Method and apparatus for navigation service
OwnerKi-Uk Kyung, Jun-Seok Park +2inventors
InventorsKi-Uk Kyung, Jun-Seok Park, Ji-Eun Park, Dong-Won Han
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing a safe and accurate navigation service using a tactual sense and an olfactory sense are provided. In the method, tactual information created according to navigation information displayed on a navigation map composed by a terminal based on collected navigation information is received. Then, a plurality of pins are controlled to make vertical movements according to a directional stimulation and frequency amplitude variation obtained from the received tactual sense information.
Claims18
A method for providing navigation service comprising:
- receiving tactual information created according to navigation information displayed on a navigation map composed by a terminal based on collected navigation information;
- and
- controlling a plurality of pins to make vertical movements according to a directional stimulation and frequency amplitude variation obtained from the received tactual sense information.
The method according to claim 5, wherein the plurality of pins form a predetermined pin arrangement (pattern) and the predetermined pin arrangement is vibrated according to a frequency lower than about 30 Hz so as to stimulate a tactual sense of the user.
A method for providing navigation service at a terminal comprising:
- at a terminal for a navigation service, creating a navigation map by collecting information for the navigation service;
- performing the navigation service by providing visual and voice information created based on navigation information displayed on the created navigation map;
- creating and combining tactual and olfactory sense information according to the navigation information displayed on the created navigation map;
- and
- transmitting the combined tactual and olfactory sense information to a pen type device for providing a navigation service to the user by stimulating the senses of the user according to the created tactual and olfactory sense information.
An apparatus for providing a navigation service comprising:
- a terminal,
- wherein the terminal comprises:
- a controlling unit for collecting information for navigation service and creating a navigation map according to the collected information;
- a display unit for displaying navigation information at the created navigation map;
- a speaker for informing the navigation information displayed on the navigation map through voice;
- an information generating unit for generating the navigation information displayed on the navigation map as tactual and olfactory sense information;
- and
- a wireless communication unit for transmitting the tactual and olfactory information to a pen type device for providing a navigation service to the user according to the created tactual and olfactory information.
An apparatus for providing a navigation service comprising:
- a pen type device,
- wherein the pen type deivce comprises:
- a wireless communication unit for receiving tactual sense information from a terminal that creates a navigation map by collecting information for a navigation service and transmits tactual sense information created according to navigation service information displayed on the created navigation map;
- a texture reproducing unit for arranging a plurality of pins on a predetermined plane, and stimulating a tactual sense of a user by driving corresponding pins to make vertical movement according to traveling direction information obtained from the received tactual sense information;
- and
- a controlling unit for controlling the vertical movement of the corresponding pins by transferring traveling direction information to the texture reproducing unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.