Server, user terminal, and service providing method, and control method thereof

• US 9,546,881 B2
• Filed: 06/30/2015
• Issued: 01/17/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/13/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Chang, Woo-Yong, Yu, Seung-dong, Park, Se-jun, Moon, Min-jeong
• Primary Examiner(s): Tarcza, Thomas
• Assistant Examiner(s): Pipala, Edward J
• Application Number:
  US14/755,588
• Publication Number:
  US 20150300838A1
• Time in Patent Office: 567 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 21/3623 using a camera or code reader, e.g. for optical or magnetic codes
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3647 Guidance involving output of stored or live camera images or video streams
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text

Abstract

A control method of a server is provided. Location information is extracted from photographed data. The photographed data is linked to a course of travel having a pre-stored street image, by applying a predetermined standard based on the extracted location information. The photographed data is provided together with the linked course of travel having the pre-stored street image.

Claims

1. A method for providing a mapping service, the method comprising:

extracting position information from an image photographed from a photographing device;

determining a moving path of a user based on a plurality of information including the extracted position information;

displaying a map image including an icon moving along the determined moving path; and

displaying the photographed image around the icon.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein displaying the photographed image comprises, when there is a street image corresponding to a point where the icon is located based on position information of a prestored street image, displaying the photographed image and the street image together.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the map image is received from a web server which provides a web image of each region of the map image.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein displaying the map image comprises, when there is an image corresponding to position information of each of a plurality of points included in the moving path, displaying an icon of the photographed image around each point where the photographed image exists.

5. An electronic device for displaying a map image comprising:

a communicator configured to communicate with a photographing device;

a display configured to display the map image; and

a controller, in response to receipt of, from the photographing device, an image photographed by photographing device, configured to extract position information from the received photographed image, determine a moving path of a user based on a plurality of information including the extracted position information, and display a map image including an icon moving along the determined moving path,

wherein the controller, in response to the icon being located at a point corresponding to the position information, controls the display to display the photographed image around the icon.

6. The electronic device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the controller, when there is a street image corresponding to the point where the icon is located based on position information of a prestored street image, controls the display to display the photographed image and the street image together.

7. The electronic device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the map image is received from a web server which provides a web image of each region of the map image.

8. The electronic device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the controller, when there is an image corresponding to position information of each of a plurality of points included in the moving path, controls the display to display an icon of the photographed image around each point where the photographed image exists.