DEVICE AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE NAVIGATION

• US 20110301834A1
• Filed: 07/15/2010
• Published: 12/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: FIH (Hong Kong) Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Foxconn Communication Technology Corp. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: TAO, SHENG-HUEI
• Application Number:
  US12/837,430
• Publication Number:
  US 20110301834A1
• 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 21/3697 Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level G01C21/3679 takes precedence

Abstract

A method and an electronic device enables warning in a wrong way driving of a vehicle navigation. The electronic device sets a target location for navigation and presets a determination distance for checking whether on a path of a navigation route. Then, the electronic device starts a direction module and an altitude module to detect a direction variation and an elevation variation of the electronic device to check whether on the path of a navigation route. If one of the results detected by the direction module and the altitude module is different to the information stored in the map, the electronic device issues a notification.

Claims

1. An electronic device providing vehicle navigation, comprising a processor, a memory module, and a display, comprising:

a map module providing geographic information;

a GPS module operable to provide a current location of the electronic device;

a direction module operable to detect a direction variation of the electronic device;

an altitude module operable to detect an elevation variation of the electronic device; and

an alarm module operable to issue a notification upon detecting that the detected direction variation or the detected elevation variation of the electronic device is different from the geographic information stored in the map module.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the geographic information further comprises altitude information.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device further comprises a 3G module for locating a position of the electronic device.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the direction module is an electronic compass providing 3-axis information of the electronic device.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the altitude module is a G-sensor.

6. A navigation method using an electronic device, the electronic device comprising a map module, a memory module, a GPS module, a direction module, an altitude module and an alarm module, the navigation method comprising:

presetting a determination distance for checking a navigation route and a target location for navigation to the memory module;

reading geographic information from the map module;

determining whether information of a current location of the electronic device from the GPS module is currently being received;

estimating a navigation route between the current location and the target location if information of a current location of the electronic device from the GPS module is currently being received;

determining a closest bifurcation point in the navigation route;

calculating whether a distance between the current location and the closest bifurcation point is less than the determination distance;

starting the direction module and the altitude module to detect a direction variation and an elevation variation of the electronic device and saving the detected information to the memory module upon detecting that the distance is less than the determination distance;

determining whether the detected direction variation or the detected elevation variation of the electronic device is different to the information stored in the map module;

issuing a notification by the alarm module upon detecting that the detected direction variation or the detected elevation variation of the electronic device is different to the information stored in the map module.

determining whether the current location is passed the closest bifurcation point; and

stopping the direction module and the altitude module upon detecting that the current location of the electronic device is passed the closest bifurcation point.

7. The navigation method of claim 7, wherein the geographic information further comprises altitude information.

8. The navigation method of claim 7, wherein the receiving step further comprises receiving an estimated location of the electronic device from a 3G module upon detecting that the current location information from the GPS module is missed.

9. The navigation method of claim 7, wherein the direction module is an electronic compass providing 3-axis information of the electronic device.

10. The navigation method of claim 7, wherein the altitude module is a G-sensor.

11. A storage medium storing a set of instructions, the set of instructions capable of being executed by a processor to perform a navigation method using an electronic device, the method comprising:

preset a determination distance for checking a navigation route and a target location for navigation to the memory module;

read geographic information from the map module;

determine whether information of a current location of the electronic device from the GPS module is currently being received;

estimate a navigation route between the current location and the target location if information of a current location of the electronic device from the GPS module is currently being received;

determine a closest bifurcation point in the navigation route;

calculate whether a distance between the current location and the closest bifurcation point is less than the determination distance;

start the direction module and the altitude module to detect a direction variation and an elevation variation of the electronic device and save the detected information to the memory module upon detecting that the distance is less than the determination distance;

determine whether the detected direction variation or the detected elevation variation of the electronic device is different to the information stored in the map module;

issue a notification by the alarm module upon detecting that the detected direction variation or the detected elevation variation of the electronic device is different to the information stored in the map module.

determine whether the current location is passed the closest bifurcation point; and

stop the direction module and the altitude module upon detecting that the current location of the electronic device is passed the closest bifurcation point.

12. The storage medium of claim 11, wherein the geographic information further comprises altitude information.

13. The storage medium of claim 11, wherein the receive step further comprises receive an estimated location of the electronic device from a 3G module upon detecting that the current location information from the GPS module is missed.

14. The storage medium of claim 11, wherein the direction module is an electronic compass providing 3-axis information of the electronic device.

15. The storage medium of claim 11, wherein the altitude module is a G-sensor.