CN101763795A - Portable electronic device and travel guiding method - Google Patents

Abstract

The portable electronic device of the invention is used for guiding a user in a tourist area. The portable electronic device comprises a body, a satellite positioning module, a tourism information database, a screening module, a message receiving module and a path generating module. The satellite positioning module is used for acquiring information of at least one current position of a user in real time; the travel information database is used for storing a plurality of travel points, a plurality of coordinate positions, a plurality of navigation information and a plurality of maps which correspond to each other; the screening module acquires and displays a map of the current position and at least one recommended place from the travel information database according to the information of the current position; the message receiving module can obtain at least one target place, and the at least one target place is selected from at least one recommended place; and the path generation module plans and displays the traveling path.

Description

Portable electronic devices and tourist guiding method

Technical field

The invention relates to a kind of portable electronic devices and tourist guiding method, especially about a kind of portable electronic devices and tourist guiding method that supplies the user to guide in tourist district.

Background technology

Go to various tourist districts (for example zoo, museum, children's paradise etc.) to be one of popular indispensable stress-relieving activity.Yet tourist district has certain innerland usually, and various exhibition or activity often intersperse among in the middle of the whole tourist district, does not provide the visitor suitable guiding if having, and can allow the visitor can waste many times of looking for the place, thereby can't go sight-seeing in recreation area to one's heart's content.

In known technology, the operator sets up large-scale upright board to confirm present position and obtain visit information for the user in fixed point (for example in each crossing) usually.Yet if the quantity that upright board is provided with is few, the user still must seek upright board often, otherwise can't arrive the tourist spot of thinking immediately; If the upright board of establishing in a wide range, not only can influence attractive in appearancely, and, all must post up on the upright board with manual type if lastest imformation is arranged, the information on the therefore upright board can't be upgraded often.

In addition, in known technology, normally the Hard copy guide to visitors handbook of being printed with the tourist district operator guides the user to visit information (for example map and comment).Yet though the help of guide to visitors handbook is arranged, the position that the user still need ceaselessly look for present position and desire to go to just can determine next will walk toward which direction.In addition, be printed in the guide to visitors handbook information and can't real-time update, and can produce the problem of uneconomical (operator bears printing expenses) and not environmental protection (generation rubbish).

Therefore, be necessary to provide a kind of portable electronic devices and tourist guiding method, can efficient mode guide in tourist district, to improve the existing problem of known technology for the user.

Summary of the invention

The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of portable electronic devices, guide in tourist district for the user.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a kind of tourist guiding method, use portable electronic devices to guide in tourist district for the user.

For achieving the above object, portable electronic devices provided by the invention comprises body, satellite positioning module, tour information database, screening module, message receiver module and path generation module.Wherein, satellite positioning module and body electrically connect, and satellite positioning module is in order to the information of at least one current position of real-time acquisition user; Plural tourist spot, complex coordinates position, plural guide to visitors information and the plural map of tour information database in order to store mutual correspondence; The screening module is arranged in the body, and its information according to current position obtains and show map and at least one recommendation place of current position from tour information database; The message receiver module is arranged in this body, and it can obtain at least one objective, and at least one objective is by selecting at least one recommendation place; And planning of path generation module and display line inbound path, travel path is by the suggestion path of current position to objective.

Tourist guiding method of the present invention comprises the following steps: to be obtained in real time by satellite positioning module the information of at least one current position of user; From tour information database, obtain and show map and at least one recommendation place of current position according to the information of current position; Obtain at least one objective, at least one objective is by selecting at least one recommendation place; And planning and display line inbound path, travel path is by the suggestion path of current position to objective.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the structural drawing of portable electronic devices of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is the structural drawing of tour information database.

Fig. 3 is the process flow diagram of tourist guiding method of the present invention.

Fig. 4 to Fig. 7 is the screen-picture embodiment of portable electronic devices of the present invention.

Primary clustering symbol description in the accompanying drawing

Portableelectronic devices 1 body 10

Satellite positioning module 20 tour information databases 30

Tourist spot 31 coordinate positions 32

33 activity times 331 of guide to visitors information

Activity declaration 332 ground Figure 34

Recommend place 37penguin shop 37a

Butterflyshop37b koala shop 37c

Objective 38screening modules 40

Message receiver module 50path generation modules 60

Ground Figure 71current position 711 of current position

Embodiment

For above and other objects of the present invention, feature and advantage can be become apparent, cited below particularlyly go out specific embodiments of the invention, and conjunction with figs. is described in detail below.

