NAVIGATION APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND GEOGRAPHIC MAP DATA APPLICATION METHOD

• US 20100268461A1
• Filed: 04/15/2010
• Published: 10/21/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: MiTAC International Corporation (MiTAC Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: MiTAC International Corporation (MiTAC Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: YU, RONG-TARNG
• Application Number:
  US12/760,671
• Publication Number:
  US 20100268461A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/210
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3415 Dynamic re-routing, e.g. recalculating the route when the user deviates from calculated route or after detecting real-time traffic data or accidents
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3682 output of POI information on a road map G01C21/3614, G01C21/3685 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096816 where the complete route is transmitted to the vehicle at once
• 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

The invention provides a navigation apparatus, a data processing apparatus, and a geographic map data application method. The navigation apparatus receives positioning information. The navigation apparatus sends a route request to a data processing apparatus. The navigation apparatus receives a first route and a geographic map data corresponding to the route request from the data processing apparatus. Wherein, the geographic map data includes the first route and regions near the first route.

Claims

1. A geographic map data application method, applicable to a navigation apparatus, comprising the steps of:

the navigation apparatus receiving positioning information;

the navigation apparatus sending a route request to a data processing apparatus; and

the navigation apparatus receiving a first route and a geographic map data corresponding to the route request from the data processing apparatus;

wherein the geographic map data includes the first route and regions near the first route.

2. The geographic map data application method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

the navigation apparatus receiving point of interest (POI) information near the first route from the data processing apparatus.

3. The geographic map data application method of claim 2, wherein the POI information comprises local store information, local scenic spot information, or local activity information.

4. The geographic map data application method of claim 1, wherein the route request comprises a starting point of a route, a destination point of a route, a scenic spot, and a route range.

5. The geographic map data application method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

the navigation apparatus revising the first route according to the geographic map data and the positioning information.

6. The geographic map data application method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

the navigation apparatus receiving traffic information via a traffic message channel (TMC); and

the navigation apparatus selectively revising the first route according to the traffic information.

7. The geographic map data application method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

the navigation apparatus continually recording the positioning information to form a second route.

8. The geographic map data application method of claim 7, wherein after the step of forming the second route is performed, the navigation apparatus stores the second route.

9. The geographic map data application method of claim 7, wherein after the step of forming the second route is performed, the navigation apparatus sends the second route to the data processing apparatus.

10. The geographic map data application method of claim 7, wherein in the step of recording the positioning information, the navigation apparatus receives auxiliary information related to the positioning information, after the step of forming the second route is performed, the navigation apparatus sends the auxiliary information and the second route to the data processing apparatus.

11. The geographic map data application method of claim 10, wherein the auxiliary information comprises at least one image or at least one character.

12. The geographic map data application method of claim 1, wherein the geographic map data is defined by distance, by way of circle centers along the first route, and the distance from the center to a specific radius.

13. A data processing apparatus, coupled to a navigation apparatus, when the data processing apparatus receives a route request sent by the navigation apparatus, the data processing apparatus responding the route request and sending a first route and a geographic map data corresponding to the route request to the navigation apparatus, wherein the geographic map data includes the first route and regions near the first route.

14. The data processing apparatus of claim 13, wherein the navigation apparatus further receives point of interest (POI) information near the first route from the data processing apparatus.

15. The data processing apparatus of claim 14, wherein the POI information comprises local store information, local scenic spot information, or local activity information.

16. The data processing apparatus of claim 13, wherein the route request comprises a starting point of a route, a destination point of a route, a scenic spot, and a route range.

17. The data processing apparatus of claim 13, wherein the navigation apparatus receives positioning information and revises the first route according to the geographic map data and the positioning information.

18. The data processing apparatus of claim 17, wherein the navigation apparatus continually records the positioning information to form a second route.

19. The data processing apparatus of claim 18, wherein when the navigation apparatus records the positioning information, the navigation apparatus receives auxiliary information related to the positioning information, and sends the auxiliary information and the second route to the data processing apparatus.