TRAFFIC INFORMATION GUIDE SYSTEM, TRAFFIC INFORMATION GUIDE DEVICE, TRAFFIC INFORMATION GUIDE METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

摘要

A traffic information guide system, a traffic information guide device, a traffic information guide method, and a computer program that enable easily understandable precise traffic information to be provided to a user even in a case where several traffic information items are concentrated around the same location. In displaying traffic information obtained from a traffic information center for guidance, in a case where an icon indicating the type of a traffic event specified by the obtained traffic information item is displayed in a section specified by the traffic information item on a map image and a user's operation of selecting the displayed icon is received, an arrow connecting a start point to an end point of the section specified by the traffic information item is displayed on the map image.

主权项

1. A traffic information guide system comprising:
traffic information obtaining unit for obtaining traffic information items each including an information item specifying a type of a traffic event and a section where the traffic event occurs; map image display for displaying a map image on a display device; icon display for displaying, based on each of the traffic information items obtained by the traffic information obtaining unit, an icon indicating the type of the traffic event specified by the traffic information item in the section specified by the traffic information item on the map image; and section specifying image display for displaying, on the map image, a section specifying image connecting a start point to an end point of the section specified by the traffic information item in a case where a user's operation of selecting the icon is received.