Navigation route cooperation navigation system and method of controlling the same
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1. A navigation system, comprising:
- a server configured to manage uploaded driving related information and navigation route information, and allow the driving related information and the navigation route information to be downloaded; and
a vehicle terminal installed in each of one leader vehicle and at least one member vehicle, when the vehicle terminal is installed in the leader vehicle, configured to upload obtained driving related information and its own navigation route information to the server and transmit the uploaded information to the at least one member vehicle, and when the vehicle terminal is installed in the at least one member vehicle, configured to provide a navigation service according to the driving related information and the navigation route information downloaded from the server by requesting the uploaded information to the server, or received from the leader vehicle,wherein the vehicle terminal searches for a new route in response to one or more obstacles on a navigation route, andwherein, when the vehicle terminal is installed in the leader vehicle, the vehicle terminal uploads a recommended route to the server when the recommended route having a distance or a time shorter than its own navigation route is searched for.
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Abstract
A navigation route cooperation navigation system and a method of controlling the same are provided. The navigation route cooperation navigation system can secure a visible distance or a communicable range and allow a member vehicle which cannot perform cluster driving to drive according to driving information of a leader vehicle, allow the member vehicle to drive according to a recommended route better than a navigation route of a leader vehicle, and set the member vehicle which passes the leader vehicle as a new leader vehicle.
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1. A navigation system, comprising:
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a server configured to manage uploaded driving related information and navigation route information, and allow the driving related information and the navigation route information to be downloaded; and a vehicle terminal installed in each of one leader vehicle and at least one member vehicle, when the vehicle terminal is installed in the leader vehicle, configured to upload obtained driving related information and its own navigation route information to the server and transmit the uploaded information to the at least one member vehicle, and when the vehicle terminal is installed in the at least one member vehicle, configured to provide a navigation service according to the driving related information and the navigation route information downloaded from the server by requesting the uploaded information to the server, or received from the leader vehicle, wherein the vehicle terminal searches for a new route in response to one or more obstacles on a navigation route, and wherein, when the vehicle terminal is installed in the leader vehicle, the vehicle terminal uploads a recommended route to the server when the recommended route having a distance or a time shorter than its own navigation route is searched for. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A navigation control method, comprising:
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setting a cluster driving mode on its own vehicle as one of a leader driving mode and a member driving mode; uploading driving related information and navigation route information on its own vehicle to a server when the cluster driving mode is the leader driving mode, and transmitting the driving related information and the navigation route information to a vehicle in which the cluster driving mode is the member driving mode; and providing a navigation service to its own vehicle according to the driving related information and the navigation route information downloaded from the server by requesting the uploaded information to the server or received from a vehicle in which the cluster driving mode is the leader driving mode when the cluster driving mode is the member driving mode, wherein a vehicle terminal searches for a new route in response to one or more obstacles on a navigation route, and wherein the transmitting of the driving related information and navigation route information to the vehicle in which the cluster driving mode is the member driving mode comprises; uploading a retrieved recommended route to the server when the recommended route having a shorter distance or time than its own navigation route is searched for. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A vehicle terminal, wherein the vehicle terminal is installed in each of one leader vehicle and at least one member vehicle, and provides a navigation service so that each vehicle performs a navigation route cooperative cluster driving, comprising:
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a wireless communication module configured to upload driving related information and navigation route information to a server, transmit the driving related information and the navigation route information to the at least one member vehicle, or transmit the driving related information and the navigation route information downloaded from the server or received from the leader vehicle; and a processing module configured to transmit the driving related information and its own navigation route information to the wireless communication module, or provide the navigation service according to the driving related information and the navigation route information transmitted from the wireless communication module, and wherein the vehicle terminal searches for a new route in response to one or more obstacles on a navigation route, and wherein, when the processing module is installed in the vehicle terminal of the leader vehicle, the processing module transmits the driving related information and its own navigation route information to the wireless communication module so that the driving related information and its navigation route information is uploaded to the server, and when a recommended route having a shorter distance or time than its own navigation route is searched for, transmits the recommended route to the wireless communication module so that the recommended route is uploaded to the server. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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