WO2015014306A1

WO2015014306A1 - Vehicle navigation methods, apparatus and system

Info

Publication number: WO2015014306A1
Application number: PCT/CN2014/083501
Authority: WO
Inventors: Chunying LIU
Original assignee: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
Priority date: 2013-08-01
Filing date: 2014-08-01
Publication date: 2015-02-05
Also published as: CN104344833B; CN104344833A

Abstract

Vehicle navigation methods, apparatus and system are provided. The vehicle navigation method includes: obtaining vehicle navigation information of a first terminal, and the vehicle navigation information of the first terminal being configured to provide vehicle navigation through the first terminal; and sending the vehicle navigation information of the first terminal to a second terminal.

Description

VEHICLE NAVIGATION METHODS, APPARATUS AND

SYSTEM

This application claims the benefit of priority from Chinese Patent Application, No. 201310332696.3, entitled "Vehicle Navigation Methods, Apparatus and System" and filed on August 1, 2013, the entire content of which is hereby incorporated by reference.

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to navigation technologies, and more particularly to vehicle navigation methods, apparatus and system.

Background

With the popularity of self-driving tour, many people often appoint a time to the same destination. When many people appoint a time to the same destination, following solutions may be adopted.

In a first solution, both sides or many people drive to the destination respectively. In a second solution, both sides or many people determine a route before departure, and then reach the destination according to the determined route.

In a third solution, both sides or many people determine a route before departure, appoint a guide car, and then set out to a destination according to the determined route. When the guide car is changed halfway to the destination, relevant personnel are informed by phone or Short Messaging Service (SMS) message, and follow a new guide card to continue the unfinished route.

In the above several solutions, vehicle navigation technologies may be used by both sides or many people. However, since the used vehicle navigation technologies are independent of each other, it is easy to lose the guide car, and it is unfavorable to provide vehicle navigation for multiple users at the same time. Moreover, since traffic condition is complex, followers may be detracted, thereby resulting in dangerous driving.

At present, there is no solution for solving a problem that a conventional vehicle navigation method is unfavorable to provide vehicle navigation for multiple users at the same time. Summary

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide vehicle navigation methods, apparatus and system, thereby solving the problem that a conventional vehicle navigation method is unfavorable to provide vehicle navigation for multiple users at the same time.

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a vehicle navigation method, which includes:

obtaining vehicle navigation information of a first terminal, and the vehicle navigation information of the first terminal being configured to provide vehicle navigation through the first terminal; and

sending the vehicle navigation information of the first terminal to a second terminal.

Another embodiment of the present disclosure provides a vehicle navigation method, which includes:

obtaining a sharing instruction of a first terminal, and the sharing instruction indicating to share a geographical position, a route, vehicle information and weather or driving information;

sending the geographical position, the route, the vehicle information and the weather or driving information of the first terminal to a second terminal; and

displaying, by the second terminal, the geographical position, the route, the vehicle information and the weather or driving information.

Another embodiment of the present disclosure provides a vehicle navigation apparatus, which includes:

an obtaining module, configured to obtain vehicle navigation information of a first terminal, and the vehicle navigation information of the first terminal being configured to provide vehicle navigation through the first terminal; and

a sending module, configured to send the vehicle navigation information of the first terminal to a second terminal.

Another embodiment of the present disclosure provides a vehicle navigation system, which includes a first terminal and a second terminal,

the first terminal is configured to obtain a sharing instruction, and the sharing instruction indicating to share a geographical position, a route, vehicle information and weather or driving information; and send the geographical position, the route, the vehicle information and the weather or driving information of the first terminal to the second terminal; and

the second terminal is configured to display the geographical position, the route, the vehicle information and the weather or driving information.

Another embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a computer readable storage medium, including computer program codes for executing the steps in the above mentioned method.

By the embodiments of the present disclosure, vehicle navigation may be conveniently provided for multiple users at the same time.

Brief Description of Drawings

Features of the present disclosure are illustrated by way of embodiments and not limited in the following figure(s), in which like numerals indicate like elements, in which:

Figure 1 is a diagram illustrating a vehicle navigation system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Figure 2 is a diagram illustrating a vehicle navigation system according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.

