Electronic device and control method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12270671-B2
Application number	US-202217857834-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 5, 2022
Priority date	Nov 10, 2021
Publication date	Apr 8, 2025
Grant date	Apr 8, 2025

Abstract

An embodiment electronic device includes a display module, a communicator configured to communicate with a server, an input module, and a controller configured to determine a route to be guided as a shortest path, from an indoor route or an outdoor route based on an input received at the input module from a user or based on an external environment, determine a route from a departure point to an arrival point based on the route to be guided as the shortest path, and control the display module to display the determined route.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic navigation system comprising:
an electronic display;
a communication circuit configured to communicate with a server;
an electronic input device configured to receive information about a type of transportation from a user; and
a controller comprising a processor and a memory coupled to the processor with instructions stored thereon, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor enable the controller to:
determine a route to be guided between a departure point and an arrival point, wherein the route comprises an outdoor segment selected from a first outdoor route and a second outdoor route, and an indoor segment selected from a first indoor route and a second indoor route, wherein the first outdoor route is shorter than the second outdoor route, and the first indoor route is shorter than the second indoor route, the first indoor route, and the second indoor route, the first outdoor route and the second outdoor route are stored in the memory, wherein the route to be guided is determined by:
selecting the first indoor route and the second outdoor route in response to the user requesting a shortest indoor path via the electronic input device, and
selecting the second indoor route and the first outdoor route in response to information about an external environment received from the server via the communication circuit;

in response to a first vehicle being input as the type of transportation, setting an indoor entrance and an indoor exit as an entrance and an exit close to a parking lot, respectively, to control the electronic display to display route guidance information that is different from route guidance displayed in response to a two-wheeled vehicle being selected as the type of transportation, the route guidance being related to the route of the two-wheeled vehicle between the same departure point as the first vehicle and the same arrival point as the first vehicle; and
control the electronic display of the electronic navigation system to display the determined route.

2. The electronic navigation system of claim 1 , wherein the information about the external environment comprises weather environment information or traffic environment information.

3. The electronic navigation system of claim 2 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor enable the controller to select the second indoor route and the first outdoor route in response to the weather environment information indicating rain or a high temperature, temperature in the weather environment information.

4. The electronic navigation system of claim 2 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor enable the controller to select the second indoor route and the first outdoor route in response to the traffic environment information indicating traffic congestion.

5. The electronic navigation system of claim 1 , wherein:
the departure point is indoors, the arrival point is outdoors, and the first indoor route and the second indoor route are selected as the route to be guided; and
the instructions, when executed by the processor, enable the controller to control the electronic display to display shortest route guidance information from the departure point to the indoor exit and to display route guidance information from the indoor exit to the arrival point.

6. The electronic navigation system of claim 1 , wherein:
the departure point is indoors, the arrival point is outdoors, and the second indoor route and the first outdoor route are selected as the route to be guided; and
the instructions, when executed by the processor, enable the controller to control the electronic display to display shortest route guidance information to the arrival point from a first exit closest to the arrival point among a plurality of indoor exits and to display route guidance information from the departure point to the first exit.

7. The electronic navigation system of claim 1 , wherein:
the departure point is outdoors, the arrival point is indoors, and the first indoor route and the second indoor route are selected as the route to be guided; and
the instructions, when executed by the processor, enable the controller to control the electronic display to display route guidance information from the departure point to the indoor entrance and to display shortest route guidance information from the indoor entrance to the arrival point.

8. The electronic navigation system of claim 1 , wherein:
the departure point is outdoors, the arrival point is indoors, and the second indoor route and the first outdoor route are selected as the route to be guided; and
the instructions, when executed by the processor, enable the controller to control the electronic display to display shortest route guidance information from the departure point to a first entrance closest to the departure point among a plurality of indoor entrances and to display route guidance information from the first entrance to the arrival point.

9. The electronic navigation system of claim 8 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, enable the controller to:
acquire route information about all paths from the departure point to the plurality of indoor entrances located indoors where the arrival point is located; and
control the electronic display to display shortest route guidance information from the departure point to the first entrance closest to the departure point by comparing the acquired route information about all of the paths.

10. The electronic navigation system of claim 1 , wherein, the instructions, when executed by the processor, enable the controller to: in response to the two-wheeled vehicle or a bicycle being input as the type of transportation, set the indoor entrance and the indoor exit as an entrance and an exit close to an outside, respectively, to control the electronic display to display route guidance information.

11. A control method of an electronic navigation system, the control method comprising:
receiving, by an electronic input device of the electronic navigation system, information about a type of transportation, a departure point, and an arrival point from a user;
receiving, by the electronic navigation system, information about an external environment from a server;
determining a route to be guided between the departure point and the arrival point, wherein the route comprises an outdoor segment selected from a first outdoor route and a second outdoor route, and an indoor segment selected from a first indoor route and a second indoor route, wherein the first outdoor route is shorter than the second outdoor route, and the first indoor route is shorter than the second indoor route, the first indoor route, and the second indoor route, the first outdoor route and the second outdoor route are stored in a memory, and the route to be guided is determined by:
selecting the first indoor route and the second outdoor route in response to the user requesting a shortest indoor path via electronic input device, and
selecting the second indoor route and the first outdoor route in response to the information about the external environment received from the server;

in response to a first vehicle being input as the type of transportation, setting an indoor entrance and an indoor exit as an entrance and an exit close to a parking lot, respectively, to control an electronic display to display route guidance information that is different from route guidance displayed in response to a two-wheeled vehicle being selected as the type of transportation, the route guidance being related to the route of the two-wheeled vehicle between the same departure point as the first vehicle and the same arrival po

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Corp

Inventors

• Woo Jae Yul
• Kim Soobin
• Woo Seunghyun
• An Rowoon

Classifications

• G06F3/14

  Digital output to display device {; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units} · CPC title

• G01C21/3492

  employing speed data or traffic data, e.g. real-time or historical (traffic control systems for road vehicles involving transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle G08G1/0968) · CPC title

• G01C21/3691

  Retrieval, searching and output of information related to real-time traffic, weather, or environmental conditions (arrangements for giving variable traffic instructions G08G1/09) · CPC title

• G06Q50/40

  Business processes related to the transportation industry (shipping G06Q10/083) · CPC title

• G01C21/3667

  Display of a road map (G01C21/3614 takes precedence; guidance using 3D or perspective road maps G01C21/3635) · CPC title