KR20090032243A - Apparatus for giving a path map information and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

An apparatus for providing path map information and a method thereof are provided to obtain node information with regard to a moving path of a user terminal and upload the obtained node information to a server providing path map information, thereby providing a recommendation path uploaded by a user to another user. A path map information providing apparatus comprises a database(340), a searcher(330) and a path management unit(320). At least one recommendation path information which user inputs is stored in the database. The searcher searches recommendation path information corresponding to a departure location and a destination location among the recommendation path information stored in the database. The path management unit provides the path map information generated based on the searched recommendation path information.

Description

Apparatus and method for providing path map information {APPARATUS FOR GIVING A PATH MAP INFORMATION AND METHOD THEREOF}

The present invention relates to providing route map information, and in detail, stores recommended route information provided by a plurality of users, generates route map information using recommended route information including a destination, and generates generated route map information. An apparatus and method for providing route map information that can be provided to a user terminal are provided.

Recently, due to the provision of a service using a communication network, information search opportunities have increased in a wireless communication environment of a mobile communication terminal such as a portable computer and a mobile phone. Therefore, a user can request a search for necessary information from a predetermined server without being limited by space, and receive the search result.

As a kind of information retrieval service in such a wireless communication environment, the mobile communication terminal can download map information on a user's moving path from a server in real time and provide the same to the user.

Such a map providing service generates and provides map information on a moving route in real time from a server connected through a mobile communication network, and generates route map information based on source and destination information input by a user.

However, since the conventional route map information is newly generated every time the map information is requested from the user, it takes too much time to generate the map, thereby increasing the system load.

In addition, since the terminal receives only the path map information basically provided by the server, there is a problem in that the terminal cannot receive the route information reflecting the user's opinion.

 An object of the present invention has been devised to solve the above problems, by acquiring node information on the movement path of the user terminal, uploading the obtained node information to the server providing the path map information, uploaded by the user The present invention provides a route map information providing apparatus and a method for providing the recommended route to another user.

Another object of the present invention is to generate route map information by using node information overlapping with a moving route among the node information included in the recommended route information, thereby reducing the time taken to generate the route map and the load of the system. An information providing apparatus and a method thereof are provided.

It is still another object of the present invention to transmit a text message including recommended route information generated by a user to another user terminal, and the other user receives route map information generated based on the recommended route using a text message, An apparatus and method for providing route map information that can directly provide recommended route information to a specific user are provided.

In order to achieve the above object, the apparatus for providing route map information according to an aspect of the present invention includes a database storing one or more recommended route information input by a user, and recommendation corresponding to a starting point and a destination among the recommended route information stored in the database. And a path manager for searching for route information and providing route map information generated based on the found recommended route information.

In this case, the route manager compares the recommended node information included in the found recommended route information with node information between the source and the destination, and detects overlapping node information, and overlaps node information among the recommended node information. And the route map information including recommended node information between the target node information and the destination node information.

In this case, the route manager may receive recommendation node information on the recommendation route transmitted from the mobile communication terminal receiving and displaying route map information, and store recommendation route information including the received recommendation node information in the database. .

In this case, the mobile communication terminal may transmit a text message for the recommended route to the first mobile communication terminal so that the first mobile communication terminal receives route map information including the recommended node information.

In this case, the searcher may search for recommendation route information including the destination node information among the one or more recommendation route information stored in the database, or search for recommendation route information having the same destination.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a route map information providing apparatus, comprising: a location information providing unit configured to determine a current location and provide node information corresponding to the current location, and store the node information provided from the location information providing unit; And a controller configured to upload the node information stored in the storage unit to the server so that the node information stored in the storage unit may be provided as a recommendation path by a server providing path map information.

In this case, the location information providing unit may provide node information corresponding to the current location at a predetermined time or a predetermined distance.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a method for providing route map information includes receiving and storing one or more recommended route information input by a user, receiving a starting point and a destination, and a recommendation route corresponding to the destination among the recommended route information. Searching for information, generating route map information based on the found recommended route information, and providing the generated route map information.

