WO2015064892A1 - Method for emphasizing point of interest of navigation user for each time period and route guidance server - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for emphasizing a point of interest (POI) of a navigation user for each time period, comprising the steps of: collecting driving information of a user; detecting one or more POIs positioned within a pre-set critical distance at a current location or route of a vehicle on the basis of the driving information; extracting, through the analysis of user behavior patterns, the POI of which a degree of interest of the user for each time period is higher than a pre-set level; and displaying, on a screen display module, only the POI, of which the degree of interest of the user for each time period is higher than the pre-set level, among one or more of the detected POIs positioned within the critical distance or emphasizing the POI with the high degree of interest of the user for each time period and displaying the same on the screen display module.

Description

How to highlight points of interest of navigation users by time zone and route guidance server

The present invention relates to a system for providing various services through analysis of behavior patterns of a user using navigation. More specifically, the present invention relates to a system and method for highlighting and displaying a point of interest with a high interest level by a user by analyzing driving information. It is about.

Navigation is a device or program that helps you find directions through map guidance. It is typically installed in a car to send information about your location and nearby maps, and tell you the route or shortest distance to your destination.

Recently used vehicle navigation apparatus has various functions such as MP3, video player, terrestrial DMB reception, real-time traffic information, point of interest (POI) display as well as directions.

When using the electronic map service of the navigation, a function of searching for a place frequently visited by a user or a point of interest arbitrarily designated by the user is widely used, and a cross / name / category search method is used as a method of searching for a point of interest. .

In addition, as disclosed in Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2013-0082582, a user designates a search range and displays a point of interest information included in a specified range. However, the conventionally used method allows a user to specify a range or perform a search. There was an inconvenience to find the point of interest through.

The present invention devised to solve the problems of the prior art as described above stores the driving information including the position information, time information, day of the week, stop time, route, etc. of the driving driver, and analyzes the driver's behavior pattern The purpose is to identify and highlight points of interest (POIs) that are of high interest to the driver at different times of day.

The present invention comprises the steps of collecting the user's driving information; Detecting at least one POI located within a preset threshold distance from a current location or a path of the vehicle based on the driving information; Extracting POIs having a higher priority level than the predetermined level of interest of the user through analysis of user behavior patterns; Among the detected one or more POIs located within the threshold distance, display only the POIs having the highest interest level according to the user's time zone on the display module or highlight the POIs having the highest interest interest according to the user's time zone. It provides a method for highlighting the point of interest of the navigation user for each time zone, comprising the step of displaying on the display module.

In the present invention, the driving information includes a driving time zone of the vehicle, and includes at least one of location information, day of the week, stop time, destination search history, or route.

In the present invention, the driving information of the user is collected and stored in the user behavior pattern database regardless of the path setting, and the detected one or more POI located within the threshold distance is stored in the POI information database.

In the present invention, when the navigation is a non-communication navigation, the user behavior pattern database and the POI information database is characterized by highlighting the points of interest of the time-specific navigation user characterized in that located in the storage of the navigation. .

In the present invention, when the navigation is a communication type navigation to communicate with the route guidance server, the user behavior pattern database and the POI information database is located in the route guidance server, the server control unit located in the route guidance server is the threshold Collecting and analyzing congestion information of the detected one or more POIs located within a distance and surroundings.

In the present invention, for POIs having a high degree of congestion in the current time zone among predetermined POIs having a higher level of interest for each time zone than a setting level, a business type POI having a low congestion degree is extracted and displayed on the display module. Characterized in that.

In the present invention, the congestion information, the number of smartphone users in and around the detected one or more POI stars located within the critical distance, real-time traffic information, road congestion information, or the detected one or more located within the critical distance Characterized in that the one or more information of the history information that the other user searched or searched the POI to the destination, characterized in that the route guide server collects and analyzes.

In the present invention, the POI information database is characterized in that any one or more of industry information, industry image, address, business type POI information or telephone number is stored.

In the present invention, the POI of the user's interest in each time zone is higher than the set level, the search ranking by the user, the number of destinations set or stops while driving through the analysis of the user's driving information stored in the user behavior pattern database. Is set according to the rank of weights added to frequent POIs.

In the present invention, if the POI of the user's time zone interest level is higher than the set level is set, the business type POI located within a predetermined distance from the set POI is searched and displayed on the screen display module.

In the present invention, the emphasis of the POI is characterized in that any one or more of displaying the enlarged size or different colors of the POI to be emphasized than the general POI.

In addition, the present invention, by analyzing the behavior pattern of the user using the user's driving information received from the navigation terminal for collecting the user's driving information, the interest level of the user's time zone is higher than the preset level It provides a route guidance server, characterized in that for extracting or highlighting the POI and transmitting it to the navigation terminal.

