JPH09257501A - General information system - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] In a comprehensive guidance system, effective information is integrated and displayed by a simple operation even when a provider is different, when moving. A navigation server that collects effective information from various information providing servers connected to a network when moving and transmits the information to a mobile terminal device using wireless communication, and the mobile terminal device is a traffic obtained from the navigation server. By displaying the information and town information and the map information from the secondary storage means on one screen, it is possible to display the effective information at the time of movement in an integrated form by a simple operation even if the information providers are different. .

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a comprehensive guidance system for displaying effective information when moving, even if information providers of the information are different, by integrating each information by a simple operation on a mobile terminal device. It is about.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is a car navigation system as a means for displaying effective information during movement according to the movement of the user. FIG. 29 shows, for example, JP-A-5-53506.
1 shows a configuration of a conventional car navigation system shown in Japanese Patent Publication. In the figure, 1 is a GPS (Global Positioning System) that detects the current position by a signal from a satellite.
m) device, 2 includes a CRT display, operation switches, etc., and displays the current position and the route to the destination dynamically on the display, and the navigation device body 3 which processes the user's destination setting etc. It is a CD-ROM device that appropriately reads the map information stored in the CD-ROM according to an instruction from the navigation device body 2 and sends it to the navigation device body 2. Depending on the configuration, the error may be corrected autonomously in addition to the GPS device 1.
It may have a vehicle speed sensor, a geomagnetism, a direction sensor using a gyro, or a travel sensor.

Next, the operation will be described. In the conventional navigation system, first, the user operates the navigation device body 2 to register the destination in advance based on the map information read from the CD-ROM device 3. After the registration, the information (longitude / latitude information) of the current position is periodically obtained from the GPS device 1, and the map information around the current position is appropriately obtained from the CD-ROM device 3 based on the longitude / latitude information. The data is read out and displayed on the display of the car navigation device body 2 and the current position is displayed, and an indication of a direction to turn at an intersection or the like is also displayed.

[0004]

However, since the conventional car navigation system is configured as described above, the function of displaying the map information supplied from the CD-ROM according to the user's position information is satisfactory. Since the media provided are different for the information such as traffic information provided by radio broadcasting and tourist information provided as books, the information that should be used in cooperation with each other is given independently. As a result, there is a problem that the user cannot easily utilize the information.

On the other hand, WWW (Worl
d Wide Web) has come to be used by people other than experts, and much information such as typeface, voice, and images can be stored on the WW.
Motivation to integrate on W is increasing, and it is becoming possible to integrate much of this information on WWW.
However, regarding such integration of information, it was necessary to solve problems such as billing problems and transfer data amount when moving.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and provides a comprehensive guidance system capable of integrating and displaying effective information by a simple operation even when the providers are different when moving. The purpose is to At the same time, it is another object of the present invention to provide a comprehensive guidance system that can effectively solve billing problems and data volume problems.

[0007]

In the general guidance system according to the first aspect of the present invention, the mobile terminal means that is portable when moving,
A position detecting means for detecting its own position, a secondary storage means for storing map information, and a wireless communication means for wireless communication are added, and corresponding map information is obtained from the secondary storage means according to the detection result of the position detecting means. A mobile terminal device for reading out and displaying on the display means of the mobile terminal means, a plurality of information providing servers connected to the network and providing various guidance information,
A navigation server connected to the network and having wireless communication control means for communicating with the wireless communication means of the mobile terminal device, wherein the navigation server
The plurality of information providing servers are accessed based on the communication result with the mobile terminal device, the mobile terminal device collects the guidance information effective when moving and sends it to the mobile terminal device, and the mobile terminal device is obtained from the navigation server. Guide information 2
The map information is displayed on the display unit in association with the map information read from the next storage means.

Further, in the general guidance system according to the next invention, the navigation server has a charging database for storing and totaling the usage history of each user of the mobile terminal device, and instead of a plurality of information providing servers, charging information is provided. It is the one that centrally manages.

In the general guidance system according to the next invention, the navigation server selects unnecessary information from the guidance information provided by the information providing server while the mobile terminal device is moving, and sets the minimum necessary communication data. The amount is sent to the mobile terminal device.

