JP4890154B2 - Navigation device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a navigation device mounted on a vehicle.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a navigation device that searches for facilities designated by a user around a route to a destination and displays the search results is known (see Patent Document 1).

JP 2000-234937 A

  The navigation device disclosed in Patent Literature 1 displays a search result of facilities searched around a route simply by a mark or the like on a map. Therefore, it is not known how much the travel plan will be different when comparing the case of stopping at the facility with the case of not stopping.

The navigation device according to the first aspect of the present invention is a travel route setting means for setting a recommended route to a destination as a travel route of a vehicle, and a facility search for searching for facilities around the travel route set by the travel route setting means. And destination information including the name of the destination, the distance to the destination, and the predicted arrival time at the destination, the name of the guidance intersection on the route, and the guidance intersection Peripheral facilities in which the guidance intersection information including the direction of travel, the distance to the guidance intersection, and the estimated passage time of the guidance intersection, and facility information about each facility searched by the facility search means are arranged in the order in which the vehicle passes through the travel route. A facility map display means for displaying the figure on a display monitor, and the facility information is a facility according to the type of the facility for each facility searched by the facility search means. Including the icon, the name of the facility, and the distance to the facility, and if the facility is not in a location along the travel route, at least one of the detour time and the detour distance when passing through the facility from the travel route The surrounding facility map display means displays facility icons on either the left or right side of the route mark according to the positional relationship of each facility with respect to the travel route .
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the navigation apparatus according to the first aspect, the peripheral facility map display means is configured such that, for a facility that is not located along the travel route among the facilities searched by the facility search means, the facility is the travel route. A detour icon indicating that the place is not located along the route is further displayed on either the left or right side of the route mark in accordance with the positional relationship of the facility with respect to the travel route .
According to a third aspect of the present invention, the navigation device according to the first or second aspect further comprises a selection means for selecting the type of facility, and the facility search means is selected by the selection means among the facilities around the travel route. Search for different types of facilities.
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the navigation device according to any one of the first to third aspects, the facility search means sets a facility whose distance from the travel route is within a predetermined range as a facility around the travel route. Search.
The invention according to claim 5 is the navigation device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the peripheral facility map display means is a facility that is searched by the facility search means and is not located along the travel route. Among these, for a facility in which at least one of the detour time and the detour distance is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value, at least one of the detour time and the detour distance is displayed on the display monitor.

  According to the present invention, when a facility searched in the vicinity of a route is compared with a case where the facility is visited and a case where the facility is not visited, the user can be informed of how much the travel plan is different. it can.

  FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a navigation device according to an embodiment of the present invention. This navigation device is mounted on a vehicle, and when a destination is set by the user, a recommended route to the destination is searched and the vehicle is guided to the destination according to the recommended route. Further, by displaying a facility map in which facilities in the vicinity of the recommended route are listed and arranged in order, information that is useful when the user examines a facility that the user wants to drop in on the way is provided.

  The navigation device 1 shown in FIG. 1 includes a control circuit 11, a ROM 12, a RAM 13, a current location detection device 14, an image memory 15, a display monitor 16, an input device 17, and a disk drive 18. The disc drive 18 is loaded with a DVD-ROM 19 in which map data is recorded.

  The control circuit 11 includes a microprocessor and its peripheral circuits, and performs various processes and controls by executing a control program stored in the ROM 12 using the RAM 13 as a work area. Based on the map data recorded on the DVD-ROM 19 by the control circuit 11, for example, display of a map, setting of a destination, search for a recommended route to the set destination, display of a peripheral facility map, and the like. Processing is performed.

  The current location detection device 14 is a device that detects the current location of the host vehicle, that is, the location of the host vehicle. For example, a vibration gyro sensor 14a that detects the traveling direction of the host vehicle, a vehicle speed sensor 14b that detects the vehicle speed, and a GPS signal from a GPS satellite. It consists of various sensors, such as a GPS sensor 14c for detecting. The navigation device 1 can determine a route search start point, which will be described later, based on the vehicle position detected by the current location detection device 14, or can display a vehicle position mark on a map.

  The image memory 15 temporarily stores image data to be displayed on the display monitor 16. The image data includes map drawing data for displaying a map, various graphic data, and the like, and is created by the control circuit 11 based on the map data recorded on the DVD-ROM 19. The created image data is output from the control circuit 11 to the image memory 15, whereby various images such as a map and a peripheral facility map are displayed on the display monitor 16.