Figure 3 is a diagram illustrating a vehicle navigation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Figure 4 is a diagram illustrating a vehicle navigation apparatus according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.

Figure 5 is a diagram illustrating a navigation prompt received by a second terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Figure 6 is a flowchart illustrating a vehicle navigation method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Figure 7 is a flowchart illustrating a vehicle navigation method according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.

Figure 8 is a diagram illustrating a navigation interface of shared route and current position according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Figure 9 is a diagram illustrating a navigation interface showing route information and current traffic condition information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Figure 10 is a diagram illustrating a vehicle navigation apparatus according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

As long as the solution of the present disclosure may be realized, the embodiments of the present disclosure may be combined and features described in the embodiments may also be combined. The solution of the present disclosure will be illustrated with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments.

Obviously, the described embodiments are only partial embodiments of the present disclosure, but are not all embodiments. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, those skilled in the art can obtain other embodiments without creative labor, which belong to the protection scope of the present disclosure.

In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present disclosure. It will be readily apparent however, that the present disclosure may be practiced without limitation to these specific details. In other instances, some methods and structures have not been described in detail so as not to unnecessarily obscure the present disclosure. As used herein, the term "includes" means includes but not limited to. The terms "first" and "second" described in the specification, the claims and the accompanying drawings are only used to distinguish similar objects, but are not used to describe a specific order. The "first" and "second" may be exchanged in some embodiments, and thus these embodiments may be implemented in an executing order different from those of the embodiments described herein.

As shown in Figure 1, the vehicle navigation system includes a first terminal 10, a second terminal 20 and a server 30.

The server 30 may provide a vehicle navigation service, and may be called a vehicle navigation server hereinafter.

A terminal described in the embodiments of the present disclosure may provide a vehicle navigation service, and may also send its vehicle navigation information to the vehicle navigation server or other terminals. Taking the first terminal 10 and the second terminal 20 as an example, the vehicle navigation system is described as follows.

The first terminal 10 may provide vehicle navigation information for a first user. Further, the first terminal 10 may also obtain vehicle navigation information of the first terminal 10, and send the vehicle navigation information of the first terminal 10 to the second terminal 20 directly, as shown in Figure 2, or send the vehicle navigation information of the first terminal 10 to the second terminal 20 via the vehicle navigation server, as shown in Figure 1. Though the vehicle navigation server is shown in Figure 1, the vehicle navigation information of the first terminal 10 may be sent to the second terminal without the help of the vehicle navigation server.

After receiving the vehicle navigation information of the first terminal 10, the second terminal 20 may display the vehicle navigation information of the first terminal 10. In this way, a second user using the second terminal 20 may view the vehicle navigation information of the first terminal 10. The vehicle navigation information of the first terminal may be selected or configured by the first user. In an embodiment, the second terminal may display the vehicle navigation information of the first terminal 10 only, or display the vehicle navigation information of the first terminal 10 as a part of vehicle navigation information of the second terminal 20. For example, a region may be selected from a navigation region of the second terminal 20 to display the vehicle navigation information of the first terminal 10, and the vehicle navigation information selected or configured by the second user is displayed on the other part of the navigation region of the second terminal 20.

In the vehicle navigation system, the first terminal 10 and the second terminal 20 are described as an example. In another embodiment, the terminal may be a terminal having a separate navigator, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a Point of Sales (POS) or an on-board computer, which are not limited in the embodiments of the present disclosure.

In the vehicle navigation system, the second terminal 20 may include one terminal or multiple terminals. When the second terminal 20 includes one terminal, the vehicle navigation information of the first terminal 10 may be sent to the second terminal 20 through a point-to-point sending mode. When the second terminal 20 includes multiple terminals, the vehicle navigation information of the first terminal 10 may be sent to the second terminal 20 through a mass or broadcast sending mode.

In the vehicle navigation system, because the vehicle navigation information of the first terminal 10 may be sent to the second terminal 20 and may be displayed by the second terminal 20, the vehicle navigation services provided by the first terminal 10 and the second terminal 20 are not dependent of each other anymore. Accordingly, the first user using the first terminal 10 and the second user using the second terminal 20 may share the vehicle navigation information of the first terminal 10, thereby conveniently providing the vehicle navigation service to multiple users.

