KR20020001369A - System and method for guiding a road using mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A road guide system and method using a mobile terminal is provided to allow a user to get a destination conveniently and provide road guide information on a real time basis by providing a path from the current point to the destination to a mobile terminal by using a position tracking system of the mobile terminal. CONSTITUTION: A key input unit(201), an information display window(202) and a speaker(203) are provided for a user interface. A mobile terminal(200) requests and obtains road guide information to a destination desired by a user(100). A road guide server(300) tracks a position of the mobile terminal(200) to provide road guide information to the user(100) and provides a path through the current position and the destination in connection with a traffic means. The road guide server(300) includes a database(400) having the first storing unit storing map information connected to the traffic means as a hierarchical tree structure(layer 1-layer n) and the second storing unit storing various incidental facilities to provide information on travel in providing the road guide information. The road guide server(300) transmits a character message, map information or voice information to the mobile terminal as the road guide information when the user requests a guide for road street information through a real time response for inquiries of the user.

Description

System and method for guiding a road using mobile phone}

The present invention relates to a system using a location tracking system of a mobile terminal, and more particularly, to a street system and method using a mobile terminal that enables a user to search a route through a mobile terminal to a destination to which he / she wants to go in connection with a transportation means. will be.

Compared to the past, modern people have been able to move to their desired destination quickly, easily and comfortably with the development of transportation. The development of this means of transportation can be connected to the subway to the bus, or from the bus to the subway to the final destination.

In recent years, the mobile terminal can provide its location to a medium through a GPS (Geographic Position System) or a location tracking system, and can receive a desired information search as map information.

By using such a GPS or a location tracking system, a vehicle-mounted terminal recommends a route from a current location to a destination and combines a moving route with a navigation system, thereby effectively providing the information required by the vehicle user.

As such, there will be considerable convenience if you can easily receive information from any medium to the destination you want to go to.

However, in the related art, only the map information is provided to the mobile terminal, and the provided information only appears on a map with a wide route to the destination, and not only provides the user with information related to the transportation means more accurately. There was a problem that aggravated the user.

In addition, when a user searches for a route to a destination to which the portable terminal user wants to go, the user cannot simply display a route on the road and search for additional information on the route, and do not provide the searched information as voice information or text message information. Did.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and when using a location tracking system of a mobile terminal, to track the current location of the mobile terminal and request a route to a destination, It is an object of the present invention to provide a route guidance system using a portable terminal and a method for providing a different route in association with a transportation means.

1 is a block diagram of a road guidance system using a mobile terminal according to the present invention.

2 is a view showing a road guidance to a destination of a mobile terminal according to the present invention.

3 is a flow chart showing a road guidance method using a mobile terminal according to the present invention.

Figure 4 (a) is another embodiment of the road guidance method using a personal portable terminal according to the present invention, a view showing a menu category for the road guidance.

(b) is a diagram showing the manner in which the road guidance information is provided in the menu category of (a).

Figure 5 (a) (b) is a view showing an example of the road guidance information displayed on the personal portable terminal according to the present invention.

6 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a method for guiding a road in a personal portable terminal according to the present invention.

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100 ... user 200 ... mobile terminal

201 ... key input 202 ... information display window

203 Speakers 300 Route guidance server

400 ... database

In order to achieve the above object, the road guidance system using a portable terminal according to the present invention has an input means and an information display means, and provides its own location using a location tracking system, thereby providing a road to a current location and a destination to go to. A mobile terminal for searching for guidance information;

And a route guidance server that tracks the current location of the portable terminal and provides a route between the moved current location of the portable terminal user and a destination from which the mobile terminal is going.

Preferably, the road guidance server tracks the current location when the portable terminal user requests the target route, and selectively provides the portable terminal user with different movable routes associated with the same or different types of transportation.

Preferably, the route guidance server is characterized in that the mobile terminal user selectively provides the route of the destination and the additional information of the destination when the user requests the route guidance for travel or tourism information.

Preferably, the road guidance server is a first storage means for storing the route and map information associated with the transportation means for providing the road guidance information, and a second storage for storing additional facilities for the destination when providing the road guidance information It characterized in that it comprises a database of means.

Preferably, the database stores and stores various paths associated with the same means of transportation as map information and different means of transportation in a hierarchical tree structure in order to provide the distance information up to the level desired by the user. .

Preferably, the route guidance server is characterized in that to provide the user request information to the portable terminal selectively from the text message, voice information or map information according to the request method.

The road guidance method using the portable terminal according to the present invention comprises the steps of: inputting a destination to which the portable terminal user wants to go; Loading the input destination at a route guidance server; Tracking the current location of the portable terminal; Retrieving a route for the current location and a destination of the tracked mobile terminal in association with a transportation means; Transmitting road guidance information of the searched route to a mobile terminal; And obtaining, by the portable terminal user, road guidance information on a route of a current location and a destination.

Preferably, the road guidance information tracks the moving point of the route to the destination associated with the same type of transportation and the different type of transportation in real time, so that the optimal path with the destination may be text message or voice information or the like. Characterized in that it provides selectively as map information.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings as follows.

