Method of providing path information and device thereof
OwnerHyung Won JUNGinventor
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Abstract
A device, computer program product and method for providing path information and a device using the method are disclosed. A method for providing path information comprises receiving broadcast signals comprising traffic information and cost information, extracting and storing traffic information and cost information from received broadcast signals, requesting information about navigation path after receiving a first position and a second position, and searching for paths leading to the second position from the first position and calculating cost required to reach the second position from the first position based on traffic information and cost information of each searched path and displaying the cost.
Claims14
A method, comprising:
- receiving broadcast signals comprising traffic information and cost information;
- extracting and storing the traffic information and cost information from the received broadcast signals;
- requesting information about possible navigation paths between a first position and a second position;
- identifying at least one path leading to the second position from the first position;
- calculating a cost associated with each path of the at least one path based on corresponding traffic information and cost information;
- and
- displaying at least one calculated cost.
A device, comprising:
- a display unit;
- a broadcast signal receiver configured to receive broadcast signals comprising traffic information and cost information;
- an information extraction unit configured to extract the traffic information and the cost information from the received broadcast signals;
- an input unit configured to receive a first position and a second position and to receive a request for information about a navigation path;
- and
- a controller configured to
- identify at least one path leading to the second position from the first position,
- calculate a cost associated with each path of the at least one path based on corresponding traffic information and cost information, and
- display at least one calculated cost.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.