control knob, which is very cumbersome to operate. There is a problem.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an in-vehicle navigator that can easily switch road maps to adjacent areas using current position information.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention, as shown in FIG. 14, includes a distance detecting means for detecting the travel distance of a vehicle, a direction detecting means for detecting the traveling direction of the vehicle, and a road map of a specific area electronically. a display means for displaying data on a road map of the particular district; and a storage means storing, for each particular district, absolute coordinate data of a particular point on a road map of the particular district and map data for displaying the road map of the particular district; road map display control means for reading out map data of a specific area from the means and causing the display means to display a road map corresponding to the map data; Current position display control means for displaying the current position of the vehicle as a point on the display coordinates of the display means overlappingly on the road map of the display means based on the traveling direction; and a selection means for determining that the current position belongs to one of a plurality of predetermined boundary areas at the display coordinates and selecting an adjacent area corresponding to the boundary area; and an adjacent area selected by the selection means; road map updating means for reading map data from the storage means and updating and displaying a road map of the adjacent district on the display means based on the map data; Coordinate data is read from the storage means, and the current position display of the vehicle is updated and displayed based on the relationship between the read absolute coordinate data and the absolute coordinate data of a specific point in the specific area before the updated display. The present invention is characterized by comprising a current position display correction means for correcting the current position display to a corresponding position on a road map of an adjacent area.

The present invention will be described below with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram showing one embodiment. In Fig. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a direction detection device as direction detection means, which includes a direction sensor that detects the X and Y components of the earth's magnetism according to the direction in which the vehicle is traveling, and converts the signal from this direction sensor into a digital signal. It is equipped with an A/D converter and generates digital signals of X and Y components depending on the traveling direction of the vehicle. Reference numeral 2 denotes a distance sensor as a distance detecting means, which generates a distance pulse every unit traveling distance of the vehicle (for example, about 39.2 cm). Reference numeral 3 denotes a reading device, and a cassette tape 3a serves as a storage means for storing map data of a plurality of districts (including absolute coordinate data for the reference point of the upper right point of each map).
The map data for a specific area is searched and read based on the set of information.

4 is a microcomputer that executes software digital arithmetic processing according to a predetermined control program, and includes a CPU 4a, a ROM 4b,
It is equipped with a RAM 4c and an I/O circuit section 4d, and is activated by receiving a stabilized voltage from a stabilized power supply circuit (not shown) that generates a stabilized voltage of 5V by receiving power from an on-board battery. , receives digital signals of X and Y components from the direction detecting device 1, distance pulses from the distance sensor 2, reading signals from the reading device 3, etc., performs arithmetic processing, and obtains map and driving route information of a specific area, etc. It generates display signals for display. In addition, RAM4
C is constantly backed up with power from the vehicle's battery.

5 is a cathode ray tube (CRT) controller,
In response to a display signal from the microcomputer 4, map data, driving route information, and character data of a specific area are individually stored, and the stored map data, driving route information, or character data is displayed on a CRT. It generates video signals and synchronization signals for Reference numeral 6 denotes a CRT display device as a display means, which displays a map of a specific area, a driving route, or a character using the video signal and synchronization signal from the CRT controller 5.
It is to be displayed. 7 is the touch panel section,
It is mounted on the display surface of the CRT display device 6 and generates a serial signal in response to a touch operation on the 12-divided touch area provided on this touch panel. The reading device 3, microcomputer 4, and CRT controller 5 constitute a control means.

