JPH05313582A - Navigation device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify the correction work and to shorten the correction time as well, by constituting the device so that a user only touches directly on the screen of a display device corresponding to a correct present place when the user corrects the present place, a present place display is moved to a position touched directly on the screen and the present place is corrected. CONSTITUTION:In the state that the present place necessary for correction is displayed by a mark M on a map screen, when the user touches directly on the display screen of a CRT 11 corresponding to the correct present place, a cross is displayed on the touched position of the screen of the CRT 11 and when a mechanical switch (set) 12i is depressed, an operation guidance message (set present place correction) is displayed in the bottom part. Then, when the mechanical switch (set) 12i is depressed, the mark M is moved to the cross point of the cross and the operation guidance message of (present place is set) is displayed on the bottom part of the picture. In such a manner, since the present place is corrected, correction is operatable even when the vehicle is running.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a navigation device mounted on a mobile body and displaying the current location of the mobile body on a map.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a navigation device is mounted on a vehicle,
In order to allow the driver to recognize the current location of the vehicle, a mark is displayed on the map data read from the map memory. In the case of a navigation device, when the vehicle moves without traveling because it is on a ferry, towed by a tow truck, or loaded on a trailer, or the battery terminal is used for a long time (for example, about one day or more). )
If the memory disappears after being removed, it is necessary to correct the current location of the vehicle.

In the conventional navigation device, the current position is corrected by operating the cursor key of the monitor. However, in the above-mentioned current position correction method, not only the correction work is complicated, but also when the current position is corrected to a position far away from the previous current position, the correction work takes a long time.

In view of the above, it is an object of the present invention to provide a navigation device which can easily correct the current location and can shorten the correction time.

[0005]

A means for solving the problems according to the present invention is a navigation device which is mounted on a moving body, detects a current position of the moving body, and displays the current position and a map read from a map memory on a display. , A means to display the detected current location on the map with a predetermined symbol, a means to detect whether or not the user directly touches the screen of the display, and a user directly touches the screen of the display. When the fact is detected, a means for moving the current position display to a position where the user directly touches the screen of the display is included.

[0006]

In the above problem solving means, the current position detected while moving or the like is displayed as a predetermined symbol on the map data. At this time, if the user directly touches the screen of the display unit that corresponds to the correct current position to correct the current position, this is detected and the current position display is displayed at the position where the user directly touches the screen of the display unit. Move to.

As described above, since the current location is corrected by the user directly touching the screen of the display device, the current location can be corrected easily and the correction time is short.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to FIGS. The configuration of the navigation device according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a navigation device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the navigation system of this embodiment has a display device 10, a geomagnetic sensor 20 for detecting the absolute direction of the vehicle, and a vehicle speed sensor 30 for detecting the speed of the vehicle.
And a shift sensor 40 for detecting forward and backward movements of the vehicle,
A map memory 50 that stores road map data, and a navigation E that reads road map data from the map memory 50 and generates display data for driving support, etc.
It has a CU 60 and a graphic generator 70 that creates a program for graphic display of the display 10.

The display 10 is a navigation ECU 60.
A CRT 11 having a display screen, a mechanical switch 12, a touch switch 13, and a monitor 14 for controlling the operation of the mechanical switch 12 and the touch switch 13. I have it. The mechanical switch 12 and the touch switch 13 are connected to the CRT 11 via the monitor 14. The "mechanical switch 12" is a generic name for a mechanical switch group described later, and the "touch switch 13" is a generic name for a touch switch group described later.

As the map memory 50, a CD-ROM which is a large capacity storage medium is used. And map memory 5
0 divides a road map into meshes, stores display map data for graphic display that graphically displays road forms, coordinate positions, etc. in each mesh unit, and also stores road network data for map matching in each mesh unit. I remember. The road network data includes combination data of nodes representing branch points and links of road segments, link distance data, required time data for running the links, road type data (highways, highways, city roads, etc.). ), Road width data and place name fields, famous facilities, point data for specifying a specific point such as a railway, and the like. Also, as the display map data, according to the size of the division when the road map is divided into meshes,
Multiple maps with different scales are available.

The navigation ECU 60 includes a vibration gyro 61 for detecting the turning angle of the vehicle, a CD drive 62 for reading data from the map memory 50, and a locator 63.
It has and. The locator 63 has a geomagnetic sensor 2
0, a vehicle speed sensor 30, a shift sensor 40, and a vibration gyro 61 are connected to each other. Locator 63 is
The traveling distance detected by the vehicle speed sensor 30 and the shift sensor 40 and the traveling direction change amount detected by the geomagnetic sensor 20 and the vibration gyro 61 are respectively integrated to detect the vehicle position. Furthermore, the navigation ECU 60
Vehicle position data from locator 63 and CD drive 6
MIC (multi i) that performs various arithmetic controls such as calculation of a guide route, search of a road map within a predetermined range, and generation of display data for guiding a driver based on the data from 2
nformation controller) 64.

