On-board car navigation destination search device and on-board car navigation destination search method

• US 20100235084A1
• Filed: 09/08/2009
• Published: 09/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Aisin AW Company Limited (Aisin Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Aisin AW Company Limited (Aisin Corp.)
• Inventors: Sakai, Toru, Hiyokawa, Toyoji, Fujikawa, Norihisa
• Application Number:
  US12/585,200
• Publication Number:
  US 20100235084A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/201
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3611 using character input or menus, e.g. menus of POIs character input methods in general G06F3/0233

Abstract

Devices and methods search for a route from a departure point to a destination and provide guidance based on the route that is found. The devices and methods associate a street name with a parcel in which map data is associated with an area that is bounded by specified coordinates and, when the street name is input, extract the parcel in which the street name is located. The devices and methods extract a city area name in the extracted parcel and display the city area name such that the city area name can be selected. The devices and methods extract a local area name that is included in the parcel in which the selected city area name is located, display the local area name such that the local area name can be selected, and specify a house number within the parcel in which the selected local area name is located.

Claims

1. An on-board car navigation destination search device that searches for a route from a departure point to a destination and provides guidance in accordance with the route that is found, comprising:

a street search portion that associates with a street name a parcel in which map data is associated with an area that is bounded by specified coordinates and, when the street name is input, extracts the parcel in which the street name is located;

a first city area selection portion that extracts a city area name in the extracted parcel, and displays the city area name such that the city area name can be selected;

a first local area selection portion that extracts a local area name that is included in the parcel in which the selected city area name is located, and displays the local area name such that the local area name can be selected; and

a house number selection portion that specifies a house number within the parcel in which the selected local area name is located.

7. The on-board car navigation destination search device according to claim 1,

wherein the city area is one of a prefecture in Japan and a state and an urban area in the United States.

9. The on-board car navigation destination search device according to claim 1,

wherein the local area is one of a county, a city, a town, and a village in Japan, and a smaller city and a town area in the United States.

2. An on-board car navigation destination search device that searches for a route from a departure point to a destination and provides guidance in accordance with the route that is found, comprising:

a street search portion that associates with a street name a parcel in which map data is associated with an area that is bounded by specified coordinates and, when the street name is input, extracts the parcel in which the street name is located;

a secondary street selection portion that extracts a node name in the extracted parcel, extracts a secondary street name that is associated with the node name, and displays the secondary street name that specifies the node name such that the node name can be selected;

a second city area selection portion that extracts a city area name in the parcel in which the selected node name is located, and displays the city area name such that the city area name can be selected; and

a second local area selection portion that extracts a local area name in the parcel in which the selected city area name is located, and displays the local area name such that the local area name can be selected.

3. An on-board car navigation destination search device that searches for a route from a departure point to a destination and provides guidance in accordance with the route that is found, comprising:

a street search portion that associates with a street name a parcel in which map data is associated with an area that is bounded by specified coordinates and, when the street name is input, extracts the parcel in which the street name is located;

a node and city area selection portion that extracts a city area name and a node name in the extracted parcel, extracts a secondary street name that is associated with the node name, and displays the city area name and the secondary street name such that the city area name or the secondary street name can be selected;

a node and local area selection portion that, when the secondary street name is selected, extracts a city area name in the parcel in which the selected secondary street name is located, displays the city area name such that the city area name can be selected, extracts a local area name in the parcel in which the selected city area name is located, and displays the local area name such that the local area name can be selected; and

a local area and house number selection portion that, when the city area name is selected, extracts a local area name in the parcel in which the selected city area name is located, displays the local area name such that the local area name can be selected, and specifies a house number within the parcel in which the selected local area name is located.

4. An on-board car navigation destination search method that searches for a route from a departure point to a destination and provides guidance in accordance with the route that is found, comprising the steps of:

associating with a street name a parcel in which map data is associated with an area that is bounded by specified coordinates and, when the street name is input, extracting the parcel in which the street name is located;

extracting a city area name in the extracted parcel, and displaying the city area name such that the city area name can be selected;

extracting a local area name in the parcel in which the selected city area name is located, and displaying the local area name such that the local area name can be selected; and

specifying a house number within the parcel in which the selected local area name is located.

8. The on-board car navigation destination search method according to claim 4,

wherein the city area is one of a prefecture in Japan and a state and an urban area in the United States.

10. The on-board car navigation destination search method according to claim 4,

wherein the local area is one of a county, a city, a town, and a village in Japan, and a smaller city and a town area in the United States.

5. An on-board car navigation destination search method that searches for a route from a departure point to a destination and provides guidance in accordance with the route that is found, comprising the steps of:

associating with a street name a parcel in which map data is associated with an area that is bounded by specified coordinates and, when the street name is input, extracting the parcel in which the street name is located;

extracting a node name in the extracted parcel, extracting a secondary street name that is associated with the node name, and displaying the secondary street name that specifies the node name such that the node name can be selected;

extracting a city area name in the parcel in which the selected node name is located, and displaying the city area name such that the city area name can be selected; and

extracting a local area name in the parcel in which the selected city area name is located, and displaying the local area name such that the local area name can be selected.

6. An on-board car navigation destination search method that searches for a route from a departure point to a destination and provides guidance in accordance with the route that is found, comprising the steps of:

associating with a street name a parcel in which map data is associated with an area that is bounded by specified coordinates and, when the street name is input, extracting the parcel in which the street name is located;

extracting a city area name and a node name in the extracted parcel, extracting a secondary street name that is associated with the node name, and displaying the city area name and the secondary street such that the city area name or the secondary street name can be selected;

extracting, when the secondary street name is selected, a city area name in the parcel in which the selected secondary street name is located, displaying the city area name such that the city area name can be selected, extracting a local area name in the parcel in which the selected city area name is located, and displaying the local area name such that the local area name can be selected; and

extracting, when the city area name is selected, a local area name in the parcel in which the selected city area name is located, and displaying the local area name such that the local area name can be selected, and specifying a house number within the parcel in which the selected local area name is located.