| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 701414000 | Based on traffic condition (e.g., congestion, etc.) | 26 |
| 20120035848 | ROUTE SEARCH DEVICE, ROUTE SEARCH METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Route search devices, methods, and programs acquire basic congestion information, the basic congestion information being congestion information for specific links. The systems, methods, and programs set a destination and search for a first travel route from a departure point to the set destination using the acquired basic congestion information. Based on the first travel route, the systems, methods, and programs determine, whether center traffic information is necessary to be acquired. Only when it is determined that the center traffic information is necessary, the systems, methods, and programs acquire the center traffic information, the center traffic information being congestion information of a link other than the specific links, and search for a second travel route from the departure point to the set destination using the acquired additional congestion information. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120078506 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH OBSTACLE ACCOMMODATING EMERGENCY ROUTE PLANNING MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: receiving an entry for a destination where an emergency had occurred; detecting a current location for locating an emergency vehicle; receiving traffic information between the current location and the destination for identifying a traffic flow; extrapolating a vehicle location based on the traffic information for locating a non-emergency vehicle in the traffic flow; and generating an emergency route from the current location to the destination by accommodating the vehicle location for displaying on a device. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120078507 | Systems and Methods for Estimating Local Traffic Flow - Systems and methods for estimating local traffic flow are described. One embodiment of a method includes determining a driving habit of a user from historical data, determining a current location of a vehicle that the user is driving, and determining a current driving condition for the vehicle. Some embodiments include predicting a desired driving condition from the driving habit and the current location, comparing the desired driving condition with the current driving condition to determine a traffic congestion level, and sending a signal that indicates the traffic congestion level. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120101720 | STORAGE MEDIUM SAVING PROGRAM AND CAPABLE OF BEING READ BY COMPUTER, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, NAVIGATOR AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The invention discloses a storage medium storing program capable of being read by a computer, a computer program product, a navigator and a control method thereof. The navigator comprises a positioning unit, an image capturing unit and a processing unit. The positioning unit locates the navigator and correspondingly provides a position information, and the image capturing unit captures a plurality of rode images. The processing unit determines if the navigator enters a turn state according to a navigation route and the position information. When the navigator enters the turn state, the processing unit controls the image capturing unit to capture the plurality of rode images. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120136567 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PLANNING VEHICLE ROUTES BASED ON SAFETY FACTORS - A method and system are provided for planning a route for a vehicle from a starting point to a destination. The method includes the steps of generating a plurality of routes based on a non-safety factor; evaluating the plurality of routes based on a safety factor; selecting a first route from the plurality of routes based on the safety factor; generating driving instructions based on the first route; displaying the first route on a display device. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120166075 | LOCATION-AWARE ADAPTIVE EVENT REMINDER - An appointment having an associated appointment location and a reminder time is received. The method also includes tracking a current location and a travel time, the travel time comprising an estimated amount of time for travel from the current location to the appointment location. Further, the method includes adjusting the reminder time to accommodate the travel time. Furthermore, the method includes activating an event reminder in accordance with the adjusted reminder time. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120166076 | Predictive Traffic Warning And Suggestive Rerouting System And Method - A method and system for providing a traffic warning for a predictive route and a suggestive rerouting for a motor vehicle is disclosed. The method includes steps of retrieving traffic information for roadways included in a predictive travel zone, including traffic incidents. The method also includes steps of calculating a suggestive reroute that reroutes the user around a traffic incident and continuing on a roadway within the predictive travel zone. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120245840 | Device, System and Method for Traffic Prediction - Some demonstrative embodiments relate to adjusting traffic prediction. Some demonstrative embodiments relate to position related offering of an item. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120316772 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLANNING ROUTE THEREOF - The invention discloses a navigation system and a method for planning a route thereof. The navigation system includes a storage unit and a processing unit. A cloud database of a cloud server and a local database of the navigation system are allocated in the storage unit, which is configured to store road condition data. The processing unit is connected to the storage unit, and generates an initial route according to an initial location and a destination. The processing unit also compares, computes and analyses the initial route and the road condition data, corresponding to at least one road section of the initial route, stored in the storage unit to generated a plurality of reference routes. Next, one of the reference routes is selected as a final route. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120316773 | SCHEDULING SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A scheduling system includes: link creation means for creating a link as a partial route obtained by dividing the traveling route of a moving body indicated by traveling plan data; link adjustment range calculating means for calculating, for each link, a link adjustment range as an adjustment range of a scheduled pass-through time of the moving body not to cause the moving body to have a near-miss with another moving body; and adjusted traveling plan deciding means for deciding on adjusted traveling plan data indicative of a traveling plan of the moving body after adjusted by using link adjustment ranges of all links constructing the traveling route. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20130325320 | NAVIGATION ROUTE UPDATES - Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for providing navigation routes and/or providing navigation route updates. According to various embodiments of the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a navigation application can be configured to obtain route data from a routing service. The routing service can be configured to use navigation data locally stored and/or obtained from a number of sources to generate navigation routes and/or to update navigation routes. The generated and/or updated navigation routes can be provided to the user device as route data that can be used to provide navigation directions to a user. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20140032096 | Historical Data Based Navigational Routing - Navigational routing is generated incorporating an estimation of future traffic conditions. The future traffic conditions are estimated based on historical traffic data, e.g., obtained over a recent period of time. The system provides navigational routing based on historical traffic data incorporated into a calculated route of travel. The historical data is used to calculate a probability that given roads along the route will be problematic at a certain time of the day, i.e., at the time, day of week, and place that you would be expected to be traveling on that certain road. Accordingly, historical traffic data is used to help determine a best route based on the probability of certain roads being problematic at a certain time of day. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140249746 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ESTABLISHING AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IN THE EVENT OF A BLOCKED ROADWAY IN A MONITORED REGION - A method and a device for establishing an alternate route in the event of a blocked roadway in a monitored region, in particular in an airport ramp. A vehicle is authorized to bypass the blocked roadway by a control center. Position data are repeatedly ascertained with respect to the vehicle by way of a position determining device. The data of the bypass route are ascertained from the position data by way of a computing device. The bypass route data are stored in a memory associated with the control center. Furthermore, authorization data which apply to the blocked roadway and which are stored in the memory are transmitted to the bypass route. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140278059 | INTEGRATED NAVIGATION AND COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEMS - An integrated navigation and collision avoidance system for a source object may include a navigation module and a collision avoidance module. The collision avoidance module may identify an external object that could possibly collide with the source object. The collision avoidance module may determine a likelihood of collision with the external object based on navigation information received from the navigation module. The navigation module may receive information pertaining to the likelihood of collision determination from the collision avoidance module and determine whether to include collision avoidance information and/or modify navigation instructions to generate a navigation output. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140330510 | Automated Location-Intelligent Traffic Notification Service Systems and Methods - Traffic notification systems include a location determination system that can determine a geographic location of a subscriber, and an automated traffic notification system that can automatically transmit a traffic notification message that is based on the geographic location of the subscriber to a wireless terminal associated with the subscriber. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140350842 | TRAFFIC FLOW MODEL TO PROVIDE TRAFFIC FLOW INFORMATION - Examples of maintaining or querying a traffic database to generate a traffic flow model to provide traffic flow information and determine a per-lane route for a vehicle to travel are disclosed. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140372021 | Navigation Route Updates - Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for providing navigation routes and/or providing navigation route updates. According to various embodiments of the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a navigation application can be configured to obtain route data from a routing service. The routing service can be configured to use navigation data locally stored and/or obtained from a number of sources to generate navigation routes and/or to update navigation routes. The generated and/or updated navigation routes can be provided to the user device as route data that can be used to provide navigation directions to a user. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20150127248 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING NETWORK SERVICES - To provide remote services, including dynamic, interactive assistance to electric vehicle (EV) users, a central server is arranged for electronic communications with EVs ( | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150300829 | TASK PRIORITIZATION AND OPTIMIZATION USING INTERCONNECTED DATA SOURCES - A computer identifies a location that is associated with a task, included in a first list of tasks, based on a first information. The computer determines a first travel time from a second location that is associated with a mobile device to the first location based on a second information. The second information indicates an amount of travel time that is associated with a route from the second location to the first location. The computer generates a plurality of permutations of the tasks included in the first list of tasks. The computer selects a permutation from the plurality of permutations based on the first travel time. The computer generates a second list of tasks using the selected permutation. The organization of the tasks included in the second list of tasks reduces the travel time that is required to complete those tasks. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20160018231 | PRIVACY PROTECTED PUBLIC TRANSIT DATA MINING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EFFECTIVE PASSENGER DETOURING - A method and system that provides detouring services to passengers and transportation operators. Transportation operators send data indicating prior uses of the operator to the passengers' mobile device and the system on the mobile device compiles the data to form travel patterns of the passenger. The travel patterns are assigned a probability indicating the frequency the travel pattern is used by the passenger. When a disruption of a service of an operator occurs, a detouring service provides detour suggestions to the passengers and travel demand changes to the operators. In another approach, an in-station display displays suggested detour routes based on the top destinations of stranded passengers and the passenger's mobile phones are not used to display or perform detouring. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160076905 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING TRAVEL INFORMATION - A method of providing traffic information is described, together with a device for performing the same. The method comprises determining a location of a mobile device, receiving traffic information, and determining, with respect to a trip database storing information indicative of a personal road network of a user of the mobile device, whether traffic information associated with one or more road segments in the personal network within a predetermined distance of the current location has been received. One or more no-jam events are generated for respective road segments in the personal network for which it is determined that no traffic information has been received. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160084666 | ROUTING ENGINE - A route planning system comprising a routing engine is described in which data access to map data for selecting from a plurality of routes comprises means for receiving traffic data for a plurality of routes between two nodes and using the traffic data with map data to select an initial best route between the two nodes. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160178385 | AUTOMATED LOCATION-INTELLIGENT TRAFFIC NOTIFICATION SERVICE SYSTEMS AND METHODS | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160187152 | ROUTE CALCULATION SYSTEM, ROUTE CALCULATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Route setting systems, methods, and programs set a guide route from a departure location to a destination location, display the set guide route on a display superimposed on a map image, receive an operation by a user designating a location on the displayed map image, acquire a road status of a road in the vicinity of the designated location, and select a pass-through road on the basis of the acquired road status. The pass-through road is a road by which the guide route will pass from the road in the vicinity of the designated location. The systems methods, and programs change the set guide route to a route that leads from the departure location to the destination location by way of the selected pass-through road. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160189545 | MODIFYING DIRECTIONS TO A PARKING LOT ASSOCIATED WITH A VENUE BASED ON TRAFFIC CONDITIONS PROXIMATE TO THE PARKING LOT - A venue is associated with various parking lots, and a user may purchase a space in one of the parking lots. A venue management system associated with the venue stores an association between the user and the parking lot. Based on a location of a client device associated with the user, the venue management system communicates navigation directions to the client device for presentation to the user. The directions communicated to the client device account for traffic conditions within a threshold distance of the parking lot, and the venue management system may modify stored directions to the parking lot based on the traffic conditions and communicate the modified directions to the client device for presentation to the user. Additionally, the traffic conditions used by the venue management system include information describing on current usage of various parking lots associated with the venue to allow the user to bypass congestion. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160252359 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SHOPPING DETOUR DURING TRAFFIC CONGESTION | 09-01-2016 |
