PORTABLE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, POSITION INFORMATION SHARING SYSTEM, ON-BOARD APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM

• US 20180227704A1
• Filed: 06/08/2016
• Published: 08/09/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Original Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Inventors: ITOH, Masatoshi, UKAI, Hiroki
• Application Number:
  US15/580,777
• Publication Number:
  US 20180227704A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/362 received from an external device or application, e.g. PDA, mobile phone or calendar application
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3655 Timing of guidance instructions
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3673 Labelling using text of road map data items, e.g. road names, POI names
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3682 output of POI information on a road map G01C21/3614, G01C21/3685 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/005 including pedestrian guidance indicator
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096827 where the route is computed onboard
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096844 where the complete route is dynamically recomputed based on new data
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096883 where input information is obtained using a mobile device, e.g. a mobile phone, a PDA
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0969 having a display in the form of a map
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/20 Monitoring the location of vehicles belonging to a group, e.g. fleet of vehicles, countable or determined number of vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/10 Map spot or coordinate position indicators; Map reading aids optical projection apparatus per se G03B
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/00 Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers subscriber services or facilities provided at exchanges H04M3/00; prepayment telephone coin boxes H04M17/00; current supply arrangements H04M19/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals

Abstract

A portable communication terminal includes: in a portable body, a communication device that communicates with an external portion and a display device that displays information. The portable communication terminal includes: a host device position detector; a position information acquirer acquiring member position information, which is position information of a portable communication terminal owned by another member configuring a group with the owner; and a display controller that performs a shared-position-information display process in which the position of each of the portable communication terminals owned by group members is displayed together with a map, on a screen of the display device, based on the host device position information and the member position information. During the shared-position-information display process, the display controller specifies the portable communication terminal to be displayed, and adjusts a display of the map to a reduced scale, at which all positions of the portable communication terminals are displayed.

Claims

1. A portable communication terminal comprising, in a body portable by an owner:

a communication device that communicates with an external portion;

a display device that displays information;

a host device position detector that detects a position of a host device;

a position information acquirer that acquires member position information, which is position information of a portable communication terminal owned by another member configuring a group with the owner, via the communication device; and

a display controller that performs a shared-position-information display process in which the position of each of the portable communication terminals owned by group members is displayed together with a map, on a screen of the display device, based on host device position information detected by the host device position detector and the member position information acquired by the position information acquirer; and

a separate distance calculator that calculates a separate distance between the host device and the portable communication terminal of another member, from the host device position and the member position information,

wherein;

at a time of performing the shared-position-information display process, the display controller specifies the portable communication terminal to be displayed, and adjusts a display of the map to a predetermined reduced scale, at which all positions of the portable communication terminals, which are specified, are displayed; and

when the portable communication terminals of a plurality of members to be displayed other than the host device are present, and when the separate distance between the host device and a portable communication terminal of a third member is larger than a predetermined value with respect to the separate distance between the host device and a portable communication terminal of a second member closest to the host device, the display controller excludes a position of the portable communication terminal of the third member from a display target, or displays the position of the portable communication termination of the third member by a word balloon or by a list as another mode.

2. The portable communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein:

at the time of performing the shared-position-information display process, the display controller adjusts a map reduced scale such that the map includes all the positions of the portable communication terminals to be displayed and also the map reduced scale is as large as possible.

4. The portable communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein:

a destination at which the group members are to meet is configured to be set; and

at the time of performing the shared-position-information display process, the display controller displays the position of each of the portable communication terminals of the group members together with the map, with the destination or the host device position at a center.

5. The portable communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein:

a destination at which the group members are to meet is configured to be set; and

at the time of performing the shared-position-information display process, the display controller adjusts the map reduced scale such that the map includes the destination and the host device position.

7. The portable communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein:

a destination at which the group members are to meet is configured to be set;

the portable communication terminal further comprises

a speed estimator that estimates a moving speed of each of the portable communication terminals of the group members, and

a time calculator that calculates an arrival time at the destination, based on the moving speed of each of the portable communication terminals of the group members; and

at the time of performing the shared-position-information display process, the display controller excludes from a display target a portable communication terminal whose arrival time at the destination is determined to exceed a predetermined time, or displays the portable communication terminal whose arrival time at the destination is determined to exceed the predetermined time by a word balloon or by a list as another mode.

