NAVIGON AG Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120041674 | NAVIGATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE GEOGRAPHIC OUTPUT OF NAVIGATION INSTRUCTIONS - A system and method for determining and displaying a navigation route on a navigation device from one vehicle position to a travel destination. The navigation device can include processor with RAM, a mass storage device for holding a database with geographic data, as well as a display. Embodiments of the invention can provide a high level of correlation between the actual situation on the road as seen by the user and the corresponding navigation maneuver displayed on the screen. The graphic output of navigation devices for complex intersections can also be improved regardless of whether the navigation device is a high-performance or very simple device. | 02-16-2012 |
20100312466 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CALCULATING ALTERNATIVE ROUTES IN A NAVIGATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a device and a method for navigating a vehicle along a route from a starting position or an instantaneous position to a destination. To this end, a route calculation device of a navigation device calculates a route course which is composed of a sequence of several coherent roads stored on a digital map of a memory device as a first route, and additionally calculates at least one alternative route by allocating a penalty attribute, especially increased average traveling time, road distance or the like, to at least one road of the first route. The method comprises at least the following steps of:
| 12-09-2010 |
20100217519 | METHOD AND NAVIGATION DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE ESTIMATED TIME OF TRAVEL - The present invention relates to a method for determining the estimated time of travel and time of arrival in the route determination on a digital road map by means of a speed table and by means of measured user speeds. Moreover, the present invention relates to a corresponding computer program product and to a digital storage medium as well as to a corresponding navigation device. | 08-26-2010 |
20100204912 | METHOD FOR GENERATING A DIGITAL ROAD MAP, NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A NAVIGATION SYSTEM - The present invention pertains to a method for generating a digital roadmap that can be stored on an electronic storage medium and in which a geographical area is specified by a multitude of data sets. The present invention further pertains to a navigation system that features a memory on which a digital roadmap of this type is stored and provided for use. Moreover, the present invention pertains to a method for operating a navigation system of the afore-mentioned type with a digital roadmap of the afore-mentioned type. | 08-12-2010 |
20100198498 | USE OF A MOBILE NAVIGATION DEVICE AS A PARKING TIME ASSISTANT - The present invention relates to a method for operating a mobile navigation device, including the following process steps: a) approaching a parking space with a vehicle in which the mobile navigation device is disposed; b) identifying the current position of said vehicle as a parking space; c) automatically storing the arrival time at the parking space and/or a resulting arrival time derived from the arrival time at the parking space. | 08-05-2010 |
20100185386 | METHOD FOR THE OPERATION OF A NAVIGATION DEVICE - The present invention relates to a method for operating a navigation device comprising an input device into which operating commands and/or location data, especially start data and/or destination data, can be entered, a road network database, a route calculation unit for calculating and storing a planned route taking into account the location data and the road network database, a signal receiving unit for receiving position signals, particularly GPS signals, a position determining unit for determining the current position of a vehicle, and a display device. Said method comprises the following steps: a) the current vehicle position is determined taking into account the received position signals; b) a route preview is calculated which represents at least one section of the planned route as a film sequence, starting from the current vehicle position; c) the route preview is displayed. | 07-22-2010 |
20080284782 | ELECTRONIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device and a method for operating an electronic display device for displaying several characters in a character set, in particular for displaying letters and/or numbers. At least one character in the character set can be chosen by actuating a choosing device, and selected for further processing by actuating a selection device. The characters can be arranged and displayed on a curved line. | 11-20-2008 |
20080266298 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A TEXT OBJECT - A device and a method for generating a text object, in particular, for a geographic map illustration. The text object comprises a multitude of letters and serves for identifying, for example, a geographic characteristic on the map illustration. The text object comprises several letters, the font sizes or spacings of which are reduced relative to the spacings between the other letters of the text object. The text object can be displayed on monitors with small dimensions, particularly in the field of navigation systems. It is also possible to display larger text objects such as, for example, long street names on small navigation monitors such that they can be easily recognized without occupying valuable monitor space required for other purposes. | 10-30-2008 |
20080208450 | NAVIGATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE GRAPHIC OUTPUT OF NAVIGATON INSTRUCTIONS - A system and method for determining and displaying a navigation route on a navigation device from one vehicle position to a travel destination. The navigation device can include processor with RAM, a mass storage device for holding a database with geographic data, as well as a display. Depending on whether a complex intersection is present on the navigation route, the complex intersection can be shown on the display in the form of a single perspective view. Embodiments of the invention can provide a high level of correlation between the actual situation on the road as seen by the user and the corresponding navigation maneuver displayed on the screen. The graphic output of navigation devices for complex intersections can also be improved regardless of whether the navigation device is a high-performance or very simple device. | 08-28-2008 |