JPWO2005024347A1 - Information distribution method to OBE - Google Patents

Abstract

In order to easily set the destination in the car navigation device based on the destination ID acquired from various media, at least the position ID and the user ID are received from the terminal device, and the acquired user ID is The information is registered in the associated user database, and the position information associated with the position ID is read from the position information database, and the position information is provided to the car navigation device. The car navigation device can receive information when the car is started with the start key.

Description

  The present invention relates to an information distribution method to an in-vehicle device such as a car navigation device for a vehicle.

  As a method of setting a destination with a vehicle-mounted device (car navigation device) mounted on a vehicle, it is common to directly input an address, a telephone number, and further a latitude / longitude with a remote controller or the like. However, such a destination setting method is complicated, and it is often difficult for the driver to stop the vehicle and set the destination in view of the severe parking and stopping environment in a large city.

As a patent document describing a destination setting method in a car navigation device using a mobile phone terminal, there is JP 2002-257666 A, but the mobile phone terminal is only used as a communication means of the car navigation device. Absent.
JP 2002-257666 A

  On the other hand, in media such as newspapers, magazines, TV / radio broadcasts, and the Internet, there is a large amount of information on restaurants and stores, but when users decide to go to these restaurants and stores by referring to these information In addition, there is a problem in that information from the media cannot be used effectively because these addresses must be entered as destinations and telephone numbers must be input to the car navigation device.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is a technical problem to provide a technique capable of easily setting a destination in a car navigation device based on information acquired from various media. And
In order to solve the above problems, the present invention receives at least a position ID and a user ID from a terminal device, registers the acquired user ID in a user database, and further stores position information associated with the position ID. It reads out from an information database and provides the position information to the car navigation device.

The terminal device can be composed of, for example, a mobile phone terminal having a network communication function, a personal computer, or the car navigation device itself.
As the position ID, an ID given as code information such as a numeric string indicating a unique position on the map can be used. When the position ID information is stored in a map database such as a car navigation device, the destination can be set only by transmitting the position ID to the car navigation device.
In addition, you may make it transmit from a terminal device as store ID etc. as information ID instead of position ID. In this case, position information (coordinate information such as longitude and latitude) corresponding to the store ID received by the server is transmitted to the car navigation device.

  In the position information database, coordinate information that can be grasped by the car navigation device is registered as position information for each information ID, and more specifically, latitude and longitude are registered.

  Then, by providing the position information to the car navigation device, the car navigation device can set a place corresponding to the position ID input from the terminal device as a destination.

  As a method for providing position information to the car navigation apparatus, it is possible to directly transmit position information to a car navigation apparatus having a communication function, but a WEB page on an information providing server (for example, a WEB server). May be generated and displayed as a list of destinations whose position information can be set. By generating the position information list in this way, when the car engine is started and the car navigation device is started, the information providing server can be accessed to collect destination information.

That is, according to the technique of the present invention, the operation as shown in FIG. 1 is possible.
When the user shoots the barcode 103 printed together with the store introduction article of the magazine 101, for example, with the camera-equipped mobile terminal 102, the barcode 103 is analyzed by the barcode reading function of the camera-equipped mobile terminal 102, and the internet It is converted into an address (URL). Then, when the address is accessed by the internet connection function of the camera-equipped mobile terminal 102, a button 102b for registering the location of the store is displayed on the screen of the camera-equipped mobile terminal 102a. When the user operates the operation button of the camera-equipped mobile terminal 102 to specify the registration button 102b and performs an input operation (one-push operation), it is described in the file called from the address (URL). The set store ID (position ID assigned to the store) and the user ID registered in the camera-equipped mobile terminal 102 are transmitted to the one-push server of the present invention.

  In addition, although the code | symbol comprised by several digits etc. can be considered as store ID, the position ID itself in which the longitude and the latitude were directly registered may be sufficient.

  The user ID may be manually input by the user after accessing the one-push server of the present invention.

