Navigation System and Method for Controlling the Same

• US 20070244631A1
• Filed: 06/13/2005
• Published: 10/18/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Jung, Mun, Yi, Dong
• Application Number:
  US11/570,562
• Publication Number:
  US 20070244631A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/201
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/30 Map- or contour-matching

Abstract

A navigation system and a method for controlling the same wherein navigation functions are integrally mounted in a mobile communication terminal to enable to guide the travel of a mobile object in real time. A GPS receiving module is integrally mounted in the mobile communication terminal to receive navigation messages transmitted by the GPS satellites and to detect the position of the mobile object, terrestrial magnetic field is detected by a terrestrial magnetic field sensor module to detect an azimuth of the mobile object, an acceleration speed is detected by an acceleration speed sensor, and the travel speed of the mobile object is calculated by a speed detecting module using the acceleration speed thus detected, a current position of the mobile object is determined by an output signal from the GPS receiving module, the terrestrial magnetic field sensor module, and the speed detecting module, and the current position of the mobile object thus determined is matched to a map data stored in a map storage for display in a display unit.

Claims

1. A navigation system comprising:

a GPS receiving module for receiving navigation messages transmitted from GPS satellites via an antenna;

a terrestrial magnetic field sensor module for detecting a terrestrial magnetic field;

an acceleration speed sensor for detecting an acceleration speed of a mobile object;

a speed detecting module for detecting a travel speed of the mobile object using the acceleration speed detected by the acceleration speed sensor;

a map storage for storing a map data; and

a central processing unit for determining a current position of the mobile object via output signals outputted from the GPS receiving module, the terrestrial magnetism sensor module and the speed detecting module and matching the current position of the mobile object thus determined to a map data stored in the map storage and displaying the matched map data on a display unit.

2. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein the GPS receiving module receives navigation messages transmitted by at least four GPS satellites among the navigation messages transmitted by a plurality of GPS satellites to detect the current position of the mobile object.

3. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein and the terrestrial magnetism sensor module detects a magnetic field of the Earth and calculates an azimuth of the mobile object in response to the detected magnetic field.

4. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein the map data stored in the map storage comprises at least one of the following data which are background map data containing polygon and polyline attribute information, road map data containing index of link, attribute of link, node information, contour point information, Point of Interest (POI) containing POI index, destination name, address, position and classification code, and road search map data containing contour information of link, turn, left turn, right turn, straight ahead information at a cross road and connecting information of link.

5. The system as defined in claim 1, further comprising a temperature sensor for detecting a current temperature, and the speed detecting module temperature-compensates the acceleration speed detected by the acceleration speed sensor in response to the current temperature detected by the temperature sensor to detect a travel speed of the mobile object.

6. The system as defined in claim 5, wherein the speed detecting module comprises:

a temperature compensating unit for temperature-compensating the acceleration speed detected by the acceleration speed sensor in response to the current temperature detected by the temperature sensor;

an integrator for integrating the acceleration speed detection signal temperature-compensated by the temperature compensating unit; and

a speed accumulating unit for accumulating the integrated signals of the integrator to detect the travel speed of the mobile object.

7. The system as defined in claim 6, wherein the temperature-compensating unit comprises:

a temperature difference calculating unit for calculating a temperature difference between the current temperature detected by the temperature sensor and a predetermined reference temperature;

a temperature inclination discriminating unit for discriminating a temperature inclination of the acceleration sensor relative to the current temperature detected by the temperature sensor; and

a correcting unit for correcting the acceleration speed detected by the acceleration speed sensor in response to the temperature difference calculated by the temperature difference calculating unit and the temperature inclination discriminated by the temperature inclination discriminating unit.

8. A navigation system comprising:

a telephone communication unit for implementing a telephone communication;

a modulating/demodulating unit mounted between an antenna and the telephone communication unit for demodulating a voice signal received via the antenna to output the modulated voice signal to the telephone communication unit, and modulating the voice signal inputted from the telephone communication unit to transmit the modulated voice signal via the antenna;

a GPS receiving module for receiving navigation messages transmitted from GPS satellites via an antenna;

a terrestrial magnetic field sensor module for detecting a terrestrial magnetic field;

an acceleration speed sensor for detecting an acceleration speed of a mobile object;

a speed detecting module for detecting a travel speed of the mobile object using the acceleration speed detected by the acceleration speed sensor;

a map storage for storing a map data; and

a central processing unit for determining a current position of the mobile object via output signals outputted from the GPS receiving module, the terrestrial magnetism sensor module and the speed detecting module and matching the current position of the mobile object thus determined to a map data stored in the map storage and displaying the matched map data on a display unit.

