VEHICLE TERMINAL AND LOCATION-BASED CONTENT SHARING SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME

• US 20140195110A1
• Filed: 01/06/2014
• Published: 07/10/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: KIM, Taejun, PARK, Junsic, LEE, Hyungnam, LEE, Byunghun, YU, Hyejin
• Granted Patent: US 9,560,148 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/36
• 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: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal

Abstract

A vehicle terminal installed in a vehicle and communicating with an external server, and a location-based content sharing system including the same are provided. The vehicle terminal includes a GPS receiving unit configured to receive location information regarding a location at which the vehicle is positioned, a wireless communication unit configured to receive information regarding a predetermined region and content corresponding to the predetermined region from the external server, a controller configured to determine whether the vehicle enters the predetermined region by using the location information, and reproduce the content corresponding to the predetermined region when the vehicle enters the predetermined region, and an output unit configured to output the reproduced content.

Claims

1. A vehicle terminal installed in a vehicle and communicating with an external server, the vehicle terminal comprising:

a GPS receiving unit configured to receive location information regarding a location at which the vehicle is positioned;

a wireless communication unit configured to receive information regarding a predetermined region and content corresponding to the predetermined region from the external server;

a controller configured to determine whether the vehicle enters the predetermined region by using the location information, and reproduce the content corresponding to the predetermined region when the vehicle enters the predetermined region; and

an output unit configured to output the reproduced content.

2. The vehicle terminal of claim 1, wherein the output unit comprises a display unit that outputs a map, and

the controller maps at least one of a location in which the vehicle is positioned and the predetermined region to the map, and output the same.

3. The vehicle terminal of claim 2, further comprising:

a user input unit configured to sense a user input applied to the predetermined region mapped to the map,

wherein when the user input is sensed, the controller outputs information regarding the content corresponding to the predetermined region to the display unit.

4. The vehicle terminal of claim 3, wherein the information regarding the content comprises at least one of a title of the content, a comment regarding the content, information regarding a user who uploaded the content, and a date on which the content was uploaded.

5. The vehicle terminal of claim 2, wherein when the predetermined region is mapped to the map, the controller outputs a thumbnail image with respect to the content to a partial region of the map.

6. The vehicle terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

a user input unit configured to receive a command with respect to the reproduced content,

wherein the controller transmits the input command to the external server such that the input command is shared.

7. The vehicle terminal of claim 1, wherein the content is at least one of a video, music, and a photograph.

8. A location-based content sharing system comprising:

an external server configured to store at least one predetermined region and content corresponding to the predetermined region as a location-based content log; and

a vehicle terminal installed in a vehicle and configured to receive information regarding the predetermined region, and receive and reproduce content corresponding to the predetermined region when the vehicle enters the predetermined region.

9. The location-based content sharing system of claim 8, wherein the vehicle terminal transmits location information regarding a location in which the vehicle is located and content desired to be shared in the location in which the vehicle is located, to the external server, and

the external server sets a new region by using the location information and adds the new region and the content desired to be share to the location-based content log.

10. The location-based content sharing system of claim 9, wherein the external server divides a plurality of vehicle terminals into groups, and separately manages the location-based content log for each group.

11. The location-based content sharing system of claim 10, wherein the vehicle terminal adds, deletes, or edits a group member of the group to which the vehicle terminal belongs, among the groups.

12. The location-based content sharing system of claim 9, wherein the external server shares the location-based content log with at least one social networking service (SNS) set by a user.