Terminal apparatus for downloading map

• US 7,139,663 B2
• Filed: 03/11/2005
• Issued: 11/21/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd. (Faurecia SA)
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd., Xanavi Informatics Corporation (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Inventors: Endo, Yoshinori, Matsuo, Shigeru, Machii, Kimiyoshi, Okude, Mariko, Tanaka, Katsuaki, Morioka, Michio
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Tan Q.
• Application Number:
  US11/076,998
• Publication Number:
  US 20050159887A1
• Time in Patent Office: 620 Days
• Field of Search: 701/208, 701/201, 701/209, 701/211, 701/2, 701/210, 340/995.12, 340/995.19, 340/995.23, 709/201, 709/217, 709/219, 709/232, 714/18, 714/16, 714/15, 714/748, 714/749, 717/172, 717/173, 717/177, 717/178
• US Class Current: 701/208
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/34 Route searching; Route guidance
• 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 21/3896 Transmission of map data from central databases

Abstract

A terminal apparatus has a simple map installed therein. When a map is desired, it is checked whether or not a map of a desired place exists in the simple map. If it exists, the map of the desired place is loaded from the simple map, or if it does not exist, the map of the desired place is downloaded from a navigation server.

Claims

1. A navigation apparatus comprising:

an input device for inputting a destination or a place on route as a retrieve condition;

a transmitting and receiving device for transmitting the input retrieve condition to an external center and for receiving from the external center road data which corresponds to the retrieve condition, said road data including groups of data each group having road data of the same type of roads and said type of roads for each group being different from the other types of roads of the other groups, said groups being separated by delimiters and being seguentially transmitted in accordance with a transmitting priority order of road data, which is given beforehand, indicating priority of display of the different types of roads; and

a display controller for displaying a map up to road data of the type of roads of a group of which reception has been completed when road data reception is interrupted by radio disturbance.

2. A terminal apparatus for a mobile body comprising:

an input device for inputting retrieving condition of a destination or a place on route;

a transmitting and receiving device for transmitting the input retrieve condition to a center and for receiving from the center road data which corresponds to the retrieving condition, said road data including groups of data each group having road data of the same type of roads and said type of roads for each group being different from the other types of roads of the other groups, said groups being separated by delimiters, being retrieved by the center based on the input retrieve condition, and being seguentially transmitted; and

a map display for displaying a map up to road data of the type of roads of a group of which reception have been completed when road data reception is interrupted.

3. A terminal apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein when the road data reception is interrupted, said transmitting and receiving device demands to re-transmit map data of the types of roads of the groups subsequent to the map data of the types of roads of group of which reception has not been completed, and said map display displays the re-transmitted data by adding to the map which has been displayed.

4. A navigation apparatus comprising:

a place input device for inputting coordinate information of an object place;

a locator for obtaining coordinate information of a present place; and

a display for displaying map data from a server;

communication means for demanding retrieving of a recommended route to a server based on the obtained object place and the obtained present place, and for receiving from the server map data which corresponds to the retrieve demand, said map data including groups of data each group having road data of the same type of roads and said type of roads for each group being different from the other types of roads of the other groups, said groups being separated by delimiters, being seguentially transmitted, and including a guidance path and guidance path information retrieved by the server,

wherein map data of types of roads of a group up to map data of which reception having been completed, are displayed on the display and subsequently received map data of types of roads of a group are displayed by sending the subsequently received map data to the display.