METHOD FOR PLANNING ROUTE ACCORDING TO USER'S HABITS

• US 20060265122A1
• Filed: 05/09/2006
• Published: 11/23/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: MiTAC International Corporation (MiTAC Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: MiTAC International Corporation (MiTAC Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Chen, Shu-Ling, Chang, Chien-Yang
• Application Number:
  US11/308,803
• Publication Number:
  US 20060265122A1
• 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

A method for planning a route according to user'"'"'s habits is disclosed. First, an electronic map is provided by a navigation device. The electronic map includes a plurality of virtual paths, wherein each virtual path has its own corresponding weight. Next, when the navigation device shows that the user is located in one of the plurality of virtual paths, the weight corresponding to this virtual path is added by a weighted value. Then, when planning the next route, the navigation device plans the route according to the newest weight of each virtual path to make the planned route be close to the user'"'"'s habits.

Claims

1. A method for planning a route according to a user'"'"'s habits, suitable for a navigation device, comprising:

providing an electronic map having a plurality of virtual paths corresponding to the plurality of actual paths in a default district around the position of the navigation device, wherein each of the virtual paths has a corresponding weight;

when the navigation device passes through at least a part of the actual paths, adding a weighted value to the weight of the virtual path corresponding to the passed actual path, so as to generate a newest weight;

determining whether a user employs the navigation device to plan the route or not; and

planning the route according to the newest weight of each of the virtual paths when it is determined that the user employs the navigation device to plan the route.

2. The method for planning a route according to a user'"'"'s habits as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of planning the route according to the newest weight of each of the virtual paths comprises:

obtaining a position of a starting point;

obtaining a position of an end point;

planning a plurality of virtual connection routes between the starting point and the end point, wherein each of the virtual connection routes includes a part of the virtual paths;

adding the weights of all the virtual paths in each of the virtual connection routes, so as to obtain the total weight corresponding to each of the virtual connection routes;

comparing the total weight of each of the virtual connection routes; and

displaying the virtual connection routes with the maximum total weights on the navigation device.

3. The method for planning a route according to a user'"'"'s habits as claimed in claim 2, wherein the starting point is the position of the navigation device.

4. The method for planning a route according to a user'"'"'s habits as claimed in claim 2, wherein the starting point is set by the user.

5. The method for planning a route according to a user'"'"'s habits as claimed in claim 2, wherein the end point is set by the user.

6. The method for planning a route according to a user'"'"'s habits as claimed in claim 1, wherein the navigation device is a mobile device with Global Positioning System (GPS) functionality.