Information processing device, information processing method and information processing program

• US 20030164822A1
• Filed: 01/21/2003
• Published: 09/04/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Okada, Shizue
• Granted Patent: US 7,490,294 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/204
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/36 Input/output arrangements for on-board computers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/102 using electrical means

Abstract

An information processing device which enables display of guide information made up of characters, images and map data related to destinations and facilities of interest, in association with user information made up of texts and images recorded by the user, is provided. User information in the form of text data as well as guide information is displayed in an explanation display part. A photograph or illustration of facilities is displayed in an image display part. A map showing routes to facilities of interest from principal public facilities is displayed in a map display part. Since the latitude and longitude is recorded in map data irrespective of whether its format is a vector format or image format, the position of the facilities can be displayed from positioning information acquired from other equipments. Moreover, the setting of destinations and navigation including route guide are possible.

Claims

1. An information processing device for processing guide information made up of characters, images and map data related to destinations and facilities of interest, the device comprising:

display means for displaying said guide information; and

control means for causing said display means to display said guide information in association with user information recorded by a user.

2. The information processing device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said control means causes said display means to display user information made up of characters and images in association with said guide information.

3. An information processing device for processing guide information made up of characters, images and map data related to destinations and facilities of interest, the device comprising:

display means for displaying said guide information; and

control means for causing said display means to display images taken by a user in place of the guide information made up of said images.

4. An information processing device for processing guide information made up of characters, images and map data related to destinations and facilities of interest, the device comprising:

display means for displaying said guide information; and

control means for causing said display means to display a present position mark corresponding to positioning information obtained by measuring a present position and routes to said destinations and facilities of interest.

5. The information processing device as claimed in claim 4, further comprising present position measuring means for acquiring said positioning information.

6. The information processing device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the positions of said destinations and facilities of interest are read from map data in said guide information.

7. An information processing device for processing guide information made up of characters, images and map data related to destinations and facilities of interest, the device comprising

control means for saving to a recording medium or outputting to outside, user information recorded by a user as well as said guide information.

8. The information processing device as claimed in claim 7, wherein said control means causes display means to display said user information, a present position mark corresponding to positioning information acquired by measuring the present position, and routes to said destinations and facilities of interest, as well as said guide information.

9. An information processing method for processing guide information made up of characters, images and map data related to destinations and facilities of interest, the method comprising

causing display means for displaying said guide information to display said guide information in association with user information recorded by a user.

10. The information processing method as claimed in claim 9, further comprising:

a checking step of checking, from a recording medium storing at least said guide information and selectively storing user information related said guide information, the presence/absence of said user information; and

a step of displaying only said guide information or said guide information and user information on said display means in accordance with the presence/absence of the user information at said checking step.

11. An information processing method for processing guide information made up of characters, images and map data related to destinations and facilities of interest, the method comprising

causing display means for displaying said guide information to display images taken by a user in place of the guide information made up of said images.

12. An information processing method for processing guide information made up of characters, images and map data related to destinations and facilities of interest, the method comprising

causing display means for displaying said guide information to display a present position mark corresponding to positioning information obtained by measuring a present position and routes to said destinations and facilities of interest.

13. An information processing method for processing guide information made up of characters, images and map data related to destinations and facilities of interest, the method comprising

saving to a recording medium or outputting to outside, user information recorded by a user as well as said guide information.

14. An information processing program executed by an information processing device for processing guide information made up of characters, images and map data related to destinations and facilities of interest, the program comprising

causing display means for displaying said guide information to display said guide information in association with user information recorded by a user.

15. The information processing program as claimed in claim 14, further comprising:

a checking step of checking, from a recording medium storing at least said guide information and selectively storing user information related said guide information, the presence/absence of said user information; and

a step of displaying only said guide information or said guide information and user information on said display means in accordance with the presence/absence of the user information at said checking step.

16. An information processing program executed by an information processing device for processing guide information made up of characters, images and map data related to destinations and facilities of interest, the program comprising

causing display means for displaying said guide information to display images taken by a user in place of the guide information made up of said images.

17. An information processing program executed by an information processing device for processing guide information made up of characters, images and map data related to destinations and facilities of interest, the program comprising

causing display means for displaying said guide information to display a present position mark corresponding to positioning information obtained by measuring a present position and routes to said destinations and facilities of interest.

18. An information processing program executed by an information processing device for processing guide information made up of characters, images and map data related to destinations and facilities of interest, the program comprising

saving to a recording medium or outputting to outside, user information recorded by a user as well as said guide information.