In an embodiment, the first terminal may involuntarily navigate the second terminal, or navigate the second terminal after being requested by the second terminal. For example, when finding route deviation, the first terminal may request the second terminal to navigate. Or, when finding route deviation, the second terminal may request the first terminal to navigate.

When the first terminal navigates the second terminal after being requested by the second terminal, the first terminal receives a navigation request from the second terminal, and then sends the vehicle navigation information of the first terminal to the second terminal. The navigation request is configured to request the first terminal to navigate the second terminal.

In order to sharing information between the first terminal and the second terminal, the first terminal in the vehicle navigation system may obtain a sharing instruction. The sharing instruction may indicate to share a geographical position, a route, vehicle information and weather or driving information. The first terminal sends the geographical position, the route, the vehicle information and the weather or driving information to the second terminal. The second terminal may display the geographical position, the route, the vehicle information and the weather or driving information. In this way, the first terminal may share one or more kinds of information with the second terminal after obtaining the sharing instruction.

The vehicle navigation apparatus may be configured in the vehicle navigation system shown in Figure 1. The vehicle navigation apparatus may be the first terminal in the vehicle navigation system, or may be the vehicle navigation server in the vehicle navigation system.

Referring Figure 3, the vehicle navigation apparatus includes an obtaining module

11 and a sending module 12.

The obtaining module 11 may obtain vehicle navigation information of the first terminal. When the vehicle navigation apparatus is the first terminal in the vehicle navigation system, the vehicle navigation information obtained by the obtaining module 11 is vehicle navigation information configured or input by a user through the first terminal, or vehicle navigation information displayed currently by the first terminal.

When the vehicle navigation apparatus is the vehicle navigation server in the vehicle navigation system, the vehicle navigation information obtained by the obtaining module 11 is the vehicle navigation information of the first terminal received from the first terminal.

The sending module 12 may send the vehicle navigation information of the first terminal to the second terminal.

After receiving the vehicle navigation information of the first terminal, the second terminal may display the vehicle navigation information.

When the vehicle navigation apparatus is the first terminal in the vehicle navigation system, the sending module 12 may directly send the vehicle navigation information of the first terminal to the second terminal 20 or send the vehicle navigation information of the first terminal to the second terminal 20 via the vehicle navigation server.

In an embodiment, the first terminal may involuntarily navigate the second terminal, or navigate the second terminal after being requested by the second terminal. For example, when finding route deviation, the first terminal may request the second terminal to navigate. Or, when finding route deviation, the second terminal may request the first terminal to navigate. Accordingly, the obtaining module 11 in the vehicle navigation apparatus may further obtain a navigation request. After the obtaining module 11 obtains the navigation request, the sending module 12 may send the vehicle navigation information to provide a navigation function.

In order to obtain the vehicle navigation information configured or input by the user in time, or in order to make other users obtain the vehicle navigation information of the user in time, in an embodiment, the vehicle navigation apparatus may further include a receiving module 13, as shown in Figure 4. The receiving module 13 may receive an instruction of sharing a current position.

In the embodiment, the obtaining module 11 may obtain current position information of the first terminal. The sending module 12 may send the current position information of the first terminal to the second terminal, and then the second terminal may display the current position information of the first terminal.

In this way, if the user intends to share the current position with other users, the first terminal receive the instruction of sharing the current position, and sends the current position information of the first terminal to the second terminal.

In order to facilitate other users (for example, a second user) in a motorcade to learn in time that the user (for example, a first user) has changed the previous route and selected a new route, in an embodiment, the vehicle navigation apparatus may further include a receiving module 13. The receiving module 13 may receive an instruction of sharing the currently selected route.

The obtaining module 11 may obtain route information of the first terminal.

The sending module 12 may send the route information of the first terminal to the second terminal, and then the second terminal may display the route information of the first terminal.

In this way, if the first user changed the previous route and selected a new route, the obtaining module 11 may obtain the selected route, and the sending module 12 may send the selected route to other terminals, for example, the second terminal used by the second user.