  A touch panel 16a is combined with the display monitor 16, and when any position on the display monitor 16 is touched by a user's finger or the like, information indicating the touch position is output from the touch panel 16a to the control circuit 11. . Based on the touch position information, the control circuit 11 determines which part of the image displayed on the display monitor 16 is touched at that time. The navigation device 1 according to the present embodiment performs various processes according to touch panel operations from the user detected by the touch panel 16a and the control circuit 11.

  The input device 17 has various input switches for the user to set the destination and waypoint of the vehicle. The input device 17 is realized by an operation panel, a remote controller, or the like. The user operates the input device 17 to input an address, a telephone number, a facility name, specify a specific point on the map, or select one of registered locations registered in advance. , You can set the destination.

  The disk drive 18 reads map data for displaying a map from the loaded DVD-ROM 19. This map data includes route calculation data used for route search to the destination, route guidance data used to guide the vehicle to the destination according to the set route, such as intersection name and road name, and road The road data that represents is included. The map data also includes background data representing map shapes other than roads such as rivers, railways, various facilities on the map (landmarks), and the like.

  In the road data, the minimum unit representing a road section is called a link, and each road is composed of a plurality of links. A point connecting the links is called a node, and each node has position information (coordinate information). The link shape, that is, the shape of the road is determined based on the position information of the node.

  Although an example using a DVD-ROM is described here, the map data may be read from a recording medium other than the DVD-ROM, such as a CD-ROM, a hard disk, or a memory card. Or it is good also as receiving the map data transmitted via a mobile telephone line etc. from the outside, and using the map data. That is, any method may be used for acquiring map data.

  When the user operates the input device 17 to set the destination by the method as described above, the navigation device 1 uses the current location detected by the current location detection device 14 as a route search start point based on the above-described route calculation data. A route search from the current location to the destination is performed by calculating a predetermined algorithm. The recommended route obtained as a result of the route search is displayed on the map separately from other roads by changing its display form, for example, display color. Thus, the user can recognize the recommended route on the map displayed on the display monitor 16. In addition, the navigation device 1 guides the host vehicle by instructing the traveling direction by an image or voice to the user so that the host vehicle can travel according to the recommended route. Thus, route guidance to the destination is performed by displaying the map and guiding the vehicle to the destination according to the recommended route.

  Next, the peripheral facility map displayed on the navigation device 1 will be described. When the display mode of the peripheral facility map is selected by the user, the navigation device 1 displays the peripheral facility map as shown in FIG. In this peripheral facility map, a current position mark 20, a route mark 21, destination information 22, guidance intersection information 23, and facility information 24-28 are shown.

  The current position mark 20 indicates the current position of the vehicle, and the route mark 21 indicates a recommended route to the destination that is the travel route of the vehicle. From these marks, it can be seen that the peripheral facility diagram in FIG. 2 shows the contents of the periphery of the recommended route in the direction from the current position of the vehicle to the destination.

When there is a traffic jam on the recommended route, a traffic jam display as indicated by reference numeral 29 is performed on the route mark 21. This traffic jam display 29 is performed in different colors depending on the traffic jam situation. For example, in the case of “congested” that is a medium traffic jam, it is displayed in orange, and in the case of “traffic jam” that is a heavy traffic jam, it is displayed in red. The traffic jam display 29 is performed based on VICS (registered trademark) information received from the road traffic information communication system center, statistical traffic information obtained by statistically processing past traffic jam data, and the like.

  In the destination information 22, “S amusement park” that is the name of the destination, the distance to the destination, and the predicted arrival time at the destination are represented as information about the destination. The guidance intersection information 23 includes, as information about an intersection (guidance intersection) that should be turned when the vehicle travels according to the recommended route, a name of the guidance intersection, a traveling direction indication mark indicating a direction in which the vehicle should bend at the guidance intersection, and a guidance The distance to the intersection and the predicted passage time of the guidance intersection are shown. In addition, when there is no guided intersection on the recommended route, the guided intersection information is not displayed in the surrounding facility map.

  In the facility information 24 to 28, information on facilities around the recommended route is shown. Here, an example is shown in which a convenience store is designated by the user as a facility type to be displayed. Of these, the facility information 24, 25, and 27 represent information about convenience stores that are located along the recommended route, and the other facility information 26 and 28 are related to convenience stores that are not located along the recommended route. Information. Hereinafter, the contents of the facility information will be described in detail.

  In the facility information 24, 25, and 27 for the convenience store in the place along the recommended route, a facility icon, “F Mart”, “S shop” that uses a different pattern for each store type of the convenience store. The name of the convenience store such as “” and the distance from the vehicle to the convenience store are shown. In addition, you may make it display not the distance from a vehicle to a convenience store but the time required for a vehicle to go to the convenience store. Alternatively, both distance and time may be displayed. Each facility icon is displayed on either the left or right side of the route mark 21 so that it can be seen which side of the road is located when viewed from the vehicle. At this time, each facility icon is displayed in contact with the route mark 21 so that the facility is located at a location along the recommended route.

