METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRIP PLANNING AND RECORDING MEDIUM

• US 20110035143A1
• Filed: 06/28/2010
• Published: 02/10/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Lee, Yu-Cheng
• Granted Patent: US 8,630,803 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/200
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for trip planning and a recording medium are provided. The method is suitable for a mobile device having a touch screen. In the method, a trip plan panel comprising a plurality of waypoint blocks arranged according to an arrangement sequence is displayed on the touch screen. Then, a touch operation of dragging executed between a point of interest (POI) and the trip plan panel is received, so as to input the POI in one of the waypoint blocks. Finally, according to the arrangement sequence of the waypoint blocks, a path between the POIs in the way point blocks is planned.

Claims

1. A method for trip planning, suitable for a mobile device having a touch screen, the method comprising:

a. displaying a trip plan panel on the touch screen, wherein the trip plan panel comprises a plurality of waypoint blocks displayed according to an arrangement sequence;

b. receiving a touch operation of dragging between a point of interest (POI) and the trip plan panel to input the POI in one of the waypoint blocks; and

c. planning a path between the POIs in the waypoint blocks according to the arrangement sequence of the waypoint blocks, and assembling the paths to establish a trip plan.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein after the step of assembling the paths to establish the trip plan, the method further comprises:

sending the trip plan to other mobile devices, networks or databases.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein before step b., the method further comprises:

displaying an electronic map; and

receiving a touch operation of dragging a point on the electronic map to the trip plan panel.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

receiving a touch operation of dragging from one of the waypoint blocks to a location on the electronic map; and

inputting the location on the electronic map to the dragged waypoint block to serve as the POI, and marking the POI at the location of the electronic map.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein after the step of displaying the electronic map, the method further comprises:

receiving a touch operation performed on a location of the electronic map; and

displaying a POI tag at the location for being dragged to the trip plan panel.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein after the step of displaying the POI tag at the location, the method further comprises:

receiving a touch operation of shifting on the electronic map;

shifting a display range of the electronic map without moving the POI tag; and

taking a location of the POI tag on the shifted electronic map as a positioning location of the POI.

7. A recording medium, recording program instructions for:

a. displaying a trip plan panel on the touch screen, wherein the trip plan panel comprises a plurality of waypoint blocks displayed according to an arrangement sequence;

b. receiving a touch operation of dragging between a POI and the trip plan panel to input the POI in one of the waypoint blocks; and

c. planning a path between the POIs in the waypoint blocks according to the arrangement sequence of the waypoint blocks, and assembling the paths to establish a trip plan.

8. An apparatus for trip planning, comprising:

a touch screen, receiving a touch operation of a user;

a trip plan panel display module, displaying a trip plan panel comprising a plurality of waypoint blocks on the touch screen, and inputting a POI in one of the waypoint blocks according to a touch operation of dragging between the POI and the trip plan panel received by the touch screen, wherein the waypoint blocks are displayed in the trip plan panel according to an arrangement sequence; and

a path plan module, planning paths between the POIs in the waypoint blocks according to the arrangement sequence of the waypoint blocks, and the trip plan panel display module assembling the paths to establish a trip plan.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein a starting point of the trip plan is the POI of a first waypoint block or a current position of the mobile device.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising:

a storage unit, storing the trip plan established by the trip plan panel display module.

11. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising:

a location list display module, displaying a location list comprising a plurality of locations, wherein the locations are used for being dragged to the trip plan panel.

12. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising:

an electronic map display module, displaying an electronic map, wherein a point on the electronic map is capable of being dragged to the trip plan panel.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein according to a touch operation of dragging from one of the waypoint blocks to a location on the electronic map received by the touch screen, the trip plan panel display module further inputs the location on the electronic map to the dragged waypoint block to serve as the POI.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the trip plan panel display module further displays a switching function icon, and switches the waypoint blocks according to an operation of the switching function icon received by the touch screen, and the electronic map display module further displays the POI in the switched waypoint block on the displayed electronic map.

15. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein according to a touch operation received by the touch screen that is performed on a location of the electronic map, the trip plan panel display module displays a POI tag at the location for being dragged to the trip plan panel.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein according to a touch operation of shifting on the electronic map received by the touch screen, the trip plan panel display module shifts a display range of the electronic map without moving the POI tag, and takes a location of the POI tag on the shifted electronic map as a positioning location of the POI.

17. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the trip plan panel display module further deletes the POIs in the waypoint blocks that are located within a display range of the electronic map according to an operation of a deleting function icon on the electronic map that is received by the touch screen.

18. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein according to a touch operation of dragging a waypoint block out of the trip plan panel received by the touch screen, the trip plan panel display module further deletes the POI in the waypoint block being dragged out.

19. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein according to a touch operation of dragging from a waypoint block to a deleting function icon located outside the trip plan panel, the trip plan panel display module deletes the POI in the waypoint block.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the trip plan panel display module inserts a new waypoint block between the two adjacent waypoint blocks located at two sides of the space according to a touch operation of dragging from the POI to the space between the two adjacent waypoint blocks that is received by the touch screen, and inputs the POI in the new waypoint block.

21. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the trip plan panel display module inserts a third waypoint block between the two adjacent waypoint blocks located at two sides of the space according to a touch operation of dragging from the third waypoint block to the space between the two adjacent waypoint blocks that is received by the touch screen.

22. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the path plan module skips the waypoint blocks not inputted with the POIs in the trip plan panel, and plans the paths between the POIs in the waypoint blocks according to the arrangement sequence of the remaining waypoint blocks.