Mapping system that displays nearby regions based on direction of travel, speed, and orientation

• US 9,071,641 B2
• Filed: 09/29/2010
• Issued: 06/30/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BIGLOBE, Inc. (KDDI Corporation)
• Original Assignee: BIGLOBE, Inc. (KDDI Corporation)
• Inventors: Sakka, Noriyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Swearingen, Jeffrey R
• Assistant Examiner(s): Jenkins, Benjamin A
• Application Number:
  US12/923,608
• Publication Number:
  US 20110078238A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,735 Days
• Field of Search: 701/455, 701/461
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/026 using orientation information, e.g. compass
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

An information providing system includes a terminal and a server. The information providing system includes: an information database configured to record registration data in relation to position data; a position data acquiring section configured to acquire a position data of the terminal; a state acquiring section configured to acquire a state data indicative of a state of the terminal; and a region determining section configured to determine a specified retrieval region of the registration data based on the state data. An information extracting section is configured to extract the registration data in the specified retrieval region from the information database as browser data, and a display section is configured to display the browser data.

Claims

1. An information providing system comprising a terminal and a server,

wherein said terminal comprises:

a position data acquiring section configured to acquire a position data of said terminal from a GPS (global positioning system) satellite; and

a display section configured to display browser data, the display section comprising an LCD (liquid crystal display), and

wherein said server comprises;

an information database configured to record registration data in relation to said position data;

a control section configured of a CPU (central processing unit), the control section comprising;

a state data acquiring section configured to acquire state data indicating a state on a movement of said terminal;

a region determining section configured to determine a specified retrieval region which is changed in response to said state data;

an information extracting section configured to extract as said browser data from said information database, said registration data in which said position data corresponding to said registration data are included in said specified retrieval region,

wherein said terminal further comprises an orientation data acquiring section configured to measure an orientation of said terminal,

wherein said state data further comprises said terminal orientation,

wherein said region determining section enlarges said specified retrieval region in said terminal orientation only when a terminal movement direction and said terminal orientation do not coincide,

wherein the terminal orientation comprises information indicating an orientation of a body of the terminal itself, and

wherein the terminal movement direction comprises a direction to which the terminal is moving.

2. The information providing system according to claim 1, wherein said state data includes a terminal movement speed and the terminal movement direction, and

wherein said region determining section extends said specified retrieval region in the terminal movement direction in response to said terminal movement speed.

3. The information providing system according to claim 2,

wherein said region determining section performs a correction of a data indicating what degree said specified retrieval region should be extended to into said terminal movement direction when said terminal movement direction and said terminal orientation do not coincide.

4. The information providing system according to claim 3, further comprising:

an addition parameter table in which a parameter is stored,

wherein said region determining section perform a correction to extend said specified retrieval region by using said parameter, when said terminal movement direction and said terminal orientation do not coincide.

5. The information providing system according to claim 1, wherein said specified retrieval region is a region of an ellipsoidal shape with a longer axis in said terminal movement direction, and

wherein said region determining section determines said specified retrieval region, to extend an ellipsoidal region in direction of the longer axis based on said terminal movement speed.

6. The information providing system according to claim 5, wherein said region determining section performs a correction of said specified retrieval region to extend a short axis of said ellipsoidal region into a direction of said terminal orientation, when said terminal movement direction and said terminal orientation do not coincide.

7. The information providing system according to claim 1, wherein said specified retrieval region is a region of a fan shape which has an angle with a central line in said terminal movement direction, and

wherein said region determining section performs a correction of said fan shape region to extend a radius of said fan shape in response to increase of said movement speed.

8. The information providing system according to claim 7, said region determining section performs a correction of said specified retrieval region such that said angle of said fan shape is widened into said terminal movement direction, when said terminal movement direction and said terminal orientation do not coincide.

9. The information providing system according to claim 1, wherein said position data acquiring section acquires said position data periodically, and wherein said state acquiring section calculates said movement speed and said terminal movement direction based on said position data acquired by said position data acquiring section.