In the present invention, the route guide server also collects the driving information of at least one other user, and analyzes the driving information of the other user to the current time zone among POIs having a higher interest level for each time zone than the set level. For POIs having a high congestion level or higher, the POIs of the low-congestion business type corresponding to the congestion level are extracted and transmitted to the navigation terminal.

In the present invention, the driving information includes a driving time zone of the vehicle, and includes any one or more of location information, day of the week, stop time, destination search history, or route.

In the present invention, the route guidance server comprises a server communication unit for communicating with the navigation terminal or the navigation terminal of the other user; POI information database for storing any one or more of POI industry information, industry image, address, telephone number, non-business POI information; A user behavior pattern database for storing the user driving information received from the navigation terminal; And a server controller configured to analyze the user driving information stored in the user behavior pattern database to extract POIs having a higher interest level for each user's time zone or higher than the set level, and transmit the POIs to the navigation terminal.

Therefore, the system and method for highlighting a point of interest (POI) through the navigational user behavior pattern analysis for each time zone of the present invention highlights a point of interest having a high interest level by the user even if the user does not directly input and search the point of interest. In this case, the user's convenience can be increased.

1 is a configuration diagram of a non-communication navigation terminal according to the present embodiment;

2 is a system configuration diagram for highlighting a point of interest using communication type navigation according to the present embodiment;

3 is a block diagram of a communication navigation terminal according to the present embodiment;

4 is a configuration diagram of a route guidance server according to the present embodiment;

5 is a flowchart highlighting a point of interest according to the present embodiment;

6 is a diagram of a point of interest highlighted at 9 am according to the present embodiment;

7 is a diagram of a point of interest highlighted at 3 pm according to the present embodiment;

8 is a diagram of an highlighted point of interest displayed around a route according to this embodiment.

The terms or words used in this specification and claims are not to be construed as being limited to their ordinary or dictionary meanings, and the inventors may appropriately define the concept of terms in order to best describe their invention. It should be interpreted as meaning and concept corresponding to the technical idea of the present invention based on the principle that the present invention.

Therefore, the embodiments described in the specification and the drawings shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiment of the present invention and do not represent all of the technical idea of the present invention, various modifications that can be replaced at the time of the present application It should be understood that there may be equivalents and variations.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of a non-communication navigation apparatus according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the non-communication navigation terminal 100 that highlights a point of interest (POI) having a high priority for each time zone of the user includes a power supply unit 110 for supplying power to the navigation device, and a GPS satellite. GPS receiver 120 for receiving position coordinates from the user, a user input unit 130 for inputting a user's command by pressing a touch or a button, an interface unit 140 for connecting an external device or an external storage device, An output unit 160 including a display module 162 for displaying map information of the navigation and an audio output module 161 for outputting voice guidance, a map information database 171 for storing map information, and a POI A storage unit 170 including a POI information database 172 for storing information and a user behavior pattern database 173 for storing driving information of the user; The POI located within a predetermined radius around the current location or path of the user stored in the user behavior pattern database 173 is extracted from the POI information database 172 and output to the display module 162, and the user behavior pattern database 173. The control unit 150 extracts POIs having a high interest level for each time zone and analyzes the user's driving patterns stored in the control panel 150 to display the POIs.

The user behavior pattern database 173 stores the current location, time, day of the week, stop time, or route of the vehicle, and the information is stored in the user behavior pattern database 173 regardless of the user's route setting.

In addition, the POI information database 172 stores business type information, a business type image, an address, or a phone number, and the controller 150 analyzes the user driving pattern stored in the user behavior pattern database 173 to determine the user's time. Points of interest (POIs) having a high degree of interest are extracted from the POI information database 172 and highlighted to be output to the display module 162.

POIs with a high probability of user visits can be searched for by POIs that are frequently searched for by users, and can be visited by users based on the weighted weights of POIs that are frequently set for destinations or frequently stopped while driving. The probability POI is selected.

In addition, POI highlighting emphasizes the POI to be emphasized by enlarging the size or displaying a different color than the general POI. POI emphasis is not limited to size and color distinction, and the POI can be emphasized by various markings.

In addition, the POI having a high probability of visiting by the user is extracted from the user behavior pattern database 730 according to the location and time of the user. For example, the highlighted POI outputted to the display module 620 at 9 am and the highlighted POI outputted to the display module 620 at 3 pm may be different.

In addition, even if the user sets the destination to drive or travels without setting the destination, the POI is displayed at a predetermined radius around the point where the current vehicle is located, and the POI having a high probability of visit is also highlighted.

2 is a system configuration diagram for highlighting a point of interest using navigation according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, a system for emphasizing a point of interest (POI) by analyzing navigation user behavior patterns according to time slots includes navigation of the user terminal 200 and the user terminal received from the navigation terminal 200. Analyze the behavior patterns of the user by using the information and the driving information of other users, extract POIs having high priority for each time zone of the user, or highlight POIs having high priority for each time zone of the user and transmit the same to the navigation terminal 200. It consists of a route guidance server 300 to.

