CN101339040A - Navigation method and system - Google Patents
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The invention discloses a navigation method and a system thereof. The method comprises: providing a specific image; providing the corresponding relation between the specific image and specific coordinate information; displaying the specific image when the passing position of a navigation node agrees with the specific coordinate information in the navigation process. The navigation system comprises an image database used for storing a plurality of images and the corresponding relation between every image and the coordinate information, a processing unit used for finding a specific image from the images according to the coordinate information of a specific position, and a display unit used for displaying the specific image when a navigation node passes the specific position. The navigation method and the system adopt the image database to store the corresponding relation between the images and the coordinate information and display the image based on the corresponding relations in the navigation process; therefore, the user can see the image of the location according to the passing location in the navigation process.
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Technical field
The invention relates to a kind of air navigation aid and system, and particularly relevant for a kind of in navigation procedure the air navigation aid and the system of show image.
Background technology
Along with the progress of science and technology and the prosperity of the vehicles, modern people's amount of movement has increased widely, and for example shipping, logistics, stress-relieving activity, tourism or the like all are that this moment, the navigation of direction guide or map just became indispensable information.Along with the generally use of individual action device, (many navigational system are also in response to generation for GlobalPosition System, generalization GPS) and commercialization, and bring people sizable facility on direction is guided with GPS.
In present navigational system, mainly be to utilize navigation software and navigation map to implement.For instance, the user imports starting point and destination in navigation software, and navigation software will utilize navigation map, cook up the path between starting point and destination.In addition, navigational system is with after GPS combines, and can also utilize the satellite signals of reception to find out the position at place.Afterwards, be to cook up in the navigation map path between position and the destination by navigation software again.
Yet, in present navigation map, though depict every road clearly and indicate each critical positions and sight spot on the road.But, with regard to user's interface, in navigation procedure, the user is merely able to see stiff horizontal navigation map, and the path of in navigation map, learning navigation, but can't on guidance path, see on the way scene and the landscape of the destination that arrives of institute desire.
Summary of the invention
The invention provides a kind of air navigation aid and system, utilize the corresponding relation of image and coordinate, make in the process of navigation, the user can be along guidance path, the scene around learning.
The present invention proposes a kind of air navigation aid, comprises the corresponding relation that a specific image is provided and this specific image and preferred coordinate information are provided, and in a navigation procedure, when navigation nodes process preferred coordinate information, shows this specific image.
In one embodiment of this invention, be connected to an image database above-mentioned also comprising by network before the step of this specific image is provided, and store the corresponding relation of a plurality of images and each image and coordinate information in this image database.In addition, also comprise this preferred coordinate information of utilizing before the step of the specific image of above-mentioned demonstration, in the stored a plurality of images of image database, find out this specific image.
In another embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned image database that is connected to also comprises the reception satellite signals before, is produced the coordinate information of navigation nodes by satellite signals.Then, acquisition one present image, and setting up a label in the image at present, the coordinate information with navigation nodes writes in this label again, sets up the corresponding relation between present image and the coordinate information.At last, the corresponding relation with present image and its coordinate information writes image database.And above-mentioned present image and label meet a commutative image file form (ExchangeableImage File Format, EXIF).In addition, above-mentioned coordinate information comprises the orientation that longitude, latitude, height or navigation nodes are faced.And above-mentioned coordinate information meet the GPS Interchange Format (GPSeXchange Format, GPX).
The present invention also proposes a kind of navigational system, comprises image database, processing unit and display unit.Wherein, image database stores the corresponding relation of a plurality of images and each image and coordinate information.Processing unit is found out a specific image according to the coordinate information of ad-hoc location in a plurality of images.And in a navigation procedure, when navigation nodes process ad-hoc location, display unit will demonstrate this specific image.
In one embodiment of this invention, above-mentioned navigational system also comprises a navigation elements, and this navigation elements is cooked up the path or write down the path of process in a navigation map, navigation elements also receives satellite signals in addition, and utilizes satellite signals to produce the coordinate information of position.
