KR20080096262A - Method for managing path at start-time and end-time of navigation and navigation system using the same method - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for managing path at start-time and end-time of navigation and a navigation system using the same method are provided to display a pop-up screen for the option setting of user in relation with the path at the start-time and end-time of the navigation, thereby providing necessary information more actively. A method for managing path at start-time and end-time of navigation comprises a step of temporarily storing a path to the recently designated destination if a navigation ending command is input(S10), a step of displaying a pop-up screen for path administration about the temporarily stored path if a navigation starting command is input(S20,S30), and a step of managing the path at start-time or end-time of the navigation according to the user command input through the pop-up screen.

Description

METHODO FOR MANAGING PATH AT START-TIME AND END-TIME OF NAVIGATION AND NAVIGATION SYSTEM USING THE SAME METHOD}

1 is a view showing the configuration of a navigation system according to the present invention.

2 is a diagram illustrating a path management method at a navigation start / end time point according to the present invention.

3 and 4 are diagrams illustrating a navigation start screen.

5 is a diagram illustrating a popup screen for path management at the start of navigation.

6 is a screen for maintaining a recent movement path according to a user request through the pop-up screen of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a screen providing route information on a recent moving route according to a user request through the pop-up screen of FIG. 5.

8 is a screen for deleting a recent moving path and providing a path according to a user request through the pop-up screen of FIG. 5.

9 is a diagram illustrating a pop-up screen for path management at the end of navigation.

FIG. 10 is a path storing screen for storing a recent moving path in response to a user request through the popup screen of FIG.

FIG. 11 is a screen providing a list of parking lots around a destination in response to a user request through the pop-up screen of FIG. 9.

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10: GPS module 20: user interface

30: display unit 40: audio output unit

50: storage unit 60: control unit

The present invention relates to a navigation system, and more particularly, to a route management method and a navigation system using the method for navigation start / end time for more actively managing the movement route for the route guidance.

In general, a navigation system is a system that provides information for driving a vehicle such as a vehicle by using a satellite and is also called an automatic navigation system.

The navigation system may receive predetermined data from a GPS satellite floating on the earth by using a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, and calculate its position based on the received data.

And, based on their location information to inform the user of the location of the current vehicle (Location), calculate the optimal route to the desired destination (Routing), guide the user according to the route (Guidance) to help in driving Various information can be provided.

The navigation system stores therein map information on the entire map and point of interest (POI) information representing famous areas, buildings, and road information on the entire map, and provides optimal route guidance and safe driving for the map information and POI information. It is used as information for.

When the user designates a destination for the route guidance function of the navigation system, the current position is measured, and then a movement route to the designated destination is calculated. According to the calculated movement route, the map data is implemented as an image or a voice signal to perform route guidance.

Existing navigation systems have a problem that the route setting is initialized when the main power of the system is turned off while performing route guidance. As a result, when the main power is off, there is an inconvenience of resetting the movement route to the destination.

In addition, after the driving along the moving path is completed, that is, when the destination of the moving path is reached, the path guidance is terminated and the path setting is initialized and the moving path is automatically deleted. Therefore, if you want to save the recent movement route, it is inconvenient to save the movement route for the designated destination before starting the route guidance through a separate process.

The present invention has been made to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, the object of which is to easily induce the user's access to the recent movement path at the start and end of the navigation.

In addition, the present invention provides a navigation path management method and a navigation system for actively providing information necessary at the start and end of navigation.

In order to achieve the above object and to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, the present invention provides a first step of providing a pop-up screen for moving path management at the start or end of navigation; And a second step of managing a movement path of the navigation start or end point according to a user command through the pop-up screen.

In addition, the present invention includes a storage unit for storing a pop-up control program for controlling the execution of the pop-up screen for the path management of the recent movement path; And executing the pop-up screen at the start or end point of the navigation according to the stored pop-up control program, and performing a route guidance for the most recent moving path at the start of the navigation or ending the navigation according to a user command through the pop-up screen. It provides a navigation system including a control unit for controlling to store the recent movement path.

According to the present invention, at the start or end of navigation, a pop-up screen for managing a path of a recent moving path is provided to provide a user with necessary information and to facilitate a user's access to the moving path.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described a navigation system and a route management method at the start / end of navigation according to the present invention.

