Method for Updating Map Data of a Navigation Device and Related Device

• US 20100211311A1
• Filed: 01/08/2010
• Published: 08/19/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Wistron Corporation
• Original Assignee: Wistron Corporation
• Inventors: Fu, Chuan-Cheng
• Application Number:
  US12/684,114
• Publication Number:
  US 20100211311A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/208
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3811 Point data, e.g. Point of Interest [POI]
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3844 Data obtained from position sensors only, e.g. from inertial navigation
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3856 Data obtained from user input
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence

Abstract

A method for updating map data of a navigation device includes forming a keypad, and recording information of a current position of the navigation device when the keypad is triggered.

Claims

1. A method for updating map data of a navigation device comprising:

forming a keypad; and

recording information of a current position of the navigation device when the keypad is triggered.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein forming the keypad is displaying an image on a touch screen of the navigation device, to form the keypad.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein forming the keypad is forming the keypad on a case of the navigation device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the information of the current position comprises coordinate information corresponding to the current position according to a global positioning system.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the information of the current position further comprises a documentation file corresponding to the current position.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising:

acquiring a voice signal; and

transforming the voice signal into corresponding text, to generate the documentation file.

7. An updating device for updating map data of a navigation device comprising:

a keypad; and

a recording unit, for recording information of a current position of the navigation device when the keypad is triggered.

8. The updating device of claim 7, wherein the keypad is an image on a touch screen of the navigation device.

9. The updating device of claim 7, wherein the keypad is formed on a case of the navigation device.

10. The updating device of claim 7, wherein the information of the current position comprises coordinate information corresponding to the current position according to a global positioning system.

11. The updating device of claim 10, wherein the information of the current position further comprises a documentation file corresponding to the current position.

12. The updating device of claim 11 further comprising:

a microphone, for acquiring a voice signal; and

a voice recognition device, for transforming the voice signal into corresponding text, to generate the documentation file.

13. A navigation device comprising:

a display device;

a positioning device, for acquiring coordinate information corresponding to a current position according to a global positioning system;

a database, for storing map data;

a navigation processor, coupled to the display device, the positioning device and the database, for displaying navigation results on the display device according to the coordinate information; and

an updating device, comprising;

a keypad; and

a recording unit, for recording information of the current position in the database when the keypad is triggered, the information comprising the coordinate information of the current position.

14. The navigation device of claim 13, wherein the display device is a touch screen, and the keypad is an image on the touch screen.

15. The navigation device of claim 13, wherein the keypad is formed on a case of the navigation device.

16. The navigation device of claim 13, wherein the information of the current position further comprises a documentation file corresponding to the current position.

17. The navigation device of claim 16, wherein the updating device further comprises:

a microphone, for acquiring a voice signal; and

a voice recognition device, for transforming the voice signal into corresponding text, to generate the documentation file.

18. The navigation device of claim 13 further comprising a setting unit, for enabling functions of the keypad.

19. The navigation device of claim 18, wherein the setting unit is further utilized for setting the functions corresponding to the keypad.