KR20170064700A - Thereof points of interests method for providing a navigation system - Google Patents

Abstract

The POI server collects and synchronizes information of a plurality of points of interest on the basis of map data in real time. And when the destination is set, inquiring at the POI server the status of at least one point of interest that can be passed to the destination among the plurality of points of interest, outputting at least one recommended point of interest using the inquiry result, Wherein the navigator is operable to determine a time required to navigate to at least one point of interest that can be navigated, at least one point of interest And determining the at least one recommended point of interest based on the availability of the service upon arrival and the preference of the driver among the at least one point of interest that can be passed through.

Description

A method of providing a point of interest for a navigation system,

The present invention relates to a method of providing a point of interest of a navigation system, and more particularly, to a method of providing a point of interest of a navigation system that provides a reservation or a goods payment of a selected product through POI (Point of Interest) displayed on a vehicle navigation.

In recent years, the navigation device has detected the current position of the vehicle based on the vehicle position information, reads the map data of the current position from the built-in map database and displays the position of the road on which the driver is currently traveling, It is a very useful device that helps you to find your destination easily when driving in an area that you do not know or know.

In addition, when a facility searching function is selected in the vicinity of the traveling route during actual driving, all possible points of interest (POI) are searched and displayed accurately on the map of the navigation screen, It provides all the position information including the position information in the opposite direction, and can accurately recognize the facilities around the travel route.

However, in the conventional navigation device, only the point of interest for the current position or the destination or the waypoint from the current position to the destination is displayed.

Therefore, there is a need for a system that optimizes POIs useful for reservation or settlement of goods services at the starting point while providing the product information of the point of interest desired by the driver to the destination point.

Published Patent No. 10-2011-0055204 (May 25, 2011)

In order to solve such a problem, the present invention provides a vehicle navigation apparatus which recommends a POI located on the way to a target point when setting a route, sets a selected POI as a way point, The purpose is to provide payment.

The POI server collects and synchronizes information of a plurality of points of interest on the basis of map data in real time. And when the destination is set, inquiring at the POI server the status of at least one point of interest that can be passed to the destination among the plurality of points of interest, outputting at least one recommended point of interest using the inquiry result, Wherein the navigator is operable to determine a time required to navigate to at least one point of interest that can be navigated, at least one point of interest And determining the at least one recommended point of interest based on the availability of the service upon arrival and the preference of the driver among the at least one point of interest that can be passed through.

The information of the plurality of points of interest may include business type and product information.

The navigation may collect distance or time from the current location along the location of the at least one point of interest that can be navigated.

The navigation can compare the preferences based on the evaluation of the frequency of interest or points of interest at points of interest.

The navigation may send a reservation or payment history of the selected point of interest to the POI server.

The navigation may search for a route path for each of the at least one recommended point of interest.

In addition, the present invention provides a method comprising: setting a destination; Searching a plurality of points of interest that can be traversed to the destination; Transmitting the plurality of points of interest to the POI server; Receiving information of the plurality of points of interest from the POI server; Outputting at least one recommended point of interest of the plurality of points of interest based on time taken to the at least one point of interest that can be transited, service availability upon arrival at the at least one point of interest, and driver's preference step; Performing a reservation or settlement service of a point of interest selected from the driver out of the outputted at least one recommended points of interest; Transmitting a reservation or payment history of the selected point of interest to the POI server; And performing route guidance to the destination including the selected point of interest.

The information of the plurality of points of interest may include business type and product information.

The step of retrieving a plurality of points of interest that can be traversed to the destination may collect a distance or time from the current position to the at least one point of interest.

The step of outputting the recommendation point of interest may compare the preference based on the evaluation result of the point of interest or the point of interest of the point of interest.

The step of performing the route guidance to the destination may search the route route for each of the at least one recommended point of interest.

In addition, the present invention provides a POI server, comprising: collecting a business type and product information of a point of interest at which a POI server can arrive at a short distance or time; The POI server receiving at least one point of interest through the navigation from the driver to the destination retrieved; And the POI server sending the information of the received at least one point of interest to the navigation.

