Navigation System and Method Thereof

• US 20110112757A1
• Filed: 08/30/2010
• Published: 05/12/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: MiTAC International Corporation (MiTAC Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: MiTAC International Corporation (MiTAC Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Liu, Neng
• Application Number:
  US12/871,166
• Publication Number:
  US 20110112757A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/201
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3679 Retrieval, searching and output of POI information, e.g. hotels, restaurants, shops, filling stations, parking facilities G01C21/3611 takes precedence

Abstract

A navigation system includes a storage module, a positioning module, a time module, and an integration module. The integration module is electrically connected to the storage module, the positioning module and the time module, and compares a navigation keyword with a plurality of landmark names of a map data stored in the storage module. When at least one of the landmark names is found to be partially or completely the same as the navigation keyword and is currently in opening hours, the integration module selects one of these landmark names and creates a navigation path directed to the selected landmark name based on the orientation data of the selected landmark name, positioning information output by the positioning module, and time information output by the time module. A navigation method implemented based on the above navigation system is also disclosed.

Claims

1. A navigation system, comprising:

a storage module having a map data stored therein, the map data including a plurality of landmark names, a plurality of orientation data separately corresponding to the landmark names, and a plurality of opening-hours data separately corresponding to the landmark names;

a positioning module provided for outputting positioning information;

a time module provided for outputting time information;

an integration module being electrically connected to the storage module, the positioning module, and the time module for comparing a navigation keyword with the plurality of landmark names;

such that when at least one of the landmark names is found to be partially or completely the same as the navigation keyword and is currently in the opening hours thereof, the integration module selects one of these landmark names and creates a navigation path based on the orientation data of the selected landmark name and the positioning information;

a display being electrically connected to the integration module for displaying the navigation path; and

an input module being electrically connected to the integration module for inputting the navigation keyword to select one of the landmark names that is partially or completely the same as the navigation keyword and is currently in the opening hours thereof.

2. The navigation system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the positioning module receives positioning signals output by a plurality of positioning satellites and generates the positioning information according to the positioning signals.

3. The navigation system as claimed in claim 1, wherein any of the landmark names that has opening hours not matching the time information is disabled.

4. The navigation system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the disabled landmark name is enabled again when the opening hours of the disable landmark name become matching the time information later.

5. The navigation system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a real-time road-condition module for receiving a wireless modulated signal output by a wireless frequency-modulated real-time road condition broadcasting system, and demodulating the wireless modulated signal to generate real-time road-condition information.

6. The navigation system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the integration module plans the navigation path not only based on the orientation data of the selected landmark name and the positioning information, but also the real-time road-condition information.

7. The navigation system as claimed in claim 5, wherein any of the landmark names that has orientation data matching the real-time road-condition information is disabled.

8. The navigation system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the disabled landmark name is enabled again when the orientation data of the disable landmark name no longer matches the real-time road-condition information.

9. A navigation method, comprising the following steps:

establishing a map data and storing the map data in a storage module;

the map data including a plurality of landmark names, a plurality of orientation data separately corresponding to the landmark names, and a plurality of opening-hours data separately corresponding to the landmark names;

receiving positioning information from a positioning module;

receiving time information from a time module;

inputting a navigation keyword to an integration module by an input module;

comparing the navigation keyword with the plurality of landmark names by the integration module;

locating at least one of the landmark names that is partially or completely the same as the navigation keyword and is currently in the opening hours thereof; and

selecting one of the landmark names that is partially or completely the same as the navigation keyword and is currently in the opening hours thereof;

creating a navigation path directed to the selected landmark name based on the orientation data of the selected landmark name and the positioning information; and

receiving and outputting the navigation path by a display.

10. The navigation method as claimed in claim 9, wherein further comprising the steps of:

receiving positioning signals output by a plurality of positioning satellites by the positioning module; and

generating the positioning information based on the positioning signals.

11. The navigation method as claimed in claim 9, wherein when any of the landmark names has orientation data matching the real-time road-condition information, the landmark name is disabled.

12. The navigation method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the disabled landmark name is enabled again when the opening hours of the disable landmark name become matching the time information later.

13. The navigation method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the step of creating the navigation path further comprising the following steps of:

using a real-time road-condition module to receive a wireless modulated signal output by a wireless frequency-modulated real-time road condition broadcasting system;

demodulating the wireless modulated signal to generate real-time road-condition information; and

planning the navigation path based on the orientation data of the selected landmark name, the positioning information, and the real-time road-condition information by the integration module.

14. The navigation method as claimed in claim 13, wherein when any of the landmark names has orientation data matching the real-time road-condition information, the landmark name is disabled.

15. The navigation method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the disabled landmark name is enabled again when the orientation data of the disable landmark name no longer matches the real-time road-condition information.