NAVIGATION DEVICE, SYSTEM FOR INPUTTING LOCATION TO NAVIGATION DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR INPUTTING LOCATION TO THE NAVIGATION DEVICE FROM A TERMINAL

• US 20160138931A1
• Filed: 07/21/2015
• Published: 05/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: KANG, Ki Dong
• Granted Patent: US 9,949,096 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/362 received from an external device or application, e.g. PDA, mobile phone or calendar application
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/48 for in-vehicle communication

Abstract

A navigation device, a system for inputting a place, and a method for inputting a place to the navigation device implement inputting a place to a navigation device communicating with a terminal device, searching for and extracting place-associated information from text received by the terminal device. If the place-associated information is extracted from the text, the implementation carries out transmitting, by the terminal device, the text or the place-associated information detected from the text to the navigation device; and setting, by the navigation device, a place obtained on basis of the place-associated information to a destination.

Claims

1. A method for inputting a place to a navigation device communicating with a terminal device, comprising:

extracting place-associated information from text received by the terminal device;

transmitting, by the terminal device, the text or the place-associated information detected from the text to the navigation device if the place-associated information is extracted from the text; and

setting, by the navigation device, a place obtained on basis of the place-associated information to a destination.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the place-associated information includes at least one of an address, a region name, a place type, and a sender intention text.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the setting the place obtained on basis of the place-associated information to the destination includes:

detecting place-associated information by allowing the navigation device to analyze the text; and

setting a destination using the detected place-associated information.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the setting the destination using the detected place-associated information includes:

searching for a Point Of Interest (POI) database using the place-associated information detected by analyzing the text; and

establishing a destination in response to the search result of the POI database.

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein the transmitting the text or the place-associated information detected from the text to the navigation device by the terminal device on the condition that the place-associated information is extracted from the text includes:

if the place-associated information is at least one of a region name, a place type, and a sender intention text, transmitting the text to the navigation device.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

the transmitting the text or the place-associated information detected from the text to the navigation device by the terminal device on the condition that the place-associated information is extracted from the text includes;

if the place-associated information is an address, transmitting the address to the navigation device by the terminal device; and

the setting the place obtained on the basis of the place-associated information to a destination by the navigation device includes;

setting the address to the destination by the navigation device.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the searching for and extracting the place-associated information from the text received by the terminal device includes:

searching for the place-associated information using a Point Of Interest (POI) database.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting by the terminal device information regarding a sender of the text to the navigation device.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the setting the place obtained on basis of the place-associated information to a destination by the navigation device includes:

querying whether the place obtained on basis of the place-associated information is to be set to a destination.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the setting the place obtained on the basis of the place-associated information to a destination by the navigation device further includes:

determining whether the navigation device is in a navigation state indicating a path guiding state;

if the navigation device is in the navigation state, determining whether a legacy destination is different from the place obtained on basis of the place-associated information;

if the legacy destination is different from the place obtained on basis of the place-associated information, deleting the legacy destination, and querying whether or not the place obtained on the basis of the place-associated information is set to the destination.

11. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by the terminal device, whether the place-associated information is extracted according to a sender who has transmitted the text.

12. A system for inputting a place, comprising:

a terminal device configured to receive a text, and to search for place-associated information from the received text; and

a navigation device, if the place-associated information is searched for from the text, configured to receive the place-associated information from the terminal device or to receive the place-associated information or a text including the place-associated information, and to establish a destination on basis of the place-associated information.

13. The system according to claim 12, wherein the place-associated information includes at least one of an address, a region name, a place type, and a sender intention text.

14. The system according to claim 12, wherein the navigation device detects the place-associated information by analyzing the text, and establishes a destination using the detected place-associated information.

15. The system according to claim 12, wherein:

if the place-associated information is an address, the navigation device transmits the address to the navigation device, and sets the address to a destination.

16. The system according to claim 12, wherein the terminal device or the navigation device obtains the place-associated information using a Point Of Interest (POI) database.

17. The system according to claim 12, wherein the terminal device transmits information regarding a sender of the text to the navigation device.

18. The system according to claim 12, wherein the navigation device queries whether the place obtained on the basis of the place-associated information is to be set to a destination.

19. The system according to claim 16, wherein the navigation device queries whether a legacy destination is identical to the place obtained on basis of the place-associated information, and queries whether the place obtained on the basis of the place-associated information is to be set to a destination according to a state of the navigation device.

20. The system according to claim 12, wherein the terminal device determines whether place-associated information is extracted according to a sender who has transmitted the text.

21. A navigation device comprising:

a receiver configured to receive either text received by a terminal device or place-associated information detected from the text; and

a destination setup unit configured to establish a destination on basis of the place-associated information.