KR20180061900A - Method for planning and guiding driving path of vehicle and apparatus thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for planning and guiding an automotive running route, comprising: a step where a control unit receives option information for objective running route planning; a step where the control unit plans the objective running route when predetermined basic information among the option information is input; and a step where the control unit guides the planned information of the objective running route.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a vehicle traveling route planning method,

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for planning and navigating a traveling route of a vehicle, and more particularly, by setting a destination and a destination time through a navigation device, the destination departure time and the destination traveling route are automatically planned And more particularly, to a traveling route planning and guidance method and apparatus for a vehicle.

In general, navigation refers to a device or program that facilitates navigation through a map guide (or route guidance to a destination).

The navigation is also referred to as a car navigation system, and is mainly used for transmitting information such as a destination location and a surrounding map to a user, and informing a user of a traveling route (or route) or a shortest distance to a destination.

Typically, the navigation device receives a destination from the user immediately before departure and searches for the shortest distance (or shortest time) to find the distance to the destination, the amount (e.g., toll), and the destination arrival time If the user sets the intermediate stopping route, the user finds the shortest route (or shortest time route) to the destination including the stopping route and guides the route.

However, even if it is the same route, when the real-time traffic information is reflected, the route information (for example, distance to the destination, amount, time, etc.) After determining the departure time zone, it is necessary to search for the route just before departure so that the accurate route information can be obtained. However, it is practically impossible for the user to guess the traffic situation except the route of the time zone frequently used by the user, such as a commute route.

For example, if a user plans a trip using a vehicle, the user can search the real-time driving route through navigation, but plans such as adding a waypoint or taking a traffic situation into consideration (eg, departure time at each stopping point) I could only plan with effort. For example, it is common for a user to plan a trip aiming only at the final destination (for example, a pension) by assuming the worst traffic situation in advance and departing early in the morning or responding to the traffic situation depending on the traffic situation.

In this way, the existing navigation system has not been able to satisfy the new needs and needs of the users who have increased the proportion of travel as leisure activities in recent years, and the efficiency of utilization is falling. Therefore, it is necessary to have a new navigation function that satisfies the needs of users and improves usability.

Background Art [0002] The background art of the present invention is disclosed in Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2009-0038721 (published on April 21, 2009, an apparatus and method for providing a vehicle route in a navigation terminal).

According to an aspect of the present invention, the present invention is created to solve the above-described problems, and it is an object of the present invention to automatically set the destination departure time and the destination driving route on the basis of pre- The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for planning and guiding a traveling route of a vehicle.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of planning and guiding a traveling route of a vehicle, the method comprising: receiving option information for an objective traveling route planning; Planning the desired travel route when the predetermined basic information among the option information is inputted; And guiding information on the planned destination travel route by the control unit.

In the present invention, the destination travel route means a travel route planned by predicting a traffic situation on a destination day for arriving at a destination, The traffic situation is predicted based on cumulative traffic information and reflected in the plan of the destination travel route or the traffic situation predicted by the server is reflected in the plan of the destination travel route.

In the present invention, the option information input as the basic information includes destination information, destination arrival time information, and destination information, and the destination arrival time information includes a date on which the user wants to arrive at the destination, The time required to arrive at < / RTI >

In the present invention, in the step of guiding the target travel route information, the control unit may include: destination departure time information recommending departure to arrive at the destination at the destination arrival time of the destination date; The travel time information including at least one of travel time for each section, time for staying in each of the intermediate points, and cost for integrating the road toll and the waypoint visiting cost.

In the present invention, the option information may include a method of receiving input or selection directly from a user, a method of automatically receiving related information based on option information input from the user, and a method of receiving information detected from the sensor or information And a method of automatically inputting the input data.

In the present invention, the related information based on the option information includes at least one of weather information, accumulated traffic information, event information, and construction information of a desired date.

In the present invention, when the 'theme' information is input as the option information at the step of planning the target travel route, the control unit displays the weather information provided by the server, the recommendation place information for each season, user visit statistics per day, Network Service) number of exposure statistics, and recommended travel destination statistics information that the user wishes to go. The " theme " is a specific location that is set as a via or destination And is a predetermined theme for each feature.

In the present invention, when the 'target departure time' information is input as the option information in the step of planning the target travel route, the control unit reflects the 'destination departure time' information to the destination travel route, If it is judged that it is difficult to arrive at the destination within the 'destination arrival time' when the vehicle passes through the intermediate destination after the 'destination departure time', the destination traveling route with the intermediate route removed from the destination traveling route is newly planned.