In this case, the method for providing route map information further includes providing text information on the found recommendation route information when the searched recommendation route information is plural, and receiving selected text information from the plurality of text information. The generating of the route map information may generate the route map information based on the recommended route information corresponding to the selected text information.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing route map information by identifying a current position and providing node information corresponding to the current position, storing the provided node information, providing, and storing the provided node information. Repeating the step to the input destination and uploading the stored node information to the server to provide the recommended route in the server providing the path map information.

The present invention obtains node information on a moving route of a user terminal and uploads the obtained node information to a server providing route map information, thereby providing a recommendation route uploaded by the user to another user. .

In addition, the present invention has the effect of reducing the time taken to generate the route map and the system load by generating the route map information by using the node information overlapping the moving route among the node information included in the recommended route information. .

The present invention also transmits a text message including recommended route information generated by the user to another user terminal, and the other user receives the route map information generated based on the recommended route using the text message, thereby recommending the route. There is an effect that can provide information directly to a specific user.

Other objects and features of the present invention in addition to the above object will be apparent from the description of the embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Hereinafter, an apparatus and method for providing route map information according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7.

In the present invention, a mobile communication terminal is a terminal having a function of providing or receiving route map information, for example, a cellular phone, a PCS phone (PCS phone), a synchronous / asynchronous type Not only may it be an IMT-2000 (International Mobile Telecommunication-2000) terminal, but also can use a mobile communication service, such as a notebook PC, desktop PC, Palm Personal Computer (PDA), Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), Smart phones, WAP phones (Wireless Application Protocol phones), mobile game machines (mobile play-station) and the like.

1 is an example system diagram for describing an apparatus for providing route map information according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the system includes mobile communication terminals 110 to 130 and a path map information providing server 140.

The mobile communication terminals 110 to 130 store node information existing on the mobile path, and set the stored node information as a recommended path to upload the path map information providing server 140 through the mobile communication network.

In this case, the mobile communication terminals 110 to 130 may obtain node information on the movement path at a predetermined time period or a predetermined distance period. Here, it is preferable that the mobile communication terminals 110 to 130 have a means capable of obtaining node information, for example, a GPS (Global Positioning System) module.

The mobile communication terminals 110 to 130 receive and display the current location information and the route map information corresponding to the destination input by the user from the route map information providing server 140, and the first mobile terminal 110 routes the route. The route map information received from the map information providing server 140 is based on recommended route information uploaded by another terminal user, for example, the user of the second mobile communication terminal 120 and the user of the third mobile communication terminal 130. Can be generated.

That is, the mobile communication terminals 110 to 130 receive route map information including some or all of node information of recommended route information from the route map information providing server 140.

Of course, the mobile communication terminals 110 to 130 may also receive general route map information provided by the route map information providing server 140 when it is not desired to receive route map information on the recommended route information.

In addition, the mobile communication terminals 110 to 130 display route map information including the recommendation route selected by the user when the plurality of recommendation routes corresponding to the movement route from the route map information providing server 140 to the destination are provided. do.

For example, when the mobile communication terminals 110 to 130 receive the text for the plurality of recommended route information, the route map information is provided by transmitting the text for the recommended route information selected by the user to the route map information providing server 140. The server 140 may be provided with route map information including the selected recommendation route.

Of course, the mobile communication terminals 110 to 130 may receive route map information including a plurality of recommended route information, and display only a recommendation route by a user's selection among recommendation routes included in the received route map information. .

After the mobile communication terminals 110 to 130 upload the recommended route information to the route map information providing server 140, the mobile communication terminals 110 to 130 may receive the route map information using the uploaded recommended route information. The text message may be transmitted to a specific mobile communication terminal. Here, the text message may be SMS, LMS and MMS.

