APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING NAVIGATION SERVICE IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20130231859A1
• Filed: 12/17/2012
• Published: 09/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Sung-Chan, KU, Jung-Hwan
• Granted Patent: US 9,222,778 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/468
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/362 received from an external device or application, e.g. PDA, mobile phone or calendar application

Abstract

An apparatus and method for providing navigation service in an electronic device are provided. A method for providing navigation service in an electronic device includes determining whether candidate schedule information settable as a destination for navigation service among at least one schedule information exists and, when at least one candidate schedule information settable as the destination for navigation service exists, setting the destination for navigation service considering the at least one candidate schedule information.

Claims

1. A method for providing navigation service in an electronic device, the method comprising:

determining whether candidate schedule information settable as a destination for navigation service among at least one schedule information exists; and

when at least one candidate schedule information settable as the destination for navigation service exists, setting the destination for navigation service considering the at least one candidate schedule information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining whether the candidate schedule information exists comprises:

confirming at least one schedule information after the present time among the at least one schedule information; and

determining whether at least one schedule information including location information among the at least one schedule information after the present time exists.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the setting of the destination for navigation service comprises setting the destination for navigation service considering location information included in the at least one candidate schedule information.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the location information comprises at least one of a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) coordinate, a latitude, an altitude, an address, and a place name.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the setting of the destination for navigation service comprises setting the destination for navigation service considering an estimate elapsed time from a location of the electronic device to location information included in the at least one candidate schedule information.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the setting of the destination for navigation service comprises:

estimating a location of the electronic device;

estimating the estimated elapsed time from the estimated location of the electronic device to the location information included in the at least one candidate schedule information;

estimating the remaining time from the present time to the at least one candidate schedule information;

comparing the estimated elapsed time and the remaining time to the at least one candidate schedule information; and

setting at least one destination for navigation service according to the comparison result of the estimated elapsed time and the remaining time to the at least one candidate schedule information.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the estimating of the location of the electronic device estimates the location of the electronic device using at least one of a satellite signal received from a GNSS satellite, a triangulation scheme, and a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) service.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the setting of the destination for navigation service comprises:

when the candidate schedule information settable as the destination for navigation service exists in plural among the at least one candidate schedule information, displaying the candidate schedule information settable as the destination; and

setting the destination for navigation service using any one of the displayed candidate schedule information settable as the destination.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the setting of the destination for navigation service comprises:

when the candidate schedule information settable as the destination for navigation service exists in plural among the at least one candidate schedule information, confirming a priority order of the candidate schedule information settable as the destination; and

setting the destination for navigation service using any one candidate schedule information among the candidate schedule information settable as the destination according to the confirmed priority order.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the priority order is determined considering at least one of a distance from a location of the electronic device to location information included in the candidate schedule information, an estimated elapsed time from the location of the electronic device to the location information included in the candidate schedule information, and the remaining time to the candidate schedule information of the electronic device.

11. An electronic device for providing navigation service in an electronic device, the device comprising:

a storage unit for storing at least one schedule information; and

a navigation module for, when at least one candidate schedule information settable as a destination for navigation service among the at least one schedule information stored in the storage unit exists, setting the destination for navigation service considering the at least one candidate schedule information.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein the navigation module is configured to confirm schedule information after the present time among the at least one schedule information stored in the storage unit and to confirm, as candidate schedule information, schedule information including location information among the schedule information after the present time.

13. The device of claim 11, wherein the navigation module is configured to set the destination for navigation service considering location information included in the at least one candidate schedule information stored in the storage unit.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein the location information comprises at least one of a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) coordinate, a latitude, an altitude, an address, and a place name.

15. The device of claim 11, wherein the navigation module is configured to set the destination for navigation service considering an estimate elapsed time from a location of the electronic device to location information included in the at least one candidate schedule information.

16. The device of claim 15, further comprising a location estimator for estimating a location of the electronic device,

wherein the navigation module is configured to compare the estimated elapsed time from the location of the electronic device estimated in the location estimator to the location information included in the at least one candidate schedule information, and the remaining time from the present time to the at least one candidate schedule information, and to set at least one destination for navigation service according to the comparison result of the estimated elapsed time and the remaining time to the at least one candidate schedule information.

17. The device of claim 16, wherein the location estimator estimates the location of the electronic device using at least one of a satellite signal received from a GNSS satellite, a triangulation scheme, and a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) service.

18. The device of claim 11, further comprising a display unit for displaying a navigation service screen,

wherein, when the candidate schedule information settable as the destination for navigation service exists in plural among the at least one candidate schedule information, the navigation module displays the candidate schedule information settable as the destination on the display unit, and sets the destination for navigation service using any one of the candidate schedule information settable as the destination displayed on the display unit.

19. The device of claim 11, wherein, when the candidate schedule information settable as the destination for navigation service exists in plural among the at least one candidate schedule information, the navigation module sets the destination for navigation service using any one candidate schedule information among the candidate schedule information settable as the destination according to a priority order of the candidate schedule information settable as the destination.

20. The device of claim 19, wherein the priority order is determined considering at least one of a distance from a location of the electronic device to location information included in the candidate schedule information, an estimated elapsed time from the location of the electronic device to the location information included in the candidate schedule information, and the remaining time to the candidate schedule information of the electronic device.