Method for providing navigation service by using mobile station based global positioning system and mobile communication terminal and system using the same

• US 20060293850A1
• Filed: 01/27/2006
• Published: 12/28/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Point-I Co., Ltd. (IOKCOMPANY Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Point-I Co., Ltd. (IOKCOMPANY Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Choi, Hyunwoo, Shin, Myoungjin, Ahn, Byungik
• Application Number:
  US11/342,052
• Publication Number:
  US 20060293850A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/213
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3415 Dynamic re-routing, e.g. recalculating the route when the user deviates from calculated route or after detecting real-time traffic data or accidents
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096811 where the route is computed offboard
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096861 where the immediate route instructions are output to the driver, e.g. arrow signs for next turn
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096872 where instructions are given per voice
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096883 where input information is obtained using a mobile device, e.g. a mobile phone, a PDA
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/44 for communication between vehicles and infrastructures, e.g. vehicle-to-cloud [V2C] or vehicle-to-home [V2H]

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for providing a navigation service by using a MS-Based GPS scheme in a mobile communication system including a mobile communication terminal, a PDE, a LBS platform and a road guidance service server, which comprising: (a) the road guidance service server selecting a road guidance service mode, receiving information of a starting point and a destination of the mobile communication terminal through the LBS platform, and receiving request signals for travel route information; and (b) generating the travel route information according to the received request signals, and transmitting the travel route information to the mobile communication terminal, wherein the road guidance service server computes a shortest travel route, transmits the shortest travel route to the mobile communication terminal, and, when a vehicle deviates from a travel route, the road guidance service server re-searches for a route to the destination, and transmits the travel route to the mobile communication terminal.

Claims

1. A method for providing a navigation service by means of a Mobile Station (MS) MS-Based Global Positioning System (GPS) scheme in a mobile communication system including a mobile communication terminal, a Positioning Determination Entity (PDE), a Location Based Services (LBS) platform and a road guidance service server, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) the road guidance service server selecting a road guidance service mode, receiving information of a starting point and a destination of the mobile communication terminal through the LBS platform via a mobile communication network, and receiving request signals for travel route information; and

(b) generating the travel route information according to the received request signals, and transmitting the travel route information to the mobile communication terminal through the mobile communication network,

wherein the road guidance service server computes a shortest travel route by means of a Dijkstra algorithm based on a R-Tree, transmits the shortest travel route to the mobile communication terminal, and, when a vehicle deviates from a travel route received from the road guidance service server during traveling, the road guidance service server re-searches for a route to the destination in a progressing direction of the vehicle, and transmits the re-searched travel route to the mobile communication terminal.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising a step of c) after the mobile communication terminal selects the road guidance service mode and accesses to the road guidance service server, the road guidance service server determining if a server travel information assistant application stored in the road guidance service server has a version equal to a version of a terminal travel information assistant application stored in the mobile communication terminal, or the terminal travel information assistant application has a version higher than the version of the server travel information assistant application.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising a step of d) outputting the travel route information to the mobile communication terminal, determining that the mobile communication terminal continuously uses the road guidance service as a result of determination regarding whether termination signals of the road guidance service are received, periodically determining location information of the mobile communication terminal, determining if the newly determined location has deviated from an area to which the travel route received from the road guidance service server is applied, generating the re-searched travel route to the destination from a current location in the progressing direction of the vehicle when it is determined that the newly determined location has deviated from the area to which the travel route is applied, and transmitting the generated travel route to the mobile communication terminal.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the travel route information includes both route planning data containing a search area, map data and route data and route guidance data containing a shortest travel route, a voice guidance type, a road type, a link index, the search area containing starting point and destination coordinates.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein, in a scheme by which the road guidance service server computes the shortest travel route by means of the Dijkstra algorithm based on the R-Tree, the starting point and the destination are set as a search area of a Minimum Bounding Rectangle (MBR) area and a Heuristic area, which have employed the R-Tree, and the shortest travel route from the starting point to the destination is computed in the set search area by means of the Dijkstra algorithm.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein, in a process in which the road guidance service server re-searches the travel route, the road guidance service server blocks connection of nodes adjacent to nodes in the progressing direction of the vehicle, and computes the re-searched travel route, in order to prevent the shortest travel route in an opposite direction other than a straight direction (i.e. the progressing direction of the vehicle) from the starting point to the destination from being computed.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein, when the vehicle deviates from the travel route during traveling in a process of re-searching for the travel route, the road guidance service server regards a case, in which the vehicle departs from a finally matched coordinate beyond an error range at least five times, as a route deviation, searches for links of an o'"'"'clock direction angle from a coordinate of the current point, and computes the re-searched travel route.