Next, the CRT controller 5 shown in FIG.
The detailed electrical wiring diagram will be explained. 11 is
Oscillation circuit that generates a 12096MHz oscillation signal, 12
divides the oscillation signal from oscillation circuit 11 to 6.048M
A dot counter 13 generates a Hz dot timing clock and a 756KHz character timing lock, and a dot counter 13 generates horizontal and vertical synchronization signals and display timing using commands from the microcomputer 4 and character timing lock from the dot counter 12. A display controller 14 generates a signal, a refresh memory address signal, and a raster address signal, and a display controller 14 generates a hold signal to hold the microcomputer 4 during the display period based on the horizontal and vertical synchronization signals from the display controller 13. This is a hold signal generation circuit that is generated at the hold (HOLD) terminal. 15 is a multiplexer which switches the address signal from the microcomputer 4, the refresh memory address signal from the display controller 13, and the raster address signal in response to a hold acknowledge (HOLDA) signal from the microcomputer 4; 16, 17, and 18 A bus driver 19 has a tri-state that switches the direction of data between the microcomputer 4 and the display memory, and a bus driver 19 stores display data such as ASCII codes from the microcomputer 4 and receives a refresh memory address signal from the display controller 13. A character memory 20 receives the data and outputs the contents as an address, and a character generator 20 outputs a display pattern based on a display address from the character memory 19 and a raster address signal from the display controller 13. 21 is a first graphic memory that stores map data from the microcomputer 4; 22 is a second graphic memory that stores travel route information (travel trajectory data, current position data) from the microcomputer 4; 23; 24 and 25 are parallel to serial (R to S) converters that convert parallel signals from the character generator 20 and the first and second graphic memories 21 and 22 into serial data using the dot timing clock from the dot counter 12.
A converter 26 switches reception of signals from the P→S converter 23 and P→S converters 24 and 25 in order to select between graphic and character screens in response to a screen switching signal from the microcomputer 4. A video controller 27 generates a video signal using a display timing signal, and 27 is an exclusive OR circuit that generates a synchronization signal using horizontal and vertical synchronization signals from the display controller 13. Note that the character memory 19, the first
The second graphic memories 21 and 22 are constantly backed up with power from an on-vehicle battery.

That is, this CRT controller 5 stores character data in the character memory 19 based on the data sent from the microcomputer 4.
Then, the map data is stored in the first graphic memory 21.
The display data of the travel trajectory and current position is constantly stored in the second graphic memory 22, and the graphic screen (displaying the travel trajectory and current location on the map) and characters are displayed by a screen switching signal from the microcomputer 4. The CRT display device 6 generates a video signal and a synchronization signal for selecting a screen (displaying designated characters, etc. to designate a district) and displaying a screen corresponding to the selection on the CRT.

The touch panel section 7 has 12 touch areas 31 to 42, as shown in FIG. configured,
When a specific touch area is pressed, the touch area is detected by the contact of the transparent conductive film of the matrix due to the bending of the glass, and a serial signal (start signal) corresponding to the touch area detected by a touch signal generation circuit (not shown) is detected. and touch information signals). Note that this touch signal generation circuit generates the current touch information as a serial signal every 40 msec. moreover,
FIG. 4 shows the detailed configuration of the reading device 3. 51 is a magnetic head that reads data etc. from the cassette tape 3a, 52 is an amplifier circuit that amplifies the signal read by the magnetic head 51, and 53 is a signal converter that converts the signal after passing through the amplifier circuit 52 into a digital signal. 54 is an interface circuit with the microcomputer 4, 55 is a control circuit that controls the motor 56 in accordance with a control signal received from the microcomputer 4 through the interface circuit 54, and 56 is a motor. The reading device 3 configured as described above controls the motor 56 by a signal sent from the microcomputer 4, reads map information and map data from the cassette tape 3a using the magnetic head 31, and sends the map information and map data to the microcomputer 4 through the interface circuit 54. Sending data.

In addition, FIG. 5 shows 1 in the cassette tape 3a.
61 and 69 are unrecorded areas, 63 is a map number area that stores the map number of this district, and 64 and 65 are the absolute coordinates of the upper right point of the map of this district. is the lateral displacement (X
66 is an adjacent map number area that stores map numbers of eight adjacent districts. And this 63-66
The area constitutes a map information area, and a header 62 and an ender 67 enable data in this map information area to be distinguished from data in other areas. Further, 68 is a map data area that stores map data for displaying a road map (for one screen) of this district. The reading device 3 reads the respective data of the map data area 68 and the map information area, thereby providing the microcomputer 4 with data such as map data, absolute coordinates, and adjacent map numbers of the area.

