Method for providing POI information for mobile terminal and apparatus thereof

• US 8,401,785 B2
• Filed: 04/18/2012
• Issued: 03/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Cho, Chae-Guk, Lee, Ki-Hyung
• Primary Examiner(s): Zanelli, Michael J.
• Application Number:
  US13/450,087
• Publication Number:
  US 20120203460A1
• Time in Patent Office: 335 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 701/426
• 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 21/3614 through interaction with a road map, e.g. selecting a POI icon on a road map
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3647 Guidance involving output of stored or live camera images or video streams
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3679 Retrieval, searching and output of POI information, e.g. hotels, restaurants, shops, filling stations, parking facilities G01C21/3611 takes precedence

Abstract

A method and apparatus for providing point of interest (POI) information of a mobile terminal. The method and apparatus extract POI information, where the POI information and/or associated road information is included in an image captured by a camera. Location information of an image capture place and image capture direction information are read from the digital photo image, and the POI information corresponding to the location and image capture direction information is extracted from a map data, and the extracted POI information is thereafter displayed on the digital photo image.

Claims

1. A method for providing Point of Interest (POI) information, the method comprising:

enabling an image capturing mode;

capturing and displaying, on a display, an digital image;

displaying a plurality of POI information corresponding to at least one of image capture location information and image capture direction information on the displayed digital image;

selecting at least one POI information from the plurality of POI information; and

determining, in response to a user input, a location corresponding to the selected POI information as a destination.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the at least one POI information comprises extracting the at least one POI information corresponding to the image capture location information and image capture direction information from map data.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the displaying at least one POI information further comprises matching the extracted POI information to the digital image.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

recording the extracted POI information on the digital image.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the extracted POI information comprises road information corresponding to the image capture location information and the image capture direction information.

6. A method for providing Point of Interest (POI) information, the method comprising:

displaying a POI picture list on a display unit;

selecting, in response to a user input, at least one POI picture from the POI picture list;

displaying the selected POI picture on the display unit;

extracting POI information, included in the display POI picture, corresponding to an image capture direction information from map data; and

determining, in response to a user input, a location corresponding to the POI information as a destination.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein determining the location corresponding to the displayed POI picture as the destination comprises:

selecting the POI information from a plurality of POI information included in the displayed POI picture; and

determining, in response to user input, the location corresponding to the selected POI information as the destination.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising selecting the POI information from a plurality of POI information, wherein the displayed POI picture comprises the plurality of POI information, a road information, and a location list indicating the location corresponding to the displayed POI picture.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein determining a location corresponding to the POI information as a destination comprises:

generating a pop-up window requesting whether to set the location of the POI information as the destination; and

displaying the pop-up window on the display unit.

10. The method of claim 6, further comprises:

generating a travel path from a current location to the destination; and

providing road guidance information based on the travel path.

11. An apparatus configured to provide Point of Interest (POI) information, the apparatus comprising:

a display unit; and

a controller configured to;

enable an image capturing mode;

capture and display, on the display unit, an digital image;

display a plurality of POI information corresponding to at least one of image capture location information and image capture direction information on the displayed digital image;

select at least one POI information from the plurality of POI information; and

determine, in response to a user input, a location corresponding to the selected POI information as a destination.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to:

extract the at least one of the plurality of POI information corresponding to the image capture location information and image capture direction information from map data.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the controller is further configured to:

match the extracted POI information to the digital image.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the controller is further configured to:

record the extracted POI information on the digital image.

15. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the extracted POI information comprises road information corresponding to the image capture location information and the image capture direction information.

16. An apparatus configured to provide Point of Interest (POI) information, the apparatus comprising:

a display unit; and

a controller configured to;

display a POI picture list on the display unit;

select, in response to a user input, at least one POI picture from the POI picture list;

display the selected POI picture on the display;

extract POI information, included in the displayed POI picture, corresponding to an image capture direction information from map data; and

determine, in response to a user input, a location corresponding to the POI information as a destination.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the controller is further configured to:

select the POI information from a plurality of POI information included in the displayed POI picture; and

determine, in response to a user input, a location corresponding to the selected POI information as the destination.

18. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the controller is further configured to:

select the POI information from a plurality of POI information,

wherein the displayed POI picture comprises the plurality of POI information, a road information, and a location list indicating the location corresponding to the displayed POI picture.

19. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the controller is further configured to:

generate a pop-up window requesting whether to set the location of the POI information as the destination; and

display the pop-up window on the display unit.

20. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the controller is further configured to:

generate a travel path from a current location to the destination; and

provide road guidance information based on the travel path.