In order to facilitate other users (for example, the second user) in the motorcade to learn full navigation information in time when the user (for example, the first user) selected a new route, in an embodiment, the obtaining module 11 may obtain the route information selected by the user through the first terminal and candidate route information corresponding to the route information selected by the user. The sending module 12 may send the route information selected by the user and the candidate route information to the second terminal, and then the second terminal may display the route information selected by the user and the candidate route information.

In this way, after the first user selects a route, the obtaining module 11 may obtain both the route information selected by the user and the candidate route information corresponding to the route information selected by the user. And then, the sending module 12 may send the route information selected by the user and the candidate route information to other terminals, for example, the second terminal used by the second user.

In an embodiment, a candidate route may be generated by the first terminal according to the candidate route information, and sent to the second terminal. And then, the second terminal may display the candidate route. In another implementation, the candidate route may be generated and displayed by the second terminal after the second terminal receives the candidate route information from the first terminal. In order to reducing information sending flux, the candidate route may be generated by the second terminal after the second terminal receives the candidate route information from the first terminal.

In order to facilitate other users (for example, the second user) in the motorcade to learn a driving condition of the user (for example, a guide user, that is, the first user), in an embodiment, the obtaining module 11 may obtain current driving route information of the first terminal.

The sending module 12 may send the current driving route information of the first terminal to the second terminal, and then the second terminal may display the current driving route information of the first terminal.

In this way, during the driving process of the first user, the current driving route information of the first terminal may be obtained in time.

During the driving process of the first user, the first user may add some remark information to the current driving route, so that other users may learn and adjust the route in time. For example, the remark information may be current traffic condition information.

In an embodiment, the obtaining module 11 may obtain the remark information added to the current driving route through the first terminal by the user.

The sending module 12 may send the current driving route information of the first terminal and the remark information to the second terminal, and then the second terminal may display the current driving route information of the first terminal and the remark information.

In this way, during the driving process of the first user, other users may obtain both the current driving route information of the first user and the remark information added to the current driving route by the first user, thereby learning full navigation information.

In an implementation, the remark information may be current traffic condition information, for example, a picture shot by the first user, which may reflect the current traffic condition.

In an embodiment, the obtaining module 11 may obtain the current traffic condition information added to the current driving route through the first terminal by the user.

In the embodiment, after the vehicle navigation information is sent to the second terminal and before the second terminal displays the vehicle navigation information, the second terminal may display prompt information, as shown in Figure 5. The second terminal prompts the user using the second terminal whether to accept the vehicle navigation information of the first terminal, for example, route information.

The vehicle navigation apparatus may be the first terminal in the vehicle navigation system, or may be the vehicle navigation server in the vehicle navigation system.

An embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a terminal. The terminal may include the vehicle navigation apparatus provided by the above embodiment. The terminal may be an input or output terminal, for example, an input or output terminal of a computer. The terminal may also be a Personal Computer (PC), a tablet computer or a mobile phone.

An embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a vehicle navigation server, which may be any vehicle navigation apparatus provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure.

An embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a vehicle navigation method, which may be executed by the vehicle navigation system and the vehicle navigation apparatus provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure.

As shown in Figure 6, the vehicle navigation method includes following blocks.

At block S601, vehicle navigation information of a first terminal is obtained.

The vehicle navigation information of the first terminal may be obtained by the first terminal, or may be obtained by a vehicle navigation server from the first terminal.

At block S602, the vehicle navigation information of the first terminal is sent to a second terminal. After receiving the vehicle navigation information of the first terminal, the second terminal displays the vehicle navigation information of the first terminal.

The vehicle navigation information of the first terminal may be sent to the second terminal by the first terminal, or may be sent to the second terminal by the vehicle navigation server.

The vehicle navigation information of the first terminal may be sent to the second terminal directly by the first terminal, or may be sent to the second terminal via the vehicle navigation server by the first terminal.

The vehicle navigation information of the first terminal may be sent to the second terminal through a radio message or a data message. The radio message may be transmitted via a radio message channel, for example, a SMS message. The data message may be transmitted via a non-radio channel. For example, the data message may be transmitted via a data message channel or through a GPRS bearing mode. The data message may be a micro-chat message or a QQ message, and the contents of the data message may include, but are not limited to, a plain text, a facial expression, an image, an attachment, voice and so on.

