Traffic information display device, traffic information display method, and on-vehicle electronic apparatus

• US 7,417,562 B2
• Filed: 03/27/2006
• Issued: 08/26/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Sera, Manabu
• Primary Examiner(s): Swarthout; Brent
• Application Number:
  US11/389,154
• Publication Number:
  US 20060220924A1
• Time in Patent Office: 883 Days
• Field of Search: 340/995.12, 340/905, 340/995.13, 340/995.24, 340/995.27, 701/207, 701/208, 701/211, 701/213
• US Class Current: 340/995.13
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096716 where the received information does not generate an automatic action on the vehicle control
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/09675 where a selection from the received information takes place in the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096775 where the origin of the information is a central station

Abstract

Along with displaying on a map a sign which indicates the type of a traffic event at the side of the traffic lane upon which the traffic event has occurred, the sign and the position of the traffic event are displayed upon the map in a state of being connected together by a line or by a drawing.

Claims

1. A traffic information display device comprising:

a monitor that displays on a map a sign which indicates a type of a traffic event at the side of a traffic lane of a road upon which the traffic event is occurring, the sign being connected to the position of the traffic event on the map through a connector displayed on the map,

wherein the monitor displays the sign, a zone along the road upon which the traffic event is occurring, and the connector which connects the sign and the zone along the road in a display color, and the remaining zone along the road in a display color different from the display color for the sign, the road zone upon which the traffic event is occurring, and the connector.

2. The traffic information display device according to claim 1, wherein:

the connector is a line.

3. The traffic information display device according to claim 1, wherein:

the connector is an icon.

4. The traffic information display device according to claim 3, wherein:

the icon indicates the traveling direction of a vehicle.

6. An on-vehicle electronic apparatus comprising:

a receiver that receives traffic information, and the traffic information display device according to claim 1.

8. An on-vehicle electronic apparatus comprising:

a receiver that receives traffic information, and

the traffic information display device according to claim 2.

9. An on-vehicle electronic apparatus comprising:

a receiver that receives traffic information, and

the traffic information display device according to claim 3.

10. An on-vehicle electronic apparatus comprising:

a receiver that receives traffic information, and

the traffic information display device according to claim 4.

5. A traffic information display method, comprising:

a display means for displaying on a map a sign which indicates a type of a traffic event at the side of a traffic lane of a road upon which the traffic event is occurring, the sign being connected to the position of the traffic event on the map through a connector displayed on the map,

wherein the display means displays the sign, a zone along the road upon which the traffic event is occurring, and the connector which connects the sing and the zone along the road in a display color, and the remaining zone alone the road in a display color different from the display color for the sign, the road zone upon which the traffic event is occurring, and the connector.

11. An on-vehicle electronic apparatus comprising:

a receiver that receives traffic information, and

the traffic information display device according to claim 5.

7. A traffic information display device comprising:

displaying on a map a sign which indicates a type of a traffic event at the side of a traffic lane of a road upon which the traffic event is occurring, the sign being connected to the position of the traffic event on the map through a connector displayed on the map,

wherein a monitor displays the sign, a zone along the road upon which the traffic event is occurring, and the connector which connects the sign and the zone along the road in a display color, and displays the remaining zone along the road in a display color different from the display color for the sign, the road zone upon which the traffic event is occurring, and the connector.

12. A traffic information display device comprising:

a monitor that displays on a map a sign which indicates a type of a traffic event on a road upon which the traffic event is occurring, the sign being connected to the position of the traffic event on the map through a graphic symbol displayed on the map, wherein

the road displayed on the map includes a first zone in which the traffic event is occurring and a second zone in which the traffic event is not occurring,

the monitor displays on the map the first zone of the road in a first display color and the second zone of the road in a second display color, the first display color being different from the second display color, and

the monitor displays the sign and the graphic symbol in the same display color as the display color of the first zone of the road.

13. The traffic information display device according to claim 12, wherein:

the monitor displays the sign at the side of a traffic lane upon which the traffic event is occurring.

14. An on-vehicle electronic apparatus comprising:

a receiver that receives traffic information, and the traffic information display device according to claim 12.