The CD drive 62 is connected to the CD auto changer 80, and the CD auto changer 8
0 for CDCRAFT51 and route calculation CD52
Is loaded. The CDCRAFT 51 stores a program for displaying guidance information of various facilities such as a morning market, a hot spring, a golf course, and a famous store. On the other hand, the route calculation CD 52 stores a calculation program for selecting a route having the shortest running time to the destination from a plurality of routes to the destination.

The MIC 64 is connected to the monitor 14 of the display 10 via the CD drive 62 and the graphic generator 70. Also, MIC64
Is a notebook communication adapter 10 to which an electronic notebook 90 can be connected.
0 is connected. Regarding the configuration of the display device 10, FIG.
Will be described in more detail with reference to. FIG. 2 is a front view of the display device.

As shown in FIG. 2, on one side (left side in the figure) of the CRT 11, a mechanical switch "navi" 12a for selecting a map display function and a mechanical switch "information" for selecting an information guidance function. 12b, a mechanical switch "memo" 12 for selecting a memo function, and the like are provided at c, and a mechanical switch "return" 12g for returning to the previous screen on the other side (right side in the drawing). A mechanical switch "cursor" 12h for moving the cursor on the screen and scrolling the screen, a mechanical switch "set" 12i for setting input data, and the like are provided.

The display screen of the CRT 11 is covered with a transparent touch panel, for example, "menu",
If you press a position surrounded by a frame such as "wide area" or "details",
The touch switch 13 is turned on. In the figure, 12d is a mechanical switch "TV" for selecting the TV function, 1
2e is a mechanical switch "search" that automatically memorizes the channels that can be received when receiving TV, 12f is a mechanical switch "air conditioner" for selecting the air conditioning function, 12j is for deleting the screen or the screen Mechanical switch for changing the brightness of the "Brightness / Screen off", 101 is T
V remote control switch receiver, 102 is TV
It is a TV image adjustment knob for adjusting an image.

Display 10, CD auto changer 80
The installation position of the notebook communication adapter 100 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG.
0 is a CD in the front console box in front of the driver's seat
The autochanger 80 is installed in the trunk room, and the notebook communication adapter 100 is installed in the floor console box arranged between the driver's seat and the passenger seat.

When the navigation device is driven,
On the display screen of the CRT 11 of the display device 10, the current route of the vehicle and the travel route to the destination are displayed. At this time, by operating the mechanical switch 12 and the touch switch 13, a map of a desired reduced scale is displayed on the screen of the CRT 11. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an operation procedure for obtaining a map of a desired scale.
An operation for obtaining a map of a desired scale will be described with reference to FIG.

When the mechanical switch "Navi" 12a shown in FIG. 2 is pressed, the current position and the traveling direction of the vehicle are displayed by the mark M on the map as shown in FIG. 4 (a). This mark M is
Move according to the running of the vehicle. At this time, CRT11
If the map displayed on the display screen is not the desired scale map, the touch switch "wide area" 13a or "details" 13b is pressed.

Then, as shown in FIG. 4B, the CRT is
At the bottom of the screen of 11, for example, touch switches “1”, “2”, “3”, “4”, which correspond to the scale numbers shown in Table 1,
"5" 13c is displayed. Then, for example, when "4" of the touch switch 13c is pressed, a 1 / 25,000 map is displayed on the screen of the CRT 11 if there is no other input for 3 seconds.

[0021]

[Table 1]

Here, for example, if a more detailed map is required, if the touch switch "detail" 13b is pressed, as shown in FIG. 4C, the touch switch "1" is displayed as in FIG. 4B. , "2", "3", "4", "5" 13c are displayed. Then, when "5" of the touch switch 13c is pressed, if there is no other input for 3 seconds, the map of 1 / 1.25 million is displayed on the screen of the CRT 11.

Thus, instead of changing the scale of the map stepwise, it is possible to continuously obtain a map of a desired scale with one operation. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an operation procedure for setting the current position of the vehicle. An operation for setting the current position of the vehicle will be described with reference to FIG. Figure 5
As shown in (a), a map of a desired scale is displayed on the display screen of the CRT 11 by the operation procedure shown in FIG. Then, when the touch switch "menu" 13d is pressed, FIG.
Like, touch switch "current location setting", "destination setting", "registered location setting", "environment setting", "peripheral facility",
"Peripheral registration place", "route information", "direction information" 13e
A menu screen having "" is displayed on the screen of the CRT 11.

