GUIDANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TAKING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

• US 20110257877A1
• Filed: 11/16/2010
• Published: 10/20/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chung-Yuan Christian University
• Original Assignee: Chung-Yuan Christian University
• Inventors: CHEN, WEI-HSUN, CHEN, YUNG-JU, CHAN, KAI-CHIH, CHANG, YU-JEN, LIU, HUNG-HUAN, CHANG, YAO-JEN
• Application Number:
  US12/947,176
• Publication Number:
  US 20110257877A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/201
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence

Abstract

The present invention provides a guidance system and a guidance method for taking public transportation, which comprise a mobile device having a mobile positioning unit and a mobile interface unit. After the mobile interface unit receives destination information, the mobile positioning unit produces text guidance information according to location information and the destination information. The mobile interface unit displays the text guidance information for guiding people the way to the platform of the public transportation and helping people to confirm the public transportation to take.

Claims

1. A guidance method for taking public transportation, comprising steps of:

inputting destination information to a mobile device;

positioning said mobile device and producing location information;

producing text guidance information according said destination information and said location information; and

displaying said text guidance information, said text guidance information providing the method and place for taking said public transportation.

2. The guidance method for taking public transportation of claim 1, wherein said step of producing said text guidance information according said destination information and said location information further comprises steps of:

reading map information corresponding to said public transportation according to said destination information and said location information; and

recording said destination information, said location information, and said text guidance information to said map information.

3. The guidance method for taking public transportation of claim 1, wherein said mobile device in said step of positioning said mobile device and producing said location information positions according to positioning information provided by a global positioning system or according to corresponding positioning information of a plurality of access points for producing said location information.

4. The guidance method for taking public transportation of claim 3, wherein said positioning information includes address information of said plurality of access points and a plurality of geographical locations corresponding to said address information.

5. The guidance method for taking public transportation of claim 1, and further comprising steps of:

repositioning and producing said location information; and

judging if said location information not on the itinerary, producing guidance modification information, and displaying said guidance modification information.

6. A guidance system for taking public transportation, comprising:

a mobile interface unit, disposed in a mobile device, and receiving destination information; and

a mobile positioning unit, disposed in said mobile device, positioning said mobile device, producing location information, producing text guidance information according to said location information and said destination information, said mobile interface unit receiving and displaying said text guidance information, and said text guidance information providing the method and place for taking said pubic transportation.

7. The guidance system for taking public transportation of claim 6, and further comprising:

a central control device, receiving said location information, said destination information, and said text guidance information; and

a database, storing map information corresponding to said public transportation, said central control device reading said map information according to said destination information and said location information, and said central control device recording said destination information, said location information and said text guidance information to said map information.

8. The guidance system for taking public transportation of claim 6, wherein said mobile positioning unit further positions said mobile device according to positioning information provided by a global positioning system or according to corresponding positioning information of a plurality of access points for producing said location information.

9. The guidance system for taking public transportation of claim 8, wherein said positioning information includes address information of said plurality of access points and a plurality of geographical locations corresponding to said address information.

10. The guidance system for taking public transportation of claim 6, wherein once said mobile positioning unit judges that said location information exceeds the itinerary, said mobile positioning unit further produces guidance modification information, and said mobile interface unit receives and displays said guidance modification information.