CN1869590A

CN1869590A - Method for exchanging programme path of global position system

Info

Publication number: CN1869590A
Application number: CNA2005100348006A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李玮庭
Original assignee: Mitac Computer Shunde Ltd; Mitac International Corp
Current assignee: Mitac Computer Shunde Ltd; Shunda Computer Factory Co Ltd; Mitac International Corp
Priority date: 2005-05-27
Filing date: 2005-05-27
Publication date: 2006-11-29

Abstract

The invention provides a method for switching GPS (Global Positioning System) planned route, firstly using GPS to plan advancing route on a first device, then opening transmitting mode of the first device and outputting the ready-planned advancing route; then opening receiving mode of a second device to receive and execute the advancing route. Thus, all devices can go to destination through the same planned routine but it need not make the same routing planning repeatedly on different devices, saving time.

Description

The method of exchanging programme path of global position system

[Ji Intraoperative field]

The invention relates to a kind of method of swap date, and particularly can exchange GPS (Global Positioning System, GPS) method of programme path relevant for a kind of.

[Bei Jing Ji Intraoperative]

Global Positioning System (GPS) is called for short GPS, is the accurate satellite navigation of the cover location plan by U.S.'s development.This Global Positioning System (GPS) has 26 artificial satellites altogether and is distributed on 6 tracks and turns round, each interorbital is 55 degree angles mutually, when making on earth any of user of Global Positioning System (GPS),, if no landform or build the thing facility and cover, the neither influence that is subjected to weather, and can receive the signal of 4～8 satellites and located.

Global Positioning System (GPS) is former only to be made for military use, and it has been now open for use among the people, therefore on using, life just produced some revolutionary variations, for example, utilize Global Positioning System (GPS) navigator fix technology, with antenna assembly on automobile, and the binding data storehouse shows in computer screen in car, direction guiding when driving as the driver, and the routing that can be applicable to drive are with quick arrival destination.

In addition, geographic information services (Geographic Information Service, GIS) then be a kind of technology of time quite for a long time that developed, it is intended for various water conservancies originally, the purposes of ecology or meteorological research, but in the mobile phone market of Japan, combined this GIS technology, allow the user of i-mode mobile phone, the base station that can see through mobile phone is determined user's site itself, and automatic screening user position and in the neighbourhood information at that time, be stated from user's the mobile phone screen down, allow the cellphone subscriber no matter walk to obtain the various valency information that have thereunto.And domestic GIS dealer also can provide the periphery of consumer position to serve equally now, for example looks for a job as bus, navigation, electronic chart, subject-type positioning searching, rent room etc.

At present, domesticly also developing subject-type search (the Point ofInterest of abstract the recreational consumption information energetically, POI), be that GIS cooperates with the telecommunications dealer, and so that being provided, the consumer can search the service of electronic chart or personal consumption information in conjunction with mobile device, POI can comprise multiple information, comprise and search a certain fixed point (as the foundation administrative area, the street, park, government bodies, the food and drink amusement ... Deng) warp, latitude, title, even can provide the phone of this fixed point and place to introduce (utilizing literal, sound, picture etc.).

And present consumer can utilize POI to find out the fixed position that expectation is gone to earlier, and utilize GPS at personal digital assistant (Personal Digital Assistant, PDA) planned course on, promptly can go to the destination smoothly and can not take a wrong way suitable facility.But if a group friend will take several cars respectively when identical place together plays or go to identical destination, in order to guarantee all can walk identical route and can not losing of the somebody of institute, therefore the member on each car is when using PDA to do route planning, all must carry out identical route planning action simultaneously, can realize thus, obviously be to do identical route planning, but but still must on each PDA, repeat identical action, this allows the people feel when the GPS that uses PDA does the planning of course, except meeting seems the not enough hommization, more wasted user's time simultaneously.

[summary of the invention]

Purpose of the present invention is exactly that a kind of method of exchanging programme path of global position system is being provided, when the user utilizes on a table apparatus after GPS finishes the planning of route, only need again this programme path to be sent among another table apparatus via specific transmission mode, so all devices promptly can use identical programme path to go to the destination, and need not carry out identical route planning again on different devices.

The present invention proposes a kind of method of exchanging programme path of global position system, it is for use GPS planning course in advance on first device, then open the transmission mode on first device, and the good course of output planning, open the receiving mode on second device then, receive and execution this journey route line.

