Map display device and navigation device
First Claim
1. A map display device for converting externally provided communications information into an applicable object model for arrangement on a map image, said device comprising:
- an input part for receiving a user'"'"'s instruction;
a map data storage part for previously storing map data;
an object model display information storage part for storing object model display information for displaying said object model on said map image;
a communications part for receiving said communications information;
a map data arranging part for creating said object model by interpreting said communications information and the object model display information provided by said object model display information storage part, and arranging the object model on said map; and
a display part for displaying a resultant map image obtained by said map data arranging part.
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Abstract
In a map display device, a communications part 7 receives various information from an external system, and a map data arranging part 4 arranges in a map space object models each indicating those various information. Such data arrangement is done based on map data stored in a map data storage part 3, information from the communications part 7 and an input part 2, and object model display information stored in an object model display information storage part 6. A display 5 then displays a resultant map image. In such manner, various time-varying information are appropriately arranged for display on the map image so as to make a user intuitively understand what those information mean.
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59 Claims
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1. A map display device for converting externally provided communications information into an applicable object model for arrangement on a map image, said device comprising:
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an input part for receiving a user'"'"'s instruction;
a map data storage part for previously storing map data;
an object model display information storage part for storing object model display information for displaying said object model on said map image;
a communications part for receiving said communications information;
a map data arranging part for creating said object model by interpreting said communications information and the object model display information provided by said object model display information storage part, and arranging the object model on said map; and
a display part for displaying a resultant map image obtained by said map data arranging part. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 31)
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26. A navigation device for converting externally provided communications information into an applicable object model for arrangement on a map image, and making a guidance to a destination, said device comprising:
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an input part for receiving a user'"'"'s instruction;
a position detection part for detecting a current position;
a map data storage part for previously storing map data;
an object model display information storage part for storing object model display information in advance for displaying said object model on said map image;
a route selection part for selecting a route to the destination based on said instruction provided by said input part, said current position detected by said position detection part, and said map data stored in said map data storage part;
a communications part for receiving said communications information;
a map data arranging part for creating said object model by interpreting said communications information and the object model display information provided by said object model display information storage part, and arranging the object model on said map;
a guiding part for making the guidance to the destination in response to said communications information received by said communications part, said route selected by said route selection part, said current position detected by said position detection part, and said map data provided by said map data storage part, and outputs a resultant map image obtained by said map data arranging part; and
a display part for displaying said resultant map image outputted from said guiding part. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 46, 47)
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36. The navigation device according to clam 35, wherein said map data arranging part refers to said time information to select only the object model corresponding to said mobile unit to be displayed on said map image, and calculates a position of the object model on said map image for data arrangement.
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44. The navigation device according to
claim 44 , wherein said available vehicles move according to schedule on the predetermined route.
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48. A map display method for converting externally provided communications information into an applicable object model for arrangement on a map image, said method comprising:
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an input step of receiving a user'"'"'s instruction;
a communications step of receiving said communications information;
a map data arranging step of creating said object model by interpreting said communications information and corresponding object model display information for displaying said object model on said map image; and
a display step of displaying a resultant map image obtained in said map data arranging step. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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55. A navigation method for converting externally provided communications information into an applicable object model for arrangement on a map image, said method comprising:
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an input step of receiving a user'"'"'s instruction;
a communications step of receiving said communications information;
a position detection step of detecting a current position;
a map data arranging step of creating said object model by interpreting said communications information and the object model display information provided by said object model display information storage part, and arranging the object model on said map;
a route selection step of selecting a route to the destination based on said instruction inputted in said input step, said current position detected in said position detection step, and said map data;
a guiding step of making the guidance to the destination in response to said communications information received in said communications step, said route selected in said route selection step, said current position detected in said position detection step, and said map data, and outputting a resultant map image obtained in said map data arranging step; and
a display step of displaying said resultant map image outputted in said guiding step.
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56. A computer-readable recording medium having a program recorded thereon to be executed in a map display device for converting externally provided communications information into an applicable object model for arrangement on a map image, said program comprising:
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an object model display information execution step of interpreting and executing said communications information and object model display information for displaying said object model on said map image;
an object model creating step of creating said object model responsively to a result obtained in said object model display information execution step; and
a data arranging step of arranging said object model on said map image.
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57. A computer-readable recording medium having a program recorded thereon to be executed in a navigation device for converting externally provided communications information into an applicable object model for arrangement on a map image, said program comprising:
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an object model display information execution step of interpreting and executing said communications information and object model display information for displaying said object model on said map image;
a route selection step of selecting a route to a destination based on the instruction inputted from the user, a current position, and map data; and
a guiding step of making the guidance to the destination in response to said communications information, said route selected in said route selection step, said current position, and said map data, and outputting a resultant map image obtained in said map data arranging step.
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58. A computer program to be executed in a map display device for converting externally provided communications information into an applicable object model for arrangement on a map image, said program comprising:
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an object model display information execution step of interpreting and executing said communications information and object model display information for displaying said object model on said map image;
an object model creating step of creating said object model responsively to a result obtained in said object model display information execution step; and
a data arranging step of arranging said object model on said map image.
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59. A computer program to be executed in a navigation device for converting externally provided communications information into an applicable object model for arrangement on a map image, said program comprising:
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an object model display information execution step of interpreting and executing said communications information and object model display information for displaying said object model on said map image;
a route selection step of selecting a route to a destination based on an instruction inputted from a user, a current position, and map data; and
a guiding step of making the guidance to the destination in response to said communications information, said route selected in said route selection step, said current position, and said map data, and outputting a resultant map image obtained in said map data arranging step.
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Specification