User-defined marked locations for use in conjunction with a personal navigation device

• US 20110077852A1
• Filed: 09/25/2009
• Published: 03/31/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: MiTAC International Corporation (MiTAC Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: MiTAC International Corporation (MiTAC Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Otani, Takuya, Ragavan, Mythreyi
• Application Number:
  US12/566,674
• Publication Number:
  US 20110077852A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/201
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3682 output of POI information on a road map G01C21/3614, G01C21/3685 take precedence

Abstract

A method of creating and storing a marked location in a portable electronic device includes receiving current position information of the portable electronic device, recording description data for a marked location when a user of the portable electronic device is located at the marked location, and storing the description data and position information corresponding to the marked location in a memory.

Claims

1. A method of creating and storing a marked location in a portable electronic device, the method comprising:

receiving current position information of the portable electronic device;

recording description data for a marked location when a user of the portable electronic device is located at the marked location; and

storing the description data and position information corresponding to the marked location in a memory.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein recording description data comprises recording a voice description using a microphone of the portable electronic device and storing the voice description as a sound file.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein recording description data comprises recording a text description and storing the text description as a text file.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein recording description data comprises recording current time and date information.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein recording description data comprises inputting a photo corresponding to the marked location and storing the photo as an image file.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising displaying a plurality of marked locations stored in the memory.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising receiving selection of a stored marked location and providing navigation instructions to the selected marked location.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising displaying an icon corresponding to the marked location on a map shown on the portable electronic device when the portable electronic device is nearby the marked location.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising displaying a location label corresponding to the marked location when receiving touch input corresponding to a location of the icon shown on a display of the portable electronic device.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the portable electronic device is a personal navigation device, and the portable electronic device has a communication port for importing one or more marked locations from an external electronic device.

11. A portable electronic device for creating and storing a marked location, comprising:

a global positioning system (GPS) receiver for receiving current position information of the portable electronic device;

a user interface for recording description data for a marked location when a user of the portable electronic device is located at the marked location; and

a memory for storing the description data and position information corresponding to the marked location.

12. The portable electronic device of claim 11 further comprising:

a microphone for recording a voice description from the user, wherein the voice description is stored as a sound file.

13. The portable electronic device of claim 11, wherein the description data is a text description stored in the memory as a text file.

14. The portable electronic device of claim 11, wherein the description data comprises current time and date information.

15. The portable electronic device of claim 11, wherein the description data comprises a photo corresponding to the marked location stored in the memory as an image file.

16. The portable electronic device of claim 11, wherein the user interface displays a plurality of marked locations stored in the memory.

17. The portable electronic device of claim 16, wherein the user interface provides navigation instructions to a selected marked location in response to receiving input indicating selection of one of the stored marked locations.

18. The portable electronic device of claim 11, wherein the user interface displays an icon corresponding to the marked location on a map when the portable electronic device is nearby the marked location.

19. The portable electronic device of claim 18, wherein the user interface displays a location label corresponding to the marked location when receiving touch input corresponding to a location of the icon.

20. The portable electronic device of claim 11, wherein the portable electronic device is a personal navigation device, and the portable electronic device has a communication port for importing one or more marked locations from an external electronic device.