JPH0511694A - Map transmission system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily obtain a map of a necessary range by providing an start paint specifying means for specifying a paint as a start point and an end point specifying means for specifying a point as an end point. CONSTITUTION:A center is called, service is started, and a user inquires the start paint of the map to be obtained through an audio response device 4. In this case, the user inputs a telephone number with push buttons to specify the position of the start point. Then the user inputs the telephone number of the end paint by inquiring the end point. At the center, a push-button tone recognition device 5 recognizes the two specified points and retrieves the positions in a map data base 3 to take the map between the two points out. Then the map is sent to the user-side FAX 8 from the FAX 6 for reception by utilizing a pay telephone line 7. Consequently, the map of the necessary range can easily be obtained by specifying the start point and end point.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a map transmission system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a map transmission system of this type, as shown in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 62-92561, the telephone number of the telephone that has transmitted the current position of the person who is inquiring about directions by telephone, Similarly, a system has already been invented to obtain location information from a database, using the destination position as the telephone number of a telephone installed there, and retrieve map information between the current position and the destination position from the database for route guidance. Has been done.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned route guidance service, since the starting point is determined by the telephone number of the caller, there is a drawback that information other than that starting from the current position cannot be obtained. there were.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and is characterized in that the starting point position can be freely designated.

[0005]

In order to achieve this object, the map transmission system of the present invention is characterized by including a starting point designating means and an ending point designating means.

The starting point designating means is for designating a starting point, and the starting point position can be designated by designating data for identifying the position stored in the map database.

The end point designating means is for designating the end point by the same method as the starting point designating means.

[0008]

According to the map transmission system of the present invention having the above-mentioned configuration, the map search means obtains the starting point designated by the starting point designating means, the position of the ending point designated by the ending point designating means, and the map information connecting the two points. Search from the map database by and output.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 shows a functional block diagram when applied to an information service utilizing FAX as an embodiment of the map transmission system according to the present invention. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 is a CPU of the map transmission system, 2 is an external storage device, 3 is a map database, 4 is a voice response device for guiding information service procedures by voice, and 5 is designated by a push tone from the user FAX. Push-tone recognition device for recognizing the received data, 6 is a reception FA on the center side
X and 7 are public telephone lines, and 8 is a FAX on the user side.

FIG. 3 is an example of a flowchart of a processing method when the present invention is implemented. The procedure of the embodiment will be described below with reference to the flowchart. In this example,
The starting and ending positions are specified by telephone numbers.

A telephone is connected to the center and the service is started. In step S9, the user asks the starting point of the map that the user wants to obtain by using the voice response device 4. Therefore, the user specifies the starting point by inputting the telephone number with the push button. Next, in S10, the end point is queried, so the user inputs the end point telephone number. At the center, the two designated points are recognized by the push tone recognition device 5, and S
Search for the position from the map database 3 as shown in 11, and S
At 12, the map information between the two points is taken out. Then, in S13, the reception side FAX 6 uses the public line 7, and the user side F
Send to AX8.

[0013]

As is apparent from the above description, the map transmission system of the present invention makes it possible to easily obtain a map within a required range by designating the starting point and the ending point.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram corresponding to a claim of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of processing according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 CPU 2 External Storage Device 3 Map Database 4 Voice Response Device 5 Pushtone Recognition Device 6 Center Reception FAX 7 Public Telephone Line 8 User FAX

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Katsumi Iida 15-1 Naesehiro-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya City Brother Industries Ltd. (72) Inventor Ichiyo Takeuchi 15-1 Naeshiro-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya City Brother Industries Incorporated (72) Inventor Michiyo Amano 15-1 Naeshiro-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya City Brother Industries Ltd.

Claims (1)

Claims: 1. A database that stores data for specifying a position, its position information, and map information between each position, and a position of two designated points and map information between them are searched. In the map transmission system equipped with the map search means for outputting and the output device for outputting the specified map, the starting point specifying means for specifying the starting point and the end point specifying the ending point A map transmission system comprising means.