KR101874072B1 - Server and method for providing information, and electrinic device and method for receiving information from server - Google Patents

Abstract

According to the present invention, an electronic apparatus and method for receiving various information based on a predicted path of a vehicle are disclosed. An electronic apparatus according to the present invention includes: a communication unit; And a controller for acquiring a predicted path of the vehicle and transmitting the predicted path to the server, and receiving and outputting the traffic-related content mapped to the predicted path from the server.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a server and an information providing method of a server for providing information, an electronic apparatus for receiving information from a server, and an information receiving method for an electronic apparatus.

The present invention relates to a system for collecting information through a social network. And more particularly, to a server and a server operating method for collecting various information through a social network formed by a plurality of terminals (or a plurality of users) and providing the collected information to a specific terminal. The present invention also relates to an electronic apparatus for receiving various kinds of information collected through a social network.

With the opening of the Internet network and legislation related to location information, the location based service (LBS) industry is being activated. As one of such location-based services, the navigation industry, which locates the current position of a terminal and guides and grasps the route to the destination, is also rapidly being activated. As a result, studies on navigation terminals have been actively conducted.

Further, a wireless Internet communication environment is established, and various kinds of information can be easily accessed anytime and anywhere through various types of wireless communication terminals that are being deployed under such circumstances, so that information can be gathered and utilized more quickly There are various studies on the method.

In the navigation terminal field, various methods for providing real-time traffic information have been actively researched, but most of the information is information after a certain time delay or traffic information about an undesired region must be received together Because of the points, there is a problem in the speed of information transmission / reception or the efficiency of information transmission / reception.

An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic device for receiving various information collected through a network and acquiring a predicted route of the vehicle and receiving selected information based on the estimated route obtained, .

It is another object of the present invention to provide a server for acquiring a predicted path of a vehicle in providing various information collected through a network and providing selected information based on the obtained expected path.

According to an aspect of the present invention, And a controller for acquiring a predicted path of the vehicle and transmitting the predicted path to the server, and receiving and outputting the traffic-related content mapped to the predicted path from the server.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication device comprising: a communication unit; And a control unit that receives the current position of the vehicle from the terminal through the communication unit, obtains a predicted route of the vehicle in consideration of the current position, acquires traffic-related content mapped to the predicted route, And a controller for transmitting the acquired traffic-related contents to the terminal.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a traffic information management method comprising: acquiring a predicted path of a vehicle, transmitting the obtained expected path to a server, receiving traffic-related content mapped to the predicted path from the server, Related contents providing method.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a traffic information management method comprising: acquiring a predicted path of a vehicle, transmitting the obtained expected path to a server, receiving traffic-related content mapped to the predicted path from the server, Related contents providing method for outputting a traffic-related content.

The present invention has the following effects.

First, in receiving various information (for example, traffic-related information), it is possible to selectively receive information corresponding to a predicted path of the vehicle, so that the user of the electronic device according to the present invention provides customized information You will receive.

Second, it is possible to provide appropriate information suitable for a situation without any special manipulation of the user, so that it is possible to provide information suitable for the user more quickly and accurately.

Third, it is possible to selectively receive information from an existing method of unilaterally transmitting related information, thereby increasing the efficiency of communication resources of the electronic device.

Fourth, when the vehicle is close to a turning point such as an intersection, information on traffic flow to all directions at a turning point is provided, thereby enabling a user to reach a desired destination more quickly.

Fifth, information obtained directly from the user terminal through the social network is provided, so that more intimate information can be provided.

1 and 2 are schematic diagrams that schematically show a system environment associated with embodiments of the present invention.
3 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a social network related to one embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of navigation according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a server according to embodiments of the present invention.
6 is a flowchart for explaining an information obtaining method according to the embodiments of the present invention.
7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of operating a server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a flowchart illustrating a method of operating a server and a second terminal according to embodiments of the present invention.
FIGS. 9 to 11 are diagrams for explaining a method of obtaining a predicted path according to the embodiments of the present invention.
12 to 15 are diagrams for explaining a method of outputting traffic related contents according to embodiments of the present invention.
16 to 18 are diagrams for explaining a method of displaying an object corresponding to a plurality of predicted paths according to the embodiments of the present invention.
19 is a flowchart illustrating a method of operating a server and a second terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The above objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. It is to be understood, however, that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and similarities. Like reference numerals designate like elements throughout the specification. In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention in unnecessary detail. In addition, numerals (e.g., days, days, etc.) used in the description of the present invention are merely an identifier for distinguishing one component from another.

It is to be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another element, it may be directly connected or connected to the other element, . On the other hand, when an element is referred to as being "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another element, it should be understood that there are no other elements in between.

In addition, the suffix "module" and " part "for constituent elements used in the following description are given or mixed in consideration of ease of specification, and do not have their own meaning or role.

Recently, social network services such as twitter and facebook are getting attention. Social network services have a rapid information spread effect. Especially, social network services are characterized in that information is transmitted through a network formed by a certain network or social relationship. The use of such a social network service is expected to be effective for the sharing of information at various levels of society because of the establishment of a wireless data communication network and spread of wireless communication terminals such as a smart phone, Speed.

According to the embodiments of the present invention, various traffic information, interest information, and the like are collected through a social network having the same or similar form as that of currently available social network service, Terminal).

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to how to clarify the difference between an existing social network service and a social network constructed according to the present invention, and how the collected information can be accurately transmitted to a terminal requiring information. .

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 and 2 are schematic diagrams that schematically show a system environment associated with embodiments of the present invention.

Various entities may be included in the system environment related to the embodiments of the present invention. For example, a navigation device 10, a satellite 20, a broadcast station 30, various electronic devices 40, 50, 60 and 70, a server 200 and a network 100 May be included in the environment.

A navigator 10 is an electronic device that calculates a current position of a navigation based on a GPS signal or the like and guides a route to a destination on the basis thereof, And can communicate with the electronic devices (40, 50, 60, 70) by wireless or wire method.

In this document, the manner in which the navigation device 10 and the plurality of electronic devices 40, 50, 60, 70 or the server 200 communicate with each other is not limited. The technical idea of this document can be applied to all wireless communication methods between existing electronic devices and all future communication methods.

Meanwhile, the navigation system 10 referred to in the present invention may mean a general navigation system for a vehicle. However, it may be a smart phone or a tablet PC equipped with an application for performing a navigation function, ) And the like, as well as a high-performance portable electronic device in which various applications can be installed.

The navigation device 10 may be indirectly connected to the network 100 via another electronic device having a communication function and may be connected to various electronic devices such as a notebook 40, A mobile phone 50, a closed circuit television (CCTV) 70, and a server 200, as shown in FIG. For example, a tethering service provided by an electronic device such as a smart phone can be used to connect to the network 100, or a dongle type electronic device for connecting to the network 100 wirelessly And can be wirelessly connected to the network 100 through the network.