  Next, when the user gets on his / her vehicle 105 and starts the car navigation device 104, the longitude / latitude information corresponding to the store ID is downloaded from the one-push server by the communication function of the car navigation device 104. Then, the longitude and latitude of the store are set as destinations in the car navigation device 104.

  As described above, by operating the present invention, the user transmits the information acquired by the media such as the magazine 101 from the terminal device such as the camera-equipped mobile terminal 102 to the server by a one-push operation. The destination information based on the information is downloaded to 104.

  According to the present invention, a destination can be easily set in a car navigation device based on a destination ID acquired from various media.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the present embodiment includes a mobile phone terminal 102 (mobile terminal), a one-push server 201, and an in-vehicle device (car navigation device).

  Examples of the cellular phone terminal 102 include a cellular phone terminal 102 that can be connected to a network, a personal computer, a PDA (Personal Data Assistant), and the like. In some cases, the cellular phone terminal 102 can be connected to a network via a wireless LAN or the cellular phone terminal 102. The car navigation device 104 itself may be used. However, in the following description, for simplification of description, a concept including these is collectively referred to as a mobile phone terminal 102 (mobile terminal).

  The one-push server 201 includes a reception server 202 and a WEB server 203, and includes a user database 204 and a location information database 205 as databases. Note that the reception server 202 and the WEB server 203 may be a single server that also functions. Further, the database may be a single database in which the user database 204 and the position information database 205 are integrated.

  The reception server 202 and the WEB server 203 are configured by general-purpose information processing apparatuses or personal computers. The reception server 202 accesses the user database 204, and the WEB server 203 accesses the user database 204 and the location information database 205. Can be accessed.

  In the user database 204, the user ID of the mobile phone terminal 102 can be used as a key, and the corresponding position ID (position registration 1, position registration 2,...) Can be registered. As the user ID, an arbitrary ID may be set for the mobile phone terminal 102 and the vehicle-mounted device 104 from a personal computer or the like in the admission process, and authentication may be performed with the user ID when accessing the reception server 202. When the user accesses the WEB server 203 from the vehicle-mounted device 104, the user designates this URL set under the management domain of the WEB server 203. Therefore, the user ID may directly indicate the URL.

  In FIG. 2, the vehicle-mounted device ID can be registered together with the user ID. However, when only an access from a specific vehicle-mounted device ID is accepted, the vehicle-mounted device ID is registered in the user database 204 in this way. Good.

  In the initial state, a NULL code is registered in the location ID area of the user database 204. However, each time the location ID is registered from the mobile phone terminal 102, the location ID is stored as the location registration n. ing. Although the number of position IDs that can be registered in the user database 204 is arbitrary, it is desirable that several to about 20 pieces of destination information that can be managed by the vehicle-mounted device 104 (car navigation device) can be registered.

  These position IDs may be deleted once in response to an instruction from the vehicle-mounted device 104 once the vehicle-mounted device 104 is set as the destination or arrives at the destination. It may be deleted.

  In the position information database 205, a name (name) of a store or the like corresponding to the position ID, longitude and latitude are registered. Such location ID, longitude and latitude information is preferably stored in advance as a database by a service provider, that is, an operation manager of the one-push server 201 based on a request from a magazine or a store salesperson.

  Next, a specific procedure will be described with reference to FIGS.

  First, when the mobile phone terminal 102 is the camera-equipped mobile phone terminal 102, the user takes an image of the barcode 103 printed together with the store introduction article of the magazine 101, for example, on the camera-equipped mobile phone terminal 102. A barcode reading program is registered in the camera-equipped mobile phone terminal 102, and the barcode 103 is analyzed and converted into an address (URL) on the Internet by processing of the program.

  When the address is accessed by the Internet connection function of the camera-equipped mobile phone terminal 102, a store map registration button 102b is displayed on the screen 102a of the camera-equipped mobile phone terminal 102. When the user operates the operation button of the camera-equipped mobile phone terminal 102 to specify the registration button 102b and performs an input operation (one-push operation), the store as the location ID set in the address (URL) The ID (aaaa) and the user ID (0001) registered in the camera-equipped mobile phone terminal 102 are transmitted to the reception server 202.