The route map information providing server 140 stores recommended route information uploaded from a plurality of mobile communication terminals, and when the route map information is requested, retrieves route information corresponding to the origin and destination input by the requesting terminal user. Thereafter, the generated route map information is provided to the requesting mobile terminal using the retrieved recommended route information.

In this case, the route map information providing server 140 may search for recommendation route information having the same destination or recommendation route information including destination node information among the recommendation route information.

At this time, the route map information providing server 140 detects an overlapping node overlapping with node information between the source and the destination from the recommended node information of the retrieved recommended route information, and between the detected overlapping node information and the destination node information. Route map information may be generated using recommended node information.

Of course, the route map information providing server 140 provides node information that is generally provided, rather than a recommended route, for the path from the origin to the overlapping node.

In this case, the route map information providing server 140 may provide a plurality of recommended route information so that the user who requested the route map may select the recommended route when there is a plurality of recommended route information corresponding to the destination.

For example, the route map information providing server 140 may generate route map information including a plurality of recommended route information using a plurality of recommended route information corresponding to a destination, and request the route map from the generated route map information. By providing to the user terminal, the user can select a specific recommendation path from the plurality of recommendation paths.

As another example, the route map information providing server 140 transmits text for a plurality of recommendation route information corresponding to a destination to the route map request terminal, and receives the selected recommendation route information when the recommendation route is selected by the user. After the route map information including the recommended route information is generated, the generated route map information may be provided to the route map request terminal.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an exemplary embodiment of the mobile communication terminal illustrated in FIG. 1.

Referring to FIG. 2, the mobile communication terminal includes a transceiver 210, an input unit 220, a storage unit 230, a controller 240, a display unit 250, and a location information providing unit 260.

Transceiver 210 is a means for communication with the mobile communication network, for example, voice transmission, transmission and reception of messages, data transmission and the like, the transmission and reception unit 210 in the present invention via the mobile communication network route map information providing server ( 140, recommendation route information including recommendation node information is transmitted, and route map information provided from the route map information providing server 140 is received.

The input unit 220 is a means for inputting an operation of the terminal user. The input unit 220 may include a key input for connecting to the route map information providing server 140, a key input for inputting a destination, and a recommendation route information through the route map information providing server ( All key input operations provided by the mobile communication terminal, such as key input for uploading to the server, are performed.

The location information providing unit 260 grasps the current location of the mobile communication terminal and provides node information on the current location.

In this case, the location information providing unit 260 may provide node information in a predetermined time period or a predetermined distance period.

In this case, the location information providing unit 260 may grasp and provide node information when the request signal is received from the control unit 240.

The storage unit 230 stores node information provided from the location information providing unit 260.

Of course, the storage unit 230 also stores path map information received through the transceiver unit 210.

The display unit 250 displays data related to the present invention, such as route map information including recommended route information, recommended route list, and moving route.

The controller 240 uploads node information on the recommended route stored in the storage 230 to the route map information providing server 140 through the transceiver 210, and the route provided from the route map information providing server 140. The map information is received through the transceiver 210, stored in the storage 230, and output to the display 250.

In this case, the controller 240 may receive the node information on the recommendation path from the location information provider 260 in a predetermined time period or a predetermined distance period and store it in the storage 230.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the route map information providing server illustrated in FIG. 1.

Referring to FIG. 3, the path map information providing server 140 includes a receiver 310, a transmitter 350, a path manager 320, a searcher 330, and a path map database (DB) 340.

The receiver 310 receives recommendation path information including recommended node information transmitted from the mobile communication terminal.

In this case, the receiving unit 310 may receive the starting point information which is the current location of the mobile communication terminal and the destination information input by the user. That is, the source and destination information necessary for generating the route map information is received.

The transmitter 350 transmits the path map information generated by the path manager 320 to the mobile communication terminal that has requested the path map information through the mobile communication network.

In this case, the transmitter 350 may transmit the text for the plurality of recommended path information provided by the path manager 320 to the mobile communication terminal that has requested the path map information.

