KR102105775B1 - Electronic map service method and system - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a method and a system for providing an electronic map service. The electronic map service method includes the steps of: outputting a map to a web browser screen by transmitting map information including animation icons to a user terminal based on location or scale information in response to a request for map information from the user terminal interworking with a map server by a web browser; comparing a user location from the user terminal with a circumference way location data to determine whether the user location is within the range of the circumference way location data when the web browser of the user terminal requests a circumference way service by periodically transmitting the user location, recording the user location by determining whether the user location is already registered in a list, displaying an icon indicating a point of passage of the circumference way on a screen of the web browser and providing a completion certificate issuance to the user terminal when the user has passed all the points of passages; and providing a pop-up window having a kakao navigation button to the user terminal such that the pop-up window can be displayed on the screen when a navigation operation is requested by touching a desired destination point on the map displayed on the web browser screen by the user terminal for a predetermined time or longer, and calling a kakao navigation API to switch to a navigation screen and providing the navigation API to the user terminal to perform the navigation operation when the user terminal selects a kakao navigation button from the pop-up window. In a web-based electronic map, elements such as a specific feature/building/object on the map can be dynamically controlled to move or stop according to the current location and scale.

Description

Electronic map service method and system {ELECTRONIC MAP SERVICE METHOD AND SYSTEM}

The present invention relates to an electronic map, and more particularly, to a method and system for providing an electronic map service including dynamic elements.

Various methods have been proposed to service electronic maps. Recently, the electronic map service provides various additional services such as a point of interest (POI) search and route search function in addition to the map display and real-time public transportation information and restaurant information.

As the geographic information system (GIS) is combined with the Internet technology, the Internet-based map search technology that can conveniently browse the map using the Internet is becoming more common. GIS is designed to solve space-related problems.

Refers to a computer-based system for using and managing data. The most basic data in the construction of GIS is a digital map. Numerical maps are different from classic paper maps, and various topography obtained by survey maps, aerial photographs, satellite images, etc.

It is produced by interpreting the data, editing the numbers, and indexing them and saving them in a file format. On the other hand, recently, photographic images such as aerial photographs and satellite images are directly displayed on the screen, thereby compensating for the insufficient realism and three-dimensionality, which are disadvantages of digital maps. However, the current Internet map search technology focuses on how realistic the user can show a map of a desired area and how accurately the map reflects the real world and contains the latest information.

In other words, the map provided as a search result only shows static geographic information at a specific point in time (whether the map is a digital map or a photographic image), but does not show dynamic geographic information (dynamic elements) that changes spatially with time. Is not doing.

Patent registration number 10-0316804 {Registration date: September 5, 2000}

The problem to be solved by the present invention is to solve the disadvantages as described above, and dynamically control elements such as specific objects / buildings / objects on the map to move or stop according to the current location and scale in a web-based electronic map. It is to provide a method and system for an electronic map service that can be performed.

In the electronic map service method according to the present invention, (i) a map information including an animation icon according to location or scale information is transmitted to the user terminal by responding to a request for map information from a user terminal interworking with the map server by a web browser, Displaying the map on a web browser screen; (ii) When a user's location is periodically transmitted from the web browser of the user terminal to the map server to request a circumference road service, the map server compares the user location from the user terminal with circumference location data, It determines whether it is within the range of the road location data, determines whether the user location is already registered in the list, records the user location, displays an icon indicating the point of passage through the web browser screen, and visits the point of the perimeter. When all of the completion is complete, providing a completion certificate issuance to the user terminal; And (iii) when a navigation destination is requested by touching a desired destination point on the map displayed on the web browser screen by the user terminal for a predetermined period of time or more, a pop-up window equipped with a cacao navigation button is provided to the user terminal to be displayed on the screen. And displaying, when the user terminal selects the Kakao navigation button in the pop-up window, calling a Kakao navigation API to switch to a navigation screen and providing the user terminal to perform a navigation interlocking operation.