  The reception server 202 accesses the user database 204 using the user ID (0001) as a search key. When the user ID (0001) is retrieved, the store ID (aaa) is additionally registered as position registration 1 in association with the user ID (0001).

  In this state, when the reception server 202 receives a new location ID, that is, a store ID (bbbb), from the same mobile phone terminal 102 (user ID: 0001) as described above, the user ID (0001) of the user database 204 is received. A new store ID (bbbb) is additionally registered in association with.

  Next, the WEB server 203 monitors the state of the user database 204, and when a new store ID (location registration) is additionally registered, the latitude and longitude of the store corresponding to the store ID (location registration) are positioned. Read from the information database 205.

  Next, the WEB server 203 reads the user ID and creates a coordinate information list of latitude and longitude of the store information for each user ID. Specifically, a page in HTML (Hyper Text Mark-up Language) format in which the user ID is an address under the domain is generated. For example, a WEB page having a URL “http: //www.list/Ab12.html” is generated. And on this WEB page, the store ID (position ID) = aaa and the latitude and longitude of the store corresponding to the store ID (position ID) = bbbb are “aaa = E38.18.13: N34.32.30”, It is listed as “bbbb = E38.18.15: N34.33.44” and registered in the WEB server 203.

  Next, when the user gets on the own vehicle 105 and the car navigation device 104 (on-vehicle device) is activated, communication means by wireless LAN, PHS or mobile phone terminal line is activated, and the car navigation device 104 sets the user ID to WEB. Sent to server 203 for authentication. At this time, as shown in FIG. 4, when the vehicle-mounted device ID is registered together with the user ID in the user database, the vehicle-mounted device ID may be transmitted to the WEB server 203 for authentication.

  Then, the car navigation device 104 accesses the above-described URL (here, “http: //www.list/Ab12.html”) generated in the WEB server 203. Then, the store ID = aaaa and the latitude and longitude information of the store ID = bbbb are displayed on the display device of the car navigation device 104.

  Such downloading of latitude / longitude information may be executed without making the user (driver) aware of it.

  Here, when the user (driver) designates any store ID (for example, “aaaa”) on the display device, latitude / longitude information corresponding to the store ID (“aaa = E38.18.13: N34.32.30 ") is downloaded to the car navigation device 104, and the latitude and longitude are set as the destination of the host vehicle.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a user ID registration method using the car navigation device 104.

  In the figure, the WEB server 203 is accessed from the car navigation device 104 using communication means using a wireless LAN, PHS, or mobile phone terminal line. Here, the WEB server 203 functions as the registration WEB server 203 and inputs a mobile mail address (mail address set in the mobile phone terminal 102) through the car navigation device 104. The user ID and the mobile mail address acquired in this way are processed by the registration system 401.

  The registration of the mobile mail address to the car navigation device 104 may be input by a remote controller (not shown) attached to the car navigation device 104, and infrared communication and Bluetooth communication between the mobile phone terminal 102 and the car navigation device 104. Alternatively, a mobile mail address that is data transferred from the mobile phone terminal 102 to the car navigation device 104 by other wireless communication may be used.

  In the registration system 401, the mobile mail address received in this way is registered in the user database 204. Although the mobile mail address column is omitted in the user database 204 of FIG. 4, the mobile mail address may be registered in the on-vehicle device ID column.

  Next, the registration system 401 generates an electronic mail including the URL of the mobile registration web page generated for each user, and transmits it to the mobile mail address acquired above.

  Next, the mobile phone terminal 102 that has received the e-mail accesses the mobile registration web page based on the URL included in the e-mail. By accessing this mobile registration web page via the mobile phone terminal 102, the user accesses the user database 204 via the CGI of this web page and acquires the user ID.