3 is a configuration diagram of a navigation terminal according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 3, the navigation terminal 200 includes a communication unit for communicating with the route guidance server 300, a power supply unit 210 for supplying power to the navigation terminal 200, and position coordinates from a GPS satellite. GPS receiving unit 220 for receiving, a user input unit 230 for inputting a user's command by pressing a touch or a button, an interface unit 240 for connecting an external device or an external storage device, map information of the navigation An output unit 260 including a display module 262 for displaying and an audio output module 261 for outputting a voice guidance, and a terminal controller 250 for collecting driving information of the user.

In the case of the navigation terminal 200 that communicates with the route guidance server 300, the storage unit is not located in the navigation terminal 200, and searches for a route or analyzes a user's behavioral pattern to identify POIs having a high level of interest by user's time zone. Extracting the work is done in the route guide server (300).

4 is a block diagram of a route guidance server according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4, the server communication unit 320 for communicating with the navigation terminal 200 or the navigation terminal of another user, the POI, industry information of the POI, industry image, address, telephone number, and business type POI. Analyzing user driving information stored in the POI information database 342 for storing information, the user behavior pattern database 343 for storing user driving information received from the navigation terminal 200, and the user behavior pattern database 343. The server control unit 330 may be configured to extract POIs having high priority for each user's time zone or to highlight POIs having high priority for each user's time zone.

In addition, the server controller 330 analyzes the operation information of the other user, and when the congestion degree of the current time zone is high among POIs having a high interest level for each time zone of the user, the server control unit 330 extracts a POI having a low congestion degree to the navigation terminal 200. Will be sent.

5 is a flowchart highlighting points of interest according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 5, the method of highlighting a point of interest (POI) by analyzing navigation user behavior patterns for each time zone collects driving information including location information, time, day of the week, and stopping time of the current vehicle (S100). Then, POI information located within a threshold set in the current vehicle location or path is detected (S200).

The POI information is stored in the POI information database 342, and the POI information database 342 stores the industry type information, the industry type image, the address, the telephone number, the business type POI information, and the like.

In addition, the driving information of the driver is stored in the user behavior pattern database 343, and the driving information is collected regardless of whether the user sets the route and is stored in the user behavior pattern database 343.

From the POIs adjacent to the current location or the path of the driver, the POIs having a high degree of interest for each time zone are extracted through the analysis of the driver's driving information stored in the user behavior pattern database 343 (S400).

POIs having a high level of interest by user's time zone are made through analysis of user driving information stored in the user behavior pattern database 343. In detail, POIs which are frequently searched for the user, the number of times set as destinations or frequent stops while driving It is extracted by the rank of weights added to.

When POIs having a high degree of interest for each time zone are set, the business type POI located within a predetermined distance from the set POI is searched for and displayed on the display module.

When the navigation terminal 200 is a non-communication navigation, the user behavior pattern database 343, the POI information database 342, and the map information database 341 are located in a storage unit of the navigation.

In addition, when the navigation is a communication type navigation that communicates with the route guidance server 300, the user behavior pattern database 343, the POI information database 342, and the map information database 341 are located in the route guidance server 300. In addition, the route guidance server 300 collects and analyzes congestion information of the inside and the surroundings corresponding to one or more POIs located within a threshold distance set in the current location or route of the vehicle. When the congestion degree of the current time zone is high among the POIs having a high interest level for each time zone by using the extracted congestion information in and around the POI, a low-congestion POI POI is extracted and displayed on the display module.

Congestion information is information about the number of smartphone users, real-time traffic information, road congestion information, or searched POIs for one or more POIs located within a threshold distance from the vehicle's current location or route. Congestion degree information is obtained by collecting and analyzing the history information in the route guidance server 300.

After the POIs having high priority for each time zone are extracted, it is determined whether to highlight the extracted POIs (S500). If an input signal for highlighting the extracted POIs is not received, only the POIs having high priority for each time zone are displayed. When an input signal for highlighting the extracted POI is received on the display module, POIs having a high interest rate for each time zone are highlighted (S700), and the highlighted POI is displayed on the display module (S800).

The POI is emphasized by displaying the POI to be emphasized in an enlarged size or displaying a different color than the general POI, and can be achieved through various other methods.

6 is a diagram of points of interest highlighted at 9 am according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 7 is a diagram of points of interest highlighted at 3 pm according to the present embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 6 and FIG. 7, the POIs emphasized with time may also be different from the same starting point.

In an embodiment, through the analysis of the user behavior pattern database 343, the user is more likely to visit the health club near the departure point at 9:00 am to highlight the health club than other POIs. At 3 pm, the same starting point, however, the user has a high probability of visiting a mart near the express terminal, so that the mart is highlighted than other POIs.