Further, in the general guidance system according to the next invention, the position detecting means is adapted to detect its own position based on the position information inputted by the user.

Further, in the general guidance system according to the next invention, the position detecting means uses the address and place name information on the map and / or the transportation information as the position information which the user operates and inputs.

[0012]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

Embodiment 1 FIG. FIG. 1 shows a configuration of an embodiment of a comprehensive guidance system according to the present invention. In the figure, a position detecting means 1, a mobile terminal means 2 and a secondary storing means 3 are the same as those of a conventional device, for example, the position detecting means 1 Is GPS
Device, the mobile terminal means 2 is a navigation device body, a personal computer or an electronic notebook, and the secondary storage means 3 is a CD.
A ROM device. Reference numeral 4 is a wireless communication means for providing access means from the mobile terminal means 2 to the navigation server 5, which is a mobile phone or a bidirectional message communication device.

Further, 5 is connected to the Internet 6 and each W
The mobile terminal is provided with a correspondence table of the individual information provided from the eb sites 7, 8 and 9 and the location information obtained from the location detection means 1 and the location information on the map provided from the secondary storage means 3. It is a navigation server that returns appropriate information to the request from the means 2. The navigation server 5 includes a communication protocol control means 5A, a billing database 5B, an information schema 5C, and an information selecting / converting means 5D. Internet 6
Web sites 7, 8 and 9 connected to provide information on traffic information, tourist information, town information, etc. of each place.

2 and 3 in which parts corresponding to those in FIG. 1 are assigned the same reference numerals, respectively, show the internal structure and appearance of the mobile terminal means 2. As shown in FIG. In the figure, 4A and 4B are a wireless communication device for wirelessly communicating with the navigation server 5 and its antenna, which performs wireless digital data communication with the navigation server 5 to transmit user request information and the navigation server 5 Receives detailed information retrieved by.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a touch panel used by the user for inputting and instructing information, and by touching the surface with a fingertip or a stylus pen, coordinate information on the screen is sent to the central processing unit (CPU) 12. Reference numeral 11 is a liquid crystal display panel for displaying characters and figures, and displays a map, a menu, a submenu, etc. under the control of the CPU 12. 1A and 1B are GPS units and antennas that receive radio waves from GPS satellites and measure the absolute position of themselves, and measure the latitude and longitude of themselves at fixed time intervals, and the central processing unit 12 is always the latest. It works to get the location information of. A central processing unit (CPU) 12 controls the above devices and processes data, and controls the entire operation of the mobile terminal means 2 in accordance with an instruction code described in the program memory 13.

Reference numeral 13 is a program memory in which instruction codes executed by the CPU 12 and data necessary for executing the instructions are stored. Reference numeral 14 is used as a work area when the CPU 12 performs processing, and user data is stored. Data memory. Reference numeral 15 is a mobile terminal device body of the mobile terminal means 2, 4B is an antenna for the radio communication device 4A to transmit and receive radio waves, 16 is a stylus pen used when operating the touch panel 10, and 3 is connected to the mobile terminal device body 15. It is a CD-ROM device used as a secondary storage means to be used, and by specifying latitude and longitude, it is possible to retrieve and read map information around that position. 1
B is a GPS antenna used by connecting to the GPS unit 1A in the mobile terminal device body 15.

FIG. 4 shows the liquid crystal display panel 1 of the mobile terminal means 2.
1 is an example of a screen displayed in FIG. 1, in which 20 is a traffic information category selection button, 21 is a town information category selection button, and 22 is a tourist information category selection button.
As an actual usage method, for example, when a user in a car uses an entertainment facility such as a movie, the user touches and selects the town information category selection button 21 with the stylus pen 16 or a fingertip on the display screen. As a result, the mobile terminal means 2 transmits to the navigation server 5 the information that the area name of the current position and the town information are selected as the category of the request information and the requested place name.

FIG. 5 is an example of a submenu display screen of currently available services when the town information category is selected. For example, the town information category has movie information and restaurant information as services. In the figure, 23 is a submenu for selecting information types such as movies and restaurants, and 24
Is the place and time submenu for setting the place and time, 2
Reference numeral 5 denotes a detailed condition setting submenu for selecting a destination and setting other detailed conditions. Actually, when movie information is selected from the information type selection submenu 23, a place / time setting submenu 24 is displayed in order to narrow down the search conditions. When the place is designated here, the mobile terminal means 2 transmits the service name of movie information and these parameters to the navigation server 5, and the search processing is executed on the side of the navigation server 5.

