EP3430355A1 - Safe driving system generating map points - Google Patents

Safe driving system generating map points

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EP3430355A1
EP3430355A1 EP16925568.4A EP16925568A EP3430355A1 EP 3430355 A1 EP3430355 A1 EP 3430355A1 EP 16925568 A EP16925568 A EP 16925568A EP 3430355 A1 EP3430355 A1 EP 3430355A1
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Demetrius Thompson
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01C—MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY
    • G01C21/00—Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in groups G01C1/00 - G01C19/00
    • G01C21/26—Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in groups G01C1/00 - G01C19/00 specially adapted for navigation in a road network
    • G01C21/34—Route searching; Route guidance
    • G01C21/36—Input/output arrangements for on-board computers
    • G01C21/3697—Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01C—MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY
    • G01C21/00—Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in groups G01C1/00 - G01C19/00
    • G01C21/26—Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in groups G01C1/00 - G01C19/00 specially adapted for navigation in a road network
    • G01C21/34—Route searching; Route guidance
    • G01C21/36—Input/output arrangements for on-board computers
    • G01C21/3679—Retrieval, searching and output of POI information, e.g. hotels, restaurants, shops, filling stations, parking facilities
    • G01C21/3682—Retrieval, searching and output of POI information, e.g. hotels, restaurants, shops, filling stations, parking facilities output of POI information on a road map
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/72—Mobile telephones; Cordless telephones, i.e. devices for establishing wireless links to base stations without route selection
    • H04M1/724—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
    • H04M1/72448—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
    • H04M1/72457—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions according to geographic location
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W4/00—Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
    • H04W4/02—Services making use of location information
    • H04W4/021—Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W4/00—Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
    • H04W4/90—Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
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    • H04M1/72463—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions to restrict the functionality of the device

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Abstract

A method for improving safety for use with a navigation GPS map system that can display the current location of a vehicle that contains the navigation system on a map generated by the system, the method warning of an approaching point of interest selected from a traffic light, a school zone, or a railway crossing that the vehicle is approaching by displaying an icon of the traffic light, school zone or railway crossing. The display can be limited to when a wireless communication device in the vehicle is in an active voice mode.