The navigation device 10 can calculate the current position using the radio wave signal received from the satellite 20. Each of the satellites 20 can transmit L-band frequencies having different frequency bands. The navigation system 10 can calculate the current position based on the time taken for the L-band frequency transmitted from each satellite 20 to reach the navigation system 10. [

The broadcasting station 30 can receive various information from the navigation system 10, the server 200, and the electronic devices 40, 50, 60, and 70 through the network 100 or the broadcasting channel. For example, the navigation device 10 may receive and reproduce broadcast content transmitted from the broadcasting station 30 or the like, and may receive real-time traffic information transmitted therewith.

The notebook 40, the mobile phone 50, the CCTV 70 and the like may acquire various information and transmit the information to the navigation system 10 through the network 200 or directly. Or information obtained by the notebook computer 40, the mobile phone 50, the CCTV 70, etc. may be transmitted to the server 200 through the network 200 or directly to the server.

The remote controller 60 can transmit various user inputs or commands necessary for the operation of the navigation device 10 to the navigation device 10. [ Accordingly, the navigation device 10 can perform an operation corresponding to the received user input or commands.

According to the system environment related to one embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 2, the electronic devices (40, 50, 60, 70) including the navigation device 10 acquire and transmit information Operate as transmit side electronic devices, or may act as receive side electronic devices that receive and display information. Hereinafter, various electronic apparatuses 40, 50, 60, and 70 including the navigation apparatus 10 will be referred to as a first terminal 300 when operating as transmission-side electronic apparatuses, Will be referred to as a second terminal 400. [

Referring to FIG. 2, the first terminal 300 may transmit information to the server 200 or the second terminal 400 through the network 100. The first terminal 300 may be the notebook 40, the mobile phone 50, the CCTV 70 or the navigation device 10 shown in FIG. The first terminal 300 may acquire various types of information such as text information, image information, and sound information, and the obtained information may be transmitted to the server 200 through the network 100. [ In particular, the information transmitted from the first terminal 300 to the second terminal 400 includes traffic information, information about a specific point of interest (POI), chatting information, And the like.

The server 200 can access the network 100 and search / receive information transmitted from the first terminal 300. [ The received information may be stored in the server 200.

Meanwhile, the server 200 can continuously monitor the position of the first terminal 300. [ For example, when there are a plurality of the first terminals 300, the first terminal 300 periodically receives position information from the first terminal 300, and the position of the first terminals 300 is continuously And can be monitored.

In order to monitor the position of the first terminal 300, the server 200 may receive position information from the first terminal 300, but instead periodically receive the position information, 1 < / RTI >

At this time, the location information may be transmitted at the request of the server 200. Alternatively, when the first terminal 300 detects the occurrence of a predetermined event, it may transmit the location information of the first terminal 300 to the server 200 without any special request from the server 200. [

The server 200 may also monitor the location of the second terminal 400. The method of monitoring the location of the second terminal 400 is similar or similar to the method of monitoring the location of the first terminal 300.

The second terminal 400 may transmit the condition information to the server 200 and the server 200 may transmit the information corresponding to the condition to the second terminal 400 in consideration of the condition information received from the second terminal 400, (400). Accordingly, the second terminal 400, that is, the server 200, can configure customized information for the second terminal 400 and transmit the customized information to the second terminal 400. The second terminal 400 may preferably be the navigation 10.

The network 100 may be implemented in a variety of ways. For example, the network associated with embodiments of the present invention may include a social network.

Hereinafter, a social network related to one embodiment of the present invention will be described.

3 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a social network related to one embodiment of the present invention.

Social networks is one of the research fields of web science. It refers to a social relation structure that is created by interdependent ties between individual nodes or individuals as a single node. In this case, all the nodes are individual subjects in the network, and ties are the relationships between the nodes (above, Wikipedia).

The social network according to the present invention may include at least one second node B, C, D, E, F, and B having a relationship with a first node A, centering on a first node (node A) G, H, I).

The first and second nodes A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H and I may be a specific location, a specific road, a specific building, a specific user,

For example, if the first node A is a specific user, another user or terminals having a relationship with the user may configure the social network 100 together with the specific user as a second node.

When the first node A is a specific road, other roads, buildings, terminals or users having a relationship with the specific road may constitute the social network 100 together with the specific road as a second node .

When the first node A is a specific building, another building, road, terminal or users having a relationship with the specific building can configure the social network 100 together with the specific building as the second node .

When the first node A is in a specific location, another location, a road, a building, a terminal or a user having a relationship with the specific location is configured as a second node with the specific location to configure the social network 100 .

Since the social network 100 according to the present invention is formed around a specific node, various social networks 100 can be configured according to a specific node. For example, when the specific node is a 'southern ring road', a 'star tower', a 'Gangnam station', a 'Yeouido', etc., the information networks 500 formed around the specific nodes may be different from each other. At this time, although each of the information networks 500 may not coincide with each other, some of other nodes included in one information network 100 may be included in another information network 100 as well. For example, assuming that the user A and the user B are included in the network 100 formed around the node 'southern circuit road', the user A and the user B are connected to the network 100 formed around the node ' And user C may be included. That is, the node A may be included both in the network formed around the 'southern ring road' and in the network formed around the 'star tower'.

At this time, the nodes A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, and I may preferably have corresponding location attributes. For example, when the nodes are a specific location, a specific road, or the like, the location of the specific location, the specific road, and the specific building may be a location attribute corresponding to the node, The current location of the particular terminal or the specific user may be a location attribute corresponding to the node.

In addition, the first node A can be distinguished as a static node and a dynamic node, which means a node whose positional property corresponding to the specific location, specific road, specific building, etc. does not change, A node means a node whose positional attribute, such as the specific user or the specific electronic device, can be changed over time.

The first node A and the second nodes B, C, D, E, F, G, H, The nodes are directly related to the first node A, but the nodes D and H are indirectly related to the first node B (in the drawing, a line connecting nodes and nodes is a node In which case they are directly related. For example, a node D is associated with the first node A via a node I or a node G, and the node H is associated with the first node A via a node B or a node F have.

In this case, the nodes B, C, E, F, G and I define a primary relation with the first node A, and the nodes D and H are connected to the first node A I have a relationship. Of course, although not shown in the figure, there is no relationship with B, C, E, F, G, and I. However, if there is a node that is associated with any one of the D and H nodes, Can be defined to have a cubic relationship with the first node (A).

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the relationship between the first node A and the second nodes B, C, D, E, F, G, H, The positional relationship between the first node A and the second nodes B, C, D, E, F, G, H, In other words, when the B user (second node) sets the reverse osmosis station (first node) as a region of interest, a predetermined relationship may be formed between the first node and the second node by the B user's intention. On the other hand, when the terminal (second node) of the C user is located within a certain range from the Gangnam station (first node), the C user has a natural relationship with the Gangnam station (second node) Can be formed.

