Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
701516000 | Location dependent distribution of information to user | 19 |
20120095680 | GPS NAVIGATOR - Disclosed is a method and system for identifying a location of interest between a user and an identified endpoint and creating a user preference profile containing at least one location of interest to the user. A sampling bandwidth is designated based on current distance to the identified endpoint, wherein the navigation unit dynamically expands the sampling bandwidth as the user approaches within a predetermined distance of the endpoint. At least one user preference profile location of interest is selected that is within the sampling bandwidth that is between the user and the indentified endpoint. A sampling vector is computed for the at least one location of interest within the sampling bandwidth, and the user is alerted to the sampling vector for the at least one location of interest within the sampling bandwidth. | 04-19-2012 |
20120158297 | INDOOR LOCATION RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND INDOOR LOCATION RECOGNITION METHOD USING THE SAME - Disclosed is an indoor location recognition system capable of providing location based services indoors. The indoor location recognition system includes a portable terminal including a short range location recognition system and a wireless communication system using an RFID technology and a two-dimensional bar code technology, a geomagnetic sensor, a camera, an RFID reader or tag, an indoor navigation device calculating a moving distance from revolutions of a wheel of a shopping cart to transmit the calculated moving distance to the portable terminal, shopping mall map information transmitted to the portable terminal, and shopping mall application programs providing location based services. The shopping mall to which the indoor location recognition system according to the exemplary embodiments of the present invention is applied can reduce initial installation costs and operation costs while providing high accuracy of location estimation. | 06-21-2012 |
20120330546 | Automated Location-Intelligent Traffic Notification Service Systems and Methods - Traffic notification systems include a location determination system that can determine a geographic location of a subscriber, and an automated traffic notification system that can automatically transmit a traffic notification message that is based on the geographic location of the subscriber to a wireless. | 12-27-2012 |
20130006529 | SYSTEMS INCLUDING MOBILE DEVICES AND HEAD-MOUNTABLE DISPLAYS THAT SELECTIVELY DISPLAY CONTENT, SUCH MOBILE DEVICES, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA FOR CONTROLLING SUCH MOBILE DEVICES - A system includes a head-mountable display and a mobile device. The mobile device includes a position acquisition device that acquires positional information indicating a position of the mobile device. The mobile device includes a first orientation acquisition device that acquires first orientation information indicating an orientation of the mobile device with respect to a reference direction. The mobile device includes a first display that displays content based on the positional information and the first orientation information on the mobile device when a condition is satisfied. The mobile device includes a first receiver that receives second orientation information indicating an orientation of the head-mountable display with respect to one or more of the reference direction and the orientation of the mobile device. The mobile device includes a first transmitter that transmits content based on the positional information and the second orientation information when the condition is not satisfied. | 01-03-2013 |
20130013200 | TRAVEL GUIDANCE SYSTEM, TRAVEL GUIDANCE APPARATUS, TRAVEL GUIDANCE METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A travel guidance system and method are provided. The travel guidance system includes a navigation-route setting unit that sets a navigation route, a guidance junction on the navigation route and a junction acquiring unit that acquires a position of a preceding junction that is located closer to a departure place of the navigation route than the guidance junction. The system also includes a guidance setting unit that sets guidance on the guidance junction and a junction guiding unit that provides guidance on the guidance junction on the basis of the guidance set by the guidance setting unit. The system is configured such that the guidance includes a first phrase for specifying a positional relationship between the movable body and the preceding junction and a second phrase for specifying a positional relationship between the movable body and the guidance junction after the movable body has passed through the preceding junction. | 01-10-2013 |
20130131985 | WEARABLE ELECTRONIC IMAGE ACQUISITION AND ENHANCEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGE ACQUISITION AND VISUAL ENHANCEMENT - The system comprises a wearable, electronic image acquisition and processing system (or visual enhancement system) to guide visually impaired individuals through their environment, providing information to the user about nearby objects of interest, potentially dangerous obstacles, their location, and potential paths to their destination. | 05-23-2013 |
20130197802 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes a position detecting unit detecting a position, an explanation information storage unit storing explanation position information and explanation information, a generation unit extracting the explanation information corresponding to a first explanation position from the explanation information storage unit and generating the extracted explanation information with a sound when the first explanation position is detected within a first distance from the detected position, and a group determining unit determining whether or not the first explanation position belongs to the same group as a second explanation position when the second explanation position is detected within the first distance from the detected position after the generation unit starts the generating of the explanation information corresponding to the first explanation position with a sound, wherein the generation unit continues to reproduce the explanation information with a sound when both explanation positions belong to the same group. | 08-01-2013 |
