JPH09196696A - Method of programming destination of vehicle navigation device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [PROBLEMS] To provide a method for programming a destination of a navigation device, which is costly and cumbersome and does not require input of the destination. A method for programming a destination into a navigation device of a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, wherein destination information is provided to the navigation device via a car telephone by a call of a subscriber corresponding to the destination. You can

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for programming a destination of a navigation device for a vehicle, particularly an automobile.

[0002]

2. Description of the Prior Art Vehicles, in particular motor vehicles, are known which are equipped with a navigation device which can be used as special equipment in the vehicle. The vehicle driver or the vehicle passenger can obtain the destination information by this navigation device. This can be done, for example, by inputting the coordinates of the destination or address input (position, street) via the operation area of the navigation device. The navigation device accordingly seeks a route and initiates target guidance for the destination, so that the vehicle driver can reach the desired destination without any problems.

Furthermore, vehicles are known in which the vehicle is equipped with a mobile telephone, in particular a car telephone, in which case digital transmission technology telephones are preferably used.

The aforementioned navigation device is independent of the aforementioned car telephone, which can likewise also be advantageously used in the vehicle as special equipment. The above-described input of destination information on the navigation device is relatively cumbersome and costly, and therefore there is room for improvement.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to overcome the drawbacks of the known art mentioned above and to program the destination of a navigation device, which is costly and cumbersome and does not require the input of the destination. To provide a method.

[0006]

According to the present invention, the object of the present invention is to make it possible to supply destination information to a navigation device by a mobile telephone call of a subscriber corresponding to the destination. Will be solved.

[0007]

The method for programming a destination in a vehicle navigation device according to the invention is simply carried out by the use of a vehicle driver or a mobile telephone of the vehicle, where the destination is called. The information about the destination is then supplied to the vehicle via a telephone connection, for example by means of digital transmission technology, in which case the vehicle can easily use the navigation device. This destination information may be displayed on the mobile phone's display (eg a simple code, which is then manually entered into the navigation device by the vehicle driver), or this destination information. Information is automatically entered, where this destination information is received by the mobile phone and automatically communicated to the navigation device as destination programming, without the need for costly and cumbersome destination entry. Instead, the vehicle driver need only enter the destination telephone number into the car telephone. In the past, a car telephone and a navigation device, which were completely independent devices, are used in combination according to the present invention. In most cases, a landline telephone is installed at the destination where the vehicle driver is going, so the device of the present invention has a high practical value, for example, when a customer wants to visit a company. Is there.

The destination information of the subscriber is registered in the telephone of the telephone fixedly installed in the subscriber or in the central office of the subscriber. The vehicle driver
When a call is made to a fixed telephone, the target information registered in the telephone is called from the telephone directly or by the central station and is transmitted to the mobile telephone by radio, for example, as a code.

[0009]

1 shows a vehicle 1 in a position A. In another position B, a subscriber 2 having a fixedly installed telephone 3 is located.

It is assumed that the vehicle driver (whose vehicle 1 is located at position A) wants to drive to position B, ie position B is the driver's destination.
The vehicle 1 includes a navigation device 4 and a mobile telephone 5,
For example, a car phone 6 is installed, the car phone 6 being coupled to the navigation device 4.
The fixed telephone 3 is connected to the central station 7, and telephone conversations are transmitted from the central station 7 to the vehicle 1 wirelessly and vice versa.

To program the destination coordinates of position B into the navigation device 4, the vehicle driver uses the car telephone 6. The vehicle driver only calls the subscriber, that is, the vehicle driver only has to dial the telephone number of the subscriber 2 on the car telephone 6. Following that, a connection is made in the direction of arrow 8. When this connection is made, the subscriber's fixed telephone 3 identifies this call and returns the code to the vehicle 1 (arrow 9). Therefore, the code corresponding to the destination information of the destination B is received by the car telephone 6 and automatically,
It is supplied to the navigation device 4 so that it can easily receive the destination information and subsequently start route finding and destination guidance.

If the code is not directly registered on the telephone 3 of the subscriber 2, in another embodiment of the invention, the central station 7 or other suitable device is used as the registration destination for the corresponding destination information. can do. That is, in the case of the call of the subscriber 2, the central station 7 identifies which subscriber it is and transmits the code corresponding to the subscriber 2 to the vehicle 1.

[0013]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, there is no need for costly and cumbersome destination input, and instead the vehicle driver is
All you have to do is enter the destination phone number into your car phone. Conventionally, a car phone and a navigation device, which are completely independent devices, are used in combination.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 vehicle 2 subscriber 3 fixed telephone 4 navigation device 5 mobile telephone 6 car telephone 7 centralized station

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A method for programming a destination of a navigation device for a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, so that destination information can be provided to the navigation device by a mobile telephone call of a subscriber corresponding to the destination. The method characterized in that 2. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that a mobile telephone assigned to the vehicle is used as the mobile telephone. 3. The subscriber's destination information is registered in a fixedly installed telephone of the subscriber and / or a central office of the subscriber and transmitted to a mobile telephone, for example, as a code. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method is performed. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the coordinates of the destination are transmitted as the destination information.