Step (i) processes the request of the map information from the user terminal when the map information is requested from the user terminal, and transmits the map information to the web browser so that the location and scale information of the map to be displayed is the map information. Determining whether it is included in; If the location and scale information of the map to be displayed is included in the map information, displaying an icon according to the location and scale information on the user terminal; the location or scale information of the map is changed and an icon must be added / removed Determining whether to do so; If it is necessary to add / remove the icon and if it is not necessary to add / remove the icon, the user terminal adds / removes the icon according to the location and scale information of the map and renders the existing icon; Rendering, by the user terminal, an icon displayed on the screen of the user terminal according to the location or scale information of the map; Fetching a map to be displayed by the map server from a memory; If the location and scale information of the map to be displayed is not in the map information, requesting a map to be displayed from the Google server; Transmitting the map information from the map server or the Google server to the user terminal; And the user terminal may include the step of outputting the map image received from the map server or the Google server to the web browser screen.

Step (ii) includes (ii-1) periodically transmitting the location of the user of the user terminal to the map server in units of 10 seconds from the user terminal; (ii-2) comparing the user location from the user terminal with circumference location data to determine whether a current user location is within a circumference location data range; (ii-3) determining whether the user location is already registered in the list; (ii-4) recording the user location and displaying an icon indicating the point of passage around the circumference on a web browser screen; (ii-5) judging whether or not all the visit points of the perimeter road have been completed; And (ii-6) providing the user terminal issuing the completion certificate of the perimeter road.

Step (iii) may include determining whether the map server has requested a navigation linkage by touching a desired destination point on the map displayed on the web browser screen from the user terminal for a predetermined time or longer; When the navigation interworking is requested, providing a pop-up window including the address of the destination and the cacao navigation button, the location view button, the public transportation button, and the cancel button to the user terminal to display on the screen; The map server determining whether the user terminal has selected a navigation button in the pop-up window; And when the Kakao navigation button is selected, the map server may include calling the Kakao navigation API to switch to a navigation screen and provide the user terminal.

The electronic map service system according to the present invention requests map information by a web browser, periodically transmits a user's location, requests a service around the road, and touches a desired destination point on a map displayed on a web browser screen for a predetermined time or more. A user terminal requesting navigation linkage and selecting a cacao navigation button in a pop-up window; And in response to a request for map information from the user terminal, transmit map information including an animation icon to the user terminal according to location or scale information to output a map on a web browser screen, and request the circumference service from the user terminal. In response, the current user location from the user terminal is compared with the circumference location data to determine whether it is within the circumference location data range, determines whether the user location is already registered in the list, records the user location, and When an icon indicating the point of passage around the perimeter road is displayed on the web browser screen and all the visit points of the perimeter road are completed, a completion certificate is issued to the user terminal, and in response to the navigation interworking request from the user terminal, kakao When a pop-up window with a navigation button is provided to the user terminal and displayed on the screen, and when the user terminal selects the Kakao navigation button in the pop-up window, a Kakao navigation API is called to switch to a navigation screen and provided to the user terminal to navigate It characterized in that it comprises a map server for performing the interlocking operation.

The present invention configured as described above is interlocked between a map server storing map information including animation icons and a web browser of a user terminal displaying a map, and when a user requests a map of a specific location and scale in a web browser In Map, it sends map information that contains animation icons, which are dynamic elements that change spatially with time according to the location and scale, outputs them to the web browser screen, and renders them for animation icons by the rendering module running in the user's web browser ( Speed).

In addition, the map information including the animation icon is output on the web browser screen, and according to the user's selection, the perimeter road service or the navigation linkage service may be received. In order to receive the conventional circumference road service, the circumference road app is cumbersomely installed and used on a smart phone, whereas in the present invention, it is possible to easily access the map server by a web browser to receive the round road service. In addition, in order to use the conventional navigation, navigation must be operated separately. In the present invention, the navigation linkage service can be performed by a simple operation while the map information including the animation icon is displayed on the web browser screen.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an electronic map service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a flowchart illustrating an electronic map service method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram illustrating an example of an electronic map including dynamic elements in step S224 illustrated in FIG. 2.
4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen for performing a login by a user terminal in step S302 shown in FIG. 2.
5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen for issuing a completion certificate of a circumference road by a map server in step S316 illustrated in FIG. 2.
FIG. 6 is a view showing an example of a pop-up window having a destination address and a cacao navigation button, a location view button, a public transportation button, and a cancel button used in step S404 shown in FIG. 2.