First, a navigation system of the present invention for managing a route at a navigation start / end point will be described.

1 shows a configuration of a navigation system according to the present invention.

The present invention applies to a navigation system having a global positioning system (GPS) module 10 that receives position signals from at least three GPS satellites and calculates its position.

The navigation system of the present invention is characterized by providing a pop-up screen that is easy for a user to access at the start or end of navigation to manage a navigation route through the pop-up screen.

The navigation system according to the present invention includes a user interface 20, a display unit 30, a voice output unit 40, a storage unit 50, and a control unit 60 as shown.

The storage unit 50 stores a map database for constructing map data for a national map and route guidance data associated with the map data. A control program for controlling overall operations of the navigation system including a route guidance function and a pop-up control program for controlling execution of a pop-up screen for managing a route of the navigation are stored.

The display unit 30 is a means for displaying various display contents and map data for guiding the route according to the operation of the system as a whole. A liquid crystal display (LCD) or an organic luminescence (EL) is used. It is available.

The user interface 20 is an input means for inputting a user command for a navigation system, such as inputting a destination for a route guidance function, and comprises a touch pad integrated with the display unit 30 to provide a user graphic interface means. to provide. By providing all the menu environment related to the route guidance function of the navigation system through the display unit 30 as a graphic screen, a user command is executed by touching a specific position of the graphic screen with a stylus pen or a finger. Enter it.

The voice output unit 40 outputs a voice signal for the route guidance as a means for performing the voice guidance during the route guidance function.

The controller 60 determines the current location of the user by using the GPS signal received through the GPS module 10 and then moves the moving path from the current location to the destination designated by the user from the map data stored in the storage unit 50. Explore and create Then, the route guide according to the movement route is performed by using the display unit 30 and / or the voice output unit 40 according to the generated route information.

In particular, the controller 60 executes a pop-up screen at the start / end time of navigation under the pop-up control program, and controls movement path management for route guidance according to a user command through the pop-up screen.

A detailed control method of the controller 60 for managing the route at the start or end of the navigation will be described in detail below.

2 is a diagram illustrating a whole process of a route management method at the start / end point of navigation according to the present invention.

As shown, the navigation system according to the present invention, when the route guidance function is terminated during the route guidance or the main power of the system is turned off, the movement route to the recently performed destination (hereinafter referred to as 'recently route') ) Is set to temporarily store (S10).

Thereafter, when the system is turned on and the path guidance function is started, the path-related option screen for the recent movement path is executed as a pop-up screen (S20) (S30).

Figure 3 shows an example of the initial screen provided when the power supply of the navigation system, Figure 4 is a diagram showing an example of the guidance phrase screen provided when the navigation is executed, Figure 5 is a pop-up screen provided at the start time of navigation Figure is a diagram.

When the power of the navigation system is turned on, the main menu screen provided by the system is displayed as shown in FIG. In this case, the main menu screen includes a list of functions provided by the navigation system (eg, navigation, media player, MP3 player, car register, environment setting, etc.).

When the navigation menu 31 for the route guidance function is selected among the function list of the main menu screen, as shown in FIG. 4, the guidance text for the navigation (for example, a safety display phrase and a notice) is displayed. 41).

After a predetermined set time elapses or there is a user input after the guide text of the navigation is displayed, the navigation screen is switched to the start screen. At this time, as shown in FIG. 5, a pop-up screen 51, which is a path related option screen, is executed on the start screen as soon as the navigation screen is switched to the start screen.

As illustrated, the pop-up screen 51 includes a shortcut search icon 11 for directly performing a route guide according to the recent movement route, and a route information icon 13 for providing detailed route information on the recent movement route. And a path cancel icon 15 for initializing the navigation path of the navigation to delete the temporarily stored recent movement path. The apparatus further includes a pop-up blocking icon 17 for blocking execution of the pop-up screen 51 and a close icon 19 for closing the pop-up screen 51 on the start screen.

In accordance with a user command input through the pop-up screen 51 at the start of the navigation, a route related option such as a route search, a route check, and a route cancellation for the navigation is set (S40).

