JPH11215017A - Information selection device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To avoid troublesome cases where the information attendant at each region is set again at the relevant region. SOLUTION: An information selection device 10 is provided on an automobile to select the information attendant on every region and consists of a global positioning system(GPS) receiving unit 11 which recognizes the automobile position, a storage part 12, which stores an information table where the information attendant on every region is set, and a control part 13 which selects the information accompanying the region corresponding to the automobile position that is recognized by the unit 11.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a broadcasting station installed in an area where a moving object such as an automobile moves and broadcasts information associated with the area, for example, the same series of contents. The present invention relates to an information selection device for selecting a frequency or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Some radio tuners and the like mounted on automobiles and the like are provided with a plurality of preset buttons. In such a radio tuner, a user sets (presets) a frequency of a desired broadcast station in advance in correspondence with a preset button in accordance with a region where a car travels, and only operates a specific preset button to select a desired broadcast station. Radio broadcasts from stations can be received.

However, when a car travels in a wide area, it may not be possible to receive a desired radio broadcast even if a specific preset button is operated. In this case, the user has the same series of contents (for example, the contents of FM broadcasting of NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)) in the area where the car is located.
Broadcast station (for example, NH
K Urawa, NHK Tokyo, NHK Yokohama ...) must be set (preset) again in correspondence with the specific preset button.

[0004] Alternatively, in the area where the automobile is located, the user automatically searches for the frequency of a broadcasting station installed in the area, which broadcasts the same series of contents, and selects a broadcasting station with a high reception sensitivity. Then, the frequency of the broadcasting station must be set (preset) again in correspondence with the specific preset button.

[0005]

When a moving object such as an automobile moves in a wide area, the same broadcasting system as that of the above-mentioned radio tuner is broadcasted. The information associated with the area must be reset in the area where the mobile is located.

An object of the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an information selecting apparatus capable of avoiding the trouble of resetting information associated with each area in the area.

[0007]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
An information selection device, which is provided in a mobile body and selects information associated with a region, comprising: a position recognition means for recognizing a position of the mobile body; and an information table in which information associated with the region is set for each region. Storage means for storing, and control means for selecting information associated with the area based on the information table stored in the storage means and corresponding to the position of the moving body from the position recognition means. It is.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the information associated with the area is a frequency of a broadcasting station installed in each area that broadcasts the same series of contents. is there.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect, the information associated with the area is an access point of an Internet provider.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the information associated with the area is the date and time in the area where the moving object is located.

The invention according to claims 1 to 4 has the following effects.

The control means selects information associated with the area corresponding to the position of the moving object recognized by the position recognizing means based on the information table stored in the storage means. Can be automatically set. As a result, it is possible to avoid the trouble of resetting information associated with each area in the area.

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an information selection device according to the present invention. The information selection device 10 shown in FIG. 1 is mounted on an automobile as a moving body, and has a GPS (Global Position) as a position recognition unit.
ioning System) a receiving unit 11, a storage unit 12 as storage means, and a control unit 13 as control means. The control unit 13 and the storage unit 12 constitute a control unit 16.

The GPS receiving unit 11 is connected to a GPS antenna 14 for receiving a GPS signal from a GPS satellite, and recognizes a current position of a running automobile from the GPS signal. The current position of the vehicle recognized by the GPS receiving unit 11 is transmitted to the control unit 13 by serial communication or the like.
Sent to

The storage unit 12 includes, for example, a RAM (Ram
dom Access Memory), and stores an information table 15 in which information associated with the area is set for each area divided by latitude and longitude at predetermined intervals as shown in FIG. ing. In this information table 15, a horizontal row indicates latitude and a vertical row indicates longitude.

The information associated with the area is stored as, for example, preset A to preset X..., And each of the presets is represented by an AM as represented by preset A shown in FIG.
Radio broadcast preset button AM1, latitude 10-1
5 and the longitude of 100 to 105 (hereinafter referred to as "A area"), the frequency of one broadcasting station that can be received in the AM radio broadcasting is set. The frequency of the broadcasting station is set. Similarly, for FM1 and FM2, frequencies of one broadcast station and another broadcast station that can be received in the area A are set.
In the preset A, an access point of a provider for connecting to the Internet in the area A is set, and the date and time and the country name in the area A are set. Further, in the preset A, a language to be displayed on a display device (not shown) connected to the control unit 13 is set in conformity with the region A.

