Method of providing navigation information by recalculating navigation route

• US 20090030600A1
• Filed: 05/16/2008
• Published: 01/29/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: MiTAC International Corporation (MiTAC Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: MiTAC International Corporation (MiTAC Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Liu, Neng
• Application Number:
  US12/153,294
• Publication Number:
  US 20090030600A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/201
• 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: G01C 21/3676 Overview of the route on the road map

Abstract

A method of providing navigation information by recalculating a navigation route is used in a global positioning device. The method reads an original navigation route first. If another new navigation route can be read again, it shows that the global positioning device is deviated from the original navigation route, and route data of the original navigation route and the new navigation route are compared to generate a comparing information such as an overlapped position of the two navigation routes, and the time or distance required to return to the original new navigation route from the new navigation route and display the comparing information on the global positioning device to remind the users. The present invention can greatly reduce the tension of a user who is not familiar with the routes and road conditions.

Claims

1. A method of providing navigation information by recalculating a navigation route, applied in a global positioning device, and comprising the steps of:

reading an original navigation route;

reading a new navigation route;

comparing route data of the original navigation route and the new navigation route to generate a comparing information; and

displaying the comparing information on the global positioning device.

2. The method of providing navigation information by recalculating a navigation route as recited in claim 1, wherein when the route data of the original navigation route and the new navigation route are compared, the method further comprising the steps of:

reading all path nodes in the original navigation route;

reading all path nodes in the new navigation route; and

comparing the original navigation route and the new navigation route to find a repeated path node.

3. The method of providing navigation information by recalculating a navigation route as recited in claim 2, wherein the method produces the comparing information by a procedure comprising the steps of:

reading a current positioning value of the current position of the global positioning device; and

finding the most preferred path node closest to the current positioning value from the repeated path nodes of the original navigation route and the new navigation route.

4. The method of providing navigation information by recalculating a navigation route as recited in claim 3, wherein after displaying the comparing information, the method further comprises the steps of:

reading a node positioning value of the most preferred path node; and

marking the most preferred path node on a map information according to the node positioning value.

5. The method of providing navigation information by recalculating a navigation route as recited in claim 4, wherein after marking the most preferred on the map information, the method further comprises the steps of:

reading a current positioning value of the global positioning device once every setup time;

computing a remaining distance according to the current positioning value and the node positioning value; and

displaying the remaining distance on the global positioning device.

6. The method of providing navigation information by recalculating a navigation route as recited in claim 5, wherein after displaying the remaining distance on the global positioning device, the method further comprises the steps of:

reading a current speed of the global positioning device;

reading the remaining distance;

computing a remaining time according to the speed and the remaining distance; and

displaying the remaining time on the global positioning device.

7. The method of providing navigation information by recalculating a navigation route as recited in claim 3, wherein while displaying the comparing information, the method further comprises the steps of:

reading a non-repeated path node of the new navigation route and the original navigation route; and

marking the non-repeated path node on a map information according to the node positioning value of the non-repeated path node.

8. The method of providing navigation information by recalculating a navigation route as recited in claim 7, wherein after marking the non-repeated path node in the map information, the method further comprises the steps of:

reading a passing road corresponding to a non-repeated path node from the map information according to the non-repeated path node; and

displaying the passing road on the global positioning device.

9. The method of providing navigation information by recalculating a navigation route as recited in claim 6, wherein before reading the original navigation route, the method further comprises the steps of:

receiving a target positioning value;

receiving a satellite signal to compute the current positioning value according to the satellite signal; and

computing the original navigation route according to the target positioning value, the current positioning value and the map information.

10. The method of providing navigation information by recalculating a navigation route as recited in claim 8, wherein before reading the original navigation route, the method further comprises the steps of:

receiving a target positioning value;

receiving a satellite signal to compute the current positioning value according to the satellite signal; and

computing the original navigation route according to the target positioning value, the current positioning value and the map information.

11. The method of providing navigation information by recalculating a navigation route as recited in claim 9, wherein after reading the original navigation route and after reading the new navigation route, the method further comprises the steps of:

reading the current positioning value of the global positioning device once every setup time; and

computing the new navigation route according to the target positioning value, the current positioning value and the map information, if the current positioning value is not within the range of the original navigation route.

12. The method of providing navigation information by recalculating a navigation route as recited in claim 10, wherein after reading the original navigation route and after reading the new navigation route, the method further comprises the steps of:

reading the current positioning value of the global positioning device once every setup time; and

computing the new navigation route according to the target positioning value, the current positioning value and the map information, if the current positioning value is not within the range of the original navigation route.