When the "current position setting" of the touch switch 13e is pressed, a cross is displayed on the screen of the CRT 11 as shown in FIG. 5 (c), and the current position can be set by pressing the mechanical switch "set" 12i at the bottom. The set operation guidance message “Set → correct current location” is displayed. Then, the mechanical switch "cursor" 12h is operated to move the cross point of the cross to the present position, and then the mechanical switch "set" 12i is pressed. As shown in FIG.
The current location is displayed as a mark M on the screen of, and an operation guidance message such as "You have set the current location" is displayed at the bottom.

When the "destination setting" of the touch switch 13e is pressed, the destination setting screen is displayed, when the "registered place setting" is pressed, the registered place setting screen is displayed, and when the "environment setting" is pressed, the environment setting screen is displayed. If you press "peripheral facility", the peripheral facility search screen will appear, if you press "neighborhood registered place", the peripheral registered place search screen will appear, if you press "route information" the route information screen will appear, if you press "direction information" the direction information screen Each is displayed on the screen of the CRT 11.

In addition, when the vehicle moves without traveling because it is boarded on a ferry, towed by a tow truck, or loaded on a trailer, or the battery terminal is disconnected for a long time (for example, about one day or more). If the memory disappears, the current position of the vehicle can be corrected according to the above operation procedure. In particular, when the present position is corrected to a position far away from the previous present position, the correction operation requires a long time for the correction procedure, and therefore the navigation device of the present embodiment is provided with the one-touch correction function.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a one-touch correction operation procedure. The one-touch correction operation will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 6 (a), when the current location that needs to be corrected is displayed with the mark M on the map and the display screen of the CRT 11 corresponding to the correct current location is directly touched, the result is as shown in FIG. 6 (b). A cross is displayed at the touched position on the screen of the CRT 11, and an operation guide message "set → correct current location" for setting the current location is displayed at the bottom when the mechanical switch "set" 12i is pressed. The screen of the CRT 11 is divided into, for example, 6 × 11 sections.

The mechanical switch "set" 12i
When is pressed, as shown in FIG. 6C, the mark M moves to the intersection of the crosses and an operation guidance message such as “Current location has been set” is displayed at the bottom of the screen of the CRT 11. At this time, by the time 7 seconds have passed,
If the mechanical switch “set” 12i is not pressed, the screen display of FIG.

As described above, the current position is corrected by the driver directly touching the display screen of the CRT 11, so that the correction operation can be performed even while the vehicle is running. Further, with this one-touch correction, the current position can be roughly corrected while traveling, and finely corrected with the cursor when the vehicle is stopped. Therefore, the current position can be corrected easily and in a short time.

That is, in the navigation device of this embodiment, since the continuous scale changing function and the current position one-touch correction function are added, the map changing and the current position correcting operation become simple and short time, and the driver can drive. You will be able to concentrate. It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and many modifications and changes can be made within the scope of the present invention.

In the above embodiment, GPS (Global Posi
tining System) The receiver may be connected to the locator and the beacon receiver may be connected to the MIC.

[0032]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, when the user corrects the present location, the user can display the present location only by directly touching the screen of the display corresponding to the correct present location. You can move to the position you touched directly on the screen of the display and correct your current location.

Therefore, there is an excellent effect that the work for correcting the current position is simplified and the correction time is short.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a navigation device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a display device.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing installation positions of a display, a CD autochanger, and a notebook communication adapter.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an operation procedure for obtaining a map of a desired scale.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an operation procedure for setting the current position of the vehicle.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a one-touch correction operation procedure.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Display 11 CRT 12, 12a-12j Mechanical switch 13, 13a-13e Touch switch 14 Monitor 20 Geomagnetic sensor 30 Vehicle speed sensor 40 Shift sensor 50 Map memory 60 Navigation ECU 61 Vibration gyro 62 CD drive 63 Locator 64 MIC 70 Graphic generator M mark

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A navigation device mounted on a mobile body, for detecting the current location of the mobile body and displaying the current location and a map read from a map memory on a display device, wherein the detected current location is predetermined on a map. The means for displaying with the symbol, the means for detecting whether or not the user directly touches the screen of the display unit, and the use of the current location display when the user directly touches the screen of the display unit is detected. A map display device comprising means for moving a person to a position directly touching the screen of a display device.