The operation of the above configuration will be explained with reference to the display explanatory diagram in FIG. 6, the operation flowcharts shown in FIGS. 7 to 10, the district number explanatory diagram in FIG. 11, and the map display diagram in FIG. 12. FIG. 7 is a calculation flowchart showing the overall calculation processing of the main routine of the microcomputer 4, FIG. 8 is a calculation flowchart showing the calculation processing of the interrupt calculation routine based on the distance pulse from the distance sensor 2, and FIG. FIG. 7 is a calculation flowchart showing detailed calculation processing of the mode calculation routine, and FIG. 10 is a calculation flowchart showing detailed calculation processing of the current position calculation routine in FIG.

Now, in a vehicle equipped with components 1 to 7 shown in FIG. 1, when a key switch is turned on at the start of operation, each part of the electrical system is activated by receiving power from the vehicle battery. Then, the microcomputer 4 receives a stabilized voltage of 5V from the stabilized power supply circuit and enters the operating state, starts its arithmetic processing at the start step 100 in FIG. 7, and proceeds to the initial setting routine 200. The registers, counters, latches, etc. in the microcomputer 4 are set to the initial state necessary for starting the arithmetic processing. After this initial setting, a mode calculation routine 300 and a current position calculation routine 4 are executed.
The arithmetic processing of 00 is repeatedly executed at a period of about several + milliseconds.

That is, in this mode calculation routine 300, one of the map mode and character mode is selected, and the content corresponding to this mode is calculated.
A CRT is displayed, a calculation process is executed to enable the movement of a cursor indicating the current position when in the map mode, and to enable the map freezing of a specific area when in the character mode, and the process proceeds to the current position calculation routine 400. In this current position calculation routine 400, the CRT
A calculation process is executed to change the contents of the current position data and travel trajectory data in the second graphic memory 22 in the controller 5 by a travel change of ±50 m for each X and Y component, and the process returns to the mode calculation routine 300. . Thereafter, the main routine arithmetic processing from the mode arithmetic routine 300 to the current position arithmetic routine 400 is repeatedly executed at a cycle of approximately several tens of milliseconds.

When the distance panel from the distance sensor 2 is applied to the interrupt (INT) terminal of the microcomputer 4 in response to the repeated calculation of this main routine, the microcomputer 4 temporarily suspends the calculation processing of the main routine. The interrupt calculation process shown in FIG. 8 is executed. That is, the arithmetic processing is started from the interrupt start step 501, and the process proceeds to the integration step 502, where unit distance data (equivalent to approximately 39.2 cm) is integrated and updated to the distance data D stored in the RAM 4c, and the distance is determined. Proceeding to step 503, it is determined whether the distance data D has reached 6.25 m. At this time, if the distance data D has not reached 6.25 m, the determination becomes NO and the process proceeds to return step 510, but if the distance data D reaches 6.25 m, the determination becomes YES and the process proceeds to direction signal input step 504. move on. Then, in this azimuth signal input step 504, digital X and Y component signals Xa and Ya (east, north, west,
Enter south (negative direction) and calculate the average direction Step 5
Proceed to step 05 and enter the previous orientation data Xo, Yo (the orientation data before traveling 6.25m) and the current orientation data Xa,
Average azimuth data X, Y is obtained using Ya, and the process proceeds to distance component calculation step 506 to calculate the distance component in the X direction.
Dx is 6.25X/√ ² + ² , distance component Dy in Y direction is
6.25Y/√ ² + ² (X/√ ² + ² is the counterclockwise angle θ with the east direction as the reference)
cos θ, Y/√X ² + Y ² corresponds to sin θ), the process proceeds to storage step 507, where the current azimuth data Xa, Ya is stored as Xo, Yo for the next time, and the process proceeds to distance data reset step 508, where the distance data is D to 0
and set distance flag step 509.
The program proceeds to step 510 to set the distance flag, and then proceeds to return step 510 to return to the main routine that was previously interrupted. That is, in this interrupt calculation routine, the distance data D is cumulatively updated every time a unit distance is traveled, and when the distance data D reaches 6.25 m, this
Calculate the distance components Dx and Dy in the X and Y directions that reach 6.25m, and execute arithmetic processing to set the distance flag.