  That is, it can be seen from the facility information 24 that when the vehicle travels according to the recommended route, there is an “F mart” on the left side along the road, 3 km away from the current position of the vehicle. Similarly, according to the facility information 25 and 27, “S Shop” is on the left side along the road after 4.3 km, and “S Shop” is on the right side along the road after 5.8 km. I understand that there is.

  On the other hand, the facility information 26 and 28 for convenience stores that are not located along the recommended route includes, in addition to the above information, a detour icon having a shape as shown in FIG. Detour time taken when going through the facility is shown. The detour icon is an icon for indicating that the facility is not located along the recommended route, and therefore the recommended route must be detoured to go to the facility. Each facility icon is displayed on the left or right side of the route mark 21 as described above. At this time, a detour icon is displayed between each facility icon and the route mark 21 so that it can be understood that the facility does not exist in a place along the recommended route.

  In other words, in order to go to the “F Mart” 5 km away from the current position of the vehicle according to the facility information 26, it is necessary to detour around the recommended route to the right side. You can see this. Similarly, in order to go to the “M store” that is 7.2 km away from the current position of the vehicle according to the facility information 28, it is necessary to detour the recommended route to the left, and the detour takes about 10 minutes. It turns out that it takes extra.

  By displaying the surrounding facility map as described above on the display monitor 16, the user can know where the designated facility is located up to the destination. Therefore, it is possible to consider which facility to stop on the way before departure. Furthermore, regarding a facility that is not along the recommended route, it is possible to know how much difference is generated in the travel plan when comparing the case where the facility stops and the case where the facility does not stop.

  In the above, the example of the facility information displayed when the convenience store is designated by the user as the facility type to be displayed has been described. However, the facility information is similarly displayed when another facility type is designated. Can be displayed. For example, the same facility information can be provided for restaurants and gas stations.

  In the above description, the example of displaying the surrounding facility map using the recommended route to the destination as the travel route of the vehicle has been described. However, even if the recommended route is not set, the road on which the vehicle is currently traveling is displayed. A peripheral facility map can be displayed by setting it as a travel route of the vehicle. In this case, since the destination is not set, the destination information 22 is not displayed. Further, since no recommended route is set, there is no guidance intersection, so guidance intersection information 23 is not displayed.

  FIG. 3 shows a flowchart of processing executed in the control circuit 11 when displaying the peripheral facility diagram described above. In step S10, the travel route of the vehicle is set. At this time, when the recommended route to the destination is set, the recommended route is set as the travel route. When the recommended route is not set, the road on which the vehicle is currently traveling is set as the traveling route as described above.

  In step S20, the facility search area is set around the travel route set in step S10. The facility search area is set, for example, by setting a range within a predetermined distance from the travel route as the facility search area. At this time, the user may be able to specify the distance from the travel route set in the facility search area. Thereby, a facility whose distance from the travel route is within a predetermined range is searched for as a facility around the travel route in step S40. Alternatively, a range that can be reached within a predetermined time from the travel route may be set as the facility search area. In this case as well, the user may be able to specify the time from the travel route set in the facility search area.

  In step S30, the facility genre to be searched is selected. Here, for example, a facility genre such as a convenience store, a restaurant, or a gas station is selected in accordance with a user operation. Thereby, the type of facility to be searched in the next step S40 is selected.

  In step S40, a facility located around the travel route set in step S10 is searched. Here, the facilities corresponding to the facility genre selected in step S30 among the facilities in the facility search area set in step S20 are searched based on the map data recorded in the DVD-ROM 19.

  In step S50, it is determined whether at least one facility has been searched in step S40. When at least one facility is searched, the process proceeds to the next step S60. On the other hand, if no facility is found, the process proceeds to step S140. In this case, since there is no searched facility, the facility information is not displayed in the surrounding facility map.

  In step S60, one of the facilities searched in step S40 is selected. Processing of steps S70 to S120 described below is executed for the facility selected here.

  In step S70, the facility icon and facility name for the facility selected in step S60 are displayed. At this time, as described above, the facility icon is displayed on the left or right side of the route mark 21 according to the position of the facility. In the next step S80, it is determined whether or not the facility is along the travel route. If it is not along the travel route, the process proceeds to step S90, and if it is along the travel route, the process proceeds to step S120. Hereinafter, the case where the process proceeds to step S90 will be described first.

