KR20090017095A - Apparatus and method for sharing gps information in portable terminal - Google Patents

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KR20090017095A
KR20090017095A KR1020070081574A KR20070081574A KR20090017095A KR 20090017095 A KR20090017095 A KR 20090017095A KR 1020070081574 A KR1020070081574 A KR 1020070081574A KR 20070081574 A KR20070081574 A KR 20070081574A KR 20090017095 A KR20090017095 A KR 20090017095A
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Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for providing a satellite signal to a portable device capable of communicating with the portable terminal using a portable terminal capable of receiving satellite signals as a satellite signal receiving module. The portable terminal itself may be used as a satellite signal receiving module including a receiver, a data converter for converting the satellite signal into converted data which is data for transmitting to the portable device, and a short range communication unit for transmitting the change data to the portable device. Can be.

Therefore, it is possible to use a function that cannot be utilized in a portable device that does not support satellite signal reception, that is, an application program using satellite signals.

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Apparatus and method for sharing satellite signals in a portable terminal {APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SHARING GPS INFORMATION IN PORTABLE TERMINAL}

The present invention relates to a data sharing apparatus and method for a portable terminal, and more particularly, to an apparatus for providing the satellite signal to a portable device capable of communicating with the portable terminal using a portable terminal capable of receiving satellite signals as a satellite signal receiving module. And to a method.

Recently, portable terminals are indispensable for modern people, regardless of age or gender, and service providers and terminal manufacturers are competitively developing products (or services) to differentiate themselves from other companies.

For example, the portable terminal may include a phone book, a game, a short message, an e-mail, a morning call, an MP 3 layer, and a schedule management function. It has developed into a multimedia device that provides a digital camera, a multimedia messaging service, a wireless internet service, and a global positioning system (GPS) function to provide various services.

The satellite navigation device function may receive a satellite signal to identify the location of the portable terminal, thereby enabling services such as a location search function and a navigation function.

For example, the navigation function is an electronic map function using a satellite signal, and is one of many functions used by many users because of the advantage of being provided with driving information for searching for a desired area without a separate map.

In general, a method for providing a navigation function in a portable terminal supporting reception of a satellite signal is as follows.

First, the portable terminal stores a navigation program and map information in an external memory or an internal memory. Accordingly, the portable terminal can receive a satellite signal to obtain the location of the portable terminal, and then perform the navigation function using the program and map information.

However, in order to use the navigation function as described above, there is a problem that only a portable terminal capable of receiving satellite signals is available. In other words, even if the map information is stored, the portable terminal that cannot receive satellite signals cannot use the navigation function.

In addition, when using the navigation function in the portable terminal capable of receiving a satellite signal as described above, the problem that the location provided by a map provided in a small display window provides inconvenience to the location, and the reception of the satellite signal in a portable terminal using a limited battery Accordingly, there is a problem in that the battery consumption is high when performing the navigation function.

Accordingly, there is a need for an apparatus and method for solving a problem that occurs when performing a navigation function of the portable terminal.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for sharing a satellite signal received from a portable terminal.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for converting a satellite signal received from a portable terminal into converted data and transmitting the converted signal.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for recovering converted data of a portable terminal into a satellite signal in a portable device.

According to a first aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, the apparatus for sharing the satellite signal of the portable terminal is a satellite signal receiver for receiving the satellite signal, and the data for transmitting the satellite signal to the portable device And a near field communication unit for transmitting the change data to the portable device.

According to a second aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a portable device for sharing a satellite signal of the portable terminal comprises a short-range communication unit for connecting to the portable terminal and receiving the converted data including the information of the satellite signal; And a data recovery unit for restoring the converted data into the satellite signal.

According to a third aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a method for sharing a satellite signal in a portable terminal comprises the steps of converting the received satellite signal into converted data which is data for transmission to the portable device; And transmitting data to the portable device.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention for achieving the above objects, a method for sharing a satellite signal of a portable terminal in a portable device is connected to the portable terminal and receiving the converted data including the information of the satellite signal; And restoring the converted data to the satellite signal.

As described above, the portable terminal itself may be used as a satellite signal receiving module by providing the satellite signal to the portable device in the portable terminal capable of receiving the satellite signal according to the present invention.

Therefore, it is possible to use a function that cannot be utilized in a portable device that does not support satellite signal reception, that is, an application program using satellite signals.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description of the present invention, detailed descriptions of related known functions or configurations will be omitted if it is determined that the detailed description of the present invention may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention.

In the following description, an apparatus and method for sharing a satellite signal received by a portable terminal with a portable device will be described.

The portable terminal includes a cellular phone, a personal communication system (PCS), a personal data assistant (PDA), an international mobile telecommunication-2000 (IMT-2000), and a fourth generation broadband system ( Broadband system) is meant to include both terminals and the like, the following description will be described with a general configuration of the above examples. The portable device includes a personal computer capable of communicating with the portable terminal, a personal data assistant (PDA), a portable media player (PMP), and the like.

