Method, System and Terminal Device for Processing Pedestrian Navigation

• US 20150362328A1
• Filed: 08/24/2015
• Published: 12/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Li, Li, Ding, Qiang, Lu, Jia
• Application Number:
  US14/833,372
• Publication Number:
  US 20150362328A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/34 Route searching; Route guidance
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3415 Dynamic re-routing, e.g. recalculating the route when the user deviates from calculated route or after detecting real-time traffic data or accidents
• 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 21/3655 Timing of guidance instructions
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3658 Lane guidance
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/396 Determining accuracy or reliability of position or pseudorange measurements
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/005 including pedestrian guidance indicator

Abstract

A pedestrian navigation processing method and system, and a terminal device. The pedestrian navigation processing method includes determining, according to a current position of a user and navigation planning route information, a road section on which the user is currently located, wherein the navigation planning route information includes route information of all road sections between a departure place and a destination, obtaining a road width of the road section according to a positioning result obtained when the user walks on the road section and route information of the road section, determining, according to the road width, a navigation prompt time corresponding to the road section, and performing navigation prompting for the user according to the navigation prompt time. The technical solutions may perform accurate navigation for a pedestrian.

Claims

1. A pedestrian navigation processing method, comprising:

determining, according to a current position of a user and navigation planning route information, a road section on which the user is currently located, wherein the navigation planning route information comprises route information of all road sections between a departure place and a destination;

obtaining a road width of the road section according to;

a positioning result obtained when the user walks on the road section; and

route information of the road section;

determining, according to the road width, navigation prompt time corresponding to the road section; and

performing navigation prompting for the user according to the navigation prompt time.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein obtaining the road width of the road section according to the positioning result obtained when the user walks on the road section and the route information of the road section comprises:

sending, to a network side device, the positioning result obtained when the user walks on the road section and the route information of the road section to request the network side device to obtain the road width of the road section according to the positioning result and the route information of the road section; and

receiving the road width of the road section from the network side device.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein obtaining the road width of the road section according to the positioning result obtained when the user walks on the road section and route information of the road section comprises:

determining a current position of the user according to one positioning result obtained when the user walks on the road section;

determining, according to the route information of the road section, a center line of the road section on which the user is currently located;

determining a vertical distance between the current position of the user and the center line of the road section on which the user is currently located; and

using the vertical distance as a half road width of the road section on which the user is currently located.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein determining, according to the road width, the navigation prompt time corresponding to the road section comprises:

adjusting, according to the road width, a navigation prompt range to obtain an adjusted navigation prompt range corresponding to the road section or adjusting, according to the road width and a confidence level of the road width, the navigation prompt range to obtain the adjusted navigation prompt range corresponding to the road section, wherein the confidence level of the road width is positioning precision of the one positioning result; and

determining the navigation prompt time according to the an adjusted navigation prompt range.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein obtaining the road width of the road section according to the positioning result obtained when the user walks on the road section and route information of the road section comprises:

determining at least two positions of the user according to at least two positioning results obtained when the user walks on the road section;

determining, according to the route information of the road section, a center line of the road section on which the user is currently located;

determining a vertical distance between each position of the at least two positions and the center line of the road section on which the user is currently located;

performing weighted average on determined vertical distances to obtain a calculated vertical distance according to positioning precision of the at least two positioning results; and

using the calculated vertical distance obtained by performing the weighted average on the determined vertical distances as a half road width of the road section on which the user is currently located.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein determining, according to the road width, the navigation prompt time corresponding to the road section comprises:

adjusting, according to the road width, a navigation prompt range to obtain an adjusted navigation prompt range corresponding to the road section;

or adjusting, according to the road width and a confidence level of the road width, the navigation prompt range to obtain the adjusted navigation prompt range corresponding to the road section, wherein the confidence level of the road width is determined according to;

a quantity of positioning times of the at least two positioning results;

a variance of the vertical distances; and

mean positioning precision; and

determining the navigation prompt time according to the adjusted navigation prompt range.

7. The method according to claim 4, wherein adjusting, according to the road width, the navigation prompt range corresponding to the road section comprises:

expanding the navigation prompt range when the road width is greater than a preset width; and

narrowing the navigation prompt range or using a default navigation prompt range when the road width is not greater than a preset width, and

wherein adjusting, according to the road width and the confidence level of the road width, the navigation prompt range corresponding to the road section comprises;

expanding the navigation prompt range when the road width is greater than a preset width and the confidence level is greater than a preset confidence level,; and

narrowing the navigation prompt range or using the default navigation prompt range when the road width is not greater than a preset width and the confidence level is greater than a preset confidence level.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the navigation prompt range is a turning prompt range corresponding to the road section, wherein the turning prompt range is a region range using a connection point of the road section and a next road section as a center, and wherein determining the navigation prompt time according to the adjusted navigation prompt range comprises determining that turning prompt time is approaching when the user enters an adjusted turning prompt range.

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein the navigation prompt range is an adjacent road section region corresponding to the road section, wherein the adjacent road section region is a region range using a center line of the road section as a center, and wherein determining the navigation prompt time according to the adjusted navigation prompt range comprises determining that route-replanning prompt time is approaching when a position of the user is beyond the adjusted adjacent road section region.