Before describing the various embodiments of the present invention in detail, it will be appreciated that its application is not limited to the details of the configurations and arrangements of components described in the following detailed description or illustrated in the drawings. The present invention can be implemented and implemented in other embodiments and can be performed in various ways. In addition, the device or element orientation (eg "front", "back", "up", "down", "top", "bottom") The expressions and predicates used herein with respect to terms such as “,“ left ”,“ right ”,“ lateral ”, etc. are used only to simplify the description of the present invention, and related devices Or you will see that the element simply indicates or does not mean that it should have a specific direction.

Also, terms such as “first” and “second” are used herein and in the appended claims for explanation and are not intended to indicate or mean relative importance or purpose.

The present invention has the following features to achieve the above object. Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Prior to this, the terms or words used in the present specification and claims should not be construed as being limited to ordinary or lexical meanings, and the inventor appropriately explains the concept of terms in order to explain his or her invention in the best way. Based on the principle that it can be defined, it should be interpreted as meanings and concepts consistent with the technical spirit of the present invention. Therefore, the configuration shown in the embodiments and drawings described in this specification is only one of the most preferred embodiments of the present invention and does not represent all of the technical spirit of the present invention, and thus can replace them at the time of application. It should be understood that there may be equivalents and variations.

Hereinafter, an electronic map service system and method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an electronic map service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, an electronic map service system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a user terminal 100 and a map server 200.

The user terminal 100 requests map information by the web browser 110 and performs a movement by displaying a specific object on the map in consideration of the current scale and the loading speed of the web browser 110 in the animation module 120 or When the operation of removing the motion is performed and there is no need to add / remove the icon, the existing icon is rendered by the rendering module 130 and the user's location is periodically transmitted to the map server 200 in units of 10 seconds. do. The user terminal 100 logs in and requests a navigation linkage by touching a desired destination point on a map displayed on a web browser screen for a predetermined time, preferably 1 second or longer, and selects a cacao navigation button in a pop-up window.

The map server 200 determines whether there is a request for map information from the user terminal 100, is logged in the user terminal 100, or performs navigation interworking for a desired destination point of the map in the user terminal 100. Judge whether you requested.

When there is a request for map information from the user terminal 100, the map server 200 displays icons according to location and scale information on the user terminal 100, and adds icons according to the location and scale information of the map. / Remove and render the icon displayed on the screen of the user terminal according to the location or scale information of the map, and transmit the map information including the animated icon to the user terminal 100 to be displayed on the web browser screen.

When logged in from the user terminal 100, the map server 200 compares the user location from the user terminal with the circumference location data and determines whether the current user location is within the circumference location data range and the user location Determine whether is already registered in the list, record the user's location, and display an icon indicating the point of passage around the web browser screen, and double-click the desired destination point on the map in the user terminal 100 to navigate When requested, the user's terminal 100 is provided with a pop-up window 600 provided with the address of the destination and a cacao navigation button 610, a location view button, a public transportation button, and a cancel button to be displayed on the screen.

When the user terminal 100 selects the Kakao navigation button 610 in the pop-up window 600, the map server 200 calls the Kakao Navi API to switch the screen to the Kakao Navi and provides it to the user terminal 100 To perform the navigator interlocking operation.

Hereinafter, an electronic map service method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 6.

2 is a flowchart illustrating an electronic map service method according to an embodiment of the present invention. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of an electronic map including dynamic elements in step S224 illustrated in FIG. 2. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen for performing a login by a user terminal in step S302 shown in FIG. 2. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen for issuing a completion certificate of a circumference road by a map server in step S316 illustrated in FIG. 2. FIG. 6 is a view showing an example of a pop-up window having a destination address and a cacao navigation button, a location view button, a public transportation button, and a cancel button used in step S404 shown in FIG. 2.