Next, detailed calculation processing of the mode calculation routine 300 in the main routine will be explained. In this mode calculation routine 300, the calculation process is started from the touch data input step 301 in FIG. 9, and touch data from the touch panel section 7 is input and stored in the RAM 4c. Then, the process proceeds to map mode determination step 302, where it is determined whether the contents of the mode area in the RAM 4c are map mode or not.
If the result is YES, the process proceeds to mode change determination step 303, where it is determined whether the touch data stored in the RAM 4c is data indicating a mode change (data when touch area 34 in FIG. 3 is pressed). . At this time, if the touch data indicates a mode change, the judgment will be YES.
Proceeding to character mode setting step 304, the contents of the mode area are set to character mode, and proceeding to character switching signal output step 305, a character switching signal for displaying the character screen on the CRT display device 6 is output to the CRT controller 5. This occurs in the video controller 26 in the mode calculation routine 300, and one calculation process of this mode calculation routine 300 is completed.

On the other hand, when the touch data is not data indicating a mode change, that is, data when a touch area other than 34 in Fig. 3 is pressed, or data when no touch area is pressed (for example, data FF). Sometimes, the determination in the mode change determination step 303 becomes NO, and the process proceeds to the cursor movement determination step 306. In this cursor movement determination step 306, it is determined whether the touch data is data when any of the touch areas 32, 33, 35, 38, 40, and 41 is pressed (cursor movement data), If the touch data is not cursor movement data, the determination will be NO and this mode calculation routine 300
However, if the touch data is cursor movement data, the determination becomes YES and the process proceeds to cursor movement calculation step 307.
In this cursor movement calculation step 307, in accordance with the touch data, the cursor at the current position displayed on the CRT display device 6 is moved a predetermined distance northward, indicating that the touch data corresponds to the press of the touch area 32 or 33. Similarly, if the touch data corresponds to pressing the touch area 35, move the cursor westward, and if the touch data corresponds to the press of the touch area 40 or 41. The contents of the second graphic memory 22 are stored so that if the data corresponds to the press of the touch area, the cursor is moved southward, and if the data corresponds to the press of the touch area 38, the cursor is moved eastward by a predetermined distance. Execute the arithmetic processing to be changed.
Note that the coordinates of the display position of this cursor on the display screen are stored in the RAM 4c as X, Y coordinate data for the upper right point of the map.

Then, this cursor movement calculation step 307
Next, the process advances to map update determination step 308. In this map update determination step 308, it is determined whether or not the display position is on the periphery of the CRT screen based on the X and Y coordinate data of the display position stored in the RAM 4c. C,
X, Y of the display position in the D, E, F, GH area
It is determined whether or not there is coordinate data, and if there is no display position within all areas, the determination becomes NO and one calculation process of the mode calculation routine 300 is completed. If there is a display device, the determination becomes YES and the process advances to map update calculation step 309. This map update calculation step 309
Then, arithmetic processing is executed to select an adjacent map number corresponding to the area where the display position exists. For example, as shown in Figure 11, if the map number of the current map is number 33, the adjacent map number information is number 23, 24.
Eight map numbers, No., No. 34, No. 44, No. 43, No. 42, No. 32, and No. 22 are stored in the RAM 4c, and if the current location is at point a as shown in Figure 12, X, Y Select number 34 according to the coordinate data value, and if it is at point b
Select number 23 as the map number for the next map to be displayed. Then, based on the selected map number, arithmetic processing from data conversion step 312 to map switching signal output step 314 (detailed explanation will be given later) is performed to update to the adjacent map and convert the travel route. Let's do it. In addition, in response to the selection of map number 34 above, 23 will be added as new adjacent map number information.
24, 25, 35, 45, 44, 43, and 33.
Numbers 13, 14, 24, 34, 33, 32, and 22 are given. Further, each adjacent map is set in map data in advance so that some areas overlap with each other.

