Navigation Terminal, Navigation Method, and Remote Navigation Service System

• US 20150346348A1
• Filed: 03/19/2015
• Published: 12/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Liu, Zhu, Zhang, Zhiyong, Tu, Yongfeng
• Application Number:
  US14/662,634
• Publication Number:
  US 20150346348A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/24 in front of the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/302 combining image information with GPS information or vehicle data, e.g. vehicle speed, gyro, steering angle data
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/265 constructional aspects of navigation devices, e.g. housings, mountings, displays G01C21/3688 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/34 Route searching; Route guidance
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3492 employing speed data or traffic data, e.g. real-time or historical traffic control systems for road vehicles involving transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle G08G1/0968
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3602 Input other than that of destination using image analysis, e.g. detection of road signs, lanes, buildings, real preceding vehicles using a camera
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3605 Destination input or retrieval
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3629 Guidance using speech or audio output, e.g. text-to-speech text to speech systems per se G10L13/00
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3632 Guidance using simplified or iconic instructions, e.g. using arrows G01C21/365 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3647 Guidance involving output of stored or live camera images or video streams
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3676 Overview of the route on the road map
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/38 Determining a navigation solution using signals transmitted by a satellite radio beacon positioning system

Abstract

A navigation terminal, a navigation method, and a remote navigation service system are provided. The navigation method includes receiving a navigation command input by a user; starting a satellite positioning unit to determine current position information of a vehicle; sending the navigation command and the current position information of the vehicle to a remote navigation service system through a communications interface; receiving a navigation indication sent back by the remote navigation service system through the communications interface; and presenting the navigation indication to the user for navigation. The navigation method further includes photographing a road scene in front of the vehicle, where the road scene is displayed on a display screen of a man-machine interface, and the navigation indication includes a driving direction indication, and the driving direction indication is superimposed on the road scene for navigation.

Claims

1. A navigation terminal, which is connected to and communicates with a remote navigation service system, to perform vehicle navigation, wherein the navigation terminal comprises:

a man-machine interface configured to receive a navigation command input by a user, wherein the man-machine interface comprises a display screen;

a communications interface configured to implement remote communication;

a satellite positioning unit configured to determine current position information of a vehicle; and

a processor configured to send the navigation command and the current position information of the vehicle to the remote navigation service system through the communications interface, and receive a navigation indication sent back by the remote navigation service system through the communications interface, and

wherein the man-machine interface is further configured to present the navigation indication.

2. The navigation terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a camera apparatus configured to photograph a road scene in front of the vehicle, wherein the road scene is displayed on the display screen of the man-machine interface.

3. The navigation terminal according to claim 2, wherein the navigation indication comprises a driving direction indication, and the driving direction indication is superimposed on the road scene for navigation.

4. The navigation terminal according to claim 1, wherein the navigation indication comprises a voice prompt, the man-machine interface comprises a speaker, and the voice prompt is played by the speaker and presented to the user.

5. The navigation terminal according to claim 1, wherein the navigation command comprises information about a start point of navigation and information about a destination of navigation.

6. The navigation terminal according to claim 2, wherein the camera apparatus is built in a body of the navigation terminal.

7. The navigation terminal according to claim 2, wherein the camera apparatus is separated from a body of the navigation terminal and is disposed at a front end of the vehicle, and transfers the photographed road scene to the body of the navigation terminal in a wired or wireless manner, and the photographed road scene is displayed on the display screen of the man-machine interface.

8. A navigation method, comprising:

receiving a navigation command input by a user;

starting a satellite positioning unit to determine current position information of a vehicle;

sending the navigation command and the current position information of the vehicle to a remote navigation service system through a communications interface;

receiving a navigation indication sent back by the remote navigation service system through the communications interface; and

presenting the navigation indication to the user for navigation.

9. The navigation method according to claim 8, comprising photographing a road scene in front of the vehicle, wherein the road scene is displayed on a display screen of a man-machine interface.

10. The navigation method according to claim 9, wherein the navigation indication comprises a driving direction indication, and the driving direction indication is superimposed on the road scene for navigation.

11. The navigation method according to claim 8, wherein the navigation indication comprises a voice prompt, the man-machine interface comprises a speaker, and the voice prompt is played by the speaker and presented to the user.

12. The navigation method according to claim 8, wherein the navigation command comprises information about a start point of navigation and information about a destination of navigation.

13. A remote navigation service system configured to provide a navigation service for a navigation terminal, wherein the navigation service system comprises:

a communications interface configured to receive a navigation command and current position information of a vehicle from the navigation terminal, wherein the navigation command comprises information about a start point of navigation and information about a destination of navigation; and

a processor configured to plan, based on a default navigation principle, a driving route according to the navigation command and an acquired real-time road traffic condition, and form a navigation indication with reference to the current position information of the vehicle, wherein the navigation indication is sent to the navigation terminal through the communications interface.

14. The remote navigation service system according to claim 13, wherein the navigation indication comprises a driving direction indication that indicates a travelling direction of the vehicle in a current position.

15. The remote navigation service system according to claim 13, wherein the navigation indication comprises a voice prompt that performs voice broadcasting of a travelling direction of the vehicle in a current position.

16. The remote navigation service system according to claim 13, wherein the processor comprises:

a real-time road condition acquiring unit configured to acquire a real-time road traffic condition; and

a route planning unit configured to plan, based on the default navigation principle, the driving route according to the navigation command and the acquired real-time road traffic condition, and form the navigation indication with reference to the current position information of the vehicle, wherein the navigation indication is sent to the navigation terminal through the communications interface.

17. The remote navigation service system according to claim 16, wherein the route planning unit divides a road between the start point and the destination into multiple navigation segments, wherein each two adjacent navigation segments are connected by a navigation node.

18. The remote navigation service system according to claim 17, wherein the navigation node is a road intersection.

19. The remote navigation service system according to claim 17, wherein the route planning unit connects, by using the navigation node, clear navigation segments between the start point and the destination of navigation to form a proposed navigation route.

20. The remote navigation service system according to claim 19, wherein the route planning unit selects the proposed navigation route according to a second navigation principle.

21. The remote navigation service system according to claim 20, wherein the route planning unit calculates, based on the second navigation principle and according to a length of each navigation segment and a currently feasible travelling speed under a real-time road condition, time required to pass through a corresponding navigation segment.

22. The remote navigation service system according to claim 21, wherein the route planning unit selects, according to the time required to pass through each navigation segment, a navigation route with a shortest travelling time from the current position of the vehicle to the destination of navigation.

23. The remote navigation service system according to claim 19, wherein the route planning unit determines, according to a next navigation segment to which each navigation node is directed in a planned navigation route, a navigation indication that is used when the vehicle travels to the navigation node.

24. The remote navigation service system according to claim 23, wherein the navigation indication is sent to the navigation terminal through the communications interface before the vehicle reaches each navigation node.

25. The remote navigation service system according to claim 13, wherein the real-time road condition acquiring unit acquires the real-time road traffic condition from a server of a city monitoring system or a data center of a traffic police department in a wired or wireless manner.