Please earlier in the lump with reference to figure 1 and Fig. 2.Fig. 1 is the structural drawing of portable electronic devices of the present invention, and Fig. 2 is to be the structural drawing of tour information database.Portableelectronic devices 1 of the present invention is to guide in tourist district (for example children's paradise, zoo, exhibition center etc.) for the user.Portableelectronic devices 1 is for having the device of satellite positioning functions, and for instance, it can be devices such as mobile phone, PDA or camera.Portableelectronic devices 1 mainly comprises body 10,satellite positioning module 20, tour information database 30,screening module 40,message receiver module 50 and path generation module 60.Wherein, tour information database 30,screening module 40,message receiver module 50 all are positioned at body 10 withpath generation module 60.

Satellite positioning module 20 electrically connects with body 10.Because the user carries portableelectronic devices 1,satellite positioning module 20 is just sustainable to receive the location signal by satellite, so that the information of at least one current position of the present present position of user is represented in acquisition in real time.In present embodiment, the information of current position is latitude and longitude coordinates information.

Tour information database 30 can be arranged in the body 10, be stored in the devices such as storage blocks, carry-on dish, with convenient do renewal, expansion in thesatellite positioning module 20 or in external mode.Below just enumerate and be described as follows.

(1) tour information database 30 is arranged in the body 10

Tour information database 30 can by portableelectronic devices 1 under tourist district a downloaded and get.Wherein, the tour information database 30 of this server is a regular update so that the user is provided up-to-date travel information.

For instance, the user can be by this server of wired or wireless network on-line to download tour information database 30, perhaps the user in the locality (for example other server in the ticket entrance of recreation area) download tour information database 30.

(2) tour information database 30 is stored in thesatellite positioning module 20

Whensatellite positioning module 20 was circumscribed,satellite positioning module 20 was connected in body 10 separably, that is whensatellite positioning module 20 electrically connected with body 10, portableelectronic devices 1 just had the function of satnav.At this moment, tour information database 10 can be stored in the satellite positioning module 20.For instance, the mode that recreation area can be leasedsatellite positioning module 20 provides the user to use, and stores various up-to-date travel informations in thesatellite positioning module 20 in advance.

(3) tour information database 30 is stored in external storage device

Tour information database 30 can be stored in the external storage devices such as carry-on dish, storage card.When external storage device and body 10 electric connections (for example insert and store card), portableelectronic devices 1 promptly can read the data of tour information database 30.

(4) tour information database 30 can be positioned in the affiliated official website of tourist district, to make things convenient for the user in visiting the action that previous crops is downloaded, so that obtain various up-to-date travel informations.

As shown in Figure 2.Tour information database 30 in order to the plural tourist spot 31 that stores mutual correspondence, complex coordinates position 32, plural guide to visitors information 33, plurally Figure 34 with recommend place 37 etc.For instance, when tourist district was children's paradise, tourist spot 31 was for can be every recreation facility of children's paradise.Tourist spot 31 is an example with the roller coaster, and tour information database 30 stores the coordinate position 32 (for example cloud night driving is taken the latitude and longitude coordinates of inlet), guide to visitors information 33 (for example introducing the construction history, total length, the gradient, open hour of roller coaster etc.) of roller coasters and ground Figure 34 of roller coaster belonging positions.Wherein, can show the position in tourist spot 31 on ground Figure 34, and tourist spot 31 can be shown as a point, perhaps tourist spot 31 also can show the structure (for example roughly track routes of roller coaster) of its comparatively thin portion.

When tourist spot 31 when special time has activity, plural guide to visitors information 33 also comprises and plural tourist spot 31 is corresponding mutually plural activity time 331 and plural activity declaration 332.Tourist spot 31 is an example with the performance stage, if performance stage has several dolphins performance elegant every day, guide to visitors information 33 just comprises activity time 331 (for example 10 AM, afternoon etc.) and activity declaration 332 (for example introduction of show content) at 2.

Screening module 40 is arranged in the body 10, is map and at least one recommendation place 37 of obtaining and show current position according to the information of current position from tour information database 30.Wherein, the map of current position is by filtering out the map that comprises user's current position among Figure 34 plurally.