According to other embodiments of the present invention, the first node may have a specific keyword associated with the first node as its attribute, and if the information generated and uploaded through the second node includes the specific keyword, A relationship may be formed between one node and the second node. In other words, if the user D is not currently located on the southern ring road, but he / she is watching news at home and is found to have a car accident due to a fire on a part of the southern ring road, Directional congestion due to the zone fire ', the relationship with the southern ring road (first node) may be formed due to a specific keyword' southern ring road 'uploaded by the second node.

As described above, the relationship between the first node and the second node can be maintained not only statically, but also has a relationship that changes continuously according to the positional relationship, the keyword relation, etc., The network can generate information highly relevant to a particular node.

In this way, the existing social network can be formed only by the request between the user and the user by the social relation between the user and the user, while the social network embodied by the present invention goes beyond this relationship, The relationship can be formed according to the relationship. Accordingly, various kinds of information generated and uploaded by various entities can form a social network centering on various traffic information or a specific location that may be of interest in a specific area. According to this characteristic, the nodes constituting the social network according to the present invention can be continuously changed over time.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the social network 100 can be formed as described above, and the second terminal 400 can receive various information through the social network 100. However, the idea of the present invention is not limited to communication of various kinds of electronic devices through a social network.

The system environment according to the embodiments of the present invention has been described above in detail. Hereinafter, the configuration of the navigation and the configuration of the server according to the embodiments of the present invention will be described.

First, the configuration of navigation relating to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

4 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of navigation according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4, the navigation system 10 includes a communication unit 110, an input unit 120, a sensing unit 130, an output unit 140, a storage unit 150, a power unit 160, and a controller 170 can do. The components shown in FIG. 4 are not essential, and the vehicle navigation may be implemented with more or fewer components.

Hereinafter, the components will be described in order.

The communication unit 110 may include one or more modules that enable communication between the navigation system 10 and the communication system or between the navigation system 10 and the network where the navigation system 10 is located or between the navigation system 10 and other electronic devices. have. For example, the communication unit 100 may include a location data module 111, a wireless Internet module 113, a broadcast transmission / reception module 115, a short-range communication module 117, a wired communication module 119, .

The position data module 111 is a module for confirming or obtaining the position data of the navigation device 10. As a method of acquiring position data by the position data module 111, a method of acquiring position data through a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) can be used. GNSS means a navigation system capable of calculating a position of a receiving terminal by using a radio wave signal received from the satellite 20. A specific example of GNSS is a GPS (Global Positioning System), a Galileo, a GLONASS (Global Orbiting Navigational Satellite System), a COMPASS, an Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System (IRNSS), a Quasi-Zenith Satellite System . The position data module 111 of the navigation system 10 according to the embodiments of the present invention may receive the GNSS signal serviced in the area where the navigation system 10 is used and obtain position data. The position data module 111 continuously calculates the current position of the navigation device 10 in real time and may calculate the speed information using the calculated position data. It can include latitude.

The wireless Internet module 113 is a device that accesses the wireless Internet and acquires or transmits data. The wireless Internet that can be connected through the wireless Internet module 113 may be a wireless LAN (WLAN), a wireless broadband (WIBRO), a world interoperability for microwave access (WIMAX), or a high speed downlink packet access (HSDPA).

The broadcast transmission / reception module 115 is a device for receiving broadcast signals through various broadcasting systems. The broadcast system that can receive the broadcast signal through the broadcast transmission / reception module 115 may be a DMBT (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting Terrestrial), a DMBS (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting Satellite), a MediaFLO (Media Forward Link Only), a DVBH (Digital Video Broadcast Handheld) Integrated Services Digital Broadcast Terrestrial) and the like. The broadcast signal received through the broadcast transmission / reception module 115 may include traffic data, living data, and the like.

The short-range communication module 117 refers to a module for short-range communication. Bluetooth, radio frequency identification (RFID), infrared data association (IrDA), ultra wideband (UWB), ZigBee, and the like can be used as the short distance communication technology.

The wired communication module 119 serves to provide an interface with other electronic devices connected to the navigation device 10. [ For example, the wired communication module 119 may be a USB module capable of communicating via a USB port.

The input unit 120 is a module for generating input data for controlling the operation of the navigation system 10. The input unit 120 may convert input data from an external physical input into a specific electric signal to generate input data. The input unit 120 may include a user input module 121, a microphone 123, an image acquisition module 125, and the like.

The user input module 121 receives a control input for controlling the operation of the navigation device 10 from a user. The user input module may include a key pad dome switch, a touch pad (static / static), a jog wheel, a jog switch, and the like.

The microphone 123 is a device for receiving user's voice and sound generated from the inside and the outside of the vehicle.

The image acquisition module 125 is an apparatus for acquiring images of the inside and the outside of the vehicle. For example, the image acquisition module 125 may include a camera. The image acquisition module 125 is not necessarily an essential component to be included in the navigation 10. [ The navigation device 10 can be interlocked with another independent electronic device such as a vehicle black box or the like, which can acquire images of the inside and outside of the vehicle, if necessary. Through this electronic device, It is possible to acquire the image information instead of the image information 125.

The sensing unit 130 senses the current state of the navigation system 10 and generates a sensing signal for controlling the operation of the navigation system 10. [ The sensing unit 130 may include a motion sensing module 131, an optical sensing module 133, and the like.

The motion sensing module 131 may sense the movement of the navigation device 10 in a three-dimensional space. The motion sensing module 131 may include a three-axis geomagnetic sensor and a three-axis acceleration sensor. The motion data obtained through the motion sensing module 131 can be combined with the position data acquired through the position data module 111 to calculate a more accurate trajectory of the vehicle to which the navigation device 10 is attached.

The optical sensing module 133 is a device for measuring the ambient illuminance of the navigation device 10. [ The brightness of the display unit 145 can be changed to correspond to the ambient brightness using the illumination data acquired through the optical sensing module 133. [

The output unit 140 is a device in which the navigation device 10 outputs data. The output unit 140 may include a display module 141, an audio output module 143, and the like.

The display module 141 is a device for outputting data that the navigation device 10 can visually recognize. If the display module 141 is a touch screen, the data output unit 140 and the input unit 120 can be simultaneously operated as described above.

The audio output module 143 outputs audio data that can be audibly recognized. The audio output module 143 outputs an audio signal related to a function (for example, a route guidance function) performed in the navigation device 10. [ The audio output module 143 may include a receiver, a speaker, a buzzer, and the like.

