JPH04111543A - Transmitter information display device for navigation-location system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain and display detailed data by using a relatively simple message of a transmitter as the guide to effectively use rich map data and a large display picture of a navigation-location system. CONSTITUTION:A radio wave including the message of the transmitter is transmitted from a pocket bell transmission station, and a reception and decoding part 2 receives the radio wave to decode the message of the transmitter. A display control part 5 uses, for example, the telephone number as the guide to retrieve a transmitter information data base 1 and specifies the name and position coordinates of the transmitter. The display control part 5 retrieves a road map data base 4 based on specified position coordinates of the transmitter to specify map meshes including the position coordinates and displays them on a display device 6 together with a mark of the position of the transmitter. Thus, the telephone number of the transmitter is largely displayed on the display device 6 together with the map including the position of the transmitter.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention <Industrial Application Field> The present invention is a navigation system used in a vehicle, for example, an automobile. This invention relates to a caller information display device that displays information about the caller based on messages and messages sent from outside the vehicle.

<Conventional technology> Conventionally, navigation location systems have been provided that convey vehicle position information and route guidance information to drivers. distance sensor, map memory,
Equipped with a display, it can be used to determine the current location of the vehicle.
．． The position and the vector of the traveling direction are superimposed on the map and displayed on the display.

The driver can see where the vehicle is on the map and in which direction it is moving by looking at the display.

By the way, conventional telephone communication involves bringing a pager receiver into a car that receives radio waves emitted from a pager transmitting station, and then contacting the caller of the pager using a car phone or the like when the pager calls. The form is adopted.

In this case, the data received by the pager receiver, such as the caller's phone number and a simple message, is displayed on the display of the pager receiver, but the display is small and the contents are difficult to read. . Also, it is difficult to know who the caller is just by looking at the caller's phone number or a simple message.
Or where (location, address) and what kind of facilities (
Information such as whether the call is coming from a company, etc.) is not displayed, so the driver did not know.

Also, is it practical to equip a vehicle with a facsimile device and receive image information from another facsimile device using a car phone?Even in this case, the caller's facsimile number is recorded in one corner of the paper. So let's take a look<<
, I couldn't find any information about the caller, such as who it was or who it was.

Therefore, the present invention provides a road map storage means for storing a road map in sections, a vehicle position detection means for detecting the vehicle position, and a vehicle position detection means for detecting the current position of the vehicle based on the vehicle position information from the vehicle position detection means. In a navigation location system comprising a display means for displaying a map of the surroundings of a vehicle stored in a road map storage means, information regarding a caller can be displayed in an easy-to-understand manner by utilizing the road map storage means and display means. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a caller information display device that is capable of displaying caller information.

Means for Solving the Problems> As shown in FIG. 1, the caller information display device of the present invention for achieving the above object includes a road map storage means A, a vehicle position detection means B, and a display means C. The navigation location system includes a caller information storage means for storing information about a caller who is expected to call the vehicle and the location coordinates of the caller, and a message from the caller transmitted from outside the vehicle. Receiving means E for receiving radio waves
and a decoding means F for decoding the sender's message included in the received signal of the receiving means E, and based on the decoded message, searching for information about the sender and location coordinates from the sender information storage means, and Display control means G searches the road map storage means A for a road map including the location coordinates, and displays information regarding the sender and the location of the sender together with the message on the road map including the location coordinates. be.

According to the sender information display device having the above configuration, the decoding means F
Based on the sender's message decoded by the sender, the sender information storage means is searched for information regarding the sender, and the road map storage means A is searched for map data including the sender's location.

Based on this search data, a map including the location of the caller and the sender's information can be displayed on the display means C together with the message.

<Example> Embodiments will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings showing embodiments.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a navigation location system including a caller information display device.

The navigation location system is installed in the vehicle body 11, and includes: - a road map database 4 that stores road map data; - a caller that stores the caller's name in correspondence with location information on the road map. Information database 1, - Orientation sensor 10, - Distance sensor 9, - Position detection unit 8, which calculates a travel trajectory based on the orientation information of the orientation sensor 10 and the travel distance information of the distance sensor 9, and detects the current vehicle position.・A receiving/decoding unit 2 that receives radio waves from a pager transmitting station including a message from a caller and deciphers the message from the caller; ・Based on the message from the caller, transmits information about the caller to the sender. Search the information database 1, search the road map database 4 for a road map that includes the caller's location coordinates, and display the information about the caller and the caller's location coordinates on the road map together with the message from the caller. It is equipped with a display control section 5 and a display 6.

The orientation sensor 10 detects changes in orientation as the vehicle travels, and can use a geomagnetic sensor, a gyro, or the like.

