CN101354258B - Navigation apparatus and method utilizing popular transportation - Google Patents

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CN101354258B
CN101354258B CN2007100294274A CN200710029427A CN101354258B CN 101354258 B CN101354258 B CN 101354258B CN 2007100294274 A CN2007100294274 A CN 2007100294274A CN 200710029427 A CN200710029427 A CN 200710029427A CN 101354258 B CN101354258 B CN 101354258B
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The invention provides a navigation device utilizing the public transport and a method thereof, which are used for guiding a user to use the public transport, wherein, a positioning module provides the present position information of the user in real time; an input module receives the information of a starting place and a destination; a database stores public transport data and an electronic map; a planning module provides a navigation route according to the information of the starting place and the destination, matching with the public transport data and the electronic map; the navigation route comprises transport nodes and preparing nodes; a prompting module provides prompt messages when reaching the transport nodes or the preparing nodes according to the present position of the user, thereby instructing the user to get on or off a vehicle. By using the navigation device of the invention, the user can obtain the navigation route of the public transport and reach the destination according to the prompt messages for guidance along the route in the navigation route.

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Utilize guider and the method for public transportation
Technical field
The present invention is a kind of guider and method, particularly a kind of guider and method of utilizing public transportation.
Background technology
When the user goes to unfamiliar place, a place, the guider with GPS (Global PositionSystem, GPS) module will provide the user effectively to help.Starting point and destination that guider can set according to the user, cook up many different guidance paths, and the user can be according to the demand of oneself, for example: bee-line, minimum time, through street is preferential or through street is avoided etc., selects suitable oneself a path.And in going to the road of destination, guider also can constantly be pointed out craspedodrome, crossing turning, last distance etc. on the way, and Real Time Monitoring user position progressively guides the user to reach the destination smoothly.
Day by day convenient along with the setting up of public transportation vehicle (such as subway, train, rapid transit, passenger traffic, bus etc.) (build) in recent years, so that more and more people adopts the mode of taking public transportation vehicle, go to required destination.At this moment, if want to go to a strange place, although public transportation vehicle is various, but because the destination is a strange environment, so this takes the public transportation vehicle of what kind, how this walks to the destination again after taking wherein, must where change trains or buses in, where get off even getting off, and all is a problem demanding prompt solution.
Go to the destination when the user wants to take public transportation vehicle, previous guider is because the navigation way planned, and what all reckon without public transportation vehicle establishes station location and relevant information, and therefore previous guider can't be suitable for.
TaiWan, China patent application case number 94210668 " Portable guiding devices " provide the actor to take the required guidance information of public transportation vehicle.In the operating process of this device essential first " selected public transportation kind ", when the user wants to go to a strange place, how to learn that the public transportation vehicle of what kind can take, add that some place may must transfer to multiple different types of public transportation vehicle (for example: bus is transited rapid transit and made train connections etc.) and just can reach the destination.
Moreover this device comprises a wireless transport module can be online with public transportation real-time information center, obtain public transportation vehicle reality situation (present situation information, for example: the present position of this class bus).But the online present situation information that obtains of wireless transport module and external information center of seeing through often because the speed of download of wireless transmission is slow, and causes the user must spend more time wait.Add the obtained present situation information of wireless transport module, whether be necessary information in the navigation procedure.Because, the guider of outfit wireless transport module, palpus increases the cost of wireless transport module, certainly will cause the user need spend more money and buy this device.Must spend again the long period to wait for online download if the user must increase ancillary cost, the present situation information that obtains is not again so important, the inconvenience that certainly will cause the user to use, and reduce and buy and the desire of using.
Summary of the invention
In view of this, the present invention proposes a kind of guider and method of utilizing public transportation, and it cooks up the guidance path of taking public transportation automatically, do not need the user to select voluntarily first the public transportation kind, in addition, in guidance path, can provide information in good time, guide the user to utilize public transportation to reach the destination on the way.
The guider that utilizes public transportation proposed by the invention comprises: locating module, load module, database, planning module and reminding module.
Locating module provides user's present position in real time, can be GPS (Global PositionSystem, GPS) module, but sees through the present position of locating module Real Time Monitoring user.
