Tag location guiding method and tag location guiding system for communication terminals

• US 20090121873A1
• Filed: 09/30/2008
• Published: 05/14/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Park, Il Kwon
• Granted Patent: US 8,558,692 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/572.100
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10366 the interrogation device being adapted for miscellaneous applications
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

A tag location guiding method and a tag location guiding system for communication terminals that enable guiding of tag location during reception of tag information are disclosed. The tag location guiding method for communication terminals includes: recognizing, upon reception of tag information, a guide level set in correspondence to the tag information; and outputting, if previously set location guide data according to the recognized guide level is present, the set location guide data. Accordingly, a user of a communication terminal can accurately obtain a situation through location guide data.

Claims

1. A tag location guiding method for communication terminals comprising:

recognizing, upon reception of tag information, a guide level set in correspondence to the tag information; and

outputting, if previously set location guide data according to the recognized guide level is present, the set location guide data.

2. The tag location guiding method of claim 1, further comprising setting the location guide data according to at least two guide levels classified in correspondence to the tag information.

3. The tag location guiding method of claim 1, further comprising processing the tag information.

4. The tag location guiding method of claim 2, wherein the guide levels are classified according to a tag distance.

5. The tag location guiding method of claim 1, wherein recognizing a guide level comprises:

calculating a tag distance from the tag information; and

recognizing a guide level corresponding to the tag distance.

6. The tag location guiding method of claim 1, wherein outputting the set location guide data comprises playing back at least one of an audio signal and a text signal.

7. The tag location guiding method of claim 1, wherein outputting the set location guide data comprises transmitting the location guide data.

8. A tag location guiding system for communication terminals comprising:

a tag storing a tag information; and

a communication terminal having a reader unit for receiving the tag information, a control unit recognizing, upon reception of the tag information, a guide level corresponding to the received tag information and outputting, if previously set location guide data according to the recognized guide level is present, the set location guide data, and a memory having a tag setting database for storing the set location guide data for the tag information under the control of the control unit.

9. The tag location guiding system of claim 8, wherein the control unit sets the location guide data according to at least two guide levels classified in correspondence to the tag information and controls the memory to store the set location guide data.

10. The tag location guiding system of claim 8, wherein the control unit processes the received tag information and instructs the memory to store the processed result, and the memory further comprises a tag information database for storing the processed result.

11. The tag location guiding system of claim 9, wherein the guide levels are classified according to a tag distance, and the control unit calculates the tag distance using the tag information and recognizes a guide level corresponding to the tag distance.

12. The tag location guiding system of claim 8, wherein the communication terminal further comprises a speaker for playing back an audio signal using the location guide data.

13. The tag location guiding system of claim 8, wherein the communication terminal further comprises a display unit displaying the location guide data.

14. The tag location guiding system of claim 8, wherein the communication terminal further comprises a wireless communication unit for transmitting the location guide data.