Described according to preferred embodiment of the present invention, when second installs in preparation reception course, can demonstrate an information query user and whether will receive this journey route line.

Described according to preferred embodiment of the present invention, after second device is finished the above-mentioned course of reception, can demonstrate an information notification user and finish the reception action.

Described according to preferred embodiment of the present invention, above-mentioned transmission mode and receiving mode are wireless communication mode, this wireless communication mode can be blue bud transmission mode and infrared transmission pattern the two one of.

Described according to preferred embodiment of the present invention, the first above-mentioned device is a kind of mobile device with second device, and this mobile device can be PDA.

The present invention is because of adopting the method for exchanging programme path of global position system, therefore on a table apparatus, utilize after GPS finishes the planning of route as the user, only need again this programme path to be sent among another table apparatus via specific transmission mode, so all devices promptly can go to the destination according to identical programme path, and need on different devices, not repeat identical route planning, to save time.

For making purpose of the present invention, structural attitude and function thereof are had further understanding, conjunction with figs. is described in detail as follows now:

[description of drawings]

Fig. 1 illustrates the method flow diagram of the exchanging programme path of global position system of carrying according to the present invention.

[embodiment]

The method of exchanging programme path of global position system proposed by the invention, its maximum feature is exactly only to need to utilize GPS to carry out after the planning of route on a table apparatus, via specific transmission mode this route of planning is sent among another table apparatus again, promptly can go to the destination, and need on different devices, not repeat identical route planning according to identical programme path.

Please refer to Fig. 1, it illustrates the method flow diagram of the exchanging programme path of global position system of carrying according to the present invention.As shown in FIG., in step S101, the user utilizes the GPS planning on first device earlier and sets the route that will advance.Then, in step S103, the essential transmission mode of opening in first device of user is prepared to transmit and has been planned the course of finishing by GPS.

In step S105, when another user prepare to use second device receive by first device in institute when plan well course, also must to open second receiving mode that installs, could begin to receive above-mentioned course then.And after second device is finished the action that receives this journey route line, can on the display device on second device, demonstrate relevant information, tell the user to finish this transmission action.

And in this embodiment, owing to be to utilize GPS to do the planning of course, therefore mentioned first device and second installs in aforementioned, it can be any device that can use GPS, even can be portable mobile device, for example as notebook computer, or present most popular PDA.In addition, first device in this example can certainly be dissimilar devices with second device, be notebook computer as first device, and second device is PDA, as long as the transmission of two kinds of devices is identical with receiving mode, can transmits the route data of advancing mutually and get final product.

In addition, at above-mentioned mentioned transfer mode and receiving mode, for the convenience on using, can adopt wireless transmission mode, the convenience that uses with increase, and in an embodiment of the present invention, this wireless transmission method can be to use blue bud or infrared ray as transmission medium.

Wherein, blue bud transmission technology is when in May, 1998, by a kind of short-range radio frequency Radio Transmission Technology of Intel, Ericsson, Nokia, IBM and the cooperation promotion of Toshiba institute.To in June, 1999, the member of its promotion more increases to 751, each intercompany has also been reached common recognition simultaneously, formulating standard is to reduce technical costs, allow blue bud transmission technology be used more widely, therefore, if use blue bud transmission technology to be applied in the embodiments of the invention, can worry the compatibility issue of each device when data transmission.

And blue bud transmission technology is that wireless fundamental module chip apparatus with a miniaturization is among terminating machine, because it is easy to miniaturization, be applicable on the product of embedded (Embedded), allow and to carry out short-range wireless link between the various mobile devices such as desktop and notebook computer, PDA, mobile phone, can make and be easier to transmission information between the various mobile device, and the transmission range of blue bud transmission technology can reach 10 meters farthest, if therefore use blue bud transmission technology to carry out the work of transmission, also can not be subjected to the influence of out of Memory equipment.As in the present embodiment the essential course that transmits, can see through blue bud transmission technology and transmit, and can not have influence on the device that other is using wireless transmission work.

In addition, blue bud transmission technology is data transmission and voice in the frequency of ISM frequency band, each device that possesses blue bud transmission technology all has the address of standard, can allow the user utilize lower powered radio to carry out one to one or the binding of a pair of seven (forming a small-sized network), therefore, if in the present embodiment, having a plurality of mobile devices must transmit first simultaneously installs when having planned the course of finishing, promptly can use blue bud transmission technology to carry out the transmission of one-to-many, so promptly can more save time.

