MOBILE APPARATUS, GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ACQUIRING GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

• US 20080161017A1
• Filed: 12/20/2007
• Published: 07/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: MiTAC International Corporation (MiTAC Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: MiTAC International Corporation (MiTAC Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: TU, HSIN-YI
• Application Number:
  US11/961,141
• Publication Number:
  US 20080161017A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries

Abstract

A mobile apparatus, a geographical information system and a method of acquiring geographical information are disclosed. The geographical information system is used for acquiring geographical information of a geographical object. The system at least includes a geographical object message and a mobile apparatus. The geographical object message is provided by the geographical object. The geographical object is generally an identification code or an image. The mobile apparatus is used for receiving the geographical object message, and generating an inquiry command after identifying the geographical object. Geographical information corresponding to the inquiry command is searched from a database of the mobile apparatus based on the inquiry command. The searched geography information is displayed on the mobile apparatus. The invention provides a direct viewing of geographic information for users to improve the degree of freedom of a trip and effectively manage personal time.

Claims

1. A geographical information system for acquiring geographical information of a geographical object, comprising:

a geographical object message provided by said geographical object; and

a mobile apparatus for receiving said geographical object message, identifying said geographical object message to produce an inquiry command, searching said geographical information corresponding to said inquiry command from a database of said mobile apparatus based on said inquiry command, and displaying said geographical information on said mobile apparatus.

2. The geographical information system of claim 1, wherein said geographical object is a building or transportation, and said transportation is a public transit, and said public transit is a bus, and said geographical object is photographed by a built-in photography module of said mobile apparatus to become an image that is taken as said geographical object message.

3. The geographical information system of claim 1, wherein said geographical information is information relative to said geographical object.

4. The geographical information system of claim 1, wherein said geographical object message is an identification code or an image, and said geographical object message is transmitted by an electronic label installed in said geographical object to said mobile apparatus through a radio frequency signal.

5. The geographical information system of claim 1, wherein said mobile apparatus is a mobile electronic apparatus, and said mobile electronic apparatus is a personal digital assistant or a mobile communication apparatus.

6. The geographical information system of claim 1, wherein said mobile apparatus further comprises a radio frequency reader for receiving said geographical object message, and said mobile apparatus further comprises a photography module for photographing an image of said geographical object as said geographical object message provided by said geographical object, and said mobile apparatus further comprises an identification unit for identifying said geographical object message provided by said geographical object to produce said inquiry command, and said mobile apparatus further comprises a navigation module for producing at least one guided route based on said geographical object message.

7. The geographical information system of claim 1, wherein said database is a storage module.

8. A geographical information system for acquiring geographical information of a geographical object, comprising:

a geographical object message provided by said geographical object;

a mobile apparatus for receiving said geographical object message, producing an inquiry command after said geographical object message is identified, and sending said inquiry command by a communication module of said mobile apparatus; and

an information center for receiving said inquiry command, searching said geographical information corresponding to said inquiry command, and sending said geographical information to said mobile apparatus for a display thereon.

9. The geographical information system of claim 8, wherein said geographical object is a building or transportation, and said transportation is a public transit, and said public transit is a bus, and said geographical object provides an image of said geographical object photographed by a built-in photography module of said mobile apparatus as said geographical object message.

10. The geographical information system of claim 8, wherein said geographical information is information relative to said geographical object.

11. The geographical information system of claim 8, wherein said geographical object message is an identification code or an image, and said geographical object message is transmitted by an electronic label installed in said geographical object to said mobile apparatus through a radio frequency signal.

12. The geographical information system of claim 8, wherein said geographical object is photographed by a built-in photography module of said mobile apparatus to become an image that is provided as said geographical object message.

13. The geographical information system of claim 8, wherein said mobile apparatus is a mobile electronic apparatus, and said mobile electronic apparatus is a personal digital assistant or a mobile communication apparatus.

14. The geographical information system of claim 8, wherein said mobile apparatus further comprises a radio frequency reader for receiving said geographical object message, and said mobile apparatus further comprises an identification unit for identifying said geographical object message provided by said geographical object to produce said inquiry command, and said mobile apparatus further comprises a navigation module for producing at least one guided route based on said geographical object message.

15. The geographical information system of claim 8, wherein said information center further comprises a geographical information system (GIS) for providing said geographical information corresponding to said inquiry command.

16. A method of acquiring geographical information applied in a mobile apparatus for displaying geographical information, comprising the steps of:

obtaining a geographical object message of a geographical object externally;

identifying said geographical object message, and then producing an inquiry command;

searching said geographical information corresponding to said inquiry command from a database based on said inquiry command, or sending said inquiry command to an information center for searching said geographical information corresponding to said inquiry command; and

displaying said geographical information on said mobile apparatus.

17. The method of acquiring geographical information of claim 16, wherein said geographical object message is obtained from Internet, a short message or an external source for said geographical object, and said geographical object message is an identification code or an image.

18. The method of acquiring geographical information of claim 16, wherein said database is a storage module.

19. The method of acquiring geographical information of claim 16, wherein said information center comprises a geographical information system for providing said geographical information corresponding to said inquiry command.

20. The method of acquiring geographical information of claim 16, wherein said mobile apparatus further comprises a navigation module for generating at least one guided route based on said geographical object message.