Please refer to Fig. 4, be the screen-picture embodiment of the map of current position.Ground Figure 71 of current position indicates current position 711 (indicating with circle), and the user just can grasp present position immediately.

At least one recommendation place 37 is by 31 screenings of plural tourist spot.About the screening mode at least one recommendation place 37, for instance, can come, that is pick out the tourist spot nearer, so that the user can arrive rapidly apart from user's current position according to the distance of distancecurrent position 711.

In addition, at least one recommendation place 37 also can be by all visitors' of statistics hobby (for example popular seniority among brothers and sisters).Only it is noted that the producing method at least one recommendation place 37 is not limited to above-mentioned.

Then please refer to Fig. 5 A, for showing the screen-picture embodiment that recommends the place.In present embodiment, recommend the place for three:penguin shop 37a,butterfly shop 37b, koalashop 37c (indicating with asterisk) are shown on ground Figure 71 of current position, and on a map, indicatecurrent position 711 simultaneously and recommendplace 37a, 37b, 37c, select the place of next thinking for the user.

Then please refer to Fig. 5 B, for showing another embodiment of screen-picture that recommends the place.Recommend the menu mode (window for example bounces) that place 37a, 37b, 37c can also formizations to select for the user.Only it is noted that the display mode of at least onerecommendation place 37a, 37b, 37c is not limited to above-mentioned.

Message receiver module 50 is arranged in the body 10, and it can obtain at least one objective 38, and at least one objective 38 is by selecting at least one recommendation place 37, and at least one objective 38 can store or temporarily be stored in tour information database 30.In present embodiment, the user only selects (for example in the taps screen mode) koalashop 37c as objective 38.

Wherein, the place that each objective 38 is desired to go to for the user, it has two types:

(1) desires to go to the visit place

No time limit can the random time in the open hour be gone to objective 38 in tourist district.

(2) desire participates in the activity venue

Free restriction, must arrive objective 38 in special time could the participation activity.

Path generation module 60 is planning and display line inbound path, and travel path is by the suggestion path of current position to objective 38.Below enumerate wherein two kinds of feasible modes.

(1) travel path is shown in the map of current position

The figure that directly shows paths on the map of current position arrives objective 38 for the user by the path that shows on the map.The figure that wherein shows paths on the map is preferential with the path shorter one, takes a roundabout way to avoid the user.

As shown in Figure 6, be the screen-picture embodiment of display line inbound path.Path profile (being represented by dotted lines) guiding user arrives koalashop 37c fromcurrent position 711.

(2) travel path is guided the user with voice mode

How to arrive objective 38 with voice mode (for example with voice suggestion: keep straight on after 300 meters) guiding user in turning right.

When at least one objective 38 was plural objective,path generation module 60 was far and near with the distance of plural objective respectively according to current position, to produce travel path.

As shown in Figure 7, be another embodiment of screen-picture of display line inbound path.When the user selectedbutterfly shop 37b and koalashop 37c simultaneously as objective 38, the guiding user arrived distance objective 38 (koalashop 37c) far away again to the objective 38 (butterfly shop 37b) of close together earlier.

Then please in the lump referring to figs. 1 to Fig. 7, so that the actual operation mode of tourist guiding method of the present invention is described.

Step 301: the information that obtains at least one current position of user by satellite positioning module in real time

By thesatellite positioning module 20 real-time information that obtain current position, it is the information of the residing at least one current position of representative user.Tourist district is example with the zoo, when the user carries portableelectronic devices 1 and enters tourist district, portableelectronic devices 1 obtains the information of current position, then the information of current position is filtered out the map (for example map of zoo inlet) of corresponding current position in the ground of tour information database 30 Figure 34, and the map of current position is shown in the screen (current position 711 as shown in Figure 4) of portableelectronic devices 1.

It is noted that portableelectronic devices 1 can be in the information that obtains any time current position.Because the structure ofsatellite positioning module 20 and function describe in detail in preamble, repeat no more herein.

Step 302: map and at least one recommendation place of from tour information database, obtaining and show current position according to the information of current position.

From tour information database 30, obtain and show map and at least one recommendation place 37 of current position according to the information of current position by screeningmodule 40.