On the other hand, when the determination in the map mode determination step 302 is NO, the process proceeds to a mode change determination step 310, in which it is determined whether or not the mode is to be changed using the same calculation process as in the mode change determination step 303. At this time, if the determination is YES when changing the mode, the process advances to map mode setting step 311.
Set the contents of the mode area in RAM4c to map mode and proceed to data conversion step 312.
The traveling route data in the second graphic memory 22 in the CRT controller 5 is converted. In this case, first, the reading device 3 is controlled to search for a specified district using its map number, and the absolute coordinates of the searched district on the map are stored in the map horizontal displacement area 64 and map vertical displacement area 65 shown in FIG. ) and the absolute coordinate data on the previous district map, coordinate conversion values are calculated, and according to the calculated values, the driving trajectory and current position data in the second graphic memory 22 are converted in a sliding manner,
The X and Y coordinate data of the display position in the RAM 4c is also converted. Then, map data reading output step 3
13, the adjacent map number data and the map data of the cassette tape 3a are inputted via the reading device 3, and the adjacent map number data is stored in the RAM 4.
c, and outputs the map data to the first graphic memory 21, and outputs a map switching signal step 31.
4, a map switching signal for displaying a map graphic screen on the CRT display device 6 is generated to the video controller 26, and one calculation process of this mode calculation routine 300 is completed. That is, when switching from the character screen to the graphic screen of a map different from the previous one, the above calculation process is executed, the current map data is stored in the first graphic memory 21, and the driving trajectory is added to the current location corresponding to this map. and a cursor indicating the current location and a second graphic memory 2 for correction.
Convert the contents in 2. This allows CRT
Even when the map displayed on the display device 6 is switched, the travel trajectory and current location can be displayed in the portion corresponding to the map.

On the other hand, if the determination in the mode change determination step 310 is NO, the process advances to a character calculation step 315. When the character calculation step 315 is reached, the character mode has been set and a character switching signal has been issued to the video controller 26, so the CRT display device 6 can display the character as shown in FIG. The screen is being imaged. The numbers 02-4-68 shown in the center of this character screen are numbers that designate regions, regions, and districts, respectively, and each number is updated by adding 1 at the increment switch 81, and subtracted by 1 at the decrement switch 82. It is updated, set by the set switch 83, and processed in the character calculation step 315 so that it is reset by the reset switch 84. Note that the map number based on numerical data of this region, region, and district is stored in the RAM 4c. In addition, the switches 81, 82, 83, and 84 mentioned above are the third switches, respectively.
This corresponds to touch areas 39, 40, 41, and 42 in the figure.

That is, in the mode calculation routine 300 shown in FIG. 9, the following operations are performed according to the touch data from the touch panel section 7 and the contents of the mode area in the RAM 4c.

If there is an instruction to move the cursor when the map mode is in the map mode and the mode is not changed, arithmetic processing for moving the cursor is executed, and if there is no instruction to move the cursor, the map display is continued as it is.

When map update is determined in map mode, calculation processing for map update is executed and CRT
The graphic screen of the map is changed on the display device 6, and at the same time, the travel trajectory and current position are also corrected and displayed. Furthermore, if there is no map update instruction, the map display continues as is.

If there is an instruction to change the mode while in the map mode, the map mode is changed to character mode and the character screen is displayed on the CRT display device 6.

When the character mode is in effect and the mode is not changed, map changes can be accepted on the character screen as shown in FIG.

When a mode change instruction is given while in the character mode, the character mode is changed to the map mode, a graphic screen of the map is displayed on the CRT display device 6, and at the same time, the travel trajectory and current position are corrected and displayed.