Load module receives starting point and destination, and wherein starting point and destination can allow the user input voluntarily.In the part of starting point, also can see through locating module and obtain voluntarily, and not need the user to input in addition in addition.
Database storage public transportation data and electronic chart.The public transportation data are information contents relevant with the public transportation vehicles, and electronic chart is the relevant information content of regional road.
Planning module cooperates stored public transportation data and electronic chart in the database according to starting point and destination that previous load module receives, and guidance path is provided.Wherein, guidance path comprises transportation node and pre-slave node.The guidance path that planning module provides comprises the public transportation data, and the user can be reached the destination by the starting point by taking the public transportation vehicles.
The guidance path that reminding module is cooked up according to planning module, the present position that cooperates locating module real time acquisition user, Real Time Monitoring user's mobile alignment, provide the user information when the user moves to transportation node in the guidance path or pre-slave node, the indication user gets on the bus and gets off.
By guider and the method for utilizing public transportation of the present invention, the user can obtain the guidance path of public transportation very easily, and reaches the destination by the information of the guiding on the way that provides in the guidance path in good time.
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Fig. 1 is the first embodiment synoptic diagram that utilizes the guider of public transportation;
Fig. 2 is the second embodiment synoptic diagram that utilizes the guider of public transportation;
Fig. 3 is the first method flow diagram that utilizes the air navigation aid of public transportation;
Fig. 4 is the second method flow diagram that utilizes the air navigation aid of public transportation.
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Please refer to Fig. 1 is the first embodiment synoptic diagram that utilizes the guider of public transportation.Guider 10 comprises locating module 20, load module 30, database 40, planning module 50 and reminding module 60.
Locating module 20 can be GPS (Global Position System, GPS) module, and user's present position can be provided in real time.Therefore when the user enables this guider 10, provide in real time this user's present position by locating module 20, but just this user of Real Time Monitoring path of moving.
Load module 30 receives starting point and destination, and wherein starting point and destination can allow the user input voluntarily.Use the convenience of this guider 10 in order to increase the user, the part of starting point also can obtain voluntarily by locating module 20.When the user started guider 10, it was the starting point that locating module 20 captures just instantly that user's present position is used as, and this starting point is offered load module 30.In addition, in the time of also can working as guider 10 requirement input starting point, selected voluntarily to obtain by locating module 20 by the user, so the user can save the step of input starting point.
Database 40 stores public transportation data 42 and Figure 44 electronically.Wherein public transportation data 42 have been put down in writing the relevant information content of the public transportation vehicles, comprise distance and running time, carfare cost etc. between roadway line chart, bus stop geographic position and name of station, each trip time table, each station.Figure 44 has put down in writing the relevant information content of regional road electronically, comprises detailed road map, road name, various facility point (such as refuelling station, bank, hospital etc.) etc.
Planning module 50 is according to starting point and destination that load module 30 receives, cooperates the stored public transportation data 42 of database 40 and Figure 44 electronically again, cooks up by the guidance path of starting point to the destination.Because this guidance path is with Figure 44 planned out electronically, so the user that provides takes public transportation vehicle is gone to the destination by the starting point guidance path according to public transportation data 42.
Reminding module 60 is the important technical characterictic of the present invention.After planning module 50 provided guidance path, the user followed this guidance path when going to the destination, because locating module 20 can provide this user present position in real time, but therefore Real Time Monitoring user's actual mobile alignment.So when the user moved to the specially fixed point of navigation way, reminding module 60 just can provide information in good time.By the indication of information, allow the user by in the actual guidance path way of going to the destination, starting point, can know and know when should get on the bus and when should get off, allow the user can utilize smoothly public transportation vehicle to arrive at the destination of wanting to go to.Wherein above-mentioned information can be voice messaging, and adopting voice messaging mainly is the attention that can improve the user, even the user dozes off when taking public transportation, also can allow the user notice by the prompting of voice messaging get off.
The guidance path that above-mentioned planning module 50 is planned comprises transportation node and pre-slave node.Wherein transporting node comprises: the station that guidance path middle distance starting point is nearest, and nearest station, guidance path middle distance destination.When the user follows the guidance path that planning module 50 is planned, when coming nearest station, guidance path middle distance starting point, namely arrive at the first stop of public transportation in this guidance path, this moment, reminding module 60 can provide information indication user to get on the bus.
