JPH0534431A - Position measuring apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a portable position measuring apparatus capable of flexibly dealing with mobile communications, etc., through unit constitution and independently of on-vehicle audio equipment, etc. CONSTITUTION:A position measuring apparatus is comprised of a multiband antenna 13 which is independently removable, a distributor 7 for connecting received electric waves to the respective receivers of the GPS, the beacon and the geostationary satellite of a position measurement receiving portion 6, a control portion 1 to which the output of each of the receivers is input and which calculates the current position according to the input of existing map data from an information data regenerating portion 14 or of map data received via a communications line, a display control portion 10 and a power supply battery 15. The apparatus has such a structure that all of its components except the multiband antenna 13 are stored in a box 12.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a position locating device which can display not only map information but also the current position information of an automobile or the like on this map information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a conventional position measuring apparatus. In the figure, 1 is a control section for performing overall control of this apparatus and necessary calculation and control, and 2 is power required for each section of the apparatus. Is a battery as a power supply for supplying the power, and for example, a power supply system (battery) of an automobile is used. 3 is a GPS receiver for receiving radio waves from satellites of the Global Satellite Positioning System (hereinafter referred to as GPS), 4 is a beacon receiver, 5
Is a geostationary satellite receiver.

A reference numeral 6 designates a position-positioning receiving section composed of a GPS receiver 3, a beacon receiver 4 and a geostationary satellite receiver 5,
7 is a distributor for distributing the radio waves received by the multi-band antenna 8 to each of the receivers 3 to 5, and 9 is for reproducing and utilizing map information stored in a compact disc read only memory (hereinafter referred to as CD-ROM). It is a compact disc (hereinafter referred to as CD) section for.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a display / operation unit having a display function for displaying map information, position information and other necessary information, and an operation function for inputting an operation command signal to the control unit 1 by touching the screen of the user. Reference numeral 11 is a device such as an air conditioner, an audio system, or a car phone controlled by the control unit 1.

Next, the operation will be described. First, when the multiband antenna 8 receives a signal from the outside, the received signal is distributed by the distributor 7, and the position positioning receiver 6
Sent to. Then, the reception processing is performed in each of the receivers 3 to 5 of the position positioning receiver 6. Further, the reception signal subjected to the reception processing is subjected to necessary calculations and the like in the control unit 1, and is sent to the display / operation unit 10 as position information and displayed there.

Now, when the user selects the mode of the positioning device by operating the display / operation unit 10, the control unit 1 reads the map information stored in the CD-ROM from the CD unit 9, This is sent to the display / operation unit 10. Therefore, the map information reproduced from the CD-ROM and the position information obtained from the reception processing result are displayed on the display of the display / operation unit 10, and as a result, the user is informed of the current position on the map of the automobile. Will be provided.

[0007]

Since the conventional positioning device is configured as described above, various devices 11 and CD parts 9 arranged in parallel in the positioning receiver receive a large proportion of the vehicle body, and Since it is integrated with the control unit 1 that is connected to the device 11 and the CD unit 9 and controls them, it is not possible to carry only this device freely, and mobile communication cannot be performed flexibly. There were problems such as being expensive.

The invention according to claim 1 is made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and the CD section and the equipment are formed as an independent unit and can be carried freely.
Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to obtain a positioning device that can flexibly support mobile communication.

It is another object of the present invention to obtain a position positioning device which receives external information, obtains map information or the like from the received data, and can display the same together with the received position information.

Further, an object of the invention of claim 3 is to obtain a position positioning device capable of transmitting necessary information and signals to the outside.

[0011]

According to the invention of claim 1,
An information data reproducing section for reproducing map information and the like stored in an external storage medium is provided, and this is integrally housed in a housing together with a position positioning receiving section, a control section, a display / operation section, a battery and the like.

Further, the invention of claim 2 is provided with an information data receiving section for receiving map information and the like through a multi-band antenna, which is provided with a position positioning receiving section, a control section, a display / display section.
It is integrally housed in a housing together with an operation unit, a battery and the like.

Further, according to the invention of claim 3, there is provided a transmitter for outputting the current position signal of the user to the outside through the multi-band antenna in accordance with the control command of the controller, and the transmitter is provided with the position positioning receiver, the controller and the display. -It is housed together with the operation part and battery in the housing.