Next, detailed calculation processing of the current position calculation routine 400 in the main routine will be explained.
In this current position calculation routine 400, the calculation process starts at distance flag determination step 401 shown in FIG. 10, and it is determined in the interrupt calculation process shown in FIG. 8 whether or not the distance flag is set. At this time, if the distance flag is not set, the determination becomes NO and this current position calculation routine 400
One calculation process is completed, but if the distance flag is set, the determination becomes YES and the process proceeds to the X distance correction step 402. Then, in this X distance correction step 402, the X distance data DX is corrected by the X distance component Dx obtained by the interrupt calculation process (DX=DX+Dx), and in the Y distance correction step 403, the Y distance data DY is calculated. is similarly calculated (DY=DY+Dy), and the process proceeds to the first X-distance determination step 404, where it is determined whether the X-distance data DX has reached a value of 50 m or more. At this time, if the X distance data DX is a value of 50m or more, the judgment is YES.
, proceed to X-axis right end determination step 405.
Based on the X coordinate data of the display position stored in the RAM 4c, it is determined whether the display position is a value that deviates from the display screen toward the right end. If the X-coordinate data is not a value that deviates from that value, the determination becomes NO, and the process proceeds to an X-distance subtraction step 406, where the value of 50 m is subtracted from the X-distance data DX, and the process proceeds to a display movement step 407, where it is transferred to the second graphic memory. 2
The current position data in 2 is moved by 50 m in the positive east direction), and the travel trajectory data is also made to follow this.

Further, when the determination in the first X distance determination step 404 is NO, the second X distance determination step 40 is performed.
Proceeding to step 8, it is determined whether the X distance data DX has become a value of −50 m or less. At this time, if the X distance data DX is less than -50m, the judgment is YES.
, proceed to X-axis left end determination step 409.
Based on the X coordinate data of the display position stored in the RAM 4c, it is determined whether the display position is a value that deviates from the display screen toward the left end. Then, if the X coordinate data is not a value that is out of range, the judgment is NO.
Then, the process proceeds to the X distance addition step 410, where the value of 50m is added to the X distance data DX, and the process proceeds to the display movement step 411, where the second graphic memory 2 is
The current position data in 2 is moved in the negative direction (west direction) by 50 m, and the traveling locus data is also made to follow this.

Then, the second X distance determination step 408
When the determination is NO, X-axis right end determination step 40
5. Judgment in X-axis left end judgment step 409 is YES
At the time of or after display movement steps 407 and 411, the process proceeds to Y component display movement processing routine 412,
The same determination and arithmetic processing as in steps 404 to 411 described above is performed on the Y distance data DY calculated in the Y distance correction step 403. (When the Y distance data DY reaches a value of 50 m or more in either the positive or negative direction and the display position is within the upper or lower display screen, the current position data and travel trajectory data in the second graphic memory 22 are updated for 50 m. (The distance flag is moved in the corresponding direction.) Then, the process proceeds to the next distance flag reset step 411 to reset the distance flag. In this current position calculation routine 400, when the current position data and travel trajectory data are changed, the X and Y coordinate data of the display position in the RAM 4c is also changed in the same way.

That is, in the current position calculation routine 400 shown in FIG. 10, the current position data and travel trajectory data in the second graphic memory 22 are converted regardless of the screen displayed on the CRT display device 6.

Therefore, the current position data and traveling trajectory data in the second graphic memory 22 are calculated by repeating the main routine calculations by the mode calculation routine 300 and the current position calculation routine 400, and by the interrupt calculation shown in FIG. At the same time, the screen of the CRT display device 6 is selected according to the specified mode, and if it is in the map mode, the map graphic screen (including the display of the current position and driving trajectory) is displayed, and the character In the mode, a character screen for map designation shown in FIG. 6 is displayed.

Next, map update determination step 3 shown in FIG.
Another embodiment of the map update calculation step 309 and step 309 will be described with reference to FIG. When the judgment at cursor movement judgment step 306 in FIG. 9 becomes NO, or when the cursor movement calculation step 30
Next to step 7, the current location calculation step 6 in FIG.
Proceed to 01. In this current location calculation step 601, based on the difference between the reference point of the map and the current location, it is calculated whether the current location is in the center area I shown in FIG. 12 on the map, in the peripheral areas A to H, or outside the map J. Then, the calculated result is stored in the RAM 4c as the current area. Furthermore, when the area changes, the previous area is stored in the RAM 4c as the previous area. Next, the process proceeds to the current location J determination step 602, where it is determined whether the current location is outside the map. If the current location is outside the map, the process advances to map update calculation step 605 to calculate the next map number to be displayed. On the other hand, if the current location is within the map A to I, the current location I determination step 60
Proceed to step 3 to determine whether the current location is in the central area I. If the current location is in the center area I, the routine advances to routine 400 shown in FIG. Further, if the current location is in the peripheral areas A to H, the process advances to the previous area determination step 604, and it is determined whether the previous area is the central area I or not.
If the front area is not in the central area I but in the peripheral areas A to H, the process advances to routine 400. On the other hand, if the previous area is the central area I, the process proceeds to map update calculation step 605 and calculates the next map number to be displayed from the map number of the currently displayed map. For example, the current map is the first
If the map update calculation step 605 is reached when the current location is point a in FIG. 12 and the current location is point a in FIG. Let number 34 be the map number of the next map to be displayed. Similarly, when the map update calculation step 605 is reached when point b is the current location, number 23 above number 33 is selected. Furthermore, if the map update calculation step 605 is reached when the current location is point c, point c is an area J outside the map, so the nearest surrounding area C is found from surrounding areas A to H, and this surrounding area is Select No. 34 to the right of No. 33 from area C.