In the present invention, before the step of guiding the target travel route information, the control unit may store the planned destination travel route, perform the real-time travel guidance by calling the destination on the day of the destination date, And real time traffic information provided from the server when the real time traffic information is called and the real time traffic information provided by the server is reflected.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for planning and guiding a traveling route of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising: an option information input unit receiving at least one option information to be reflected when planning a destination travel route to arrive at a destination within a destination arrival time; And a control unit for planning the target travel route based on the preset basic information among the option information for the target travel route planning and guiding the information on the planned destination travel route.

In the present invention, the traveling route planning and guidance device of the vehicle further includes a communication unit for performing wired / wireless communication with the server and transmitting / receiving at least one information for planning the destination travel route to the server, The destination departure time and the destination travel route that can arrive at the destination within the target arrival time of the destination date within a predetermined allowable range or error range are planned and guided.

In the present invention, at least one or more pieces of information accumulated in the server include at least one of cumulative traffic information, weather information, cumulative traffic information by weather, real-time traffic information, theme information, road toll, And the theme information is feature information previously set for each place so as to identify a specific place that is set as a via or a destination.

In the present invention, the controller receives the destination information, the destination arrival time information, and the departure point information as basic information, and the destination arrival time information includes a date on which the user wants to arrive at the destination and a destination Which means a desired time.

In the present invention, the control unit may further include: target departure time information for recommending departure to arrive at a destination at a destination arrival time of a destination date when the destination travel route is planned; And a cost associated with the road toll and the cost of visiting the stopover site, and information on the destination travel route including at least one of the time, the time to stay in each of the stopover destinations, and the cost in which the road toll and the stopover visit cost are integrated.

In the present invention, the control unit may store the planned destination driving route, call it on the day of the desired date and perform the real-time driving guidance, and when performing the real-time driving guidance by calling the desired driving route, And the target traveling route is newly planned by reflecting the provided real-time traffic information.

According to one aspect of the present invention, when a destination and an objective time are set through a navigation device, it is possible to automatically plan and guide a desired departure time and a desired travel route based on previously stored data, .

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a view showing a schematic configuration of a traveling path planning and guidance apparatus for a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining a traveling path planning and guidance method of a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
FIG. 3 is an exemplary diagram for explaining a procedure for selecting a route plan menu and inputting option information in FIG. 2, in which an object traveling route can be planned; FIG.
FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 are diagrams illustrating planned planned travel paths according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Reference will now be made in detail to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the like elements throughout.

In this process, the thicknesses of the lines and the sizes of the components shown in the drawings may be exaggerated for clarity and convenience of explanation. In addition, the terms described below are defined in consideration of the functions of the present invention, which may vary depending on the intention or custom of the user, the operator. Therefore, definitions of these terms should be made based on the contents throughout this specification.

Hereinafter, the term 'target departure time' means 'departure time', which recommends (or recommends) a departure to arrive at the destination in the 'target time' ) Means a date on the route planned to receive driving guidance and a time to arrive at the destination on the corresponding date, and a 'theme' means a theme of a characteristic set in a specific place set as a via or destination For example: kids, culture, viewing, performing, sightseeing, play, sports). Also, the 'destination travel route' refers to a travel route planned for the target date in preparation for the existing real-time travel route.

Brief Description of the Drawings Fig. 1 is an exemplary diagram showing a schematic configuration of a traveling path planning and guidance apparatus for a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, the traveling path planning and guidance apparatus for a vehicle according to the present embodiment includes a GPS reception unit 110, a DR information reception unit 120, an option information input unit 130, a control unit 140, a communication unit 150, a map data storage unit 160, and a route guidance unit 170.

The functions of the controller 140 are classified into a theme analyzing unit 141, a date / day analyzing unit 142, a weather analyzing unit 143, a real time traffic analyzing unit 144, a route planning unit 145, . Here, the functions of the controller 140 are described separately for convenience of explanation and understanding, and thus the present invention is not limited to this configuration.

In the meantime, in the present embodiment, the traveling route planning and guidance device of the vehicle does not mean only a navigation terminal installed in a vehicle, but means a server connected to the navigation terminal by communication (e.g., navigation server, traffic information providing server, Server, data server, etc.) (200).

For example, the traveling route planning and guidance apparatus according to the present embodiment may be configured such that, when the server 200 is connected to the server 200, (Map data) stored in the map data storage unit 160 in a state in which communication with the server 200 is not established, You can also guide.

It should be noted that the traveling route planning and guidance device of the vehicle according to the present embodiment may be configured to plan and guide the destination traveling route by using all the information accumulated in the server 200 while the communication with the server 200 is connected, .

