Navigation device, system for inputting location to navigation device, and method for inputting location to the navigation device from a terminal

• US 9,949,096 B2
• Filed: 07/21/2015
• Issued: 04/17/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Kang, Ki Dong
• Primary Examiner(s): Heinle, Courtney D
• Application Number:
  US14/805,045
• Publication Number:
  US 20160138931A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,001 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/362 received from an external device or application, e.g. PDA, mobile phone or calendar application
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/48 for in-vehicle communication

Abstract

A navigation device, a system for inputting a place, and a method for inputting a place to the navigation device implement inputting a place to a navigation device communicating with a terminal device, searching for and extracting place-associated information from text received by the terminal device. If the place-associated information is extracted from the text, the implementation carries out transmitting, by the terminal device, the text or the place-associated information detected from the text to the navigation device; and setting, by the navigation device, a place obtained on basis of the place-associated information to a destination.

Claims

1. A method for inputting a place to a navigation device, which has a first processor, communicating with a terminal device, which has a second processor, comprising:

receiving, by the second processor, a text;

identifying, by the second processor, a sender who transmits the text;

determining, by the second processor, whether to extract place-associated information from the text according to the sender who transmits the text;

extracting, by the second processor, the place-associated information from the text received by the terminal device;

transmitting, by the second processor, the text or the place-associated information detected from the text to the navigation device after the place-associated information is extracted from the text; and

setting, by the first processor, a place obtained on the basis of the place-associated information to a destination,

wherein the place-associated information includes a sender intention text including an expression associated with intention of the sender,

wherein the sender intention text comprises at least one word or phrase that is related to a request to move to a specific place,

wherein the extracting comprises;

extracting the sender intention text from the text received by the terminal device using a sender intention text database.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the place-associated information further includes at least one of an address, a region name, of a place type.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the setting the place obtained on the basis of the place-associated information to the destination includes:

detecting the place-associated information by allowing the navigation device to analyze the text; and

setting a destination using the detected place-associated information.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the setting the destination includes:

searching at least one Point Of Interest (POI) from a Point Of Interest database (POI database) using the place-associated information detected by analyzing the text; and

establishing the destination in response to a search result of the POI database.

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein the transmitting, by the second processor, the text or the place-associated information detected from the text to the navigation device after the place-associated information is extracted from the text includes:

if the place-associated information is at least one of a region name, a place type, or the sender intention text, transmitting the text to the navigation device.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

the transmitting, by the second processor, the text or the place-associated information detected from the text to the navigation device after the place-associated information is extracted from the text includes;

if the place-associated information is an address, transmitting the address to the navigation device by the terminal device; and

the setting the place obtained on the basis of the place-associated information to the destination by the navigation device includes;

setting the address to the destination by the navigation device.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the extracting the place-associated information from the text received by the terminal device includes:

searching for the place-associated information using a Point Of Interest (POI) database.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting information regarding the sender of the text to the navigation device.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the setting the place obtained on basis of the place-associated information to a destination by the navigation device includes:

querying whether the place obtained on basis of the place-associated information is to be set to a destination.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the setting the place obtained on the basis of the place-associated information to the destination by the navigation device further includes:

determining whether the navigation device is in a navigation state indicating a path guiding state;

if the navigation device is in the navigation state, determining whether a legacy destination is different from the place obtained on basis of the place-associated information;

if the legacy destination is different from the place obtained on basis of the place-associated information, deleting the legacy destination, and querying whether or not the place obtained on the basis of the place-associated information is set to the destination.

11. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by the terminal device, whether the place-associated information is extracted according to the sender who has transmitted the text.

12. A system for inputting a place, comprising:

a terminal device including;

a first communicator configured to receive a text; and

a first processor configured to receive the text from the first communicator, to identify a sender who transmits the text, to determine whether to extract place-associated information from the text according to the sender who transmits the text, and to search for the place-associated information from the text; and

a navigation device including;

a second communicator configured to communicate with the terminal device; and

a second processor configured to receive the place-associated information or a text including the place-associated information from the terminal device if the place-associated information is searched for from the text, and configured to establish a destination on the basis of the place-associated information,

wherein the place-associated information includes a sender intention text including an expression associated with intention of the sender,

wherein the sender intention text comprises at least one word or phrase that is related to a request to move to a specific place,

wherein the terminal device or the navigation device searches for the sender intention text from the text using a sender intention text database.

13. The system according to claim 12, wherein the place-associated information further includes at least one of an address, a region name, or a place type.

14. The system according to claim 12, wherein second processor is further configured to detect the place-associated information by analyzing the text, and establishes the destination using the detected place-associated information.

15. The system according to claim 12, wherein:

the second processor is further configured to transmit an address to the navigation device, and sets the address to the destination if the place-associated information is the address.

16. The system according to claim 12, wherein at least one of the first processor or the second processor is further configured to obtain the place-associated information using a Point Of Interest (POI) database.

17. The system according to claim 12, wherein the first communicator is further configured to transmit information regarding the sender of the text to the second communicator.

18. The system according to claim 12, wherein the navigation device further comprises a display configured to query whether the place obtained on the basis of the place-associated information is to be set to the destination.

19. The system according to claim 18, wherein the display is further configured to query whether a legacy destination is identical to the place obtained on the basis of the place-associated information, and to query whether the place obtained on the basis of the place-associated information is to be set to the destination according to a state of the navigation device.

20. The system according to claim 12, wherein the first processor is further configured to determine whether place-associated information is extracted according to the sender who has transmitted the text.

21. A navigation device comprising:

a processor configured to;

communicate with a terminal device using at least one of a short-range communication module or a mobile communication module;

receive a text including place-associated information;

identify a sender who transmits the text;

determine whether to extract the place-associated information from the text according to the sender who transmits the text; and

establish a destination on the basis of the place-associated information,

wherein the place-associated information includes a sender intention text including an expression associated with an intention of the sender,

wherein the sender intention text comprises at least one word or phrase that is related to a request to move to a specific place,

wherein the processor is further configured to extract the sender intention text from the text using a sender intention text database.