KR20090121690A - Information providing method for car navigation - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An information providing method for a car navigation is provided to allow a user to search a discountable coupon and download it through a mobile communication network. CONSTITUTION: An information providing method for a car navigation is comprised of the steps: showing a map including a location of a vehicle included on a display(140); displaying facility information which is stored a dictionary in a specific region on the map; displaying the detailed information of the facility which a user selects from displayed facilities; searing a route to the destination from the location of the vehicle; and displaying the information of the facilities, on the route, stored in the dictionary.

Description

Information Providing Method for Car Navigation}

The present invention relates to a surrounding facility and a method of providing detailed information about the surrounding facility in a car navigation system.

Recently, a car navigation system (or a vehicle navigation system) that uses a location tracking system, a wireless mobile communication system, and the like to inform a location of a vehicle and a route to a destination has been used. The car navigation system displays a location of a car determined by a location tracking system such as GPS on a previously stored map, and determines and displays an optimal route to an input destination. Route determination may also take into account traffic information provided in real time.

In addition, the car navigation system has various functions such as not only the above-described navigation function, but also a function of determining whether there is an abnormality of a car function, a function of playing multimedia content, a function of performing a phone call, data transmission and the like using a mobile communication network, and the like. Used as a composite device.

Such a car navigation system generally displays only information necessary for displaying a map, and does not display information about facilities located on a map. In addition, the car navigation system searches and displays only a route, and does not display information on facilities located on the route. And, when the user requests detailed information about the facility, it cannot respond to it.

The present invention is to overcome the above-mentioned problems, and displays information about the facilities located on the map displayed on the car navigation screen or on the route to the destination, and when the user requests detailed information about the facilities An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle navigation information providing method for displaying. Thus, the user can check the information, such as the type of goods or services, prices, price discounts, reserves provided by the facility. In addition, the user can limit the conditions for the facilities displayed on the screen to facilitate the user's selection. In addition, an object of the present invention is to enable a user to easily search for and download a discount coupon obtainable through a mobile communication network.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for providing information carried out in a car navigation, comprising: displaying a map including a location of a car; Displaying information of previously stored facilities located in an area displayed on a map; And displaying detailed information of the facility selected by the user among the displayed facilities.

In addition, the present invention provides a method for providing information executed in a car navigation, the method comprising: searching for a route from a location of a car to a destination set by a user; Displaying information of previously stored facilities located on the route; And displaying detailed information of the facility selected by the user among the displayed facility items. The method may further include displaying a map including some or all of the route.

The facility information displaying step may further include displaying the location of the facility on the map.

The detailed information may include information on one or more of the type, price, price discount, and reserve of the goods or services provided at the facility.

In the facility information display step, when the user inputs selection information including one or more types of goods, services, price, price discounts, and reserves provided in the facility, only the facilities corresponding to the selection information may be displayed.

In addition, when the user selects to visit the facility or to use the goods or services provided by the facility, a signal requesting to transmit a discount coupon to a preset mobile communication terminal is transmitted to the discount coupon issuing server through the mobile communication network. It may further comprise the step.

According to the present invention described above, it is possible to display information about facilities located on a map displayed on a car navigation screen or on a route to a destination, and display them when a user requests detailed information about the facilities. The user can check the information, such as the type, price, price discounts, reserves, etc. of the goods or services provided by the facility, or can facilitate the user's selection by limiting the conditions for the facility displayed on the screen. . In addition, a user can easily search for and download a discount coupon that can be obtained through a mobile communication network.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

1 is a block diagram of a navigation is executed is executed the method for providing vehicle navigation information according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the navigation apparatus 100 may include a GPS receiver 110 that receives a GPS signal, a communicator 120 that transmits and receives data by connecting to a mobile communication network, and stores a program and data necessary for operation of the navigation 100. Memory 130, a display unit 140 for displaying the screen of the navigation 100, an input unit 150 for the user to input, and a controller 160 for controlling them. The navigation 100 may include other components in addition to the above, but the description thereof is omitted.

