Method for offering location information and location information providing system

• US 10,206,061 B2
• Filed: 05/28/2015
• Issued: 02/12/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Innotek Company Limited (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Innotek Company Limited (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Cho, Jeonghoon
• Primary Examiner(s): Perez, Julio R
• Application Number:
  US14/724,307
• Publication Number:
  US 20150264526A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,356 Days
• Field of Search: 4554561, 4554562, 4554563, 455457, 4554042, 4554142, 455 9, 4555561, 4555562, 455 411
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a location information providing method generating a map image in itself for a current position of a protectee terminal, when a protector terminal requests current position related information of a (protectee terminal, in which the protectee terminal directly transmits the map image besides a picture image of a protectee terminal user to a protector terminal.

Claims

1. A method for providing the location information of a mobile terminal to a request terminal, the method comprising:

connecting a video call to the request terminal;

receiving a request for location information from the request terminal;

transmitting location coordinates of the mobile terminal to a geographic information system server via a location based service server;

receiving a map image, generated by the geographic information system server, from the location based service server, wherein the map image is generated based on the location coordinates;

adjusting, by the mobile terminal, the map image according to a display of the request terminal;

obtaining, by the mobile terminal, a surrounding image before the video call is connected to the request terminal, the surrounding image being an image of an immediate vicinity around the mobile terminal;

generating a face image of a user of the mobile terminal; and

transmitting the adjusted map image, the face image, and the surrounding image directly to the request terminal from the mobile terminal,

wherein the display of the request terminal is divided into a picture image display region and a map image display region, the picture image display region displaying the surrounding image and the face image, and the map image display region displaying the adjusted map image.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the picture image display region is divided into a first picture image display sub region and a second picture image display sub region, the first picture image display sub region displaying the face of the user of the mobile terminal and the second picture image display sub region displaying the face of a user of the request terminal.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal captures an image of the user'"'"'s face during the video call with the request terminal to generate the face image.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the surrounding image comprises a view of the surroundings at the location of the user of the mobile terminal.

5. A mobile terminal providing location information of the mobile terminal to a request terminal, the mobile terminal comprising:

a GPS receiver configured to receive a GPS signal;

a wireless transceiver, connected to a wireless communication base station, configured to communicate with a location based service server, the request terminal, or both; and

a controller configured to control the GPS receiver and the wireless transceiver;

wherein the controller is configured to;

transmit location coordinates of the mobile terminal to a geographic information system server via the location based service sever by using the wireless transceiver;

receive a map image, generated by the geographic information system server, from the location based service server, wherein the map image is generated based on the location coordinates of the mobile terminal;

adjust the map image according to a display of the request terminal;

obtain a surrounding image before a video call is connected to the request terminal, the surrounding image being an image of an immediate vicinity around the mobile terminal;

generate a face image of a user of the mobile terminal; and

transmit the adjusted map image, the face image, and the surrounding image directly to the request terminal, and

wherein the adjusted map image, the face image, and the surrounding image are transmitted to the request terminal such that a display of the request terminal is divided into a picture image display region displaying the surrounding image and the face image and a map image display region displaying the adjusted map image.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the display of the request terminal is divided into a picture image display region and a map image display region, the picture image display region displaying at least one of the surrounding image and the face image, and the map image display region displaying the adjusted map image.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the picture image display region is divided into a first picture image display sub region and a second picture image display sub region, the first picture image display sub region displaying the face of the user of the mobile terminal and the second picture image display sub region displaying the face of a user of the request terminal.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the mobile terminal captures an image of the user'"'"'s face during the video call with the request terminal to generate the face image.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the surrounding image comprises a view of the surroundings at the location of the user of the mobile terminal.