8. The portable communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein:

at the time of performing the shared-position-information display process, the display controller acquires a latest member position information and updates the display in a predetermined time interval, and adjusts the display of the map to a predetermined reduced scale, at which all the positions of the respective portable communication terminals to be displayed are displayed.

9. The portable communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein:

at the time of performing the shared-position-information display process, the display controller acquires a latest member position information and updates the display in a predetermined time interval, and when a predetermined member stops being displayed on the displayed map during update, the display controller excludes the position of the portable communication terminal of the predetermined member from a display target, or displays the portable communication terminal of the predetermined member by a word balloon or by a list as another mode.

10. The portable communication terminal according to claim 1, further comprising:

a connector that connects another device to the body,

wherein;

the portable communication terminal is capable of cooperating with the connected another device connected by the connector.

3. (canceled)

6. A portable communication terminal comprising, in a body portable by an owner:

a communication device that communicates with an external portion;

a display device that displays information;

a host device position detector that detects a position of a host device;

a position information acquirer that acquires member position information, which is position information of a portable communication terminal owned by another member configuring a group with the owner, via the communication device;

a display controller that performs a shared-position-information display process in which the position of each of the portable communication terminals owned by group members is displayed together with a map, on a screen of the display device, based on host device position information detected by the host device position detector and the member position information acquired by the position information acquirer;

a destination setting part that is configured to set a destination at which the group members are to meet; and

a remaining distance calculator that calculates a remaining distance from the position of each of the portable communication terminals of the group members to the destination,

wherein;

at a time of performing the shared-position-information display process, the display controller specifies the portable communication terminal to be displayed, and adjusts a display of the map to a predetermined reduced scale, at which all positions of the portable communication terminals, which are specified, are displayed; and

when the portable communication terminals of the plurality of members to be displayed other than the host device are present, and when the remaining distance from the portable communication terminal of a third member to the destination is larger than a predetermined value with respect to the remaining distance of the portable communication terminal of a second member to the destination, the second member being closest to the destination, the display controller excludes the position of the portable communication terminal of the third member from a display target, or displays the position of the portable communication terminal of the third member by a word balloon or by a list as another mode.

11. A position-information sharing system comprising:

a portable communication terminal that is owned by each member configuring a group;

a position information management server that is capable of communicating with each of the portable communication terminals; and

an on-board apparatus that is provided in a vehicle which each of the members is in and connectable with each of the portable communication terminals,

wherein;

the portable communication terminal includes, in a body portable by an owner,

a communication device that communicates with an external portion,

a display device that displays information,

a connector that connects with the on-board apparatus,

a host device position detector that detects a position of a host device,

a transmitter that transmits host device position information detected by the host device position detector to the position information management server via the communication device,

a position information acquirer that acquires member position information, which is position information of a portable communication terminal owned by another member configuring the group, from the position information management server via the communication device,

a display controller that performs a shared-position-information display process in which the position of each of the portable communication terminals of the group members is displayed, together with a map, on a screen of the display device, based on the host device position information detected by the host device position detector and the member position information acquired by the position information acquirer, and

a transfer part that transfers the member position information, which is acquired, to the on-board apparatus;

the position information management server includes

a receiver that receives member position information, which is position information of each of the portable communication terminals of the members configuring the group, from each of the portable communication terminals of each of the members, and

a transmitter that transmits the member position information to each of the portable communication terminals configuring the group;

the on-board apparatus includes

an on-board display device provided in a cabin and capable of displaying a host-vehicle position on the map,

a connector connected with the portable communication terminal, and,

an on-board display controller that performs the shared-position-information display process in which the position of each of the portable communication terminals of the group members is displayed together with the map, on a screen of the on-board display device, based on host device position information and the member position information transferred from the portable communication terminal, and

a separate distance calculator that calculates a separate distance between the host device and the portable communication terminal of another member, from the host device position and the member position information;

at a time of performing the shared-position-information display process, the on-board display controller specifies each of the portable communication terminals to be displayed, and adjusts a display of the map to a predetermined reduced scale, at which all the positions of the specified portable communication terminals are displayed; and

in the shared-position-information display process, when the portable communication terminals of a plurality of members to be displayed other than the host device are present, and when the separate distance between the host device and a portable communication terminal of a third member is larger than a predetermined value with respect to the separate distance between the host device and a portable communication terminal of a second member closest to the host device, the display controller excludes a position of the portable communication terminal of the third member from a display target, or displays the position of the portable communication termination of the third member by a word balloon or by a list as another mode.

