APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A POINT OF INTEREST

• US 20130138343A1
• Filed: 07/19/2011
• Published: 05/30/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Thinkware Systems Corporation
• Inventors: Choi, Wonkyung
• Granted Patent: US 9,310,218 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/527
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3476 using point of interest [POI] information, e.g. a route passing visible POIs
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/367 Details, e.g. road map scale, orientation, zooming, illumination, level of detail, scrolling of road map or positioning of current position marker
• 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

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for displaying a point of interest (POI). According to the present invention, a screen for path guiding and a screen for POI guiding can be simultaneously and separately provided, thereby facilitating the recognition of a POI and increasing the accessibility to a POI while driving.

Claims

1. An apparatus for displaying a POI, comprising:

an output unit displaying a screen for path guiding; and

a controller displaying a screen for POI guiding where a POI belonging to at least one or more categories is displayed in the form of a list and the screen for path guiding at the same time.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one or more category is selected by the user beforehand.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller displays the screen for path guiding and the screen for POI guiding on the output unit by either PIP (Picture in Picture) or PBP (Picture by Picture).

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the controller, if the screen for path guiding and the screen for POI guiding are displayed by PIP, displays the screen for path guiding as a main screen and displays the screen for POI guiding as an auxiliary screen of the main screen.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the controller, if the auxiliary screen overlaps with a forward navigation path of the vehicle, detects a region of the main screen where the auxiliary screen does not overlap with the forward navigation path and moves the auxiliary screen to the detected region.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller displays the POI being separated according to categories.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the list includes an image icon of the POI, name of the POI, and information about the remaining distance from the vehicle.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the information about the remaining distance is updated by calculating the remaining distance from the vehicle to the searched POI in real-time.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, if position of the vehicle displayed on the screen for path guiding passes by one of POIs displayed on the screen for POI guiding, the corresponding POI is removed from the list.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, if one of POIs from the list is selected, a navigation path of the vehicle is established by setting up the selected POI as a destination point.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, if one of POIs from the list is selected, the selected POI is added to the pre-established navigation path as a way point.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the displaying the screen for POI guiding simultaneously with but separately from the screen for path guiding comprises calculating the remaining distance from the vehicle to the searched POI in real-time;

and updating the remaining distance calculated in real-time on the list.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the displaying the screen for POI guiding simultaneously with but separately from the screen for path guiding, if position of the vehicle displayed on the screen for path guiding passes by one of POIs displayed on the screen for POI guiding, the corresponding POI is removed from the list.

12. A method for displaying a POI, comprising:

displaying a screen for path guiding which provides a navigation path of a vehicle;

displaying at least one or more POI categories; and

in case at least one or more categories are selected from the displayed categories, displaying a screen for POI guiding which displays a searched POI among POIs belonging to the selected categories in the form of a list simultaneously with but separately from the screen for path guiding.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the displaying the screen for POI guiding simultaneously with but separately from the screen for path guiding displays the screen for path guiding and the screen for POI guiding by either PIP (Picture in Picture) or PBP (Picture by Picture).

14. The method of claim 13, if the screen for path guiding and the screen for POI guiding are displayed by PIP, comprising,

displaying the screen for path guiding as a main screen;

and

displaying the screen for POI guiding as an auxiliary screen of the main screen.

15. The method of claim 14, if the auxiliary screen overlaps with a forward navigation path of the vehicle, comprising,

detecting a region of the main screen where the auxiliary screen does not overlap with the forward navigation path;

and

moving the auxiliary screen to the detected region.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the displaying the screen for POI guiding simultaneously with but separately from the screen for path guiding displays the at least one or more POIs according to categories.

19. The method of claim 12, if one of POIs from the list is selected, further comprising establishing a navigation path of the vehicle by setting up the selected POI as a destination point.

20. The method of claim 12, if one of POIs from the list is selected, further comprising adding the selected POI to the pre-established navigation path as a way point.

21. A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for carrying out the method of claim 12.