NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE, NAVIGATION METHOD THEREOF, USER TERMINAL AND INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20130158873A1
• Filed: 12/19/2012
• Published: 06/20/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: RHEE, Young-ho, Jang, Young-shil
• Granted Patent: US 9,726,496 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/533
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3476 using point of interest [POI] information, e.g. a route passing visible POIs
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3605 Destination input or retrieval
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3614 through interaction with a road map, e.g. selecting a POI icon on a road map
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/362 received from an external device or application, e.g. PDA, mobile phone or calendar application
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3682 output of POI information on a road map G01C21/3614, G01C21/3685 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3874 Structures specially adapted for data searching and retrieval

Abstract

A navigation method includes receiving additional information satisfying a condition based on a current position of the user terminal, and indicating a position corresponding to the additional information on a navigation map.

Claims

1. A navigation method of a navigation system which is interlocked with a user terminal, the navigation method comprising:

receiving additional information satisfying a condition based on a current position of the user terminal; and

indicating a position corresponding to the additional information on a navigation map.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein indicating the position includes displaying the additional information on the position corresponding to the additional information.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising displaying a User Interface (UI) including information for a distance between a current position of the user terminal and the position corresponding to the additional information based on a user command.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the condition is satisfied when a distance between the current position of the user terminal and the position corresponding to the additional information is within a distance range.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a selection command for the position corresponding to the additional information indicated on the navigation map; and

displaying a navigation screen guiding a route to the position corresponding to the additional information.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the additional information further includes time information related to the additional information, and

the receiving additional information includes searching additional information in which the time information is within a time range based on a current time.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the additional information includes position information collected from at least one of a Social Network Service (SNS) and a specific web site by the user terminal.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein receiving additional information includes receiving additional information including position information pre-stored in the user terminal and provided by a user among the position information collected from the SNS.

9. A method of providing information of a user terminal which is interlocked with a navigation terminal, the method comprising:

searching a current position of the user terminal;

searching additional information satisfying a condition based on information for the current position; and

transmitting the searched additional information to the navigation terminal.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the condition is satisfied when a distance between the current position of the user terminal and the position corresponding to the additional information is within a distance range.

11. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the additional information further includes time information related to the additional information, and

wherein the searching additional information includes searching additional information in which the time information is within a time range on the basis of a current time.

12. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the additional information includes position information collected from at least one of a Social Network Service (SNS) and a specific web site by the user terminal, and

the searching additional information includes searching additional information including position information pre-stored in the user terminal and provided by a user among the position information collected from the SNS.

13. A navigation system which is interlocked with a user terminal, the navigation system comprising:

a storage unit that stores navigation map information;

a searching unit that searches a position of the navigation apparatus;

a communication interface unit that is connected to the user terminal and receives additional information satisfying a condition based on a current position of the user terminal;

a control unit that indicates a position corresponding to the additional information on a navigation map; and

a display unit that displays the navigation map.

14. The navigation system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the control unit configures the navigation map such that the additional information is displayed on the position corresponding to the additional information.

15. The navigation system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the control unit controls the display unit to display a User Interface (UI) including information indicating a distance between the current position of the user terminal and the position corresponding to the additional information based on a user command.

16. The navigation system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the condition is satisfied when the distance between the current position of the user terminal and the position corresponding to the additional information is within a distance range.

17. The navigation system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the control unit controls the display unit to display a navigation screen configured to guide a route to the position corresponding to the additional information when a selection command for the position corresponding to the additional information indicated on the navigation map.

18. The navigation system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the additional information further includes time information related to the additional information, and

the communication interface unit receives additional information in which the time information is within a time range based on a current time.

19. The navigation system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the additional information includes position information collected from at least one of a Social Network Service (SNS) and a specific web site by the user terminal.

20. The navigation system as claimed in claim 19, wherein the communication interface unit receives additional information including position information pre-stored in the user terminal and provided by a user among the position information collected from the SNS.

21. A user terminal which is interlocked with a navigation system, the user terminal comprising:

a searching unit that searches a position of the user terminal;

a control unit that searches additional information satisfying a condition based on the position of the user terminal; and

a communication interface unit that transmits the searched additional information to the navigation system.

22. The user terminal as claimed in claim 21, wherein the condition is satisfied when a distance between the current position of the user terminal and the position corresponding to the additional information is within a distance range.

23. The user terminal as claimed in claim 21, wherein the additional information further includes time information related to the additional information, and

the control unit searches additional information in which the time information is within a time range on the basis of a current time.

24. The user terminal as claimed in claim 21, wherein the additional information includes position information collected from at least one of a Social Network Service (SNS) and a specific web site by the user terminal, and

the control unit searches additional information including position information pre-stored in the user terminal and provided by a user among the position information collected from the SNS.