9. The system as defined in claim 8, wherein the antenna connected to the modulating/demodulating unit and the antenna by which the GSP receiving module receives the navigation messages are the same one antenna.

10. The system as defined in claim 8, wherein the antenna connected to the modulating/demodulating unit and the antenna by which the GPS receiving module receives the navigation messages are separate antennas.

11. The system as defined in claim 8, wherein the GPS receiving module receives navigation messages transmitted by at least four GPS satellites among the navigation messages transmitted by a plurality of GPS satellites to detect the current position of the mobile object.

12. The system as defined in claim 8, wherein and the terrestrial magnetism sensor module detects a terrestrial magnetic field of the Earth and calculates an azimuth of the mobile object in response to the detected terrestrial magnetic field.

13. The system as defined in claim 8, wherein the map data stored in the map storage includes at least one of the following data which are background map data containing polygon and polyline attribute information, road map data containing index of link, attribute of link, node information, contour point information, Point of Interest (POI) containing POI index, destination name, address, position and classification code, and road search map data containing contour information of link, turn, left turn, right turn, straight ahead information at a cross road and connecting information of link.

14. The system as defined in claim 8 further comprising a temperature sensor for detecting the current temperature, and the speed detecting module temperature-compensates the acceleration speed detected by the acceleration speed sensor in response to the current temperature detected by the temperature sensor.

15. The system as defined in claim 14, wherein the speed detecting module comprises:

a temperature compensating unit for temperature-compensating the acceleration speed detected by the acceleration speed sensor in response to the current temperature detected by the temperature sensor;

an integrator for integrating an acceleration speed detection signal temperature-compensated by the temperature compensating unit; and

a speed accumulator for accumulating integrated signals of the integrator to detect a travel speed of a mobile object.

16. The system as defined in claim 15, wherein the temperature compensating unit comprises:

a temperature difference calculating unit for calculating a temperature difference between the current temperature detected by the temperature sensor and a predetermined reference temperature;

a temperature inclination discriminating unit for discriminating a temperature inclination of the acceleration sensor relative to the current temperature detected by the temperature sensor; and

a correcting unit for correcting the acceleration speed detected by the acceleration speed sensor in response to the temperature difference calculated by the temperature difference calculating unit and the temperature inclination discriminated by the temperature inclination discriminating unit.

17. A controlling method of a navigation system, the method comprising the steps of:

reading out a map data of a predetermined region from a map storage based on a current position of a mobile object detected by a GPS receiving module receiving navigation messages;

discriminating whether there is a trustworthiness of the current position of the mobile object detected by the GPS receiving module via the navigation messages;

determining as a current position of the mobile object the position detected by the GPS receiving module via the navigation messages if there is trustworthiness as a result of the discrimination;

determining a current position of the mobile object by using the terrestrial magnetic field detected by the terrestrial magnetic field sensor module and the acceleration speed of the mobile object detected by the acceleration speed sensor if there is no trustworthiness as a result of the discrimination; and

matching the current position of the mobile object thus determined to the map data and displaying the matched current position of the mobile object on a display unit.

18. The method as defined in claim 17, wherein the discrimination of trustworthiness is conducted by a value of Dilution of Precision (DOP) outputted by the GPS receiving module.

19. The method as defined in claim 17, wherein the step of determining the current position of the mobile object by way of the terrestrial magnetic field detected by the terrestrial magnetic field sensor module and the acceleration speed detected by the acceleration speed sensor further comprises the steps of:

discriminating the azimuth of the mobile object by the terrestrial magnetic field detected by the terrestrial magnetic field sensor module;

integrating the acceleration speed detected by the acceleration speed sensor and accumulating integrated signals and discriminating the travel speed of the mobile object; and

discriminating the current position of the mobile object by accumulating the azimuth and the travel speed discriminated from a final position where the position detected by the GPS receiving module via the navigation messages was regarded as trustworthy to thereby discriminate the current position of the mobile object.