  In step S90, a detour route from the travel route to the facility is searched. This detour route can be searched for as the route with the earliest estimated arrival time when the facility is used as a transit point. In the detour route, the departure point from the travel route and the return point to the travel route may not coincide with each other.

  In step S100, a detour time when traveling on the detour route searched in step S90 is calculated. This detour time can be obtained as a difference between the predicted arrival time at the destination when traveling on the detour route and the estimated arrival time at the destination when traveling on the original travel route.

  In step S110, a detour icon, a facility distance, and a detour time for the facility are displayed. At this time, for the facility distance, the distance to the facility on the detour route searched in step S90 is displayed, and for the detour time, the detour time calculated in step S100 is displayed. The detour icon is displayed between the route mark 21 and the facility icon as described above. Thereby, the facility information 26 and 28 about the facility which is not in the place along the traveling route is displayed in the peripheral facility diagram of FIG. If step S110 is performed, it will progress to step S130.

  On the other hand, if the process proceeds from step S80 to step S120, the facility distance for the facility is displayed in step S120. As the facility distance, the distance to the facility on the travel route set in step S10 is displayed. Thereby, the facility information 24, 25, and 27 about the facility in the place along a driving | running route is displayed in the periphery facility map of FIG. If step S110 is performed, it will progress to step S130.

  In step S130, it is determined whether all the searched facilities have been selected in step S60 executed so far. If all of the searched facilities are selected and the above-described steps S90 to S110 or S120 have been executed for each of them, the process proceeds to step S140. On the other hand, if there is a facility that has not yet been selected, the process returns to step S60, and after selecting any of the unselected facilities in step S60, the processing described in steps S70 to S120 above is executed.

  In step S140, it is determined whether a destination is set. When the destination is set, the process proceeds to step S150, and the destination information about the destination is displayed. Thereby, the destination information 22 is displayed in the peripheral facility diagram of FIG. If step S150 is performed, it will progress to step S160. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S140 that the destination is not set, the process proceeds to step S160 without executing step S150. In this case, the destination information 22 is not displayed.

  In step S160, it is determined whether or not there is a guidance intersection on the travel route set in step S10. If there is a guidance intersection, the process proceeds to step S170, and guidance intersection information about the guidance intersection is displayed. Thereby, the guidance intersection information 23 is displayed in the surrounding facility diagram of FIG. If step S170 is performed, it will progress to step S180. On the other hand, when it determines with there being no guidance intersection in step S160, it progresses to step S180, without performing step S170. In this case, the guidance intersection information 23 is not displayed.

  In step S180, it is determined whether or not there is a traffic jam on the travel route set in step S10. As described above, when it is determined that there is a traffic jam based on the VICS information or the statistical traffic information, the process proceeds to step S190 and the traffic jam information is displayed. Thereby, the traffic jam display 29 is performed in the peripheral facility diagram of FIG. When step S190 is executed, the flowchart of FIG. 3 is terminated. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S180 that there is no traffic jam, step S190 is not executed and the flowchart of FIG. In this case, the traffic jam display 29 is not performed.

  By executing the processing described above, the peripheral facility diagram of FIG. 2 is displayed on the display monitor 16.

According to the embodiment described above, the following operational effects are obtained.
(1) A travel route of the vehicle is set (step S10), and a facility around the travel route is searched (step S40). It is determined whether or not the found facility is at a location along the travel route (step S80), and if it is not at a location along the travel route, a detour time when the facility passes through the facility is displayed and monitored. 16 (step S110). As a result, the facility searched in the vicinity of the route can be easily informed to the user of the difference in the travel plan when comparing the case where the facility is visited with the case where the facility is not visited. it can.

(2) When the detour time is displayed in step S110, a detour icon indicating that the facility is not located along the travel route is further displayed on the display monitor 16. Since it did in this way, a user can tell at a glance that the said facility is not in the place along a run route.

(3) The type of facility is selected (step S30), and the facility of the selected type among the facilities around the travel route is searched in step S40. Since it did in this way, only the kind of facility which a user desires can be made into search object, and the information on the facility can be displayed clearly.

(4) In step S20, by setting a range within a predetermined distance from the travel route as a facility search area, when searching for a facility around the travel route in step S40, the distance from the travel route is within the predetermined range. Can be searched as a facility in the vicinity of the travel route. In this way, it is possible to search for facilities in the vicinity of the travel route by setting the facility search area within an appropriate range.