Description

SAFE DRIVING SYSTEM GENERATING MAP POINTS
Field of the Invention
[001] The invention relates to a method for generating map points in a vehicle.
Background of the Invention
[002] Talking on a phone while driving, whether with a hand-held phone or using an in-dash phone, is a major and dangerous distraction, to the point that a number of states have passed laws making it a misdemeanor to use of a hand-held phone while driving. A significant solution can be found U.S. Patent Nos. 7,308,247 and 7,986,934, each tilted "Cellular Telephone Safety System" and which describe detecting when a traffic signal is near when a wireless
communication device is in use and issuing an alarm, and which can be used to warn that the traffic light is red or is calculated to be red by the time the vehicle reaches the intersection. Such a system can also be used to generate a warning when the vehicle is approaching a school zone or a railway crossing. The teachings of U.S. Patent Nos. 7,308,247 and 7,986,934, and the references cited therein are incorporated by reference herein. Vehicle GPS navigation systems and mobile GPS navigation systems display the location of the user on a map generated by the system. Such systems are capable of displaying icons showing locations on the map of various points of interest chosen by the user, such as ATMs, restaurants, fire stations, police stations, emergency rooms, and the like.
Brief Summary of the Invention
[003] The present invention provides a warning for vehicle navigation GPS map systems and mobile GPS map systems that display the location of the user on a map generated by the system. The warning can be an icon of a point of interest ("POI") selected from a traffic light, a school zone, or a railway crossing that the vehicle is approaching. Optionally a marker line, such as a yellow line, can be drawn on the map from the present location to the displayed POI. When warning of a traffic light, the system can be limited to display the traffic signal icon only when the user is approaching a yellow light or a red light, thereby emphasizing the importance of the warning and avoiding warning fatigue. In addition, or alternatively, the display of the traffic signal icon, whether or not the traffic light is green, yellow or red, can be limited when a driver is talking on the phone, i.e., when the wireless device is in an active voice mode as described in the above-noted U.S. Patent Nos. 7,308,247 and 7,986,934. When the phone is in use when approaching a traffic light, a school zone, or a railway crossing, an icon of a telephone can also appear on the display.
In a specific embodiment, a method for improving safety for use with a navigation GPS map system that can display the current location of a vehicle that contains the navigation system on a map generated by the system, and in which a wireless communication device is used in a moving vehicle, the method warning of an approaching point of interest selected from a traffic light, a school zone, or a railway crossing that the vehicle is approaching, comprising exercising the following steps by means of as computer program:
(a) determining the current location of the vehicle;
(b) determining if the vehicle is moving
(c) determining the GPS location of the point of interest;
(d) determining if the location of the point of interest is within a predetermined distance from the point of interest;
(e) determining if the wireless communication device is in an active voice mode; and (e) displaying an icon of the point of interest on the map in response to determining that
(i) the vehicle is within the predetermined distance, (ii) the vehicle is moving, and (iii) the wireless communication device is in an active voice mode whereupon an icon of the point of interest is displayed.
Brief Description of the Drawings
[004] For a more complete understanding of the present invention, reference is now made to the following descriptions taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, in which:
[005] Figure 1 is depiction of one embodiment of the invention, in which a hand-held GPS navigation system map showing an icon of a traffic light at the top of the display as well as showing the icon of a traffic light near the location of the user's vehicle;
[006] Figure 2 is a depiction of a second embodiment of the invention, in which a hand-held GPS navigation system map showing an icon of a traffic light at the top of the display as well as showing the icon of a telephone; [007] Figure 3 is a depiction of the dashboard area of a car with a navigation system installed and depicts a warning traffic light icon as well as the icon of a telephone; and
[008] Figure 4 is a flowchart illustrating operation of the method.
Detailed Description of the Invention
[009] Referring to Figure 1, a hand-held GPS navigation system map is shown in a first embodiment of the invention. An icon of a traffic light is depicted at the top of the display to indicate that a traffic light is near. In addition, an icon of a traffic light is shown near the location of the user's vehicle along with the position of the user both in latitude and longitude readings as well as a graphic position indicator.
[0010] In Figure 2, a hand-held GPS navigation system map is shown as in a first embodiment of the invention to indicate that a traffic light is near, and an icon of a phone is also shown to indicate that the user in on the phone in an active voice mode.
[0011] In Figure 3, a system map of a GPS navigation system installed in the dashboard of a car is shown with the icon of a traffic light prominently shown along with the icon of a telephone. The telephone icon indicates that someone in the car is using a phone, either a telephone installed in the car or a mobile phone connected by Bluetooth to the navigation system display. An active Bluetooth connection can itself be used to indicate that the user in on the phone in an active voice mode.
[0012] In any of Figures 1-3, in place of a traffic light icon, an icon of a different POI, i.e., of a school or the barrier of a railway crossing can be displayed when the vehicle is respectively approaching a school or a railway crossing. In addition to the display of one or more icons, a warning audible alarm can optionally be sounded.
[0013] GPS is the most accurate and widespread global positioning system, accurate in most cases to 3 meters or less; and A-GPS, a modification of GPS, is widely deployed in current cellular phones in order to comply with the U.S. E-911 system requirements; in the future all or almost all U.S. cellular providers or equipment manufacturers will support location-based services via A-GPS (or a similar method). Latitude and Longitude coordinates for signal light- controlled intersections or schools or railway crossings, are obtained from a provider of such GPS coordinates such as deCarta, an LBS (location based services) platform company. When the navigation system device is in use, the device's current coordinates are continually read from the GPS unit that is contained in, attached to, or otherwise linked with the device. If a change in coordinates indicates that the speed of the device exceeds a certain level, say 10 mph, or that the current coordinates of the device are within a certain distance, say 250 feet (very roughly one half to one quarter of a city block) of the coordinates of the location of a POI such as a traffic light (the "warning coordinates"), that the change in coordinates indicates that the vehicle is moving towards the POI, the navigation system displays the appropriate icon on its map.
[0014] Figure 4 is flowchart illustrating operation of the method. It is described with respect to a GPS navigation system installed in the dashboard of a car as in Figure 3 and is set to display one or more points of interest ("POI") selected from traffic lights school zones and railway crossings. At the start, a software program in the car is started and updates the current GPS location of the car. Using a downloaded database of traffic light GPS vector map locations, such as maintained by deCarta, and current location information, the software determines whether the user is near (e.g., 250 feet) one of the POIs. If not, then the software continues to update the current location. If the software determines that the user is near one of the POIs, the software displays the relevant icon for the traffic light, school zone, or railway crossing. Either before or after the foregoing display, the software detects whether a phone is in voice mode. If it is, then the icon of a phone is also displayed, at the top of the navigation map.
[0015] The software then determines whether the user has crossed the traffic light, school zone or railway crossing. If not, then the current location is updated. If yes, then the POI icon is cleared and if the phone icon was displayed, it also is cleared, as well as is any marker line.
[0016] If a final destination was entered into the navigation system, then the software determine whether the destination has been reached. If not then the current location is continued to be determined. If yes, then the program ends.
[0017] Although the present invention has been described in connection with the preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that modifications and variations may be utilized without departing from the principles and scope of the invention, as those skilled in the art will readily understand. Accordingly, such modifications may be practiced within the scope of the following claims.

