Multi-view vehicular navigation apparatus with communication device

• US 7,434,178 B2
• Filed: 05/15/2003
• Issued: 10/07/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Ten Limited (DENSO Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Ten Limited (DENSO Corporation)
• Inventors: Sakata, Katsumi
• Primary Examiner(s): Vu; Kieu D
• Application Number:
  US10/438,059
• Publication Number:
  US 20030216861A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,972 Days
• Field of Search: 715/864, 715/863, 715/727, 345/173
• US Class Current: 715/863
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/36 Input/output arrangements for on-board computers

Abstract

A communication device for communicating with an external is connectable to a navigation apparatus. The navigation apparatus includes a display portion, an input portion for inputting memo information, an outgoing/incoming call determination portion, and a display control portion for controlling the display portion. The outgoing/incoming call determination portion determines whether or not the communication portion conducts an outgoing call and determining whether the communication portion receives an incoming call. When the outgoing/incoming call determination portion concludes that the communication portion conducts the outgoing call or that the communication portion receives the incoming call, the display control portion splits the display portion into a memo screen on which content of the memo information is displayed and a navigation screen.

Claims

1. A navigation apparatus adapted to be mounted on a vehicle, to which a communication device for communicating with an external is connectable, the navigation apparatus comprising:

a display portion operable to display information;

an input portion for inputting memo information;

an outgoing/incoming call determination portion operable to determine whether the communication device conducts an outgoing call and determining whether the communication device receives an incomming call;

a display control portion operable to control the display portion,

wherein when the outgoing/incoming call determination portion determines that the communication device conducts the outgoing call or that the communication device receives the incoming call, the display control portion divides the display portion into a memo screen on which content of the memo information is displayed and a navigation screen on which navigation information is displayed;

a character recognition portion operable to recognize the memo information drawn on the memo screen as character data;

a character-extraction keyword registration portion for registering a plurality of character extraction keywords utilized for extracting a predetermined character data from the character data recognized by the character recognition portion;

a character data extraction portion operable to extract a predetermined character data from the character data based on at least one of the plurality of character extraction keywords; and

a character data registration portion operable to register the extracted character data by the character data extraction portion in a predetermined data base, wherein the character data extraction portion comprises;

an update information determination portion operable to determine whether update information relating to the predetermined data base is contained in the predetermined character data extracted by the character data extraction portion; and

an update information registration portion operable to register the update information in the predetermined data base when the update information determination portion determines that the update information is contained,

wherein the input portion includes a touch panel for drawing the memo information on the memo screen in accordance with a touch operation.

2. The navigation apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a memo input processing portion for conducting a predetermined process based on a predetermined input signal from the input portion.

3. The navigation apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the predetermined process includes a process for starting to take notes on the memo screen and a process for terminating to take notes on the memo screen.

4. The navigation apparatus according to claim 1,

the navigation apparatus further comprising:

a memo information storage portion; and

a first storage control portion for storing the character data recognized by the character recognition portion into the memo information storage portion.

5. The navigation apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the display control portion displays the character data recognized by the character recognition portion on the memo screen.

6. The navigation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the input portion includes a voice acquiring portion for acquiring voice as voice data,

the navigation apparatus further comprising:

a voice recognition portion to recogniz as character data the voice data acquired by the voice acquiring portion and voice data received by the communication device;

a memo information storage portion; and

a second storage control portion operable to store the character data recognized by the voice recognition portion into the memo information storage section.

7. The navigation apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the display control portion display the character data recognized by the voice recognition portion on the memo screen.

8. The navigation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the character-extraction keyword registration portion registers the character extraction keyword for each other person in communication individually.

9. The navigation apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a character data correction portion operable to correct the character data registered in the predetermined data base by the character data registration portion, desirably.

10. A navigation apparatus adapted to be mounted on a vehicle, to which a communication device for communicating with an external is connectable, the navigation apparatus comprising:

a display portion operable to display information;

an input portion operable to input memo information;

an outgoing/incoming call determination portion operable to determine whether the communication device conducts an outgoing call and determining whether the communication device receives an incoming call;

a display control portion operable to control the display portion,

wherein when the outgoing/incoming call determination portion determines that the communication device conducts the outgoing call or that the communication device receives the incoming call, the display control portion divides the display portion into a memo screen on which content of the memo information is displayed and a navigation screen on which navigation information is displayed;

a voice recognition portion operable to recognize as character data the voice data acquired by the voice acquiring portion and voice data received by the communication device;

a memo information storage portion;

a second storage control portion operable to store the character data recognized by the voice recognition portion into the memo information storage section;

a memo input processing portion operable to conduct one of a plurality of predetermined processes based on a predetermined input signal from the input portion; and

an operation keyword registration portion operable to register a plurality of operation keywords,

wherein when the voice data acquired by the voice acquiring portion coincides with at least one of the plurality of operation keywords, the memo input processing portion conducts the corresponding predetermined process, wherein the predetermined process comprises initiating display of the memo information on the display portion or terminating display of the memo information on the display portion.

11. The navigation apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the operation keyword registration portion registers the operation keyword for each other person in communication individually.

15. The navigation apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the display control portion displays the character data recognized by the voice recognition portion on the memo screen.

12. A navigation apparatus adapted to be mounted on a vehicle, to which a communication device for communicating with an external is connectable, the navigation apparatus comprising:

a display portion operable to display information;

an input portion operable to input memo information, wherein the input portion includes a voice acquiring portion operable to acquire voice as voice data;

an outgoing/incoming call determination portion operable to determine whether the communication device conducts an outgoing call and determining whether the communication device receives an incoming call;

a voice recognition portion operable to recognize as character data the voice data acquired by the voice acquiring portion and voice data received by the communication device;

a memo information storage portion;

a second storage control portion operable to store the character data recognized by the voice recognition portion into the memo information storage section;

a display control portion operable to control the display portion,

wherein when the outgoing/incoming call determination portion determines that the communication device conducts the outgoing call or that the communication device receives the incoming call, the display control portion divides the display portion into a memo screen on which content of the memo information is displayed and a navigation screen on which navigation information is displayed;

a character-extraction keyword registration portion operable to register a character extraction keyword utilized for extracting a predetermined character data from the character data recognized by the voice recognition portion;

a character data extraction portion operable to extract a predetermined character data from the character data based on the character extraction keyword; and

a character data registration portion operable to register the extracted character data by the character data extraction portion in a predetermined data base, wherein the character data registration portion comprises;

an update information determination portion operable to determine whether update information relating to the predetermined data base is contained in the predetermined character data extracted by the character data extraction portion; and

an update information registration portion operable to register the update information in the predetermined data base when the update information determination portion determines that the update information is contained.

13. The navigation apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the character-extraction keyword registration portion registers the character extraction keyword for each other person in communication individually.

14. The navigation apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising:

a character data correction portion operable to correct the character data registered in the predetermined data base by the character data registration portion, desirably.