Apparatus and method for displaying a point of interest

• US 9,310,218 B2
• Filed: 07/19/2011
• Issued: 04/12/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Choi, Wonkyung
• Primary Examiner(s): Black, Thomas G
• Assistant Examiner(s): Paige, Tyler
• Application Number:
  US13/814,774
• Publication Number:
  US 20130138343A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,729 Days
• Field of Search: 701/527, 701/411
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3476 using point of interest [POI] information, e.g. a route passing visible POIs
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/367 Details, e.g. road map scale, orientation, zooming, illumination, level of detail, scrolling of road map or positioning of current position marker
• 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

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for displaying a point of interest (POI). According to the present invention, a screen for path guiding and a screen for POI guiding can be simultaneously and separately provided, thereby facilitating the recognition of a POI and increasing the accessibility to a POI while driving.

Claims

1. An apparatus for displaying a POI, comprising:

an output unit displaying a first screen for path guiding showing a navigation path in front of the vehicle wherein the first screen includes an image icon of the POI; and

a controller displaying a second screen for POI guiding on the output unit such that the POI belonging to at least one or more categories is displayed in the form of a list and the screen for path guiding at the same time such that the second screen does not overlap the navigation path,

wherein the list of the first screen includes the image icon of the POI, a name of the POI, and information about a remaining distance from the vehicle in which the remaining distance is updated by calculating the remaining distance from the vehicle to the POI in real-time and the POI is removed from the list if a position of the vehicle displayed on the screen for path guiding passes by the POI, and

wherein the image icon of the POI is displayed on the first screen along the navigation path and on the second screen until the vehicle passes the POI and then the image icon remains on the first screen while the image icon disappears from the second screen.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one or more category is selected by the user beforehand.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller displays the screen for path guiding and the screen for POI guiding on the output unit by either PIP (Picture in Picture) or PBP (Picture by Picture).

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the controller, if the screen for path guiding and the screen for POI guiding are displayed by PIP, displays the screen for path guiding as a main screen and displays the screen for POI guiding as an auxiliary screen of the main screen.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the controller, if the auxiliary screen overlaps with a forward navigation path of the vehicle, detects a region of the main screen where the auxiliary screen does not overlap with the forward navigation path and moves the auxiliary screen to the detected region.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller displays the POI being separated according to categories.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, if one of POIs from the list is selected, a navigation path of the vehicle is established by setting up the selected POI as a destination point.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, if one of POIs from the list is selected, the selected POI is added to the pre-established navigation path as a way point.

9. A method for displaying a POI, comprising:

displaying a first screen for path guiding which provides a navigation path in front of a vehicle, wherein the first screen includes an image icon of the POI;

displaying second screen for POI guiding having a list simultaneously with but separately from the first screen for path guiding such that the second screen does not overlap the navigation path,

wherein the list includes the image icon of the POI, a name of the POI, and information about a remaining distance from a vehicle in which the remaining distance is updated by calculating the remaining distance from the vehicle to the POI in real-time and the POI is removed from the list if a position of the vehicle displayed on the screen for path guiding passes by the POI, and

wherein the image icon of the POI is displayed on the first screen along the navigation path and on the second screen until the vehicle passes the POI then the image icon remains on the first screen while the image icon disappears from the second screen.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the displaying the second screen for POI guiding simultaneously with but separately from the first screen for path guiding displays the first screen for path guiding and the second screen for POI guiding by either PIP (Picture in Picture) or PBP (Picture by Picture).

11. The method of claim 10, if the first screen for path guiding and the second screen for POI guiding are displayed by PIP, comprising,

displaying the first screen for path guiding as a main screen;

and

displaying the second screen for POI guiding as an auxiliary screen of the main screen.

12. The method of claim 11, if the auxiliary screen overlaps with a forward navigation path of the vehicle, comprising,

detecting a region of the main screen where the auxiliary screen does not overlap with the forward navigation path;

and

moving the auxiliary screen to the detected region.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the displaying the second screen for POI guiding simultaneously with but separately from the first screen for path guiding displays the at least one or more POIs according to categories.

14. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

selecting the POI from the list to establish a navigation path of the vehicle by setting up the selected POI as a destination point.

15. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

selecting the POI from the list to add the selected POI to the pre-established navigation path as a way point.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program for carrying out the method of claim 9.