1 is a configuration diagram of a road guidance system using a mobile terminal, FIG. 2 is a view showing a road guidance to a destination of a mobile terminal, FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a road guidance method using a mobile terminal, and FIG. (a), (b) is a view showing a method of searching and providing a road guidance method using a mobile terminal, Figure 5 (a) (b) is a view showing the road guidance information displayed on the mobile terminal, Figure 6 Is a flowchart showing an embodiment of the route guidance method of the portable terminal.

Referring to FIG. 1, a mobile terminal is provided with a key input unit 201, an information display window 202, and a speaker 203 for a user interface, and requests and acquires route guidance information to a destination to which the user 100 wants to go. In order to provide directions to the user 200 and the user 100, the location of the mobile terminal 200 is tracked to provide a means of transportation (walking, bussers, subways, trains, taxis) to a current location and a route leading to a destination. It is a configuration consisting of a road guidance server 300 that provides in connection with.

The road guidance server 300 provides first storage means for storing map information associated with transportation in a hierarchical tree structure (layer1 to layer n), and provides information on travel when providing the road guidance information. It is a configuration including a database 400 including a second storage means for storing various auxiliary facilities in order to.

The road guide server 300 transmits the road guide information as a text message, map information, or voice information to the mobile terminal when requesting guidance of desired road distance information through a real time response to a user's query. It is characterized by being able to give.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, a road guidance system and a method using a mobile terminal according to the present invention configured as described above are as follows.

First, referring to FIGS. 1 to 3, the portable terminal 200 includes a key input unit 201, an information display window 202, and a speaker 203 for interfacing with the user 100. It informs its location to the mobile communication system or the road guidance server 300 in real time.

When the mobile terminal user 100 inputs a destination to go through such a system (S11), the road guide server 300 tracks the current location of the mobile terminal 200 after loading the destination (S12, S13). Then, the optimal path to the current location and the destination is searched by referring to the database 400 having a hierarchical tree structure (layer 1 to layer n).

At this time, the optimal route is road guidance information provided in connection with the same or different types of transportation, which means that when the mobile terminal user 100 moves from the bus to the subway or from the subway to the bus, the movement location is tracked. When the user changes the moving position, the user provides the optimal route and transportation associated with it when requesting directions from the current location (S14).

The route guidance server 300 searches for route guidance information that associates a route from the point where the current location of the mobile terminal user is changed to a destination with various transportation means, by referring to the database 400, and then the route guidance information of the route. In step S15, the mobile terminal user 100 acquires road guidance information on the current location and the route of the destination (S16).

For example, as shown in FIG. 2, if the initial starting point is "P1", the user requests the route guidance server 300 for a route to the destination Pd so that the route is the route between the current location P1 and the destination. After receiving the guidance information (P1 to Pd), go on foot to arrive at "P2", and again enters only the destination (Pd) to the mobile terminal 200 at the position "P2" to get the road guidance information (P2) To Pd) and move to the "P3" position by "bus".

In addition, when "P3" is provided with road guidance information (P3 to Pd) again, "P4" is selected as the movement of "P4" among various routes, the road guidance information from P4 (P4 to Pd) You will be provided with a taxi to the destination (Pd), where you will be given only one route and you will be provided with directions to the destination. There may be a variety of routes, and even if the user does not know the current geography or direction of movement of the route to provide the optimum means of using the transportation.

As described above, the user 100 does not always require the road guidance information, and does not re-enter information about the destination in the mobile terminal 200, but only a simple confirmation procedure to track its current location server ( 300 is provided with an optimal means of transportation from the current location to the destination when the user requested.

Meanwhile, referring to FIG. 4 to FIG. 6, when referring to FIG. 4, when the destination 100 is to be traveled through the mobile terminal 200, the destination is a tourist area or a trip. In order to be informed, you can step through the final destination.

First, when the location information is pressed in the first menu category 501 displayed on the information display window 202 of the mobile terminal 200, the second menu category 502, which is a detailed item, is displayed to the user. Provide.

As shown in FIG. 4A, when the tourism information is selected from the second menu category 502 for the location information, the tourism information is again used as a third menu category 503. If the user selects a desired tourism classification item from the third category 503, detailed items are provided according to the step by step, and the route menu item is provided to the final menu category 504.

All of the menu categories 501 to 504 are displayed on the information display window 201 of the portable terminal 200 to provide a real-time interface for the user to select a specific item through the user interface.

In this case, the third category 503 classifies the tourism information in detail and categorizes the tourism information into items such as natural tourism, sports, leisure, historic sites, drive courses, etc. so that the user can select specific tourism information. Although not shown in the drawing, the third menu category is further divided into administrative districts, and when the subdivided administrative districts are selected, the selected administrative districts are provided with the corresponding items selected from the third menu category. Alternatively, the category after the third category may be classified according to the tourism item.

