DISPLAY INFORMATION GENERATING APPARATUS, DISPLAY INFORMATION GENERATING METHOD, A PROGRAM FOR DISPLAY INFORMATION GENERATING, AND INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM

• US 20150293354A1
• Filed: 03/13/2012
• Published: 10/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
• Original Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
• Inventors: OISHI, Tomoya, SAKAMOTO, Tsuyoshi, ARAKAWA, Katsunori, HASEBE, Seiichi, SATOU, Shota, MATSUMOTO, Ryuichiro, MIYASAKA, Mineki, OOSUGI, Jun
• Granted Patent: US 9,500,862 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/186 Displaying information according to relevancy
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/29 Instruments characterised by the way in which information is handled, e.g. showing information on plural displays or prioritising information according to driving conditions
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/146 Display means
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2554/00 Input parameters relating to objects
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/14 Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3635 Guidance using 3D or perspective road maps
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3679 Retrieval, searching and output of POI information, e.g. hotels, restaurants, shops, filling stations, parking facilities G01C21/3611 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3682 output of POI information on a road map G01C21/3614, G01C21/3685 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/014 comprising information/image processing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0141 characterised by the informative content of the display
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0198 System for aligning or maintaining alignment of an image in a predetermined direction
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/01 Head-up displays
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/095 Traffic lights

Abstract

Provided is a display information generation apparatus that displays information in a manner so that it becomes possible to immediately and intuitively recognize the information, which is for guiding a mobile body. A navigation apparatus provided with a display that moves together with a vehicle is provided with a display data generation unit that acquires position information indicating the position of the vehicle, acquires, on the basis of the acquired position information, distance information indicating the distance from the position of the vehicle of facilities positioned along the road along which the vehicle is moving, and, on the basis of the acquired position information and distance information, displays an icon indicating the facilities at both sides of the road at the display arranged in order of the order of appearance accompanying the motion of the vehicle.

Claims

1. A display information generating apparatus that generates display information to be shown in a display means, the display means moving together with a movable body, the display information generating apparatus comprising:

a position information acquiring means that acquires position information indicating a position of the movable body;

a distance information acquiring means that acquires distance information indicating distances between the position of the movable body and respective terrestrial objects, on the basis of the acquired position information, the terrestrial objects being positioned along a moving path on which the movable body will move; and

a generating means that generates the display information on the basis of the acquired position information and distance information, the display information being used for showing terrestrial object indices in the display means together with a path mark indicating the moving path, the terrestrial object indices indicating the terrestrial objects on both sides of the moving path, the terrestrial object indices being arranged in order in which they appear along with the movement of the movable body,

wherein the generating means generates the display information being used for showing the path mark in the display means in such a way that it expresses the moving path extending the depth direction of the display means.

2. The display information generating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the generating means generates the display information on the basis of the acquired distance information, the display information being used for showing, when a plurality of the terrestrial objects present at a same-distance-position respectively, the same-distance-position being the positions each of which the distance from the movable body is considered to be same, the terrestrial object indices and relation indices in the display means, the terrestrial object indices indicating the plurality of the terrestrial objects being able to be discriminated from one another, the relation indices indicating the relation of the plurality of the terrestrial objects positioning on the same-distance-position for the same-distance-position.

3. The display information generating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the generating means generates the display information, the display information being used for showing, in the case where at least a part of each of the terrestrial object indices overlap one another in the display means, in such a way that the display position of the terrestrial object indices, each of which the visibility being reduced by the overlap, are changed between the overlapping first position in the display means and the overlapping second position in the display means deferent from the overlapping first position.

4. The display information generating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the generating means generates the display information being used for showing, in the case where at least a part of each of the terrestrial object indices overlap one another in the display means, in such a way that the terrestrial object indices, each of which the visibility being reduced by the overlap, are shown in an enlarged fashion in the display means.

5. The display information generating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the generating means generates the display information being used for showing, in the case where at least a part of each of the terrestrial object indices overlap one another in the display means, an associated index indicating the presence of each of the terrestrial objects, each of which is indicated by the terrestrial object index of which the visibility being reduced by the overlap.

6. The display information generating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the generating means generates the display information path being used for showing a plurality of common-attribute terrestrial object indices in such a way that the common-attribute terrestrial object indices each indicating the common-attribute terrestrial object out of the common-attribute terrestrial object positioned closest to the position of the movable body in the moving of the movable body make lower in visibility than the common-attribute terrestrial object index indicating the common-attribute terrestrial object positioned closest to the position of the movable body indicated by the acquired position information, a plurality of the common-attribute terrestrial objects having the same attribute each other.

7. The display information generating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein,

the generating means generates the display information being used for showing, when the terrestrial object index displayed in the display means is selected, a selection index indicating to be above selected on a display position according to the display position of the selected terrestrial object index, and wherein

the generating means generates the display information in such a way that, when the terrestrial object index out of the terrestrial object index indicating the terrestrial object positioned closest to the position of the movable body indicated by the acquired position information among the displayed terrestrial object indices is selected, the position index indicating the position of the movable body is hidden in the display means.

