Traveled point display device and program

• US 20050267678A1
• Filed: 05/26/2005
• Published: 12/01/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Original Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Inventors: Sugiura, Wataru
• Application Number:
  US11/137,391
• Publication Number:
  US 20050267678A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/208
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/34 Route searching; Route guidance
• 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 21/367 Details, e.g. road map scale, orientation, zooming, illumination, level of detail, scrolling of road map or positioning of current position marker

Abstract

A traveled point display device determines based on map data a kind of a road that a subject vehicle travels to thereby show a traveled point in a display form corresponding to the kind of the road. First traveled points of a local road are shown in red and in 100-m road intervals therebetween. Second traveled points of an inter-city expressway are shown in black and in 1-km road intervals therebetween. Third traveled points of an intra-city expressway are shown in grey and in 300-m road intervals therebetween. Displayed traveled points indicate which kind of the road the subject vehicle travels at a glance by their display colors and display intervals.

Claims

1. A traveled point display device provided in a vehicle, the device comprising:

a road map storing unit that stores map data that includes a road attribute including a kind of a road, and a lane number of the road;

a displaying unit that displays a road map based on the map data;

a traveled point detecting unit that detects a traveled point of the vehicle; and

a display controlling unit that changes a display form of the traveled point based on the road attribute so that the road attribute is visually distinguished and causes the display unit to display the traveled point in the display form changed.

2. The traveled point display device of claim 1,

wherein the display controlling unit changes at least a display interval of the traveled point.

3. The traveled point display device of claim 1,

wherein the display controlling unit changes at least a display color of the traveled point.

4. The traveled point display device of claim 1,

wherein the display controlling unit changes the display form of the traveled point so that the kind of the road is distinguished.

5. The traveled point display device of claim 1,

wherein the display controlling unit changes the display form of the traveled point so that the lane number of the road is distinguished.

6. The traveled point display device of claim 1, further comprising:

an accepting unit that accepts a manipulation by a user,

wherein the display controlling unit that

designates a target road attribute based on the manipulation by the user, and

changes the display form of the traveled point so that the target road attribute designated is visually distinguished.

7. The traveled point display device of claim 6,

wherein the display controlling unit that

designates a correspondence relationship between the target road attribute and the display form of the target road attribute based on the manipulation by the user, and

changes the display form of the traveled point based on the correspondence relationship designated.

8. A computer program product in a computer-readable medium for use in a traveled point displaying device in a vehicle that includes:

a road map storing unit that storing map data that includes a road attribute including a kind of a road, and a lane number of the road;

a displaying unit that displays a road map based on the map data; and

a traveled point detecting unit that detects a traveled point of the vehicle;

the product comprising;

instructions for changing a display form of the traveled point based on the road attribute so that the road attribute is visually distinguished; and

instructions for causing the displaying unit to display the traveled point in the display form changed.

9. A traveled point displaying method used in a vehicle that includes:

a road map storing unit that storing map data that includes a road attribute including a kind of a road, and a lane number of the road;

a displaying unit that displays a road map based on the map data; and

a traveled point detecting unit that detects a traveled point of the vehicle;

the method comprising steps of;

changing a display form of the traveled point based on the road attribute so that the road attribute is visually distinguished; and

causing the displaying unit to display the traveled point in the display form changed.