Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
701526000 | Portable | 27 |
20120191346 | DEVICE WITH CAMERA-INFO - The present application relates to a device, such as a navigation device, for vehicular and non-vehicular use, e.g. by pedestrians. The device is arranged to receive a feed from a camera. The navigation device is further arranged to display a combination of a camera image from the feed from the camera and virtual signage on the display. The virtual signage relating to roads, buildings, points of interest and the like. | 07-26-2012 |
20120245846 | PORTABLE EQUIPMENT - Portable device, like a digital camera, is equipped with a GPS receiver, thereby detecting a current position. When a change does not occur in the detected current position for a given period of time or more, the position is considered to be a living sphere, like a user's home. When the user is situated in the living sphere, a receive cycle of the GPS receiver is increased so as to become larger than a normal receive cycle, thereby reducing power consumption. | 09-27-2012 |
20130066551 | PRIORITIZED AND SUBJECTIVELY PERSONAL NAVIGATION - Apparatus and methods for recommending a navigation destination based upon recent updates are provided. The apparatus and methods include, in one or more aspects, receiving a request from a user communication device for a desired item, and associating a user location of the user communication device with a destination location of a provider of the desired item. Further, the one or more aspects include identifying a destination communication device at the destination location, and querying the destination communication device for a human-originating response to obtain a current accessibility status of the desired item. Additionally, the one or more aspects include reporting the destination location of the provider and the current accessibility status to the user communication device. | 03-14-2013 |
20130138342 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INDOOR NAVIGATION - A device and method for assisting navigation to an indoor stationary object within a building, comprising: a user interface module for receiving an indication of the current location of a user and of an indoor stationary object within a building, and for presenting the direction of an indoor stationary object to the user; a storage device for storing Absolute Locations of the current location and the indoor stationary object; an instruction generation component for determining distance and navigation instructions between the current location and the indoor stationary object; a direction determination unit for determining a direction a user holding the device is moving at; a distance evaluation unit for determining a distance passed by a user holding the device; and a user updated location determination component for evaluating a current location of a user holding the device based on information received from the direction determination unit and distance evaluation unit. | 05-30-2013 |
20140088867 | TRAVEL ORIENTATION CALCULATION APPARATUS, TRAVEL ORIENTATION CALCULATION METHOD, TRAVEL ORIENTATION CALCULATION PROGRAM, AND NAVIGATION APPARATUS - A travel orientation can be calculated with a high degree of accuracy. | 03-27-2014 |
20140095069 | INTELLIGENT ROUTE PLANNING - The present disclosure relates to computer-implemented methods and systems for intelligent route planning. An example method may include receiving, by a computation system comprising one or more processors, one or more tasks. The one or more tasks may be associated with one or more locations. The method may further include storing, by the computation system, the one or more tasks. The method may further include receiving, by the computation system, current location information associated with a user. The method may further include generating, by the computation system, based upon the one or more tasks and the current location information, one or more notifications associated with at least one task for presentation to the user. | 04-03-2014 |
20140114571 | MEETING NOTIFICATION AND MODIFICATION SERVICE - Techniques are described for providing a meeting notification and automatic modification service. A system may be configured to identify an appointment in a calendar application, identify a geographic location of the appointment, and identify, before the appointment time, a geographic location of a first participant of the appointment. Based on the geographic information, the system may identify a route extending from the geographic location of the first participant to the geographic location of the appointment, and may identify a travel time associated with the route. Based on the travel time and the appointment time, the system may determine whether the first participant is estimated to arrive at the appointment on time and, based on the determination, the system may send a message to participants of the appointment or dynamically reschedule the appointment. | 04-24-2014 |
20140222334 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF POINTS OF INTEREST WITHIN A PREDEFINED AREA - The subject matter disclosed herein relates to a system and method for identification of points of interest within a predefined area. Location estimates for substantially stationary mobile devices may be utilized to determine locations of one or more points of interest. Location estimates for mobile devices in motion may be utilized to determine locations of one or more corridors. | 08-07-2014 |
20140278084 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTELLIGENT ACQUISITION OF POSITION INFORMATION - Improved methods and systems for position acquisition and/or monitoring are disclosed. The position acquisition and/or monitoring can be performed with improved intelligence so that data acquisition, transmission and/or processing is reduced. As a result, the position acquisition and/or monitoring is able to be performed in a power efficient manner. | 09-18-2014 |
20140297180 | Mobilized Sensor System - A location associated with an identified hardware device is determined. A mobilized sensor system navigates to the determined location. The mobilized sensor system captures identity information from a “located” device at the determined location. Whether or not the located device is the identified hardware device is determined based on the information. | 10-02-2014 |