  Note that the identification ID of the mobile phone terminal provided by the mobile phone operator may be used as the user ID when accessing the WEB page from the mobile phone terminal. Further, as the user ID, in addition to the identification ID of the mobile phone terminal, the vehicle-mounted device ID, the vehicle-specific ID (engine or vehicle body serial number, etc.), the communication device-specific ID, the mobile phone terminal or the vehicle-mounted device are inserted. You may use security ID (ID, such as an immobilizer) registered in the IC card and the vehicle key.

  Also, this procedure can be omitted by registering the user ID when registering the mobile mail address.

  Then, this user ID is notified to the mobile phone terminal 102 via the mobile registration web server 203, and the registration process is completed. Through such a series of processes, the user database 204 based on the user ID is constructed.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing another method of registering the user ID described in FIG. In FIG. 5, the registration web server is omitted, and the car navigation device 104 activates the registration application program downloaded to the car navigation device 104 to prompt the user to enter the mobile email address of the user. Is directly transmitted to the registration system 401. Since the subsequent processing is the same as that in FIG.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating still another method for registering a user ID.

  FIG. 6 shows a case where the user ID and the mail address are registered in the user database 204 using only the car navigation device 104 without using the mobile phone terminal 102. In the figure, the registration web server 203 is accessed from the car navigation device 104 using a wireless LAN, PHS, or mobile phone communication means, and a user ID and password are registered. The registration system 401 registers this user ID and password in the user database 204. In FIG. 6, the password field of the user database 204 is omitted.

  FIG. 7 shows a modification of the user ID registration method described in FIG.

  In FIG. 7, the registration web server shown in FIG. 6 is omitted, and the car navigation device 104 directly accesses the registration system using a communication means using a wireless LAN, PHS, or a mobile phone line, and a user ID, a password, Register. The other processes are the same as those in FIG.

  FIG. 8 shows the registration of the position ID, which is noticed when browsing the WEB server with the mobile phone terminal 102 that can be connected to the Internet, in the one-push server 201, and stores the map coordinate information corresponding to the position ID in the car navigation device 104. It is the sequence diagram which showed the procedure to download.

  A user starts a browser program of the mobile phone terminal 102 (mobile terminal) and browses store information of a WEB server 801 on the Internet (this WEB server is different from the WEB server in the one-push server 201 in FIG. 2). When the button (register button) displayed on the screen as shown in FIG. 2 is designated and input (one-push operation) is performed, the one-push server 201 is set to the address (URL). The store ID as the position ID and the user ID registered in the camera-equipped mobile phone terminal 102 are transmitted to the one-push server 201 (reception server 202) and registered in the user database 204. Details of this procedure have been described with reference to FIG.

  Note that a user ID may be separately input after the user accesses the reception server.

  Next, the car navigation device 104 is activated and transmits a user ID to the one-push server 201 (WEB server shown in FIG. 2) for authentication. Then, the latitude / longitude information corresponding to the store ID is transferred from the WEB server generated by searching the user database 204 with the user ID. The car navigation device 104 starts route display (route display) and guidance based on the latitude / longitude information.

  The above operation may be automatically realized by storing the user ID in the vehicle-mounted device.

  In addition, the user ID stored in the mobile phone terminal is transmitted from the mobile phone terminal to the vehicle-mounted device using short-range wireless access such as Bluetooth or non-contact access installed in the mobile phone terminal. In the above, the vehicle-mounted device may transmit the user ID to the reception server to automatically realize the above operation.

  In addition, the ID built in the IC card or IC chip built-in vehicle key is transmitted as a user ID to the vehicle-mounted device, and then the vehicle-mounted device transmits the user ID to the reception server to automatically realize the above operation. Also good.

  FIG. 9 shows an operation procedure according to another embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the store ID provided from the one-push server 201 is registered in advance in the store information of the WEB server 801 accessed by the mobile phone terminal 102 (mobile terminal). The one-push server 201 stores the store ID and the latitude / longitude. Information and information are registered in the latitude / longitude database.