The DR (Dead Reckoning) information receiving unit 120 receives the GPS signal through a GPS antenna (not shown), and the GPS receiving unit 110 receives the satellite signal (not shown) (For example, a gyroscope, a tilt 3-axis sensor, an inertial sensor, or the like) mounted on the vehicle without receiving GPS signals from the vehicle.

The control unit 140 controls the driving route planning and guidance apparatus mounted on the vehicle (for example, the driving route planning and guidance apparatus according to the present embodiment) using information received (or acquired) from the GPS receiving unit 110 and the DR information receiving unit 120 The current position of the vehicle) is calculated.

The option information input unit 130 may include at least one option information (for example, a start point, a destination, a destination departure time, a destination date and time, a theme of a via or destination, Cost, etc.).

Here, the option information may be input through an input means (for example, a touch screen, a microphone) (not shown) of a traveling route planning and guidance device of the vehicle according to the present embodiment, And a method of selecting and inputting the input data can be implemented in combination. In addition, the option information is not necessarily input by the user, and can be automatically input even if the user does not input the option information.

For example, in the case of planning the destination driving route on the same day, the driving route planning and guidance device of the vehicle according to the present embodiment automatically inputs the date or the weather on the day, And when the user inputs the desired date, weather information (for example, weather forecast information) of the desired date can be automatically downloaded from the server 200 and the desired travel route can be planned.

As a comparison, the navigation route planning and guidance apparatus according to the present embodiment briefly compares the navigation route planning and guidance apparatus of the present embodiment with the existing navigation apparatus, It differs from conventional navigation devices in that it receives date and time information.

That is, the traveling route planning and guidance device of the vehicle according to the present embodiment is configured to determine, based on at least one piece of information accumulated in the server 200, within a predetermined allowable range (or an error range) Purpose (s) that can arrive at the destination within the desired time (eg, arriving between 4:30 pm and 5:00 pm, assuming that the intended time is set at 5 pm). Plan (or search) Which is different from the existing navigation device.

The communication unit 150 communicates with the server 200 connected in a wireless (or wire) manner. The communication unit 110 transmits and receives at least one piece of information (e.g., date / day information, weather information, real time traffic information, theme information, etc.) to the server 200 using any one of the communication methods.

The wireless scheme includes a wireless communication scheme using at least one of WiFi, Bluetooth, Near Field Communication (NFC), 3G, 4G, and 5G, or infrared. The wired method includes a wired communication method using at least one of a USB (Universal Serial Bus), a LAN (Local Area Network), a serial line, and a parallel line. However, the wireless / wired communication method described above is only described by way of example and is not described for limiting the communication method.

The map data storage unit 160 stores a digital map (map).

The path planning unit 145 generates a target travel route from the current location (or the start location) to the destination based on the map (MAP) data stored in the map data storage unit 140. When communication is established with the server 200 through the communication unit 150, the path planning unit 145 generates at least one piece of information accumulated in the server 200 (e.g., accumulated information by date / Traffic information, weather information, cumulative traffic information by weather, real-time traffic information, theme information, etc.).

The route guide unit 170 is configured to transmit the destination departure time information recommended by the control unit 140 to the destination on the basis of the planned destination travel route information (for example, the destination arrival time of the destination date, A travel time for each stopping point between the stopping points in the route, a time for staying in each of the stopping destinations, and a cost in which the road toll and the stopping-visit cost or admission cost are integrated) 5).

The destination travel route including the destination travel route information of the planned destination date (for example, the destination date, the destination departure time, the travel time per section, the staying time at the stopover route, the road toll and the stopover visit cost, , And can be called on the day of the desired date to perform the real-time driving guidance.

The control unit 140 may update the target travel route by reflecting the real-time traffic information on the day (destination date) when invoking the destination travel route and performing the real-time travel guidance, and the updated destination travel route It is possible to carry out the driving guidance.

Hereinafter, a method of planning the destination travel route by the control unit 140 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 5. FIG.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining a traveling route planning and guidance method of a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a flow chart illustrating a route plan menu selection and an option FIG. 8 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a process for receiving information.

2, when the user selects the route plan menu (i.e., the menu for selecting the planned destination route), the control unit 140 transmits at least one option information (e.g., The destination, the destination departure time, the destination date and time, the theme of the via or destination, the cost, etc.) (S101) (see FIG.

For example, as described above, the control unit 140 can receive the option information through an input means (e.g., a touch screen or a microphone) (not shown). For example, And a method of receiving input can be implemented in combination.

At this time, the option information is not necessarily input by the user, and may be automatically input even if the user does not input the option information.

