METHOD OF RECORDING POSITION OF MOBILE DEVICE, MOBILE DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM THEREOF

• US 20100045519A1
• Filed: 04/06/2009
• Published: 02/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: LEE, Moon-sang
• Application Number:
  US12/418,762
• Publication Number:
  US 20100045519A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 342/357.570
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/34 Power consumption

Abstract

A method of recording the position of a mobile device, wherein the method is used to reduce power consumption, a mobile device having a position recording function, and a recording medium having embodied thereon a program for executing the method. The method includes calculating a moving speed of the mobile device; if the moving speed is not higher than a first speed, decreasing the frequency of recording of position information of the mobile device; if the moving speed is higher than the first speed, increasing the frequency of recording of position information of the mobile device; and if the moving speed is higher than the first speed and not higher than a second speed, exponentially-changing the frequency of recording of the position information of the mobile device according to the moving speed of the mobile device.

Claims

1. A method of recording the position of a mobile device, the method comprising:

calculating a moving speed of the mobile device;

decreasing a frequency of recording position information of the mobile device if the moving speed is not higher than a first speed;

increasing the frequency of the recording of the position information if the moving speed is higher than a second speed; and

changing the frequency of the recording of the position information exponentially based on the moving speed of the mobile device, if the moving speed is higher than the first speed and not higher than the second speed.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the increasing, the decreasing and the exponentially changing of the frequency of recording of the position information are performed by adjusting a first period to determine whether the position information of the mobile device is recorded.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising:

receiving an interrupt signal before calculating the moving speed of the mobile device;

if the interrupt signal is received after a prior interrupt signal of the interrupt signal is received, determining whether a period of time corresponding to the first period has passed; and

if the period of time corresponding to the first period has passed, recording the position information of the mobile device.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein:

the interrupt signal is received each second period; and

the second period is a constant period of time.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the decreasing of the frequency of the recording of the position information of the mobile device comprises:

turning off a position information receiving function and a position information recording function of the mobile device if the moving speed is not higher than the first speed;

after the functions are turned off;

when the first period has passed, recalculating the moving speed by turning-on the functions;

if the recalculated moving speed is not higher than the first speed, turning off position information receiving and position information recording functions of the mobile device and maintaining a wait state for the first period; and

if the recalculated moving speed is higher than the first speed, recording the position information of the mobile device and changing the first period.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the position information is based on global positioning system (GPS) coordinates.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the position information is based on global positioning system (GPS) coordinates.

8. A mobile device comprising:

a position information receiving unit to receive present position information of the mobile device through a network;

a storing unit to store the position information; and

a controlling unit to calculate a moving speed of the mobile device based on the present position information and prior position information of the mobile device and to control the position information to be recorded in the storing unit;

wherein, if the calculated moving speed is higher than a first speed and not higher than a second speed, the controlling unit changes the frequency of the recording of the position information exponentially according to the moving speed of the mobile device.

9. The mobile device of claim 8, wherein the controlling unit changes the frequency of recording exponentially by adjusting a first period to determine whether the position information of the mobile device is recorded.

10. The mobile device of claim 9, further comprising:

a timer interrupt signal generating unit to periodically generate a timer interrupt signal to transfer the timer interrupt signal to the controlling unit,

wherein, whenever the timer interrupt signal is received, the controlling unit determines whether a period of time corresponding to the first period has passed after receiving the prior timer interrupt signal, and if a period of time corresponding to the first period has passed, the controlling unit controls the position information of the mobile device to be recorded in the storing unit.

11. The mobile device of claim 8, wherein the controlling unit controls the position information to be recorded in the storing unit by decreasing the frequency of the recording of the position information if the calculated moving speed is not higher than the first speed, and increasing the frequency of the recording of the position information if the calculated moving speed is higher than the second speed.

12. The mobile device of claim 9, wherein the controlling unit:

turns off power supplied to the position information receiving unit and the storing unit if the moving speed is not higher than the first speed;

recalculates the moving speed of the mobile device by turning on power supplied to the position information receiving unit and the storing unit, if a period of time corresponding to the first period has passed after turning off the power;

turns off power supplied to the position information receiving unit and the storing unit and maintains a wait state for a time corresponding to the first period, if the recalculated moving speed is not higher than the first speed; and

controls the position information to be recorded in the storing unit and changes the first period, if the recalculated moving speed is higher than the first speed.

13. The mobile device of claim 8, wherein the position information receiving unit comprises a global positioning system (GPS) receiving unit.

14. A computer readable recording medium having embodied thereon a computer program to execute a method of recording a mobile device, the method comprising:

calculating a moving speed of the mobile device;

decreasing the frequency of recording position information of the mobile device if the moving speed is not higher than a first speed;

increasing the frequency of the recording of the position information, if the moving speed is higher than a second speed; and

if the moving speed is higher than the first speed and not higher than the second speed, exponentially changing the frequency of the recording of the position information according to the moving speed of the mobile device.

15. The computer readable recording medium of claim 14, wherein the decreasing, the increasing, and the exponentially changing of the frequency of the recording of the position information are each performed by adjusting a first period to determine whether the position information of the mobile device is recorded.

16. The computer readable recording medium of claim 15, wherein the recording of the position of the mobile device further comprises:

before calculating a moving speed of the mobile device, receiving an interrupt signal;

if the interrupt signal is received, determining whether a period time corresponding to the first period has passed since a prior interrupt signal was received; and

if a period of time corresponding to the first period has passed, recording the position information of the mobile device.

17. The computer readable recording medium of claim 16, wherein:

the interrupt signal is received each second period; and

the second period has a constant period.

18. The computer readable recording medium of claim 15, wherein the decreasing of the frequency of recording of the position information of the mobile device comprises:

if the moving speed is not higher than a first speed, turning off a position information receiving function and a position information recording function of the mobile device;

after the position information receiving and the position information recording functions are turned off;

when the first period has passed, recalculating the moving speed by turning on the position information receiving function and the position information recording function;

if the recalculated moving speed is not higher than the first speed, turning off the position information receiving and the position information recording functions and maintaining a wait state for the first period; and

if the recalculated moving speed is higher than the first speed, turning on the position information receiving and the position information recording functions, recording the position information of the mobile device, and changing the first period.

19. The computer readable recording medium of claim 18, wherein the position information is based on global positioning system (GPS) coordinates.

20. A method of reducing power consumption when recording a position of a mobile device, the method comprising:

calculating a moving speed of the mobile device; and

repeatedly recording position information of the mobile device;

wherein;

a frequency in which the position information is recorded is decreased if the moving speed is less than or equal to a first speed;

the frequency in which the position information is recorded increased if the moving speed is greater than a second speed; and

the frequency in which the position information is recorded is changed exponentially based on the calculated moving speed, if the moving speed is greater than the first speed and less than or equal to the second speed.

21. The method of claim 21, further comprising:

increasing, decreasing, or exponentially changing the frequency in which the position information is recorded based on the calculated moving speed each time a first time period elapses.

23. The method of claim 21, further comprising:

adjusting a value of the first time period so as to exponentially change the frequency in which the position information is recorded.

24. The method of claim 21, wherein, whenever a second time period elapses, the frequency in which the position information is recorded is increased, decreased, or changed exponentially if the first time period has elapsed.

22. The method of claim 22, further comprising:

receiving an interrupt signal whenever a second period of time elapses;

after receiving the interrupt signal, determining whether the first time period has elapsed since the previous interrupt signal was received; and

recording the position information if the first time period has elapsed since the previous interrupt signal was received.