20140330516 | NAVIGATING WITH A CAMERA DEVICE - A navigation system and method are described. A destination may be determined for a user. A starting location may be determined for the user using data obtained via a mobile device of the user. The user may be enabled to establish a route from the starting location to the destination using the mobile device. Route information that details the established route may be stored in a database for subsequent display to other users. In some embodiments, a value total for each user may be stored, and value may be added to the user's value total in response to the user establishing the route from the starting location to the destination. | 11-06-2014 |
20140372029 | Navigating and Routing Device - A navigating and routing device for a mobile device is disclosed. The navigating and routing device includes a setting unit, for setting a local device information of the navigating and routing device and at least one device information of at least one navigating and routing device of at least one mobile device; a positioning unit, for obtaining a local position information of the navigating and routing device and at least one positioning information of the at least one navigating and routing device via a positioning system according to the local device information and the at least one device information; and a navigating and routing unit, for navigating and routing a route from the mobile device to a target according to a position of the target and the local position information. | 12-18-2014 |
20140372030 | PROVIDING ROUTE RECOMMENDATIONS - In one implementation, a computer-implemented method includes obtaining travel information that indicates travel patterns for a mobile computing device that is associated with a user; identifying a current context for the mobile computing device and the user; identifying one or more destination locations that the user has at least a threshold likelihood of travelling to with the mobile computing device based on the current context and the obtained travel information; generating a prediction that one or more events have at least a threshold probability of occurring along one or more of a plurality of routes for travelling to the identified one or more destination locations; selecting a particular route from the plurality of routes to recommend to the user based on the current context and the prediction of the one or more events; and providing route information that identifies the selected particular route. | 12-18-2014 |
20150012213 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMS FOR ESTIMATING A ROUTE - The method estimating said route between an origin location and a destination location of a cell phone user requesting said route by using a computer device receiving as inputs location data from a base station tower, said computer device: creating a plurality of perturbations of at least one of said computed origin or said destination location within said base station tower coverage; for each perturbation created querying a route calculation engine, based on geospatial data, to calculate a route between said perturbations or between said perturbations and said origin or destination and obtaining a list of routes, and choosing among said list of routes an optimal route by maximizing an utility function that assesses the efficacy of each route of said list of routes by using user's location data being performed within certain distance of said calculated routes. | 01-08-2015 |
20150019131 | LOCATION-BASED SECURITY - In one disclosed embodiment, a portable user-carried device includes wireless communication circuitry capable of determining a relative direction of a wireless signal in a vehicle. A processor may be programmed to determine a location of the device within a vehicle based upon the relative direction of the wireless signal as determined by the wireless communication circuitry. In a disclosed method for activating a function in a vehicle, a state of a user-carried portable device is determined. A function is activated based upon the state of the user-carried portable device. | 01-15-2015 |
20150051832 | Deviation Detection in Mobile Transit Systems - In one embodiment, a mobile device or a network device is configured to identify when a transit vehicle deviates from a transit path. The mobile device is configured to perform a positioning technique to generate data indicative of the location of a mobile device. Based on the location of the mobile device, a path is identified. The path is associated with an estimated path width based on the classification of the path and/or the accuracy of the positioning technique. A target route is calculated using the estimated path width. As the transit vehicle travels, the target route is compared to the location of the mobile device. If the mobile device and or transit vehicle deviates from the target route, a message is generated. The message may indicate that the transit vehicle is being re-routed and/or recommends the computation of a new path. | 02-19-2015 |
20150057928 | Method and Apparatus for Controlling An Electrical Device and a Wireless Charging Device - Method and apparatus for controlling an electrical device and a wireless charging device, each comprising one or more modules. An interrupt signal is received. A type of the interrupt signal is determined. A first module is activated based on the type of the interrupt signal to perform one or more functions. The electrical device and the wireless charging device share at least the first module. | 02-26-2015 |
20150057929 | Analyzing Marine Trip Data - Various implementations described herein are directed to a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, may cause the computer to receive data recorded by a wearable device during a fishing trip. The computer may receive location data that corresponds to the fishing trip. The computer may use the data recorded by the wearable device to determine a time period for a fishing activity during the fishing trip. The computer may use the location data to determine locations corresponding to the time period. | 02-26-2015 |