The preset button AM1 of the preset B is the same as the broadcast station set in the preset button AM1 of the preset A, which can be received in an area of latitude 10 to 15 and longitude 105 to 110 (hereinafter referred to as "area B"). The frequency of the broadcasting station that broadcasts the contents of the series is set.
Also, the preset button AM2 of the preset B
The frequency of the broadcast station in the area B that can be received in the area and broadcasts the same series of contents as the broadcast station set in the preset button AM1 of the preset A is set.
Further, the preset buttons FM1 and FM2 of the preset B
Similarly, the preset button F of the preset A
The frequency of each broadcasting station in the area B that broadcasts the same series of contents as the broadcasting stations set to M1 and FM2 is set. Further, in the preset B, the access point, date and time, country name, and display language of the Internet provider in the B area are set.
The same applies to the following presets C to X.

Based on the information table 15 stored in the storage unit 12, the control unit 13
, A preset corresponding to the current position of the vehicle recognized, such as preset A or preset B, is selected and executed.

The operation of the control unit 13 will be described below with reference to FIG.

The control unit 13 first reads the current position of the car recognized by the GPS receiving unit 11 (step 1). Next, the control unit 13 determines whether or not the current position of the vehicle is within the area in the information table 15 for selecting the currently executed preset, that is, when the preset A is currently being executed, It is determined whether the current position is in the area A (step 2).

If the current position of the car is in the area corresponding to the currently executed preset, the control unit 13
Causes the currently executed preset to be continuously executed.

However, when the current position of the vehicle is out of the area corresponding to the preset currently being executed, for example, when the vehicle enters the area B from the area A, the control unit 13
Selects a preset B corresponding to the B area from the information table 15 and executes it (step 3).

As described above, since the information selecting device 10 is configured, the following effects can be obtained.

Based on the information table 15 stored in the storage unit 12, the control unit 13 stores information associated with the area (any one of the presets A to X) corresponding to the position of the car recognized by the GPS receiving unit 11. By selecting (1), information associated with the area where the car has moved can be automatically set. As a result, it is possible to avoid the trouble of the user setting information associated with each area in the area.

Although the present invention has been described based on an embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this.

For example, the moving body is not limited to an automobile, but may be a transport machine such as an aircraft or a ship. The same preset button AM for different presets A, B,.
, FM1, etc., the frequencies of the broadcasting stations that broadcast the same series of contents between different regions are set, but the same preset button A is used for different presets A, B,.
The frequency of a broadcasting station that broadcasts different contents may be set in M1, FM1, and so on.

[0028]

As described above, according to the information selecting apparatus of the present invention, the control means corresponds to the position of the moving object based on the information table set for each area, the information accompanying the area. Since the information associated with the above-mentioned area is selected, it is possible to avoid the trouble of resetting the information associated with each area in the relevant area.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a chart showing an information table stored in a storage unit of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a table showing preset contents in one region of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation of a control unit in FIG. 1;

[Description of Signs] 10 Information Selection Device 11 GPS Receiving Unit (Position Recognition Unit) 12 Storage Unit (Storage Unit) 13 Control Unit (Control Unit) 15 Information Table

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An information selection device mounted on a moving body for selecting information associated with a region, wherein a position recognition means for recognizing the position of the moving body, and information associated with the region are set for each region. Storage means for storing the obtained information table, based on the information table stored in the storage means,
Corresponding to the position of the moving body from the position recognition means,
An information selection device, comprising: control means for selecting information associated with the region. 2. The information selection device according to claim 1, wherein the information associated with the area is a frequency of a broadcasting station installed in each area, which broadcasts the same series of contents. 3. The information selection device according to claim 1, wherein the information associated with the area is an access point of an Internet provider. 4. The information selection apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information associated with the area is a date and time in an area where the moving object is located.