JPH1040263A - Map guide processing method and map guide processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To permit an inquirer to simultaneously and easily obtain the map and weather information around a target position. SOLUTION: An automatic guide device 50 has a controller 51, a map data base 53 which can be retrieved with a telephone number and the like, a weather data base 54 storing latest weather information for respective areas and a weather forecasting device 55. The controller 51 receives the telephone number N5 of the target position which the inquirer A desires guidance transmitted from a communication terminal 10 and the transmission destination telephone number (N4, for example) of a map guide map, retrieves map information around the target position from the map data base 53 and weather information from the weather data base 54 based on the pertinent telephone number N5, synthesizes both information, generates the map guide map and transmits it to a device corresponding to the transmission destination telephone number (N4, for example).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a map guidance service, and more particularly, to a communication terminal using a communication terminal close to a user to obtain a detailed map around a target place and weather information in the surrounding area using a communication network. The present invention relates to a map guidance processing method and apparatus capable of simultaneously outputting data.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when arriving at a specific location at a specific time at a geographically unfamiliar location, it is necessary to obtain detailed guide map information around the destination and weather information around the destination. There was a problem that information had to be obtained separately, which was troublesome. In particular, if you are planning to go on a sudden business trip, watching sports, going to an amusement park, etc. within a limited time, it will take time to find a detailed guide map to the destination, Because weather information can only be obtained for a relatively long time, it is difficult to know short-term weather information within a limited time in a specific area, and bring rain gear in case of sudden rain. If not, there are problems such as getting wet or bringing unnecessary rain gear.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, when arriving at a destination, a detailed map around the destination and weather forecast information for a short time later can be easily obtained anytime and anywhere. The purpose is to be able to do.
According to the present invention, it is possible to preliminarily select a travel route when going to a destination, and to make a decision on a plan change or a decision to bring rain gear in advance according to the weather forecast situation up to several hours later. You can take action with your heart in mind.

[0004]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the principle of the present invention. A communication terminal device 10 is connected to an automatic guidance device 50 via a public communication network 20. Automatic guidance device 5
0 has a map database that can search map information around a target position by a telephone number, a weather database that stores the latest weather information until a short time after each area, a control device, and the like. Also have.

[0005] When an inquirer transmits a telephone number or the like of a destination position for which guidance is desired or a destination telephone number or the like of a map guide map from the communication terminal device 10, the automatic guidance device 50 is provided.
Retrieves map information around the destination from the map database based on the telephone number of the destination, etc., further retrieves weather information of a region including the destination from the weather database, and stores the map information and the weather information. A combined map guide map is created and transmitted to the communication terminal device 10 of the destination telephone number. Thereby, the map information and the weather information around the target position desired by the inquirer can be simultaneously provided.

[0006]

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a specific embodiment of the present invention. In FIG.
Is a communication terminal device, 20 is a public communication network, 30 is a line switching device, 40 is a modem, and 50 is an automatic guide device.

The communication terminal device 10 includes a general telephone 11,
A portable communication terminal 12, a personal computer 13 having a communication function,
Facsimile 14, etc., and N
1, N2, N3, and N4 are respectively provided. Here, the portable communication terminal 12, the personal computer 13, and the facsimile 14 have a function of displaying or printing out a map guide map obtained by synthesizing a map around the target position and weather information transmitted from the automatic guide device 50.

The line switching device 30 includes a control device 51 described later.
Under the further control, it has a function of switching the line of the automatic guidance device 50 to the modem 40 side. The modem 40 is
It is a modem or the like that can communicate with the communication terminal device 10 and has a function of outputting coded data of a map guide map received from the control device 51 of the automatic guidance device 50 to the communication terminal device 10.

The automatic guiding device 50 is a control device 5 here.
1. An internal memory 52 of the control device 51, a map database 53, a weather database 54, and a weather prediction device 55.

The control device 51 is basically the same as the CPU of the computer, and has a function of receiving a telephone number or a personal ID for identifying a target position from the communication terminal device 10, a telephone number of a destination of a map guide map, and the like. A function of searching for map information around the destination position from the map database 53 and creating guide destination map information, and searching for weather information of a local area including the destination position from the weather database 54 to create guide destination weather information. It has a function of creating and editing a map guide map by combining the guide destination map information and the guide destination weather information, a function of transmitting the map guide map to the communication terminal device 10, and the like. The operation of the control device 51 will be described later.

The internal memory 52 of the control device 51 is a RAM, a hard disk, or the like, and temporarily stores the guide destination map information and the guide destination weather information created by the control device 51, as well as a model of the map guide map (map guide map). Layout), and data such as weather marks for graphically displaying weather conditions.

The map database 53 shows the correspondence between the subscriber telephone number, the location where the communication terminal of the subscriber telephone number is installed, and the subscriber name of the communication terminal. Information and map information including the area of the location are stored. The weather database 54 stores the latest weather information for each region (for example, the current weather, 10 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hours,...).
・, Etc.).