When the user along with nearest station, guidance path middle distance destination is come in the movement of public transportation, when namely arriving at the last leg of public transportation in this guidance path, this moment, reminding module 60 can provide information indication user to get off.
Pre-slave node in the guidance path comprises a before station, nearest station, guidance path middle distance destination.During a station, reminding module 60 can provide information indication user to prepare to get off when the user comes the last leg of public transportation in this guidance path along with the movement of public transportation before.The purpose of pre-slave node is to point out the user to be about to arrive at Final Station please prepare to get off, and allows the user can prepare the action of getting off in advance, such as: the personal luggage etc. of taking.
Because the starting point is different from the destination, sometimes can't only can reach the destination by taking one class of public transportation, transfer station needing namely can appear in the guidance path that this moment, planning module 50 was planned.Transportation node in the guidance path more comprises the station of transferring in the guidance path at this moment.When the user arrives at when transferring to the station, reminding module 60 can provide information indication user to get off, and takes (getting on the bus) another kind of public transportation kind or order of classes or grades at school again.
Same, the pre-slave node in this moment guidance path more comprises the station before the station of transferring in the guidance path.When the user arrives at when transferring to before the station station, reminding module 60 can provide information indication user to prepare to get off.Purpose is transferred to the station for the prompting user is about to arrive at and please be prepared to get off, and allows the user can prepare the action of getting off in advance.
Please refer to Fig. 2 is the second embodiment of the invention synoptic diagram.Be in many selection modules 70 with the difference of Fig. 1.Identical starting point and destination may have many different paths to reach.Therefore, when planning module 50 in planning during guidance path, when producing one group of above guidance path, select module 70 just can provide the user to select guidance path.Because planning module 50 provides many different guidance paths to select for the user, if guidance path is not sorted, for the user, the guidance paths of many groups and single guidance path do not have much differences because user's demand be one group can be from the starting point to the destination guidance path.So many groups guidance path that selection module 70 of the present invention can provide planning module 50 is according to distance length, estimated time or carfare cost ordering.So can allow the user select on demand one group of guidance path that is fit to.
Please refer to Fig. 3 is the first method flow diagram that utilizes the air navigation aid of public transportation.
Step S310: real time acquisition user's present position.Present position in this step can be provided by GPS (GPS) module, by obtaining of present position can the Real Time Monitoring user mobile route.
Step S320: receive starting point and destination.Starting point and destination can offer user's setting in this step.The Origin And Destination that is set up on their own this guidance path by the user is provided.In addition, the starting point also can be provided by the GPS module among the step S310, saves the step that needs by user's setting.
Step S330: obtain public transportation data and electronic chart by database.
Step S340: according to starting point and the destination that step S320 receives, public transportation data and electronic chart that matching step S330 is obtained, planning guidance path, this guidance path comprise transportation node and pre-slave node.Because the public transportation data are information contents relevant with the public transportation vehicles, and electronic chart is the information content relevant with regional road, guidance path in conjunction with both information is cooked up utilizes public transportation to be reached the destination by the starting point bootable user.
Step S350: the guidance path according to step S340 cooks up, with the present position of step S310 institute real time acquisition, when arriving transportation node or pre-slave node, user's present position provides information, and indicate this user to get on the bus or get off.But because step 310 real time acquisition user's present position, therefore can learn mobile route and the position of user's reality in guidance path, when user's present position is arranged in the locality of guidance path, just provide information indication user to get on the bus and get off, wherein information is voice messaging.
The guidance path that above-mentioned steps 340 is planned comprises transportation node and pre-slave node.Wherein transporting node comprises: the station that guidance path middle distance starting point is nearest, and nearest station, guidance path middle distance destination.
When the user follows the guidance path that step S340 plans, when coming nearest station, guidance path middle distance starting point, step S350 can provide information indication user to get on the bus.
When the user along with nearest station, guidance path middle distance destination is come in public transportation, this moment, step S350 can provide information indication user to get off.
Pre-slave node in the guidance path comprises a before station, nearest station, guidance path middle distance destination.The purpose of pre-slave node is to point out the user to be about to arrive at Final Station please prepare to get off, and allows the user can prepare the action of getting off in advance.Therefore, during a station, step S350 can provide information indication user to prepare to get off when the user comes the last leg of public transportation in this guidance path along with the movement of public transportation before.
