| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 701210000 | Route correction, modification, or verification | 66 |
| 20080201073 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING LOCATION INFORMATION ON A DIGITAL MAP, APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD AND TRAFFIC INFORMATION PROVISION/RECEPTION SYSTEM - Location information transmission apparatus for exchanging information about the on-road location on a digital map, characterized in that apparatus at an information provider comprises a location information converter for converting transmit on-road location information to road shape data including the on-road location consisting of a string of coordinates representing the road shape of a road section having a length that depends on the situation and relative data indicating the on-road location in the road section, and that apparatus at a party receiving the on-road location information comprises a shape matching section for performing shape matching by using the road shape data, identifying the road section on a digital map and identifying the on-road location in the road section by using the relative data. This makes it possible to correctly exchange information about the location on a digital map without defining node numbers or link numbers on a road network. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080215238 | Navigation device and method for issuing warnings - A method and device are disclosed for navigation. In at least one embodiment, the method enabling a navigation device to output a warning; determining, within the navigation device, whether or not at least one parameter governing output of the warning is met; and outputting the warning upon determining that each at least one parameter governing output of the warning is met. In at least one embodiment, the navigation device includes a processor to enable the navigation device to output a warning and to determine, within the navigation device, whether or not at least one parameter governing output of the warning is met; and an output device to output the warning upon the processor determining that each at least one parameter governing output of the warning is met. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080249712 | Portable Navigation Device - A portable navigation device comprises a GPS module severing to receive the positioning signals transmitted from satellites; a data manipulation module serving to process the positioning signal received from the GPS module, and at least including a central process unit and a database, the central process unit being coupled to the GPS module, and the database severing to store the information of map, navigation software; an operating module being coupled with the central process unit, and including a panel for setting the navigation data of the destination and the functions of the navigating software; a projection module being coupled with the central process unit, and including a head up display for displaying the mobile information of a vehicle in a common mode or the easy navigation information in a navigation mode, and then the mobile or the navigation information being projected onto the projection member of a windshield glass of the vehicle. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080262723 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE SELECTION OF A UNIQUE GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE - The present invention includes a system and method for selecting a unique geographic feature, including a mobile device that uses position and orientation sensors to determine a user position and a user orientation. The mobile device is adapted for wireless communication with a database that houses or has access to data concerning geographic features, as well as processing and computing means for calculating specific geographic relations discussed in further detail below. The system of the present invention further includes means for selecting among those features that are topologically related to the polygon. These include means for defining the geometry of the polygon, means for filtering those features that should not be within the geometry of the polygon, and means for ranking those features within the polygon. The method of the present invention is operable in conjunction with the system through the system hardware and software. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080262724 | Navigating A UAV Having An On-Board Digital Camera To Capture Desired Geographic Area - Methods, systems, and products for navigating a UAV having an on-board digital camera are provided. Embodiments include identifying a geographic area not captured by the digital camera while the UAV is flying in a current flying pattern, and modifying the current flying pattern to capture an image of the identified geographic area. Identifying a geographic area not captured by the digital camera while the UAV is flying in a current flying pattern may be carried out by determining an area captured by the onboard camera, extrapolating the area captured by the onboard camera along the flying pattern to determine a perimeter of uncaptured geographic area, and determining the area of the uncaptured geographic area in dependence upon the perimeter. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080275646 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MINIMAL DETOUR ROUTING WITH MULTIPLE STOPS - The present invention provides a system and method for optimizing routes that include multiple stops. This is accomplished by allowing users to identify a starting point, a destination, and types of businesses or other locations to be visited along the way. A route processor then provides users with a list of stores or other requested detour choices yielding a trip of optimal itinerary. The detour choices may be either an ordered sequence or an unordered set of points to be visited and may include constraints that make it possible to optimize utility functions according to user preferences. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080281515 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NAVIGATION USING VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATIONS - A navigation system and a navigation method inside of a building using Visible Light Communications (VLC) are provided. The navigation system includes a map server, in which map information required to provide a navigation function is stored, for transferring the map information to each lamp, a plurality of lamps, installed in each zone inside of the building and having their respective identifiable and unique IDentifications (IDs), for receiving the map information required to provide the navigation function from the map server, and for generating a visible light signal in response to the received map information by using a VLC module, and a mobile terminal, equipped with a visible light Rx module, for being provided with the map information upon receiving the visible light signal generated from the lamp, and for displaying a map image in response to the provided map information. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080281516 | ADVERTISING MANAGEMENT IN A WIRELESS CLIENT-SERVER NAVIGATION SYSTEM - In a vehicle navigation system, advertising content is provided in a way that is noticeable, does not interfere with the navigation function of the device, and is relevant to the user's desires. If, after being provided with advertising content, the user indicates a desire to travel to a location relevant to the advertising content, the navigation system will guide him to the location with minimal further user input. In response to a user request for locations fitting certain criteria, icons indicating the position of locations fitting the criteria are displayed. Locations for which advertising information is available are indicated with an icon visually differentiable from icons for which no such information is available. When the user selects a location for which advertising content is available, the advertising content is presented. A control is also presented with which the user can command the navigation system to guide him to the selected location. If the control is activated the navigation system generates a route between the user's current location, and the selected location guides the user to the selected location. If the control is activated when the navigation system is already guiding the user along a route, the selected location is added to the current route. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080281517 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING DATA TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS CLIENT-SERVER NAVIGATION SYSTEMS - Methods and apparatus reduce data transmission in a wireless client-server navigation system. In the preferred method, reduction of data sent is made possible by giving the user control over rerouting decisions. In many navigation systems, the navigator automatically generates a new route if a user strays from the route it provided. In a wireless client-server this is undesirable because of the increased cost or rerouting due to data transmission costs. On the other hand, providing an easy to use rerouting method is very important to customer satisfaction. In order to provide both data reduction and user satisfaction, when a user strays from the route provided, the navigator accepts user instructions as to how to handle rerouting. In this method the user is given the options of rerouting, suspending the current route until the user returns to it, or canceling the route. Only one of these options results in additional transmission of data. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080319658 | LANDMARK-BASED ROUTING - Driving directions can be helpful if in addition to spatial information, landmark information is provided. Landmarks assist in adding context to directions as well as allowing for a greater likelihood of success of an operator following directions. There can be employment of physical identification of landmarks as well as processing regarding the utility of a landmark in regards to driving directions. Driving directions can be highly useful if integrated landmarks relate to knowledge possessed by an operator of a vehicle. Landmark based driving direction can be integrated with advertisements that relate to the directions. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090005978 | Route Reference - A user input is received on a wireless device specifying a starting location. The position of the wireless device is tracked from the starting location in response to the user input. A user input is received on the wireless device specifying an ending location, and a route is generated from the tracking of the wireless device from the starting location to the ending location. A first reference is associated with the route, wherein the route is retrievable by a selection of the first reference. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090005979 | Vehicle position recognition device and vehicle position recognition program - A vehicle location recognition apparatus includes a link determination unit which accurately determines a link traveled by a vehicle from among a plurality of links meeting at a narrow-angle branch point, on the basis of vehicle location information and road information, travel history information representing a route traveled by the vehicle at the branch point. The vehicle location recognition apparatus includes a history information generation unit for generating travel history information for the determined link. The travel history information is stored in a learning database. On the basis of the travel history information, a learning unit generates learned priority information representing the priorities of the respective links meeting at a branch point and used in the determination by the link determination unit. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090005980 | Vehicle-position-recognition apparatuses, methods, and programs - Vehicle-position-recognition apparatuses, methods, and programs acquire current position information indicating a current position of a vehicle and acquire road information indicating at least one road based on a connection relationship between plural links. The apparatuses, methods, and programs determine a link where the vehicle travels based on the current position information and the road information and generate travel-history information indicating a route that the vehicle travels at a point where a link is branched based on the determined link. The apparatuses, methods, and programs acquire an image of an area surrounding the vehicle, recognize a recognition target in the acquired image, and store the generated travel-history information in the memory in association with information indicating the recognition of the recognition target. The apparatuses, methods, and programs generate learning-priority information indicating a priority of each link branched out at the branch point based on the stored travel-history information and the stored recognition information, the generated learning-priority information usable to determine on which of the links branched out at the branch point that the vehicle is traveling. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090024320 | Navigation apparatus - A navigation apparatus is obtained that can reduce as much as possible to blank interval during the navigation even when a route deviation has occurred. In order to structure a navigation apparatus that includes a guided vehicle position determining means | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090024321 | Navigation Device and Lane Guide Method - A vehicle is guided to a lane that the vehicle should run, even if map data do not include lane information of a tollgate. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090043499 | Navigation Device Traffic Information Reception Method - Predicted traffic information of a plurality of time bands is downloaded once for a mesh area. Moreover, time band range of the predicted traffic information to be downloaded is increased as distance from current position to the mesh area increases. Furthermore, the time band range is increased for the morning and the evening. Moreover, as difference between the current time and departure time becomes larger, the time band range is increased. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090043500 | Apparatus and program for navigation - A navigation apparatus defines a detection area for detecting a weather phenomenon as a predetermined range around a travel route that is designated as an area setting object. By referring to weather information acquired from external sources through communication, whether or not a weather warning exists in the detection area is determined. If the determination is affirmative, the weather phenomenon is considered as influential in the detection area, and the detection result is provided for a user. More practically, the travel route, the detection area and an affecting area of the weather warning are displayed on a display unit. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090048776 | Stream Processing Based Intelligent Transport Systems - A stream processing system for processing a routing request specifying a first location and a destination location in a network of interconnected locations includes a plurality of data processing elements, a memory connected to the plurality of data processing elements for storing a plurality of maps having different scopes, wherein each of the data processing elements is associated with one of the plurality of maps and determines a section of a path from the first location to the destination location in the network of interconnected locations, and a routing selection element for merging the sections of the path as a solution to the routing request. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090063045 | GPS BASED FUEL EFFICIENCY OPTIMIZER - Routing options for fuel efficient use of a motor vehicle employing a GPS-based navigation system are computed based on travel information and external data. A navigation device receives route input from a driver or by recording a travelled route. External data such as traffic conditions, weather conditions, actual fuel consumption, road blockages, traffic light configurations, and the like is received from one or more networked information sources. A fuel efficient route based on the original route and the received external data is computed for the whole route or individual sections between stops on the route for display to the driver. Fuel efficient route(s) may be recomputed with up-to-date external data upon driver request, predefined intervals, or updates to external data. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090070035 | Method for Adaptively Constructing and Revising Road Maps - A method for constructing and revising road maps in a vehicle map database using vehicle location signals to provide traffic flow information for recognized vehicle patterns from past vehicle travel. The method includes identifying vehicle travel segments as a series of exemplar points from the location signals. Exemplar points in each travel segment are eliminated to define the travel segment by a beginning exemplar point and an ending exemplar point. A potential ending exemplar point may be redefined if an average location of the exemplar points from a line connecting the beginning point and the potential ending point is outside of a threshold distance. The travel segments are stored in a database, where each stored travel segment includes a travel time. The method compares new vehicle travel segments to the stored vehicle travel segments to identify a match, and then revise the vehicle travel time for the stored travel segments. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090076725 | CONVEYANCE MODE AWARE NAVIGATION DEVICE - Illustrative embodiments provide a navigation device for determining an optimal route for a user. The navigation device comprises a location unit capable of determining the present position of the navigation device and a selection unit capable of receiving user input indicating a selected destination. Further, a memory capable of storing information for searching routes, a receiver capable of acquiring current information comprising road, business hour, traffic congestion patterns, conveyance mode and time buffer information relative to the present position and the selected destination to store in the memory and a route identification unit capable of identifying, from among a combination of the stored roads, business hours, traffic congestion patterns, conveyance mode and time buffer information, an optimal route from the present position to the selected destination. Also, the navigation device comprises a notification unit capable of presenting a notification of the optimal route. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090088972 | VEHICLE-BASED AUTOMATIC TRAFFIC CONFLICT AND COLLISION AVOIDANCE - Systems and methods for providing vehicle-centric collision avoidance are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes determining a first flight trajectory for a first aircraft. The method also includes determining a second flight trajectory for a second aircraft. A distance between the first aircraft and the second aircraft at a first closest point of approach (CPA) is predicted. The predicted closest point of approach is then compared to a separation perimeter layer. The separation perimeter layer is configured to provide a minimum separation distance from the first aircraft to the second aircraft. When the predicted closest point of approach breaches the separation perimeter, the first flight trajectory is altered to provide collision avoidance. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090112464 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CROSS CHECKING REQUIRED NAVIGATION PERFORMANCE PROCEDURES - A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program product for cross checking required navigation performance procedures. A required navigation performance procedure in a flight management system is executed in an aircraft. A global positioning system signal in an electronic flight bag or other independent data processing system located onboard the aircraft is received while executing the required navigation performance procedure. A current position of the aircraft based on the global positioning system signal is presented on a moving map. A set of containment lines on the moving map are displayed to indicate whether deviations from the required navigation performance procedure have occurred. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090125235 | Method of updating navigation map data - A method of updating navigation map data obtains at least one corresponding coordinate position with movement of the global positioning system navigator by receiving at least one satellite positioning signal. When it is determined that a vehicle is traveling to a street intersection, at least one image of road scene is photoed, and the coordinate position of the street intersection is recorded. At the same time, a traveling route comprising the image is recorded according to all coordination positions received between intersections, and a street map, road type information, and road scene information in a map database are updated according to the traveling route, such that navigation map database is updated, navigation route accuracy is maintained, and scene navigation and other functions are implemented immediately without linking to a server. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090150073 | Graphic interface method and apparatus for navigation system for providing parking information - A graphic user interface method and apparatus for a navigation system graphically shows parking information which vary depending on conditions such as time ranges or days, etc. The method includes the steps of: examining a location specified by a user for retrieving data associated with the specified location from data storage medium; displaying a screen of parking information graphic interface upon request by the user; and examining whether there is a time-related parking restriction on the specified location and retrieving the time-related parking information if any. The parking information graphic interface illustrates a map image, a time table of a day, a time range indicator on the time table, and a text message regarding the time-related parking restriction, thereby graphically displaying the parking information on the specified location. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090157311 | FEDERATED ROUTE PRODUCTION - A route can be generated through utilization of a conventional manner, such as a portable electronic device accessing a database with roads, traffic information, weather data, and the like. As a user approaches a private area, the route can be augmented with travel information concerning the private area. Artificial intelligence techniques can be used to determine if a route should be augmented, to infer what augmentations to make, etc. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090157312 | SOCIAL NETWORK BASED ROUTES - A route can be generated that considers social networking information. For instance, a user can be traveling on vacation and individuals designated by a user can add comments to a route. In addition, previous journeys of user contacts can be evaluated and based upon the evaluation results, portions of a route can be constructed. Further functionality can include transferring rewards between parties for disclosing information as well as posting information on various social networking profiles. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090171578 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TURN-BY-TURN INSTRUCTIONS - A navigation system and method for providing turn-by-turn instructions for guiding a user along a route. The navigation system includes a global positioning system (GPS) receiving module for determining position information of the navigation system, a display unit for displaying information to guide a user along a route, a storage unit for storing map information, and a controller for processing the position information and the map information in order to concurrently provide a next turn-by-turn instruction and one or more subsequent turn-by-turn instructions to the user via the display unit. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090177390 | Navigation device and method for updating a digital map - A method of updating a digital map is disclosed, the method comprising:
| 07-09-2009 |
| 20090177391 | Navigation device and method - A method of providing a logging function in a portable navigation device and a portable device adapted to provide such a function are described. The method includes the step of storing location information relating to current position and time-specific information relating to a current position in a non-volatile memory of the device to create a log. The storage of such information only occurs when one of a specified set of events occurs, the set of events being specific to either a navigation mode or a free-driving mode of operation of the device. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090187340 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HYBRID ROUTING USING BREADCRUMB PATHS - A method and apparatus for routing using a positioning device and a map having a plurality of segments; generating a first route from a first location to a second location; generating signals to provide directions along the first route using positioning information from the positioning device; detecting that the positioning device is off-route at a third location, the third location being adjacent to the first route; generating a second route by tracking the position of the positioning device from the third location to to a fourth location, and, in some cases, storing the second route for use in route generation. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090187341 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO SEARCH FOR LOCAL PARKING - A method for searching for parking for a vehicle using a positioning device and a map having a plurality of segments; determining that the vehicle is near a first location; generating a first route comprising segments from the plurality of segments, prioritizing segments closer to the first location and avoiding use of segments more than once in the first route; generating signals to direct the vehicle along the route using positioning information from the positioning device; and determining that the vehicle is parked. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090187342 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCESS POINT RECORDING USING A POSITION DEVICE - A method and apparatus for identifying access points using a positioning device and a map having a plurality of segments; determining that the positioning device is near a first location; detecting that the positioning device is off-route at a second location; and storing the second location as a first access point associated with the first location on the map. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090198443 | IN-VEHICLE NAVIGATION DEVICE AND PARKING SPACE GUIDING METHOD - An in-vehicle navigation device includes a display unit, a storage unit which stores detailed map data of a shopping mall, a position detection unit which detects the current position of a vehicle, and a control unit which, when the destination is set to a facility in the shopping mall, detects a parking section close to the facility as a recommended parking section, and which, when the vehicle is determined to have entered and left the recommended parking section, provides, via the display unit, guidance advising the return of the vehicle to the recommended parking section. When the vehicle is determined to have entered the shopping mall, the control unit may display a detailed map of the shopping mall on a display screen of the display unit, and may display the recommended parking section in a different manner from the manner in which the other parking sections are displayed. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090210154 | VITAL SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING LOCATION AND LOCATION UNCERTAINTY OF A RAILROAD VEHICLE WITH RESPECT TO A PREDETERMINED TRACK MAP USING A GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM AND OTHER DIVERSE SENSORS - A system includes a global positioning system receiver to determine position of a railroad vehicle, a predetermined track map of possible coordinates of the vehicle, motion sensors providing a positive bias error to determine change in location of the vehicle, an acceleration sensor to determine acceleration of the vehicle, and a processor to vitally determine the location and the location uncertainty of the vehicle on the track map. The processor verifies one motion sensor with another motion sensor, determines a slip or slide condition of the vehicle from one of the motion sensors, determines speed and position of the vehicle from the acceleration sensor during the slip or slide condition, verifies the position of the vehicle from the global positioning system receiver based upon the track map, and corrects the positive bias error of the motion sensors using the position of the vehicle from the global positioning system receiver. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090216438 | FACILITY MAP FRAMEWORK - A facility map framework system facilitates creation of map and asset descriptions and integrates map information to form a facility map object model with defined connections and constraints between and within maps of disparate character (e.g., geographic road maps, facility floor plans, campus layouts, stacked vertical floor layouts, and cross sections in elevation (e.g., equipment positioning, storage location as viewed, etc.)). Routing through the object map is informed of a user's starting and/or current location, desired target, and mobility characteristics (e.g., disabilities, security access, etc.). Thereby, individuals are directed expeditiously to where services are needed (e.g., first responders, repair technicians, logistics, etc.). | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090216439 | INTELLIGENT VEHICLE TRACKING - A vehicle tracking method using a route model for estimating the exact location of the tracked vehicle. The estimated location is computed in the vehicle by tracking device ( | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090216440 | NAVIGATION APPARATUS - A navigation apparatus includes a satellite positioning section for calculating a present position, and a route setting section for searching for a route to a destination based on map data, and sets a detected route as a recommended route. A satellite positioning disable time guiding section sets as a focus point, a candidate point through which a vehicle first passes when traveling along the recommended route, and displays point guide information for guiding the focus point among candidate points as a route change point, when the satellite positioning section is incapable of calculating the present position. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090222202 | Navigation apparatus and navigation program - If it is determined that a course change at a branch point is necessary and a vehicle is traveling on a road in which a lane is added to correspond to a road which is taken after the course change (road before the branch point), “direction guidance” is provided before a road section in which the lane is added (added lane section) and “lane guidance” is provided in the added lane section. As above, by switching the “direction guidance” and the “lane guidance” depending on whether the vehicle has reached the added lane section or not, and by providing either one of the guidances, a driver can recognize the guidance without confusion. Particularly, when the branch point is branched off at a narrow angle and when the added lane is a lane dedicated to the road which is taken after the course change, by providing the lane guidance, instead of the direction guidance indicating left or right, the guidance becomes easier to understand. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090254272 | Retrieval Of Vehicular Traffic Information Optimized For Wireless Mobile Environments - Two-way communication between a mobile device and a server is used to provide increased relevance of traffic information at lower bandwidth. The complexity, amount of storage and processing power required of the mobile navigation device are minimized, since the server performs much of the required computing. A transactional billing model can be used to bill the driver based on usage or consumption of traffic information. A driver selects a destination and routing preferences on a mobile device, and the local system generates a routing. The mobile device sends the planned route and preferences to a server. The server uses real-time traffic flow and incident information to determine an estimated driving time for the planned route. The server may also generate alternative routes, with an estimated time for each alternative route. The traffic and time information for the planned and alternative routes are then transmitted back to the mobile device. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090276153 | Navigating method and navigation apparatus using road image identification - A navigating method and a navigation apparatus capable of real-time road image identification are disclosed. The apparatus equips a camera used to capture the road image in some specific sections, and the image is used to be identified, so that the navigation accuracy can be improved. The preferred embodiment of the navigating method includes the steps of determining a section to be identified, and capturing the road image by means the camera installed in a vehicle, and retrieving the digitized road image which is used to compare the road image from an image database synchronously, and identifying the road, and transferring the identification result to a navigation system for producing the navigation information via vocal or a displayer. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090281727 | CAR NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A car navigation system capable of performing both real-time route guidance for a driver, and non-route-guidance display and operation of car navigation functions such as destination setting and vicinity searching for a non-driver, without necessitating a high-speed CPU or a high-performance drawing processing section. A display apparatus | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090281728 | NAVIGATION WITH CONTEXTUAL COLOR, TEXTURE, AND STRUCTURE CUES - A method and a processing device may provide navigational information including non-photographic cues, such as, contextual color, texture, and structure cues, corresponding to physical entities visible to a party traveling along a determined route. In one embodiment, the non-photographic cues may be previously stored in a database. In another embodiment, non-photographic cues may be extracted from at least one provided image of a geographic area. In a third embodiment, a sequence of non-photographic cues may be automatically extracted from at least one image of a geographic area and, if the sequence of non-photographic cues was not previously saved, the sequence of non-photographic cues may be saved, along with related information, for later use when the sequence of non-photographic cues corresponds to a desired location. The provided navigational information may be presented in a number of ways including a simplified map, textual instructions, or generated speech. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090326814 | Driving Support Apparatus and Method - To provide a driving support apparatus that performs guidance with suitable contents at suitable timing based on a situation. A GPS | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100017122 | Route Plan Configuring Device Configured to a Navigation Device and Related Method and Navigation Device - A route plan configuring device for a navigation device includes a sensor installed on a vehicle for carrying an identification data corresponding to the vehicle, a sensing circuit installed in the navigation device for sensing the sensor to generating a sensing result, and a control module installed in the navigation device and coupled to the sensing circuit for adjusting route plans of the navigation device according to the sensing result. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100049435 | Communication Routing Apparatus And Method Via Navigation System - Disclosed is a communication routing apparatus and method via navigation system, which is applicable to mobile networks. The apparatus comprises a routing protocol mechanism and a navigation module having map information and a navigation path calculating unit therein. The routing protocol mechanism inputs the location information of a source and a destination to the navigation path calculating unit. Through the map information, the navigation path calculating unit suggests a communication route between the mobile nodes from the source to the destination. With the help of the communication route, the routing protocol mechanism handles the route discovery message, the route reply message and the route error message from the source to the destination. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100057358 | PORTABLE GPS MAP DEVICE FOR COMMERCIAL VEHICLE INDUSTRY - Apparatus for determining a route for a road vehicle for a user comprising:
| 03-04-2010 |
| 20100063730 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF A VEHICLE WITH RESPECT TO A TERRAIN - Methods and apparatus are provided for determining a position of a vehicle with respect to a terrain. The method comprises accumulating data received from at least one sensor device regarding the occupancy of a spatial region between the vehicle and a first geographic region of the terrain, generating an evidence grid that describes the occupancy of the spatial region, identifying the position of the first geographic region of the terrain based on the evidence grid and previously compiled reference data, and determining the position of the vehicle based on the position of the first geographic region of the terrain with respect to the previously compiled reference data. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100070174 | CREATION OF GIS TOOLS AND SPATIAL DATABASE FOR LIMITED ACCESS HIGHWAY ENTRANCE POINTS IN THE US AND CANADA - A navigation assistance system and method determines limited access highway entrance points as destinations in a geographic information system. In one aspect, the limited access highway entrance points are stored as destinations in a geographic database within the geographic information system such that a telematics service provider can provide directions to the limited access highway entrance points. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100070175 | Method and System for Providing a Realistic Environment for a Traffic Report - A method and system for providing a realistic environment for a traffic report is disclosed. The traffic report includes a 3D view of current traffic conditions for one or more roadways in and around a metropolitan area. The 3D view includes a background that reflects the current time of day and/or weather conditions. For example, a traffic report shown by a television station as part of the evening news may depict the background as having a dark sky and nighttime lighting, such as vehicle, building, and street lights. As another example, a traffic report shown by a television station as part of the noon news may depict the background as having overcast skies. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100114485 | Providing Popular Global Positioning Satelite (GPS) Routes - A method, system, and computer program product for providing popular routes via a global positioning satellite (GPS) system. A GPS device receives a route request from a user. The GPS device then determines a current location of the GPS device and connects to a network server. In response to connecting to the network server, the GPS device transmits a route selection request to the network server. In response, the GPS device receives a route selection list from the network server where the route selection list contains a plurality of routes previously taken by other drivers. Each route is assigned a popularity rating. The GPS device displays one or more of the routes of the route selection list, and requests that a user select a route. After the user selects a route the GPS device displays the selected route as an overlay on a map display. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100153010 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH QUERY MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: preprocessing an intersection from map data into an edge in query data; generating a route having a turn at the intersection; and sending the route for displaying at a device and for maneuvering the turn at the intersection by querying the query data for the edge of the intersection. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100161222 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD INTEGRATING WEATHER INFORMATION - A navigation system integrating weather information is disclosed, which includes a weather information module for storing regional weather information indicating different weather condition levels and a threshold value corresponding to one of the weather condition levels; an electronic map database for storing map information; a positioning module for receiving a positioning signal via a global positioning system; and a navigation module for planning out a driving route based on the map information and the regional weather information to avoid any region that has a weather condition level higher than the threshold value and providing a navigation message based on the planned driving route and the received positioning signal. A navigation method applicable to a navigation system integrating weather information is also provided. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100169011 | METHOD OF FOR GENERATING AND SEARCHING THROUGH TRAJECTORY CONTENT PERFORMED IN NAVIGATION DEVICE - A method and apparatus for searching and generating trajectory content in a navigation device are provided. The method includes establishing a predetermined search region from a current position; extracting information about first parcels included in the established search region and information about second parcels including information about links of specific trajectory content; and determining whether the specific trajectory content is included in the established search region by comparing the information about the first parcels with the information about the second parcels. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100179756 | OPTIMIZATION OF MAP VIEWS BASED ON REAL-TIME DATA - Routing information (e.g., routing information displayed in an electronic map or provided as verbal travel directions) is generated and presented to a user in a tailored manner. A request for routing information is received from a user. Spatial data, temporal data, social data, or topical data is retrieved that is related to the user and/or to a location or change of location of the user. Based on the retrieved data and the routing information, information display data is generated, and is provided to an electronic device of the user to generate an information display. An attribute of the information display is configured/modified based on the location information and/or on the spatial data, temporal data, social data, and/or topical data. For example, a display attribute and/or an audio attribute of the information display may be modified. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100191465 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OUTPUTTING NAVIGATION INSTRUCTIONS - A method is provided for outputting an item of directional information, which corresponds to an item of location information displayed on a traffic sign, which location information is assigned to a section of the route that follows when viewed from a current section of a route, and in the case of a plurality of items of location information assigned to the following route section, preferably the particular item(s) of location information is/are used as basis for the output of the directional information that exhibit(s) the greatest frequency for the route sections following the following route section, as well as a system for implementing the method. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100198508 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM HAVING ROUTE CUSTOMIZATION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system having route customization mechanism includes: generating a base route; selecting a custom route priority based on a route preference; generating a modified route based on the base route and the custom route priority; and sending the modified route for displaying on a device. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100268460 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH PREDICTIVE MULTI-ROUTING AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system with predictive multi-routing includes: calculating a primary route; predicting a probable deviation location on the primary route; calculating a non-primary route for the probable deviation location; and sending the primary route, the non-primary route, or a combination thereof for displaying on a device. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100268461 | NAVIGATION APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND GEOGRAPHIC MAP DATA APPLICATION METHOD - The invention provides a navigation apparatus, a data processing apparatus, and a geographic map data application method. The navigation apparatus receives positioning information. The navigation apparatus sends a route request to a data processing apparatus. The navigation apparatus receives a first route and a geographic map data corresponding to the route request from the data processing apparatus. Wherein, the geographic map data includes the first route and regions near the first route. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100318292 | Real-Time Data With Post-Processing - The subject matter disclosed herein relates to determining and/or predicting a navigation solution. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100324817 | MULTIPLE ROUTE PRE-CALCULATION AND PRESENTATION FOR A VEHICLE NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A navigation system and related operating methods are provided for instructing an operator of a vehicle. The navigation system obtains a destination location and generates a proposed route to the destination location. The proposed route is defined by one or more driver decision points and associated driving maneuvers. Before the vehicle reaches an approaching driver decision point, the navigation system pre-calculates alternate routes between the approaching driver decision point and the destination location, and saves the alternate routes for subsequent activation. Pre-calculated alternate routes can also be used to determine and indicate the relative importance of an approaching driving maneuver. The driver can consider the importance of driving maneuvers when deciding whether or not to follow the recommended route. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100332131 | ROUTING, ALERTING, AND TRANSPORTATION GUIDANCE BASED ON PREFERENCES AND LEARNED OR INFERRED RISKS AND DESIRABILITIES - Techniques and systems are disclosed that provide a risk-based assessment for a user based on user location information. Incident data is acquired for incidents that involve potential risks (e.g., to people and/or property) from a plurality of locations and contexts, considering such factors as date, time, weather, traffic, and velocity. The incident data is matched to the user's location and context directly or indirectly to provide one or more potential outcomes of interest (e.g., accidents, injuries, fatalities), and inferences regarding the likelihood of events are made available. These measures are compared to desired risk thresholds for the user. In one embodiment, routes, times, and conditions of travel may be preferred over others routes, times, and conditions. In another embodiment, users may be notified of a condition or a vehicle's maximum velocity may be reduced when the matched incident data meets/exceeds a user's risk threshold. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100332132 | Route Guidance Server, Navigation Apparatus, Route Guidance System, and Route Guidance Method - A position coordinate based route transmitted from a server is reconstructed as a route of link numbers or node numbers in map data of navigation apparatus without error. A route guidance server searches a route from a start point to end point designated by a navigation apparatus; selects all or a part of nodes included in the searched route as route nodes; sets complementary points to the respective selected route nodes on the route and at a distance longer than a predetermined distance from the respective route nodes; and transmits information including coordinate information on the route nodes and complementary points as route information to the navigation apparatus. Then, based on the coordinate information on the route nodes and complementary points transmitted from the server, the navigation apparatus identifies the route nodes and road links connecting the route nodes by identification numbers in map data the navigation apparatus it self has. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110029238 | Satellite Navigation Apparatus and Associated Method - A navigation method, which is applied to a satellite navigation apparatus, includes: determining whether the satellite navigation apparatus is in a free-run mode; and, when the satellite navigation apparatus is under the free-run mode, recording a route, which the satellite navigation apparatus passes through, in a database for the use of route planning of the satellite navigation apparatus in a navigation mode. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110246067 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC ROUTING - A dynamic routing system includes a data collection module, a static routing module, an orientation module, a learning module, and a route determination module. The data collection module receives real time trip data corresponding to a moving asset from a remote location, and the static routing module determines candidate routes from a source to a destination for the moving asset. The orientation module is configured to gather publically available information associated with candidate routes, and the learning module is configured to generate a learned route database based on the publically available information from the orientation module and the real time trip data from the data collection module. The route determination module determines an optimized route for the moving asset based on the learned route database. The system further includes a communication interface configured to transmit an optimized route signal. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110313662 | NAVIGATION APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - A navigation apparatus and system provided on a mobile carrier performs error correction for positioning information and orienting information of the carrier through a position sensing module and an orientation sensing module and analyzes the corrected positioning information and orienting information by the usage of a route planning module, so as to generate corresponding route planning information, while simultaneously showing an instruction label having the route planning information correspondingly and a real image of the location surrounding the carrier. Thereby, the invention may provide not only an accurate carrier positioning function but also correct navigation information according to the behavior mode of a user. | 12-22-2011 |