The GPS receiver 110 includes a GPS antenna and the like, and receives location and time information transmitted from a plurality of GPS satellites. The controller 160 extracts information such as the current position and speed of the vehicle from the information received by the GPS receiver 110.

The communication unit 120 communicates with an external device such as a telephone or a server through a wireless communication network. The communication unit 120 is used to communicate with an external telephone or to receive a program and data necessary for the operation of the navigation apparatus 100 from a server.

The memory 130 stores programs and data necessary for the operation of the navigation 100. The memory 130 includes volatile and / or nonvolatile storage devices such as a hard disk, flash memory, ROM, RAM, and the like. Installation and updating of the program and data may be executed by the information received by the communication unit 120. The memory 130 includes a map database, a facility database, and the like. The facility database includes the name, location, telephone number of the facility, the type of business, the type and price of the goods or services, information about the price reduction service, and information about reserves.

The display unit 140 displays the location of the car, the path of the car, the surrounding facilities, etc. together with the map. In addition, in the present invention, the display unit 140 displays information about the facility. The display unit 140 may display only the map window, split the screen to display the map window and the facility information window, or display only the facility information window. The display unit 140 may display other information necessary for the operation of the navigation 100 in addition to a map and facility information.

In the input unit 150, a user may input a command for controlling the navigation apparatus 100. As the input unit 150, a touch screen, a keypad, or the like may be used.

Hereinafter, a first embodiment of an information providing method executed in the navigation 100 having the above-described configuration will be described.

2 is a screen of the display unit 140 on which facility information is displayed in the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2, a map around a current location of a vehicle is displayed, and locations of facilities located in the map are also displayed. The current position of the vehicle is calculated based on the GPS signal received through the GPS receiver 110, the calculated map around the current position is called from the map database of the memory 130, information about the facilities located on the map Is called from the facility database in memory 130. The location of the facility on the map is marked with a symbol to mark the facility. For example, referring to FIG. 2, the gas station is displayed at the gas station location, and the spoon is displayed at the restaurant location. Alternatively, as a facility display, a trademark, logo, etc. of the facility may be displayed. For easy identification by the user, the facility display may be displayed with graphical effects such as rotating or flashing.

In FIG. 2, although the facility display is displayed on the map and brief information such as the name of the facility is shown outside the map, only the map may be displayed on the display unit 140.

Meanwhile, in order to display only the facilities desired by the user on the map, the user may set conditions of the facilities to be displayed on the map. For example, the user may set the type of business of the desired facility, the price of the product or service, the type of discount card, the type of credit card, and the like. Referring to Figure 3, the user selects the 'limited diet' as the desired industry, the price range '10, 000 ~ 20,000 won ', the user selects' @@ card' as a discount card that can be used, earning card Do not select for. In this case, only information on facilities located on a displayed map among facilities stored in the facility database of the memory 130 and satisfying the above conditions is extracted and displayed on the display unit 140.

The user may select a desired facility among the facilities displayed on the display unit 140 of FIG. 2 by manipulating the input unit 150 such as a touch screen or a keypad. In the case of a touch screen, the user can directly select the facility display on the map.

Referring to FIG. 4, when a user selects a desired facility, detailed information about the facility is displayed on the display unit 140. Detailed information includes a menu displaying the name of the facility, telephone number, price, etc., available discount cards and credit cards. The detailed information may be composed of one screen or a main screen and a screen linked to the main screen.

In FIG. 4, the display unit 140 includes a trade name, a phone number, a 'menu view' button, a 'discount card view' button, a 'referred card view' button, and a 'discount coupon application' button. When the user selects the 'View Menu' button, the menu provided by the facility is displayed in detail. When the 'View Discount Card' button is selected, information such as the type of discount card, discount rate, and discount condition for which the user can discount the price is displayed in detail. If you select the 'earn card' button, information such as the type of credit card, the amount of credit, and the conditions of accumulation that can be accumulated to the user is displayed in detail.

The screen of the display unit 140 of FIG. 4 further includes a 'Request Coupon Offer' button. Here, the discount coupon can be downloaded in a short message service (SMS) or multimedia message service (MMS) format through a communication network from a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone or a PDA. By presenting a portable terminal displaying a means a coupon that can be discounted prices. In the case of SMS, a discount coupon number and the like may be downloaded, and in the case of MMS, a barcode and the like may be downloaded.