  If the found facility is not located along the travel route, the detour distance is displayed on the display monitor 16 instead of the detour time in step S110 so that the detour distance is shown instead of the detour time in the surrounding facility map. It may be. The detour distance here is a distance that the vehicle must travel more than the original travel route by stopping at the facility. This detour distance can be obtained as a difference between the total distance of the detour route searched in step S90 and the total distance of the original travel route set in step S10. Even in this case, in the same way as described in (1) above, when the facilities searched for in the vicinity of the route are compared with the case where the facility stops and the case where the facility does not stop, the extent to which the travel plan is determined. It is possible to easily inform the user whether a difference occurs. Further, both the detour time and the detour distance may be displayed. That is, at least one of the detour time and the detour distance is displayed.

  Further, facilities whose detour time or detour distance exceeds a predetermined threshold value may be excluded from the facility information display targets in the peripheral facility diagram. That is, among the facilities searched in step S40 and determined not to be along the travel route in step S80, at least one of the detour time and the detour distance is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value. For only a certain facility, at least one of the detour time and detour distance is displayed on the display monitor 16 in step S110. In this way, even if the facility is in the facility search area, it is possible to exclude the facility that needs to make a detour to reach the facility from the display target. Therefore, it is possible to display only information on facilities that are easy to stop by. The threshold value at this time may be arbitrarily set by the user.

  In the above embodiment, the surrounding facility map as shown in FIG. 2 is displayed, so that the detour time or detour distance when the facility is not located along the travel route from the travel route through the facility is displayed on the monitor 16. An example of displaying in the above has been described. However, this may be displayed on a map. That is, the facility around the travel route is searched, and the position of the searched facility is displayed on the map using the above-described facility icon. Further, for a facility that is not located along the travel route, a detour time or detour distance when passing through the facility is displayed on the map together with the facility icon. Even in this case, in the same way as described in (1) above, when the facilities searched for in the vicinity of the route are compared with the case where the facility stops and the case where the facility does not stop, the extent to which the travel plan is determined. It is possible to easily inform the user whether a difference occurs.

  The embodiment and various modifications described above are merely examples, and the present invention is not limited to these contents as long as the features of the invention are not impaired.

  In the above embodiment, each means described in the claims is realized by the processing of the control circuit 11. Specifically, the travel route setting means is realized by step S10, the selection means is realized by step S30, the facility search means is realized by step S40, and the detour display means is realized by step S110. However, this is merely an example, and when interpreting the invention, there is no limitation or restriction on the correspondence between the items described in the above embodiments and the items described in the claims.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the navigation apparatus by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the periphery facility map displayed in the navigation apparatus by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart performed when displaying a surrounding facility map.

Explanation of symbols

1 Navigation device 11 Control circuit 12 ROM
13 RAM
14 Current location detection device 15 Image memory 16 Display monitor 17 Input device 18 Disk drive 19 DVD-ROM

Claims (5)

A travel route setting means for setting a recommended route to the destination as a travel route of the vehicle;
Facility search means for searching for facilities around the travel route set by the travel route setting means;
On the route mark indicating the travel route, destination information including the name of the destination, the distance to the destination and the predicted arrival time at the destination, the name of the guidance intersection on the travel route, the guidance The vehicle uses the travel direction, the distance to the guide intersection, and the guide intersection information including the predicted time of passage of the guide intersection, and the facility information about each facility searched by the facility search means, the vehicle Surrounding facility map display means for displaying on the display monitor the surrounding facility map arranged in the order of passing in
The facility information includes, for each facility searched by the facility search means, a facility icon corresponding to the type of the facility, a name of the facility, and a distance to the facility, and the facility is along the travel route. If not at a location, further includes at least one of a detour time and a detour distance when passing through the facility from the travel route,
The navigation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the peripheral facility map display means displays the facility icons on either the left or right side of the route mark according to the positional relationship of each facility with respect to the travel route . The navigation device according to claim 1, wherein
The surrounding facilities diagram display means, facility for not the retrieved location along the travel path of the facility by the facility search unit, a bypass icon representing not in place the facilities along the travel path, A navigation device , further displaying on the left or right side of the route mark according to the positional relationship of the facility with respect to the travel route . The navigation device according to claim 1 or 2,
It further comprises a selection means for selecting the type of facility,
The facility search means searches for a facility of a type selected by the selection means from facilities around the travel route. In the navigation apparatus as described in any one of Claims 1-3,
The facility searching means searches for a facility having a distance from the travel route within a predetermined range as a facility around the travel route. In the navigation device according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The surrounding facility map display means is a facility searched by the facility search means, and among the facilities not located along the travel route, at least one of the detour time and detour distance is a predetermined threshold value. A navigation device characterized in that at least one of a detour time and a detour distance is displayed on the display monitor for the following facilities.

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