The method of providing points of interest of a navigation system according to the present invention can search POIs providing a desired service around a route from a starting point to a destination, recommend POIs in a useful order to the driver, It is possible to reduce unnecessary time such as waiting for purchase, and there is an effect that the service can be easily used in the vehicle.

1 is a view schematically showing a configuration of a navigation system according to the present invention.
2 is a flowchart showing a flow of a method of providing a point of interest of the navigation system according to the first embodiment.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of outputting a point of interest according to the present invention.
4 is a flowchart showing a flow of a method of providing a point of interest of the navigation system according to the second embodiment.
5 is a view showing an embodiment of a method of providing a point of interest of the navigation system according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention. It should be noted that the drawings denoted by the same reference numerals in the drawings denote the same reference numerals whenever possible, in other drawings. Further, in the case where it is judged that the present invention may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the present invention, a detailed description thereof will be omitted. And certain features shown in the drawings are to be enlarged or reduced or simplified for ease of explanation, and the drawings and their components are not necessarily drawn to scale. However, those skilled in the art will readily understand these details.

2 is a flowchart showing a flow of a method of providing a point of interest of the navigation system according to the first embodiment, and Fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a point of interest of the navigation system according to the first embodiment, FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a flow of a method of providing a point of interest of the navigation system according to the second embodiment, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a point of interest of the navigation system according to the present invention. Fig.

As shown in FIG. 1, the navigation system 100 includes a POI server 200 and a navigation system 300.

Then, the POI server 200 includes information of a plurality of points of interest 201 corresponding to POI contents.

Here, the point of interest 201 represents information on a business type (a restaurant, a movie theater, a sightseeing spot, etc.) existing in each area.

The POI server 200 for realizing the present invention collects information of a plurality of points of interest 201 in real time based on map data and performs synchronization.

The POI server 200 plays a role of disclosing the map data displayed on the navigation system 300, particularly the POI (Point of Interest) to the driver. Here, the POI is data for displaying main facilities exposed on a map screen on an electronic numerical map, and may include text information such as a name, an address, and a telephone number.

The POI server 200 may provide a user community environment (i.e., an open API) for the driver to generate an open type POI. For example, the POI server 200 may disclose map data including a POI corresponding to each facility through driver communication.

In addition, the POI server 200 collects POIs generated based on the driver creation data input through the navigation unit 300.

In addition, the POI server 200 can collect POIs input from the driver in relation to the POI, and can input at least one of text, image, image, and voice.

In addition, the POI server 200 can collect POI related information (for example, POI list information actually visited by drivers) on the Internet related to the POI, in addition to the POI information directly inputted by the driver.

Accordingly, the POI server 200 analyzes the POI-related information preferred by the driver and analyzes POIs frequently used. For example, based on the number of visits to a restaurant or movie theater or a tourist destination, the preferred POI is suggested from the driver.

Then, the POI server 200 may include information on various factors affecting traffic such as traffic conditions (congestion, delay, etc.) related to the roads, accidents, and construction.

In addition, the POI server 200 can collect traffic information directly input from the driver in relation to the content POI.

Also, the POI server 200 can automatically collect traffic information related to an area within a certain radius based on the point of interest 201 corresponding to the content POI among the traffic information on the Internet.

The navigation system 300 may perform an update through an update server (not shown) to update the route guidance program or the map information.

Then, the navigation unit 300 can associate route guidance information stored in the storage medium with the POI server 200 through an update server (not shown).

Here, the route guidance information may be at least one of search information, driving information, and traffic information.

Here, the search information may be information input by the user to search for a destination, and the driving information may be at least one of destination information and waypoint information. The traffic information may include information on the time required for the driver to travel to the destination, Lt; / RTI > information.

The navigation 300 performs route guidance from a driver to a destination based on route guidance information of the points of interest 201 provided from the POI server 200.