12. The position-information sharing system according to claim 11, wherein:

in the portable communication terminal, at the time of performing the shared-position-information display process, the display controller is capable of adjusting a map reduced scale on the screen of the display device independently from the screen of the on-board display device.

13. An on-board apparatus that is mounted in a vehicle which each of members is in and configures the position-information sharing system according to claim 11, the on-board apparatus comprising:

an on-board display device that is provided in a cabin and capable of displaying a host-vehicle position on a map; and

a connector that is connected with the portable communication terminal; and

an on-board display controller that performs the shared-position-information display process in which a position of each of the portable communication terminals of the group members is displayed together with the map, on the screen of the on-board display device, based on host device position and the member position information transmitted from each of the portable communication terminals; and

a separate distance calculator that calculates a separate distance between the host device and the portable communication terminal of another member, from the host device position and the member position information,

wherein;

at a time of performing the shared-position-information display process, the on-board display controller specifies each of the portable communication terminals to be displayed, and adjusts a display of the map to a predetermined reduced scale, at which all the positions of the portable communication terminals, which are specified, are displayed; and

when the portable communication terminals of a plurality of members to be displayed other than the host device are present, and when the separate distance between the host device and a portable communication terminal of a third member is larger than a predetermined value with respect to the separate distance between the host device and a portable communication terminal of a second member closest to the host device, the display controller excludes a position of the portable communication terminal of the third member from a display target, or displays the position of the portable communication termination of the third member by a word balloon or by a list as another mode.

14. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a shared-position-information display process, the computer being incorporated into a portable communication terminal which includes, in a body portable by an owner, a communication device that communicates with an external portion and a display device that displays information, the program causing the computer to:

detect a position of a host device;

acquire member position information, which is position information of each of portable communication terminals owned by another member configuring a group with the owner, via the communication device;

calculate a separate distance between the host device and the portable communication terminal of another member, from the host device position and the member position information; and

perform a shared-position-information display process in which the position of each of the portable communication terminals owned by the group members is displayed together with a map, on a screen of the display device, based on a detected host device position information and the acquired member position information, specify each of portable communication terminals to be displayed at a time of performing the shared-position-information display process, and adjust a display of the map to a predetermined reduced scale, at which all the positions of the portable communication terminals, which are specified, are displayed, at the time of performing the shared-position-information display process,

wherein;

in the shared-position-information display process, when the portable communication terminals of a plurality of members to be displayed other than the host device are present, and when the separate distance between the host device and a portable communication terminal of a third member is larger than a predetermined value with respect to the separate distance between the host device and a portable communication terminal of a second member closest to the host device, the display controller excludes a position of the portable communication terminal of the third member from a display target, or displays the position of the portable communication termination of the third member in another mode.

15. (canceled)

16. A position-information sharing system comprising:

a portable communication terminal that is owned by each member configuring a group;

a position information management server that is capable of communicating with each of the portable communication terminals; and

an on-board apparatus that is provided in a vehicle which each of the members is in and connectable with each of the portable communication terminals,

wherein;

the portable communication terminal includes, in a body portable by an owner,

a communication device that communicates with an external portion,

a display device that displays information,

a connector that connects with the on-board apparatus,

a destination setting part that is configured to set a destination at which the group members are to meet,

a host device position detector that detects a position of a host device,

a transmitter that transmits host device position information detected by the host device position detector to the position information management server via the communication device,

a position information acquirer that acquires member position information, which is position information of a portable communication terminal owned by another member configuring the group, from the position information management server via the communication device,