Transfer station needing to appear in the guidance path that step S340 plans.At this moment, the transportation node in the guidance path more comprises the station of transferring in the guidance path, and pre-slave node more comprises the station before the station of transferring in the guidance path.
When the user arrived at the last station of transferring to the station, step S350 can provide information indication user to prepare to get off.When the user arrives at when transferring to the station, step S350 can provide information indication user to get off, and takes (getting on the bus) another kind of public transportation kind or order of classes or grades at school again.
Please refer to Fig. 4 is the second method flow diagram that utilizes the air navigation aid of public transportation.Be in many steps 342 with the difference of Fig. 3: provide the user to select guidance path.When step S340 produced guidance path more than one group, step 342 just can provide the user to select guidance path.Step 342 can sort the guidance path of organizing more according to distance length, estimated time or carfare cost, allow the user select on demand one group of guidance path that is fit to.
Although technology contents of the present invention discloses as above with preferred embodiment; so it is not to limit the present invention; anyly have the knack of this skill person; do not breaking away from spirit of the present invention a little change and the retouching done; all should be covered by in the category of the present invention, so the present invention's protection domain is as the criterion when looking accompanying the claim person of defining.

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1. a guider that utilizes public transportation utilizes public transportation in order to guide a user, it is characterized in that, comprises:
One locates module, and this user's a present position is provided in real time;
One load module receives a starting point and a destination;
One database stores public transportation data and an electronic chart;
One planning module according to this starting point and this destination, cooperates these public transportation data and this electronic chart, and a guidance path is provided, and this guidance path comprises transportation node and a pre-slave node;
One reminding module, one information is provided when arriving this transportation node or this pre-slave node according to this present position of this user, indicate this user to get on the bus or get off, wherein, described pre-slave node comprises the last station at nearest station, this destination of guidance path middle distance and the last station of transferring to the station in this guidance path; And
One selects module, and when this planning module produced more than one group this guidance path, described selection module according to apart from length, estimated time or carfare cost ordering, was selected this guidance path so that this user to be provided with guidance path.
2. utilize as claimed in claim 1 the guider of public transportation, it is characterized in that, described information is a kind of voice messaging.
3. utilize as claimed in claim 1 the guider of public transportation, it is characterized in that, described transportation node comprises:
This nearest station, this starting point of guidance path middle distance; And
This nearest station, this destination of guidance path middle distance.
4. utilize as claimed in claim 3 the guider of public transportation, it is characterized in that, described transportation node more comprises the station of transferring in this guidance path.
5. utilize as claimed in claim 1 the guider of public transportation, it is characterized in that, described locating module is a GPS module.
6. an air navigation aid of utilizing public transportation is utilized public transportation in order to guide a user, it is characterized in that, comprises the following step:
One of this user of real time acquisition present position;
Receive a starting point and a destination;
Obtain public transportation data and an electronic chart by database;
According to this starting point and this destination, cooperate these public transportation data and this electronic chart, plan a guidance path, this guidance path comprises transportation node and a pre-slave node, wherein, described pre-slave node comprises the last station at nearest station, this destination of guidance path middle distance and the last station of transferring to the station in this guidance path;
Provide an information when arriving this transportation node or this pre-slave node according to this present position of this user, indicate this user to get on the bus or get off; And
More than one group during this guidance path, according to apart from length, estimated time or carfare cost ordering, provide this user to select this guidance path this guidance path in planning.
7. utilize as claimed in claim 6 the air navigation aid of public transportation, it is characterized in that, described information is a kind of voice messaging.
8. utilize as claimed in claim 6 the air navigation aid of public transportation, it is characterized in that, described transportation node comprises:
This nearest station, this starting point of guidance path middle distance; And
This nearest station, this destination of guidance path middle distance.
9. utilize as claimed in claim 8 the air navigation aid of public transportation, it is characterized in that, described transportation node more comprises the station of transferring in this guidance path.
10. utilize as claimed in claim 6 the air navigation aid of public transportation, it is characterized in that, described present position is provided by a GPS module.
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