10. A terminal device, comprising:

a memory;

a global position system (GPS) positioning module, wherein the GPS positioning module is configured to locate a current position of a user;

a human-computer interaction interface which comprises a voice prompt module;

a processor congfigured to execute software code in the memory to perform a pedestrian navigation processing process, comprising;

determining, according to the current position of the user and navigation planning route information, a road section on which the user is currently located, wherein the navigation planning route information comprises route information of all road sections between a departure place and a destination;

obtaining, a road width of the road section according to a positioning result obtained when the user walks on the road section and route information of the road section;

determining, according to the road width, the navigation prompt time corresponding to the road section; and

sending the navigation prompt time to the voice prompt module,

wherein the voice prompt module module is configured to receive the navigation prompt time and perform navigation prompting for the user according to the navigation prompt time.

11. The terminal device according to claim 10, wherein the human-computer interaction interface further comprising an input module configured to:

receive a departure place and a destination inputted by the user; and

send the departure place and the destination to the processor.

12. The terminal device according to claim 10, further comprising a wireless communications module, wherein the pedestrian navigation processing process further comprising performing interaction with a network side device by using the wireless communications module to request the network side device to calculate road widths of all road sections required in the pedestrian navigation processing process.

13. The terminal device according to claim 10, wherein obtaining the road width of the road section according to the positioning result obtained when the user walks on the road section and route information of the road section comprises:

determining the current position of the user according to one positioning result obtained when the user walks on the road section;

determining, according to the route information of the road section, a center line of the road section on which the user is currently located;

determining a vertical distance between the current position of the user and the center line of the road section on which the user is currently located; and

using the vertical distance as a half road width of the road section on which the user is currently located.

14. The terminal device according to claim 13, wherein determining, according to the road width, the navigation prompt time corresponding to the road section comprises:

adjusting, according to the road width, a navigation prompt range to obtain an adjusted navigation prompt range corresponding to the road section or adjusting, according to the road width and a confidence level of the road width, the navigation prompt range to obtain the adjusted navigation prompt range corresponding to the road section, wherein the confidence level of the road width is positioning precision of the positioning result; and

determining the navigation prompt time according to the adjusted navigation prompt range.

15. The terminal device according to claim 10, wherein obtaining the road width of the road section according to the positioning result obtained when the user walks on the road section and route information of the road section comprises:

determining at least two positions of the user according to at least two positioning results obtained when the user walks on the road section;

determining, according to the route information of the road section, a center line of the road section on which the user is currently located;

determining a vertical distance between each position of the at least two positions and the center line of the road section on which the user is currently located;

performing weighted average on determined vertical distances to obtain a calculated vertical distance according to positioning precision of the at least two positioning results; and

using the calculated vertical distance obtained by performing the weighted average on the determined vertical distances as a half road width of the road section on which the user is currently located.

16. The terminal device according to claim 15, wherein determining, according to the road width, the navigation prompt time corresponding to the road section comprises:

adjusting, according to the road width, a navigation prompt range to obtain an adjusted navigation prompt range corresponding to the road section;

or adjusting, according to the road width and a confidence level of the road width, a navigation prompt range to obtain the adjusted navigation prompt range corresponding to the road section, wherein the confidence level of the road width is determined according to a quantity of positioning times of the at least two positioning results, a variance of the vertical distances, and mean positioning precision; and

determining the navigation prompt time according to the adjusted navigation prompt range.

17. The terminal device according to claim 14, wherein adjusting, according to the road width, the navigation prompt range corresponding to the road section comprises:

expanding the navigation prompt range when the road width is greater than a preset width;

narrowing the navigation prompt range or using a default navigation prompt range when the road width is not greater than a preset width,; and

wherein adjusting, according to the road width and the confidence level of the road width, the navigation prompt range corresponding to the road section comprises;

expanding the navigation prompt range when the road width is greater than a preset width and the confidence level is greater than a preset confidence level; and

narrowing the navigation prompt range or using a default navigation prompt range when the road width is not greater than a preset width and the confidence level is greater than a preset confidence level.

18. The terminal device according to claim 17, wherein the navigation prompt range is a turning prompt range corresponding to the road section, wherein the turning prompt range is a region range using a connection point of the road section and a next road section as a center, and wherein determining the navigation prompt time according to the adjusted navigation prompt range comprises determining that turning prompt time is approaching when the user enters an adjusted turning prompt range.

19. The terminal device according to claim 17, wherein the navigation prompt range is an adjacent road section region corresponding to the road section, wherein the adjacent road section region is a region range using a center line of the road section as a center, and wherein determining the navigation prompt time according to the adjusted navigation prompt range comprises determining that route-replanning prompt time is approaching when a position of the user is beyond an adjusted adjacent road section region.

20. A computer readable medium, comprising computer execution instructions, wherein the computer execution instructions are used for enabling a terminal device to perform pedestrian navigation processing process comprising:

determining, according to a current position of a user and navigation planning route information, a road section on which the user is currently located, wherein the navigation planning route information comprises route information of all road sections between a departure place and a destination;

obtaining, a road width of the road section according to a positioning result obtained when the user walks on the road section and route information of the road section;

determining, according to the road width, navigation prompt time corresponding to the road section; and

performing navigation prompting for the user according to the navigation prompt time.