FIG. 6 shows an example of the result display screen retrieved by the navigation server 5 and received by the mobile terminal means 2 side, and 26 is a retrieval result display area. The execution result of the search by the navigation server 5 described above is displayed in the search result display area 26. In this example, the name of the movie theater, the title of the movie being shown, and the start time of the movie are displayed. Furthermore, in the balloon portion of the search result display area 26, the location of the corresponding movie theater is indicated on the map.

Practically, the CPU 12 built in the mobile terminal device body 15 executes the predetermined procedure ST0 shown in FIG. 7 in accordance with the instruction code stored in the program memory 13 when the power is turned on. That is, first, the CPU 12 performs a system initialization process for the entire mobile terminal device body 15 in step ST1. During this system initialization process, the destination registration process is included, and the GP is used to check the current position.
The S unit 1A determines the current position of itself at regular time intervals, and sets it so that the latest position information can always be obtained when the CPU 12 needs it.

Next, in step ST2, the CPU 12 makes GP
The absolute position information of itself is read from the S unit 1A, and based on the latest position information obtained, the peripheral map information is read from the CD-ROM device 3 in step ST3, and the liquid crystal display panel 11 is displayed as shown in FIG. To display. Subsequently, the CPU 12 waits for the user to operate the touch panel 10 to request information in the next step ST4, and if there is a user's operation, moves to step ST5 to perform user operation processing. Further, when there is no user operation or when the user operation processing of step ST5 ends, the CPU 12 moves to step ST6, monitors the information received by the wireless communication device 4A, and receives a display request from the navigation server 5.

If there is a display request from the navigation server 5, the CPU 12 moves to step ST7,
Information is displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 11 according to the display request. If this step ST7 is completed or if there is no display request from the navigation server 5, the CPU 12
Moves to step ST8 and determines whether or not the system is terminated. If not finished here, return to step ST3,
From the process of retrieving and displaying a part of the map information, the above-mentioned step ST4 (-step ST5) -step ST6 (-
The process of step ST7) is repeatedly executed.

When the user operates the touch panel 10 to request information in step ST4 described above, the CPU 1
2 detects it and executes the subroutine of the processing procedure ST10 shown in FIG. 8 as the user operation processing of step ST5. That is, the CPU 12 performs the "request information category, request place name" by the user's operation or the like in step ST11.
Is obtained and is transmitted to the navigation server 5 in the subsequent step ST12.

Next, in step ST13, the CPU 12 obtains a menu of currently available services obtained from the navigation server 5 based on the "request information category, requested place name", and in step ST14, the menu is displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 11. Is displayed and the user waits for selection. In this state, if the user performs some selection input, the process proceeds to the next step ST15, and it is determined whether or not the selected service needs further parameter selection. If further selection of parameters is required here, step ST
Move to 16 to display sub menu and step ST14
Return to In this way, the CPU 12 receives a menu of services that can be provided from the navigation server 5 in accordance with a request operated by the user, and as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the menus 20, 21, 22 and submenus are displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 11. 23, 24, and 25 are sequentially displayed hierarchically so that the user can input and select necessary information.

Then, the CPU 12 repeats this menu and sub-menu display and selection input from the user until necessary information is gathered, and at the stage when necessary information is gathered, at step ST17, the navigation server is operated via the wireless communication device 4A. Transfer information to 5. When information is sent from the navigation server 5 via the wireless communication device 4A, the CPU 12 acquires it and displays the information on the liquid crystal display panel 11 as shown in FIG.

FIG. 9 is a processing procedure ST20 showing the operation on the navigation server 5 side. Actually step ST21
When the communication protocol control means 5A receives the ID, the information category and the area information transmitted from the mobile terminal means 2, the communication protocol control means 5A starts counting communication time as accounting information in step ST22. The next step ST
In 23, the inside of the service table in the information schema 5C is searched using the information category and the area name as keys, and the services that can be provided to the mobile terminal means 2 are extracted. In step ST24, the extraction results are used. Then, a list of service names and parameter sets is created and transmitted to the mobile terminal means 2, and the transmission of a request from the mobile terminal means 2 is awaited.