8. A system for providing a navigation service by means of a Mobile Station (MS) MS-Based Global Positioning System (GPS) scheme, the system comprising:

a mobile communication terminal for receiving GPS electric wave from a GPS artificial satellite by means of aiding data received through a mobile communication network, determining location information of a user, transmitting the determined location information through the mobile communication network, and receiving and outputting travel route information from a starting point, which corresponds to the location information, to a destination;

a Positioning Determination Entity (PDE) for generating the aiding data by means of Mobile Station (MS) information received from the mobile communication terminal, and transmitting the generated aiding data to the mobile communication terminal;

a road guidance service server for receiving the location information, generating the travel route information from the starting point to the destination by means of the received location information, and transmitting the generated travel route information to the mobile communication terminal; and

a Location Based Services (LBS) platform for receiving the location information from the mobile communication terminal, transmitting the received location information to the road guidance service server, transmitting request signals of the mobile communication terminal for the travel route information from the starting point to the destination to the road guidance service server, receiving the travel route information, and transmitting the received travel route information to the mobile communication terminal,

wherein the road guidance service server computes a shortest travel route by means of a Dijkstra algorithm based on a R-Tree, transmits the shortest travel route to the mobile communication terminal, and, when a vehicle deviates from a travel route received from the road guidance service server during traveling, the road guidance service server re-searches for a route to the destination in a progressing direction of the vehicle, and transmits the re-searched travel route to the mobile communication terminal.

9. A road guidance service server for receiving determined location information from a mobile communication terminal, generating a shortest travel route from a starting point to a destination, which is desired by a user, transmitting the generated the shortest travel route to the mobile communication terminal, thereby providing a travel route service, the road guidance service server comprising:

a travel route supply unit for generating travel route information from the starting point to the destination, which has been requested by the mobile communication terminal, and generating data for voice guidance based on the generated travel route information;

a gateway for receiving request signals for the travel route service from the mobile communication terminal, generating the travel route information through inter-working with an authentication server, an accounting server, a Location Based System Platform (LBSP) of a wireless communication network provider, the travel route supply unit, and transmitting the generated travel route information to the mobile communication terminal; and

a controller for controlling a general processor operation and management of the road guidance service server, analyzing and operating materials generated from various modules included in the road guidance service server, storing the analyzed materials as database information for management, and controlling the travel route information necessary for traveling of a vehicle to be transmitted to the mobile communication terminal.

10. The road guidance service server according to claim 9, wherein the gateway comprises:

a client interface module for performing a communication interface in order to inter-work with the mobile communication terminal, maintaining or releasing with call connection with the mobile communication terminal, compressing and decompressing data transmitted/received to/from the mobile communication terminal;

an authentication module for performing an authentication function through inter-working with the authentication server of the wireless communication network provider for user authentication of the mobile communication terminal;

an accounting module for generating an accounting data file for contents usage of the mobile communication terminal, and transmitting the generated accounting data file to the mobile communication terminal;

an LBSP interface module for performing a communication interface function with the LBSP of the wireless communication network provider, and receiving location information for acquiring a reference coordinate from the LBSP, the reference coordinate being used for an initial location acquisition and a location correction of the mobile communication terminal; and

a protocol control module for inter-working with the travel route supply unit, generating request signals of the travel route information, transmitting the request signals to the travel route supply unit, and converting response signals received from the travel route supply unit into a response message.

11. The road guidance service server according to claim 10, wherein the travel route supply unit comprises:

a message module for taking charge of a communication interface with the gateway, analyzing data request signals of the gateway, operating a module within the travel route supply unit, and transmitting result data generated by the travel route supply unit to the gateway;

a map data module for providing map data necessary for showing the travel route from the starting point to the destination, which has been requested from the mobile communication terminal; and

a travel route module for generating route data for showing the travel route from the starting point to the destination, which has been requested from the mobile communication terminal, generating and processing the travel route information, including route information and guidance information for travel guidance, by means of the generated route data, and transmitting the travel route information to the mobile communication terminal through the gateway.