Wherein, the map of current position shows the substance of general map (for example road, buildings, sight spot) etc., and the map of current position can be the segment map of garden, also can be whole district's map of garden.

In addition, recommendation place 37 can be when showing the map of current position,screening module 40 produces immediately automatically, and when person perhaps to be used advises the demand at sight spot (for example the user presses " recommendation sight spot " button that is shown in screen),screening module 40 just produces recommendation place 37.

In the embodiment shown in Fig. 5 A and Fig. 5 B, recommending place 37 bepenguin shop 37a,butterfly shop 37b,koala shop 37c, and this three place is shown on the map of current position (indicating with asterisk as Fig. 5 A) or in the lump with forms demonstrations (shown in Fig. 5 B).Because the structure and the function ofscreening module 40 describe in detail in preamble, repeat no more herein.

Step 303: obtain at least one objective

Obtain at least one objective 38 bymessage receiver module 50, at least one objective 38 is to be selected from least one recommendation place 37 by the user.In present embodiment, the user recommends to select in the place 37 "koala shop 37c " inpenguin shop 37a,butterfly shop 37b,koala shop 37c and is objective 38.Because the structure ofmessage receiver module 50 and function describe in detail in preamble, repeat no more herein.

Step 304: planning and display line inbound path

Produce the planning travel path bypath generation module 60, travel path is by the suggestion path ofcurrent position 71 to objective 37.In the embodiment of Fig. 6, on the ground of current position Figure 71, show path profile from current position 71 (for example zoo inlet) tokoala shop 37c, the path that shows on user's control map can be found the butterfly shop easily.Because the structure ofpath generation module 60 and function describe in detail in preamble, repeat no more herein.

Step 305: show the guide to visitors information that meets objective.

On the screen of portableelectronic devices 1, show the guide to visitors information that meets objective.For instance, when the user near or when entering the butterfly shop, show the butterfly kind and the guide to visitors literal of quantity in butterfly shop, confession user reference.

Step 306: generation activity prompting message

When objective 38 participates in the activity venue for desire, because must arrive, in order to remind the user, in the last schedule time generation activity prompting message of activity time in special time.Wherein, the schedule time is to decide according to the distance of current position and desire participation activity venue.

For instance, user's desire is participated in any koala feeding show in afternoon, and it is chosen to be objective 38, if current position and koala shop distance (for example walking 20 minutes ability arrives) far away are then reminded the user in ten two: 40 i.e. generation activity prompting messages.Wherein, movable prompting message can prompt tone or voice reminder user.

Only must notice that the foregoing description only is illustrative principle of the present invention and effect thereof, but not is used to limit the scope of the invention.The scope of the present invention should as the application the claim scope as described in.