  Next, when the user who browses the store information of the WEB server designates a button (registration button) on the display screen of the mobile phone terminal 102 (mobile terminal) and performs an input operation (one push operation), the store ID and the mobile phone The user ID of the telephone terminal 102 (mobile terminal) is transmitted to the one push server 201.

  The one-push server 201 searches the latitude / longitude database 901 based on the store ID transmitted from the mobile phone terminal 102 (mobile terminal), and reads the latitude / longitude information corresponding to the store ID. Then, latitude / longitude information is registered in the personal database 902 corresponding to the user ID. Latitude / longitude information is registered in the WEB server of the one-push server 201 based on the personal database 902 thus registered. When the car navigation device 104 accesses the one-push server 201 (WEB server) and receives an authentication process, the personal page of the user is displayed and the latitude / longitude information can be downloaded. When the latitude / longitude information is transferred to the car navigation device 104, route display and route guidance are started based on the latitude / longitude information.

  Note that the latitude / longitude information corresponding to the store ID is not read and the latitude / longitude information is registered before the access from the car navigation device 104, and the car navigation device 104 is used as a personal page including a URL associated with the location ID. After access from, the latitude and longitude may be read out and transferred to the car navigation device 104.

  FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram illustrating a case where the association between the mobile phone terminal 102 (mobile terminal) and the car navigation device 104 is performed in another embodiment.

  An infrared application program is downloaded from the WEB server 801 by the mobile phone terminal 102 (mobile terminal). This infrared application program is an application program written in, for example, JAVA (registered trademark) language and started on the mobile phone terminal 102 (mobile terminal), and controls the infrared communication interface of the mobile phone terminal 102 (mobile terminal). It enables infrared communication with other devices.

  Next, when the user gets on the vehicle 105 and starts the infrared application program downloaded to the mobile phone terminal 102 (mobile terminal), the mobile phone terminal 102 (mobile terminal) and the car navigation device 104 communicate with each other. The user ID is transmitted to the car navigation device 104.

  In such a case, it may be executed after waiting for the user's instruction to the mobile phone terminal 102, but communication may be started automatically when the application program is started.

  Such an infrared application program may communicate with the vehicle-mounted device 104 of the other vehicle when the user gets in another vehicle other than the user's own vehicle 105.

  When the car navigation device 104 is activated, the user ID is automatically connected to the one-push server 201 using the user ID, and the user database 204 is searched. The following process is the same as the process described with reference to FIG.

  At this time, it is assumed that the location ID has already been registered in the user database 204 by a one-push operation from the mobile phone terminal 102 (mobile terminal).

  FIG. 11 is a sequence diagram showing a processing procedure according to still another embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, first, the one push server 201 registers latitude and longitude information and an access ID corresponding to the latitude and longitude information in the one push server 201 as a latitude and longitude database (position information database 205).

  The access ID is provided to the WEB server, and the access ID is given to the store information in the WEB server 801.

  In this state, when the mobile phone terminal 102 (mobile terminal) displays store information and performs a one-push operation, the access ID and the infrared application program are downloaded to the mobile phone terminal 102 (mobile terminal).

  Next, when the user gets into the vehicle and starts the infrared application program downloaded to the mobile phone terminal 102 (mobile terminal), the mobile phone terminal 102 (mobile terminal) and the car navigation device 104 communicate with each other. The access ID is transmitted to the car navigation device 104.

  Next, when the car navigation device 104 is activated, the access ID is automatically connected to the one-push server 201 and the latitude / longitude information database 901 is searched. Then, the retrieved latitude / longitude information is displayed on the car navigation device 104, and a route (route) is displayed and guided.

