Process for selecting outstanding points in an itinerary

• US 20060111834A1
• Filed: 10/19/2005
• Published: 05/25/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Orange S.A.
• Original Assignee: Orange S.A.
• Inventors: Gioia, Patrick, Bouget, Loic, Magret, Jean-Michel
• Application Number:
  US11/252,874
• Publication Number:
  US 20060111834A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/201
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3644 Landmark guidance, e.g. using POIs or conspicuous other objects
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/025 Coordination of plural reservations, e.g. plural trip segments, transportation combined with accommodation
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096827 where the route is computed onboard

Abstract

The invention relates to a guiding process comprising the stages of:

• • generating (106) an itinerary between starting and finishing points; generating guiding instructions including:
    • the establishing (107) of several outstanding points close to a part of the itinerary taken from a database (2);
    • the calculating (107) of an index representative of the visibility of outstanding points established from said part of the itinerary;
    • the selecting (107) of at least one outstanding point according to the index of visibility;
    • the generating (108) of guiding instructions associated with a selected outstanding point.

Claims

1. Guiding process comprising the stages of:

generating (106) an itinerary between starting and finishing points;

generating guiding instructions including;

the establishing (107) of several outstanding points close to a part of the itinerary taken from a database (2);

characterized in that the generating of guiding instructions further include;

the calculating (107) of an index representative of the visibility of outstanding points established from said part of the itinerary;

the selecting (107) of at least one outstanding point according to the index visibility;

the generating (108) of guiding instructions associated with a selected outstanding point.

2. Guiding process according to claim 1, characterised in that the index of visibility is calculated from at least two different types of parameter.

3. Guiding process according to claim 1, characterised in that the calculation of the index of visibility takes into account the parameters chosen from the set comprising the speed of the user, his means of transportation, his sex, his age, a minimum distance between him and the outstanding point, the angle between the direction he is heading and a surface of the outstanding point, the size, the colour or the shape of the outstanding point.

4. Guiding process according to claim 1, characterised in that a road plan, associated with a generated itinerary, is established and includes the guiding instructions associated with a selected outstanding point.

5. Guiding process according to claim 1, characterised in that:

a new itinerary between the starting and finishing points is generated according to at least one outstanding point selected according to its index of visibility;

a road plan associated with the new itinerary is generated and includes the information associated with the selected outstanding point.

6. Guiding process according to claim 5, characterised in that the new itinerary is generated so as to increase the index of visibility of the outstanding point selected from the new itinerary.

7. Guiding process according to claim 1, characterised in that it further comprises the stage of:

the localisation of a user using a generated itinerary;

the rendering of guiding instructions to the user as he approaches a selected outstanding point (209).

8. Guiding process according to claim 7, characterised in that the index of visibility of an outstanding point is calculated (208) when the user is located in a given perimeter taking into account this outstanding point.

9. Guiding process according to claim 1, characterised in that an outstanding point is selected when its index of visibility exceeds a pre-set threshold.

10. Guiding process according to claim 1, characterised in that, for said part of the itinerary, a pre-set maximum number of outstanding points with the highest index of visibility is selected.

11. Computer program stored on a tangible medium and configured to implement the process of claim 1.

12. Guiding server (3), characterized in that it comprises:

means for accessing a database of outstanding points;

a processor configured to generate an itinerary between the starting and finishing points and configured to generate guiding instructions by establishing several outstanding points nearby a part of the itinerary drawn from a database, by calculating an index representative of the visibility of the outstanding points established from said part of the itinerary, by selecting at least one outstanding point according to the index of visibility and by generating a guiding instruction associated with the selected outstanding point;

means for transmitting the generated itinerary to the terminal of a user.