[0014]

According to the present invention, the information data reproducing section is integrally provided with the battery, the position measurement receiving section, etc. in the position measuring case which can be separated and independent from the equipment such as the air conditioner and the audio. Therefore, it gives flexibility to mobile communication.

Further, the information data receiving unit in the invention of claim 2 makes it possible to obtain the map information and the like to be displayed together with the position information from the outside.

Further, the transmitting unit in the invention of claim 3 transmits necessary data to the outside so that the user's current position is notified to the user or the outside.

[0017]

【Example】

Example 1. An embodiment of the invention of claim 1 will be described below with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a control unit that performs overall control of the position positioning device and performs necessary calculations and processing, and 3
Is a GPS receiver for receiving radio waves from GSP satellites, 4 is a beacon receiver, and 5 is a geostationary satellite receiver. 6 is GP
S receiver 3, beacon receiver 4 and geostationary satellite receiver 5
The position-positioning receiving unit 7 is a distributor that distributes the radio waves received by the multiband antenna 13 to the receivers 3 to 5.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a display / operation unit having a display function for displaying map information, position information and other necessary information, and an operation function for inputting an operation command signal to the control unit 1 by touching the screen of the user. is there.

Further, 13 is a multi-band antenna that can be built in and removed from the housing 12, and 14 is for reproducing various kinds of information data such as map information and photosensitive information stored in a storage medium such as a CD-ROM or a magneto-optical disk. The information data reproducing unit 15 for use is a rechargeable or replaceable battery.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the position positioning device, and the same components as those in FIG. 1 are designated by the same reference numerals. Reference numeral 10 is a display / operation unit, that is, a display, 12 is a housing about the size of a palmtop personal computer, and 13 is a built-in or removable multi-band antenna.

Next, the operation will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. First, the multi-band antenna 8
The reception signal input to the position positioning reception unit 6 through is input to each of the receivers 3 to 5 to be subjected to reception processing (step ST1) and further sent to the control unit 1. The reception signal subjected to the reception processing is subjected to necessary processing such as calculation in the control unit 1 (step ST2) and becomes position information.

Here, if map information or information data such as tourist information is read from the information data reproducing section 14 as required (step ST3), each of these data is displayed / displayed together with the above position information. It is displayed on the display of the operation unit 10 (step ST5). On the other hand, if the information data has not been read (step ST
3) In the information data reproducing section 14, necessary information data is read (step ST4), and this information data is displayed on the display on the display / operation section 10 together with the above position information (step ST5).

Although the operation has been described here in the sequence shown in FIG. 3, the order is not particularly limited, and the current position may be finally displayed on the map.

Example 2. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the invention of claim 2, in which 1 is a control unit for performing overall control of the system and necessary calculation and processing, and 3 is a radio wave from a GPS satellite. Receiving GPS receiver, 4 is a beacon receiver, and 5 is a geostationary satellite receiver.
Reference numeral 6 denotes a position-positioning receiving unit composed of a GPS receiver 3, a beacon receiver 4 and a geostationary satellite receiver 5, and 7 denotes radio waves received by the multiband antenna 13 for each receiver 3
It is a distributor that distributes to ~ 5.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a display / operation unit having a display function for displaying map information, position information and other necessary information, and an operation function for inputting an operation command signal to the control unit 1 by a user's screen touch. Is a multi-band antenna that can be built in or removed from the housing 12, 15 is a rechargeable or replaceable battery, and 16 is an information data receiving unit, which reads information data such as map information or tourist information from the outside through a wireless line.

According to this, various information data sent from the outside by the wireless line is received and reproduced by the information data receiving unit 16 via the distributor 7, and sent to the control unit 1. Therefore, this information data is sent to the display / operation unit 10 together with the position information obtained by the reception, and is displayed there. In the case of this embodiment, it is required to improve the social infrastructure of various systems such as the information providing system.

Example 3. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the invention of claim 3, in which 1 is a control unit for performing overall control of the positioning device and necessary calculation and processing, and 3 is a GPS satellite. A GPS receiver for receiving radio waves, 4 is a beacon receiver, and 5 is a geostationary satellite receiver. Reference numeral 6 is a position-positioning receiving unit composed of a GPS receiver 3, a beacon receiver 4 and a geostationary satellite receiver 5, and 7 is a distributor that distributes radio waves received by the multiband antenna 13 to the receivers 3 to 5. Is.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a display / operation unit having a display function for displaying map information, position information and other necessary information, and an operation function for inputting an operation command signal to the control unit 1 by a user's screen touch. Is a multi-band antenna that can be built in and removed from the housing 12, and 14 is information data for reproducing various information data such as map information and tourist information stored in a storage medium such as a CD-ROM or a magneto-optical disk. It is a playback unit.

