Apparatus and method for providing navigation service in electronic device

• US 9,222,778 B2
• Filed: 12/17/2012
• Issued: 12/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Sung-Chan, Ku, Jung-Hwan
• Primary Examiner(s): Cheung, Calvin
• Assistant Examiner(s): SHUDY, ANGELINA M
• Application Number:
  US13/716,545
• Publication Number:
  US 20130231859A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,107 Days
• Field of Search: 701/468, 701/400, 701/408, 701/465, 701/527
• 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

Abstract

An apparatus and method for providing navigation service in an electronic device are provided. A method for providing navigation service in an electronic device includes determining whether candidate schedule information settable as a destination for navigation service among at least one schedule information exists and, when at least one candidate schedule information settable as the destination for navigation service exists, setting the destination for navigation service considering the at least one candidate schedule information.

Claims

1. A method for providing navigation service in an electronic device, the method comprising:

providing, by a controller, a user menu for setting a link between schedule information and a navigation service;

selecting, by the controller, at least one schedule information including a location from among a plurality of schedule information;

obtaining, by the controller, an estimated elapsed time from a current location of the electronic device to each location included in each of the at least one schedule information;

providing, by the controller, at least one candidate schedule information from among the at least one schedule information as a destination for the navigation service based on the estimated elapsed time; and

providing, by the controller, the navigation service based on the at least one candidate schedule information,

wherein the providing the navigation service based on the at least one candidate schedule information comprises setting a destination for the navigation service based on the location included in the at least one candidate schedule information, and

wherein the providing at least one candidate schedule information among the at least one schedule information as a destination for a navigation service based on the estimated elapsed time comprises;

obtaining a remaining time from a present time to each time included in each of the at least one schedule information,

comparing the estimated elapsed time and the remaining time to the at least one schedule information, and

providing at least one candidate schedule information including possible arrival destinations within the remaining time based on the comparison result.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the selecting at least one schedule information including a location from among a plurality of schedule information comprises selecting at least one schedule information after the present time from among the plurality of schedule information.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the location comprises at least one of a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) coordinate, a latitude, an altitude, an address, and a place name.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the current location of the electronic device estimates using at least one of a satellite signal received from a GNSS satellite, a triangulation scheme, and a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) service.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the providing at least one candidate schedule information comprises:

displaying a list of at least one candidate schedule information among the at least one schedule information as a destination for a navigation service based on the estimated elapsed time; and

selecting at least one candidate schedule information from the list.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the providing the navigation service based on the at least one of candidate comprises:

detecting a priority order of the at least one candidate schedule information; and

setting a destination for navigation service using the at least one candidate schedule information according to the detected priority order.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the priority order is determined based on at least one of a distance from the current location of the electronic device to location included in the candidate schedule information, an estimated elapsed time from the current location of the electronic device to the location included in the candidate schedule information, and a remaining time to the candidate schedule information of the electronic device.

8. An electronic device for providing navigation service, the electronic device comprising:

a controller configured to provide a user menu for setting a link between schedule information and a navigation service;

a storage unit configured to store a plurality of schedule information; and

a navigation module configured to select at least one schedule information including a location from among the plurality of schedule information, to obtain an estimated elapsed time from a current location of the electronic device to each location included in each of the at least one schedule information, to provide at least one candidate schedule information from among the at least one schedule information as a destination for the navigation service based on the estimated elapsed time, and to provide the navigation service based on the at least one candidate schedule information,

wherein the navigation module is configured to set a destination for the navigation service based on the location included in the at least one candidate schedule information stored in the storage unit, and

wherein the navigation module is further configured to;

obtain a remaining time from a present time to each time included in each of the at least one schedule information,

compare the estimated elapsed time and the remaining time to the at least one schedule information, and

provide at least one candidate schedule information including possible arrival destinations within the remaining time based on the comparison result.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein the navigation module is configured to select at least one schedule information after the present time from among the plurality of schedule information in the storage unit.

10. The device of claim 8, wherein the location comprises at least one of a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) coordinate, a latitude, an altitude, an address, and a place name.

11. The device of claim 8,

wherein the current location of the electronic device estimates using at least one of a satellite signal received from a GNSS satellite, a triangulation scheme, and a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) service.

12. The device of claim 8, further comprising a display unit configured to display a list of at least one candidate schedule information from among the at least one schedule information as a destination for a navigation service based on the estimated elapsed time,

wherein the navigation module is configured to select at least one candidate schedule information from the list displayed on the display unit.

13. The device of claim 8, wherein the navigation module is configured to detect a priority order of the at least one candidate schedule information, and to set a destination for navigation service using the at least one candidate schedule information according to the detected priority order.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein the priority order is determined based on at least one of a distance from the current location of the electronic device to location included in the candidate schedule information, an estimated elapsed time from the current location of the electronic device to the location included in the candidate schedule information of the electronic device.