INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD FOR MOBILE TERMINAL AND APPARATUS THEREOF

• US 20130311038A1
• Filed: 05/08/2013
• Published: 11/21/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: KIM, Mingoo, KIM, Jungwoo, LEE, Kwangjae
• Granted Patent: US 8,768,569 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/36
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3641 Personalized guidance, e.g. limited guidance on previously travelled routes
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3691 Retrieval, searching and output of information related to real-time traffic, weather, or environmental conditions arrangements for giving variable traffic instructions G08G1/09
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3697 Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level G01C21/3679 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 17/00 Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific functions information retrieval, database structures or file system structures therefor G06F16/00
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/00 Traffic control systems for road vehicles arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00 ; automatic vehicle control B62D
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0962 having an indicator mounted inside the vehicle, e.g. giving voice messages
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096716 where the received information does not generate an automatic action on the vehicle control
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/09675 where a selection from the received information takes place in the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096775 where the origin of the information is a central station

Abstract

This specification relates to an information providing method and an apparatus thereof, capable of providing information based on a user profile according to a travel state and/or a current location of a vehicle. The method includes detecting a travel state of a vehicle, detecting a current location of the vehicle; acquiring a user profile associated with the vehicle, and providing information related to the travel state of the vehicle, the current location and the user profile.

Claims

1. A method performed by a vehicle to output information for vehicle occupants, the method comprising:

determining that a travel state of the vehicle is a first state;

selecting a first information output system of the vehicle corresponding to the first state;

selecting a first type of information based on the first state;

outputting the first type of information via the first information output system;

determining a change of the travel state of the vehicle from the first state to a second state;

ceasing the output of the first type of information via the first information output system in response to the change of the travel state from the first state to the second state.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the travel state is based on a comparison of a speed of the vehicle to a predetermined speed.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first state is one of a moving state and a stop state, and the second state is the other of the moving state and the stop state.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein:

the first state is one of a faster state in which the speed of the vehicle is greater than the predetermined speed and a slower state in which the speed of the vehicle is less than the predetermined speed; and

the second state is the other of the faster state and the slower state.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the travel state is based on navigation information.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the navigation information includes traffic light data of a traffic light along a route of the vehicle, the traffic light data including at least a traffic light number, a traffic light period, offset information, supplementary information, and an information acquisition time point.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting a second information output system; and

outputting the first type of information via the second information output system in response to the change of the travel state from the first state to the second state.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein:

the first information output system includes an image display system and an audio system;

the first type of information includes multimedia information that includes image data that is displayed by the image display system and audio data that is output by the audio system;

outputting the first type of information via the first information output system includes displaying the image data by the image display system and outputting the audio data by the audio system;

the second information output system includes the audio system and excludes the image display system;

ceasing the output of the first type of information via the first information output system includes ceasing display of the image data; and

outputting the first type of information via the second information output system includes continuing the output of the audio data by the audio system.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

outputting a second type of information via the first information output system in response to the change of the travel state from the first state to the second state.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the first type of information includes one of higher-detail information and lower-detail information, and the second type of information includes the other of the higher-detail information and the lower-detail information.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein:

the higher-detail information includes navigation information including a three-dimensional map; and

the lower-detail information includes navigation information including a two-dimensional map.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a current location of the vehicle, wherein

selecting the first type of information is further based on the current location, and

the first type of information includes at least advertising information, point of interest information, traffic information, or navigation information.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining a user profile associated with the vehicle, wherein selecting the first type of information is further based on the user profile information.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the user profile includes user preference information.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the travel state of the vehicle is a stop state, the method further comprising:

determining a current location of the vehicle in the stop state; and

obtaining multimedia information associated with the current location,

wherein selecting the first type of information includes determining a portion of the multimedia information that corresponds with a user preference of the user preference information.

16. An apparatus for output of information to vehicle occupants, the apparatus comprising:

a first information output system that outputs information; and

a controller that

determines that a travel state of the vehicle is a first state,

selects the first information output system of the vehicle corresponding to the first state,

selects a first type of information based on the first state,

controls the first information output system to output the first type of information,

determines a change of the travel state of the vehicle from the first state to a second state, and

ceases the output of the first type of information via the first information output system in response to the change of the travel state from the first state to the second state.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the travel state is based on a comparison of a speed of the vehicle to a predetermined speed.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the first state is one of a moving state and a stop state, and the second state is the other of the moving state and the stop state.

19. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein:

the first state is one of a faster state in which the speed of the vehicle is greater than the predetermined speed and a slower state in which the speed of the vehicle is less than the predetermined speed; and

the second state is the other of the faster state and the slower state.

20. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the travel state is based on navigation information.

21. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the navigation information includes traffic light data of a traffic light along a route of the vehicle, the traffic light data including at least a traffic light number, a traffic light period, offset information, supplementary information, and an information acquisition time point.

22. The apparatus of claim 16, further comprising:

a second information output system that outputs information,

wherein the controller further

selects the second information output system, and

controls the second information output system to output the first type of information in response to the change of the travel state from the first state to the second state.

23. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein:

the first information output system includes an image display system and an audio system;

the first type of information includes multimedia information that includes image data that is displayed by the image display system and audio data that is output by the audio system;

the controller controls the image display system to display the image data and controls the audio system to output the audio data;

the second information output system includes the audio system and excludes the image display system;

the controller ceases the display of the image data by the image display system and continues the output of the audio data by the audio system in response to the change of the travel state from the first state to the second state.

24. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the controller further controls the first information output system to output a second type of information in response to the change of the travel state from the first state to the second state.

25. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein:

the first type of information includes one of higher-detail information and lower-detail information; and

the second type of information includes the other of the higher-detail information and the lower-detail information.

26. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein:

the higher-detail information includes navigation information including a three-dimensional map; and

the lower-detail information includes navigation information including a two-dimensional map.

27. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the controller further determines a current location of the vehicle, wherein:

selecting the first type of information is further based on the current location; and

the first type of information includes at least advertising information, point of interest information, traffic information, or navigation information.

28. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the controller further obtains a user profile associated with the vehicle, wherein selecting the first type of information is further based on the user profile information.

29. The apparatus of claim 28, wherein the user profile includes user preference information.

30. The apparatus of claim 29, wherein the travel state of the vehicle is a stop state, and the controller further:

determines a current location of the vehicle in the stop state; and

obtains multimedia information associated with the current location,

wherein selecting the first type of information includes determining a portion of the multimedia information that corresponds with a user preference of the user preference information.