For example, if you select "Natural Tourism" from the tourist information, the "Country / Provincial Park / Myeongsan" item will appear. If you select this, you will be returned to "Seoul, Incheon, Gyeonggi / Chungcheong-do, Gyeongsang-do, Jeolla-do, Gangwon-do", etc. If you select Gangwon-do, items such as "Garibong, Gariwangsan, Gumbong, Gyebangsan, Gyejosan, Gubongdaesan" will be displayed. If you select Garibong again, the road guide information from your current location to Garibong is transmitted.

Then, when the user selects a route guidance item for the final destination to go to, the corresponding route guidance 504 is provided as the information at the current location of the user, the route guidance information consists of a text message, map information, voice information The user can selectively select this to obtain the information with the information display window or the speaker.

That is, when you want to hear the directions to the letter from the current location, the direction from the current location to the map information, the direction to the destination with voice information in Figure 4 (b), if you select the item, the corresponding road guidance Information is transmitted to the mobile terminal 200 and provided as a voice through the speaker 203.

The text message and the map information among the road guidance information may be transferred to the map information 507 when the map view is selected from the text message 506 displayed on the current information display window 201 as shown in FIG. When the text is selected in the map view 507, the text is passed to the text message 506. In FIG. 5B, the voice information 508 is provided to the user.

In addition, the menu category of the road guidance further includes the introduction of the tourist destination, tour course, transportation, lodging, famous restaurants, etc., if the user selects the introduction, the tourist attractions for the destination are introduced, and the accommodation is pressed. It will tell you the distance, time and phone number from your destination to your accommodation.

For tourist attractions that require entrance, the entrance information is also provided, and especially for tourist classifications (e.g., leisure) that take time, the hours and distances traveled, the nearby tourist attractions, and the associations that can use them. Provide.

Such items added to the road guide are also processed into information desired by the user, provided as text messages and voice information, and map information is provided when map information is required.

6 is a road guidance method using a mobile terminal. When the user 100 of the mobile terminal 200 requests the tourist information about a destination to go to the road guidance server 300 (S101), the road guidance server 300 provides the classified tourism information to the user (S102). If the classified tourism information is selected (S103), the classified tourism information is provided for each administrative area (S014).

Then, when the final destination is found through the real-time query of the user and the real-time response of the route guidance server, the user requests the route guidance S100n-1, and the route guidance server 300 according to the route guidance request. Provides the terminal 200 with the final destination route guidance information. In this case, the road guidance information is provided to the user as a text message, map information, and voice information according to a method requested by the user.

In this way, the road guidance information provided to the mobile terminal is provided not only the road guidance information, but also the subsequent road guidance only by the confirmation procedure. Streets and surrounding tourist attractions are provided, as well as accommodation and accommodation facilities, distances from the facilities, telephone numbers, etc., and characteristic information of the tourist attractions.

As described above, the road guidance system and method using the portable terminal according to the present invention, the route from the current point to the destination to the portable terminal with respect to the route of the destination to go using the location tracking system of the portable terminal By doing so, the user can not only move to a destination more conveniently, but also receive road guidance information in real time.

Claims (8)

A mobile terminal having an input means and an information display means to provide its own location using a location tracking system, and to retrieve the road guidance information for the current location and the destination to which the user wishes to go; And a route guidance server that tracks a current position of the portable terminal and provides a route between the current position of the user and a destination from which the user wishes to go. The method of claim 1, The road guidance server tracks the current location when the portable terminal user requests the target route, and selectively provides the portable terminal user with different movable routes associated with the same or different types of transportation. Road guidance system. The method of claim 1, The road guidance server is a road guidance system using a mobile terminal, characterized in that the mobile terminal user selectively provides the user's current location, the route of the destination and the additional information of the destination when a request for road guidance for travel or tourism information. The method of claim 1, The road guidance server may include first storage means for storing various paths and map information associated with heterogeneous or homogeneous transportation means to provide road distance information up to a level desired by the user, and for the destination when the road guidance information is provided. Route guidance system using a portable terminal, characterized in that it comprises a database consisting of a second storage means for storing various additional facilities hierarchically. The method of claim 1, When requesting the road guidance information in the traveled section of the mobile terminal user, the road guidance server receives the road distance information from the currently moved location to the destination only by the confirmation procedure of the destination. Road guidance system. The method of claim 1, The road guidance server is a road guidance system using a mobile terminal, characterized in that for selectively providing the user request information to the mobile terminal from the text message, voice information or map information according to the request method. Inputting a destination to which the portable terminal user wants to go; Loading the input destination at a road guidance server; Tracking the current location of the portable terminal; Retrieving a route for the current location and a destination of the tracked mobile terminal in association with a transportation means; Transmitting road guidance information of the searched route to a mobile terminal; And a step of obtaining, by the user of the portable terminal, road guidance information on a route between a current location and a destination. The method of claim 7, wherein The road guide information tracks the moving point in real time for the route to the destination associated with the same type of transportation and the different type of transportation upon user's request, and converts the optimum path with the destination into a text message or voice information or map information. Route guidance method using a mobile terminal, characterized in that provided selectively.