JPH06290396A - Navigation information presenting method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable a driver to easily obtain traffic information between the present position and the destination of a drivers own vehicle in accordance with the destination by reading out the telephone number of an information presentation destination from a storage means to automatically dial it and receiving traffic information to display it. CONSTITUTION:When the destination is selected, it is discriminated whether a set switch 8 is turned on or not. If it is not turned on, this discrimination is repeated until it is turned on; and when it is turned on, the telephone number of an information presentation destination 9 in the vicinity of the present position of a vehicle by a position detecting means is read out from a storage means 4 by a control means 7. The telephone number is automatically dialed to call the pertinent information presentation destination 9, and a telephone line 10 is connected, and then, data of both the present position of the vehicle and the set destination are transmitted to the information presentation destination 9 by the control means 7. Already gathered traffic information between the present position and the destination is transmitted in accordance with transmitted data and is received through a telephone set 1 and a MODEM 3.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a navigation information providing method for providing a driver of an automobile with traffic information, weather information, etc. of each area.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a method of providing navigation information, as described in, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-36653, map information and facility guidance information read from a storage medium such as a CD-ROM is displayed on a display. It is possible to display this information and select a desired facility from this guide information to automatically dial this facility to obtain information about that facility. It is possible to obtain.

In addition to the above, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 63-21403.
As described in Japanese Patent No. 0, when a vehicle equipped with a car telephone system is equipped with an onboard receiver for number guidance, and the vehicle passes through the transmission area of a number guidance roadside device such as a roadside beacon, Listen to the telephone information service by receiving the telephone number of the telephone information service such as parking lot guide and hotel guide transmitted from the roadside device by the in-vehicle receiver and automatically dialing the telephone number received from the car telephone device. Things are also considered.

[0004]

However, in the case of the technique described in the former publication, although the traffic information in the vicinity of the relevant facility can be obtained, the traffic jam situation between the destination and the own vehicle, the shortest route, etc. However, in the case of the technology described in the latter publication, even if the information in front of the traveling direction of the own vehicle can be obtained by the information from the roadside machine, the same inconvenience as in the case of the former case can be obtained. Occurs.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide the driver with traffic information between the current position of the vehicle and the destination. And

[0006]

A navigation information providing method according to the present invention comprises a vehicle equipped with a telephone and a data communication means for enabling data communication by the telephone, and a storage means necessary for traffic information and other drives. Storing a telephone number list of information providing destinations that provide various information, reading the telephone number of the information providing destination from the storage means by the control means, and automatically dialing, from the information providing destination connected to the line by automatic dialing, It is characterized in that traffic information such as traffic jam between the current position of the own vehicle and the destination set by the destination setting means is received, and the received traffic information is displayed by the display means.

[0007]

In the present invention, the telephone number of the information providing destination is read from the storage means and automatically dialed, and from this information providing destination to the destination set by the destination setting means from the present position of the own vehicle. Since the traffic information in the interval is received and displayed on the display means, the traffic information in the interval can be easily obtained according to the destination.

[0008]

1 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of an embodiment of a navigation information providing method of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an apparatus applied to FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is an operation explanatory view.

To explain the configuration of the apparatus, in FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 is a wireless telephone such as a mobile telephone which is mounted on an automobile and connected to a telephone line with a call destination through a base station 2.
Is a modem which is a data communication means connected to the telephone 1,
Reference numeral 4 denotes a storage means mounted on a car, which stores a list of telephone numbers, map data, area name lists, etc. of information destinations for each area that provides traffic information, weather information and other information necessary for driving. In this case, as shown in the memory map of FIG. 3, number data a, b, ... Representing the telephone number are stored together with the regional data A, B ,.

Numeral 5 is a cursor key 5a for moving a cursor and a select key 5b for selection which are mounted on an automobile.
And 6 is a display unit including an LCD and the like, and 7 is a control unit, which has the following functions.

That is, a map or area name list based on the map data read from the storage means 4 is displayed on the display means 6, and the cursor is moved to the destination on the displayed map by operating the cursor key 5a and the select key 5b. Alternatively, the cursor is moved to an area including the destination in the area name list, and then the setting switch 8 provided on the display means 6 is turned on to set the destination, and the destination of the vehicle is not shown in FIG. The telephone number of the information providing destination 9 near the current position of the vehicle detected by the position detecting means such as a GPS receiver for detecting the current position is read from the storage means 4, the read telephone number is automatically dialed, and the modem 3, Phone 1,
Telephone line 1 with corresponding information provider 9 via base station 2
When 0 is connected, the data of the destination and the current position of the vehicle set as described above are transmitted to the information providing destination 9, and the information from the information providing destination 9 to the destination from the current position of the own vehicle to the destination is transmitted. In addition to receiving traffic information such as traffic jams, construction points, shortest routes, etc., and displaying the received information on the display means 6, FIG.
The information is reproduced and output by voice by a voice synthesizer not shown in FIG.

Next, a series of operations will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

When the destination is selected as described above (step S1), it is determined whether the setting switch 8 is turned on (step S2), and the determination result is N.
If it is O, this determination result is repeated until the determination result becomes YES, and if the determination result is YES, the control means 7
Thus, the telephone number of the information providing destination 9 near the current position of the vehicle by the position detecting means is read from the storage means 4 (step S3).

Then, when the read telephone number is automatically dialed to call the corresponding information providing destination 9 and the telephone line 10 is connected (step S4), the control means 7 controls the position detecting means to detect the own vehicle. The data of the current position and the set destination are transmitted to the information providing destination 9 (step S
5) According to the data transmitted at the information providing destination 9,
Send the collected traffic information between its current location and destination,
This traffic information is received by the control means 7 via the telephone 1 and the modem 3 (step S6).

Thereafter, the control means 7 disconnects the telephone line 10 (step S7), and the traffic information received by the display means 6 is displayed or output as voice by the voice synthesizer (step S8). Ends.

Therefore, the traffic information between the current position of the vehicle and the destination can be easily provided to the driver only by setting the destination.

Needless to say, the destination setting means is not limited to the above embodiment.

Further, the information providing destination may be one place, and one providing destination can provide necessary information of each area in a concentrated manner, and the telephone number of the information providing destination is stored in the storage means. However, automatic dialing may be appropriately performed.

[0019]

As described above, according to the navigation information providing method of the present invention, it is only necessary to set the destination.
It is possible to easily obtain traffic information such as traffic jam, construction status, and shortest route from the current position of the vehicle to the destination according to the destination, and it is possible to improve the navigation function.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of an embodiment of a method for providing navigation information according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a system applied to FIG.

FIG. 3 is an operation explanatory diagram of FIG. 2;

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Telephone 3 Modem 4 Storage Means 5 Operation Means 6 Display Means 7 Control Means 8 Setting Switches 9 Information Destinations

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A car is equipped with a telephone and a data communication means for enabling data communication by this telephone, and a storage means stores a list of telephone numbers of information providing destinations for providing traffic information and other information necessary for a drive. , The telephone number of the information providing destination is read out from the storage means by the control means and automatically dialed, and is set by the destination setting means from the current position of the own vehicle from the information providing destination connected to the line by automatic dialing. A method for providing navigation information, characterized in that traffic information such as traffic jam up to a destination is received, and the received traffic information is displayed by a display means.