In an embodiment, the vehicle navigation information may be transmitted across a channel. For example, the first terminal may send the vehicle navigation information via a radio channel, and the second terminal may send the vehicle navigation information via a data channel.

The vehicle navigation method provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure may be implemented on multiple platforms. The multiple platforms may be multiple mobile phone platforms such as Symbian (V3), Symbian (V5), android, MTK, iPhone, KJAVA (that is, Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME)), blackberry and WM (window smobile) .

The blocks shown in the accompanying drawings may be executed as a set of computer-executable instructions in a computer system. Moreover, in some embodiments, these blocks may be executed in an order different from that shown in the accompanying drawings.

In an embodiment, the process of obtaining the vehicle navigation information of the first terminal includes:

obtaining current position information of the first terminal when the first terminal receives an instruction of sharing a current position. For example, the current position of the first terminal may be determined through a Location Based Service (LBS) to obtain the current position information of the first terminal. The LBS may be implemented as follows: determining a geographical position of a terminal (for example, a mobile device) or a user, and providing various location-related services. The LBS may implement locating and serving functions among fixed users or mobile users by means of Internet or radio network. For another example, the current position of the first terminal may be determined through a MPS-Mobile Position Service. Taking Shanghai city as an example, after the current geographical position of a terminal user (for example, a mobile phone user) is determined, the names and addresses of hotels, cinemas, libraries and gas stations located within 1 kilometer around the current geographical position of the mobile phone user are searched for in Shanghai city.

The process of sending the vehicle navigation information of the first terminal to the second terminal includes:

sending the current position information of the first terminal to the second terminal.

And then, the second terminal may display the current position information of the first terminal.

In the embodiment, the first user may share the current position of the first user with the second user. The second user may select the current position of the first user as a destination, and then reach the destination through navigation.

In this way, when the first user share the current position of the first user through the first terminal, the first terminal may receive the instruction of sharing the current position, and send the current position information of the first terminal to the second terminal. And then, the second terminal may display the current position information of the first terminal.

The current geographical position of the first user may be determined through Global Positioning System (GPS), LBS, signal poles, distance between base stations and WIFI. For example, priorities may be configured according to high-to-low accuracy. The current geographical position of the first user may be determined according to the high-to-low priorities. If the current geographical position cannot be determined according to a high priority, the current geographical position may be determined according to a low priority.

In an embodiment, in order to make other users (for example, the second user) learn that a certain user (for example, the first user) has changed the previous route and selected a new route, the process of obtaining the vehicle navigation information of the first terminal includes:

when receiving an instruction of sharing the currently selected route, obtaining the route information of the first terminal.

The process of sending the vehicle navigation information to the second terminal includes:

sending the route information of the first terminal to the second terminal.

And then, the second terminal may display the route information of the first terminal.

In the embodiment, the first user may share the currently selected route with the second user, and then the second user may drive according to the route.

In this way, if the first user changed the previous route and selected a new route, the selected route may be obtained and sent to other terminals, for example, the second terminal used by the second user.

In the embodiment, the first user may click a button of sharing the current position or select an option of sharing the current position from the configuration of the first terminal, and other users or buddies allowed by the first user may obtain the current position of the first user (or the first terminal used by the first user). The buddies allowed by the first user may be buddies in an address list of the first terminal. The current position of the first user may be determined through GPS, LBS, signal poles, distance between base stations and WIFI. When the current position of the first user is determined through the distance between base stations, the current position of the first user may be determined according to the distance between three base stations closest to the current position of the first user. When the first user intends to share the current position or the route, the second terminal used by the second user may receive an instruction of sharing the current position or the route. The current position of the first user and a start point, end point and number of the selected route are sent to the vehicle navigation server. The vehicle navigation server sends the current position of the first user, the start point, end point and number of the selected route and the vehicle information (for example, a license plate and model) of the first terminal to the second terminal. And then, the second terminal displays the received information for the second user.