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Translated fromChinese

1.一种可携式电子装置，供一使用者于一旅游区进行导引，该可携式电子装置包括：1. A portable electronic device for a user to guide in a tourist area, the portable electronic device includes:一本体；a body;一卫星定位模块，与该主体电性连接，用以实时获得该使用者的至少一目前位置的信息；A satellite positioning module, electrically connected to the main body, for obtaining at least one current location information of the user in real time;一旅游信息数据库，用以储存相互对应的复数旅游点、复数坐标位置、复数导览信息与复数地图；A tourism information database, used to store multiple corresponding tourist spots, multiple coordinate positions, multiple guide information and multiple maps;一筛选模块，其设置于该本体内，根据该目前位置的信息从该旅游信息数据库中取得并显示该目前位置的地图与至少一推荐地点；A screening module, which is set in the main body, acquires and displays a map of the current location and at least one recommended location from the tourist information database according to the information of the current location;一讯息接收模块，其设置于该本体内，可获得至少一目标地点，该目标地点是由该推荐地点中所挑选；以及A message receiving module, which is installed in the main body and can obtain at least one target location selected from the recommended locations; and一路径产生模块，规划并显示一行进路径，该行进路径为由该目前位置到该目标地点的建议路径。A route generation module plans and displays a travel route, which is a suggested route from the current location to the target point.2.如权利要求1所述的可携式电子装置，其中，该推荐地点及该行进路径显示于该目前位置的地图上，或者以语音方式告知及导引该使用者。2. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the recommended location and the travel route are displayed on the map of the current location, or are notified and guided to the user by voice.3.如权利要求1所述的可携式电子装置，其中，该复数导览信息包括与该复数旅游点相互对应的复数活动时间与复数活动说明。3. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of guide information includes a plurality of activity times and a plurality of activity descriptions corresponding to the plurality of tourist spots.4.如权利要求3所述的可携式电子装置，其中，该目标地点为一欲前往参观地点或一欲参与活动地点，当该目标地点为该欲参与活动地点时，于该活动时间的前一预定时间产生一活动提示讯息，且该预定时间根据该目前位置与该欲参与活动地点的远近而定，其中该活动提示讯息可以提示音或语音提醒该使用者。4. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the target location is a location to be visited or a location to participate in an activity, and when the target location is the location to participate in an activity, at the time of the activity An activity reminder message is generated at the previous predetermined time, and the predetermined time is determined according to the distance between the current location and the place to participate in the activity, wherein the activity reminder message can remind the user with a prompt tone or voice.5.如权利要求1所述的可携式电子装置，其中，该旅游信息数据库是由该可携式电子装置于该旅游区所属的一服务器下载而得，或者该旅游信息数据库储存于一储存卡或一随身碟中。5. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the travel information database is downloaded from a server belonging to the travel area by the portable electronic device, or the travel information database is stored in a storage card or a flash drive.6.如权利要求1所述的可携式电子装置，其中，该卫星定位模块为可分离地连接于该本体，该旅游信息数据库储存于该卫星定位模块内。6. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the satellite positioning module is detachably connected to the main body, and the travel information database is stored in the satellite positioning module.7.一种旅游导引方法，供一使用者使用一可携式电子装置于一旅游区进行导引，其中该可携式电子装置包括一本体与一卫星定位模块，该旅游导引方法包括下列步骤：7. A travel guide method for a user to use a portable electronic device to guide a tourist area, wherein the portable electronic device includes a body and a satellite positioning module, the travel guide method includes Follow these steps:由该卫星定位模块实时获得该使用者的至少一目前位置的信息；obtaining at least one current location information of the user in real time by the satellite positioning module;根据该目前位置的信息从一旅游信息数据库中取得并显示该目前位置的地图与至少一推荐地点；Obtaining and displaying a map of the current location and at least one recommended location from a tourist information database according to the information of the current location;获得至少一目标地点，该目标地点是由该推荐地点中所挑选；以及obtaining at least one target location selected from the recommended locations; and规划并显示一行进路径，该行进路径为由该目前位置到该目标地点的建议路径。Planning and displaying a travel route, which is a suggested route from the current position to the target point.8.如权利要求7所述的方法，其中，该推荐地点及该行进路径显示于该目前位置的地图，或者以语音方式告知及导引该使用者。8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the recommended location and the traveling route are displayed on the map of the current location, or are notified and guided to the user by voice.9.如权利要求7所述的方法，其中，该目标地点为一欲前往参观地点或一欲参与活动地点，当该目标地点为该欲参与活动地点时，于该活动时间之前一预定时间产生一活动提示讯息，且该预定时间是根据该目前位置与该欲参与活动地点的远近而定，其中该活动提示讯息可以提示音或语音提醒该使用者。9. The method according to claim 7, wherein the target location is a location to be visited or a location to participate in an activity, and when the target location is the location to participate in an activity, a predetermined time is generated before the activity time An activity reminder message, and the preset time is determined according to the distance between the current location and the place to participate in the activity, wherein the activity reminder message can remind the user with a prompt tone or voice.10.如权利要求7所述的方法，其中，当该至少一目标地点为复数目标地点时，根据该目前位置分别与该复数目标地点的距离远近，以产生该行进路径。10. The method according to claim 7, wherein when the at least one target point is a plurality of target points, the traveling path is generated according to the respective distances between the current location and the plurality of target points.11.如权利要求7所述的方法，其中，该旅游信息数据库是由该可携式电子装置于该旅游区所属的一服务器下载而得，或者该旅游信息数据库储存于一储存卡或一随身碟中。11. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the travel information database is downloaded from a server belonging to the tourist area by the portable electronic device, or the travel information database is stored in a memory card or a portable in the dish.12.如权利要求7所述的方法，其中，包括显示符合该目标地点的该导览信息。12. The method of claim 7, comprising displaying the navigation information corresponding to the target location.

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