METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ROAD GUIDANCE USING MOBILE TERMINAL
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- displaying a map image created by a user input;
setting at least one user-designated location to the map image according to the user'"'"'s input;
setting location information of the user-designated location to the user-designated location;
determining whether a current location information and the location information of the user-designated location is identical; and
notifying of arrival at the user-designated location.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to apparatus and method for road guidance using a mobile terminal. The method for road guidance using a mobile terminal includes receiving a map image created by a users input, setting at least one user-designated location to the map image according to the users input, setting location information of the user-designated location to the user-designated location, comparing the location information of the user-designated location with current location information of the mobile terminal; and notifying of arrival at the user-designated location. A user may arrive at a desired destination according to the present invention without using map data provided by a map data service provider.
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18 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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displaying a map image created by a user input; setting at least one user-designated location to the map image according to the user'"'"'s input; setting location information of the user-designated location to the user-designated location; determining whether a current location information and the location information of the user-designated location is identical; and notifying of arrival at the user-designated location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A terminal, comprising:
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a Global Positioning System (GPS) module to receive a Global Positioning System (GPS) signal to set current location data; a touch sensor unit to detect a user input; a display unit to display a map image and a user-designated location data created according to the user input; a controller to set a location data to the user-designated location data, and to create the map image; and a storage unit to store the map image. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus, comprising:
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a processor configured to detect a map image triggering event based on a user input, wherein the processor further configured to generate location data of a user-designated location and the location data is set to the map image in response to detection of the map image triggering event created by the user input; and a mapping table, coupled to the processor, configured to determine whether a current location data and the location data of the user-designated location is identical, wherein an arrival notice is provided. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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