10. The information providing system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a region table in which the retrieval region is stored in relation to said state data,

wherein said region determining section extracts said retrieval region based on said state data calculated by said state acquiring section as said specified retrieval region.

11. The information providing system according to claim 1, wherein said region determining section calculates said specified retrieval region by using a preset equation based on said state data.

12. The information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the terminal orientation is determined by a posture of the body of the terminal toward a geometrical coordinate, and

wherein the terminal movement direction is calculated based on global positioning data in time-series.

13. The information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the terminal orientation is determined by an orientation of the body of the terminal with respect to a geometrical coordinate, and

wherein the terminal movement direction is determined based on a change in global position.

14. An information providing method in an information providing system comprising a terminal and a server, said information providing method comprising:

storing registration data in relation to a position data;

acquiring said position data of said terminal;

acquiring a state data indicative of a state on a movement of said terminal;

determining a specified retrieval region which is changed in response to said state data;

extracting as browser data from said information database, said registration data in which said position data corresponding to said registration data are included in said specified retrieval region;

displaying said browser data; and

measuring an orientation of said terminal,

wherein said state data further comprises said terminal orientation,

wherein said determining enlarges said specified retrieval region in said terminal orientation only when said terminal movement direction and said terminal orientation do not coincide,

wherein the terminal orientation comprises information indicating an orientation of a body of the terminal itself, and

wherein the terminal movement direction comprises a direction to which the terminal is moving.

15. The information providing method according to claim 14, wherein said state data includes a terminal movement speed and the terminal movement direction,

wherein said determining further comprises:

determining said specified retrieval region to extend said specified retrieval region in said terminal movement direction based on said state data.

16. The information providing method according to claim 15,

wherein said determining performs a correction of said specified retrieval region based on said state data, to extend said specified retrieval region into a direction of said terminal orientation, when said terminal movement direction and said terminal orientation do not coincide and

wherein said determining does not perform a correction of said specified retrieval region based on said state data, to not extend said specified retrieval region into a direction of said terminal orientation, when said terminal movement direction and said terminal orientation coincide.

17. The information providing method according to claim 14, wherein said specified retrieval region is a region of an ellipsoidal shape with a longer axis in said terminal movement direction, and

wherein said determining comprises:

determining said specified retrieval region, to extend an ellipsoidal region in direction of the longer axis based on said terminal movement speed.

18. The information providing method according to claim 17, wherein said determining comprises:

performing a correction of said specified retrieval region to extend a short axis of said ellipsoidal region into a direction of a movement orientation comprising the terminal movement direction, when said terminal movement direction and said terminal orientation do not coincide.

19. The information providing method according to claim 14, wherein said specified retrieval region is a region of a fan shape which has an angle with a central line in said terminal movement direction, and

wherein said determining comprises:

performing a correction of said fan shape region to extend a radius of said fan shape in response to increase of said movement speed.

20. The information providing method according to claim 19, wherein said determining comprises:

performing a correction of said specified retrieval region such that said angle of said fan shape is widened into said terminal movement direction, when said terminal movement direction and said terminal orientation do not coincide.

21. The information providing method according to claim 14, wherein said position data acquiring section acquires said position data periodically, and

wherein said state acquiring section calculates said movement speed and said terminal movement direction based on said position data acquired by said position data acquiring section.

22. A server connected with a terminal through a network, comprising:

an information database configured to record registration data in relation to a position data indicative of a position of said terminal from a GPS (global positioning system) satellite;

a control section configured of a CPU (central processing unit), the control section comprising;

a state acquiring section configured to acquire a state data indicative of a state of said terminal;

a region determining section configured to determine a specified retrieval region of said registration data based on said state data; and

an information extracting section configured to extract said registration data in said specified retrieval region from said information database as a browser data such that said browser data is displayed on said terminal,

wherein said state data comprises a terminal orientation and a terminal movement direction,

wherein said region determining section enlarges said specified retrieval region in said terminal orientation only when said terminal movement direction and said terminal orientation do not coincide,

wherein the terminal orientation comprises information indicating an orientation of a body of the terminal itself, and

wherein the terminal movement direction comprises a direction to which the terminal is moving.