The storage unit 150 may store a program for the operation of the navigation system 10 and may temporarily store data (route data, image data) input / output related to the navigation system 10. [ Also, the storage unit 150 may store map data used in the route guidance service. The storage unit 150 may be embedded in the navigation unit 10 or may be removable and may be a flash memory type, a hard disk type, a multimedia card micro type, (RAM), static random access memory (SRAM), read only memory (ROM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), PROM (Programmable Read Only Memory), a magnetic memory, a magnetic disk, or an optical disk. The navigation system 10 may operate in association with a web storage that performs a storage function of the storage unit 150 on the Internet.

The power supply unit 160 receives external power and internal power and supplies power to the components of the navigation system 10 or other devices connected to the navigation system 10.

The control unit 170 typically controls the overall operation of the navigation system 10. [ Further, the control unit 170 may output a control signal for controlling another device connected to the navigation device 10. [ The control unit 170 is connected to the other modules (that is, the communication unit 110, the input unit 120, the sensing unit 130, the output unit 140, the storage unit 150, the power unit 160, And / or an input / output unit (i.e., an interface unit) for transmitting / receiving a control signal.

Next, the configuration of the server according to the embodiments of the present invention will be described.

5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a server according to embodiments of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the server 200 may include a communication unit 210, a database 230, and a control unit 220. The components shown in FIG. 5 are not essential, and the server 200 may be configured to have more or fewer components.

Hereinafter, the components will be described in order.

The second communication unit 210 enables the server 200 and the network 100 to communicate with each other. For example, the second communication unit 210 may include various communication modules capable of performing wireless communication through wired / wireless communication.

The database 230 may store various kinds of information collected from the network 100. The database 230 may be implemented by various types of storage media, such as the storage unit 150 of the navigation system 10 described above.

The second control unit 220 typically controls the overall operation of the server 200. The second control unit 220 may include a location information processing module 221, an information collection module 222, a condition processing module 224, and an information transmission module 226.

The location information processing module 221 may transmit location information corresponding to the first terminal 300 and / or the second terminal 400 from the first terminal 300 and / or the second terminal 400, Via the second communication unit 210, and calculates necessary information based on the received location information.

The required information may include information on the interval in which the first terminal 300 and / or the second terminal 400 are located, the moving speed information of the first terminal 300 and / or the second terminal 400, Direction information of the first terminal 300 and / or the second terminal 400, and the like.

The location information processing module 228 may transmit the calculated information to the first terminal 300 and / or the second terminal 400 through the second communication unit 210. [

The information collecting module 222 collects necessary information from the network 100 through the second communication unit 210.

Meanwhile, the information collection module 222 determines whether the information collected through the second communication unit 210 meets a predetermined condition. If the information does not meet the condition, the collected information is stored in the database 230, or temporarily store the data in the database 230 and discard it. For example, an average value and / or a deviation of information obtained from the same section information is calculated in consideration of information (hereinafter, referred to as same section information) corresponding to the same section and / or position among collected information Information that deviates from a predetermined reference range may be filtered without being stored in the database 230.

Also, the second control unit 220 may perform an operation of giving evaluation information to the collected information. The evaluation information given to the collected information can be calculated by various criteria.

The condition processing module 224 processes the condition information received from the second terminal 400 through the second communication unit 210. [ In particular, the condition processing module 224 may be configured to determine, based on the condition information, whether the information stored in the database 230 or the information on the network 100 satisfies the condition Can be retrieved. For example, the condition processing module 224 extracts information corresponding to the condition information from the information stored in the database 230. The information extracted by the condition processing module 224 may be different according to the contents constituting the condition. The information extracted according to the above description is defined as a dynamic information group in this document. The condition processing module 224 generates the dynamic information group based on the condition information will be described later in detail.

The information transmission module 226 refers to the dynamic information group and transmits predetermined information to the second terminal 400. The information transmission module 226 transmits information to the second terminal 400 when the amount of information to be transmitted to the second terminal 400 , It is possible to transmit only a part of them to the second terminal 400. At this time, the information transmission module 226 can select a part of information to be transmitted first based on various criteria. For example, the information transmission module 226 can select information to be transmitted first considering the evaluation information given to the information.

Hereinafter, a method of acquiring and collecting information by interaction between a first terminal and a server will be described in the system environment described above. Hereinafter, the first terminal 300 and the second terminal 400 described with reference to FIG. 2 will be described as being implemented by the navigation 10 described with reference to FIG. 4 for convenience of explanation. Further, when there is a specific electronic device corresponding to the first node and the second node described with reference to FIG. 3, it is assumed that the specific electronic device is also implemented by the navigation 10 described with reference to FIG. 4 do. However, the idea of the present invention is not limited to the case where the first and second terminals 300 and 400 and / or the electronic devices corresponding to the first node and the second nodes are implemented by the navigation device 10.

6 is a flowchart for explaining an information obtaining method according to the embodiments of the present invention.

The navigation unit 10,300 may acquire various information through the input unit 120 (S100).

For example, information input directly from the user by the user input module 121 may be obtained. Alternatively, sound generated from the inside or outside of the vehicle in which the user is raised or the navigation system 10, 300 is attached or installed through the microphone 123 can be obtained. Or an image of the interior and exterior of the vehicle where the navigation system 10, 300 is attached or installed through the image acquisition module 125 can be obtained. Hereinafter, the information obtained through the input unit 120 of the navigation system 10, 300 may be referred to as user content. The user contents may include information related to traffic, and the user contents may be referred to as traffic related contents.

The navigation system 10,300 may obtain location information (S110).

For example, the navigation (10, 300) may calculate coordinates (e.g., longitude and latitude coordinates) at which the navigation system (10, 300) is currently located using the GPS signal received by the position data module can do.

Subsequently, the navigation system 10,300 may transmit the user content to the server 200 (S120).

At this time, the navigation device 10 300 may transmit the obtained location information to the server 200. Navigation (10, 300) can transmit time information together with the location information to the server (200).

The location information may be location information calculated before and after the time at which the user content is acquired.

The location information may be transmitted to the server 200 while the user content is being acquired and may be transmitted together while the user content is being transmitted to the server 200, Lt; / RTI >

The location information may correspond to the user content. For example, if the first user content obtained by the navigation (10, 300) is generated at the A position and the second user content is generated at the B position, the first user content may correspond to the A position, The second user content may correspond to the B position.

On the other hand, the location information corresponding to one content may be plural. During the acquisition of the third user content, the position of the navigation 10,300 may be changed over time, so that a plurality of pieces of position information may correspond to the third user content. For example, if the third user content is a driving image acquired during driving on the road, the navigation (10, 300) is located at the C position at the start of acquiring the driving image, The position information corresponding to the third user content is located at the position C, and the position information corresponding to the third user content is positioned at the position C when the navigation device 10,300 is positioned at the D position. D position, and E position. Of course, it is obvious that three or more pieces of position information may correspond to one piece of content, or one piece of position information may correspond to one piece of content.

As described above, time information can be associated with user contents. The manner in which the time information is associated is the same or similar to the manner in which the location information corresponds to the user content.

