This application claims the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2021-0124984, filed on Sep. 17, 2021, which application is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
The disclosure relates to guidance of a point of interest.
Augmented reality (AR) is a technology that shows a single image by superimposing a two-dimensional or three-dimensional virtual world image on an image of the real world. Augmented reality, a concept that complements the real world with a virtual world, uses a virtual environment created with computer graphics, but the main character is the real environment. Computer graphics serve to provide additional information necessary for the real environment. The computer graphic makes the distinction between the real environment and a virtual screen ambiguous by overlapping a 3D virtual image on an actual image that a user is viewing. Augmented reality technology, in which the real environment and virtual objects are mixed, allows the user to see the real environment, thereby providing better realism and additional information. For example, when the surroundings are photographed with a camera provided in a mobile device (e.g., a cell phone), information such as the location of a building or structure in an image captured by a camera and a registered phone number are displayed together in the image.
The disclosure relates to guidance of a point of interest. Particular embodiments relate to guidance of a pre-registered point of interest through a mobile device.
An embodiment of the disclosure provides a varied and effective user interface for displaying a point of interest (POI) on a display of a mobile device.
Additional embodiments of the disclosure will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the disclosure.
In accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure, a mobile device includes a display and a control device configured to control the display such that a user interface for displaying a point of interest (POI) is displayed on the display, wherein the user interface includes a user menu region provided to allow a user to input a search condition of a POI, a detailed information region provided to display information on a POI satisfying the search condition, and a heat map display region provided to display a distribution of POIs satisfying the search condition in the form of a heat map as a background of the user menu region and the detailed information region.
In the user interface described above, the detailed information region is provided to display price information of a product sold in a store corresponding to the POI.
In the user interface described above, the price information includes at least one of a national average price and an area average price of the product.
In the user interface described above, the detailed information region further includes an additional user menu provided to select a unique search condition of a category to which the POI belongs.
In the user interface described above, the additional user menu displays a plurality of search conditions in a drop-down manner.
In accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure, a mobile device includes a display and a control device configured to control the display such that a user interface for displaying a point of interest (POI) is displayed on the display, wherein the user interface includes a user menu region provided to allow a user to input a search condition of a POI, a detailed information region provided to display price information of a product sold in a store corresponding to the POI satisfying the search condition, a national average price and an area average price, and provided to select a unique search condition of a category to which the POI belongs through a drop-down manner in an additional user menu, and a heat map display region provided to display a distribution of POIs satisfying the search condition in the form of a heat map as a background of the user menu region and the detailed information region.
In the user interface described above, the additional user menu displays a plurality of search conditions in the drop-down manner.
In accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure, a mobile device includes a display and a control device configured to control the display such that a user interface for displaying a point of interest (POI) is displayed on the display, wherein the user interface includes a POI tag provided to display information of the POI around a current location, and the POI tag is provided to display a business status of the POI through at least one of a color and a length.
In the user interface described above, the business status of the POI includes indicating whether the POI is currently open.
In the user interface described above, the business status of the POI includes indicating remaining opening hours of the POI.
In the user interface described above, the business status of the POI includes indicating whether the POI is currently a break time.
In the user interface described above, the business status of the POI includes indicating whether the POI is currently closed or a closed day.
In the user interface described above, the business status of the POI is displayed in a ring shape.
In the user interface described above, the business status of the POI is displayed in a bar shape.
In accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure, a mobile device includes a display and a control device configured to control the display such that a user interface for displaying a point of interest (POI) is displayed on the display, wherein the user interface includes a POI tag provided to display information of the POI around a current location, and the POI tag is provided to display business states of the POI by expressing at least one of a ring shape and a bar shape as different colors or different lengths.
In the user interface described above, the business status of the POI includes indicating whether the POI is currently open.
In the user interface described above, the business status of the POI includes indicating remaining opening hours of the POI.
In the user interface described above, the business status of the POI includes indicating whether the POI is currently a break time.
In the user interface described above, the business status of the POI includes indicating whether the POI is currently closed or a closed day.
These and/or other embodiments of the disclosure will become apparent and more readily appreciated from the following description of exemplary embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
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The heat map displayed on the mobile device 100 according to an embodiment of the disclosure is a data visualization technique for displaying data for each category of a point of interest in a specific area in two-dimensional color. In the heat map, a change in color may be expressed through color classification or a change in shade. The heat map provides information on clusters or distributions of data for each POI category through a two-dimensional color change.