Next, when the navigation server 5 receives the name of the specific service and the parameter set transmitted from the mobile terminal means 2 in step ST25, the navigation server 5 refers to the service table in the information schema 5C in step ST26 to refer to the service. URL according to the name of
After obtaining (Uniform Resource Locators), the UR is transmitted on the Internet 6 via the information selection / conversion means 5D.
By accessing the website 7, 8 or 9 corresponding to L, the service information described in the HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) format is acquired.

Next, in step ST27, the service information in HTML format obtained by using the information selecting / converting means 5D is converted and stored as a data table as an element of the service table as shown in FIG. Further, in step ST28, the stored data table is searched using the parameter set received in step ST25 as a key to extract only the information requested by the mobile terminal means 2, and then the extraction result is transmitted to the mobile terminal means 2. Then, in step ST29, the above-mentioned step ST21
The information on the service usage fee generated in the series of operations from ST27 to ST27 is input to the charging DB 5B, and the series of processing is terminated.

Next, referring to FIGS. 10 and 11, the service table 30 and the data table 40 in the information schema 5C.
This will be described using a specific example. FIG. 10 shows an example of information held in the service table 30 in the information schema 5C inside the navigation server 5. In FIG. 11, 31 is an information category, 32 is a region, 33 is a URL corresponding to each website, 34 is a service name, 35 is a parameter set, and 36 is each web.
It is a data table that holds information obtained from the site.

For example, when "town information" is transmitted as the information category and "Tokyo, Kanagawa" is transmitted as the area from the mobile terminal means 2, the navigation server 5 searches the service table 30 for "town information" and "Tokyo". , 4th line and 5th line which have "Kanagawa" as an element are extracted. Also, the service name 34 and the parameter set 35
Is transmitted to the mobile terminal means 2, and the menu 2 shown in FIG.
3 and sub-menu 24 and sub-menu 25 are used for display as items. FIG. 11 shows an example of information stored in the data table 36 of FIG.

For example, assume that "Yokohama" is selected as the location and "Die Hard 3" is selected as the movie name in the submenu 24 of FIG. 5, and the data input time is "9:00". When the location, movie name, and time information is transmitted from the mobile terminal means 2, the navigation server 5 searches the data table 40, extracts the data in the first row, and sends it back to the mobile terminal means 2.

FIG. 12 shows an example of the contents of the billing DB 5B inside the navigation server 5. In the figure, ID = "A12093"
Is the billing information of the mobile terminal means 2. Service name 5 used in the past in response to a request from navigation server 5
It is possible to acquire 1 and its use date / time 52, service usage fee 53, and usage time 54. It is also possible to acquire the total value of service usage fees and the cumulative value of service usage time.

FIG. 13 shows a communication sequence between the mobile terminal means 2 and the navigation server 5. In the figure, 60
Is a menu request and includes, for example, "town information", "region name", and the like. Reference numeral 61 denotes a service menu, which includes services such as "restaurant" and "movie" and submenu data of parameters necessary for searching for the service. 62 is a search request, which is "movie", "Yokohama", "November"
Includes a search key such as "10 days". Reference numeral 63 is a search result, which includes a title, position, detailed information, and the like.

First, the mobile terminal means 2 sends a menu request 60 to the navigation server 5. On the other hand, the navigation server 5 sends the service menu 61 to the mobile terminal means 2. The mobile terminal means 2 then sends the search request 62 selected by the user to the navigation server 5.
Finally, the navigation server 5 sends the search result 63 to the mobile terminal means 2. The search result includes a title, a position, and detailed information.

FIG. 14 shows a data format used in a communication sequence between the mobile terminal means 2 and the navigation server 5. In the figure, 64 is a terminal ID for identifying which mobile terminal means 2. A function code 65 indicates the type of data format. 66
Is an information category code and represents the type of information service such as traffic information and town information. 67 is a region code and represents a region where the service is received (Tokyo, Yokohama, etc.). 68
Is menu data, which is data having a hierarchical menu structure. Parentheses are used to represent hierarchical data.