The navigation (10, 300) may further calculate speed information, direction information, and section information corresponding to the user contents. When the speed information, the direction information, the section information, and the like are further calculated, the calculated information may be transmitted to the server 200.

The speed information, the direction information, and the section information corresponding to the contents are stored in a storage unit (not shown) such as a moving speed and a moving direction of the navigation system 10,300 calculated while the user contents are being acquired, .

For example, when the first terminal 300 is located in the 'Yangjae Station' and the user of the first terminal 300 inputs information indicating 'Slowing from Yangjae Station toward Gangnam Station' Location information such as 'Yangjae Station' may be transmitted to the server 200 together with the information. The positional information may be obtained by the position data module 111 as described above. In addition, the location information may be transmitted in the form of text 'Yangjae Station', but may be transmitted in the form of longitude coordinates and latitude coordinates obtained by the location data module 111.

In addition, when the first terminal 300 transmits the information to the server 200, the first terminal 300 may transmit direction information related to the obtained information. The direction information may reflect the direction in which the first terminal 300 is proceeding at the time the information is acquired by the first terminal 300. For example, when the first terminal 300 is proceeding from the 'Yangjae Station' to the 'Gangnam Station' on the Gangnam Dae road, the user may transmit the ' (I.e., voice information) can be transmitted to the server 200 together with the direction information.

The speed information may be calculated by a plurality of pieces of position information obtained in accordance with the above-described method. For example, when the position information is obtained periodically, the moving speed of the navigation system 10 can be calculated using the distance between the plurality of position information and the predetermined acquisition period. Alternatively, the speed information may be obtained directly from the vehicle in which the navigation system 10, 300 is installed. For example, the speed information of the vehicle can be obtained from an engine control unit (ECU) installed in the vehicle.

The direction information can be calculated by a plurality of pieces of positional information obtained in accordance with the above description. For example, when a plurality of pieces of position information are acquired while acquiring user contents, the direction information can be calculated by the direction of the locus formed by the plurality of pieces of position information.

The section information may be calculated by using a plurality of pieces of position information obtained in accordance with the above description. For example, when the plurality of pieces of positional information are included in a road section (e.g., Tehranro Yeoksam Station-Gangnam Station section) on the map data, the road section on the map data may be the section information.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the location information and / or the direction information may be information extracted from information to be transmitted (i.e., user contents).

For example, when the user inputs 'smooth communication between the user and the user' through the first terminal 300, the first terminal 300 extracts location information and / or direction information from the information input by the user Can be extracted. That is, the 'cue bouquet' can be extracted as the location information and the 'Kwacheon area' can be extracted as the direction information.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the location information may reflect a location attribute assigned to a node associated with the input information (i.e., user content).

For example, if there is a 'Gangnam Station' as the first node, the first terminal 300 is a second node having a relationship with the 'Gangnam Station', and the 'Gangnam Station' The inputted information can be transmitted to the server 200 together with 'Gangnam Station' which is related position information. If the direction attribute is also given to the first node, direction information reflecting the direction attribute given to the first node may be transmitted to the server 200. [

As described above, the information calculated by the embodiments of the present invention can be transmitted to the server 200 while the user content is acquired, and can be transmitted together with the user content while being transmitted to the server 200 And may be transmitted after the user content is transmitted to the server 200.

Meanwhile, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the navigation system 10, 300 may transmit only location information and / or time information corresponding to the user content to the server 200, Information, interval information, and the like can be calculated by the server. The manner in which the speed information, the direction information, and the section information are calculated by the server 200 is the same as or similar to the method that was previously calculated by the navigation system 10, 300. That is, the server 200 may calculate the speed information, the direction information, the section information, and the like using a plurality of pieces of position information received from the navigation unit 10, 300. Alternatively, the server 200 may extract the direction information, the position information, or the section information from the user contents received from the navigation unit 10, 300. Or the server 200 may obtain the location information from the location attribute assigned to the node associated with the user content received from the navigation system 10,300.

Information (user contents) can be obtained by the first terminal 300 and the obtained information can be transmitted to the server 200 according to the above description. In addition, the information (user contents) may correspond to at least one of position information, speed information, direction information, and section information.

Hereinafter, a method of collecting and storing information under the above system environment will be described.

7 is a flowchart illustrating an operation method for information collection and information storage of a server according to embodiments of the present invention.

First, the server 200 receives various kinds of information (for example, traffic-related contents, etc.) from the network 100 as described above (S200).

The received various information may include traffic related information, traffic information, information on a specific point of interest (POI), chatting information, and the like. In addition, the received various information may correspond to the time information, the position information, the direction information, and the speed information related thereto. Furthermore, the various types of information may correspond to identification information of the user or the terminal of the user who transmitted the various information. The identification information of the user or the terminal of the user may be transmitted from the navigation system 10, 300 to the server at the time of transmitting the user content.

Subsequently, the server 200 stores the received information in the database (S210).

The received information may optionally be stored. That is, all of the received information may be stored, and only a part of the received information may be stored. For example, the server 200 may evaluate the content of the information received through the social network 100 according to a predetermined criterion, and then selectively store only information corresponding to the criterion. The predetermined criteria may be determined by reflecting the purpose of the information to be provided to the navigation system 10 by the server 200. For example, when it is desired to transmit the traffic-related information to the navigation device 10, the server 200 can determine whether the received information includes the traffic-related information or not, If so, the received information can be discarded without being stored. Hereinafter, the operation of the server 200 for selectively storing the received information in the database will be referred to collectively as a 'filtering operation' or 'filtering'.

The server 200 may store the received information (i.e., the user content) in the database by mapping it to the map data for navigation. At this time, the server 200 may map the received information to the map data using the position information and / or the section information corresponding to the information.

The information may be classified and stored according to location information and / or section information. For example, the information may be classified and stored according to administrative districts such as city / province / district, and may be stored separately for each road such as an outer ring road, a southern ring road, and an Olympic road. Or further subdivided to be classified and stored for a predetermined road section such as an A-B section of an outer ring road and a C-D section of a southern ring road.

Further, the information may be classified by considering further the direction information included in the information. For example, the A direction of the A-B section of the outer ring road, or the B direction of the A-B section of the outer ring road.

The server 200 may further classify and store the speed information corresponding to the information.

Meanwhile, the server 200 may add the evaluation information to the information and store the evaluation information together. The evaluation information may be representative of the reliability of the information. For example, the higher the rating information, the more reliable the information is, and the lower the rating information, the less reliable the information.

The manner in which the evaluation information is given to the information may vary widely. For example, it can be calculated in consideration of the user who transmitted the information or the evaluation information given to the terminal. Alternatively, when the information includes traffic-related information, the evaluation information may be calculated in consideration of a result of comparison with traffic information provided from another traffic information providing server.

On the other hand, the server 200 may discard the information after a predetermined time elapses after the information is acquired by using the time information corresponding to the information.