In addition, the conversion data defined in the following description is data converted for transmission of the satellite signal to the portable device, and in the present invention, a satellite signal converted into extensible markup language (XML).

1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a mobile communication system that enables sharing of satellite signals received by a portable terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the mobile communication system may include a portable terminal 100 and a portable device 120. The portable terminal 100 may include a control unit 102, a data converter 104, The memory unit 106, the input unit 108, the display unit 110, and the communication unit 112 may be configured. Here, the communication unit 112 is meant to include both the satellite signal receiving unit 114 and the short-range communication unit 116.

First, the controller 102 of the portable terminal 100 controls the overall operation of the portable terminal 100. For example, when performing the processing and control for voice call and data communication, and sharing the received satellite signal in accordance with the present invention in addition to the usual functions, the data conversion unit 104 is Process the satellite signal, that is, the data of the National Marine Equipment Association (NMEA) format, to be converted into extensible markup language (XML).

Thereafter, the controller 100 performs short-range communication with the portable device 120, and then processes the data converted by the data converter 104 to be transmitted to the portable device 120.

 The data converter 104 converts the satellite signal into data suitable for transmitting the satellite signal to the portable device 120 (for example, extensible markup language (XML)) under the direction of the controller 102. do.

The memory unit 106 includes a read only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), and a flash ROM. The ROM stores microcodes and various reference data of a program for processing and controlling the controller 102 and the data converter 104.

The RAM is a working memory of the controller 102, and stores temporary data generated while executing various programs. In addition, the flash ROM stores various updatable storage data such as a phone book, an outgoing message, and an incoming message.

The input unit 108 includes 0 to 9 numeric key buttons, a menu button (menu), a cancel button (clear), an OK button, a call button (TALK), an end button (END), an internet access button, a navigation key ( Or a plurality of function keys such as arrow keys) buttons and a text input key, and provide the controller 102 with key input data (eg, a satellite signal sharing request) corresponding to a key pressed by the user.

The display unit 110 displays status information generated during the operation of the portable terminal 100, a limited number of characters, a large amount of video and still images, and the like. The display unit 110 may use a color liquid crystal display (LCD).

The communication unit 112 is meant to include a radio frequency unit (RF) processor, a near field communication unit 116 and a satellite signal receiver 114.

First, the RF processor performs a function of transmitting and receiving a radio signal of data input and output through an antenna (not shown). For example, in the case of transmission, after performing channel coding and spreading on the data to be transmitted, RF processing is performed to transmit the data. In the case of reception, the received RF signal is converted into a baseband signal. The baseband signal is de-spreaded and channel decoded to restore data.

The short-range communication unit 116 is a device that transmits the converted data by performing a communication connection with the portable device 120, Bluetooth communication, infrared (IrDA; Infrared Data Association) communication, Universal Serial Bus (USB) Universal Serial Bus) communication.

The satellite signal receiver 114 is a satellite navigation device that receives satellite signals, such as a GPS module.

The role of the data conversion unit 104 may be performed by the control unit 102 of the portable terminal 100, but is shown separately configured in the present invention is an exemplary configuration for convenience of description, never seen It is not intended to limit the scope of the invention, and those skilled in the art will recognize that various modification configurations are possible within the scope of the invention. For example, the controller 102 may be configured to process all of them.

The portable device 120 may include a controller 122, a memory unit 124, a data recovery unit 126, and a short range communication unit 128.

First, when the control unit 122 of the portable device 120 controls the overall operation of the portable device 120 and receives converted data from the portable terminal 100 according to the present invention, in addition to the normal function, The data recovery unit 126 processes the data to be restored.

Thereafter, the controller 122 uses the satellite signal restored by the data recovery unit 126 as information necessary for driving the application of the portable device 120.

The memory unit 124 includes a read only memory (ROM) and a random access memory (RAM). The ROM stores microcode and various reference data of a program for processing and controlling the control unit 102 and the data recovery unit 126.

The RAM is a working memory of the controller 122 and stores temporary data generated during various program executions.

The data restoring unit 126 restores an extensible markup language (XML) received from the portable terminal 100 in response to an instruction of the control unit 122 of the portable device 120 and thus, Restore to NMEA (National Marine Equipment Association) format data.

The short range communication unit 128 of the portable device 120 uses the short range communication such as Bluetooth communication, infrared data association (IrDA) communication, and universal serial bus (USB) communication. Performs a communication connection with the (100), and receives the converted data converted by the portable terminal (100).

The foregoing has described a device for sharing a satellite signal received from a portable terminal with a portable device. Hereinafter, a method for sharing a satellite signal using the device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described. will be.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a process for sharing satellite signals in a portable terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the control unit 102 of the portable terminal 100 first receives a satellite signal through the satellite signal receiver 114 in step 201, and then proceeds to step 203 to the data converter 104. To convert the received satellite signal into converted data.

Here, the converted data is data converted to transmit the satellite signal to the portable device 120. The data converter 104 converts the satellite signal into an extensible markup language (XML). You can.