12. The road guidance service server according to claim 11, wherein the travel route information includes both route planning data containing a search area, map data and route data and route guidance data containing a shortest travel route, a voice guidance type, a road type, a link index, the search area containing starting point and destination coordinates.

13. The road guidance service server according to claim 9, wherein, in a scheme by which the road guidance service server computes the shortest travel route by means of the Dijkstra algorithm based on the R-Tree, the starting point and the destination are set as a search area of a Minimum Bounding Rectangle (MBR) area and a Heuristic area, which have employed the R-Tree, and the shortest travel route from the starting point to the destination is computed in the set search area by means of the Dijkstra algorithm.

14. The road guidance service server according to claim 9, wherein, in a process in which the road guidance service server re-searches the travel route, the road guidance service server blocks connection of nodes adjacent to nodes in the progressing direction of the vehicle, and computes the re-searched travel route, in order to prevent the shortest travel route in an opposite direction other than a straight direction (i.e. the progressing direction of the vehicle) from the starting point to the destination from being computed.

15. The road guidance service server according to claim 14, wherein, when the vehicle deviates from the travel route during traveling in a process of re-searching for the travel route, the road guidance service server regards a case, in which the vehicle departs from a finally matched coordinate beyond an error range at least five times, as a route deviation, searches for links of an o'"'"'clock direction angle from a coordinate of the current point, and computes the re-searched travel route.

16. A mobile communication terminal for determining location information from a GPS artificial satellite by means of aiding data received from a road guidance service server, transmitting the location information, requesting the road guidance service server to transmit travel route information from a starting point to a destination, which is desired by a user, receiving the travel route information from the road guidance service server, and transmitting the travel route information, the mobile communication terminal comprising:

a communication controller for maintaining and releasing call connection with the road guidance service server, and managing and controlling a flow of transmitted/received data;

a navigation controller for receiving the travel route information from the starting point to the destination from the road guidance service server, storing, processing and managing the received travel route information, and displaying the travel route from the starting point to the destination on a LCD screen of the mobile communication terminal by voice, a map and a route; and

a location information controller for receiving request signals for a current location information, determining the location information from the GPS artificial satellite, transmitting the location information to a corresponding module, and storing and managing distance and angle data of periodically collected coordinates.

17. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 16, wherein the navigation controller comprises:

a menu and screen control module for managing and controlling a menu and a screen used for providing a travel route service by means of functions of each module through a communication interface with the user;

a map viewer module for outputting an adjacent map including a current location on the LCD screen of the mobile communication terminal through a data collection and management for generation of map data to be displayed on the LCD screen of the mobile communication terminal;

a map-matching module for matching a location of a vehicle during traveling with a road of the map by means of a coordinate conversion and a correction value in order to display the location of the vehicle by means of coordinates of the map displayed on the LCD screen of the mobile communication terminal;

a voice processing module for understanding a current status and progressing direction of a mobile body, and searching for and outputting voice data for safe travel and travel guidance in order to provide travel guidance and safe travel information to the destination;

a travel guidance module for generating voice data from the voice processing module according to the current location generated from the location controller by means of the travel route information received from the road guidance service server, and providing a travel route to a voice output means of the mobile communication terminal;

a route display module for inter-working with the travel guidance module, displaying the travel route by voice when the vehicle travels, outputting distance information, time information and route information, and performing a route guidance function to the destination;

a map management module for searching for the map data in an area, in which the vehicle travels, through inter-working with the map viewer module for output, and storing and managing the map data;

a route management module for storing and managing the travel route information received from the road guidance service server, and searching for and transmitting the travel route information of the starting point and the destination according to a request of the travel guidance module.

18. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 16, wherein the communication controller comprises:

a communication control module for maintaining and releasing connection with the road guidance service server, and performing a data transmission/reception function for navigation data and service function expansibility; and

a message processing module for analyzing and classifying the data received through the communication control module, calling a corresponding module, and managing a general flow of data in the mobile communication terminal.

19. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 16, wherein the location information controller comprises:

a GPS control module for receiving the request signals for the current location information, receiving a current location from an MS-Based GPS receiver, and transmitting the current location to a corresponding module requiring the location information; and

a dead reckoning module for periodically collecting location data from a terrestrial magnetism and a GPS for management, extracting a current coordinate by means of distance and angle data of the collected coordinate, and storing and managing a distance and an angle of a previous coordinate.