As described above, the information collected by the server 200 may be transmitted to the second terminal based on various conditions and / or information received from the second terminal.

Hereinafter, a method in which the second terminal receives information in the system environment described above will be described.

8 is a flowchart illustrating a method of operating a server and a second terminal according to embodiments of the present invention. Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, it is assumed that the second terminal 400 is implemented by the navigation 10 described above.

At this time, the second terminal 400 may acquire the predicted path of the vehicle based on the current location and the driving road, and may transmit the obtained estimated path to the server 200 (S300).

The current position refers to the current position of the vehicle to which the second terminal 400 is attached or installed, and the current position can be calculated by the position data module 111. The current location may include a longitude coordinate value and a latitude coordinate value.

The traveling road is a road on which the vehicle on which the second terminal 400 is attached or installed is currently traveling.

The expected path of the vehicle refers to a path that the vehicle is predicted to proceed in the future, so that the second terminal 400 can acquire the predicted path using various algorithms. The concrete method of obtaining the estimated path will be described later in more detail.

When the second terminal 400 transmits the expected route to the server 200, the server 200 may acquire the traffic-related content based on the received expected route (S310).

For example, the server 200 may acquire traffic-related contents mapped to the expected route among various types of information (traffic-related contents) collected according to the above description.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the server 200 may select some traffic-related contents in consideration of the received expected route.

For example, the server 200 may select traffic-related contents transmitted from the first terminals 300 located on the expected route among a plurality of stored traffic-related contents.

Alternatively, as described above, the traffic-related contents may be mapped to the map data for navigation based on the location information and / or the section information corresponding to the traffic-related contents. The server 200 may map Traffic related contents can be selected.

In step S320, the server 200 may select some of the collected traffic-related contents in consideration of the received expected route and transmit the selected traffic-related contents to the second terminal 400 (S320).

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the server 200 stores the information acquired by the first terminal 300 as it is, and transmits the information to the second terminal 400 without further processing. For example, when the driving image obtained during the driving of the vehicle by the first terminal 300 is photographed, the server 200 receives / stores the photographed image, , The image can be transmitted to the second terminal 400 without further processing.

Meanwhile, according to another embodiment of the present invention, the server 200 stores information obtained by the first terminal 300 and then processes the information before transmitting the information to the second terminal 400 The processed information can be transmitted to the second terminal 400. There are many ways to process information.

When the server 200 transmits the traffic-related content selected based on the expected route, the second terminal 400 receives the traffic-related content and outputs the received traffic-related content (S330).

The second terminal 400 may output the traffic-related contents through the output unit 140. [ That is, the second terminal 400 can visually output the traffic-related contents through the display module 141, and can output the traffic-related contents through the audio output module 143 audibly have.

Meanwhile, if the traffic-related contents include text data and the sound data is not included, the second terminal 400 converts the text data into sound data, and outputs the sound data through the audio output module 143 can do. For example, the text data may be converted to sound data through a text to speech (TTS) module.

As described above, according to the embodiments of the present invention, the server 200 can collect various information from the social network 100 formed by various relationships, and among the information, It is possible to provide only the information necessary for the second terminal 400 by transmitting the selected information to the second terminal 400 in consideration of the estimated path.

Hereinafter, a method of acquiring a predicted path according to embodiments of the present invention will be described.

FIGS. 9 to 11 are diagrams for explaining a method of obtaining a predicted path according to the embodiments of the present invention.

First, the second terminal 400 can determine whether or not there is a branch point on the running road of the vehicle. The bifurcation point may include an entrance road and / or an entrance road on an expressway, an intersection on an ordinary road, and the like, and the second terminal 400 may be provided on the roadway with a predetermined reference distance It is possible to judge whether there is an entrance road, an entrance road and / or an intersection within a predetermined time period.

9 shows a case where the vehicle is located on the first driving lane L1 on the driving road and there is no turning point within a predetermined distance from the current position C1 of the vehicle. In such a case, the second terminal 400 can predict that the vehicle will continue to travel along the driving road and acquire the estimated route PP1 accordingly. Accordingly, when the second terminal 400 transmits the obtained estimated path PP1 to the server 200, the server 200 searches / acquires the traffic related content mapped to the expected path PP1 To the second terminal (400). At this time, the server 200 sets a search range (SR1) in consideration of the moving speed and / or the moving direction of the second terminal 400 and searches the estimated path PP1 within the set search range. Related contents mapped to the traffic-related contents.

On the other hand, Fig. 10 shows a case where there is a turning point (for example, on exit road) within a predetermined reference distance from the current position (C1, C2) of the vehicle on the running road. In this case, the second terminal 400 can determine the driving lane of the vehicle, and obtain the expected path based on the determined driving lane.

The second terminal 400 can use various methods in determining the current position of the vehicle. For example, the external image of the vehicle obtained by the image acquisition module 125 may be analyzed and the driving lane of the vehicle may be determined based on the analyzed image. Alternatively, the driving lane of the vehicle can be determined based on the latitude coordinate value and the hardness coordinate value obtained by the position data module 111.

On the other hand, based on the driving lane of the vehicle, the second terminal 400 can acquire the progress information given to the driving lane from the map data and acquire the expected route based on the obtained progress information.

For example, when the position of the vehicle is at C2, the second terminal 400 can recognize that it is located in the second driving lane L2, and the progress information assigned to the second driving lane L2 is rotated right , The second terminal 400 can acquire a predicted path PP2 exiting from the branching point of the traveling road to the advanced road.

On the other hand, when the position of the vehicle is at C3, the second terminal 400 recognizes that it is located in the third driving lane L3 and judges from the map data that the progress information allocated to the recognized driving lane is straight have. In this case, the second terminal 400 can acquire the estimated path PP3 that continues to continue at the branch point of the traveling road.

Accordingly, when the vehicle is located at C2, the server 200 retrieves / acquires the traffic-related content mapped to the expected route PP2 received from the second terminal and transmits it to the second terminal 400. [

Fig. 11 shows a case where the type of the branch point is an intersection. 10, the second terminal 400 determines the driving lane of the vehicle, and refers to the determined driving lane and the map data to obtain the traveling direction information It is possible to obtain the expected path.

That is, when there is an intersection (branching point) within a predetermined distance from the vehicle on the traveling road, the second terminal 400 determines the present driving lane and acquires different expected paths according to the determined driving lane have.

For example, when the vehicle is located at C4, the driving lane is recognized as L4, and accordingly, the second terminal 400 refers to the proceeding direction information (right turn) assigned to L4, Can be obtained. Also, when the vehicle is in C5, the expected route PP5 can be obtained, and if the vehicle is in the C6 position, the expected route PP6 can be obtained.