20. The method as defined in claim 19, wherein the travel speed discrimination is conducted by temperature-compensating and integrating the acceleration speed detected by the acceleration speed sensor in response to the current temperature detected by the temperature sensor, and accumulating the integrated signals.

21. The method as defined in claim 20, wherein the temperature compensation comprises the steps of:

calculating a temperature difference between the current temperature detected by the temperature sensor and the predetermined temperature;

discriminating a temperature inclination of the acceleration speed sensor relative to the current temperature detected by the temperature sensor; and

temperature-compensating the acceleration speed in response to the temperature difference and the temperature inclination.

22. The method as defined in claim 21, wherein the temperature-compensation of the acceleration speed in response to the temperature difference and the temperature inclination is conducted by Expression 1 which is “

A=A1+(temperature difference×

temperature coefficient)”

if the temperature inclination is a positive value and is implemented by Expression 2 which is “

A=A1−

(temperature difference×

temperature coefficient)”

if the temperature inclination is a negative value, where A denotes a temperature-compensated acceleration speed, and A1 denotes an acceleration speed detected by the acceleration speed sensor.

23. The method as defined in claim 17, further comprising the step of turning, enlarging and scale-downing a map displayed on a display unit in response to a command inputted from a command input unit.

24. A controlling method of a navigation system, the method comprising the steps of:

reading out a map data from a map storage to search a travel route of a mobile object from a starting point to a destination of the mobile object;

discriminating whether there is a trustworthiness in a current position of the mobile object detected by a GPS receiving module via navigation messages if the mobile object travels following the search of the travel route;

determining as a current position of the mobile object the position detected by the GPS receiving module receiving the navigation messages if there is a trustworthiness as a result of the discrimination;

determining a current position of the mobile object by using the terrestrial magnetic field detected by the terrestrial magnetic field sensor module and the acceleration speed of the mobile object detected by the acceleration speed sensor if there is no trustworthiness as a result of the discrimination; and

matching the current position of the mobile object thus determined to the map data, displaying the matched current position of the mobile object on a display unit and guiding the searched travel route.

25. The method as defined in claim 24, wherein the discrimination of trustworthiness is conducted by a value of Dilution of Precision (DOP) outputted by the GPS receiving module.

26. The method as defined in claim 24, wherein the step of determining the current position of the mobile object by way of the terrestrial magnetic field detected by the terrestrial magnetic field sensor module and the acceleration speed detected by the acceleration speed sensor further comprises the steps of:

discriminating the azimuth of the mobile object by the terrestrial magnetic field detected by the terrestrial magnetic field sensor module;

integrating the acceleration speed detected by the acceleration speed sensor and accumulating integrated signals and discriminating the travel speed of the mobile object; and

discriminating the current position of the mobile object by accumulating the azimuth and the travel speed discriminated from a final position where the position detected by the GPS receiving module via the navigation messages was regarded as trustworthy to thereby discriminate the current position of the mobile object.

27. The method as defined in claim 26, wherein the travel speed discrimination is conducted by temperature-compensating and integrating the acceleration speed detected by the acceleration speed sensor in response to the current temperature detected by the temperature sensor, and accumulating the integrated signals.

28. The method as defined in claim 27, wherein the temperature compensation comprises the steps of:

calculating a temperature difference between the current temperature detected by the temperature sensor and the predetermined temperature;

discriminating a temperature inclination of the acceleration speed sensor relative to the current temperature detected by the temperature sensor; and

temperature-compensating the acceleration speed in response to the temperature difference and the temperature inclination.

29. The method as defined in claim 28, wherein the temperature-compensation of the acceleration speed in response to the temperature difference and the temperature inclination is conducted by Expression 1 which is “

A=A1+(temperature difference×

temperature coefficient)”

if the temperature inclination is a positive value and is implemented by Expression 2 which is “

A=A1−

(temperature difference×

temperature coefficient)”

if the temperature inclination is a negative value, where A denotes a temperature-compensated acceleration speed, and A1 denotes an acceleration speed detected by the acceleration speed sensor.

30. The method as defined in claim 24, further comprising the step of turning, enlarging and scale-downing a map displayed on a display unit in response to a command inputted from a command input unit.