Although the present embodiment has been specifically described above, the present invention is not limited to these.
For example, in the embodiment, the car navigation device is used as the vehicle-mounted device, but any information processing device mounted on the vehicle may be used, for example, a personal computer.
In the embodiment, the vehicle-mounted device is specified by using the user ID. However, the vehicle ID assigned to the vehicle, the vehicle-mounted device ID assigned to the vehicle-mounted device, and the communication device ID of the communication device connected to the vehicle-mounted device are used. The vehicle, the vehicle-mounted device, and the communication device may be specified. In this case, at the time of access from the vehicle-mounted device for user ID registration, the reception server acquires the ID and uses it as the user ID.

  The present invention can be used for mobile communication in a vehicle-mounted device such as a car navigation device mounted on a vehicle.

Explanatory drawing which shows the concept of the service implemented by this invention Explanatory drawing which shows the registration to the one push server 201 from the mobile telephone terminal 102 (mobile terminal) Explanatory drawing which shows the procedure in which the car navigation apparatus 104 (vehicle equipment) acquires position information. Explanatory drawing which shows the registration procedure of user ID and onboard equipment ID (1) Explanatory drawing (2) which shows the registration procedure of user ID and onboard equipment ID Explanatory drawing (3) which shows the registration procedure of user ID and onboard equipment ID Explanatory drawing (4) which shows the registration procedure of user ID and onboard equipment ID Sequence diagram showing overall processing procedure Sequence diagram of a modified example for issuing an ID from the one-push server 201 Sequence diagram of a modification using an infrared application program (1) Sequence diagram of a modified example using an infrared application program (2)

Explanation of symbols

101 Magazine 102 Mobile phone terminal 102a Display screen 102b Button (one push button)
103 Barcode 104 Car navigation system (on-vehicle equipment)
105 Vehicle 201 One-push server 202 Reception server 203 WEB server 204 User database 205 Location information database

Claims (10)

Transmitting at least one position ID and user ID from the terminal device to the receiving means;
Registering the location ID in a user database associated with the user ID acquired by the receiving means;
Reading the position ID from the user database and reading position information associated with the position ID from the position information database;
An information distribution method to an in-vehicle device, comprising: providing at least one position ID or the position information for access from the on-vehicle device. The method for distributing information to an in-vehicle device according to claim 1, wherein the terminal device is a mobile phone terminal. The information distribution method to the vehicle-mounted device according to claim 1, wherein the position information is coordinate position information on a map. Providing the position ID or the position information for access from the in-vehicle device,
The on-vehicle device according to claim 1, wherein a WEB page in which the position ID or the position information is recorded is generated for each user ID, and the position ID or the position information is distributed to the on-vehicle device by accessing the WEB page from the on-vehicle device. Information distribution method to the vessel. Means for receiving at least a position ID and a user ID from a portable terminal;
A user database that records the user ID and the position ID in association with each other;
A position information database that records the position ID and position information in association with each other;
An information distribution device to the vehicle-mounted device comprising means for combining the position information corresponding to the position ID and providing the vehicle-mounted device. The method of distributing information to the vehicle-mounted device according to claim 1, wherein the provision of the location information is registered as display information in a WEB server accessible from the vehicle-mounted device. Transmitting at least one position ID and user ID from the first terminal device to the accepting means;
Registering the location ID in a user database associated with the user ID acquired by the receiving means;
Reading the position ID from the user database and reading position information associated with the position ID from the position information database;
And providing at least one piece of the information for access from the second terminal device. Transmitting at least one information ID and user ID from the terminal device to the receiving means;
Registering the information ID in a user database associated with the user ID acquired by the receiving means;
Reading the information ID from the user database and reading information associated with the information ID from the information database;
An information distribution method to an in-vehicle device, comprising: providing at least one position information for access from the on-vehicle device. Transmitting at least one information ID and user ID from the first terminal device to the accepting means;
Registering the information ID in a user database associated with the user ID acquired by the receiving means;
Reading the information ID from the user database and reading information associated with the position ID from the information database;
And providing at least one piece of the information for access from the second terminal device. The information delivery method according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the access from the vehicle-mounted device is performed when the vehicle-mounted device is activated by starting the vehicle or by starting the vehicle-mounted device, or thereafter.

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