MOBILE NAVIGATION METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ROUTE PLANNING

• US 20100106402A1
• Filed: 10/27/2009
• Published: 04/29/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Inventec Appliances Corporation (Inventec Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Inventec Corporation
• Inventors: Liu, XianZhong
• Application Number:
  US12/606,716
• Publication Number:
  US 20100106402A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/201
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3492 employing speed data or traffic data, e.g. real-time or historical traffic control systems for road vehicles involving transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle G08G1/0968
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096827 where the route is computed onboard
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/09685 where the complete route is computed only once and not updated
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096866 where the complete route is shown to the driver

Abstract

A mobile navigation method and device of route planning are provided. The method and the device enable a user to drive on a backup vehicle driving route in advance when discovering a congestion-prone road section is in poor condition. The method includes the following steps. Firstly, it is determined whether the main vehicle driving route includes at least one congestion-prone road section or not. If the main vehicle driving route includes at least one congestion-prone road section, a backup vehicle driving route is planned in a road section ahead of the congestion-prone road section. Then, it is determined whether the backup vehicle driving route is substituted for the main vehicle driving route according to an actual obtained traffic condition of the congestion-prone road section.

Claims

1. A mobile navigation method, applied to a mobile device using a Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation program, wherein the mobile device receives a destination, and is used to plan a main vehicle driving route according to the destination, and the main vehicle driving route comprises a plurality of road sections, and the mobile navigation method comprises:

determining whether the main vehicle driving route comprises at least one congestion-prone road section or not;

if the determination is that the main vehicle driving route comprises the at least one congestion-prone road section, planning a backup vehicle driving route on a road section leading to the congestion-prone road section for bypassing the congestion-prone road section to arrive at the destination; and

following the main vehicle driving route, and deciding, before reaching the congestion-prone road section, whether to switch to following the backup vehicle driving route as a substitute for the main vehicle driving route according to an actual obtained traffic condition of the congestion-prone road section.

2. The mobile navigation method according to claim 1, wherein the congestion-prone road section is designated by a user of the mobile device.

3. The mobile navigation method according to claim 1, wherein the congestion-prone road section is determined by matching one of the plurality of road sections in a database of congestion-prone road sections preset on the mobile device.

4. The mobile navigation method according to claim 1, wherein the actual obtained traffic condition of the congestion-prone road section is obtained by receiving a broadcast signal through a Traffic Message Channel (TMC) receiving module on the mobile device.

5. The mobile navigation method according to claim 1, wherein the actual obtained traffic condition of the congestion-prone road section is obtained by receiving a mobile communication signal through a radio frequency (RF) receiving module on the mobile device.

6. The mobile navigation method according to claim 1, wherein the mobile device comprises a mobile phone.

7. The mobile navigation method according to claim 1, wherein the mobile device comprises a personal digital assistant (PDA).

8. The mobile navigation method according to claim 1, wherein the mobile device comprises a personal digital assistant phone (PDA phone).

9. The mobile navigation method according to claim 1, wherein the mobile device comprises a smart phone.

10. The mobile navigation method according to claim 1, wherein the mobile device comprises a navigation device.

11. A mobile navigation device, using a Global Positioning System (GPS) module, wherein the Global Positioning System module is used to plan a main vehicle driving route according to a destination, and the main vehicle driving route comprises a plurality of road sections, and the mobile navigation device comprises:

a storage module, for storing information about at least one congestion-prone road section;

a determining unit, for determining whether or not the main vehicle driving route comprises said at least one congestion-prone road section whose information is stored in the storage module;

a receiving module, for receiving real-time broadcast messages and obtaining information about an actually congested road section accordingly; and

a route generator, for generating a backup vehicle driving route if it'"'"'s determined that the main vehicle driving route comprises said at least one congestion-prone road section, and substituting the backup vehicle driving route for the main vehicle driving route if the actually congested road section matches the congestion-prone road section.

12. The mobile navigation device according to claim 11, wherein the information about an actually congested road section further comprises an actual traffic condition of the actually congested road section.

13. The mobile navigation device according to claim 12, wherein whether the backup vehicle driving route is substituted for the main vehicle driving route depends on the actual traffic condition of the actually congested road section.

14. The mobile navigation device according to claim 12, wherein the actual traffic condition of the actually congested road section is obtained by receiving a broadcast signal through a Traffic Message Channel (TMC) receiving module on the mobile device.

15. The mobile navigation device according to claim 12, wherein the actual traffic condition of the actually congested road section is obtained by receiving a mobile communication signal through a radio frequency (RF) receiving module on the mobile device.