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In the mobile device according to an embodiment of the disclosure, through the display of the point of interest in the form of a heat map as illustrated in
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Various user menus displayed in the user menu region 210 may include menus for selecting a POI category such as ‘parking lot’, ‘gas station’, ‘service area’, ‘toilet’, and ‘pharmacy’. In addition, the various user menus displayed in the user menu region 210 may include, for example, menus from which ‘currently open’, ‘highest rating’, and ‘area’ may be selected. The ‘currently open’ is for selecting points of interest that are currently open. The ‘ highest rating’ is for selecting points of interest having the highest rating given by the user. The ‘area’ is for searching for a point of interest by targeting a specific area.
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The ‘sort order’ allows search results to be sorted based on distance or price. The ‘brand’ is provided to select a gas station that sells a product of a specific brand by selecting a brand of a specific oil company.
In such additional menus, selectable items are displayed in a drop-down manner, which will be described in detail later with reference to
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First, in the POI tag 510, a distance and direction from a current location of the mobile device 500 to the corresponding POI may be displayed (reference numeral 602). In the case of
Also, in the POI tag 510, a category or brand (logo or trademark) of the POI may be displayed (reference numeral 604). When the category of the corresponding POI is a cafe, an icon symbolizing the cafe may be displayed. Or, when the corresponding POI is a registered brand, a logo or trademark symbolizing the corresponding brand may be displayed. When the brand is an unregistered POI, only an icon of the category may be displayed. When the brand is a registered POI, the category and the brand may be selectively displayed depending on a distance between the mobile device 500 and the corresponding POI. That is, for example, when the distance between the mobile device 500 and the corresponding POI is greater than or equal to a preset distance (e.g., 50 meters), the category of the corresponding POI may be displayed. When the distance between the mobile device 500 and the corresponding POI approaches less than the preset distance (e.g., 50 meters), the brand of the corresponding POI may be displayed.
Also, in the POI tag 510, a name and price of a representative product of the corresponding POI may be displayed (reference numeral 606). For example, when the corresponding POI is a cafe, the representative menu ‘Americano’ and its price (4,500 won) may be displayed.
Also, in the POI tag 510, a price comparison result of the same business type of the corresponding category may be displayed (reference numeral 608). For example, the price comparison result may be a result of comparing the product price of the corresponding POI with an area average price of the same business type.
Also, in the POI tag 510, a business state of the corresponding POI may be displayed (reference numeral 610). In
Also, in the POI tag 510, a badge for providing more detailed information related to a currently selected POI category may be displayed (reference numeral 620). When the user taps (touches) the badge 620, a detailed information pop-up 622 is displayed. Or, when the user taps (touches) the badge 620, information on recommended POIs of the currently selected category may be displayed.
In the detailed information pop-up 622, a list of a certain number of points of interest that are currently open among the points of interest in the currently selected category is displayed. Also, an average price of a representative menu of points of interest in the same category around a current location may be displayed. For example, in the detailed information pop-up 622 of
In an embodiment of the disclosure, when the POI is relatively closer to a current location of the user, the POI tag 510 may be displayed relatively larger, and conversely, when the POI is relatively farther from the current location of the user, the POI tag 510 may be displayed relatively smaller.
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Also, in an embodiment of the disclosure, when the corresponding POI is open, but it is currently a break time, only a partial section of the ring 610 forming the circumference of the POI tag 510 may be limitedly displayed in a solid line of a specific color (reference numeral 740). For example, when the corresponding POI is currently in the break time, the ring 610 may be displayed in yellow to indicate that it is currently the break time.
Also, in an embodiment of the disclosure, when remaining business hours of the corresponding POI are less than a predetermined time until a business end time, only a partially short section of the ring 610 forming the circumference of the POI tag 510 may be displayed in a solid line of a specific color (reference numeral 760). For example, when the remaining business hours of the corresponding POI are less than 2 hours until the business end time, only a section of 20% of the ring 610 may be displayed in red to indicate that the business end is imminent.
Also, in an embodiment of the disclosure, when the corresponding POI is not open, the ring 610 forming the circumference of the POI tag 510 may be displayed in a preset solid color (reference numeral 780). For example, when the corresponding POI is closed because it is a closed day, or when the corresponding POI is no longer open because the business on that day has already ended, by displaying and inactivating the entire POI tag 510 (including the ring 610 of the circumference thereof) in a solid color such as white, black or gray, the corresponding POI may be displayed as being currently closed.
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First, in the POI tag 81o, a distance and direction from a current location of the mobile device 800 to the corresponding POI may be displayed (reference numeral 902). In the case of
Also, in the POI tag 810, a category or brand (logo or trademark) of the POI may be displayed (reference numeral 904). When the category of the corresponding POI is a cafe, an icon symbolizing the cafe may be displayed. Or, when the corresponding POI is a registered brand, a logo or trademark symbolizing the corresponding brand may be displayed. When the brand is an unregistered POI, only an icon of the category may be displayed. When the brand is a registered POI, the category and the brand may be selectively displayed depending on a distance between the mobile device 800 and the corresponding POI. That is, for example, when the distance between the mobile device 800 and the corresponding POI is greater than or equal to a preset distance (e.g., 50 meters), the category of the corresponding POI may be displayed. When the distance between the mobile device 800 and the corresponding POI is less than the preset distance (e.g., 50 meters), the brand of the corresponding POI may be displayed.