The route map DB 340 stores recommended route information uploaded by a plurality of mobile communication terminal users. Of course, the route map DB 340 stores node information and map information provided by the route map information providing server 140.

In this case, the route map DB 340 may store the text for the recommendation route information together. The text may be received together with the recommendation route information and may be set by the user who uploaded the recommendation route information.

The searcher 330 searches for recommended route information corresponding to a starting point and a destination received by the receiver 310 among recommended route information stored in the route map DB 340. Of course, the search unit 330 may also search for route information that is basically provided instead of recommended route information.

In this case, the search unit 330 may search for recommended route information including destination node information among recommended route information stored in the route map DB 340.

In this case, the search unit 330 may search for recommended route information having the same destination among recommended route information stored in the route map DB 340.

The route manager 320 generates route map information based on the recommended route information retrieved by the searcher 330.

That is, the route manager 320 generates route map information on the starting point and the destination using the found recommended route information, and the generated route map information includes some of the recommended route nodes of the recommended route information.

In this case, the path manager 320 detects overlapping node information by comparing the recommended node information included in the found recommendation path information with node information between the source and destination, and detects the overlapping node information and the destination node among the recommended node information. Route map information may be generated using recommended node information between the information. That is, the path manager 320 generates route map information using node information between the source node information and the overlapping node information and recommendation node information between the overlapping node information and the destination node information.

When there are a plurality of recommended route information, the route manager 320 may provide route map information generated based on the plurality of recommended route information to the user terminal through the transmitter 350, and include text examples of the plurality of recommended route information. For example, the text of the recommendation route information set by the user uploading the recommendation route information may be provided to the user terminal through the transmitter 350.

The path manager 320 stores recommended node information of the recommended path information received by the receiver 310 in the path map DB 340.

In this case, the route manager 320 may store the recommended route information for each destination in the route map DB 340, and may sequentially store the recommended route information received by the receiver 310 in the route map DB 340.

4 is an exemplary view for explaining a route map information providing apparatus according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the first user accesses the route map information providing server 140, and the route map information about the origin A and the destination from the route map information providing server 140, and here, the route map information providing server 140. As route map information to be basically provided, route map information including node information of a1 to a5 and N is provided, and the route map information is moved to the destination using the provided route map information.

In this case, the first user terminal may store node information in the terminal at a preset time period or at a preset distance period.

It is assumed that the first user moves from the starting point A to the overlapping node N and then moves to the destination via the paths c1 to c3 without moving to the provided paths a3 to a5.

If the first user wants to recommend to the second user located at the departure point B as a driving course, a scenic course, etc. after the arrival at the destination, the first user indicates node information about the passing route, namely, the departure point A , a1, a2, N, c1 to c3 and node information of the destination are set as recommended route information, uploaded to the route map information providing server 140, and a text message for the recommended route is transmitted to the second user terminal.

Here, it is preferable that the first user terminal uploads node information of origins A, a1, a2, N, c1 to c3 and destinations stored in the memory to the route map information providing server 140.

The second user accesses the route map information providing server 140 using the received text message, and receives the route map information generated based on the recommended route uploaded by the first user.

That is, the route map information providing server 140 receives source B node information automatically transmitted from the second user terminal, and generates route map information between the source B and the destination using the recommended route.

The route map information providing server 140 may include node information between the source B and the destination, that is, node information of b1, b2, N, and a3 to a5 and node information of the recommended route, that is, a1, a2, N, and c1 to. The node information of c3 is compared and the overlapping node N is detected.

The route map information providing server 140 recommends node information between the overlapping node information and the destination node information among the recommended node information of the recommended path information, that is, N, c1 to c3, node information of the destination, source B, and the overlapping node. Route map information is generated using node information between nodes, that is, node information of origin B, b1, b2, and N, and the generated route map information is transmitted to the second user terminal.