Reference numeral 15 is a rechargeable or replaceable battery, 17 is a transmitter for transmitting necessary information and signals according to a control command from the controller 1, and 18 is a multi-band antenna 13 for reception and transmission. It is an antenna duplexer for sharing, and in addition to the user being able to confirm the current position, the current position of the user can be notified to the outside.

According to this embodiment, when the user selects the transmission mode by operating the display / operation unit 10, the control unit 1 sends a transmission command to the transmission unit 17. The transmitter 17 performs transmission processing required for transmission such as modulation, and transmits the transmission data from the multiband antenna 13 via the antenna duplexer 18.

[0031]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the information data reproducing section for reproducing the map information and the like stored in the external storage medium is provided, and the information positioning reproducing section and the position positioning receiving section are controlled. Since it is configured to be integrally housed in the housing together with the display section, display / operation section, battery, etc., the entire apparatus can be downsized, and the user can separate it from the automobile and carry it, and at the same time, the cost can be reduced. effective.

Further, according to the invention of claim 2, since the information data receiving portion for receiving the map information and the like through the multi-band antenna is provided, it is not necessary to carry around the information source such as the map information accommodated in the CD portion or the like. In addition, there is an effect that it is possible to immediately respond to the map information that is remarkably revised and the tourist information information of each region.

Further, according to the invention of claim 3, since the transmitter for outputting the current position signal of the user to the outside through the multi-band antenna according to the control command of the controller is provided, the current position of the user or Necessary data and the like can be transmitted to the outside, and for example, when the user is in distress in the mountains or the like, there is an effect that the rescuer as well as the user can confirm the position.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a position positioning device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the position positioning device in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation sequence of the position positioning device in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a position positioning device according to an embodiment of the invention of claim 2;

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a position positioning device according to an embodiment of the invention of claim 3;

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a conventional positioning device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 control unit 6 Positioning receiver 10 Display / operation section 12 housing 13 multi-band antenna 14 Information data playback unit 15 battery 16 Information data receiver 17 Transmitter

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A position positioning receiver that receives a received signal through a multi-band antenna and performs a reception process of the received signal, and a controller that performs a calculation for position information detection according to a reception processing result by the position positioning receiver. An information data reproducing section for reproducing map information and the like stored in an external storage medium and a control command signal to the control section, and the position information and the position information obtained based on the control command signal. A display / operation unit for displaying map information and the like, a rechargeable or replaceable battery, and the multiband antenna built-in or detachably attached, and the position-positioning receiving unit, control unit, information data reproducing unit, A position positioning device including a display / operation unit and a housing that integrally houses a battery. 2. A position positioning receiving section that receives a received signal through a multi-band antenna and performs a reception process of the received signal, and a control section that performs a calculation for position information detection according to a reception processing result by the position positioning receiving section. , An information data receiving unit that receives map information and the like through the multiband antenna, and a control command signal is input to the control unit, and the position information and the map information and the like obtained based on the control command signal are input. A display / operation unit for displaying, a rechargeable or replaceable battery, and the multi-band antenna built-in or detachably attached, and the position-positioning receiving unit, control unit, information data receiving unit, display / operating unit And a housing that integrally houses a battery. 3. A position positioning receiving unit that receives a received signal through a multi-band antenna and performs a reception process of the received signal, and a control unit that performs a calculation for position information detection according to a reception processing result by the position positioning receiving unit. An information data reproducing section for reproducing map information and the like stored in an external storage medium and a control command signal to the control section, and the position information and the position information obtained based on the control command signal. A display / operation unit that displays map information and the like, a rechargeable or replaceable battery, a transmission unit that outputs the user's current position signal to the outside through the multiband antenna according to a control command of the control unit, and It has a built-in or removable multi-band antenna,
Also, the position positioning receiving unit, the control unit, the information data reproducing unit,
A positioning device including a display / operation unit, a housing that integrally houses a battery, and a transmission unit.