In the another embodiment of the present invention, above-mentioned navigational system also comprises a network, comes connection processing unit and image database.Above-mentioned in addition navigational system also comprises an image acquisition unit, can capture a present image, set up corresponding relation between the coordinate information of present image and position by processing unit again, and present image is transferred to image database with corresponding coordinate information.
In the another embodiment of the present invention, each image in the above-mentioned image data storehouse comprises a label, in order to describe the corresponding relation between this image and the coordinate information.And above-mentioned image and its label meet a commutative image file form (Exchangeable Image File Format, EXIF).In addition, above-mentioned coordinate information comprises the orientation that longitude, latitude, height or navigation nodes are faced.And above-mentioned coordinate information meet the GPS Interchange Format (GPS eXchange Format, GPX).
The present invention stores the corresponding relation of image and coordinate information because of adopting image database, and in navigation procedure, come show image by above-mentioned corresponding relation, therefore the user no longer can only see stiff navigation map in navigation procedure, can also according to the place of process see the image in this place.
For above-mentioned feature and advantage of the present invention can be become apparent, preferred embodiment cited below particularly, and conjunction with figs. are described in detail below.
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Fig. 1 is the navigational system calcspar of one embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 2 is the air navigation aid process flow diagram of one embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 3 is the navigational system calcspar of another embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is the air navigation aid process flow diagram of another embodiment of the present invention.
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Fig. 1 is the navigational system calcspar of one embodiment of the invention.Fig. 2 is the air navigation aid process flow diagram of this embodiment of the invention.Please also refer to Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, navigational system 100 comprises image database 110, processing unit 120, display unit 130 and navigation elements 140.Stored a plurality of images wherein, and stored the information of the position at each image place, and in the present embodiment with " coordinate information " expression, and this coordinate information can comprise longitude and latitude, height or the direction faced or the like.That is to say that the image database 110 that present embodiment proposed also stores the corresponding relation between each image and the coordinate information except having a plurality of images.
Before this embodiment of explanation, the guider that the navigation system application of the hypothesis Fig. 1 of elder generation is used in automobile, with popular now product is example, it for example is personal digital assistant with satellite navigation, and this personal digital assistant has a navigation software, and when carrying out navigation software, navigation software utilizes a navigation nodes, expresses the current position and the direction of automobile in navigation map.With present navigation software is example, and navigation nodes illustrates in navigation map usually and is arrow or model.In addition, suppose that in the present embodiment the navigation elements 140 in the navigational system 100 can be utilized existing Global Positioning System (GPS), receive the current position that satellite signals obtain automobile.
At first, the user carries out the navigation software in the personal digital assistant, and with the destination of desiring to go to navigation software, and navigation elements 140 will be according to the current position of automobile, cook up go to the destination the path to begin navigate (step S200).And this moment, display unit 130 is the show navigator map, and represents the current position and the direction of automobile in navigation map with navigation nodes.Next, in navigation procedure, processing unit 120 will judge that whether navigation nodes is through an ad-hoc location (step S210).And the ad-hoc location in the present embodiment for example is the position that has image in image database 110, and the corresponding preferred coordinate information of ad-hoc location.
Since navigation nodes in navigation map the position of process all have a coordinate information, therefore, processing unit 120 can utilize the coordinate information of navigation nodes, whether the coordinate information of judging navigation nodes meets preferred coordinate information, whether also just judges navigation nodes through have the position of image in image database 110.When processing unit 120 is judged navigation nodes through ad-hoc location, processing unit 120 will utilize the corresponding relation of each image and coordinate information in the image database, find out the specific image (step S220) that meets preferred coordinate information, and display unit 130 will show this specific image (step S230).On the contrary, if when processing unit 120 is judged navigation nodes and do not passed through ad-hoc location, will get back to step S210, pass through to an ad-hoc location to wait for navigation nodes.