When a user inputs a search icon 11 directly on the pop-up screen 51, the user moves to a map screen providing route guidance as shown in FIG. The temporary stored recent movement route is set as the movement route for the route guidance, and the route guidance is performed to the corresponding destination of the recent movement route. The guidance screen providing the route guidance includes lane information 61 corresponding to the recent movement route and displays driving related information such as a speed limit and a current speed together with the driving direction 63 of the current user.

When the user inputs the route information icon 13 on the pop-up screen 51, the user moves to an information screen that provides detailed route information of the recent movement route as shown in FIG. The information screen provides detailed route information 71 such as a destination corresponding to the recent movement route, a distance to the destination, an estimated time required to the destination, and the like. The information screen may include a guide start icon (c) for performing route guidance according to the recent movement route, a route cancel icon (a) for deleting the recent movement route, and deleting the recent movement route. A menu group 73 including at least one of a moving route for the route guidance, that is, a route resetting icon (b) for resetting the destination is included. In other words, after confirming detailed route information 71 corresponding to the recent movement route through the information screen, the user may selectively execute whether to guide the route for the recent movement route.

When the user inputs the route cancel icon 15 on the pop-up screen 51, the user moves to the map screen providing the current position as shown in FIG. According to the input of the route cancel icon 15, the movement route for the route guidance is initialized to delete the temporarily stored recent movement route. That is, since the movement route for the route guidance, that is, the destination is not specified, only the current position and the driving direction 81 of the user are provided on the map screen as shown.

On the other hand, when the navigation is terminated during the route guidance or when the navigation is terminated by arriving at a destination designated by the user, the route-related option screen for the recent movement route is executed as a pop-up screen (S50) (S60).

9 is a diagram illustrating a popup screen provided at a navigation end point.

When the navigation is to be terminated, a pop-up screen 91, which is the route-related option screen, is executed on a map screen providing the route guidance as shown.

The pop-up screen 91 provided at the end time includes a route storage icon 21 for storing a movement route to a destination corresponding to the recent movement route, and a parking lot search icon for searching a parking lot located around the destination. And a route storage / parking search icon 25 for searching the parking lot around the destination at the same time as storing the route for the recent movement route. The apparatus further includes a pop-up blocking icon 27 for blocking execution of the pop-up screen 91 and a close icon 29 for closing the pop-up screen 91 on the map screen.

According to a user command input through the pop-up screen 91, path related options such as path storage and parking lot search are set at the end of the navigation (S70).

When the user inputs the path storing icon 21 on the pop-up screen 91, the user moves to the path storing screen for the latest moving path as shown in FIG. The path storing screen includes a path name input menu 11 for inputting a path name of the recent moving path. When a user inputs a name for the recent travel path using the path name input menu 11, the latest travel path is stored as the input name.

When the user inputs the parking lot search icon 23 on the pop-up screen 91, the user moves to the parking lot information providing screen providing the parking lot around the destination and its location as shown in FIG. The parking lot information providing screen includes a parking lot list 17 located near the destination, and location information 15 of the parking lot, as shown.

When the user inputs the parking lot search icon 23, the parking lot list 17 is searched on the parking lot information providing screen by constructing a parking lot list according to the search result after searching all parking lots located within a predetermined distance of the destination. to provide. When the user selects a specific parking lot from the parking lot list 17, the parking lot list 17 provides location information 15 of the corresponding parking lot. The location information 15 may include a route guidance from the current location to the corresponding parking lot.

Meanwhile, when the user inputs the path storage / parking search icon 25 on the pop-up screen 91, the user provides the path storage screen of FIG. 10 and then provides the parking lot information providing screen of FIG. 11. In other words, after the user saves the path for the latest movement path via the path storage screen of FIG. 10, the parking lot around the destination may be identified through the parking lot information providing screen of FIG. 11.

Accordingly, the present invention provides a pop-up screen that enables the user to set options related to the moving path at the start and end of the navigation to facilitate the user's access to the moving path of the navigation.

