METHOD FOR PROVIDING A NAVIGATION ROUTE ACCORDING TO A POINT OF INTEREST ON THE NAVIGATION ROUTE AND DEVICE THEREOF

• US 20120143491A1
• Filed: 11/23/2011
• Published: 06/07/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: MiTAC International Corporation (MiTAC Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: MiTAC International Corporation (MiTAC Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Cheng, Ying-Tz
• Application Number:
  US13/304,267
• Publication Number:
  US 20120143491A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/410
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3476 using point of interest [POI] information, e.g. a route passing visible POIs

Abstract

A method for providing a navigation route according to a point of interest on the navigation route includes determining a current position and a destination, utilizing a personal navigation device to generate a plurality of navigation routes from the current position to the destination, calculating the weightings of the plurality of navigation routes and providing a navigation route according to the weightings of the plurality of navigation routes. If a predetermined point of interest is located on a first navigation route of the plurality of navigation routes, the personal navigation device adjusts the weighting of the first navigation route.

Claims

1. A method for providing a navigation route according to a point of interest on the navigation route, the method comprising:

determining a current location and a destination;

utilizing a personal navigation device to compute a plurality of navigation routes from the current location to the destination;

calculating weightings of the plurality of navigation routes according to points of interest on the plurality of navigation routes; and

providing the navigation route with a highest weighting for navigating a user to travel from the current location to the destination.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing at least one point of interest in the personal navigation device, each point of interest is assigned with a score.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising assigning a score to each of the points of interest, wherein the method calculates the weightings of the plurality of navigation routes according to the score of each point of interest on the plurality of navigation routes.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the score of each point of interest can be configured by the user.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the score of each point of interest can be configured according to a category of each point of interest.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the score of each point of interest is increased when the category of each point of interest belongs to a selected category.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising providing the navigation route with most points of interest that belong to the selected category.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the category of each point of interest comprises stores, shopping malls, hostels, entertainment facilities, banks, automobile garages, restaurants and/or commercial stands.

9. A method for providing a navigation route according to points of interest on navigation routes, the method comprising:

determining a current location and a destination;

utilizing a personal navigation device to compute a plurality of navigation routes from the current location to the destination;

calculating weightings of the plurality of navigation routes according to points of interest on the plurality of navigation routes and road hierarchy levels of the plurality of navigation routes; and

providing the navigation route with a highest weighting for navigating a user to travel from the current location to the destination.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising storing at least one point of interest in the personal navigation device, wherein each point of interest is assigned with a score.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising assigning a score to each of the points of interest, wherein the method calculates the weightings of the plurality of navigation routes according to the score of each point of interest on the plurality of navigation routes and the road hierarchy levels of the plurality of navigation routes.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the score of each point of interest can be configured by the user.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the score of each point of interest can be configured according to a category of each point of interest.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein a category of each point of interest comprises stores, shopping malls, hostels, entertainment facilities, banks, automobile garages, restaurants and/or commercial stands.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein a ratio of how the points of interest and the road hierarchy levels affect the weightings of the plurality of navigation routes can be adjusted.

16. A personal navigation device for providing a navigation route according to points of interest on navigation routes, comprising:

a case;

a monitor, disposed on the case;

a GPS receiver, disposed in the case, for receiving a current location of the personal navigation device;

a memory, disposed in the case, for storing a map database and navigation software; and

a processor, disposed in the case, for executing the navigation software to compute a plurality of navigation routes according to the current location, a destination and the map database, and calculating weightings of the plurality of navigation routes for providing a navigation route with a highest weighting to navigate a user from the current location to the destination.

17. The personal navigation device of claim 16, wherein the memory stores at least one point of interest, and each point of interest is assigned with a score.

18. The personal navigation device of claim 17, wherein the processor calculates the weightings of the plurality of navigation routes according to the score of each point of interest on the plurality of navigation routes.

19. The personal navigation device of claim 17, wherein the processor calculates the weightings of the plurality of navigation routes according to the score of each point of interest on the plurality of navigation routes and road hierarchy levels of the plurality of navigation routes.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein a category of each point of interest comprises stores, shopping malls, hostels, entertainment facilities, banks, automobile garages, restaurants and/or commercial stands.