8 is a diagram of an highlighted point of interest displayed around a route according to this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 8, when the user sets the Lotte Castle Apartment located in Jamwon-dong as a destination and runs as a destination, the user drives the Olympic Boulevard and travels to the destination. The POIs that are located are displayed, and among them, the user behavior pattern database (343) analysis shows that the POIs that are located in Banpo Station are highly likely to visit, and the icons of the shopping centers are different in color from those of other POIs. Displayed in large size.

In addition, the POI information to be highlighted depends on the scale depth of the map displayed on the display module 262. When the map is reduced, the basic information POI is not displayed but the POI to be highlighted is displayed.

Although the present invention has been shown and described with reference to the preferred embodiments as described above, it is not limited to the above embodiments and those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Various changes and modifications will be possible.

Claims (15)

Collecting driving information of the user; Detecting at least one POI located within a preset threshold distance from a current location or a path of the vehicle based on the driving information; Extracting POIs having a higher priority level than the predetermined level of interest of the user through analysis of user behavior patterns; Among the detected one or more POIs located within the threshold distance, display only the POIs having the highest interest level according to the user's time zone on the display module or highlight the POIs having the highest interest interest according to the user's time zone. And displaying the display module on the display module. The method of claim 1, The driving information includes a driving time zone of the vehicle and includes at least one of location information, day of the week, stop time, destination search history, or route. The method of claim 1, The navigation information of the user is collected regardless of the route setting and stored in the user behavior pattern database, and the detected one or more POIs located within the threshold distance are stored in the POI information database. How to highlight a point. The method of claim 3, wherein If the navigation is non-communication navigation, And the user behavior pattern database and the POI information database are located in a storage unit of the navigation. The method of claim 3, wherein When the navigation is a communication type navigation to communicate with the route guidance server, The user behavior pattern database and the POI information database are located in the route guidance server, and a server controller located in the route guidance server collects and analyzes congestion information of the detected one or more POIs located within the threshold distance and collects congestion information. How to highlight the point of interest of the time-based navigation user, characterized in that. The method of claim 5, For POIs having a high level of congestion in the current time zone among POIs having a higher level of interest for each time slot than the set level, a business type POI having a low congestion degree is extracted and displayed on the display module. How to highlight the points of interest of time-sensitive navigation users. The method of claim 5, The congestion information, the number of smartphone users in and around the detected one or more POIs located within the threshold distance, real-time traffic information, road traffic information, or other users of the detected one or more POIs located within the threshold distance How to highlight the point of interest of the navigation user for each time zone, characterized in that the one or more information of the history information searched or searched for the destination to collect in the route guidance server. The method of claim 3, wherein The POI information database highlights a point of interest of a navigation user for each time zone, characterized in that at least one of industry information, industry image, address, business type POI information, or telephone number is stored. The method of claim 3, wherein POIs having a higher interest level for each time zone than the set level are POIs frequently searched by the user, set number of destinations, or frequent stops while driving through analysis of the user driving information stored in the user behavior pattern database. Method of emphasizing the point of interest of the navigation user for each time zone, characterized in that it is set by the rank of the weight added to. The method of claim 9, When the POI of the user's time zone interest level is higher than the set level is set, the business type POI located within a predetermined distance from the set POI is searched and displayed on the screen display module. How to highlight points of interest. The method of claim 1, The emphasis of the POI is a method of emphasizing the point of interest of the navigation user for each time zone, characterized in that at least one of displaying the POI to be emphasized in a larger size than the general POI or displaying a different color. In the route guidance server, Analyze the behavior patterns of the user by using the user's driving information received from the navigation terminal collecting the user's driving information, and extract or highlight POIs with a higher priority than the preset level of interest of the user. Route guidance server, characterized in that for transmitting to the navigation terminal. The method of claim 12, The route guidance server also collects driving information of at least one other user, analyzes the driving information of the other user, and has a certain level of congestion in the current time zone among POIs having a higher interest level for each user's time zone than the set level. For the above-mentioned high POI, the route guidance server, characterized in that for extracting the POI of the low-business type corresponding to the congestion is transmitted to the navigation terminal. The method of claim 13, The driving information includes a driving time zone of the vehicle and includes one or more of location information, day of the week, stop time, destination search history, or route. The method of claim 13, The route guidance server A server communication unit for communicating with the navigation terminal or a navigation terminal of another user; POI information database for storing any one or more of POI industry information, industry image, address, telephone number, non-business POI information; A user behavior pattern database for storing the user driving information received from the navigation terminal; And a server controller configured to analyze the user driving information stored in the user behavior pattern database to extract POIs having a higher interest level for each time zone than the set level and transmit the POIs to the navigation terminal. Information Server.

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