The second user may click and view the route of the first user. For example, Figure 8 shows a navigation interface of the shared route and current position according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 8, the A^→B route is the shared route of the first user, and A point is the shared current position of the first user.

In order to facilitate other users (for example, the second user) in a motorcade to learn full navigation information in time when a certain user (for example, the first user) changed the previous route and selected a new route, in an embodiment, the process of obtaining the route information of the first terminal includes:

obtaining the route information selected by the first user through the first terminal and candidate route information corresponding to the route information selected by the user.

The process of sending the route information of the first terminal to the second terminal includes:

sending the route information selected by the user and the candidate route information to the second terminal.

And then, the second terminal may display the route information selected by the user and the candidate route information.

In the embodiment, the first user may share the current position of the first user with the second user. After the second user clicks the shared current position, a navigation interface is automatically opened, and then the second user may view the route currently selected by the first user and the candidate route. After the second user selects a route, the navigation begins.

In this way, after the first user selects a route, both the route information selected by the first user and the candidate route information corresponding to the route information selected by the first user are obtained, and the route information selected by the first user and the candidate route information may be sent to other terminals, for example, the second terminal used by the second user.

In the embodiment, after the second terminal obtains the route or instant position of the first user, the second terminal may automatically determine the current position of the first user, and perform voice navigation according to the current position of the first terminal.

In order to facilitate other users (for example, the second user) in the motorcade to learn a driving condition of a certain user (for example, a guide user, that is, the first user) in the motorcade, in an embodiment, the process of obtaining the vehicle navigation information of the first terminal includes: obtaining the current driving route information of the first terminal.

sending the current driving route information of the first terminal to the second terminal.

And then, the second terminal may display the current driving route information of the first terminal.

In this way, during the driving process of the first user, the current driving route information of the first terminal used by the first user may be obtained in time.

During the driving process of the first user, the first user may add some remark information to the current driving route, so that other users may learn and adjust the route in time. For example, the remark information may be current traffic condition information

The process of obtaining the current driving route information of the first terminal includes:

obtaining the remark information added to the current driving route through the first terminal by the first user.

The process of sending the current driving route information of the first terminal to the second terminal includes:

sending the current driving route information of the first terminal and the remark information to the second terminal.

And then, the second terminal may display the current driving route information of the first terminal and the remark information.

The process of obtaining the remark information added to the current driving route by the first user includes:

obtaining the current traffic condition information added to the current driving route by the first user.

The process of sending the current driving route information of the first terminal and the remark information to the second terminal includes:

sending the current driving route information of the first terminal and the current traffic condition information to the second terminal.

And then, the second terminal may display the current driving route information of the first terminal and the current traffic condition information.

The current traffic condition information may refer to current road condition information, called road information for short. In the embodiment, any member in the motorcade may notify other members of the road information and the selected new route during the driving process. The road information may be sent to other members through voice, a picture and a SMS message. The road information may be issued separately to terminals used by other members or may be issued through a broadcast mode after being remarked on a route map. Further, the remark information may be issued to the terminals used by other members after being converted into a notification, or may be updated to the terminals used by other members together with the remarked route.

Figure 9 is a diagram illustrating a navigation interface showing route information and current traffic condition information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. For example, the current traffic condition information is shown with a picture. As can be seen from the picture, the road at one side is opened, and the road at the other side is closed.

It may be determined according to user configuration whether the traffic condition information is played, for example, whether the traffic condition information is to be automatically read with voice. When finding route deviation, the first user may determine according to configuration whether to prompt other users. Other users may select a new guide car according to actual requirements and display the new guide car on the route map.

In order to share information between the first terminal and the second terminal conveniently, an embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a vehicle navigation method, as shown in Figure 7.

Figure 7 is a flowchart illustrating a vehicle navigation method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The features mentioned in the above method embodiment may be combined into this embodiment. The vehicle navigation method includes following blocks.

At block S701, a sharing instruction of a first terminal is obtained. The sharing instruction may indicate to share a geographical position, a route, vehicle information and weather or driving information.

The sharing instruction may be input through an input apparatus of the first terminal, or may be received from a vehicle navigation server or a second terminal.

