Navigation apparatus and method

• US 10,788,331 B2
• Filed: 10/03/2017
• Issued: 09/29/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Chang, Suk-Jin, Jeong, Eun-Hee, Cho, Chae-Guk, Kim, Su-Jin, Kim, Kyoung-Hwa
• Primary Examiner(s): Chng, Joy
• Application Number:
  US15/724,048
• Publication Number:
  US 20180031383A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,092 Days
• Field of Search: 701201, 701468, 701533, 701410, 701425, 701416, 701400
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/36 Input/output arrangements for on-board computers
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3688 Systems comprising multiple parts or multiple output devices (not client-server), e.g. detachable faceplates, key fobs or multiple output screens

Abstract

A navigation apparatus can be configured to be installed in a vehicle, including a display; a wireless communication unit; and a controller operatively connected to the display and configured to receive a first destination from a mobile terminal for controlling the navigation apparatus, display route information from an origination position to the first destination received from the mobile terminal, display, on the display of the navigation apparatus, when a current position of the navigation apparatus is within a preset range of the destination, a message inquiring whether or not the first destination is a final destination, receive a new destination after an input indicating that the first destination point is not the final destination, and display, on the display of the navigation apparatus, road guidance information from the current position to the new destination point.

Claims

1. A navigation apparatus configured to be installed in a vehicle, the navigation apparatus comprising:

a display;

a wireless communication unit; and

a controller operatively connected to the display and configured to;

receive a first destination from a mobile terminal for controlling the navigation apparatus,

display, on the display of the navigation apparatus, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, a message inquiring whether or not the first destination is a final destination,

display, on the display of the navigation apparatus, first route information from a current position to the first destination after receiving a first input indicating that the first destination is the final destination,

receive a new destination after a second input indicating that the first destination is not the final destination, and

display, on the display of the navigation apparatus, second route information from the current position to the new destination.

2. The navigation apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to transmit the first destination to the mobile terminal for displaying road guidance information to the first destination by the mobile terminal when the first destination is the final destination.

3. The navigation apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to transmit the new destination to the mobile terminal for displaying road guidance information to the new destination by the mobile terminal when the new destination is the final destination.

4. The navigation apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to display, on the display of the navigation apparatus, a pop-up window comprising the message when the predetermined condition is satisfied.

5. The navigation apparatus of claim 4, wherein the pop-up window is configured to receive an input value including yes or no.

6. The navigation apparatus of claim 1, wherein the message and the first destination are displayed together on a same screen.

7. The navigation apparatus of claim 1, wherein the predetermined condition is when the navigation apparatus enters within a preset range of the first destination, and

in response to entering within the preset range, display the message inquiring whether or not the first destination is the final destination.

8. A navigation apparatus configured to be installed in a vehicle, the navigation apparatus comprising:

a display;

a wireless communication unit; and

a controller operatively connected to the display and configured to;

receive a first destination from a mobile terminal for controlling the navigation apparatus,

display, on the display of the navigation apparatus, the first destination,

display, on the display of the navigation apparatus, a confirmation object for starting navigation to the first destination,

in response to receiving a first touch input on the confirmation object, display, on the display of the navigation apparatus, first route information from a current position to the first destination,

display, on the display of the navigation apparatus, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, a message for inputting a new destination, and

in response to receiving a second touch input for the new destination, display, on the display of the navigation apparatus, second route information from the current position to the new destination.

9. The navigation apparatus of claim 8, wherein the controller is further configured to transmit the first destination to the mobile terminal for displaying road guidance information to the first destination by the mobile terminal when the first destination is the final destination.

10. The navigation apparatus of claim 8, wherein the controller is further configured to transmit the new destination to the mobile terminal for displaying road guidance information to the new destination by the mobile terminal when the new destination is the final destination.

11. The navigation apparatus of claim 8, wherein the confirmation object is a pop-up window is configured to receive an input value including yes or no.

12. The navigation apparatus of claim 8, wherein the message and the first destination are displayed together on a same screen.

13. The navigation apparatus of claim 8, wherein the predetermined condition is when the navigation apparatus enters within a preset range of the first destination, and

in response to entering within the preset range, display the message inquiring whether or not the first destination is the final destination.

14. A navigation apparatus configured to be installed in a vehicle, the navigation apparatus comprising:

a display;

a wireless communication unit; and

a controller operatively connected to the display and configured to;

receive an intermediary destination from a mobile terminal,

display, on the display of the navigation apparatus, the intermediary destination together with a confirmation object for starting navigation to the intermediary destination,

in response to receiving a first touch input on the confirmation object, display, on the display of the navigation apparatus, first route information from a current position to the intermediary destination,

display, on the display of the navigation apparatus, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, a message for inputting a final destination, and

display, on the display of the navigation apparatus, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, second route information from the current position to the final destination.

15. The navigation apparatus of claim 14, wherein the controller is further configured to transmit the final destination to the mobile terminal for displaying road guidance information to the final destination by the mobile terminal.

16. The navigation apparatus of claim 14, wherein the confirmation object is a pop-up window configured to receive an input value including yes or no.

17. The navigation apparatus of claim 14, wherein the predetermined condition is when the navigation apparatus enters within a preset range of the intermediary destination.