METHOD, MOBILE DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR RECORDING PARKING INFORMATION

• US 20110022301A1
• Filed: 07/26/2010
• Published: 01/27/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Lee, Yu-Cheng
• Application Number:
  US12/843,872
• Publication Number:
  US 20110022301A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/201
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/26 specially adapted for navigation in a road network
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3423 Multimodal routing, i.e. combining two or more modes of transportation, where the modes can be any of, e.g. driving, walking, cycling, public transport
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3685 the POI's being parking facilities

Abstract

A method, a mobile device and a recording medium for recording parking information are provided. In the present method, a current location of the mobile device is detected, and a trigger signal is detected. A parking information page is generated when the trigger signal is detected, wherein the parking information page comprises a parking image generated according to an electronic map of the current location of the mobile device and a parking location generated according to the current location of the mobile device.

Claims

1. A method for recording parking information, adapted to a mobile device, the method comprising:

detecting a current location of the mobile device;

detecting a trigger signal;

generating a parking information page when the trigger signal is detected, wherein the parking information page comprises a parking image generated according to an electronic map of the current location of the mobile device and a parking location generated according to the current location of the mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein after the step of detecting the current location of the mobile device, the method further comprises:

planning a first navigation route to a first parking lot around a destination according to the current location of the mobile device;

displaying an electronic map comprising the first navigation route to execute a navigation function; and

setting a prompt range, and switching the electronic map from a 3-dimensional (3D) display mode to a 2-dimensional (2D) display mode when the mobile device enters the prompt range of the first parking lot.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the trigger signal is triggered when the mobile device enters or stops in a parking lot.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the trigger signal is triggered when the mobile device is removed from a device stand.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein when the trigger signal is detected, the method further comprising:

planning a fourth navigation route to walk to the destination of the current location of the mobile device;

displaying an electronic map comprising the fourth navigation route; and

generating the parking image of the parking information page of the electronic map comprising the fourth navigation route.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein after the step of generating the parking information page, the method further comprises:

receiving an operation performed by the user on the parking information page;

planning a fifth navigation route to the parking location in the parking information page of the current location of the mobile device; and

displaying an electronic map comprising the fifth navigation route to execute a navigation function.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a plurality of images and;

serving the received images as other parking images of the parking information page.

8. A recording medium, recording program instructions for:

detecting a current location of a mobile device;

detecting a trigger signal;

generating a parking information page when the trigger signal is detected, wherein the parking information page comprises a parking image generated according to an electronic map of the current location of the mobile device and a parking location generated according to the current location of the mobile device.

9. A mobile device for recording parking information, comprising:

a positioning unit, for detecting a current location of the mobile device;

a display unit, for displaying the parking information;

a storage unit, for storing the parking information; and

a processing unit, coupled to the positioning unit, the display unit, and the storage unit, for generating a parking information page when a trigger signal is detected and recording the parking information page into the storage unit, wherein parking information page comprising a parking image generated by the processing unit according to an electronic map of the current location of the mobile device and a parking location generated according to the detected current location of the mobile device.

10. The mobile device of claim 9, further comprising:

an input unit, coupled to the processing unit, for receiving operations input by a user,

wherein when the input unit receives a destination input by a user, the processing unit plans a first navigation route to a first parking lot around the destination according to the current location of the mobile device and displays an electronic map comprising the first navigation route in the display unit to execute a navigation function, and the processing unit further switches the electronic map from a 3D display mode to a 2D display mode when the mobile device enters a prompt range of the first parking lot.

11. The mobile device of claim 10, wherein the processing unit further determines whether the mobile device enters the prompt range of the first parking lot according to the current location of the mobile device, and the processing unit detects whether the first parking lot has an empty parking space when the mobile device enters the prompt range of the first parking lot, wherein if the first parking lot has no empty parking space, the processing unit plans a second navigation route to a second parking lot around the destination and displays an electronic map comprising the second navigation route in the display unit to execute the navigation function.

12. The mobile device of claim 10, wherein when the input unit receives a selection operation performed by the user on a third parking lot in the electronic map, the processing unit plans a third navigation route to the third parking lot and displays an electronic map comprising the third navigation route in the display unit to execute the navigation function.

13. The mobile device of claim 9, wherein the processing unit triggers the trigger signal when the mobile device enters in a parking lot.

14. The mobile device of claim 9, wherein the processing unit triggers the trigger signal when the mobile device stops in a parking lot.

15. The mobile device of claim 9, wherein the processing unit triggers the trigger signal when the mobile device is removed from a device stand.

16. The mobile device of claim 9, wherein the processing unit triggers the trigger signal when a triggering operation performed by a user is received.

17. The mobile device of claim 9, wherein when the input unit receives an operation performed by the user on the parking information page, the processing unit plans a fifth navigation route to the parking location in the parking information page according to a current location of the mobile device and displays an electronic map comprising the fifth navigation route in the display unit to execute the navigation function.

18. The mobile device of claim 9, wherein when the trigger signal is detected, the processing unit further plans a fourth navigation route to walk to the destination according to the current location of the mobile device, displays an electronic map comprising the fourth navigation route in the display unit, and generates the parking image of the parking information page according to the electronic map.

19. The mobile device of claim 9 further comprising:

an image capturing unit, for capturing an image, wherein when the trigger signal is detected, the image capturing unit receives a plurality of images and serves the images as other parking images of the parking information page.