The second user may move to the destination through the path traveled by the first user using the path map information including the recommended route transmitted to the terminal.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing route map information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Here, FIG. 5 shows a process for the first user to directly provide the second user by using the SMS as the recommended route.

Referring to FIG. 5, in the method for providing route map information, the first mobile terminal stores node information on a movement route to a destination, and uploads node information stored as recommended route information to the route map information providing server (S510). S520).

The first user transmits a text message for the recommendation route, for example, an SMS, to the second mobile communication terminal to provide the recommendation route to the second user, and the route map information providing server uploads the recommendation uploaded when the recommendation route information is uploaded. The route information is stored in the route map DB (S530 and S540).

The second user accesses the route map information providing server using the SMS for the recommended route received by the second mobile communication terminal, and requests route map information including the recommended route uploaded by the first user (S550). .

Here, the information input from the second mobile communication terminal to the route map information providing server includes a current location of the second mobile communication terminal, that is, current node information, destination information, and information for requesting a recommended route uploaded by the first user. Preferably, the destination information is the same as the destination of the recommended route uploaded by the first user.

The route map information providing server generates route map information on the movement route from the current position of the second user to the destination by using node information of the current position of the second mobile communication terminal and the recommended route information uploaded by the first user. In operation S560 and S570, the generated route map information is provided to the second mobile communication terminal.

The second mobile communication terminal receives, stores, and displays the path map information including the recommended route of the first user on the screen so that the second user moves to the destination through the recommended route provided by the first user (S580).

6 is an operation flowchart for step S560 shown in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 6, in operation S560, the route map information providing server may generate the route map information in the path from the current location of the second user to the destination among the node information included in the recommended path information of the first user. The overlapping node information overlapping the node information is detected (S610).

When the overlapping node information is detected, node information located between the overlapping node information and the destination node information is extracted from the node information of the recommended path information (S620).

The route map information is generated using node information extracted from the recommended route information and node information between the current node and the overlapping node of the second user (S630).

That is, the path map information providing server generates path map information including a path from the current node to the overlapping node of the second user and a recommended path from the overlapping node to the destination node.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing route map information according to another embodiment of the present invention.

7 illustrates a process of receiving route map information generated based on recommended route information uploaded by a plurality of mobile communication terminal users.

Referring to FIG. 7, in the method for providing route map information, a user accesses a route map information providing server using a mobile communication terminal, and inputs starting and destination information necessary for generating route map information using recommended route information. S710).

Here, the starting point is node information on the current location of the user, and is automatically provided from the mobile communication terminal to the route map information providing server when the destination is input.

The route map information providing server searches for recommended route information corresponding to the destination among a plurality of recommended route information stored in the route map DB (S720).

At this time, the route map information providing server may search for recommendation route information including destination node information among the recommendation route information.

In this case, the route map information providing server may search for recommendation route information having the same destination among recommendation route information.

The route map information providing server transmits the text for the found recommendation route to the mobile communication terminal when there is a plurality of found recommendation route information (S730).

The mobile communication terminal receives and displays a text list of the recommended route and receives a specific recommendation route from the user (S740).

Information on the selected recommendation route is transmitted back to the route map information providing server, and the route map information providing server generates the route map information including node information of the recommendation route information using the selected recommendation route information, and then generates the generated route map. Information is provided to the mobile communication terminal (S760, S770).

The mobile communication terminal receives, stores, and displays the path map information including the recommended route on the screen (S780).

As described with reference to FIG. 7, when there is a plurality of searched recommendation route information, the route map information providing server provides text regarding recommendation route information to the terminal and generates route map information using the recommendation route selected by the terminal user. Although provided to the terminal, the present invention is not limited thereto, and may generate and provide route map information including a plurality of found recommended route information.

That is, the route map information providing server may detect an overlapping node with respect to each of the found plurality of recommended route informations, and generate route map information using the node information between each detected overlapping node and the destination node and provide it to the terminal. have. For example, when the detected recommendation path information is the first recommendation path, the second recommendation path, and the third recommendation path, the overlapping node information is detected among the node information of each of the first to third recommendation paths, and for each recommendation path, Using the detected overlapping nodes, path map information including each recommendation path is generated and provided to the terminal.

