Travel route display device, travel route display method and travel route display program

• US 9,945,687 B2
• Filed: 06/06/2014
• Issued: 04/17/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yokohama Rubber Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Yokohama Rubber Company Limited
• Inventors: Yamaguchi, Yukihito, Yamawaki, Kazunori, Miyashita, Naoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Anwari, Maceeh
• Application Number:
  US14/896,297
• Publication Number:
  US 20160138933A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,411 Days
• Field of Search: 701532
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3635 Guidance using 3D or perspective road maps
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3667 Display of a road map G01C21/3614 takes precedence; guidance using 3D or perspective road maps G01C21/3635
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3691 Retrieval, searching and output of information related to real-time traffic, weather, or environmental conditions arrangements for giving variable traffic instructions G08G1/09
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3697 Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level G01C21/3679 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 15/04 Texture mapping
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/06 Topological mapping of higher dimensional structures onto lower dimensional surfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/006 Representation of non-cartographic information on maps, e.g. population distribution, wind direction, radiation levels, air and sea routes
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/007 using computer methods
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/106 using electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/12 Relief maps relief models G09B25/06

Abstract

A travel route display device (1) includes a display unit (130), a topographical data storage unit (110b) that stores three-dimensional topographical data, a travel data storage unit (110c) that stores travel data relating to a travel route of a vehicle and a driving status of the vehicle on the travel route, and a control unit (120) that, when displaying the topographical data stored in the topographical data storage unit (110b) on the display unit (130), simultaneously displays, on the display unit (130), the travel route indicated by the travel data stored in the travel data storage unit (110c) in a display mode that corresponds to the driving status.

Claims

1. A travel route display device comprising:

a display unit;

a topographical data storage unit that stores three-dimensional topographical data;

a travel data storage unit that stores travel data relating to a travel route of a vehicle and a driving status of the vehicle on the travel route, wherein the travel data includes, in association with a position of the vehicle, at least two selected from;

a speed of the vehicle, an acceleration of the vehicle, or a gradient of the vehicle as the driving status; and

a control unit that, when displaying the topographical data stored in the topographical data storage unit on the display unit while the vehicle is driving, simultaneously displays, on the display unit, the travel route indicated by the travel data stored in the travel data storage unit in a display mode that corresponds to the driving status, wherein the control unit, when displaying the travel route, changes the display mode in accordance with a change of at least two selected from;

the speed of the vehicle, the acceleration of the vehicle, or the gradient of the vehicle, and wherein the control unit, when displaying the travel route, draws the travel route as a line or dots, and the control unit sets;

a width of the line of a portion where at least two selected from the speed, gradient or acceleration are equal to or greater than prescribed values to be wider, a thickness of the line of the portion to be greater, or a size of the dots of the portion to be larger than those of other portions.

2. The travel route display device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit draws the travel route as a line, and changes a width of the line on the travel route based on the driving status.

3. The travel route display device according to claim 2, wherein the control unit, when displaying the travel route, adds information that indicates an advancement direction of the vehicle.

4. The travel route display device according to claim 2, wherein the control unit, when displaying the travel route, causes a display mode for a section in which the driving status is within a range of a prescribed value to be different from a display mode for another section.

5. The travel route display device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit draws the travel route as a line having a three-dimensional thickness in a direction perpendicular to the travel route, and changes the thickness based on the driving status.

6. The travel route display device according to claim 5, wherein the control unit, when displaying the travel route, adds information that indicates an advancement direction of the vehicle.

7. The travel route display device according to claim 5, wherein the control unit, when displaying the travel route, causes a display mode for a section in which the driving status is within a range of a prescribed value to be different from a display mode for another section.

8. The travel route display device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit draws the travel route as a dotted line that includes a plurality of dots, and changes a size of the dots included in the dotted line based on the driving status.

9. The travel route display device according to claim 8, wherein the control unit, when displaying the travel route, adds information that indicates an advancement direction of the vehicle.

10. The travel route display device according to claim 8, wherein the control unit, when displaying the travel route, causes a display mode for a section in which the driving status is within a range of a prescribed value to be different from a display mode for another section.

11. The travel route display device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit, when displaying the travel route, adds information that indicates an advancement direction of the vehicle.

12. The travel route display device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit, when displaying the travel route, causes a display mode for a section in which the driving status is within a range of a prescribed value to be different from a display mode for another section.

13. A non-transitory travel route display program allowing a computer to execute the steps of:

acquiring three-dimensional topographical data from a topographical data storage unit that stores the topographical data;

acquiring travel data relating to a travel route of a vehicle and a driving status of the vehicle on the travel route from a travel data storage unit that stores the travel data, wherein the travel data includes, in association with a position of the vehicle, at least two selected from;

a speed of the vehicle, an acceleration of the vehicle, or a gradient of the vehicle as the driving status;

when displaying the topographical data on a display unit while the vehicle is driving, simultaneously displaying, on the display unit, the travel route indicated by the travel data stored in the travel data storage unit in a display mode that corresponds to the driving status;

when displaying the travel route, changing the display mode in accordance with a change of at least two selected from;

the speed of the vehicle, the acceleration of the vehicle, or the gradient of the vehicle; and

when displaying the travel route, drawing the travel route as a line or dots and setting;

a width of the line of a portion where at least two selected from the speed, gradient or acceleration are equal to or greater than prescribed values to be wider;

a thickness of the line of the portion to be greater;

or a size of the dots of the portion to be larger than those of other portions.