The map server 200 determines whether there is a request for map information from the user terminal 100 (step S202).

As a result of the determination in step S202, when there is a request for map information from the user terminal 100, the map server 200 processes the request for the map information 8 from the user terminal 100 to process the web browser 110. ), The map information including the animation icon is transmitted to output a map (step S204). In this case, the user terminal 100 may request map information from the map server 200 using the web browser 110.

The map server 200 determines whether the location of the map to be displayed and the scale information are present in the map information (step S206).

As a result of the determination in step S206, when the location of the map to be displayed and the scale information are present in the map information, the map server 200 displays an icon according to the location and scale information in the web browser 110 of the user terminal 100. (Step S208).

The map server 200 determines whether the location or scale information of the map should be changed and an icon added / removed (step S210).

As a result of the determination in step S210, if it is necessary to add / remove the icon, the user terminal 200 adds / removes the icon according to the location and scale information. That is, by removing all icons according to the location and accumulation that are not currently visible on the screen, the animation module 120 displays a specific object on the map in consideration of the current scale and the loading speed of the web browser 110 to move. Or perform an operation to remove the movement (step S212).

As a result of the determination in step S210, if there is no need to add / remove the icon, the rendering module 130 renders the existing icon (step S214).

After performing step S212 or step S214, the rendering module 130 renders the icon displayed on the screen of the user terminal 100 according to the location or scale information of the map (step S216), and the map server 200 is currently displayed Map to be taken from memory 210 (S218)

As a result of the determination in step S206, when the location and scale information of the map to be displayed is not present in the map information, the map server 200 requests the map to be displayed to a Google server (not shown) (S220).

After performing step S218 or step S220, the map information is transmitted from the map server 200 or the Google server to the user terminal 100 (step S222).

Thereafter, the rendering module 130 of the user terminal 100 outputs the map image received from the map server 200 or the Google server to the screen (S224).

While the map information including the animation icon is output on the web browser screen, the map server 200 determines whether the user terminal 100 is logged in (S302).

As a result of the determination in step S302, when the user terminal 100 is logged in, the user terminal 100 periodically transmits the location of the user of the user terminal to the map server 200 in units of 10 seconds (S304).

Thereafter, the map server 200 compares the user location from the user terminal 100 with the circumference location data stored in the memory 210 (step S306), so that the current user location is within the circumference location data range That is, it is determined whether or not the user has been at the user location more than once (step S308).

The map server 200 determines whether the user location is already registered in the list (step S310). The map server 200 records the user's location and displays an icon indicating the point of passage around the circumference on the screen of the web browser 110 of the user terminal 100 (S312). The map server 200 determines whether the logged-in user has completed all the visit points of the perimeter road (S314). The map server 200 issues the completion certificate of the perimeter road and provides it to the user terminal 100 (step S316).

As a result of the determination in step S302, if the user terminal 100 is not logged in, the map server 200 touches a desired destination point on the map displayed on the web browser screen in the web browser 110 of the user terminal for at least 1 second. Then, it is determined whether or not navigation linkage is requested (S402).

As a result of the determination in step S402, when the desired destination point on the map is touched for more than 1 second in the web browser 110 of the user terminal 100, the map server 200 displays the destination address and kakao as shown in FIG. A pop-up window having a navigation button, a location view button, a public transportation button, and a cancel button is provided to the user terminal 100 and displayed on the screen (S404).

The map server 200 determines whether the user terminal 100 has selected the Kakao navigation button 610 in the pop-up window 600 (S406). As a result of the determination in step S406, when the user terminal 100 selects the Kakao navigation button 610 in the pop-up window 600, the map server 200 calls the Kakao Navi API to switch the screen to Kakao navigation, so that the user Provided to the terminal 100 (S408).