20140032104 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH RANGE BASED NOTIFICATION ENHANCEMENT DELIVERY MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: setting a delivery range for establishing a boundary; detecting a current location relative to the delivery range to a destination with the current location for locating a device; generating a travel route from the current location to the destination; selecting a delivery mode based on whether the current location is within the delivery range; and generating a local notification based on activating the delivery mode for displaying on the device. | 01-30-2014 |
20140195153 | COURSE-BASED PLACE SEARCHING - Course-based place searching systems and methods are described. In an embodiment, a system for performing a course-based place search may include a navigation device, a processing device, and a display. The navigation device may be configured to track a location and a course of the vehicle. The processing device may be communicatively coupled to the navigation device and may be configured to request places from a resource based at least in part on the location of the vehicle and the search criterion and to return a first one or more places received from the resource to an occupant of the vehicle. The first one or more places may be based at least in part on the course of the vehicle. The display may be communicatively coupled to the processing device. The first one or more places may be displayed on the display. | 07-10-2014 |
20140316699 | Automatic Image Capture - In one embodiment, a mobile device generates sensor data configured to describe a geographic position of a mobile device. A list of events is defined according to position data and time data. The geographic position of the mobile device is compared to positions in the list of events of interest and a current time is compared to time data in the list of events of interest. The comparison determines whether events in the list are in range of the mobile device. One or more nearby events in range of the mobile device at the current time or a future time are selected. A command is generated to capture an image of the nearby events using a camera coupled to the mobile device. The captured images may be used to update navigation or map database, provide community or weather data to other users, social media functions, or other features. | 10-23-2014 |
20140330515 | System and Method for Gesture-Based Point of Interest Search - A user, such as the driver of a vehicle, to retrieve information related to a point of interest (POI) near the vehicle by pointing at the POI or performing some other gesture to identify the POI. Gesture recognition is performed on the gesture to generate a target region that includes the POI that the user identified. After generating the target region, information about the POI can be retrieved by querying a server-based POI service with the target region or by searching in a micromap that is stored locally. The retrieved POI information can then be provided to the user via a display and/or speaker in the vehicle. This process beneficially allows a user to rapidly identify and retrieve information about a POI near the vehicle without having to navigate a user interface by manipulating a touchscreen or physical buttons. | 11-06-2014 |
20150127252 | SYSTEM FOR INTERACTION OF NAVIGATION AND CONNECTIVITY APPLICATIONS AND PERSONAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS - A system and method for providing fluent interaction between connectivity applications, personal information management applications and navigation applications. The present invention enables a user to launch navigation application directly from a “Contacts” application. This invention also enables the same result to be achieved in reverse, enabling direct access from a navigation application to contact information, eliminating the need for the user to manually access and enter information. | 05-07-2015 |
20160011002 | MAP INFORMATION CREATION DEVICE, INFORMATION PRESENTATION DEVICE, MAP INFORMATION CREATION METHOD AND INFORMATION PROVISION METHOD | 01-14-2016 |
20160018237 | NAVIGATION SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - Navigation systems and associated methods for providing navigation services are provided. Information associated with a desired route for a vehicle, such as a route between a current location and a desired destination, may be determined. Additionally, contextual information associated with the vehicle may be identified. Based upon the desired route and the contextual information, a direction may be generated for presentation to one or more users, and the generated direction may be output for presentation. | 01-21-2016 |
20160047671 | IDENTIFYING A RESULT RESPONSIVE TO A CURRENT LOCATION OF A CLIENT DEVICE - A method for identifying a result responsive to a current location of a client device includes receiving, form a client device and at a host, a search query that includes a point of interest and a current location of the client device. The method also includes automatically updating the search query as the current location of the client device changes and instructing the host to identify a potential location associated with the point of interest and located within a user-defined proximity from the current location of the client device. | 02-18-2016 |
20160155335 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PAIRING PASSENGERS AND IN-VEHICLE EQUIPMENT | 06-02-2016 |
20160161280 | RECOMMENDING ACTIONS BASED ON CONTEXT - A system creates filters and provides tasks based on a geographic location associated with each task. The geographic location may be in one of several types of coordinate formats, and determined by the actual user location when the task is created of input associated with a desired location. When a user requests tasks for a specified geographic location, the user's tasks are filtered by a particular geographic location associated with the request. The filter may allow tasks that match the location and are within a threshold distance of the location. Tasks having a geographical location that are outside the threshold distance from the location are not provided. When managing tasks from a mobile device, the geographic location can be automatically determined by the mobile device. When managing tasks from a non-mobile device, the geographical location may be received or derived from user input. | 06-09-2016 |
20160169700 | Dynamically Varied Map Labeling | 06-16-2016 |
20190147739 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE | 05-16-2019 |