As can be seen from the above-described embodiment, the user no longer can only see dull navigation map in navigation procedure, but every when passing through ad-hoc location (for example being special sight spot or historic site), can also be by the scene of seeing in the display unit 130 on the way.In addition, navigational system in the foregoing description and method can also be applied in the analogue navigation, and the user is as long as import starting point and destination in navigation software, and behind path planning, allow processing unit 120 find out corresponding image by coordinate information through the position, and along the image of path arround demonstrating of planning.That is to say that the user can needn't go out and just can experience the atmosphere of going on a tour at home by the mode of analogue navigation!
In addition, under the situation of the finite capacity of the storage device in personal digital assistant, image database 110 can't store a large amount of image datas, therefore, image database 110 in the present embodiment can be the server that builds in the network, and personal digital assistant is come data in the accessing image database 110 by network.
Can observe out by the foregoing description, image in the image database 110 can utilize existing one commutative image file form (Exchangeable image file format, EXIF) implement, have a label (tag) and connect in the image of each commutative image file form, store corresponding coordinate information in its label.(GPSeXchange Format GPX) implements and above-mentioned coordinate information also can utilize existing GPS Interchange Format.
What deserves to be mentioned is, though decision air navigation aid and system have been depicted a possible form in the foregoing description, usually know that the knowledgeable should know but have in the affiliated technical field, each manufacturer is all different for the design of navigational system, and therefore application of the present invention is when being not restricted to the possible form of this kind.In other words, so long as utilize a database to store the corresponding relation of image and coordinate data, the coordinate according to process in navigation procedure comes show image, has been to have met spiritual place of the present invention just.
Next, will reintroduce another embodiment, and allow this area tool know the knowledgeable usually, and can implement the present invention by the instruction of present embodiment.
Fig. 3 is the navigational system calcspar of another embodiment of the present invention.Fig. 4 is the air navigation aid process flow diagram of this embodiment of the invention.Please also refer to Fig. 3 and Fig. 4, navigational system 300 comprises image database 310, processing unit 320, display unit 330, navigation elements 340 and image acquisition unit 350.Navigational system 300 among Fig. 3 and the navigational system 100 among Fig. 1 are much at one, unique different point is to have image acquisition unit 350 in the navigational system 300, can be in navigation procedure, take present image, and present image is stored in image database 310.Yet, at the embodiment of above-mentioned Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 the image that how to utilize in the image database 110 only is described, allow display unit 130 image arround showing, but and the image in the undeclared image database 110 how to set up.Therefore just with the situation of the hypothesis among above-mentioned Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 embodiment, how begin to illustrate and in navigation procedure, to set up the image of image database 310 below.
At first, navigation elements 340 receives satellite signals, and produces the coordinate information (step S410) of current position at this moment by satellite signals, allows navigation software demonstrate navigation nodes in navigation map.Next, image acquisition unit 350 captures present image (step S420), just the image that this moment, automobile was faced.And processing unit 320 will be set up a label in the image at present, and the coordinate information of navigation nodes current position is write label (step S430) in the present image, to set up out the corresponding relation of present image and coordinate data.At last, processing unit 320 writes image database 310 (step S440) with present image and its label, that is to say, at this moment, navigational system is stored in present image and coordinate data in the image database 310.
By above-mentioned step S410 ~ S440 as can be known, in navigation procedure, as long as allow image acquisition unit constantly take present image, and, the image and the coordinate data of taking are write image database 310, the user just can also store the sequential shoot of entire path landscape on the way according to the conduct path when going on a tour.In addition, existing storage stores this path of going on a tour get off through the function in path in the navigational system if utilize, and the user is if want to recall when this time going on a tour afterwards, the path of going on a tour before only needing to read out just can be enjoyed landscape on the way when going on a tour once more.
In addition, though the above embodiments are example with the show image, this area has knows the knowledgeable usually with reference to after the foregoing description, for example it should be used in movie or sound playing or the like; Auto navigation also is an above-mentioned specific embodiment in addition, so the present invention should not be confined to the foregoing description.
