KR20090128647A - Navigation and method for offering service guidance - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for providing a guidance service and a navigation thereof are provided to supply efficient shopping information by calculating the cost according to the arrival distance, a cost, and an event of the POI of the interest category. CONSTITUTION: An interest category is inputted from a user(S200). A POI of the interest category existing in the fixed distance from the current position or the reachable time is searched(S210). One or more of the event or cost information about the searched interest category is expressed(S220). The arrival route is searched according to the POI of the interest category(S230). The cost according to the search is calculated and expressed(S240).

Description

Navigation and Method for offering service guidance

The present invention relates to navigation, and more particularly, to a guide service providing method for providing efficient shopping information by calculating a cost according to an event, a price, or a reach of an interest category POI, and a navigation therefor.

There are many navigations on the market these days, attracting drivers with various functions. One of them is the integrated search function, which allows you to quickly and easily find frequently used menus with the QUICK menu.

In other words, it is a function of point of interest (POI), which is to use meaningful POIs on the current path.

For example, in a part of the screen, all department store information located on the route from the starting point to the destination can be listed up so that the user can shop using the POIs sequentially located on the moving route when the department store needs it. .

POIs can be changed depending on the type of user's preference such as department stores, marts, and electronics stores.

However, since the user does not know all the price information or sale items such as department stores, marts, and electronics stores, it takes a lot of time and costs to move because they directly compare and shop at various places.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide efficient shopping information by comparing POIs of the same classification existing within a certain range at the current location or calculating the cost according to the reachable time.

The guidance service providing method and the navigation therefor according to the present invention extract and compare the sale period, sale item, discount rate, event, giveaway information, etc. of the same category POI among surrounding POIs, calculate and provide the cost according to the reach distance Because it is more convenient, efficient and has the effect of shopping.

In addition, it is a useful service that can produce an advertising effect from the perspective of the operator, and can be applied to various fields such as restaurants, cinemas, hotels, as well as shopping.

A guide service providing method according to the present invention for achieving the above object comprises a first step of receiving an interest category from a user; Retrieving a POI of a category of interest that exists within a certain distance or reachable time from the current location; A third step of expressing any one or more of event or price information for the interest category; A fourth step of searching for the arrival path for each POI of the interest category; And a fifth step of calculating and expressing the cost according to the search.

In addition, the navigation according to the present invention includes a receiving unit for receiving location information from the GPS; An input unit to receive an interest category; A controller for searching for a POI of a category of interest from a current location and expressing at least one of event or price information, searching for a route of arrival for each POI of the category of interest, and calculating a cost according to the search; It includes a display unit for displaying the event or price information of the interest category POI.

The above objects, features and advantages will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of a navigation according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the receiver 100 receives location information from a GPS. In addition, the receiver 100 further receives bidirectional wireless communication information. That is, the present invention further comprises an information receiving unit which is another receiving unit (not shown).

The information receiving unit receives two-way wireless communication information, and informs in advance of the traffic situation and the traffic speed of the road reflecting the traffic information of the real-time road.

Preferably, one example of the two-way wireless communication is TPEG.

The input unit 110, as a user interface, includes a plurality of function keys and outputs key signals for the keys to the controller 150.

Preferably, an interest category is received from a user.

The memory 120 stores a predetermined program for controlling the overall operation of the navigation and various data input and output when the control operation of the navigation is performed.

Preferably, the memory 120 updates the POI-related information such as a sale period, a sale item, a discount rate, an event, a prize, and the like of the interest category from time to time through the receiver 100.

The sound output unit 130 includes a speaker provided in the navigation, and outputs the sound signal stored in the memory 120 in an audible state under the control of the controller 150.

The display unit 140 expresses the event or price information of the interest category POI.

The controller 150 searches for the POI of the interest category from the current location and expresses any one or more of event or price information, searches for the arrival path for each POI of the interest category, and calculates the cost according to the search.

In addition, the controller 150 searches for POIs of interest categories that exist within a certain distance or reachable time from the current location.

The predetermined distance is searched for the current vehicle by the center radius or eccentrically configured based on the vehicle driving direction.

The eccentric configuration does not mean to search for a radius of the vehicle as a center point but to move the center point in a specific direction with respect to the vehicle driving direction.

That is, if the driving direction of the vehicle is directed forward, the search radius is searched with more weight in front of the left, right, and rear sides.

Also, when searching for POIs of interest categories, the reachable time is taken into account, so that even if the road segment is searching for POIs of desired information due to congestion or delay, the user can be routed to POIs in other places. do.

As a result, when calculating the cost according to the search path, the controller 150 guides considering the road congestion section.

In addition, the controller 150 calculates the cost according to the search in consideration of any one or more of the arrival time cost or fuel cost of the POI.

In addition, when calculating the cost according to the search path, the controller 150 calculates the cost by converting the driving time of the vehicle into an amount of money.

For example, when moving at 50km per hour, one minute is converted into 500 won.