For example, in the case of planning the destination driving route of the day, the controller 140 can automatically input the date or the weather of the day to plan the destination driving route without inputting the date or the weather of the day, The weather information (for example, weather forecast information) of the target date can be automatically downloaded from the server 200 and the desired travel route can be planned.

When at least one option information (eg, a departure location, a destination, a destination departure time, a destination date and time, a theme of a via or destination, a cost, and the like) for planning an objective travel route is input, The route planning unit 145 plans the target travel route to the destination reflecting the previously designated first option information (e.g., the destination time) (S102).

In addition, when the option information to be additionally reflected in the plan of the target travel route is input (YES in S103), the control unit 140 determines that the first option information (e.g., the target time) 2 Plan the target travel route that reflects the option information (for example, theme) (S104).

If the user does not directly input a theme, the theme analysis unit 141 of the control unit 140 determines whether the information provided by the server 200 (e.g., weather or weather information) (Or destination) that reflects the theme and theme based on the recommendation place for each season, the user visit statistics by day, the SNS (Social Network Service) exposure count statistics, and the user's recommended travel destination statistics. At this time, at least one of the waypoints can be recommended (or directly input).

At this time, in order to recommend the waypoint (or destination), the control unit 140 receives the accumulated traffic information according to the date and the day and the accumulated traffic information according to the weather through the date / day analyzer 142 and the weather analyzer 143 Can be analyzed.

When the third option information to be additionally reflected in the plan of the target travel route is input (YES in S105), the control unit 140 determines whether the second option information (e.g., theme) The target travel route reflecting the third option information (for example, the destination date / day of the week) is planned (S106).

For example, if it is assumed that the recommended theme is the kids, the zoo and the amusement park are included as waypoints and the destination driving route is planned, and the date entered as the third option information (eg, destination date / The controller 140 removes any one stop route (e.g., a zoo) from the destination travel route based on accumulated traffic information (e.g., traffic congestion occurrence) directed to the stopover destination provided by the server 200 A new destination travel route can be planned (see Figs. 4 and 5). This is because it may be difficult to arrive at the destination at the time of destination if all the waypoints pass through.

When the fourth option information to be additionally reflected in the plan of the target travel route is input (YES in S107), the control unit 140 determines whether the third option information (e.g., theme) The target driving route reflecting the fourth option information (e.g., the target departure time) is planned (S108).

For example, if the recommended theme is a kids, a zoo and an amusement park are included as waypoints, a destination route is planned, a date entered as the third option information (eg, destination date / If it is assumed that the option information (for example, the destination departure time) is not inputted, the control unit 140 transmits cumulative traffic information (e.g., traffic congestion occurrence) destined for the destination of the destination date provided by the server 200 It is possible to plan the destination travel route by setting the destination departure time that can arrive at the destination within the target time to an early time (for example, morning time) via at least one intermediate route (for example, an amusement park).

However, when the user directly designates the target departure time, if the control unit 140 can not reach the destination at the destination time via the one way way, the control unit 140 removes the one way way from the destination way, You can plan your route.

When the fifth option information to be additionally reflected in the plan of the target travel route is input (YES in S109), the controller 140 determines whether the fourth option information (e.g., the destination departure time) And plans the target travel route reflecting the previously designated fifth option information (e.g., weather) (S110).

If the fifth option information is assumed to be the last option information among the option information directly input by the user or automatically input, the controller 140 determines that the final option information (for example, the fifth option information) Plan the route to guide the destination driving route that includes the destination driving route information of the destination date (eg, destination date, destination departure time, travel time by section, staying time at the stopover route, road toll, stopover visit cost, (S111).

At this time, the planned destination travel route can be stored, and the controller 140 can invoke it on the day of the desired date and perform the real-time travel guide. For this, the controller 140 analyzes and reflects the real-time traffic information provided from the server 200 through the real-time traffic analysis unit 144.

In the drawings according to the present embodiment, the option information is sequentially reflected to plan the target travel route step by step. However, since this is shown for the sake of understanding, it is necessary to plan the target travel route step by step Note that this is not required.

FIGS. 4 and 5 are exemplary views showing planned planned travel routes according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 and 5 show a destination route that can arrive at a destination within a target time (i.e., a destination arrival time) (e.g., 19 o'clock). Fig. 4 shows two route destinations (e.g., FIG. 5 is a plan view of a destination travel route that can arrive at a destination via one stop route (for example, location 2) after lunch. That is, the travel route planning and guidance apparatus according to the present embodiment can plan and guide the destination travel route so as to arrive at the destination within the target time (i.e., the destination arrival time) There is an effect to be able to.

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 embodiments, but, on the contrary, I will understand the point. Accordingly, the technical scope of the present invention should be defined by the following claims.