And blue bud transmission technology not only has the high transmission rates of per second 1MB, simultaneously also can use PIN code to carry out scrambled, if operate under technology (Spread-spectrum) pattern frequently in exhibition, to some Datagram transmission frequencies, blue bud transmission technology can change 1600 times by per second, therefore in the present embodiment, when second device will receive first device when having planned the course of finishing, can on the display device of second device, demonstrate an information, whether the inquiry user prepares to receive first device will be transmitted course, when the user agrees to receive this journey route line, blue bud transmission technology can be adjusted, allow the frequency of transmission can be synchronous, to receive correct data.

In addition, except can using the media of blue bud transmission technology, can also make the infrared transmission technology in the present embodiment as transmission.The standard of infrared transmission technology mainly is by the Infrared Data Association of being set up in 1993 (Infrared Data Association; IrDA) formulate, during to 1999, its member has surpassed 160 families.

This association and worked out a cover standard, transfer rate commonly used is about 9.6kbps ~ 4Mbps, general mobile phone, PDA, or can't use the exact instrument of high frequency wireless transmission, all be suitable for the infrared transmission of IrDA.Therefore, if use the infrared ray tranmission techniques to be applied in the embodiments of the invention, equally also can worry the compatibility issue when the data of transmission between each device.

But, the infrared transmission technology belongs to point-to-point transmission, and transmission range also has only about 1.5 meters, initial received signal angle approximately can only be between ± 15 degree, but in up-to-date standard, transfer rate is promoted to 16Mbps, receiving angle also is increased to ± 60 degree.

But, because the characteristic of IrDA, make the application of infrared ray on wireless transmission except low price, error rate is low, the confidentiality height, power consumption is low, outside the advantages such as low interference, still have now considerable electronic product built-in IrDA, even at present nearly all notebook computer all is equipped with IrDA as the standard of The built-in, and the most operating system of Microsoft (Win98, WinNT, Win2000, WinXP, WinCE etc.) specification of supporting IrDA is also all arranged, therefore to use the method for exchanging programme path of global position system proposed by the invention, also quite convenient.

Certainly, except above-mentioned blue bud transmission technology and infrared transmission technology can be used as the media of transmission, certainly can also utilize other wireless transmission medium to carry out the work of transmission, as WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network, WLAN) promptly be an example, just no matter select which kind of transmission medium, all must note will allowing transmission data can reach synchronously, can receive correct course data to guarantee second device.

In sum, method according to exchanging programme path of global position system proposed by the invention, when the user utilizes on a table apparatus after GPS finishes the planning of route, only need again this programme path to be sent among another table apparatus via specific transmission mode, can be so that all devices can go to the destination according to identical programme path simultaneously, and no longer need on different devices, repeat identical route planning, to save time.

Claims

One kind the exchange GPS (Global Positioning System, the GPS) method of programme path is characterized in that this method comprises:

On one first device, use GPS planning delegation route line;

Open a transmission mode of this first device, export this course; And

Open a receiving mode of one second device, to receive and to carry out this course.
2. the method for exchanging programme path of global position system as claimed in claim 1 wherein when this second device is prepared to receive this course, shows whether an information query user receives this course.
3. the method for exchanging programme path of global position system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: after this second device is finished this course of reception, show that one finishes receiving information.
4. the method for exchanging programme path of global position system as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: this transmission mode and this receiving mode are a wireless communication mode
5. the method for exchanging programme path of global position system as claimed in claim 4, it is characterized in that: this wireless communication mode is blue bud (Bluetooth) transmission mode.
6. the method for exchanging programme path of global position system as claimed in claim 4, it is characterized in that: this wireless communication mode is an infrared transmission pattern.
7. the method for exchanging programme path of global position system as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: this first device is a mobile device.
8. the method for exchanging programme path of global position system as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that: this mobile device be a personal digital assistant (Personal Digital Assistant, PDA).
9. the method for exchanging programme path of global position system as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: this second device is a mobile device.
10. the method for exchanging programme path of global position system as claimed in claim 9, it is characterized in that: this mobile device is a PDA.