That is, according to the calculation process shown in FIG.
When the current location moves from the central area I to any of the surrounding areas A to H, or when it is outside the map J from the beginning, the map is updated and the surrounding areas A to H are moved from the beginning.
In the case of either of H, the map is not updated.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to automatically switch to a road map of an adjacent district based on the current position on the display coordinates determined by the distance detecting means and the direction detecting means, and also to automatically switch to a road map of an adjacent district. This has an excellent effect in that the current position display can be corrected in accordance with the road map that is updated and displayed based on the data relationship of the absolute coordinates of a specific point on the road map.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 2 is a detailed electrical wiring diagram of the CRT controller in Figure 1, Figure 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the touch area of the touch panel section, Figure 4 is a configuration diagram showing the detailed configuration of the reading device, and Figure 5 is a cassette tape Figure 6 is an explanatory diagram showing the data area of the CRT display device, Figure 7 is a calculation flowchart showing the overall calculation processing of the main routine of the microcomputer, and Figure 8 is a calculation flowchart showing the entire calculation process of the main routine of the microcomputer. Figure 9 is a calculation flowchart showing the detailed calculation process of the mode calculation routine in Figure 7, and Figure 10 is the current position in Figure 7. A calculation flowchart showing detailed calculation processing of the calculation routine, Fig. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing the relationship between map numbers of multiple districts, Fig. 12 is a display explanatory diagram for explaining the operation, and Fig. 13 shows another embodiment. The calculation flowchart, FIG. 14, is a configuration diagram showing the configuration of the claims. 1... Direction detection device as direction detection means, 2
...Distance sensor 3a as distance detection means...
Cassette tape as a storage medium, 3, 4, 5...
...Reading device, microcomputer, CRT controller constituting control means, 6...CRT display device as display means.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Distance detection means for detecting the travel distance of a vehicle; Direction detection means for detecting the traveling direction of the vehicle; Display means for electronically displaying a road map of a specific area; and for each specific area. , a storage means that stores absolute coordinate data of a specific point on a road map of the specific area and map data for displaying the road map of the specific area; and a storage means that reads out the map data of the specific area from the storage means and stores the map data of the specific area. road map display control means for displaying a road map corresponding to the area on the display means; and displaying the current position of the vehicle based on the travel distance of the vehicle detected by the distance detection means and the traveling direction of the vehicle detected by the direction detection means. current position display control means for displaying multiple points on the road map of the display means as points on the display coordinates of the means; and a plurality of predetermined current positions of the vehicle displayed on the display coordinates by the current position display control means. a selection means for determining whether the district belongs to one of the boundary areas and selecting an adjacent district corresponding to the boundary area; and a selection means for reading map data of the adjacent district selected by the selection means from the storage means; road map updating means for updating and displaying a road map of the adjacent district on the display means based on the map data; and reading absolute coordinate data of a specific point in the adjacent district selected by the selecting means from the storage means; Based on the relationship between the read absolute coordinate data and the absolute coordinate data of a specific point in the specific area before the updated display, the current position display of the vehicle is set to the corresponding position on the road map of the adjacent area that is updated and displayed. An in-vehicle navigator comprising a current position display correcting means.