Then, when one or more points of interest 201 are selected at the current position, the navigation device 300 searches for a route that can be passed from the current position to the destination.

5, the navigation system 300 may collect a distance or time according to a position of a plurality of the interest points 201 from a current position, and generate a plurality of paths corresponding to the plurality of interest points 201 1, 2, 3, 4, 5), and determines whether or not the preferred POI preset by the driver is present or not, selects the optimum point of interest 201, and recommends the POI around the path.

Accordingly, the navigation 300 transmits the selected destination and the point of interest 201 from the driver to the POI server 200 and receives information of the point of interest 201 from the POI server 200.

Accordingly, the navigation unit 300 can display the information of the point of interest 201 based on the information of the point of interest 201 provided from the POI server 200.

Therefore, the navigation unit 300 can perform reservation or settlement of the goods at the point of interest 201 desired by the driver.

Here, in order to perform a merchandise reservation or settlement, settlement is performed through at least one of a card issuer server, a financial institution server, and a mobile settlement server that performs electronic settlement.

Accordingly, the navigation unit 300 compares the time of reaching the point of interest 201 selected at the current position and the time of completion of the product corresponding to the reservation or order service from the driver, ), Determines whether the product can be received without additional wait time, and performs the route search by recommending the point of interest (201).

A method of providing points of interest based on the configuration of the navigation system 100 will be described in detail.

2 and 3, the point of interest providing method according to the first embodiment sets a destination using the navigation 300. In step S200,

The navigation 300 searches for a point of interest that can be passed to a destination based on information input by a user to search for a destination (S210)

The navigation 300 transmits the destination retrieved from the driver to the POI server 200 (S220)

The navigation system 300 receives the information of the point of interest 201 from the POI server 200 to obtain the information of the point of interest 201 on the destination from the current position.

Here, the information of the point of interest 201 may be a restaurant, a movie theater, a sightseeing spot, and the like.

The navigation 300 outputs the point of interest 201 received from the POI server 200 (S240)

Here, the step (S240) compares the time from the current position to the point of interest 201 selected and the time from the driver to the completion of the product corresponding to the reservation or order service, and the distance to the destination (S241).

In step S240, the preferred POI-related information for each driver is analyzed, and the preferred preferences of the driver are compared based on POI information frequently used (for example, restaurants, movie theaters, sightseeing places, etc.). S242)

In step S240, the priority of the point of interest 201 may be determined based on the result of the comparison in step S241 and step S242, and the POI The priority of the point of interest 201 is determined based on the POI related information on the Internet related to the POI (e.g., POI list information actually visited by drivers) in step S243.

Here, one of the steps S241 and S242 may be performed to perform the step S243.

In operation S240, when one or more points of interest 201 are selected at the current position, the route is transmitted to the navigation device 300 so that the route from the current position to the destination is output to the navigation device 300. In operation S244,

The navigation unit 300 performs a reservation or payment service through electronic settlement of the point of interest 201 selected by the driver (S250)

The navigation 300 transmits the reservation or payment history of the selected point of interest 201 to the POI server (S260)

The navigation 300 performs route guidance to a destination including the selected point of interest 201 (S270)

4, the point of interest providing method according to the second embodiment is characterized in that the POI server 200 transmits traffic conditions (congestion, delay, etc.) related to roads according to positions of a plurality of points of interest 201, (POI list information actually visited by drivers) on the Internet related to the point of interest 201, and information related to various POI related information The POI-related information preferred by the driver is analyzed, and the business type and the purchased product are collected (S400)

The POI server 200 receives the searched destination through the navigation unit 300 (S410)

The POI server 200 transmits information of the plurality of points of interest 201 to the navigation system 300. In operation S40,

5, when the destination is set at the current position, the navigation 300 for displaying the selected point of interest 201 among the plurality of points of interest 201 includes a plurality of paths 1, 2 , 3, 4, 5).

Here, the point of interest 201 existing on the plurality of paths 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 represents information of a business type (a restaurant, a movie theater, a sightseeing spot, etc.) existing in each area.

