Method for finding path in a navigation system

• US 20060167625A1
• Filed: 01/18/2006
• Published: 07/27/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Choi, Yong-Ik, Jung, Sang-Yoon, Moon, Young-Khon
• Application Number:
  US11/333,850
• Publication Number:
  US 20060167625A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/209
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3484 Personalized, e.g. from learned user behaviour or user-defined profiles

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for finding a path in a navigation system. The method includes selecting a sectional path option for a specific section selected by a user from an entire section between a start point and an end point, and finding a path in the specific section according to the sectional path option and creating an entire path for an entire section by employing the path in the specific section. Accordingly, a sectional path option different from an entire path operation for an entire path is applied to a specific section desired by a user on an entire path to an end point from a start point, so that it is possible to efficiently apply an option desired by the user to path finding.

Claims

1. A method for finding a path in a navigation system, the method comprising the steps of:

selecting a sectional path option for a specific section selected by a user from an entire section between a start point and an end point; and

finding a path in the specific section according to the sectional path option and creating an entire path for an entire section by employing the path in the specific section.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of selecting the sectional path option comprises the steps of:

selecting an entire path option for the entire section between the start point and the end point;

finding the entire path between the staring point and the end point using the entire path option; and

selecting the specific section desired by a user from the found entire path and selecting the sectional path option for the selected specific section.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the step of creating the entire path for the entire section by employing the path in the specific section comprises the steps of:

re-finding a path for the specific section in the entire section by employing the selected sectional path option; and

creating the entire path by replacing the path for the specific section in the entire section with the re-found path for the specific section.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of selecting the sectional path option comprises the steps of:

selecting the entire path option for the entire section between the start point and the end point; and

selecting the sectional path option for the specific section desired by the user in the entire section.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the step of creating the entire path for the entire section by employing the path in the specific section comprises the steps of:

finding a path for each section according to the entire path option and the sectional path option; and

creating the entire path by using the found path of each section.

6. A method for finding a path in a navigation system, the method comprising the steps of:

finding an entire path using an entire path option for an entire section between a start point and an end point;

selecting a specific section desired by a user on the found entire path;

selecting a sectional path option for the selected specific section according to user demand;

re-finding a path for the specific section by employing the selected sectional path option; and

creating the entire path by replacing a path for the specific section on the entire path with the re-found path for the specific section.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, further comprising displaying the found entire path using the entire path option and receiving the desired specific section from a user on the displayed entire path.

8. A method for finding a path in a navigation system, the method comprising the steps of:

selecting an entire path option for an entire section between a start point and an end point;

selecting a sectional path option for a specific section in the entire section;

finding a path for each section according to the entire path option and the sectional path option; and

creating an entire path using the found path for each section.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the step of selecting the entire path option comprises the steps of:

receiving the start point, the end point, and at least one intermediate point between the start point and the end point; and

selecting the entire path option to be applied when finding paths for intermediate points between the start point and the end point.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the step of selecting the sectional path option comprises selecting sectional path options to be applied to a section between the start point and a first intermediate point, a section between intermediate points, and a section between a last intermediate point and the end point.

11. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the step of finding a path for each section according to the entire path option and the sectional path option comprises finding a sectional path according to each section option with respect to the specific section and paths according to the entire path option with respect to remaining sections excluding the specific section.