Navigation device
A navigation device includes a map database 5 that holds map data; a location and direction measurement unit 4 that measures the current location and direction of a vehicle; a route calculation unit 12 that, based on map data read from the map database 5, calculates a route from the current location measured by the location and direction measurement unit to a destination; a camera 7 that captures video images ahead of the vehicle; a video image acquisition unit 8 that acquires the video images ahead of the vehicle captured by the camera; a road width acquisition unit 16 that, based on road width data included in the map data read from the map database, calculates the width of a road segment that enters last into an intersection to which the vehicle is to be guided from among road segments that make up the route calculated by the route calculation unit; a video image composition processing unit 14 that limits the length of a portion that indicates a turning direction of a route guide arrow to the road width calculated by the road width acquisition unit, and that composes the arrow onto the video images acquired by the video image acquisition unit in a superimposing manner; and a display unit 10 that displays the video image composed by the video image composition processing unit.
1. A navigation device comprising:
a map database that holds map data;
a location and direction measurement unit that measures a current location and direction of a vehicle;
a route calculation unit that, based on map data read from the map database, calculates a route from the current location measured by the location and direction measurement unit to a destination;
a camera that captures video images ahead of the vehicle;
a video image acquisition unit that acquires the video images ahead of the vehicle that are captured by the camera;
a road width acquisition unit that calculates, based on road width included in the map data read from the map database, width of a road segment on which the vehicle is traveling, where the road segment is included in the route calculated by the route calculation unit;
a video image composition processing unit that generates, when detecting an intersection to be guided as a point of right-turn or left-turn on the traveling road, a graphical content of an arrow indicating a direction of right-turn or left-turn at said intersection, and superposes the generated graphical content of the arrow onto the video images acquired by the video image acquisition unit, where a tip of the arrow is disposed within a range of the width of the traveling road calculated by the road width acquisition unit; and
a display unit that displays the video image composed by the video image composition processing unit.
2. A navigation device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the road width acquisition unit calculates the width of the traveling road on the basis of data on the number of lanes and road type data included in the map data read from the map database.
3. A navigation device comprising:
a map database that holds map data;
a location and direction measurement unit that measures a current location and direction of a vehicle;
a route calculation unit that, based on map data read from the map database, calculates a route from the current location measured by the location and direction measurement unit to a destination;
a camera that captures video images ahead of the vehicle;
a video image acquisition unit that acquires the video images ahead of the vehicle that are captured by the camera;
a road width acquisition unit that calculates, based on road width included in the map data read from the map database, width of a road segment on which the vehicle is traveling, where the road segment is included in the route calculated by the route calculation unit;
a video image composition processing unit that generates, when detecting an intersection to be guided as a point of right-turn or left-turn on the traveling road, a graphical content of an arrow indicating a direction of right-turn or left-turn at said intersection, and superposes the generated graphical content of the arrow onto the video images acquired by the video image acquisition unit, where a portion of the graphical content of the arrow, which is outside of the calculated width of the traveling road, differs from another portion of said graphical content in display format; and
a display unit that displays the video image composed by the video image composition processing unit.
4. A navigation device according to claim 3 , wherein
the display format includes one or more of a thickness, a color, a translucency, a brightness and a saturation.
5. A navigation device comprising:
a map database that holds map data;
a location and direction measurement unit that measures a current location and direction of a vehicle;
a route calculation unit that, based on map data read from the map database, calculates a route from the current location measured by the location and direction measurement unit to a destination;
a camera that captures video images ahead of the vehicle;
a video image acquisition unit that acquires the video images ahead of the vehicle that are captured by the camera;
a facility acquisition unit that acquires, from the map database, data about a circumvention facility which is between an intersection to be guided as a point of right-turn or left-turn on the traveling road and a current location of the vehicle, where a location of the circumvention facility corresponds to a guidance direction of right-turn or left-turn at the intersection;
a video image composition processing unit that superposes a graphical content of an arrow indicating a direction of right-turn or left-turn at the intersection onto the video images acquired by the video image acquisition unit by
painting out a portion of the circumvention facility in the video images acquired by the video image acquisition unit,
disposing the graphical content of the arrow onto the video images in which the circumvention facility is painted out, and
disposing a translucent image of the circumvention facility onto the painted out portion of the video images on which the graphical content of the arrow is disposed; and
a display unit that displays the video image composed by the video image composition processing unit.
6. A navigation device according to claim 5 , wherein
the video image composition processing unit disposes a translucent image in three-dimensional CG as the translucent image of the circumvention facility.
7. A navigation device comprising:
a map database that holds map data;
a location and direction measurement unit that measures a current location and direction of a vehicle;
a route calculation unit that, based on map data read from the map database, calculates a route from the current location measured by the location and direction measurement unit to a destination;
a camera that captures video images ahead of the vehicle;
a video image acquisition unit that acquires the video images ahead of the vehicle that are captured by the camera;
a facility acquisition unit that acquires, from the map database, data about a circumvention facility which is between an intersection to be guided as a point of right-turn or left-turn on the traveling road and a current location of the vehicle, where a location of the circumvention facility corresponds to to guidance direction of right-turn or left-turn at the intersection;
a video image composition processing unit that superposes a graphical content of an arrow indicating a direction of right-turn or left-turn at the intersection onto the video images acquired by the video image acquisition unit by
disposing the graphical content of the arrow onto the video images acquired by the video image acquisition unit, and
disposing a translucent image representing information about the circumvention facility onto a portion of the disposed graphical content corresponding to the right-turn or left-turn of the arrow,
where a tip of the arrow is in front of the circumvention facility in the video images; and
a display unit that displays the video image composed by the video image composition processing unit.
8. A navigation device according to claim 7 , wherein
the video image composition processing unit disposes a translucent image representing a location or name of the circumvention facility as the translucent image representing information about the circumvention facility.