Method and apparatus for road guidance using mobile terminal
First Claim
1. A method for providing location information of a terminal, comprising:
- receiving, via a user input, an input comprising a map image and a selection of a designated location;
displaying the map image;
setting the designated location to the map image according to the selection of the designated location;
setting location information selected via input of a search query to the designated location set to the map image, the location information comprising actual geographic location information received in response to the input of the search query;
determining whether a current location of the terminal and the location information are identical; and
providing an alert in response to arriving at the designated location in response to determining that the current location of the terminal and the location information are identical.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to apparatus and method for road guidance using a mobile terminal. The method for road guidance using a mobile terminal includes receiving a map image created by a users input, setting at least one user-designated location to the map image according to the users input, setting location information of the user-designated location to the user-designated location, comparing the location information of the user-designated location with current location information of the mobile terminal; and notifying of arrival at the user-designated location. A user may arrive at a desired destination according to the present invention without using map data provided by a map data service provider.
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1. A method for providing location information of a terminal, comprising:
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receiving, via a user input, an input comprising a map image and a selection of a designated location; displaying the map image; setting the designated location to the map image according to the selection of the designated location; setting location information selected via input of a search query to the designated location set to the map image, the location information comprising actual geographic location information received in response to the input of the search query; determining whether a current location of the terminal and the location information are identical; and providing an alert in response to arriving at the designated location in response to determining that the current location of the terminal and the location information are identical. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A terminal for providing location information, comprising:
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a Global Positioning System (GPS) module to receive a Global Positioning System (GPS) signal to set current location data; an input unit to receive an input comprising a map image and a selection of a designated location; a display unit to display the map image and a designated location data according to the input; a controller to set location data selected via input of a search query to the designated location data set to the map image and to create the map image comprising the designated location data, the location data comprising actual geographic location information received in response to the input of the search query; and a storage unit to store the map image. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus for providing location information, comprising:
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a processor configured to detect a map image triggering event based on an input, wherein the processor is further configured to generate location data of a designated location, the location data being selected via input of a search query, being set to a map image in response to detection of the map image triggering event, and comprising actual geographic location information received in response to the input of the search query; and a mapping table, coupled to the processor, configured to determine whether a current location data and the location data of the designated location are identical, and wherein an arrival notice is caused to be provided by the processor in response to the current location data being the same as the location data of the designated location, wherein the map image triggering event comprises a request to provide an interface to create a map. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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