Navigation apparatus, vehicle including the same, and method of controlling the vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10801851-B2
Application number	US-201715724463-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 4, 2017
Priority date	Oct 11, 2016
Publication date	Oct 13, 2020
Grant date	Oct 13, 2020

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a navigation apparatus that includes a receiver and a controller. The receiver may receive a plurality of events related to traffic information. The controller may be configured to generate an integrated event by processing the plurality of events when the plurality of events overlap or are consecutive events. The controller may calculate an average speed of the integrated event.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A navigation apparatus provided in a vehicle comprising:
a display;
a receiver configured to receive a plurality of events from an external server via a wireless communication, wherein each of the plurality of events is located on a section of a driving road and is traffic information of a corresponding section on the driving road including information about an event property, a length of the corresponding section, a starting point of the corresponding section, an end point of the corresponding section, and an expected driving speed of the corresponding section; and
a controller configured to (i) determine multiple events from among the plurality of events based on the event property of each of the plurality of events and position of the corresponding section of each of the plurality of events, wherein each of the multiple events has a same event property and corresponding sections of the multiple events overlap with each other or are continuous, (ii) use the respective lengths, starting points, and expected driving speeds of the determined multiple events to combine the determined multiple events into a single integrated event having a single length, a single starting point, a single end point, and a single expected driving speed, and (iii) control the display to display the single integrated event.

2. The navigation apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of events comprise a first event and a second event,
wherein when an end point of a first section corresponding to the first event coincides with a starting point of a second section corresponding to the second event, the controller determines that the first section corresponding to the first event and the second section corresponding to the second event are continuous.

3. The navigation apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of events comprise a first event and a second event,
wherein when an end point of a first section corresponding to the first event is positioned after a starting point of a second section corresponding to the second event, the controller determines that the first section corresponding to the first event and the second section corresponding to the second event overlap each other.

4. The navigation apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of events comprise a first event and a second event,
wherein when a first section corresponding to the first event is included in a second section corresponding to the second event, the controller determines that the entire first section corresponding to the first event overlaps the second section corresponding to the second event.

5. The navigation apparatus of claim 1 , wherein when sections of each of the determined events are continuous, the controller determines the expected driving speed of the integrated event by summing expected driving speeds of the determined multiple events in proportion to length of each of the determined multiple events.

6. The navigation apparatus of claim 1 , wherein when sections of each of the determined multiple events overlap, the controller determines the expected driving speed of the integrated event by summing expected driving speeds of the determined multiple events with low expected driving speeds among the determined multiple events, in proportion to a length of an overlapping section, for the overlapping section, and summing expected driving speeds of the determined multiple events in proportion to a length of a non-overlapping section of each of the determined multiple events, for the non-overlapping section of each of the determined multiple events.

7. The navigation apparatus of claim 4 , wherein when the entire first section corresponding to the first event overlaps the second section corresponding to the second event, the controller determines an expected driving speed of the second event to be the expected driving speed of the integrated event.

8. The navigation apparatus of claim 4 , further comprising a storage in which speed limit information for each link of the driving road is stored,
wherein when the entire first section corresponding to the first event overlaps the second section corresponding to the second event, the controller determines the expected driving speed of the integrated event by summing an expected driving speed of the first event in proportion to a length of an overlapping section of the second event, for the overlapping section, and the speed limit stored in the storage in proportion to a length of a non-overlapping section of the second event, for the non-overlapping section.

9. The navigation apparatus of claim 1 , wherein when sections of each of the determined events are continuous, the controller determines a sum of lengths of the determined events as the length of the integrated event.

10. The navigation apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of events comprise a first event and a second event, and
wherein when an end point of a first section corresponding to the first event is positioned after a starting point of a second section corresponding to the second event and a starting point of the first section corresponding to the first event is positioned before the starting point of the second section corresponding to the second event, the controller determines a length between the starting point of the first section corresponding to the first event to an end point of the second section corresponding to the second event as the length of the integrated event.

11. The navigation apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of events comprise a first event and a second event,
wherein when a first section corresponding to the first event is included in a second section corresponding to the second event, the controller determines a length of the second event as the length of the integrated event.

12. The navigation apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller determines a delayed driving time caused by the integrated event based on the expected driving speed of the integrated event and the length of the integrated event.

13. A vehicle comprising:
a display;
a receiver configured to receive a plurality of events from an external server via a wireless communication, wherein each of the plurality of events is located on a section of a driving road and is traffic information of a corresponding section on the driving road including information about an event property, a length of the corresponding section, a starting point of the corresponding section, an end point of the corresponding section and an expected driving speed of the corresponding section; and
a controller configured to (i) determine multiple events from among the plurality of events based on the event property of each of the plurality of events and position of the corresponding section of each of the plurality of events, wherein each of the multiple events has a same event property and corresponding sections of the multiple events overlap with each other or are continuous, (ii) use the respective lengths, starting points, and expected driving speeds of the determined multiple events to combine the determined multiple events into a single integrated event having a single length, a single starting point, a single end point, and a single expected driving speed, and (iii) control the display to display the single integrated event.

14. A method of controlling a vehicle comprising a display and a receiver, comprising:
controlling the receiver to receive a plurality of events from an external server via a wireless communication, wherein each of the plurality of events is located on a section of a driving road and is traffic information of a corresponding section on

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp
• Hyundai Mnsoft Inc

Inventors

• Park Kangwon
• Park Soyun
• Lee Dong Hun

Classifications

• G08G1/0967

  Systems involving transmission of highway information, e.g. weather, speed limits (transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle G08G1/0968) · CPC title

• G01C21/20

  Instruments for performing navigational calculations (G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence) · CPC title

• B60W40/105

  Speed · CPC title

• B60W2050/002

  Integrating means · CPC title

• G01C21/10 Primary

  by using measurements of speed or acceleration (G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence) · CPC title