At block S702, the geographical position, the route, the vehicle information and the weather or driving information of the first terminal is sent to the second terminal.

After obtaining the sharing instruction, the first terminal sends shared information indicated by the sharing instruction to the second terminal.

At block S703, the second terminal displays the geographical position, the route, the vehicle information and the weather or driving information of the first terminal.

Figure 10 is a diagram illustrating a vehicle navigation apparatus according to another embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 10, the vehicle navigation apparatus at least includes a storage 1001 and a processor 1002 communicating with the storage 1001, in which the storage 1001 includes an obtaining instruction and a sending instruction that can be executed by the processor 1002. The storage 1001 may be a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and the obtaining instruction and the sending instruction may be machine readable instructions stored in the storage 1001. The processor 1002 may also execute the machine readable instructions stored in the storage 1001.

The obtaining instruction may obtain vehicle navigation information of a first terminal, and the vehicle navigation information of the first terminal is configured to provide vehicle navigation through the first terminal. The sending instruction may send the vehicle navigation information of the first terminal to a second terminal.

In an embodiment, the vehicle navigation apparatus further includes a receiving instruction. The receiving instruction may receive an instruction of sharing a current position. The obtaining instruction may obtain current position information of the first terminal. The sending instruction may send the current position information of the first terminal to the second terminal.

In an embodiment, the vehicle navigation apparatus further includes a receiving instruction. The receiving instruction may receive an instruction of sharing a currently selected route. The obtaining instruction may obtain route information of the first terminal. The sending instruction may send the route information of the first terminal to the second terminal. In an embodiment, the obtaining instruction may obtain the route information selected through the first terminal by a user and candidate route information corresponding to the route information selected by the user. The sending instruction may send to the second terminal the route information selected by the user and the candidate route information corresponding to the route information selected by the user.

In an embodiment, the obtaining instruction may obtain current driving route information of the first terminal. The sending instruction may send the current driving route information of the first terminal to the second terminal.

In an embodiment, the obtaining instruction may obtain remark information added to a current driving route of the first terminal by the user. The sending instruction may send the current driving route information of the first terminal and the remark information to the second terminal.

In an embodiment, the obtaining instruction may obtain traffic condition information added to the current driving route of the first terminal by the user. The sending instruction may send the current driving route information of the first terminal and the traffic condition information to the second terminal.

In an embodiment, the vehicle navigation apparatus further includes a receiving instruction. The receiving instruction may receive a navigation request from the second terminal, and the navigation request is configured to request for the vehicle navigation information.

An embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a computer storage medium. The computer storage medium may store computer program codes configured to execute all or part of steps of the above vehicle navigation method.

In the above method embodiments, a set of steps are described. However, those skilled in the art may understand that the order of the steps may be changed according to actual requirements and some steps may be executed synchronously. Those skilled in the art may understand that some steps and modules described in the above embodiments may be unnecessary in other embodiments.

In the above embodiments, some contents that are not described in detail may refer to other embodiments.

The apparatus described in the embodiments may be implemented in other modes. For example, the above described apparatus is schematic, and the modules are divided by logical functions. In actual applications, multiple units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, and some functions may be omitted or not be executed.

In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the modules may be integrated into a processing module, or may be separated physically. Or, two or more modules are integrated into a module. The above integrated module may be implemented by hardware or software.

If the integrated module is implemented by software and is sold or used as an exclusive product, the integrated module may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. According to an example, the methods described herein may be in the form of a software product, and the computer software product may be stored in a computer readable storage medium and include machine readable instructions to make a computer device (such as a handset, a personal computer, a server or a network device such as a switch or router) perform the methods described herein.

The foregoing is only preferred embodiments of the present disclosure and is not used to limit the protection scope of the present disclosure. Those skilled in the art may make improvement and modification for the embodiments of the present disclosure. Any modification, equivalent substitution and improvement without departing from the spirit and principle of the present disclosure are within the protection scope of the present disclosure.

Claims

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle navigation method, comprising:

2. The vehicle navigation method of claim 1, wherein

the obtaining the vehicle navigation information of the first terminal comprises: receiving, by the first terminal, an instruction of sharing a current position, and obtaining current position information of the first terminal; and

the sending the vehicle navigation information of the first terminal to the second terminal comprises: sending the current position information of the first terminal to the second terminal.