In addition, the controller 150 calculates and displays the cost according to the search and then provides a path of the corresponding POI selected through the input unit or a path recommended by the controller. That is, if the cost of the event, the price information, or the arrival path for the POI of the same category among interest categories is expressed, there may be a low priced POI and a far POI that is expensive but a short distance. Because the user provides the path according to the choice. At this time, the shortest and optimal paths for the selected POI are provided together. This is an application of the optimal navigation system of general navigation.

In addition, if the user does not select, the controller 150 provides a recommendation path by itself. The recommended route is data calculated in consideration of price and fuel cost.

In addition, the controller 150 calculates and displays the cost according to the search and then provides at least one recommendation path according to whether the return path is present or not.

Preferably, the return path means a waypoint or destination, and if there is a return path, a POI that can save time rather than a price is recommended, and if there is no return path, a POI of a low price is recommended.

In addition, the controller 150 controls the number of presentation of the POI displayed on the display unit when the POI of the interest category is searched and displayed.

That is, the search for the interest category within a radius of 200m from the current position, if dozens of POIs are found, there are too many POIs that can be displayed on the display unit 140, the visibility is poor. Therefore, the number of POIs displayed on the display unit 140 is controlled.

Hereinafter, a method in which a user can efficiently shop by selecting an interest category will be described with reference to FIG. 2.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a guide service according to the present invention.

2, an interest category is received from a user (S200). The interest category refers to a commercial facility such as a department store, a mart, an electronics store, a book store, and the like.

Then, the POI of the interest category existing within a certain distance or reachable time from the current location is searched (S210).

Preferably, when searching for the POI of the interest category, the vehicle is searched by the center radius or eccentrically based on the driving direction of the vehicle.

At least one of the event or price information for the searched interest category is expressed (S220).

Preferably, the event is one or more of a sale period, an item, a discount rate, an event, or a prize of a corresponding category.

In addition to the event or price information, the traffic information for searching for the arrival path is received in real time through the TPEG, so the event or price information of the corresponding POI is updated from time to time.

In addition to the event or price information, the time to move from the current location to the corresponding POI needs to be taken into consideration.

The cost according to the search is calculated and displayed (S240).

Preferably, when calculating the cost according to the search route, the guidance considering the road congestion section. The road congestion section can be known in real time because it receives the TPEG information.

Even more preferably, the cost of the search is one or more of the arrival time or fuel cost of the POI.

In addition, the arrival time cost is calculated by converting the running time of the vehicle into an amount of money.

For example, it is calculated on the assumption that 300 won is spent for 1 minute at 30 km / h. Converting the travel time of the vehicle to the amount of money reflects the average value of gas station oil.

In addition, after calculating and expressing the cost according to the search, a path of the corresponding POI selected from the user or a path recommended by the navigation is provided.

For example, if you want to buy electronics and compare POIs of the same category, and if point A POI, which takes about 10 minutes, is the cheapest, you will move to point A, but the user is busy and shopping within 5 minutes. If you have to do that, even if the price is a little expensive, you will use the POIs of other branches. Therefore, the route to the other point POI.

In addition, after calculating and expressing the cost according to the search, at least one recommendation path is provided depending on whether the return path is present or not.

After the return path is expressed along with the event or price information for each POI of the same classification as a waypoint or destination, the return path provides at least one recommendation path according to whether the return path is present or not. First, the case where there is no return path will be described. When the television of POI called A located 5km ahead calculates the event or price information, the POI called A is guided to the recommended route if it is the cheapest. Next, the case where there is a return path will be described.

When the POI's refrigerator, A, located 10 km ahead, yields the event or price information, it is the cheapest but the destination is 30 km behind. However, the refrigerator of POI called B, located 10km behind, costs 10,000 won more than the refrigerator of POI called A. Although POI's refrigerator is cheaper, if the destination is located behind it, it is profitable to buy POI's refrigerator if it is fuel cost compared to arrival time. Therefore, the recommendation route is directed to the POI called B.

In addition, when the POI of the interest category is searched and displayed, the number of presentation of the POI is controlled. In other words, if you searched for a beauty salon within a radius of 500m, but the number is more than 100, the visibility may be lowered. For example, the number of POIs to be displayed is set to 10 or 30, or the search radius according to the number of POIs. Automatically widen or reduce the

3A to 3B are diagrams illustrating an example embodiment of a radius search method for searching for an interest category according to the present invention.

3A is a screen for searching for an interest category based on a vehicle at a current location.

3B is a screen for searching for an interest category by eccentrically configuring a vehicle driving direction at a current location. Since the vehicle is driving forward, the search is performed with more weight left and right and forward, except for the rear.

4A to 4C are diagrams illustrating an embodiment of a method of providing a guide service according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4A, when a user selects an interest category as an “electronic store”, the screen displays an electronic store existing within a predetermined distance or a reachable time from a current location. The reachable time means a time that can be reached within a certain time from the current position, for example, means a point that can arrive within 10 minutes from the A to the F point.

