METHOD FOR OBTAINING DIRECTION OF TARGET LOCATION THROUGH A HANDSET
First Claim
1. A method for obtaining the direction of a target location through a handset, comprising:
- obtaining geographical information of a current location and that of the target location, and figuring out a geographical meridian line of the current location;
determining a direction from the current location to the target location according to the geographical information of the current location and that of the target location, and determining a first included angle, the first included angle being the included angle between the direction and the geographical meridian line of the current location, and then determining a second angle of the geographical meridian line of the current location displayed on a screen of the handset;
according to the first included angle and the second angle, figuring out a display direction from the current location to the target location, and displaying the display direction on the screen.
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a method for obtaining the direction of a target location through a handset, which includes: the handset obtains geographical information of a current location and that of the target location, determines a geographical meridian line of the current location and a angle of this geographical meridian line displayed on the screen of the handset; the handset determines the direction from the current location to the target location according to geographical information of the current location and that of the target location, determines an included angle between this direction and the geographical meridian line. According to the included angle and that of the geographical meridian line displayed on its screen, the handset determines the direction displayed on the screen of the handset from the current location to the target location, and displays the direction of the target location on the screen according to the displayed direction. The present invention solves the problem that existing handsets cannot provide the direction of the target location for the user. The user can confirm the direction of the target location through the handset.
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1. A method for obtaining the direction of a target location through a handset, comprising:
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obtaining geographical information of a current location and that of the target location, and figuring out a geographical meridian line of the current location;
determining a direction from the current location to the target location according to the geographical information of the current location and that of the target location, and determining a first included angle, the first included angle being the included angle between the direction and the geographical meridian line of the current location, and then determining a second angle of the geographical meridian line of the current location displayed on a screen of the handset;
according to the first included angle and the second angle, figuring out a display direction from the current location to the target location, and displaying the display direction on the screen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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