5 shows a system to which the navigation 100 is connected. The navigation apparatus 100 may be connected to the wireless communication network 200 by the communication unit 120. The wireless communication network 200 is connected to a coupon issuing server 300 and a mobile phone 400 capable of issuing a discount coupon.

When the user selects the 'request coupon' button, the communicator 120 transmits information including the type of discount coupon, the number of the mobile phone 400 to which the preset discount coupon is to be downloaded, and the like through the wireless communication network 200. Send to the coupon issuing server 300. Preferably, the mobile phone 400 set in advance is a mobile phone of the driver (user of the navigation apparatus 100). Alternatively, it is possible to designate the number of the mobile phone 400 to which the discount coupon is to be downloaded when the driver selects the 'Request Discount Coupon' button. When the coupon issuing server 300 receives an instruction from the navigation 100, the coupon issuing server 300 transmits a message including a discount coupon to the mobile phone 400 through the mobile communication network 200. Thus, the driver can present a discount coupon sent to the mobile phone 400 in SMS or MMS format at the facility. Thus, the driver can easily download the discount coupon through the navigation (100).

The following describes a second embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, the driver sets a destination to go to, the navigation 100 searches for a route, and the display unit 140 displays the current location and the route of the vehicle on a map. Then, information about the facilities located on the path from the current location to the destination is called from the facility database of the memory 130, and the called facilities are displayed on the display unit 140. In FIG. 6, when a driver searches for a gas station located on a route, four gas stations are searched and displayed on the display unit 140, and only one gas station located on the current map is displayed on a map among the four gas stations. In this case, the information on the facility (gas station) may include a mutual name, location, distance from the current location, estimated travel time, and the like.

Although the present invention has been described in connection with the above-mentioned preferred embodiments, it will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, and all such changes and modifications are It is obvious that it belongs to the scope of the appended claims.

1 is a configuration diagram of a navigation in which a method for providing car navigation information according to the present invention is executed;

2 is an exemplary view of facility information display screen in the first embodiment of the vehicle navigation information providing method according to the present invention;

3 is an exemplary view of a search screen in the first embodiment of a method for providing car navigation information according to the present invention;

4 is an exemplary view of a detailed information display screen in a first embodiment of a vehicle navigation information providing method according to the present invention;

5 is a configuration diagram of a system in which a method for providing car navigation information according to the present invention is executed; and

6 is an exemplary view of facility information display screen in a second embodiment of a method for providing car navigation information according to the present invention;

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100: navigation 200: wireless communication network

300: coupon issuing server 400: mobile terminal

110: GPS receiver 120: communication unit

130: memory 140: display unit

150 input unit 160 control unit

Claims (7)

In the information providing method performed in the car navigation, Displaying a map comprising the location of the car; Displaying information of previously stored facilities located in an area displayed on the map; And Displaying detailed information of the facility selected by the user of the displayed facilities; Car navigation information providing method comprising a. In the information providing method performed in the car navigation, Searching for a route from a location of a vehicle to a destination set by a user; Displaying information of previously stored facilities located on the route; And Displaying detailed information of the facility selected by the user of the displayed facilities; Car navigation information providing method comprising a. The method of claim 2, And displaying a map including a part or all of the route. The method according to claim 1 or 3, The facility information display step further comprises the step of displaying the location of the facility on the map. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The detailed information is a car navigation information providing method characterized in that it comprises one or more of the type of goods or services provided in the facility, price, price discount, reserves. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The facility information display step may include displaying only facilities corresponding to the selection information when the user inputs selection information including one or more types of goods, services, discounts, and reserves provided by the facility. Car navigation information providing method, characterized in that. The method according to claim 1 or 2, When the user selects to visit the facility or to use the goods or services provided by the facility, a signal for requesting to transmit a discount coupon to the mobile communication terminal set by the user is sent to the discount coupon issuing server through the mobile communication network. Car navigation information providing method further comprising the step of transmitting.

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