Accordingly, the navigation system 300 may be configured to determine the time at which the navigation system 300 reaches the point of interest 201 existing on the plurality of paths 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 at the current position, It compares the time until the goods are completed and determines whether the goods can be received without the additional waiting time arriving at the point of interest 201. [

The industry type and product information of each of the points of interest 201 will be described with reference to Table 1 attached hereto.

A (1) B (2) C (3) D (4) E (5) Production Time 15 20 20 15 15 Order Status
(Production standby) 3 cases
(1 hours) none
(Available immediately) none
(Available immediately) none
(Available immediately) none
(Available immediately)

Referring to Table 1, the navigation system 300 determines the route 1 (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) in consideration of the time to reach the point of interest 201 among the plurality of routes 1, , 3) are excluded from the optimal path. This is because the time required for completion of the product desired by the driver is longer than the time required for reaching the route (1, 3).

In addition, the navigation system 300 is configured such that the time taken from the current position to the point of interest 201 is the same for the paths 2, 4 and 5, , It is excluded from the optimal path because the element time is large.

Then, the navigation unit 300 searches the routes 2 and 5 according to preferences of the driver based on frequently used POI information (e.g., restaurants, movie theaters, 5) is recommended.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, . ≪ / RTI > Accordingly, such modifications are deemed to be within the scope of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention should be determined by the following claims.

100: Navigation system 200: POI server
201: Point of interest 300: Navigation

Claims (12)

A POI server for collecting and synchronizing information of a plurality of interest points in real time based on map data; And
Wherein the POI server inquires of the POI server at least one point of interest that can be traversed to the destination among the plurality of points of interest when the destination is set up and outputs at least one recommended point of interest using the inquiry result, And navigating to perform a reservation or payment service of the selected point of interest from one recommended point of interest,
The navigation system includes:
Of the at least one recommended point of interest based on the time taken to the at least one point of interest that can be transited, the service availability upon arrival at the at least one point of interest, and the driver's preference, Of the navigation system. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the information of the plurality of points of interest
The type of business, and the product information. The method according to claim 1,
The navigation system includes:
And collects the distance or time from the current position according to the position of the at least one point of interest that can be navigated. The method according to claim 1,
The navigation system includes:
And comparing the preferences based on the evaluation results of the frequency of interest or points of interest of the points of interest. The method according to claim 1,
The navigation system includes:
And transmits a reservation or payment history of the selected point of interest to the POI server. The method of claim 5,
The navigation system includes:
Wherein the navigation system searches for a route via the at least one recommended point of interest. Setting a destination;
Searching a plurality of points of interest that can be traversed to the destination;
Transmitting the plurality of points of interest to the POI server;
Receiving information of the plurality of points of interest from the POI server;
Outputting at least one recommended point of interest of the plurality of points of interest based on time taken to the at least one point of interest that can be transited, service availability upon arrival at the at least one point of interest, and driver's preference step;
Performing a reservation or settlement service of a point of interest selected from the driver out of the outputted at least one recommended points of interest;
Transmitting a reservation or payment history of the selected point of interest to the POI server; And
Performing route guidance to the destination including the selected point of interest;
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Wherein the information of the plurality of points of interest
A business type, and a product information. The method of claim 7,
Wherein the step of searching for a plurality of points of interest,
Collecting distance or time from the current location along the location of said at least one point of interest. The method of claim 7,
Wherein the step of outputting the recommendation point of interest comprises:
And comparing the preferences based on the results of the evaluation of the points of interest or points of interest of the points of interest. The method of claim 7,
The step of performing the route guidance to the destination includes:
And searching the route path for each of the at least one recommended point of interest. Collecting a business type and product information of a point of interest at which the POI server can arrive at a short distance or time;
The POI server receiving at least one point of interest through the navigation from the driver to the destination retrieved; And
The POI server sending information of the received at least one point of interest to the navigation;
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