TRAVELLING ROUTE GUIDANCE SYSTEM AND CAR-AUDIO APPARATUS AND METHOD OF GUIDING ROUTE USING THE SAME

• US 20120116669A1
• Filed: 03/07/2011
• Published: 05/10/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Inventors: Oh, Chi Nam, Kim, Min Suk, Ma, Young Eon, Lee, Bum Tae, Park, Heung In
• Application Number:
  US13/041,726
• Publication Number:
  US 20120116669A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/419
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3608 using speech input, e.g. using speech recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3661 Guidance output on an external device, e.g. car radio

Abstract

A route guidance system, a car-audio apparatus thereof, and a method for providing route guidance using the same are provided. The route guidance system using a car-audio apparatus which includes an input module for receiving destination information to be visited by a driver from the driver via, e.g. a voice command, a location tracking module which determines a present location information of a vehicle, and a control module which transfers voice information for the present location information of the vehicle and the destination information to the server. Route guidance information, received from the server, is searched via an electronic map on the server. The control module transfers the route guidance information to the car-audio apparatus and allows the car-audio apparatus to display the route information through an interface of a display module of the car-audio apparatus.

Claims

1. A travelling route guidance system using a car-audio apparatus, the system comprising:

an input module which receives destination information to be visited by a driver from the driver through a voice;

a location tracking module which grasps present location information of a vehicle; and

a control module which transfers the present location information of the vehicle and voice information for the destination information to a server, and receives travelling route information between the present location information of the vehicle and the destinations information, which is searched through an electronic map of the server, from the server,

wherein the control module transfers the travelling route information to the car-audio apparatus and allows the car-audio apparatus to display the travelling route information through an interface of a display module of the car-audio apparatus.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the travelling route information includes one or more of a group consisting of a left-turn guidance at a specific intersection, a right-turn guidance at the specific intersection, a straight guidance, a straight distance guidance, road information and destination arrival information,

wherein the left-turn guidance at the specific intersection, the right-turn guidance at the specific intersection and the straight distance guidance are displayed via a rewinding interface, a forward winding interface and a reproducing interface of the display module of the car-audio apparatus, respectively and the travelling road information and the destination arrival information are displayed through a reproducing music information interface or a radio channel information display interface of the display module of the car-audio apparatus, respectively.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein input module receives the destination information to be visited by the driver from the driver via the voice in response to the driver pressing a start button on the car-audio apparatus.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the control module further includes a data processing module which transfers interface information of a display module of the car-audio apparatus from the car-audio apparatus, processes the travelling route information between the present location information of the vehicle and the destination information to be suitable to the interface of the car-audio apparatus using the interface information, and transfers the processed information to the car-audio apparatus.

5. A car-audio apparatus for a travelling route guidance system, the apparatus comprising:

a start button which receives a starting signal for starting to request a travelling route between a present location of a vehicle and a destination from a driver and transfers the starting signal to a travelling route guidance system;

a mode change module which changes a mode of the car-audio apparatus from an audio reproducing mode or a radio reproducing mode to a route providing mode according to the starting signal;

a data processing module which receives route guidance information, which is searched through an electronic map by a server, between present position information of the vehicle and the destination which are input by a driver via a voice from the travelling route guidance system while in the route providing mode, and processes the route guidance information to be suitable to an interface of the car-audio apparatus; and

a display module which displays the travelling route information processed to be suitable to the interface of the car-audio apparatus using the interface of the car-audio apparatus.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the travelling route information includes one or more of a group consisting of a left-turn guidance at a specific intersection, a right-turn guidance at the specific intersection, a straight guidance, a straight distance guidance, travelling road information and destination arrival information,

the display module displaying the left-turn guidance at the specific intersection, the right-turn guidance at the specific intersection and the straight distance guidance using a rewinding display interface, a forward winding display interface, and a reproducing display interface of the display module of the car-audio apparatus, respectively and display the travelling road information, the straight distance guidance, and the destination arrival information using a reproducing music information interface or a radio channel information display interface of the display module of the car-audio apparatus.

7. A method of guiding a travelling route using a car-audio apparatus, the method comprising:

(a) receiving destination information to be visited by a driver through a voice from the driver;

(b) determining present location information of a vehicle;

(c) transferring the present location information of the vehicle and voice information for the destination information to a server;

(d) receiving travelling route information between the present location information of the vehicle and the destination information, which is searched through an electronic map of the server, from the server; and

(e) transferring the travelling route information to the car-audio apparatus and allowing the car-audio apparatus to display the travelling information through an interface of a display module thereof.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the travelling route information includes one or more of a group consisting of a left-turn guidance at a specific intersection, a right-turn guidance at the specific intersection, straight guidance, a straight distance guidance, road information and destination arrival information,

wherein the left-turn guidance at a specific intersection, the right-turn guidance at the specific intersection and the straight distance guidance are displayed via a rewinding display interface, a forward winding display interface, and a reproducing display interface of the display module of the car-audio apparatus, respectively and displaying the road information, the straight distance guidance, and the destination arrival information are displayed through a reproducing music information interface or a radio channel information display interface of the display module of the car-audio apparatus, respectively.

9. The method according to claim 7, further comprising pressing a button of the car-audio apparatus by the user before receiving the destination information to be visited by the driver.

10. A method of guiding a travelling route using a car-audio apparatus, the method comprising:

(a) receiving a starting signal for starting to request a travelling route between a present location of a vehicle and a destination from a driver and transferring the starting signal to a travelling route guidance system;

(b) changing a mode of the car-audio apparatus from an audio reproducing mode or a radio reproducing mode into a route providing mode;

(c) receiving travelling route information, which is searched through an electronic map by a server, between present position information of the vehicle and the destination which are input by a driver via a voice from the travelling route guidance system while in a route providing mode,

(d) processing the route guidance information to be suitable to an interface of the car-audio apparatus; and

(e) displaying the route guidance information processed to be suitable to the interface of the car-audio apparatus using the interface of the car-audio apparatus.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the route guidance information includes one or more selected from a group consisting of a left-turn guidance at a specific intersection, a right-turn guidance at the specific intersection, straight guidance, a straight distance guidance, travelling road information and destination arrival information,

wherein the left-turn guidance at the specific intersection, the right-turn guidance at the specific intersection and the straight distance guidance are displayed using a rewinding interface, a forward winding interface, and a reproducing interface of the display module of the car-audio apparatus, respectively and the road information, the straight distance guidance, and the destination arrival information are displayed using a reproducing music information interface or a radio channel information display interface of the display module of the car-audio apparatus, respectively.

12. A route guidance system utilizing a car-audio apparatus, the system comprising:

an first module configured to receive a destination location from the driver;

a second module configured to determine a present location of a vehicle; and

a third module configured to

transfer present location information of the vehicle and voice information for the destination location to a server, and

receive route guidance information, from the server,

wherein the route guidance information is searched via an electronic map on the server, and

wherein the control module transfers the route guidance information to the car-audio apparatus and allows the car-audio apparatus to display the route guidance information via an interface of a display module of the car-audio apparatus.