110: GPS receiver 120: DR information receiver
130: Option information input unit 140:
141: category analysis unit 142: date / day analysis unit
143: weather analysis unit 144: real-time traffic analysis unit
145: path planning unit 150: communication unit
160: map data storage unit 170: route guide unit
200: Server

Claims (15)

The control unit receiving the option information for the target travel route planning;
Planning the desired travel route when the predetermined basic information among the option information is inputted; And
And guiding information of the planned destination travel route by the control unit.
2. The vehicle driving force control apparatus according to claim 1,
Means a planned travel route predicting the traffic conditions of the destination date to arrive at the destination,
Wherein,
Estimates a traffic situation based on accumulated traffic information of a past date or day such as the destination date stored in the server, reflects the traffic situation to the plan of the destination travel route,
And the traffic condition predicted by the server is reflected in the plan of the destination travel route.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the option information,
Destination destination information, destination arrival time information, and source information,
Wherein the destination arrival time information means a date on which the user desires to arrive at the destination and a time desired to arrive at the destination on the date.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein in the step of guiding the destination travel route information,
Wherein,
The destination time information for recommending departure to arrive at the destination at the destination arrival time of the destination date, the travel time for each section between the stopping destinations in the destination travel route, the time for staying in each of the stopping destinations, And the cost associated with the visit cost is included in the target travel route information.
The method of claim 1,
A method of receiving input or selection directly from a user, a method of automatically receiving related information based on option information input from the user, and a method of automatically receiving information detected from the sensor or information provided by the server Wherein the vehicle travel route planning and guidance method comprises:
6. The method of claim 5,
Wherein the associated information based on the option information includes at least one of weather information, cumulative traffic information, event information, and construction information of a desired date.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein in the step of planning the target travel route,
When 'theme' information is input as the option information,
Wherein,
Based on at least one of weather information provided by the server, seasonal recommendation place information, user visit statistics by day, SNS (Social Network Service) exposure count statistics, and user's recommended travel destination statistics information, In addition,
Wherein the 'theme' is a theme for each feature set so as to distinguish a specific place set as a via or a destination.
8. The method according to claim 7, wherein in the step of planning the target travel route,
If the 'destination time' information is input as the option information,
Wherein,
When it is judged that it is difficult to reach the destination within the 'destination arrival time' when the 'destination departure time' information is reflected on the destination travel route and the route is passed after the 'destination departure time' Is planned to be newly planned for the vehicle.
The method according to claim 1, further comprising: before the step of guiding the destination travel route information,
Wherein,
It is possible to store the planned destination route and call it on the day of the desired date to perform the real-time travel guide,
When performing the real-time driving guidance by calling the target driving route,
Wherein the target traveling route is newly planned by reflecting real-time traffic information provided from a server.
An option information input unit that receives at least one option information to be reflected when planning a destination travel route for arriving at a destination within a destination arrival time of a destination date; And
And a control unit for planning an objective travel route based on predetermined basic information among the option information for the target travel route planning and guiding the information on the planned destination travel route And a guide device.
11. The traveling route planning and guidance apparatus according to claim 10,
And a communication unit for performing wired / wireless communication with the server to transmit / receive at least one or more pieces of information for planning the destination travel route to the server,
The control unit plans and guides a target departure time and a destination travel route that can arrive at a destination within a predetermined allowable range or error range based on at least one information accumulated in the server within a target arrival time of the destination date Wherein the vehicle travel route planning and guidance apparatus comprises:
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the at least one information accumulated in the server comprises:
At least one of cumulative traffic information for each day or day, weather information, cumulative traffic information for each weather, real-time traffic information, theme information, road toll,
Wherein the theme information is feature information previously set for each place so as to identify a specific place set as a via or a destination.
11. The apparatus according to claim 10,
The destination information, the destination arrival time information, and the starting point information as basic information,
Wherein the destination arrival time information means a date on which the user desires to arrive at the destination and a time desired to arrive at the destination on the date.
11. The apparatus according to claim 10,
If the target travel route is planned,
The destination time information for recommending departure to arrive at the destination at the destination arrival time of the destination date, the travel time for each section between the intermediate points in the destination travel route, the time for staying in each of the intermediate points, And information on the destination travel route including at least one of the costs in which the travel destination visit cost is integrated is displayed.
11. The apparatus according to claim 10,
It is possible to store the planned destination route and call it on the day of the desired date to perform the real-time travel guide,
And when the real-time travel guidance is performed by calling the target travel route, the real-time traffic information provided from the server is reflected to newly plan the target travel route.

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