Also, in the POI tag 810, a name and price of a representative product of the corresponding POI may be displayed (reference numeral 906). For example, when the corresponding POI is a cafe, the representative menu ‘Americano’ and its price (4,500 won) may be displayed.
Also, in the POI tag 810, a business state of the corresponding POI may be displayed (reference numeral 910). In
For example, in an embodiment of the disclosure, when the corresponding POI is open, an entire bar 910 of the POI tag 810 may be displayed in a specific color (reference numeral 912). For example, the corresponding POI may be displayed in green from the start of business until 3 hours before the end of business to indicate that the POI is currently open. Even when the corresponding POI is a store that is open 24 hours, it may be displayed as reference numeral 912 of
Also, in an embodiment of the disclosure, when the corresponding POI is open, but it is currently a break time, only a partial section of the bar 910 of the POI tag 810 may be limitedly displayed in a specific color (reference numeral 914). For example, when the corresponding POI is currently the break time, the bar 910 may be displayed in yellow to indicate that it is currently the break time.
Also, in an embodiment of the disclosure, when remaining business hours of the corresponding POI are less than a predetermined time until a business end time, only a partially short section of the bar 910 of the POI tag 810 may be displayed in a specific color (reference numeral 916). For example, when the remaining business hours of the corresponding POI are less than 3 hours until the business end time, only a section of 20% of the bar 910 may be displayed in red to indicate that the business end is imminent.
Also, in an embodiment of the disclosure, when the corresponding POI is not open, the bar 910 of the POI tag 810 may be displayed in a preset solid color (reference numeral 918). For example, when the corresponding POI is closed because it is a closed day, or when the corresponding POI is no longer open because the business on that day has already ended, by displaying and inactivating the bar 910 of the POI tag 810 in a solid color such as black or gray, the corresponding POI may be displayed as being currently closed.
Also, in the POI tag 81o, a badge for providing additional information related to a currently selected POI category may be displayed (reference numeral 920). In an embodiment of the disclosure, as indicated in reference numerals 922, 924, and 926, a result of comparing a price of the corresponding POI with an average price of the corresponding area may be displayed through the badge 920. For example, when the price of the corresponding POI is higher than the average price of the corresponding area, ‘expensive’ may be displayed on the badge 920. Also, for example, when the price of the corresponding POI is lower than the average price of the corresponding area, ‘cheap’ may be displayed on the badge 920. Also, for example, when the price of the corresponding POI is the same as or similar to the average price of the corresponding area, ‘average’ may be displayed on the badge 920.
In an embodiment of the disclosure, when the POI is relatively closer to a current location of the user, the POI tag 810 may be displayed relatively larger, and conversely, when the POI is relatively farther from the current location of the user, the POI tag 810 may be displayed relatively smaller.
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The server 1010 may include a control device 1012, a POI information providing device 1014, and a communication device 1016. The POI information providing device 1014 stores POI information related to a display of a POI widget in the mobile devices 100, 500, and 800. The POI information providing device 1014 provides the POI information to the control device 1012 in response to a request from the control device 1012. The control device 1012 transmits the POI information provided from the POI information providing device 1014 to the mobile devices 100, 500, and 800 through the communication device 1016.
The mobile devices 100, 500, and 800 may include a control device 1032, a camera 1034, a communication device 1036, a user interface driving device 1038, an augmented reality module 1040, and the displays 102, 502, 802. The camera 1034 is provided to allow the user to photograph surrounding POI-related information and input the photographed information to the mobile devices 100, 500, and 800. The user interface driving device 1038 is provided to allow the user to select menus or input data. To this end, the user interface driving device 1038 may display the user interface on the displays 102, 502, and 802. The communication device 1036 is provided to communicate with the server 1010. The control device 1032 may transmit or receive the POI information and augmented reality-related information through communication with the server 1010 through the communication device 1036. The augmented reality module 1040 implements augmented reality related to the POI information under the control of the control device 1032, and the control device 1032 displays an image implemented through the augmented reality module 1040 on the displays 102, 502, and 802.
As is apparent from the above, according to an embodiment of the disclosure, various and effective user interfaces for displaying a point of interest (POI) on a display of a mobile device can be provided.
The embodiments disclosed with reference to the accompanying drawings have been described above. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the disclosure as defined by the appended claims. The disclosed embodiments are illustrative and should not be construed as limiting.
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10-2021-0124984 | Sep 2021 | KR | national |