| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 701206000 | Employing way point navigation | 48 |
| 20080208454 | Path approximation for planar motion of a ground vehicle - The generation of a planar trajectory for use by a vehicle in guiding its position is described. The trajectory is generated by identifying points representing the trajectory, fairing the identified points to generate a set of faired points, and computing a set of polynomial segments from the faired points. The segments form a curve representing the trajectory, where the curve is C | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080243372 | NAVIGATING UAVS IN FORMATION - Navigating UAVs in formation, including assigning pattern positions to each of a multiplicity of UAVs flying together in a pattern; identifying a waypoint for each UAV in dependence upon the UAV's pattern position; piloting the UAVs in the pattern toward their waypoints in dependence upon a navigation algorithm, where the navigation algorithm includes repeatedly comparing the UAV's intended position and the UAV's actual position and calculating a corrective flight vector when the distance between the UAV's actual and intended positions exceeds an error threshold. The actual position of the UAV may be taken from a GPS receiver on board the UAV. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080262717 | Device, system and method of landmark-based routing and guidance - Device, system and method of landmark-based routing and guidance; for example, an apparatus including a route guidance information generator adapted to generate route guidance information including one or more road-based references and one or more landmark-based references. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080270022 | Method for positioning at least one reporting point on a flight track - The invention relates to a method for positioning reporting points that allows an exact positioning of the said reporting points on the track to be conserved, by continually using their original references in order to reposition these points each time the track is recalculated. The advantages of this solution are, on the one hand, to continually position the reporting points along the track rather than off the track and, thus, to locate the reporting points exactly notably in terms of distance, time and altitude. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080294335 | System for Managing the Terminal Part of a Flight Plan - The management system plots the route to be flown in a flight plan, at least partially, by a chaining of published navigation procedures accessible from a NavDB navigation database and constituted of sequences of waypoints and/or turn points associated with specific flight constraints. It comprises a mirror memory storing the latest versions of the published navigation procedures, modified by the crew of the aircraft during the progress of the flight plan and means of substituting these latest versions stored in the mirror memory for the published versions of the navigation procedures during a change in the route predicted in the flight plan obtained by a new chaining of navigation procedures, some of which are taken from the preceding chaining. This makes it possible, during a change of navigation procedure, to take account of specific flight constraints already entered during the progress of the flight but not appearing in the published navigation procedures. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20090076721 | NAVIGATION AID METHOD - The invention relates to a navigation aid method and device for an aircraft. The aircraft occupies a position PPOS outside its flight plan and seeks to rejoin the flight plan. The flight plan includes a succession of waypoints. A waypoint WPT | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090082954 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TERRAIN WARNING SUPPRESSION USING FLIGHT PLAN INFORMATION - A method according to an aspect of the present invention includes determining if terrain presents a hazard to an aircraft based on the current position of the aircraft and the intended flight plan for the aircraft and providing an alert if it is determined that the terrain presents a hazard to the aircraft. The method may be employed in any situation to achieve any result, such as when the aircraft is in a low-RNP environment to prevent nuisance terrain alerts. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090082955 | METHOD OF PLOTTING A PORTION OF TRAJECTORY OF AN AIRCRAFT COMPRISING A CIRCULAR ARC OF CONSTANT RADIUS - A method is disclosed for plotting a trajectory portion ( | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090099768 | Methods and Apparatus for Swarm Navigation of Multiple Agents - A swarm navigation system is disclosed. The swarm navigation system includes a plurality of mobile agents, each having a receiver and capable of receiving a collision avoidance signal or a target attraction signal from a remote source. A stereo antenna system and memory storing instructions cause the mobile agent to determine the intensity and direction of the received collision avoidance signal or the received target attraction signal and to navigate the mobile agent substantially towards the received target attraction signal and substantially away from the received collision avoidance signal. Each mobile agent may further include a collision avoidance beacon mounted to the mobile agent and adapted to broadcast a collision avoidance signal, and a target attraction beacon mounted to the mobile agent and adapted to selectively broadcast a target attraction signal. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090112459 | WAYPOINT CODE ESTABLISHING METHOD, NAVIGATION STARTING METHOD AND DEVICE THEREOF - A navigation starting method applied to a navigation device includes: inputting a code to the navigation device, wherein the navigation device has a plurality of target waypoint codes respectively corresponding to a plurality of target waypoints; choosing a specified target waypoint from the plurality of target waypoints according to the code and the plurality of target waypoint codes; and automatically starting a navigation operation corresponding to the specified target waypoint after the specified target waypoint is chosen. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090132163 | CONFIGURING AND USING MULTI-DIMENSIONAL ZONES - A method to define a three-dimensional geographical zone that is utilized with a movable entity having at least one attached transponder is disclosed. The method comprises allowing a user to enter at least one waypoint, and loading at least one waypoint on at least one transponder. In one or more embodiments, a waypoint is defined by a geographical coordinate and a radius. The geographical coordinate is represented by a latitude value, a longitude value, and an elevation value. And, the radius is represented by a distance magnitude. In some embodiments, the method further comprises regulating the movable entity by monitoring, controlling, and/or visualizing the movement, non-movement, or position of the movable entity. The transponder determines whether the transponder is located inside the three-dimensional geographical zone by obtaining global positioning coordinates, and calculating whether or not the global positioning coordinates are located inside at least one waypoint. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090150068 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING A TAXIING TRAJECTORY FOR AN AIRCRAFT - The device ( | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090157302 | PEDESTRIAN ROUTE PRODUCTION - As a pedestrian travels, various difficulties can be encountered, such as traveling through an unsafe neighborhood or being in an open area that is subject to harsh temperatures. A route can be developed for a person taking into account factors that specifically affect a pedestrian. Moreover, the route can alter as a situation of a user changes; for instance, if a user wants to add a stop along a route. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090171568 | METHODS, DEVICES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR GEO-TAGGED PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE AUGMENTED GPS NAVIGATION - A method of providing augmented Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation can include detecting movement of a GPS enabled mobile device along a navigational route and displaying a photographic image on a display of the GPS enabled mobile device responsive to detecting movement of the GPS enabled mobile device along the navigational route provided by the GPS enabled mobile device. Related devices and computer program products are also disclosed. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090210147 | Method, Apparatus and Computer Program Product for Map Generation Using Perpendicular Projection to Merge Data - An apparatus for enabling generation of a map using perpendicular projection to merge data may include a processor. The processor may be configured to receive an indication of a first trace defining a first position history and a second trace defining a second position history, perform a perpendicular projection calculation with respect to portions of the first and second traces, and merge the first trace and the second trace on the basis of the perpendicular projection calculation. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090210148 | Mobile device and server for facilitating GPS based services - Mobile device for communicating arrival information at a waypoint, communicating that information to a server, receiving a set of tasks (statically assigned or dynamically assigned) for the user (for example, from the server or from another user), displaying the set of tasks to the user, receiving a completion response (successful or unsuccessful) from the user, and proceeding to the next waypoint along a route/trip plan. In one embodiment, a coordination server facilitates communication of a list of tasks assigned to a user to be performed at a specified location. The list of tasks is delivered to the user of the first mobile device by the coordination server (if such tasks exist) when the coordination server receives notification from the first mobile device indicating arrival at a specific location. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090216432 | System and Method for Precision Collaborative Targeting - A method for precision collaborative targeting includes determining information indicative of a current location and of a known remote location. A first distance is determined from the current location to the known remote location. A sensor is slewed towards an unknown remote location, the sensor being initially directed from the current location to the known remote location. The distance from the current location to the unknown remote location is measured. Information indicative of the location of the unknown remote location is determined from the amount of slewing and the distance from the current location to the unknown remote location. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090248297 | WAYPOINT DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A display system and method for a vehicle are provided. The display system includes a processor configured to receive data representative of a waypoint and terrain and to supply display commands associated with the waypoint and the terrain; and a display device coupled the processor for receiving the display commands and operable to render three-dimensional terrain and a first symbol elevated from the terrain representing the waypoint. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090319175 | MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICES, ARCHITECTURE AND USER INTERFACES BASED ON DYNAMIC DIRECTION INFORMATION - Mobile endpoints are provided that enable direction based pointing services including a positional component for receiving positional information as a function of a location of the portable electronic device, a directional component that outputs direction information as a function of an orientation of the portable electronic device and a location based engine that processes the positional information and the direction information to determine a subset of points of interest relative to the portable electronic device as a function of at least the positional information and the direction information. Devices can include compass(es), e.g., magnetic or gyroscopic, to determine a direction and GPS systems for determining location. A component for determining acceleration can also optionally be included. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090326806 | Potable Geo-Coded Audio - A method of providing route guidance to a vehicle user via a telematics unit comprises reading geo-coded route data from a removable medium at the telematics unit, the geo-coded data comprising a list of location and events associated with respective actions. The system senses the vehicle location and event status during the course of a trip. If the vehicle location matches a vehicle location listed in the geo-coded route data, the system executes an action associated in the list with that location and if a sensed event status indicates the occurrence of an event listed in the geo-coded route data, the system executes an action associated in the list with that event. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100070168 | ENHANCED PASSENGER PICKUP VIA TELEMATICS SYNCHRONIZATION - A system is provided for facilitating passenger pickup via telematic routing. The system includes a call center for receiving a plurality of data feeds indicative of passenger arrival time and location, a vehicle telematics unit for receiving vehicle routing instructions from the call center based at least in part on the passenger arrival time and location, the vehicle routing instructions directed to guiding a vehicle to a passenger meeting location. The system further includes a mobile device associated with the passenger, the mobile device in communication with the call center via one or more wireless networks for receiving an indicator of the passenger meeting location. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100070169 | Method of advertising using waypoints - A method of doing business in which a Service Provider grants to organizations rights to waypoints to which users may travel and view the organizations' messages. The method may include the steps of granting to the organization the right to the waypoint, receiving from the organization a message to be associated with the waypoint, storing the waypoint and the message in a database, allowing for bi-directional data communication with a mobile device which is able to determine its own location, receiving from the device an indication that the device is at or near the waypoint, and automatically causing the device to display the message when the device is at or near the waypoint. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100070170 | METHOD FOR LOCATING ROAD SHAPES USING ERRONEOUS MAP DATA - When transmitting an on-road location on a digital map, an information provider transmits, as on-road location information, string of coordinates information representing the road shape of a road section including the on-road location having a predetermined length, additional information including at least one information item chosen from a group of the attribute information on the road including the road location and detailed information on the nodes in the road section, and relative information indicating the on-road location in the road section. Receiving party receiving this on-road location information performs shape matching to identify the road section on a digital map and uses relative data to identify the on-road location in this road section. The receiving party can identify the road shape with high accuracy even when only a small amount of string of coordinates data is available. This makes it possible to reduce the data transmission amount and identify an on-load location with high accuracy. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100076677 | LOCATION BASED SERVICES WITH COMBINATORIAL DATA SOURCES - A location based service using combinatorial data sources for routing and time information is disclosed. One embodiment comprises using a user location, a first data set from a first data source containing information related to a first waypoint, and a second data set from a second data source containing information related to a second waypoint to determine a tour of the first waypoint and the second waypoint. In this way, the embodiment may send the tour of the first waypoint and the second waypoint to a navigation device. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100082235 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PATH POINT REDUCTION - A method of reducing waypoints representing a path defined along a route between two endpoints. The route includes a set of critical points including the endpoints and any decision points of the route intermediate the two endpoints. One or more waypoints of the path that are distal each critical point are eliminated, while retaining waypoints that are proximal each critical point. This enables the computation of a reduced waypoint path which provides accurate route-following in the vicinity of each critical point of the route. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100082236 | NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM WITH A GRAPHICAL SCRATCHPAD FILLER - A navigation system takes a graphical input and translates it into an alpha-numeric entry generally including latitude and longitude information. The system interprets the graphical entry, determines if a waypoint already exists or is depicted at the geographical location identified by the graphical entry and creates a new waypoint if no waypoint already exists or is depicted at the geographical location. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100088023 | Program Products, Methods, and Systems for Providing Location-Aware Fitness Monitoring Services - Program products, methods, and systems for providing location-aware fitness monitoring services are disclosed. In an embodiment of the present invention, a method of displaying a route traversed by an athlete equipped with a location-aware portable fitness monitoring device includes the steps of (a) receiving data describing a plurality of satellite navigational system waypoints that are acquired as the athlete engages in a fitness activity, (b) identifying a map area based on a location indicated by the data describing the plurality of satellite navigational system waypoints, (c) determining the route traversed by the athlete based on the data describing the plurality of satellite navigational system waypoints and based on the location of one or more known paths associated with the map area, and (d) displaying the route traversed by the athlete on top of the map area. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100100312 | Software Based Driving Directions - A method for electronically generating driving directions including: indicating a starting address; indicating an ending address; indicating one or more preferences for the directions to include less than all steps that would otherwise be generated if not for the one or more preferences; and generating driving directions based on the indicated starting address, ending address, and one or more preferences. Also provided is a method for electronically generating driving directions including: indicating a starting address; indicating an ending address; instructing the use of less than all steps that would otherwise be generated if not for the instruction; and generating driving directions based on the indicated starting address, ending address, and instruction. Also provided is a method for electronically generating driving directions by indicating addresses or locations on a map. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100106405 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM HAVING FILTERING MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes sampling a first location reading from a device; sampling a first time stamp associated with the first location reading; sampling a second location reading from the device; sampling a second time stamp associated with the second location reading; obtaining a velocity for the device between the first location reading and the second location reading; and validating the second location reading with the first location reading, the first time stamp, the second time stamp, and the velocity for displaying on the device. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100106406 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND CONTROL UNIT FOR NAVIGATION SYSTEM - The invention relates to a navigation system for a vehicle which comprises a mobile navigation computer and a central control unit. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100121567 | System and method for providing indoor navigation and special local base sevice application for malls stores shopping centers and buildings utilize Bluetooth - The system method described herein could guide people around urban environments indoor and outdoor, provide a direct content according to the user preference/profile and navigation guidenance to the content integrated into a special local base services application and a method to use the behavioral and the encoding user input for sales and marketing benefit mall store or building facility area The content and navigation will display on the existing cellular phone as Bluetooth application. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100153007 | Pre-Loading Waypoint Data - A method of downloading map data to a portable electronic device entails determining a route, identifying waypoints along the route, and downloading and caching map data for the waypoints along the route. The map data for areas around each of the waypoints (intersections, decision points) are thus preloaded prior to the device arriving at or near each waypoint. This ensures that the device has locally cached all the map data needed to render a navigationally useful map of the area around each waypoint. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100169001 | POST-MISSION HIGH ACCURACY POSITION AND ORIENTATION SYSTEM - A method of generating post-mission position and orientation data comprises generating position and orientation data representing positions and orientations of a mobile platform, based on global navigation satellite system (GNSS) data and inertial navigation system (INS) data acquired during a data acquisition period by the mobile platform, using a network real-time kinematic (RTK) subsystem to generate correction data associated with the data acquisition period, and correcting the position and orientation data based on the correction data. The RTK subsystem may implement a virtual reference station (VRS) technique to generate the correction data. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100217520 | Process For Generating Computer Flight Plans on the Internet - A process for generating computer flight plans on the Internet with the elements of: a raw XY&Z database of chart data, a data base containing aircraft data, a software system to create VFR, IFR and Road charts, an Internet web site accessible by a Client computer, a software system which computes flight plans requested by the Client computer, a software system which allows for navigation data and aircraft editing by means of the Internet web site Client computer, and a software system which allows for outputting flight plans by means of the Internet web site Client computer. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100250119 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE DISPLAY OF INFORMATIONAL WAYPOINTS - Provided are methods and systems for automatically inserting intermediate waypoint information between travel critical waypoint information in an electronic waypoint list. The electronic waypoint list may contain travel critical waypoint information representing a planned track for a ship, an aircraft, a train or a terrestrial motor vehicle such as a truck. Two collinear, travel critical waypoints are received and inserted into the electronic list of waypoints. The location of an intermediate waypoint is then determined from a database containing records of a plurality of waypoints. If the location of the intermediate waypoint exists on a line between the at least two collinear, travel critical waypoints, then the intermediate waypoint is inserted in the electronic list of waypoints. If not, then the intermediate waypoint is discarded and another waypoint is examined to see if it exists on the line. The process is repeated until al of the intermediate waypoints have been reviewed and added or reviewed and rejected. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100305849 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A NAVIGATIONAL GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - An approach is provided for presenting a graphical user interface on a mobile device according to a navigational application. A presentation is initiated of a graphical user interface on a mobile device according to a navigational application. The graphical user interface includes a first area displaying one or more selectable objects. The graphical user interface also includes a second area displaying a map in perspective view that preserves a predetermined form. The first area and the second area are non-overlapping. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100324812 | Method of short-term rejoining of a flight plan by radar guidance of an aircraft - Method of formulating a lateral flight trajectory for the rejoining by an aircraft ( | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100332123 | METHOD OF ASSISTING PILOTING AT LOW ALTITUDE - A method of assisting the piloting of an aircraft ( | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110029234 | Threat Analysis Toolkit - A method and system for managing an aircraft's flight path by identifying and categorizing potential threats in the aircraft's original flight path and determining an alternate flight path. The alternate flight path is selected from potential flight paths and has a threat value lower than any of the potential flight paths. The potential flight path candidates are generated from combinations of the original flight path coordinates, and coordinates that vary from the original coordinates by a set range. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110046877 | MODEL BASED METHOD TO ASSESS ROAD CURVATURE EFFECT ON TRAVEL TIME AND COMFORT FOR ROUTE PLANNING - Methods and systems for assessing the effect of road curvature on the travel time and the comfort level of a path determined by a ground based route planning system. The methods and systems identify a path and determine an allowable speed profile of the path, wherein the allowable speed profile satisfies a cross track acceleration constraint. Thereafter, the methods and systems determine an optimal speed profile of the path, wherein the optimal speed profile satisfies both an along track acceleration constraint and a speed constraint. Using the optimal speed profile, the road curvature of a path may be factored into a determination of the traversal time of the path. Additionally, using the optimal speed profile, the road curvature of a path may be used to derive a comfort level of the path and/or to provide driver assistance. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110046878 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING, MANAGING, AND SHARING MOVING PATH - Methods and apparatuses are provided for generating, managing, and sharing moving-path related information. A first mobile communication device, among the plurality of mobile communication devices, generates moving-path related information regarding a moving path generated by movement of the first mobile communication device. The moving-path related information of the first mobile communication device is transmitted to a central server to which the plurality of mobile communication devices are connected. The moving-path related information of the first mobile communication device transmitted to the central server is provided to at least one other mobile communication device of the plurality of mobile communication devices connected to the central server. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110106436 | DETERMINING A ROUTE TO A DESTINATION BASED ON PARTIALLY COMPLETED ROUTE - Techniques are provided for predicting a destination for a ground-based vehicle. Travel patterns are accessed and a series of locations of a ground-based vehicle are received. At least some of the received locations are related to at least one accessed travel pattern, and a destination of the ground-based vehicle is predicted based on relating the received locations with the travel patterns. An existence of an event may be predicted using the predicted destinations of a ground-based vehicle. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110208422 | TRAJECTORY DISPLAY DEVICE - A trajectory display device includes: a display element; a current position detector; a memory for storing the current position successively; and a position determination unit for determining a plurality of certain actual distance trajectory points and a plurality of direction change points based on position data stored in the memory. The certain actual distance trajectory points are arranged at every actual distance defined by a scale of a map. The moving body changes a moving direction at each direction change point. The display element displays the trajectory including the certain actual distance trajectory points and the direction change points, which is overlapped over the map. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110246064 | AUGMENTED REALITY SHOPPER ROUTING - A method for guiding a shopper in a store, including: receiving one or more recommended products identified for the shopper based on a set of one or more sought products; calculating a route through the store to a location of each of the sought products based on the store product map; and including a waypoint in the route corresponding to a location of each of the one or more recommended products. The route is then sent to an augmented reality device for presenting the route to the shopper in conjunction with a representation of a current view of the shopper in the store. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110270521 | METHODS, DEVICES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR GEO-TAGGED PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE AUGMENTED FILES - A method of providing augmented Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation can include detecting movement of a GPS enabled mobile device along a navigational route and displaying a photographic image on a display of the GPS enabled mobile device responsive to detecting movement of the GPS enabled mobile device along the navigational route provided by the GPS enabled mobile device. Related devices and computer program products are also disclosed. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110295501 | METHOD OF PLANNING, TRAJECTORY COMPUTATION, PREDICTIONS AND GUIDANCE FOR COMPLIANCE WITH AN AIRCRAFT FLYPAST TIME CONSTRAINT - A method and device establishes trajectory planning, predictions and guidance so as to obtain the satisfaction of a time constraint (RTA). This objective is achieved by undertaking a computation of a trajectory up to the point where the flypast time constraint applies, on the basis of a profile of altitude and speeds, and then by computing the profile of speeds and altitudes making it possible, throughout the computed trajectory, to comply with the RTA. The method is also a method for readapting the trajectory and the vertical profile when during a mission, the data outside the aeroplane have caused the time predictions to drift and the constraint is no longer complied with under the initial speeds and trajectory assumptions. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110301842 | DISPLAY OF NAVIGATION LIMITS ON AN ONBOARD DISPLAY ELEMENT OF A VEHICLE - A method of displaying navigation limits for a planned travel route of a vehicle is presented here. The method calculates estimated navigation limits for the vehicle using an onboard subsystem of the vehicle, where the estimated navigation limits represent self-assessed navigation accuracy of the vehicle relative to the planned travel route. Contracted navigation limits are acquired for the vehicle, where the contracted navigation limits represent specified navigation accuracy of the vehicle, relative to the planned travel route, as mandated by a third party navigation controller. A navigation display is rendered on an onboard display element such that it includes graphical representations of the planned travel route, at least one of the estimated navigation limits, and at least one of the contracted navigation limits. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20120022778 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEARCHING AND DISPLAYING FLIGHT PLANS - An aircraft system is provided for an aircraft having a flight plan with a plurality of flight plan elements. The system includes a user interface configured to receive an input from a user corresponding to a selected flight plan element within the flight plan; a processor coupled to the user interface, the processor configured to receive the input from the user interface and generate first display signals and second display signals based on the input; a first display coupled to the processor and configured to display the selected flight plan element within a textual list based on the first display signals; and a second display coupled to the processor and configured to display the selected flight plan element within a navigation map based on the second display signals. | 01-26-2012 |