100: user terminal
110: web browser
120: animation module
130: rendering module
200: map server
210: memory

Claims (5)

(i) in response to a request for map information from a user terminal interworking with a map server by a web browser, transmitting map information including animation icons to the user terminal according to location or scale information to output the map to the web browser screen; ;
(ii) When a user's location is periodically transmitted from the web browser of the user terminal to the map server to request a circumference road service, the map server compares the user location from the user terminal with circumference location data, It determines whether it is within the range of the road location data, determines whether the user location is already registered in the list, records the user location, displays an icon indicating the point of passage through the web browser screen, and visits the point of the perimeter. When all of the completion is complete, providing a completion certificate issuance to the user terminal; And
(iii) When a navigation destination is requested by touching a desired destination point on the map displayed on the web browser screen by the user terminal for a predetermined time or more, a pop-up window with a navigation button is provided to the user terminal and displayed on the screen. And when the user terminal selects the navigation button in the pop-up window, calling a navigator API to switch to a navigation screen and providing the user terminal to perform a navigation interlocking operation,
Step (i)
When there is a request for map information from the user terminal, processing the request for the map information from the user terminal and transmitting the map information to the web browser, the location and scale information of the map to be displayed are included in the map information. Determining whether or not;
If the location and scale information of the map to be displayed is included in the map information, rendering an animation icon as a dynamic element according to the location and scale information on the user terminal;
Determining whether a map location or scale information needs to be changed / added / removed icon;
If it is necessary to add / remove the icon, and if it is not necessary to add / remove the icon, the user terminal adds / removes the icon according to the location and scale information of the map and renders the existing icon, respectively;
Rendering, by the user terminal, an icon displayed on the screen of the user terminal according to the location or scale information of the map;
Fetching a map to be displayed by the map server from a memory;
If the location and scale information of the map to be displayed is not in the map information, requesting a map to be displayed from the Google server;
Transmitting the map information from the map server or the Google server to the user terminal; And
And the user terminal outputting the map image received from the map server or the Google server to the web browser screen. delete The method of claim 1, wherein step (ii)
(ii-1) periodically transmitting the location of the user of the user terminal to the map server in units of 10 seconds from the user terminal;
(ii-2) comparing the user location from the user terminal with circumference location data to determine whether a current user location is within a circumference location data range;
(ii-3) determining whether the user location is already registered in the list;
(ii-4) recording the user location and displaying an icon indicating the point of passage around the circumference on the web browser screen;
(ii-5) judging whether all of the visit points of the perimeter road have been completed; And
(ii-6) Electronic map service method comprising the step of providing to the user terminal issuing the completion certificate of the perimeter road. The method of claim 1, wherein step (iii)
The map server determines whether a navigation linkage request is requested by touching a desired destination point on the map output from the user terminal on the web browser screen for a predetermined time or longer;
When the navigation interworking is requested, providing a pop-up window provided with the address of the destination and the navigation button, the location view button, the public transportation button, and the cancel button to the user terminal to display on the screen;
The map server determining whether the user terminal has selected a navigation button in the pop-up window; And
And when the navigation button is selected, the map server calls a Kakao Navi API to switch to a navigation screen and provide the user terminal. Requests map information by a web browser, periodically sends a user's location, requests a service around the road, touches a desired destination point on a map displayed on a web browser screen for a certain period of time, requests navigation linkage, and pops up a cacao A user terminal for selecting a navigation button; And
In response to a request for map information from the user terminal, map information including an animation icon according to location or scale information is transmitted to the user terminal to output a map on a web browser screen, and to request for a service around the road from the user terminal. In response, the current user location from the user terminal is compared with the circumference location data to determine whether it is within the circumference location data range, determines whether the user location is already registered in the list, records the user location and records the web When an icon indicating the point of passage around the perimeter road is displayed on the browser screen and all the visit points of the perimeter road are completed, a completion certificate issuance is provided to the user terminal, and cacao navigation is responded to the navigation link request from the user terminal. When a pop-up window with a button is provided to the user terminal and displayed on the screen, and when the user terminal selects the Kakao navigation button in the pop-up window, a Kakao navigation API is called to switch to a navigation screen and provided to the user terminal to provide navigation to the user terminal An electronic map service system including a map server performing an operation.

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