Information generating device, information generating method, information generating program and storing medium storing the program

• US 20060279432A1
• Filed: 05/22/2006
• Published: 12/14/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Increment P Corporation (Pioneer Corporation), Pioneer Corporation
• Original Assignee: Increment P Corporation (Pioneer Corporation), Pioneer Corporation
• Inventors: Mori, Kouji
• Application Number:
  US11/437,840
• Publication Number:
  US 20060279432A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/990
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/26 specially adapted for navigation in a road network

Abstract

The processor 150 of the map information generating device 100 sets the final locatable position of the annotation character string of the road number in the scales 1, 2, 3 and 4 at a position so as to be aligned with the commonly-numbered link recognized to have a common road number and such that at least one annotation character string is displayed in the display area with a road. The processor 150 generates the annotation data by applying the settings of the final locatable positions of the annotation character strings of the road number and operates the storage section 130 to store the generated annotation data.

Claims

1. An information generating device for generating moving-path-related information for displaying moving path detail information relating to details of a moving path, the moving path detail information displayed relative to the moving path that is displayed in different scales in a display area, comprising:

an identifying section for identifying the moving path of which details are shown by the predetermined moving path detail information;

a moving path position recognizer for recognizing a display position in the different scales of the moving path identified by the identifying section;

a detail position setting section for setting the display position in the different scales of the moving path detail information of the moving path identified by the identifying section such that at least one of the moving path detail information is aligned and displayed with the moving path in the display area; and

a moving-path-related information generating section for generating the moving-path-related information for displaying the moving path detail information at the display position set by the detail position setting section.

2. The information generating device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a detail position information generating section for generating detail position information relating to the display position of the moving path detail information set by the detail position setting section, wherein

the moving-path-related information generating section generates the moving-path-related information having the moving path detail information and the detail position information.

3. The information generating device according to claim 1, wherein

the moving path is represented by a plurality of links connected to each other with nodes therebetween, each node representing a predetermined site point,

each link of the plurality of links is associated with the moving path detail information of the moving path that the link represents, and

when recognizing that the moving path detail information of each of the plurality of links is the same, the identifying section for identifying the moving path identifies the moving path represented by the plurality of links as the moving path of which details are shown by the predetermined moving path detail information.

4. The information generating device according to claim 1, wherein

the detail position setting section sets the display position of the moving path detail information at a predetermined interval.

5. The information generating device according to claim 4, wherein

the predetermined interval is the same in all the different scales.

6. The information generating device according to claim 4, further comprising:

a moving path length recognizer for recognizing a length of the moving path identified by the identifying section for identifying the moving path, wherein

when recognizing the length of the moving path which is recognized by the moving path length recognizer is longer than a length of the moving path corresponding to the predetermined interval, the detail position setting section sets the display position of the moving path detail information at the predetermined interval.

7. The information generating device according to claim 6, wherein

when recognizing the length of the moving path which is recognized by the moving path length recognizer is shorter than the length of the moving path corresponding to the predetermined interval, the detail position setting section sets the display position of the moving path detail information at a position along the moving path.

8. The information generating device according to claim 6, wherein

the moving path is represented by the plurality of links connected to each other with the nodes therebetween, each node representing a predetermined site point,

the node is associated with coordinate information of coordinates of the display position of the site point corresponding to the node,

the link is associated with connection node identification information for identifying the node connecting the link to another link, and

the moving path length recognizer identifies the nodes provided at ends of the plurality of links based on the connection node identification information of the plurality of links that represent the moving path identified by the identifying section for identifying the moving path, and recognizes the length of the moving path by calculating a total length of the plurality of links based on the coordinate information of the identified nodes.

9. The information generating device according to claim 1, wherein

when recognizing that the moving path detail information displayed at the set display position overlaps on target object detail information relating to details of a target object, the target object detail information displayed so as to correspond to a position of the target object that exist at a predetermined position, the detail position setting section sets the display position of the moving path detail information to another position so as not overlap on the target object detail information.