8. The display information generating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein,

the generating means generates the display information being used for showing, when the terrestrial object index displayed in the display means is selected, a selection index indicating to be above selected on a display position according to the display position of the selected terrestrial object index, and wherein

the generating means generates the display information in such a way that, when the terrestrial object index out of the terrestrial object index indicating the terrestrial object positioned closest to the position of the movable body indicated by the acquired position information among the displayed terrestrial object indices is selected, the selected terrestrial object index is displayed on the display position of the display means corresponding to the position closest to the position of the movable body.

9. The display information generating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein,

the generating means generates the display information being used for showing, when the terrestrial object index displayed in the display means is selected, a selection index indicating to be above selected on a display position according to the display position of the selected terrestrial object index, and wherein

the generating means generates the display information in such a way that the terrestrial object indices each indicating the other terrestrial objects make lower in visibility than the selected terrestrial object index, the other terrestrial objects being positioned at positions at least preset distance or preset moving time away from the position of the terrestrial object indicated by the selected terrestrial object index.

10. The display information generating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein,

the generating means generates the display information being used for showing, when the terrestrial object index displayed in the display means is selected, a selection index indicating to be above selected on a display position according to the display position of the selected terrestrial object index, and wherein,

in the case where a plurality of the terrestrial object indices respectively indicating a plurality of the terrestrial objects are sequentially selected, the generating means generates the display information being used for switching the selection each of the terrestrial object indices each indicating each of the terrestrial objects in order according to an actually necessary moving distance over which the movable body moves to each of the terrestrial objects.

11. The display information generating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein,

when a branching point is provided on the moving path, the generating means generates (i) the display information being used for showing a branch index indicating the branching point on a position of the display means corresponding to the position of the branching point, and generates (ii) display information being used for showing a presence or absence index at least indicating presence or absence of the terrestrial objects behind the branching point on the display position according to the display position of the branch index, and wherein,

in the case where a larger quantity of terrestrial objects appear if the movable body moves belong a branch moving path positioned within a predetermined distance from the branching point, the generating means generates the display information being used for showing the branch index on the display, the branch index indicating the branch moving path on which a large quantity of terrestrial objects are present, being made greater in visibility than the terrestrial object indices and other branch indices.

12. The display information generating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein,

when a branching point is provided on the moving path, the generating means generates (i) the display information being used for showing a branch index indicating the branching point on a position of the display means corresponding to the position of the branching point, and generates (ii) display information being used for showing a presence or absence index at least indicating presence or absence of the terrestrial objects behind the branching point on the display position according to the display position of the branch index, and wherein,

in the case where no terrestrial objects are present within a predetermined distance along the moving path positioned farther away from the branching point than the position of the movable body indicated by the acquired position information, the generating means generates the display information being used for showing, on the display, the branch index indicating the branching point being made greater in visibility than the terrestrial object indices and other branch indices.

13. The display information generating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein,

when a branching point is provided on the moving path, the generating means generates (i) the display information being used for showing a branch index indicating the branching point on a position of the display means corresponding to the position of the branching point, and generates (ii) display information being used for showing a presence or absence index at least indicating presence or absence of the terrestrial objects behind the branching point on the display position according to the display position of the branch index, and wherein,

in the case where the movable body can arrive at a terrestrial object earlier if moving to a branch moving path than moving to the moving path on which the movable body moving, the generating means generates the display information being used for showing, on the display, the branch index corresponding to the branch moving path through which the movable body can arrive at the terrestrial object earlier being made greater in visibility than the terrestrial object indices and other branch indices.

15. A non-transitory information recording medium storing the display information generating program, the display information generating program causing a computer included in the display information generating apparatus according to claim 1 to function as:

the position information acquiring means;

the distance information acquiring means;

the generating means.

14. A display information generating method performed by a display information generating apparatus, the display information generating apparatus generating display information to be shown in a display means, the display means moving together with a movable body, the display information generating method comprising:

a position information acquiring step of acquiring position information indicating a position of the movable body;

a distance information acquiring step of acquiring distance information indicating distances between the position of the movable body and respective terrestrial objects, on the basis of the acquired position information, the terrestrial objects being positioned along a moving path on which the movable body will move; and

a generating step of generating the display information on the basis of the acquired position information and distance information, the display information being used for showing terrestrial object indices in the display means together with a path mark indicating the moving path, the terrestrial object indices indicating the terrestrial objects on both sides of the moving path, the terrestrial object indices being arranged in order in which they appear along with the movement of the movable body,

wherein in the generating step, the display information is generated for being used for showing the path mark in the display means in such a way that it expresses the moving path extending the depth direction of the display means.