The predicted route obtained by the above-described method can be transmitted to the server 200 as described above, and the server can search / acquire the traffic-related content mapped on the expected route based on the transmitted estimated route And can transmit it to the second terminal 400 again.

Hereinafter, a method of outputting traffic-related contents received based on the expected route related to the embodiments of the present invention will be described. 12 to 15 are diagrams for explaining a method of outputting traffic related contents according to embodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 12 shows an example of a screen output through the second terminal 400 when the vehicle is located at the C4 position in FIG.

12, when the second terminal 400 receives traffic-related contents, the second terminal 400 displays a content display area for displaying traffic-related contents together with a route guidance area for general route guidance to the display module 141 .

12 shows the case where the vehicle is located at the C4 position, the traffic-related contents shown in Fig. 12 are mapped on the expected route PP4 shown in Fig.

12, traffic-related contents are visually displayed through the display module 141. However, as described above, when the traffic-related contents include sound data, the sound data is transmitted to the audio output module 143 ). ≪ / RTI > Further, the text information included in the traffic-related contents may be converted into the sound data and outputted through the audio output module 143 according to the user's selection.

12 shows that the screen of the second terminal 400 is divided into a route guidance area for general route guidance and a content display area for displaying traffic related content, May be output in a picture in picture (PIP) format.

In the above description, the second terminal 400 acquires one predicted path based on the current position of the vehicle, but the second terminal 400 may acquire a plurality of estimated paths.

The second terminal 400 can acquire a plurality of estimated paths based on the current position of the vehicle when a specific event occurs. For example, in the case where a turning point such as an intersection or an entry / exit path exists within a predetermined distance range from the running road of the vehicle, it is possible to obtain a plurality of anticipated trajectories traveling in all traveling directions at the turning point.

For example, as shown in FIG. 13A, when the current position C7 of the vehicle is within the first reference distance at the intersection, the second terminal 400 moves in the direction of A in the intersection, , And a plurality of expected paths via each of the C faces can be obtained. At this time, the second terminal 400 can transmit all of the obtained estimated paths to the server 200, and the server retrieves / acquires the traffic-related contents mapped to each of the plurality of predicted routes 2 < / RTI >

Thus, as shown in FIG. 13B, the traffic-related content mapped to the A-side, the traffic-related content mapped to the B-side, and the content mapped to the C-side can be displayed in the content providing area have.

At this time, traffic-related contents can be grouped and displayed for each side.

Also, when there are a plurality of traffic-related contents mapped on each side, only a part of the traffic-related contents mapped on each side can be displayed. For example, in the case of three intersecting points (for example, straight ahead, left turn, and right turn), such as an intersection intersection, the content display area can be divided into three parts for each side for high visibility, If all the traffic-related contents mapped to the divided area can not be displayed, only a part thereof can be displayed. For example, if there are 10 traffic-related contents mapped to the A-side, and three traffic-related contents can be displayed in the area allocated to the A-side, only three of 10 can be displayed.

When only a part of the mapped traffic related contents is to be displayed, the second terminal 400 allocates priorities in consideration of the evaluation information given to the respective traffic-related contents by the server as described above, You can set the display order accordingly.

When the server 200 searches / acquires traffic-related contents mapped to the expected route, the server 200 can set a range for searching for traffic-related contents. The range may have a predetermined pattern and may be determined in consideration of the current position and the moving direction of the second terminal 400. [

For example, referring to FIG. 14A, the server 200 can set a search range having the first pattern PT1. The first pattern PT1 may be formed in a sector shape formed by vertices of a point E located at a first distance D from the current position C of the vehicle in the moving direction of the vehicle. The central angle ag of the formed sector and the first distance D may be determined according to the moving direction of the vehicle and / or the moving speed of the vehicle.

For example, referring to FIG. 14B, the server 200 may set a search range having the second pattern PT2. The second pattern PT2 is a vertex point of the current position C of the vehicle as a vertex facing the point E2 located at the second distance D2 from the current position C of the vehicle in the moving direction of the vehicle. As shown in FIG. The second distance D2 and the length D3 of another diagonal line of the rhombus may be determined according to the moving direction of the vehicle and / or the moving speed of the vehicle.

For example, referring to (c) of FIG. 14, the server 200 may set a search range having the third pattern PT3. The third pattern PT3 may be formed in a sector shape having a radius of a predetermined length D4 with the current position C of the vehicle as a vertex. The predetermined length D4 and the central angle ag2 of the sector can be determined according to the moving direction of the vehicle and / or the moving speed of the vehicle.

The server 200 can search / acquire the traffic-related content mapped in the search range set by the above-mentioned among the traffic-related contents mapped to the expected route.

As described above, when the second terminal 400 acquires a plurality of anticipated routes and receives / outputs the traffic-related contents corresponding thereto, the second terminal 400 receives the vehicle- When the current position C8 is within the second reference distance, as described above, it is possible to obtain one predicted route based on the discriminated driving lane after discriminating the driving lane of the vehicle. 15 (a), when the vehicle is traveling along the right lane and the traveling direction corresponding to the right lane is the right turn, the second terminal 400 calculates the estimated path (PP) can be obtained. Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 15 (b), the second terminal 400 can display traffic-related contents mapped to the expected route PP in the content display area.

In the above description, the second terminal 400 acquires a plurality of predicted paths according to a predetermined criterion and directly outputs the traffic-related contents corresponding to the plurality of predicted paths. However, in the second terminal 400, When the plurality of predicted routes are obtained, the traffic-related contents mapped to the predicted routes corresponding to the selected objects may be output according to the selection of the objects after displaying the objects corresponding to the estimated routes.

16 to 18 are diagrams for explaining a method of displaying an object corresponding to a plurality of predicted paths according to the embodiments of the present invention.

16 is a diagram showing a route guidance area for route guidance on the screen displayed through the display module 141 and a sub window for displaying an object OB1 corresponding to a plurality of anticipated routes on one side of the screen SW1 are provided. In the sub window SW1, a schematic representation of an intersection located on a traveling road of the vehicle is displayed, and each of the objects OB1 is provided at a position corresponding to each traveling direction of the intersection.

At this time, the objects OB1 may reflect information corresponding to a traffic situation mapped to a predicted path corresponding to each direction of an intersection. For example, the objects OB1 may include text information indicating the traffic conditions. Alternatively, the objects OB1 may be assigned display attributes determined according to the traffic conditions, and each of the objects OB1 may be displayed according to the displayed display attributes. 16 shows a case in which text information reflecting a traffic situation of a predicted path corresponding to each direction is included in the objects OB1. FIG. 17 shows a case where texts corresponding to the directions And a color attribute reflecting the traffic condition of the expected route is given.

Meanwhile, a traffic situation mapped to a predicted path corresponding to each direction of the intersection may be determined based on contents of traffic-related contents mapped to each of the predicted paths. That is, when there are five traffic-related contents mapped to one expected route, the four pieces of information indicate that the traffic conditions on the expected route are smooth, and when one piece of information indicates that the traffic situation is slow, The traffic situation mapped to the expected route can be smoothly given.