In step 205, the controller 102 processes the short range communication unit 116 to operate, and then proceeds to step 207 to perform a communication connection process with the portable device 120.

Herein, the controller 102 communicates with the portable device 120 through short-range communication such as Bluetooth communication, infrared data association (IrDA) communication, and universal serial bus (USB) communication. can do.

The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned short-range communication method, but the embodiment is listed, and the mobile device 120 may be connected using a method such as serial port communication. Accordingly, the communication connection process according to the communication method is omitted.

In step 209, the control unit 102 transmits the converted data converted by the data conversion unit 104 to the portable device 120, and then terminates the present algorithm.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process for sharing a satellite signal in a portable device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the controller 122 of the portable device 120 first checks whether a connection request is received from the portable terminal 100 in step 301.

If the request is not received, the controller 122 proceeds to step 313 to perform a corresponding function (eg, standby mode).

On the other hand, when receiving the request, the controller 122 proceeds to step 303 to perform a communication connection process with the portable terminal 100, and then proceeds to step 305 to receive the converted data.

The converted data refers to a satellite signal converted by the portable terminal 100.

In operation 307, the controller 122 determines whether the conversion data reception process received from the portable terminal 100 is completed.

If the process of receiving the converted data is not completed, the controller 122 repeats the process of step 305.

On the other hand, when the conversion data receiving process is completed, the controller 122 proceeds to step 309 to process the data recovery unit 126 to restore the received conversion data.

The data recovery unit 126, instructed by the control unit 122, restores an extensible markup language (XML) received from the portable terminal 100 so that the satellite signal, that is, the National Marine Equipment Association (NMEA) Restore the formatted data.

Thereafter, the controller 122 may use the restored data, that is, the satellite signal, as information necessary for driving an application program such as a navigation function.

Thereafter, the controller 122 ends the present algorithm.

4 is a diagram illustrating a process of connecting with a portable device to share satellite signals according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

4 (a) is a diagram illustrating a process of connecting to a portable device using a remote NDIS (Remote NDIS) in order to share satellite signals in the portable terminal.

FIG. 4B is a diagram illustrating a process of connecting to a portable device using Bluetooth in order to share satellite signals in the portable terminal.

4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a method for transmitting transformed data converted according to the present invention.

In addition, the method as described above is already disclosed technology, the description in the present invention will be omitted.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a mobile communication system that enables sharing of satellite signals received by a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flowchart illustrating a process for sharing a satellite signal in a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process for sharing a satellite signal in a portable device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a diagram illustrating a process of connecting to a portable device for sharing satellite signals according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

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An apparatus for sharing a satellite signal of a portable terminal, A satellite signal receiver for receiving satellite signals; A data converter for converting the satellite signal into converted data which is data for transmitting to a portable device; And a short range communication unit for transmitting the change data to the portable device. The method of claim 1, The data converter, A device characterized by converting satellite signals, which are data in the form of National Marine Equipment Association (NMEA), into extensible markup language (XML). The method of claim 1, The converted data is, Device characterized in that the transmission using at least one of Bluetooth communication, Infrared Data Association (IrDA) communication, Universal Serial Bus (USB) communication. In the portable device for sharing the satellite signal of the portable terminal, A short range communication unit connected to the portable terminal to receive the converted data including the satellite signal information; And a data recovery unit for restoring the converted data into the satellite signal. The method of claim 4, wherein The portable device for sharing the satellite signal of the portable terminal, And a controller for using the satellite signal restored by the data recovery unit as information necessary for driving an application program. The method of claim 5, The data recovery unit, A portable device, comprising: reconstructing converted data of an extensible markup language (XML) into a satellite signal, which is data of a National Marine Equipment Association (NMEA) format. The method of claim 6, The converted data is, A portable device comprising at least one of Bluetooth communication, Infrared Data Association (IrDA) communication, and Universal Serial Bus (USB) communication. A method for sharing satellite signals in a portable terminal, Converting the received satellite signal into converted data, which is data for transmission to a portable device; Transmitting the converted data to the portable device. The method of claim 8, The process of converting the converted data, A method of converting satellite signals, which are data in the form of National Marine Equipment Association (NMEA), into extensible markup language (XML). The method of claim 9, The converted data is, Method of transmitting using at least one of Bluetooth communication, Infrared Data Association (IrDA) communication, Universal Serial Bus (USB) communication. A method for sharing satellite signals of a portable terminal in a portable device, Receiving converted data including information of a satellite signal by connecting to a portable terminal; Restoring the converted data to the satellite signal. The method of claim 11, The method for sharing the satellite signal of the portable terminal in the portable device, And using the restored satellite signal as information necessary for driving an application program. The method of claim 11, Restoring the converted data into the satellite signal, A method of restoring converted data of an extensible markup language (XML) into a satellite signal, which is data of a National Marine Equipment Association (NMEA) format. The method of claim 13, The converted data is, Method of receiving using at least one of Bluetooth communication, Infrared Data Association (IrDA) communication, Universal Serial Bus (USB) communication.
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