APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ROAD DATA IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

• US 20110004400A1
• Filed: 06/22/2010
• Published: 01/06/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: SEO, Jeong-Seok, KIM, Mun-Seok
• Application Number:
  US12/820,624
• Publication Number:
  US 20110004400A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/201
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3632 Guidance using simplified or iconic instructions, e.g. using arrows G01C21/365 takes precedence

Abstract

An apparatus and a method for providing road data in mobile communication system are provided. The apparatus includes a controller for receiving location information from a terminal having no map data, for mapping a location of the terminal to a map, for generating guide information for the location of the terminal, and for transmitting the guide information to the terminal.

Claims

1. An apparatus of a portable terminal for providing road data to a first terminal including no map data, the apparatus comprising:

the first terminal including no map data for using a navigation function that uses a map of the portable terminal including the map data.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a controller for receiving location information from the first terminal including no map data, for mapping a location of the first terminal to a map, for generating guide information for the location of the first terminal, and for transmitting the guide information to the first terminal.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the location information received from the first terminal including no map data comprises destination information of the first terminal including no map data.

4. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein, when destinations of the portable terminal and the first terminal are the same, the controller generates guide information in real time until the first terminal transmitting the location information arrives at the destination, and

when the destinations of the portable terminal and the first terminal are different, the controller generates information relating to a dangerous zone around the first terminal transmitting the location information, as the guide information.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the dangerous zone comprises a crossroad.

6. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein, when the destinations of the portable terminal and the first terminal are the same, the controller generates the guide information of a corresponding zone as an image, and

when the destinations of the portable terminal and the first terminal are different, the controller generates the guide information of a corresponding zone as a text.

7. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein, when the portable terminal and the first terminal are far away from each other, the controller connects the portable terminal and the first terminal using a wireless Internet network, and

when the portable terminal and the first terminal are close to each other, the controller connects the portable terminal and the first terminal using ad-hoc connection of a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN).

8. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the first terminal receives the guide information for the location of the first terminal and provides the navigation function using the received guide information.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first terminal including no map data is a terminal capable of receiving a satellite signal necessary to locate the first terminal.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the portable terminal comprises a memory unit for storing the map data and a satellite signal receiver for receiving a satellite signal necessary to locate the portable terminal.

11. A method of a portable terminal for providing road data to a first terminal including no map data, the method comprising:

using, at the first terminal including no map data, a navigation function using a map of the portable terminal including the map data.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving location information from the first terminal including no map data;

mapping a location of the first terminal to a map using the received location information; and

generating and transmitting guide information for the location of the first terminal, to the first terminal.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the location information received from the first terminal including no map data comprises destination information of the first terminal having no map data.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the generating and transmitting of the guide information comprises:

determining destinations of the portable terminal and the first terminal;

when the destinations of the portable terminal and the first terminal are the same, generating guide information in real time until the first terminal transmitting the location information arrives at the destination; and

when the destinations of the portable terminal and the first terminal are different, generating information relating to a dangerous zone around the first terminal transmitting the location information as the guide information.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the dangerous zone comprises a crossroad.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein, when the destinations of the portable terminal and the first terminal are the same, the guide information relating to a corresponding zone is generated as an image, and

when the destinations of the portable terminal and the first terminal are different, the guide information relating to a corresponding zone as a text.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein, when the portable terminal and the first terminal are far away from each other, the portable terminal and the first terminal having no map data are connected using a wireless Internet network, and

when the portable terminal and the first terminal are close to each other, the portable terminal and the first terminal having no map data are connected using an ad-hoc connection of a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN).

18. The method of claim 12, wherein the first terminal receiving the guide information for the location of the first terminal, provides the navigation function using the received guide information.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein the first terminal having no map data is a terminal capable of receiving a satellite signal necessary to locate the first terminal.

20. The method of claim 11, wherein the portable terminal comprises a memory unit for storing the map data and a satellite signal receiver for receiving a satellite signal necessary to locate the portable terminal.