Navigation method and personal navigation device for assisting parking nearby destination

Abstract

The invention relates to a navigation method and a personal navigation device for assisting parking nearby a destination. The method for assisting parking nearby a destination comprises the following steps of: receiving instructions from a user to generate navigation instructions on reaching a destination; determining whether the destination is located downtown; enquiring the user whether to park or not and selecting a parking lot if the user wants to park; and planning a path to the destination with the selected parking lot as a medium point. The invention further provides the personal navigation device for assisting parking nearby a destination. Thereby, the method can assist users with the personal navigation device in parking at the downtown where parking space is probably unavailable, and the personal navigation device provided by the invention can guide the user to walk to the destination from the parking lot. Furthermore, the personal navigation device can give more accurate estimated arriving time by taking the time taken by the user to walk to the destination from the parking lot into account, thereby more convenience is provided for the user.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a personal navigation device (personal navigation device), in particular to an assistance for assisting the user of the personal navigation device to find a parking lot adjacent to the destination and navigating the user from the parking lot adjacent to the destination to the destination. A navigation method and a personal navigation device for parking near a destination. Background technique [0002] A navigation device based on a Global Positioning System (GPS) is well known and widely used in the field of vehicles to provide navigation information for drivers. The functions of a general navigation device include providing a map database for displaying navigation instructions on a display of the navigation device. The navigation device is usually arranged on or in the instrument panel of the vehicle by adsorption or other erection methods. [0003] The term "navigation device" means a device capable of providing use...

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More importantly, when the user is not familiar with the area near the destination, it will cause more pressure on the user to find a parking space, thus wasting more time, causing the user to be late...etc.

For example, the user may not know that it is difficult to find a parking space near the destination. After the user arrives at the destination, he finds that there are few parking spaces nearby, so that the user does not know where to find the parking space. And after finding the parking space, it is not known how to get from the parking space to the desired destinatio...

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