10. The information generating device according to claim 1, wherein

the moving path detail information is information for displaying a number representing the moving path so as to superimpose on a predetermined graphic, and

the detail position setting section sets the display position of the moving path detail information at a position so as to superimpose on the moving path.

11. The information generating device according to claim 1, wherein

the moving path detail information is information for displaying a name of the moving path, and

the detail position setting section sets the display position of the moving path detail information at a position so as not to superimpose on the moving path.

12. The information generating device according to claim 11, wherein

when recognizing that a name of the moving path is shown by a plurality of characters, the detail position setting section sets the display position of the moving path detail information such that a distance from each of the plurality of characters to the moving path is the same.

13. The information generating device according to claim 1, wherein

the moving path is a road on which a mobile body can move.

14. The information generating device according to claim 13, wherein

the moving path detail information is information for displaying details of the road relative to the road displayed in the display area of a display unit mounted in the mobile body.

15. An information generating method for generating moving-path-related information for displaying moving path detail information relating to details of a moving path, the moving path detail information displayed relative to the moving path that is displayed in different scales in a display area with a computing unit, comprising:

identifying the moving path of which details are shown by the moving path detail information,

recognizes a display position of the identified moving path in the different scales,

setting the display position of the moving path detail information of the identified moving path in the different scales at a position such that at least one of the moving path detail information is aligned and displayed with the moving path, and

generating the moving-path-related information for displaying the moving path detail information at the set display position.

16. An information generating program stored in a storing medium in a readable manner by a computing unit, the program operating the computing unit to function as an information generating device for generating moving-path-related information for displaying moving path detail information relating to details of a moving path, the moving path detail information displayed relative to the moving path that is displayed in different scales in a display area, wherein

the information generating device has:

an identifying section for identifying the moving path of which details are shown by the predetermined moving path detail information;

a moving path position recognizer for recognizing a display position in the different scales of the moving path identified by the identifying section;

a detail position setting section for setting the display position in the different scales of the moving path detail information of the moving path identified by the identifying section; and

a moving-path-related information generating section for generating the moving-path-related information for displaying the moving path detail information at the display position set by the detail position setting section.

17. An information generating program stored in a storing medium in a readable manner by a computing unit, the program operating the computing unit to execute an information generating method for generating moving-path-related information for displaying moving path detail information relating to details of a moving path, the moving path detail information displayed relative to the moving path that is displayed in different scales in a display area with a computing unit, wherein

the information generating device has the computing unit to perform:

identifying the moving path of which details are shown by the moving path detail information,

recognizing a display position of the identified moving path in the different scales,

setting the display position of the moving path detail information of the identified moving path in the different scales at a position such that at least one of the moving path detail information is aligned and displayed with the moving path, and

generating the moving-path-related information for displaying the moving path detail information at the set display position.

18. A storing medium storing an information generating program in a readable manner by a computing unit, the program operating the computing unit to function as an information generating device for generating moving-path-related information for displaying moving path detail information relating to details of a moving path, the moving path detail information displayed relative to the moving path that is displayed in different scales in a display area, wherein

the information generating device has:

an identifying section for identifying the moving path of which details are shown by the predetermined moving path detail information;

a moving path position recognizer for recognizing a display position in the different scales of the moving path identified by the identifying section;

a detail position setting section for setting the display position in the different scales of the moving path detail information of the moving path identified by the identifying section such that at least one of the moving path detail information is aligned and displayed with the moving path in the display area; and

a moving-path-related information generating section for generating the moving-path-related information for displaying the moving path detail information at the display position set by the detail position setting section.

19. A storing medium storing an information generating program in a readable manner by a computing unit, the program operating the computing unit to execute an information generating method for generating moving-path-related information for displaying moving path detail information relating to details of a moving path, the moving path detail information displayed relative to the moving path that is displayed in different scales in a display area, wherein

the information generating device has the computing unit to perform:

identifying the moving path of which details are shown by the moving path detail information,

recognizing a display position of the identified moving path in the different scales,

setting the display position of the moving path detail information of the identified moving path in the different scales at a position such that at least one of the moving path detail information is aligned and displayed with the moving path, and

generating the moving-path-related information for displaying the moving path detail information at the set display position.