In sum, the present invention stores the corresponding relation of image and coordinate information because of adopting image database, and in navigation procedure, see through above-mentioned corresponding relation and come show image, therefore the user no longer can only see stiff navigation map in navigation procedure, can also according to the place of process see the image in this place.In addition, the present invention can also be applied under the situation of analogue navigation, allows the user be in and also can enjoy the enjoyment of going on a tour.And the present invention can also take on the way scene and recording image and coordinate information in the process of navigation, to increase the data in the image database, further can also allow the user in the scene of recalling on the path of going on a tour on the way in the future.
Though the present invention discloses as above with preferred embodiment; right its is not in order to limit the present invention; have in the technical field under any and know the knowledgeable usually; without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention; when can doing a little change and retouching, so protection scope of the present invention is as the criterion when looking the accompanying Claim book person of defining.
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1, a kind of air navigation aid is characterized in that, comprises the following steps:
One specific image is provided;
The corresponding relation of this specific image and a preferred coordinate information is provided; And
In a navigation procedure, when a navigation nodes the position sign of process should during preferred coordinate information, show this specific image.
2, air navigation aid according to claim 1 is characterized in that, comprises the following steps: before the step of this specific image is provided
Be connected to an image database by a network, wherein store the corresponding relation of a plurality of images and each those image and a coordinate information in this image database.
3, air navigation aid according to claim 2 is characterized in that, comprises the following steps: before the step that shows this specific image
Utilize this preferred coordinate information, in those images, find out this specific image.
4, air navigation aid according to claim 2 is characterized in that, also comprises the following steps: before being connected to this image database
Receive satellite signals, produce the coordinate information of this navigation nodes by these satellite signals;
Acquisition one present image;
Set up the corresponding relation between the coordinate information of this present image and this navigation nodes;
Should write this image database by present image; And
Corresponding relation between the coordinate information of this present image and this navigation nodes is write this image database.
5, air navigation aid according to claim 4 is characterized in that, the step of setting up the corresponding relation between the coordinate information of this present image and this navigation nodes comprises the following steps:
In this present image, set up a label; And
The coordinate information of this navigation nodes is write this label in this present image.
6, air navigation aid according to claim 5 is characterized in that: this present image and this label meet a commutative image file form.
7, air navigation aid according to claim 5 is characterized in that, the step that the coordinate information of this this navigation nodes is write this label in this present image comprises the following steps:
The coordinate information of changing this navigation nodes is the data of a specific format; And
The coordinate information that will have this specific format writes this label in this present image.
8, air navigation aid according to claim 7 is characterized in that: described specific format is the GPS Interchange Format.
9, air navigation aid according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described coordinate information comprises: the orientation that longitude, latitude, height or this navigation nodes are faced.
10, a kind of navigational system is characterized in that, comprising:
One image database is in order to store the corresponding relation of a plurality of images and each those image and a coordinate information;
One processing unit in order to the coordinate information according to an ad-hoc location, is found out a specific image in those images; And
One display unit in order in a navigation procedure, when this ad-hoc location of navigation nodes process, shows this specific image.
11, navigational system according to claim 10 is characterized in that, also comprises:
One navigation elements, in order to the path of planning in a navigation map, and in order to receiving satellite signals, and utilize these satellite signals to produce the coordinate information of this navigation elements.
12, navigational system according to claim 11 is characterized in that, also comprises:
One image acquisition unit, in order to capture a present image, and this processing unit is set up the corresponding relation between the coordinate information of this present image and this navigation elements, and should transfer to this image database by present image, and will this present image and the coordinate information of this navigation elements between corresponding relation transfer to this image database.
13, navigational system according to claim 10 is characterized in that, also comprises:
One network is in order to connect this processing unit and this image database.
14, navigational system according to claim 10 is characterized in that, each those image comprises separately:
One label is in order to describe the corresponding relation between its pairing image and the coordinate information.
15, navigational system according to claim 14 is characterized in that: those images and its label meet a commutative image file form.
16, navigational system according to claim 10 is characterized in that, described coordinate information comprises: the orientation that longitude, latitude, height or this navigation nodes are faced.
17, navigational system according to claim 16 is characterized in that, described coordinate information meets the GPS Interchange Format.
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