Claims

The Claims
Claim 1. A method for improving safety for use with a navigation GPS map system that can display the current location of a vehicle that contains the navigation system on a map generated by the system and in which a wireless communication device is being used in the vehicle, the method warning of an approaching point of interest selected from a traffic light, a school zone, or a railway crossing that the vehicle is approaching, comprising exercising the following steps by means of as computer program:
(a) determining the current location of the vehicle;
(b) determining the GPS location of the point of interest;
(c) determining if the location of the point of interest is within a predetermined distance from the point of interest;
(d) determining if the vehicle is moving; and
(e) determining if the wireless communication device is in an active voice mode whereupon an icon of the point of interest is displayed only if such determination is positive.
Claim 2. The method of claim 1 including the step of displaying an icon of a phone only if the determination that the wireless communication device is in an active voice mode is positive.
Claim 3. The method of claim 1 in which in addition to an icon of the point of interest being displayed, an audible alarm is sounded.
Claim 4. The method of claim 1 in which the map displays a line from the present location to the displayed point of interest.
Claim 5. The method of claim 1 wherein the point of interest is a traffic light-and the icon is an icon of a traffic light.
Claim 6. The method of claim 5 including the step of determining if the traffic light is a yellow light or a red light or is calculated to be yellow or red by the time the vehicle reaches the traffic light, and displaying said icon only if such determination is positive.
Claim 7. The method of claim 1 wherein the point of interest is a school zone and the icon is an icon of a school.
Claim 8. The method of claim 1 wherein the point of interest is a railway crossing and the icon is an icon of a railway crossing barrier.
Claim 9. A method for improving safety for use with a navigation GPS map system that can display the current location of a vehicle that contains the navigation system on a map generated by the system, and in which a wireless communication device is used in a moving vehicle, the method warning of an approaching point of interest selected from a traffic light, a school zone, or a railway crossing that the vehicle is approaching, comprising exercising the following steps by means of as computer program:
(a) determining the current location of the vehicle;
(b) determining if the vehicle is moving
(c) determining the GPS location of the point of interest;
(d) determining if the location of the point of interest is within a predetermined distance from the point of interest;
(e) determining if the wireless communication device is in an active voice mode; and
(f) displaying an icon of the point of interest on the map in response to-determining that (i) the vehicle is within the predetermined distance, (ii) the vehicle is moving, and (iii) the wireless communication device is in an active voice mode, then an icon of the point of interest is displayed only if such determination is positive.
Claim 10. The method of claim 9 in which in addition to an icon of the point of interest being displayed, an audible alarm is sounded.
Claim 11. The method of claim 9 in which the map displays a line from the present location to the displayed point of interest.
Claim 12. The method of claim 9 wherein the point of interest is a traffic light and the icon is an icon of a traffic light.
Claim 13. The method of claim 12 including the step of determining if the traffic light is a yellow light or a red light or is calculated to be yellow or red by the time the vehicle reaches the traffic light, and displaying said icon only if such determination is positive.
Claim 14. The method of claim 9 wherein the point of interest is a school zone and the icon is an icon of a school.
Claim 15. The method of claim 9 wherein the point of interest is a railway crossing and the icon is an icon of a railway crossing barrier.
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