Of course, the route map information provided by the route map information providing server preferably includes route information basically provided by the route map information providing server as well as the recommended route uploaded by the users.

The apparatus and method for providing route map information according to the present invention can be modified and applied in various forms within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention and are not limited to the above embodiments. In addition, the embodiments and drawings are merely for the purpose of describing the contents of the invention in detail, not intended to limit the scope of the technical idea of the invention, the present invention described above is common knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention belongs As those skilled in the art can have various substitutions, modifications, and changes without departing from the spirit of the present invention, it is not limited to the embodiments and the accompanying drawings. And should be judged to include equality.

1 is an example system diagram for describing an apparatus for providing route map information according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an exemplary embodiment of the mobile communication terminal illustrated in FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an exemplary embodiment of the route map information providing server illustrated in FIG. 1.

4 is an exemplary view for explaining a route map information providing apparatus according to the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing route map information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is an operation flowchart for step S560 shown in FIG.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing route map information according to another embodiment of the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

140: route map information providing server

210: transceiver

220: input unit

230: storage unit

240: control unit

250: display unit

260: location information provider

320: route management unit

330: search unit

340: route map DB

Claims (14)

A database that stores one or more recommended route information input by a user; A search unit for searching for recommendation route information corresponding to a starting point and a destination among the recommendation route information stored in the database; And A route manager providing route map information generated based on the found recommended route information. Route map information providing apparatus comprising a. The method of claim 1, The route management unit Comparing overlapping node information included in the retrieved recommendation path information with node information between the source and the destination to detect overlapping node information; And generating and providing the route map information including recommended node information between the overlapping node information and the destination node information among the recommended node information. The method of claim 1, The route management unit Route map information comprising receiving recommendation node information on a recommendation route transmitted from a mobile communication terminal receiving and displaying route map information, and storing recommendation route information including the received recommendation node information in the database. Provision device. The method of claim 3, The mobile communication terminal And transmitting a text message for the recommended route to the first mobile terminal so that the route map information including the recommended node information can be provided in the first mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 1, The search unit And searching for recommended route information including the destination node information among the one or more recommended route information stored in the database. The method of claim 1, The search unit And searching for recommended route information having the same destination as the one or more recommended route information stored in the database. A location information providing unit which grasps a current location and provides node information corresponding to the current location; A storage unit which stores the node information provided from the location information provider; And A control unit uploading the node information stored in the storage unit to the server so as to provide a recommended path in a server providing path map information Route map information providing apparatus comprising a. The method of claim 7, wherein The location information providing unit And providing node information corresponding to the current location at a predetermined time or a predetermined distance. The method of claim 7, wherein The location information providing unit And providing node information corresponding to the current location to a previously input destination. Receiving and storing one or more recommended route information input by a user; Receiving a starting point and a destination; Retrieving recommended route information corresponding to the destination from among the recommended route information; Generating route map information based on the found recommended route information; And Providing the generated route map information Route map information providing method comprising a. The method of claim 10, Searching for the recommended route information And searching for recommendation route information among the one or more recommendation route information, wherein the destination is the same or includes the destination node information. The method of claim 10, Generating the route map information Detecting overlapping node information overlapping node information between the origin and the destination among recommendation node information included in the found recommendation path information; And Generating the route map information including recommended node information between the overlapping node information detected among the recommended node information and the destination node information; Route map information providing method comprising a. The method of claim 10, The route map information providing method Providing text information on the searched recommendation route information when the searched recommendation route information is plural; And Receiving text information selected from the plurality of text information More, Generating the route map information And generating the route map information based on the recommended route information corresponding to the selected text information. The method of claim 10, Generating the route map information And generating route map information including the plurality of recommended route information when the searched recommendation route information is plural.

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