The weather forecasting device 55 has a function of inputting weather data at predetermined time intervals, performing weather forecasting for each region, and updating weather information in the weather database 54 in accordance with the ever-changing weather conditions. . As a result, the latest weather information is always stored in the weather database 54. As the weather prediction algorithm of the weather prediction device 55, for example, application of a cross-correlation method, a neural network method, or the like is conceivable. However, since the present invention does not include a method of realizing the weather prediction itself, the weather prediction device 55 The detailed configuration of is omitted. Alternatively, the weather database 54 may be connected to an existing weather service system, and weather forecast data may be received from the weather service system at regular intervals to update the contents of the weather database 54. The installation of the device 55 itself can be omitted.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an operation flow of the control device 51 in the automatic guide device 50. Now, the inquirer A calls the automatic guidance device 50 from the communication terminal device 10 via the public communication network 20, and the subscriber number N5 of the guidance destination is desired.
Suppose that the user requests the map guidance service by specifying. The control device 51 automatically responds to the call from the inquirer A via the line switching device 30, and transmits the subscriber number N5 of the guide destination to which the inquirer A inputs from the communication terminal device 10 and the map guide map. Destination subscriber number (N2, N3, N4, etc.)
Is received (step 110). In addition, inquirer A
When the user uses the telephone 11 to call the automatic guidance device 50, the control device 51 sends out voice guidance, and in accordance with this, the inquirer A uses the telephone 11 to request the subscriber number N5 of the guidance destination and the map guidance. The subscriber telephone number N4 of the facsimile machine 14 or the like for which the output shown in the drawing is desired is sequentially input, and the control device 51 recognizes this.

When the control unit 51 receives the subscriber number N5 of the guide destination and the transmission destination telephone numbers (N2, N3, N4, etc.) of the map guide map from the communication terminal device 10, first,
Based on the subscriber's telephone number N5 of the guidance request destination, map information around the location where the communication terminal of the subscriber's telephone number N5 is installed is searched from the map database 53 to create guide destination map information, It is stored in a predetermined area of the memory 52 (step 120). Here, as the guide destination map information, for example, two types of map information, which covers a relatively wide area of the guide desired destination and which is relatively coarse, and detailed map information in which the vicinity of the destination is enlarged and shown, may be created. Next, the control device 51
Searches the weather database 54 for weather information of a region corresponding to the guide map information searched from the map database 53, creates guide weather information, and stores it in a predetermined area of the memory 52 (step 130). The guide destination weather information includes the current weather of the guide destination area, 10 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hours,.

In the memory 52, data of a model of the map guide map (layout of the map guide map) and weather marks are prepared in advance. The control device 51 creates a map guide map by synthesizing the guide destination map information and the guide destination weather information based on the model of the map guide map and the weather mark (step 1).
40), encode the map guide map data (step 1)
50). Thereafter, the control device 51 instructs the line switching device 30 to switch the line to the modem 40 side, and transmits the coded data of the map guide map via the modem 40 to the transmission destination telephone number of the communication terminal device 10 ( N2, N3, N4
Etc.) (step 160).

In this way, the map guide map around the destination position corresponding to the subscriber telephone number N5 of the guidance request destination designated by the inquirer A is stored in the corresponding device (1) of the communication terminal device 10.
2, 13, 14 etc.).

FIG. 4 is an output example of a map guide map. As described above, according to the present invention, even in a small area of about 500 × 500 m, it is possible to easily output a map around the destination and weather forecast information at regular intervals. The style of the map guide map is not limited to that shown in FIG. 4, and various styles can be used.

While the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the line switching device 30, the modulation / demodulation device 40, and the automatic guidance device 50
May be configured as a plurality of sets. In addition, each set may be distributed and set for each predetermined area,
In this case, the map database and the weather database need only cover the area, and the capacity of the database can be reduced. Further, a personal ID including characters and symbols may be used instead of the subscriber telephone number as the guide destination and the destination of the map guide map specified by the inquirer.

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention,
If the communication terminal device is installed, the inquirer can simultaneously and easily obtain a map and weather information around the target position using the subscriber telephone number or personal ID of the communication terminal device at the target position. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the principle configuration of the present invention.

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

FIG. 3 is an operation flowchart of a control device in the automatic guidance device.

FIG. 4 is an output example of a map guide map obtained by the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Communication terminal device 20 Public communication network 30 Line switching device 40 Modem demodulation device 50 Automatic guidance device 51 Control device 52 Memory 53 Map database 54 Weather database 55 Weather forecast device

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A map guidance processing method in an automatic guidance device for automatically responding to a map guidance service request from a communication terminal device via a public communication network by a communication terminal device, wherein the guidance by the communication terminal device from the requester is provided. Receiving the identification information for identifying the desired position and the device ID of the destination of the map guide map, and providing the map guidance including the guidance map and the weather information around the target position based on the identification information for identifying the desired position. A map guidance processing method comprising: creating a map; and transmitting the created map guidance map to a communication terminal device corresponding to the destination device ID. 2. The map guidance processing method according to claim 1, wherein the identification information for identifying the target position for which guidance is desired is to use a telephone number or a personal ID of a communication terminal device located at the target position. Characteristic map guidance processing method. 3. An automatic guidance apparatus for automatically responding to a map guidance service request from a query terminal via a public communication network by a communication terminal device, comprising: a map database storing at least map information; A weather database storing information and a control device, wherein the control device has a function of receiving identification information for identifying a destination position desired to be guided from the communication terminal device and a device ID of a transmission destination of the map guide map; A function of searching the map database for map information around the target position based on the identification information for identifying the target position and creating guide destination map information; A function of creating guide destination weather information by searching from a database, and creating a map guide map by combining the guide destination map information and the guide destination weather information That function and an automatic guidance device characterized by having a function of transmitting the map information map to the communication terminal device corresponding to the device ID of the destination. 4. The automatic guide device according to claim 3, wherein
We input weather data and perform weather forecast at regular intervals.
An automatic guidance device, further comprising a weather prediction device for updating weather information in the weather database.