Reference numeral 69 is a service name, such as movie information. Further, 70 is a parameter (Yokohama, November 10) and the like. 71 is a title, which is the title of the information obtained as a result of the search. 72 is position information, which is the position of the information obtained as a result of the search. 73 is a detailed description,
It is an explanation of the information obtained as a result of the search. Actually, the menu request 60 consists of a terminal ID 64, a function code 65, an information category code 66, and an area code 67 (FIG. 14).
(A)). Also, the service menu 61 is the terminal ID 6
4, function code 65, and menu data 68 (FIG. 14 (B)). The search request 62 includes a terminal ID 64, a function code 65, a service name 69, and a parameter 70 (FIG. 14 (C)). The search result 63 is a terminal ID 64, a function code 65, a title 71, position information 72, and a detailed description 73.
Consists of

Embodiment 2 FIG. 15, in which parts corresponding to those in FIG. 2 are assigned the same reference numerals, shows the internal configuration of mobile terminal means 2 in the second embodiment of the present invention. Reference numeral 100 in the drawing denotes a menu information database that stores information on menus displayed on the screen when the user inputs a position. The mobile terminal means 2 in the second embodiment is the GPS of FIG.
Touch panel 1 instead of unit 1A and antenna 1B
It operates by using information input by the user from 0 as key position information for search.

FIG. 16 shows the liquid crystal panel 11 of the mobile terminal means 2.
This is the screen displayed on. The user uses this screen to enter information about the position where he is, or where he is planning to go. In the figure, 101 is a main menu for displaying the classification of keywords for position search, 102
Is a sub-menu for presenting to the user a keyword according to the classification selected in the main menu 101. Items in these menus change at any time according to user operations. Further, reference numeral 112 in the figure is a direct input area which is displayed inside 102 for directly inputting a keyword. 11
3 is a radio button inside the submenu 102 for designating the display order of the items of the submenu 102. Reference numeral 104 denotes a keyword display window for displaying a list of position search keywords input in the past from the submenu 102. Reference numeral 103 denotes a candidate display window which displays candidates for position information searched based on previously input keywords.

In FIG. 17, the user selects "destination type" from the main menu, and the submenu 1 in the menu is selected.
It is an example of a display screen when “public facility” is selected from 02. Reference numeral 114 is a check box for temporarily invalidating or re-enabling the keyword selected from the submenu 102. In the figure, the character strings of the selected main menu and submenu are displayed in the keyword display window 103, which indicates to the user that the keyword currently in use is "public facility".
When any keyword is selected from the submenu 102, the display of the candidate display window 104 is once erased,
The filtering process by the keyword “public facility” displayed in the candidate window is started.

FIG. 18 is an example of a screen display in a state after the filtering process of FIG. 17 is completed. In order to specify the keyword in more detail, the keyword “public facility” that was in the item of the submenu 102 is moved to the main menu 101, and the item of the submenu 102 lists more detailed items. Candidate display window 1
In 03, the result of the filtering process of the result of the keyword “public facility” is displayed.

FIG. 19 shows the state immediately after the character string “Yokohama City” is input to the direct input area 112 inside the submenu 102 from the state where “Region name” is selected as the main menu 101 from the state of FIG. It is an example of a screen display. As described above, not only can the keyword be selected from the menu, but the word to be the keyword can be directly input using the direct input area 112. The keyword "Yokohama City" is displayed in the keyword display window 104. After that, the display of the candidate display window 103 is once erased as in the case where the selection is input from the menu. The filtering process by the keyword “Yokohama” input in the candidate window is started by the direct word input to the submenu 102 as a trigger.

FIG. 20 shows an example of screen display after the filtering process of FIG. 19 is completed. As a result of the filtering, the contents of the main menu 101, the sub menu 102, and the candidate window 103 are updated. In addition, the contents of the display order designation button 113 inside the sub-menu 102 include an item “arrange in order of zip code” instead of “arrange in order from north”. In this way, the submenu 102
The display order of the items of (1) changes according to the field to which the displayed items belong.