a display controller that performs a shared-position-information display process in which the position of each of the portable communication terminals of the group members is displayed, together with a map, on a screen of the display device, based on the host device position information detected by the host device position detector and the member position information acquired by the position information acquirer, and

a transfer part that transfers the member position information, which is acquired, to the on-board apparatus;

the position information management server includes

a receiver that receives member position information, which is position information of each of the portable communication terminals of the members configuring the group, from each of the portable communication terminals of each of the members, and

a transmitter that transmits the member position information to each of the portable communication terminals configuring the group;

the on-board apparatus includes

an on-board display device provided in a cabin and capable of displaying a host-vehicle position on the map,

a connector connected with the portable communication terminal,

an on-board display controller that performs the shared-position-information display process in which the position of each of the portable communication terminals of the group members is displayed together with the map, on a screen of the on-board display device, based on the destination, host device position, and the member position information transferred from the portable communication terminal, and

a remaining distance calculator that calculates a remaining distance from the position of each of the portable communication terminals of the group members to the destination;

at a time of performing the shared-position-information display process, the on-board display controller specifies each of the portable communication terminals to be displayed, and adjusts a display of the map to a predetermined reduced scale, at which all the positions of the specified portable communication terminals are displayed; and

when the portable communication terminals of the plurality of members to be displayed other than the host device are present, and when the remaining distance from the portable communication terminal of a third member to the destination is larger than a predetermined value with respect to the remaining distance of the portable communication terminal of a second member to the destination, the second member being closest to the destination, the display controller excludes the position of the portable communication terminal of the third member from a display target, or displays the position of the portable communication terminal of the third member by a word balloon or by a list as another mode.

17. An on-board apparatus that is mounted in a vehicle which each of members is in and configures the position-information sharing system according to claim 16, the on-board apparatus comprising:

an on-board display device that is provided in a cabin and capable of displaying a host-vehicle position on a map; and

a connector that is connected with the portable communication terminal;

an on-board display controller that performs the shared-position-information display process in which a position of each of the portable communication terminals of the group members is displayed together with the map, on the screen of the on-board display device, based on the destination, host device position, and the member position information transmitted from each of the portable communication terminals; and

a remaining distance calculator that calculates a remaining distance from the position of each of the portable communication terminals of the group members to the destination,

wherein;

at a time of performing the shared-position-information display process, the on-board display controller specifies each of the portable communication terminals to be displayed, and adjusts a display of the map to a predetermined reduced scale, at which all the positions of the portable communication terminals, which are specified, are displayed; and

when the portable communication terminals of the plurality of members to be displayed other than the host device are present, and when the remaining distance from the portable communication terminal of a third member to the destination is larger than a predetermined value with respect to the remaining distance of the portable communication terminal of a second member to the destination, the second member being closest to the destination, the display controller excludes the position of the portable communication terminal of the third member from a display target, or displays the position of the portable communication terminal of the third member by a word balloon or by a list as another mode.

18. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium that stores a program causing a computer to execute a shared-position-information display process, the computer being incorporated into a portable communication terminal which includes, in a body portable by an owner, a communication device that communicates with an external portion and a display device that displays information, the program causing the computer to:

detect a position of a host device;

acquire member position information, which is position information of each of portable communication terminals owned by another member configuring a group with the owner, via the communication device;

set a destination at which the group members are to meet;

calculates a remaining distance from the position of each of the portable communication terminals of the group members to the destination; and

perform a shared-position-information display process in which the position of each of the portable communication terminals owned by the group members is displayed together with a map, on a screen of the display device, based on a detected host device position information and the acquired member position information, specify each of portable communication terminals to be displayed at a time of performing the shared-position-information display process, and adjust a display of the map to a predetermined reduced scale, at which all the positions of the portable communication terminals, which are specified, are displayed, at the time of performing the shared-position-information display process,

wherein;

when the portable communication terminals of the plurality of members to be displayed other than the host device are present, and when the remaining distance from the portable communication terminal of a third member to the destination is larger than a predetermined value with respect to the remaining distance of the portable communication terminal of a second member to the destination, the second member being closest to the destination, the display controller excludes the position of the portable communication terminal of the third member from a display target, or displays the position of the portable communication terminal of the third member by a word balloon or by a list as another mode.