14. A travel route display device comprising:

a display unit;

a topographical data storage unit that stores three-dimensional topographical data;

a travel data storage unit that stores travel data relating to a travel route of a vehicle and a driving status of the vehicle on the travel route, wherein the travel data includes, in association with a position of the vehicle, at least two selected from;

a speed of the vehicle, an acceleration of the vehicle, or a gradient of the vehicle as the driving status; and

a control unit that, when displaying the topographical data stored in the topographical data storage unit on the display unit while the vehicle is driving, simultaneously displays, on the display unit, the travel route indicated by the travel data stored in the travel data storage unit in a display mode that corresponds to the driving status, wherein the control unit, when displaying the travel route, changes the display mode in accordance with a change of at least two selected from;

the speed of the vehicle, the acceleration of the vehicle, or the gradient of the vehicle, wherein the control unit, when displaying the travel route, draws the travel route as a line or dots, and the control unit sets;

a width of the line of a portion where at least two selected from the speed, gradient or acceleration are equal to or greater than prescribed values to be wider, a thickness of the line of the portion to be greater, or a size of the dots of the portion to be larger than those of other portions; and

wherein the control unit sets the width of the line, the thickness of the line, or the size of the dots to increase as an amount of deviation from the prescribed value increases.

15. A travel route display device comprising:

a display unit;

a topographical data storage unit that stores three-dimensional topographical data;

a travel data storage unit that stores travel data relating to a travel route of a vehicle and a driving status of the vehicle on the travel route, wherein the travel data includes, in association with a position of the vehicle, at least two selected from;

a speed of the vehicle, an acceleration of the vehicle, or a gradient of the vehicle as the driving status; and

a control unit that, when displaying the topographical data stored in the topographical data storage unit on the display unit while the vehicle is driving, simultaneously displays, on the display unit, the travel route indicated by the travel data stored in the travel data storage unit in a display mode that corresponds to the driving status, wherein the control unit, when displaying the travel route, changes the display mode in accordance with a change of at least two selected from;

the speed of the vehicle, the acceleration of the vehicle, or the gradient of the vehicle, wherein the control unit, when displaying the travel route, draws the travel route as a line or dots, and the control unit simultaneously displays a first portion where one of the speed, gradient or acceleration is equal to or greater than a prescribed value, and a second portion where another one of the speed, gradient or acceleration is equal to or greater than the prescribed value;

sets to be larger than those of other portions;

a width of the line of the first portion, a thickness of the line of the first portion, or a size of the dots of the first portion; and

sets a color of the second portion to be a color that is different from a color of other portions.

16. A non-transitory travel route display program allowing a computer to execute the steps of:

acquiring three-dimensional topographical data from a topographical data storage unit that stores the topographical data;

acquiring travel data relating to a travel route of a vehicle and a driving status of the vehicle on the travel route from a travel data storage unit that stores the travel data, wherein the travel data includes, in association with a position of the vehicle, at least two selected from;

a speed of the vehicle, an acceleration of the vehicle, or a gradient of the vehicle as the driving status;

when displaying the topographical data on a display unit while the vehicle is driving, simultaneously displaying, on the display unit, the travel route indicated by the travel data stored in the travel data storage unit in a display mode that corresponds to the driving status;

when displaying the travel route, changing the display mode in accordance with a change of at least two selected from;

the speed of the vehicle, the acceleration of the vehicle, or the gradient of the vehicle; and

when displaying the travel route, drawing the travel route as a line or dots and setting;

a width of the line of a portion where at least two selected from the speed, gradient or acceleration are equal to or greater than prescribed values to be wider;

a thickness of the line of the portion to be greater;

or a size of the dots of the portion to be larger than those of other portions; and

further setting the width of the line, the thickness of the line, or the size of the dots to increase as an amount of deviation from the prescribed value increases.

17. A non-transitory travel route display program allowing a computer to execute the steps of:

acquiring three-dimensional topographical data from a topographical data storage unit that stores the topographical data;

acquiring travel data relating to a travel route of a vehicle and a driving status of the vehicle on the travel route from a travel data storage unit that stores the travel data, wherein the travel data includes, in association with a position of the vehicle, at least two selected from;

a speed of the vehicle, an acceleration of the vehicle, or a gradient of the vehicle as the driving status;

when displaying the topographical data on a display unit while the vehicle is driving, simultaneously displaying, on the display unit, the travel route indicated by the travel data stored in the travel data storage unit in a display mode that corresponds to the driving status;

when displaying the travel route, changing the display mode in accordance with a change of at least two selected from;

the speed of the vehicle, the acceleration of the vehicle, or the gradient of the vehicle;

when displaying the travel route, drawing the travel route as a line or dots;

simultaneously displaying a first portion where one of the speed, gradient or acceleration is equal to or greater than a prescribed value, and a second portion where another one of the speed, gradient or acceleration is equal to or greater than the prescribed value;

setting to be larger than those of other portions;

a width of the line of the first portion, a thickness of the line of the first portion, or a size of the dots of the first portion; and

setting a color of the second portion to be a color that is different from a color of other portions.