In any of the above states, the user can select position information from the candidate display window 103 at any time. When the position information is selected, the CPU 1
2 starts acquiring map information from the CD-ROM device 3.

FIG. 21 shows a data structure of elements which are display items of the main menu and the sub menu. In the figure, reference numeral 200 denotes an item of a main menu and a submenu, which is an element object including a display character string of the item. 201 is pointer information to the element object displayed as an item of the upper main menu when the element object 200 is displayed in the submenu. Reference numeral 202 is a display character string that is actually displayed on the screen when the element object 200 is selected as an item of the main menu or a sub menu. Reference numeral 203 is a list of sort methods for sorting the other element objects displayed in the sub menu when the element object 200 is displayed as an item in the main menu. Reference numeral 204 is a list of sort keys used as a key for the display order when the element project 200 itself is displayed in the submenu.

22 and 23 are diagrams for explaining how the element objects are configured inside the menu information database. The element object 200 forms a tree structure as shown by the vertical relationship based on the pointer 201 to another element object. In the figure, 210, 211, and 214 are the highest-level element objects displayed in the main menu on the initial screen. In addition, the presence of an element object having a plurality of upper element objects, such as an element object 213 having "Yokohama" as a display character string, is also permitted. However, the tree structure formed by the highest-level element objects is not allowed to have common element objects.

In practice, the C built in the mobile terminal unit 15 is
The PU 12 has a program memory 13 when the power is turned on.
In accordance with the instruction code stored in FIG. 7, a predetermined procedure ST200 shown in FIG. 24, in which the same steps as those in FIG. That is, first, the CPU 12 performs the entire initialization process of the mobile terminal device body 15 in step ST1. In this initialization process, the CPU 12 also performs an initial screen configuration process. That is, the top-level element object is the main menu 101.
Acquired as an item, and search keyword display window 1
The number of 04 keywords is set to 0, and the candidate display window 10
Items 3 are displayed in the order in which they were used in the past.

At the next step ST222, the user waits for the operation of the touch panel 10. After the reference position is determined by the user's operation, ST3 to S
Execute T9. In step ST222 described above, CP
U12 is a processing procedure ST shown in FIG. 25 as the position acquisition processing.
The subroutine 230 is executed. First, step ST2
In 31, it is determined whether or not the object operated by the user is the main menu 101, and if it is correct, the process moves to the main menu selection process ST232 and then returns to step ST230 again.

When the user does not operate the main menu 101 in step ST231, step ST233
Then, it is determined whether the user operated the submenu 102, and if it is correct, the submenu selection processing ST
After moving to 234, it returns to step ST230 again. The submenu 1 is operated by the user in step ST233.
If not 02, in step ST235, it is determined whether or not the user operated the search keyword display window 104, and if it is correct, the process proceeds to the search keyword display window process ST236 and then returns to step ST230 again.

If it is determined in step ST235 that the user operated not the search keyword 104, it is determined in step ST237 whether or not the user operated the candidate display window 103, and if it is correct, In the next step ST238, the process proceeds to the position information acquisition process, and in step ST239, the subroutine is ended. If it is determined in step ST237 that the user did not operate the candidate display window 103, in step ST230 the user's input is awaited again.

When the main menu selection processing is executed in the above-mentioned step ST232, the CPU 12 executes the processing shown in FIG.
The subroutine of the processing procedure ST240 shown in is executed.
That is, the CPU 12, in step ST241,
The element object 200 corresponding to the main menu item selected by the user is acquired, and in ST242, all the element objects having the acquired element object as the higher-order element object in the information pointer 201 are element objects for configuring the submenu 102. And in step ST243, the element objects for the sub-menu configuration are sorted by the sort method of the element objects acquired in ST241.
In step ST244, the submenu 1 selected in ST242 based on the result of sorting in ST242.
02 display character string 202 of each element object of the element object group for the sub-menu 102
Display above.

When the sub-menu selection processing is executed in step ST234 described above, the CPU 12 executes the subroutine of the processing procedure ST250 shown in FIG. That is, C
In step ST251, the PU 12 acquires the element object 200 corresponding to the selected menu item. Subsequently, in step ST252, the display character string 202 held by the element object acquired in step ST251 is added to the display item of the search keyword display window, and in step ST253, step ST251.
The element object that is a higher-level element object of the element object obtained in step A and whose display character string 202 is displayed in the main menu is removed from the items of the main menu 101.