20150308835 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE PHYSICAL LOCATION AND ROUTING WITHIN A FIELD OF LOW POWER BEACONS - A non-time of flight or time of arrival position location system for accurate determination of a user's location in an enclosed, indoor, or covered environment can include a number of beacons mounted in an arrangement within the environment. Each of the beacons is mounted in a known location and transmits a broadcast signal containing a unique identifier that identifies the originating beacon. A handheld electronic device including a receiver and a communicably coupled processor can receive broadcast signals from at least some of the number of beacons, iteratively determine a vector quantity corresponding to each of the received signals, and sum the resultant vector quantities to determine an updated position. The iterative process can be repeated until consecutive iterations yield an updated position that falls within a defined threshold. | 10-29-2015 |
20150316391 | VEHICLE NAVIGATION - Navigation method and system are provided. The navigation method may include: a vehicle mounted system, which includes a storage device and a display, receiving a Turn-by-Turn navigation guidance instruction from a mobile device which has a navigation program running thereon; the vehicle mounted system selecting at least one guidance logo, stored in the storage device, according to the received Turn-by-Turn navigation guidance instruction; and the vehicle mounted system presenting on the display the at least one selected guidance logo. More vehicles can provide navigation with help of the mobile device. | 11-05-2015 |
20150321558 | INFORMATION DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE DRIVER AND METHOD TO CONTROL SAME - Portable information device ( | 11-12-2015 |
20150345954 | GRAPHICAL ROUTE NAVIGATION - A graphical route navigation process utilizes a known layout of an environment within a structure in combination with a series of route coordinate reference tags, wherein each second route coordinate reference tag location is available for use as a path coordinate. The process defines a route for directing an individual through the structure. The route can be used for inspecting equipment or other items within the facility. The process is presented in a graphical format on any suitable portable computing device, including tablets, smart phones, and the like. The process can include support functions, including photographical assistance screens, inter-floor transfer assistance screens, and environmental hazard or warning screens. The support device would include a capability to read the reference tags enabling the device to determine the location of the individual within the structure. | 12-03-2015 |
20160069692 | DETERMINATION OF A ROUTE OF A MOBILE DEVICE IN A MOBILE NETWORK - A method and system for determining a traveled route of a mobile device in a mobile network. A determination is made of a series of consecutive movements of the mobile device along a path of locations from an origin location of the path at an earliest activity of a plurality of activities of the mobile device to a destination location of the path at a latest activity of the plurality of activities. Historical sets of routes of the mobile device are accessed from storage. At least one common route is ascertained from the set of routes, wherein the locations in each common route include all of the locations on the path. A common route of the at least one common route is designated as the traveled route of the mobile device. | 03-10-2016 |
20160123740 | PROVISION OF NAVIGATION SERVICE INCLUDING REPORTING OF ELEVATION INFORMATION AND/OR VERTICAL GUIDANCE - Methods, apparatuses and storage medium associated with navigation service are disclosed. In various embodiments, a method may include collecting, by a client mobile device, ambient barometric pressure information at a current location of the client mobile device. The method may further include providing, by the mobile device, contemporaneous navigation assistance to a user of the mobile device or for a user of the mobile device, assisted by a remote navigation assistance service. Assistance by the remote navigation service is associated with determining the current elevation level, based at least in part on ambient barometric pressure information collected by the client mobile device and by one or more crowdsourced mobile devices at the current location. Other embodiments may be disclosed or claimed. | 05-05-2016 |
20160123746 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus obtains a first location of a user at a certain time and a second location of the user at a predetermined time later than the certain time. The information processing apparatus obtains a facility search request. The information processing apparatus estimates the direction in which the user will travel from the second location, based on the obtained first and second locations. When a plurality of facilities found in response to the obtained search request include a first facility not located in the estimated direction and a second facility that is located in the estimated direction and farther from the second location than the first facility, the information processing apparatus causes the second facility to be presented in preference to the first facility as a search result. | 05-05-2016 |
20160146620 | PROACTIVE DELIVERY OF NAVIGATION OPTIONS - Various embodiments pertain to techniques for proactively delivering navigation options to a user via a mobile device. In various embodiments, one or more navigation options can be determined for the user and delivered to the user's mobile device at a relevant time. Navigation options can be selected based on the user's current location, the user's future plans, the time, and other locally relevant information, such as friends nearby or a nearby favorite location of the user. The navigation options can be delivered to the user's mobile device at a time that the navigation options are relevant. | 05-26-2016 |
20160153802 | DRIVE ASSIST SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM | 06-02-2016 |