The path management method at the start / end of navigation according to the present invention may be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed by various computer means and recorded in a computer readable medium. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. Program instructions recorded on the media may be those specially designed and constructed for the purposes of the present invention, or they may be of the kind well-known and available to those having skill in the computer software arts. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape, optical media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, and magnetic disks, such as floppy disks. Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include not only machine code generated by a compiler, but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware device described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

As described above, although the present invention has been described with reference to limited embodiments and drawings, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains various modifications and variations from such descriptions. This is possible.

Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be determined not only by the claims below but also by the equivalents of the claims.

The route management method and navigation system at the start / end of navigation according to the present invention provide a pop-up screen that enables the user to set options related to the movement route at the start and end of navigation.

Accordingly, by providing a pop-up screen, it is possible to more actively provide the necessary information at the start and end of navigation and improve the user's access to the movement route.

Claims (16)

A first step of providing a pop-up screen for moving path management at a navigation start or end point; And, A second step of managing a movement path of the navigation start or end point according to a user command through the pop-up screen; Route management method of the navigation start / end time including a. The method of claim 1, The first step, Temporarily storing a recent movement route to a recently designated destination when the navigation end command is recognized; Executing a pop-up screen for managing a movement route of the temporarily stored recent movement route when the navigation start command is recognized; Route management method of the navigation start / end time including a. The method of claim 2, The pop-up screen executed at the start time of navigation, A shortcut search icon for performing route guidance according to the recent movement route, a route information icon for providing detailed route information on the recent movement route, and a route cancellation for performing route cancellation for the recent movement route Route management method at the start / end of the navigation, characterized in that it comprises at least one of the icon. The method of claim 1, The first step, Executing a pop-up screen for managing a movement route of a recent movement route to a recently designated destination when the navigation end command is recognized; Route management method of the navigation start / end time including a. The method of claim 4, wherein The popup screen executed at the end of the navigation, A path storing icon for performing a path storing for the recent moving path, a parking lot searching icon for searching a parking lot located near the destination, and a parking lot around the destination simultaneously with storing the path for the recent moving path Route management method at the start / end of the navigation, characterized in that it comprises at least one of the path storage / parking search icon for. The method of claim 2, The second step, Performing route guidance on the latest movement route according to a user command through the pop-up screen when the navigation starts; Route management method of the navigation start / end time including a. The method of claim 2, The second step, Providing detailed route information on the recent movement route according to a user command through the pop-up screen when the navigation starts; Route management method of the navigation start / end time including a. The method of claim 7, wherein The detailed route information, The route management method of the start / end of the navigation characterized in that it comprises a destination of the recent movement route, the distance to the destination, the estimated time required to the destination. The method of claim 7, wherein Providing the detailed path information, A guidance start icon for starting a route guidance for the recent movement route, a route cancellation icon for performing a route cancellation for the recent movement route, a route reset icon for canceling the recent movement route and resetting the movement route And a menu group including at least one of them together with the detailed route information. The method of claim 2, The second step, Initializing a movement route for a route guidance according to a user command through the pop-up screen when the navigation starts; Route management method of the navigation start / end time including a. The method of claim 4, wherein The second step, At the end of the navigation, storing a path for the latest movement path according to a user command through the pop-up screen; Route management method of the navigation start / end time including a. The method of claim 4, wherein The second step, Providing parking information around the destination according to a user command through the pop-up screen when the navigation ends; Route management method of the navigation start / end time including a. The method of claim 4, wherein The second step, At the end of the navigation, storing a path for the recent movement path according to a user command through the pop-up screen and then providing parking information about the destination; Route management method of the navigation start / end time including a. The method according to claim 12 or 13, Providing the parking lot information, Searching for a parking lot located within a predetermined distance of the destination; Providing a parking lot list according to the search result; Performing a route guidance to a destination of the parking lot when requesting a location guide for a specific parking lot in the parking lot list; Route management method of the navigation start / end time including a. A computer-readable recording medium in which a program for executing the method of any one of claims 1 to 13 is recorded. A storage unit for storing a pop-up control program for controlling execution of a pop-up screen for managing a path of a recent moving path; And, The pop-up screen is executed at the start or end of the navigation according to the stored pop-up control program, and the route guidance for the recent moving path is performed at the start of the navigation according to a user command through the pop-up screen, or at the end of the navigation. Control to control to save the travel path Navigation system comprising a.

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