Further, the CPU 12 causes the step ST254.
In, in place of the element object removed in step ST253, the display character string 202 of the element object acquired in step ST251 is added to the item of the main menu 101. Subsequently, the CPU 12 causes the step ST25.
5, the information pointer 2 is set as the upper-level element object by using the element object acquired in step ST251.
In 01, all the element objects are selected as the element objects for constructing the submenu. CPU12
In step ST256, the element objects for submenu configuration are sorted by the sort method of the element objects acquired in ST251, and in step ST257, the submenu selected in step ST255 based on the result of sorting in step ST256. The display character string 202 of each element object of the element object group for configuring 102 is displayed on the submenu 102, and in step ST258, the list of candidates held in the candidate display window 103 is acquired in step ST251. A search process is performed using the display character string 202 of the selected element object as a key, and the result is reflected in the display of the candidate display window 103.

When the search keyword display window selection processing is executed in step ST236 described above, the CPU 12 executes the subroutine of processing procedure ST260 shown in FIG. That is, in step ST261, the CPU 12 acquires the keyword corresponding to the check box 114 removed from the search keyword display window, and in step ST262, the contents acquired in ST261 from the contents of the main menu 101 before the user specifies the keyword. Return to the state, and in step ST263,
Initialize all contents of the sub-menu 102, and step S
In T264, the candidate list held in the candidate display window 103 is changed to the candidate list obtained as a result of the search by removing the keyword acquired in ST261 from the search key.

[0055]

As described above, according to the present invention, the navigation server is provided which collects effective information from various information providing servers connected to the Internet at the time of movement and transmits the information to the mobile terminal device by wireless communication. In addition, the mobile terminal device displays the traffic information and town information obtained from the navigation server and the map information from the secondary storage means on one screen, so that it is easy to obtain effective information when moving even if the information provider is different. It is possible to realize a comprehensive guidance system that can be displayed in an integrated form by an operation.

According to the next invention, the navigation server saves the service usage history for each user and totals it in the billing database, so that the billing information can be centrally managed instead of the information providing server. Thus, a comprehensive guidance system capable of solving the troublesome problem that the user has to make a contract for each information providing server and individually pay the fee based on the billing information aggregated for each information providing server at once realizable.

According to the next invention, the navigation server removes the graphics information normally included in the information from the information providing server and the information unnecessary for the user on the move by the information selecting and converting means to the information schema. By storing and converting the stored minimum necessary information into a communication protocol suitable for wireless communication and transmitting it, the amount of communication data when accessing the information providing server using wireless communication is significantly reduced. It is possible to realize a comprehensive guidance system.

Further, according to the next invention, since the position detecting means detects its own position based on the position information input by the user, a general guidance system can be realized with a simple structure. .

According to the next invention, the address and place name information on the map and / or the transportation information is used as the position information which the user operates and inputs by the position detecting means, so that the information familiar to the user can be obtained. It is possible for the user himself to input and obtain the position information, and it is possible to realize a comprehensive guidance system having a simple configuration and being convenient for the user.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a first embodiment of a comprehensive guidance system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of mobile terminal means in the comprehensive guidance system of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view showing an external configuration of the mobile terminal unit shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram used for explaining a menu screen displayed on a liquid crystal display panel of the mobile terminal unit according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram for explaining a submenu screen displayed on the liquid crystal display panel of the mobile terminal unit according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram used for explaining a search result display screen displayed on the liquid crystal display panel of the mobile terminal unit according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the overall processing procedure of the mobile terminal means of the first embodiment.

8 is a flowchart showing a user operation processing procedure in the overall processing procedure of FIG. 7. FIG.

9 is a flowchart showing the overall processing procedure of the navigation server of FIG.

10 is a chart showing the structure of a service table in the information schema held in the navigation server of FIG. 1. FIG.

11 is a chart showing the configuration of a data table in the information schema stored in the navigation server of FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 12 is a chart showing a configuration of a billing database stored in the navigation server of FIG. 1.

