METHOD FOR SEARCHING ROUTE IN NAVIGATION SYSTEM

• US 20090234567A1
• Filed: 12/02/2008
• Published: 09/17/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Lee, Jae Ok
• Application Number:
  US12/326,414
• Publication Number:
  US 20090234567A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/200
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3605 Destination input or retrieval

Abstract

The present invention provides a method of searching a route in a navigation system. A method of setting a destination is determined. If, as the result of the determination, the method of setting a destination is determined to be a method of setting a regional destination, one or more link strings corresponding to a group of one or more destination candidates are selected. A single destination is selected from the selected link strings corresponding to the group of destination candidates, and then searched for. The determination of the method of setting the destination is performed by setting a separate flag for setting the regional destination in the memory region of the navigation system.

Claims

1. A method of searching a route in a navigation system, comprising the steps of:

(a) determining a method of setting a destination;

(b) if it is determined that the destination to be set is a regional destination, selecting one or more links corresponding to a group of one or more destination candidates; and

(c) selecting and searching a single destination from the selected link string or strings corresponding to the group of destination candidates.

2. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein step (a) is performed by setting a separate flag for setting the regional destination in a memory region of the navigation system.

3. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the regional destination is a subway station or an intersection.

4. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the strings corresponding to the group of destination candidates comprise all links which are included in a radius preset in a vicinity of coordinates of the destination, and directions in which the respective links are oriented toward the destination, based on the coordinates of the destination.

5. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein step (c) is performed by selecting an arbitrary one from among the plurality of link strings as a destination link, and, in a case in which the selected destination link is passed by, removing link string or link strings that have been passed by before reaching the selected destination link from the destination link strings to the destination.

6. A computer readable record medium recording a program for implementing the method according to claim 5.