As described above, when the second terminal 400 acquires traffic-related contents for a plurality of predicted paths and displays respective objects corresponding to a plurality of predicted paths, the second terminal 400 acquires traffic- And outputs the traffic related content mapped to the expected route corresponding to the object selected by the selection signal. For example, the second terminal 400 may display traffic-related contents as shown in FIG. 15 (b).

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 18, a separate sub window (SW1, SW2) for displaying the objects OB1, OB2 is provided. However, The objects 0B3 corresponding to the respective anticipated routes can be displayed on the running road displayed in the providing area. At this time, as described above, each of the objects OB3 includes text information reflecting the traffic situation of the anticipated route corresponding thereto or is given a display attribute determined according to the traffic situation, Lt; / RTI >

In the above, an embodiment has been described in which the second terminal 400 directly acquires the predicted path and displays the traffic-related contents received from the server 200 based on the obtained predicted path. Hereinafter, an embodiment in which the server 200 acquires a predicted path will be described.

19 is a flowchart illustrating a method of operating a server and a second terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The second terminal 400 may obtain the current location and transmit the current location to the server 200 (S410).

The second terminal 400 may acquire the current position at least twice and transmit the same to the server 200. [ Preferably, the second terminal 400 periodically acquires the current position and transmits the obtained current position to the server 200. [

The current position refers to the current position of the vehicle to which the second terminal 400 is attached or installed, and the current position can be calculated by the position data module 111. The current location may include a longitude coordinate value and a latitude coordinate value.

Then, the server 200 may obtain a predicted path of the vehicle based on the received current position and the driving road of the second terminal 400 (S410).

The traveling road is a road on which the vehicle on which the second terminal 400 is attached or installed is currently traveling.

The predicted path of the vehicle refers to a path that the vehicle is expected to proceed in the future so that the server 200 can determine whether the second terminal 400 is in the same or similar way as the second terminal 400 acquires the expected path according to the above- The expected path can be obtained.

The server can acquire traffic-related contents based on the obtained expected route (S410).

For example, the server 200 may acquire traffic-related contents mapped to the expected route among various types of information (traffic-related contents) collected according to the above description. The manner in which the server 200 acquires the traffic-related content mapped to the expected route is as described above.

The server 200 may select some of the collected traffic-related contents to transmit to the second terminal 400 in consideration of the expected route (S420).

As in the above-described embodiment of the present invention, the server 200 may store the information acquired by the first terminal 300 as it is, and transmit the information to the second terminal 400 without further processing. On the other hand, the server 200 stores the information acquired by the first terminal 300, processes the information before transmitting the information to the second terminal 400, Or may be transmitted to the terminal 400. There are many ways to process information.

When the server 200 transmits the traffic related content selected based on the expected route, the second terminal 400 receives the traffic related content and outputs the received traffic related content (S430).

The methods according to the embodiments of the present invention described above can be used individually or in combination. Further, the steps constituting each embodiment can be used individually or in combination with the steps constituting the other embodiments.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. The present invention is not limited to the drawings. In addition, the embodiments described in this document can be applied to not only the present invention, but also all or some of the embodiments may be selectively combined so that various modifications can be made.

Claims (22)

A communication unit; And
The current position of the vehicle is measured,
When the measured current position is within a predetermined distance from a specific point, transmits a predicted route for each direction in which the vehicle can travel from the specified point to a server,
And a controller for receiving and outputting traffic-related contents related to a predicted path for each direction from the server,
The particular point
An entrance / exit road, an intersection or a junction point. The apparatus of claim 1,
And obtains the predicted path in consideration of the current position of the vehicle and the running road of the vehicle. 3. The apparatus of claim 2,
Wherein the predicted path is obtained in consideration of at least one of a running lane of the vehicle, a property of the running road, and a distance between the current position of the vehicle and a turning point on the running road. The method of claim 3,
Further comprising an image acquisition module for acquiring internal and external images of the vehicle,
Wherein,
Analyzing the image acquired through the image acquisition module,
And determines the driving lane of the vehicle based on the analyzed image.
The method of claim 3,
Wherein the property of the running road includes at least one of a type of a road, the presence or absence of an intersection, and the presence or absence of entry and exit roads.
The apparatus of claim 3,
And obtains a predicted path corresponding to at least two roads connected to the branch point when the distance between the current position and the branch point matches the first criterion. 7. The apparatus of claim 6,
And further displays items corresponding to the two or more roads before outputting the received traffic-related contents.
The method of claim 3,
Related contents corresponding to one expected route obtained by considering the driving lane of the vehicle when the distance between the current position and the branch point meets a second criterion. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the traffic related content is obtained within a search range determined in consideration of at least one of a current position, a moving direction, and a moving speed of the vehicle. delete A communication unit; And
Wherein when the current position of the vehicle received from the terminal is within a predetermined distance from the specific point via the communication unit, the predicted path for each direction in which the vehicle can travel from the specified point is received from the terminal through the communication unit, And a control unit for acquiring traffic-related contents related to the anticipated route for each direction and transmitting the traffic-related contents to the terminal,
The particular point
An entry / exit, an intersection or a junction. 12. The apparatus according to claim 11,
Wherein the estimated path is obtained by further considering the running road of the vehicle. 13. The apparatus according to claim 12,
Wherein the predicted route is obtained in consideration of at least one of a driving lane of the vehicle, an attribute of the traveling road, and a distance between the current position of the vehicle and a turning point on the traveling road. 14. The apparatus of claim 13,
Further receiving an internal and external image of the vehicle from the terminal,
Analyzing the received image,
And determines a driving lane of the vehicle based on the analyzed image. 15. The apparatus of claim 14,
And receives the driving lane information of the vehicle from the terminal.
14. The method of claim 13,
Wherein the attribute of the running road includes at least one of a type of a road, presence or absence of an intersection, and presence / absence of an entry / exit road. 14. The apparatus of claim 13,
And obtains a predicted path corresponding to at least two roads connected to the branch point when the distance between the current position and the branch point meets a first criterion. 14. The method of claim 13,
Related contents corresponding to one anticipated route obtained by considering the driving lane of the vehicle when the distance between the current position and the divergence point meets a second criterion. 12. The apparatus according to claim 11,
Related content in a search range determined by considering at least one of a current position, a moving direction, and a moving speed of the vehicle. delete The current position of the vehicle is measured,
When the measured current position is within a predetermined distance from a specific point, transmits a predicted route for each direction in which the vehicle can travel from the specified point to a server,
Related contents related to a predicted path for each direction from the server,
Outputting the received traffic-related content,
The particular point
An entry / exit road, an intersection road or a junction point. A recording medium on which a program for performing the method of claim 21 is recorded.

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