The distance sensor 9 detects the traveling distance based on the speed of the vehicle or the number of rotations of the wheels, and a wheel speed sensor, a vehicle speed sensor, etc. can be used.

The position detection unit 8 calculates traveling trajectory data by integrating the distance data detected by the distance sensor 9 and the azimuth change data detected by the azimuth sensor 10.

The road map database 4 is a CD which is a large capacity storage medium.
- Memory such as ROM, IG memory card, magnetic tape, etc. can be used. The road map database 4 divides the Japanese road map into meshes, and stores each mesh as combination data of nodes and links connecting the nodes.

The node data includes a node number, an address of an adjacent mesh node corresponding to the node, an address of a link connected to the node, and the like. The link data includes the link number, the addresses of the start and end nodes of the link, the distance of the link, the time required to travel the link,
It consists of data such as road type, road width, and traffic regulations such as one-way streets and toll roads.

The caller information database 1 stores the sender's message sent by radio, for example, the caller's telephone number, the caller's location, name, classification, and other information, coordinate data of the caller's location, With the message pattern,
I remember.

The caller information database 1 may be constructed of, for example, a CD-ROM, or may use various media such as a local disk, a magnetic disk, or a semiconductor memory. To reduce hardware costs, e.g. one CD-RO
The area M may be divided and shared between the road map database 4 and the caller information database 1.

In the caller information display device, when a caller outside the vehicle calls the pager by making a telephone call, a radio wave containing the caller's message is transmitted from the pager transmitting station. The receiving/decoding unit 2 receives radio waves and decodes the sender's message. If the caller's message is, for example, the caller's phone number, the display control unit 5 will
Using the telephone number as a clue, the caller information database 1 is searched to identify the caller's name and location coordinates. Then, the message/sausage pattern that should be displayed on the display 6 is ``Call from Mr. XX.Contact information XX
Search and specify by ID. Furthermore, the display control unit 5
The identified caller's name and telephone number are incorporated into the message pattern and displayed on the display 6 as shown in FIG.

At the same time, the display control unit 5 searches the road map database 4 based on the identified caller's location coordinates, identifies the map mesh that includes the location coordinates, and displays the caller's location mark "◎" on the display. 6.

As described above, using the caller's phone number included in the radio waves sent from the pager transmitting station as a clue,
Since the caller's telephone number is displayed in a large size on the display 6 along with a map including the caller's location, the driver can see the caller's name displayed on the display 6 and also see the caller's name on the map or the map. You can easily find out who the caller is and where they are contacting you by checking the location of the caller.

Further, when the driver calls the caller, the phone number is displayed in a large size on the display 6, which has the advantage of being easy to read while driving.

Although this invention has been explained above based on examples,
The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and can be applied, for example, to reception of facsimile signals and data reception by wireless terminals in addition to reception of pager signals.

Furthermore, the navigation location system is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment. For example, the position detection unit 8 matches the detected position of the vehicle with the road on the map, so that the car runs only on the road. It is also possible to correct the error in the position of the vehicle by using this constraint (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 63
(Refer to Publication No.-148115).

Various other design changes can be made without changing the gist of the present invention.

<Effects of the Invention> As described above, according to the sender information display device of the present invention,
Using the caller's relatively simple message contained in the radio waves transmitted from outside as a clue, we effectively utilize the navigation location system's rich map data and large display screen to obtain more detailed information about the caller. , can be displayed.

Therefore, the driver can quickly recognize the message from the caller and the information about the caller displayed on the display means,
Furthermore, by checking the map or the location of the caller displayed on the map, the caller can be easily identified, so communication can be carried out while driving safely.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the caller information display device of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a specific caller information display device mounted on a vehicle, and Fig. 3 is a block diagram showing the structure of the caller information display device of the present invention. FIG. A: Road map storage means, B: Vehicle position detection means, C: Display means, D: Caller information storage means, E
...Receiving means, F...Decoding means, G...Display control means Patent applicant Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. Agent

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. Road map storage means (A) for storing road maps in sections, and vehicle position detection means (B) for detecting vehicle positions.
and display means (C) for displaying the current position of the vehicle based on the vehicle position information from the vehicle position detection means (B) together with a map around the vehicle stored in the road map storage means (A).
A navigation location system comprising: a caller information storage means (D) storing information about the caller and the position coordinates of the caller; and receiving radio waves including a message from the caller transmitted from outside the vehicle. receiving means (E); and decoding means (F) for decoding the sender's message contained in the signal received by the receiving means (E).
Based on the decoded message, information about the sender and location coordinates are searched from the sender information storage means (D), and a road map including the above-mentioned location coordinates is searched from the road map storage means (A), and the sender sends the message. A caller information display device in a navigation location system, comprising display control means (G) for displaying information about the caller and the caller's location together with the message on a road map including the position coordinates.