FIG. 13 is a timing chart for explaining a communication sequence between the mobile terminal means and the navigation server of FIG.

FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram showing a data format used in the communication sequence of FIG.

FIG. 15 is a block diagram showing a configuration of mobile terminal means of a second embodiment of the general guidance system according to the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram for explaining a method of inputting position information on a display screen of a mobile terminal means.

FIG. 17 is a schematic diagram for explaining a method of inputting position information on a display screen of a mobile terminal means.

FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram for explaining a method of inputting position information on the display screen of the mobile terminal means.

FIG. 19 is a schematic diagram for explaining a method of inputting position information on a display screen of a mobile terminal means.

FIG. 20 is a schematic diagram for explaining a method of inputting position information on a display screen of a mobile terminal means.

FIG. 21 is a schematic diagram showing a data structure of elements serving as display items of a main menu and submenus.

FIG. 22 is a schematic diagram for explaining the structure of an element object inside the menu information database.

FIG. 23 is a schematic diagram for explaining the structure of an element object in the menu information database.

FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing the overall processing procedure of the mobile terminal means of the second embodiment.

FIG. 25 is a flowchart showing a position acquisition processing procedure in the overall processing procedure of FIG. 24.

FIG. 26 is a flowchart showing a main menu processing procedure in the position acquisition processing procedure of FIG. 25.

27 is a flowchart showing a submenu processing procedure in the position acquisition processing procedure of FIG. 25. FIG.

28 is a flowchart showing a key display area processing procedure in the position acquisition processing procedure of FIG. 25. FIG.

FIG. 29 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional car navigation system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 position detecting means 1A GPS unit 1B GPS antenna 2 mobile terminal means 3 secondary storage means 4 wireless communication means 4A wireless communication device 4B antenna 5 navigation server 5A communication protocol control means 5B billing database (DB) 5C information schema 5D information selection / Conversion means 6 Internet 7, 8, 9 Website 10 Touch panel 11 Liquid crystal display panel 12 Central processing unit (CPU) 13 Program memory 14 Data memory 15 Mobile terminal body 16 Stylus pen 30 Service table 40 Data table 100 Menu information database 101 Main menu 102 submenu 103 candidate display window 104 keyword display window 112 direct input area 113 display order designation radio button 114 check Box 200 element object 201 pointer information 202 display character string 203 sorting methods element object 213 Element object list 204 sort key list 210,211,214 top-level of the

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁶ Identification number Internal reference number FI Technical display location H04Q 7/38 H04B 7/26 106A H04Q 7/04 D (72) Inventor Katsuji Asaga Chiyoda, Tokyo Marunouchi 2-3-3 Sanryo Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Nobuo Asahi 2-3-2 Marunouchi 2-3, Marunouchi, Tokyo Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A position detecting means for detecting a position of itself, a secondary storage means for storing map information, and a wireless communication means for wireless communication are added to a mobile terminal means which is portable when moving, and the position detection is performed. According to the detection result of the means, corresponding map information is read from the secondary storage means and displayed on the display means of the mobile terminal means, and a plurality of information connected to the network and providing various guide information. A navigation server having a wireless communication control means connected to the network and communicating with the wireless communication means of the mobile terminal device, the navigation server communicating with the mobile terminal device; Based on the result, the mobile terminal accesses the plurality of information providing servers, the mobile terminal device collects the guidance information that is effective when moving, and the mobile terminal The mobile terminal device sends the guidance information obtained from the navigation server to the display unit in association with the map information read from the secondary storage means. Comprehensive guidance system. 2. The navigation server has a billing database for storing and summarizing the usage history of each user of the mobile terminal device, and centrally managing billing information in place of the plurality of information providing servers. Claim 1 characterized by
General guidance system described in. 3. The navigation server selects unnecessary information in the guide information provided from the information providing server while the mobile terminal device is moving, and uses the minimum required communication data amount to the mobile terminal. The integrated guidance system according to claim 1, wherein the integrated guidance system is configured to be sent to a device. 4. The general guidance system according to claim 1, wherein the position detecting means detects its own position based on position information input by a user. 5. The overall position detecting means according to claim 4, wherein the location information used by the user is position and address information on a map and / or transportation information. Information system.