3. The vehicle navigation method of claim 1, wherein

the obtaining the vehicle navigation information of the first terminal comprises: receiving, by the first terminal, an instruction of sharing a currently selected route, and obtaining route information of the first terminal; and

the sending the vehicle navigation information of the first terminal to the second terminal comprises: sending the route information of the first terminal to the second terminal.

4. The vehicle navigation method of claim 3, wherein

the obtaining the route information of the first terminal comprises: obtaining the route information selected through the first terminal by a user and candidate route information corresponding to the route information selected by the user; and

the sending the route information of the first terminal to the second terminal comprises: sending to the second terminal the route information selected by the user and the candidate route information corresponding to the route information selected by the user.

5. The vehicle navigation method of claim 1, wherein

the obtaining the vehicle navigation information of the first terminal comprises: obtaining current driving route information of the first terminal; and the sending the vehicle navigation information of the first terminal to the second terminal comprises: sending the current driving route information of the first terminal to the second terminal.

6. The vehicle navigation method of claim 5, wherein

the obtaining the vehicle navigation information of the first terminal comprises: obtaining remark information added to a current driving route of the first terminal by the user; and

the sending the vehicle navigation information of the first terminal to the second terminal comprises: sending the current driving route information of the first terminal and the remark information to the second terminal.

7. The vehicle navigation method of claim 6, wherein

the obtaining the remark information added to the current driving route of the first terminal by the user comprises: obtaining traffic condition information added to the current driving route of the first terminal by the user; and

the sending the current driving route information of the first terminal and the remark information to the second terminal comprises: sending the current driving route information of the first terminal and the traffic condition information to the second terminal.

8. The vehicle navigation method of claim 1, before sending the vehicle navigation information to the second terminal, further comprising:

receiving a navigation request from the second terminal, and the navigation request being configured to request for the vehicle navigation information.

9. A vehicle navigation apparatus, comprising:

10. The vehicle navigation apparatus of claim 9, further comprising:

a receiving module, configured to receive an instruction of sharing a current position; the obtaining module is configured to obtain current position information of the first terminal, and

the sending module is configured to send the current position information of the first terminal to the second terminal.

11. The vehicle navigation apparatus of claim 9, further comprising:

a receiving module, configured to receive an instruction of sharing a currently selected route;

the obtaining module is configured to obtain route information of the first terminal; and

the sending module is configured to send the route information of the first terminal to the second terminal.

12. The vehicle navigation apparatus of claim 11, wherein

the obtaining module is configured to obtain the route information selected through the first terminal by a user and candidate route information corresponding to the route information selected by the user; and

the sending module is configured to send to the second terminal the route information selected by the user and the candidate route information corresponding to the route information selected by the user.

13. The vehicle navigation apparatus of claim 9, wherein

the obtaining module is configured to obtain current driving route information of the first terminal; and

the sending module is configured to send the current driving route information of the first terminal to the second terminal.

14. The vehicle navigation apparatus of claim 13, wherein

the obtaining module is configured to obtain remark information added to a current driving route of the first terminal by the user; and

the sending module is configured to send the current driving route information of the first terminal and the remark information to the second terminal.

15. The vehicle navigation apparatus of claim 14, wherein

the obtaining module is configured to obtain traffic condition information added to the current driving route of the first terminal by the user; and

the sending module is configured to send the current driving route information of the first terminal and the traffic condition information to the second terminal.

16. The vehicle navigation apparatus of claim 9, further comprising:

a receiving module, configured to receive a navigation request from the second terminal, and the navigation request being configured to request for the vehicle navigation information.

17. A vehicle navigation method, comprising:

18. A vehicle navigation system, comprising a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal is configured to obtain a sharing instruction, and the sharing instruction indicating to share a geographical position, a route, vehicle information and weather or driving information; and send the geographical position, the route, the vehicle information and the weather or driving information of the first terminal to the second terminal; and

19. A computer readable storage medium, comprising computer program codes for executing the steps in the method claimed by any of claims 1-8 and 17.