Navigation system for vehicle, navigation method thereof, user terminal and information providing method thereof

• US 9,726,496 B2
• Filed: 12/19/2012
• Issued: 08/08/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Rhee, Young-ho, Jang, Young-shil
• Primary Examiner(s): Pipala, Edward J
• Application Number:
  US13/720,529
• Publication Number:
  US 20130158873A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,693 Days
• Field of Search: 701 36, 701400, 701408, 701409, 701410, 701418, 701420, 701423, 701425, 701426, 701430, 701454, 701461, 701468, 701487, 701516, 701532, 701537, 701538, 701300, 340989, 340990, 3409951, 34099512, 34099514, 34099516, 34099518, 34099519, 34099524, 34099527, 342450, 342451, 342457
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3476 using point of interest [POI] information, e.g. a route passing visible POIs
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3605 Destination input or retrieval
• 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 21/362 received from an external device or application, e.g. PDA, mobile phone or calendar application
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3682 output of POI information on a road map G01C21/3614, G01C21/3685 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3874 Structures specially adapted for data searching and retrieval

Abstract

A navigation method includes receiving additional information satisfying a condition based on a current position of the user terminal, and indicating a position corresponding to the additional information on a navigation map.

Claims

1. A method for providing information in a navigation terminal from a mobile terminal in a moving vehicle, the method comprising:

transmitting, by the navigation terminal to the mobile terminal, a current position of the navigation terminal;

receiving, by the navigation terminal from the mobile terminal, information associated with a location within a predefined distance from the current position, the information being stored in the mobile terminal;

displaying, in the navigation terminal, a first object at a position of the location on a navigation map; and

if the first object on the navigation map is selected, displaying a second object for providing additional information associated with the location based on the information associated with the location received from the mobile terminal.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a User Interface (UI) including information for a distance between a current position of the mobile terminal and the location.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a selection command for the location; and

displaying a route to the location on the navigation map.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the information associated with the location further includes time information related to the information associated with the location, and

the received information includes information based on a search for information within a time range based on a current time.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the information associated with the location includes position information collected from a database including at least one of a Social Network Service (SNS) and a specific web site by the mobile terminal.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the information associated with the location includes position information pre-stored in the mobile terminal among the position information collected from the SNS.

7. A method of providing information to a navigation terminal from a mobile terminal in a moving vehicle, the method comprising:

receiving, from the navigation terminal, a current position of the navigation terminal; and

transmitting, to the navigation terminal, information associated with a location within a predefined distance from the mobile terminal, the information being stored in the mobile terminal,

wherein the navigation terminal displays a first object at a position of the location on a navigation map and, if the first object on the navigation map is selected, a second object for providing additional information associated with the location based on the information associated with the location received from the mobile terminal is displayed on the navigation map.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the information associated with the location further includes time information related to the information associated with the location, and

wherein time information of the information associated with the location is based on a search for information within a time range on the basis of a current time.

9. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the information associated with the location includes position information collected from a database including at least one of a Social Network Service (SNS) and a specific web site by the mobile terminal, and

wherein the information includes position information pre-stored in the mobile terminal among the position information collected from the SNS.

10. A navigation terminal which is in communication with a mobile terminal, the navigation terminal comprising:

a display;

a memory;

a communication interface which transmits a current location of the navigation terminal to the mobile terminal and receives information associated with a location within a predefined distance from the current position, the information being stored in the mobile terminal; and

a controller which controls the display to provide a first object at a position of the location on a navigation map, and, if the first object is selected, displaying a second object for providing additional information associated with the location based on the information associated with the location received from the mobile terminal.

11. The navigation terminal as claimed in claim 10, wherein the controller further controls the display to display a User Interface (UI) including information indicating a distance between the current position of the navigation terminal and the location.

12. The navigation terminal as claimed in claim 10, wherein the controller further controls the display to display a route to the location on the navigation map when a selection command for the location is input.

13. The navigation terminal as claimed in claim 10, wherein the information associated with the location further includes time information related to the information associated with the location, and

wherein the time information is based on a search for information within a time range based on a current time.

14. The navigation terminal as claimed in claim 10, wherein the information associated with the location includes position information collected from at least one of a Social Network Service (SNS) and a specific web site by the mobile terminal.

15. The navigation terminal as claimed in claim 14, wherein the communication interface receives the information associated with the location including position information pre-stored in the mobile terminal among the position information collected from the SNS.

16. A mobile terminal which provides information to a navigation terminal, the mobile terminal comprising:

a terminal communication interface;

a memory; and

a controller which receives, via the terminal communication interface from the navigation terminal, a current position of the navigation terminal, and transmits, via the terminal communication interface, information associated with a location within a predefined distance from the mobile terminal, the information being stored in the memory,

wherein the navigation terminal displays a first object at a position of the location on a navigation map and, if the first object on the navigation map is selected, a second object for providing additional information associated with the location based on the information associated with the location received from the mobile terminal is displayed on the navigation map.

17. The mobile terminal as claimed in claim 16, wherein the information associated with the location further includes time information related to the information associated with the location, and

wherein the time information is based on a search for information within a time range on the basis of a current time.

18. The mobile terminal as claimed in claim 16, wherein the information associated with the location includes position information collected from a database including at least one of a Social Network Service (SNS) and a specific web site by the mobile terminal, and

wherein the controller searches the information associated with the location including position information pre-stored in the mobile terminal among the position information collected from the SNS.