FIG. 4B is a screen showing one or more of an event or price information about a searched electronic shopping mall, and the event means one or more of a sale period, an item, a discount rate, an event, or a prize of the electronic shopping mall. The event or price information may be displayed in a bubble state or only an icon on the screen, and detailed information may be displayed on a portion of the screen.

Preferably, Figure 4b provides the event and price information for the refrigerator of the goods of the electronic store.

4C shows the time at which each electronic store can be reached at the current location together with the event or price information for each refrigerator. In addition, the information calculated as cost by converting a certain time unit to the amount of money is expressed together. For example, 1 minute is calculated by converting it into 1000 won.

Preferably, the cost is at least one of a time of arrival cost or a fuel cost of the POI.

Therefore, the user can conveniently shop by looking at the data analyzing the refrigerator price, the event and the cost of the search from point A to F.

In more detail, a person who wants to buy a television leaves home for shopping. Unless it's only 5 minutes by car from the house, the company sells A company's TV for 1 million won for a summer special sale. However, as long as it takes 15 minutes from home, A company's electronics dealership will sell the same TV for 900,000 won by discounting 10% of all merchandise as well as the summer sale. And the cost of moving from home to A company's electronics agency cost 50,000 won.

Although the company's dealership is farther away, it's possible to buy a low-cost television, even considering the cost of getting there.

In summary, the present invention provides a service that provides the best service at the cheapest price from where you go from the current location, so that the user cannot always grasp and recognize all the information, thereby making shopping more convenient and efficient. have.

The present invention described above is capable of various substitutions, modifications, and changes without departing from the spirit of the present invention for those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. It is not limited by the drawings.

1 is a block diagram of a navigation according to the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a guide service according to the present invention.

3A to 3B are diagrams illustrating an example embodiment of a radius search method for searching for an interest category according to the present invention.

4A to 4C are diagrams illustrating an embodiment of a method of providing a guide service according to the present invention.

<Description of Major Symbols in Drawing>

100: receiver 110: key input unit

120: memory 130: sound output unit

140: display unit 150: control unit

Claims (21)

A first step of receiving an interest category from a user; Retrieving a POI of a category of interest existing within a certain distance or reachable time from the current location; A third step of expressing any one or more of event or price information for the interest category; A fourth step of searching for the arrival path for each POI of the interest category; And And a fifth step of calculating and expressing a cost according to the search. The method of claim 1, And said interest category is a commercial facility. The method of claim 1, The event is a guide service providing method, characterized in that any one or more of the sale period, items, discount rate, events or prizes of the category. The method of claim 1, When searching for the POI of the interest category in step 2, the guide service providing method characterized in that the search for the vehicle by the center radius or eccentrically configured based on the driving direction of the vehicle. The method of claim 1, Event or price information for the interest category of the third step and traffic information for the search for the arrival path in the fourth step are received in real time through two-way wireless communication. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, When calculating the cost according to the search path in step 5, the guide service providing method characterized in that the guidance considering the road congestion section. The method of claim 1, The cost according to the search is a guide service providing method characterized in that at least one of the cost of arrival time or fuel cost of the POI. The method of claim 7, wherein The arrival time cost is a guide service providing method characterized in that the cost is calculated by converting the driving time of the vehicle into an amount. The method of claim 1, After calculating and expressing the cost according to the search, the guide service providing method characterized in that it provides a route recommended in the path or navigation of the POI selected from the user. The method of claim 1, And calculating and expressing the cost according to the search, and providing at least one recommendation path according to the presence or absence of a return path. The method of claim 1, And searching for and displaying the POI of the interest category, and controlling the number of presentation of the POI. Receiving unit for receiving location information from the GPS; An input unit to receive an interest category; A controller for searching for a POI of a category of interest from a current location and expressing at least one of an event or price information, searching for a path of arrival of each POI of the category of interest, and calculating a cost according to the search; And The navigation unit includes a display unit that displays event or price information of the interest category POI. The method of claim 12, The controller may search for the POI of the interest category existing within a predetermined distance or a reachable time from the current location. The method of claim 12, And the receiving unit further receives two-way wireless communication information. The method of claim 12, The control unit searches for the POI of the interest category, wherein the vehicle is searched by a center radius or an eccentrically configured search based on the vehicle driving direction. The method according to claim 12, wherein The control unit is characterized in that the guidance in consideration of the road congestion section when calculating the cost according to the search path. The method of claim 12, The control unit calculates the cost according to the search in consideration of any one or more of the arrival time cost or fuel cost of the POI. The method according to any one of claims 12 to 17, The control unit calculates the cost by converting the driving time of the vehicle into an amount of money when calculating the cost along the search path. The method of claim 12, The control unit calculates and displays a cost according to the search, and then provides a path of a corresponding POI selected through an input unit or a path recommended by the control unit. The method of claim 12, The control unit calculates and displays a cost according to the search, and then provides at least one recommendation path according to the presence or absence of the return path. The method of claim 12, The controller controls the number of presentation of the POI displayed on the display unit when the POI of the interest category is displayed and displayed.

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