Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
701424000 | Based on user driving history | 32 |
20120022783 | APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF PROVIDING DATA TO AN EXTERNAL APPLICATION - A method of providing data to an external application is provided. The location and time of an object are periodically recorded to form a record of sightings. The record of sightings is then analysed in accordance with at least one criterion specified by the external application to which the data is to be provided. Lists of sightings from the record meeting the at least one criterion are supplied for use by the external application. | 01-26-2012 |
20120143494 | VEHICLE TRACKING DETECTION AND ALARM METHOD AND NAVIGATION DEVICE USING THE METHOD - A tracking detection and alarm method which is applied to a navigation device use a number of positioning data points retrieved from a navigation module of the navigation device. A number of deflections and a number of average speeds that correspond to the position data points are calculated and generated. A number of maximum deflections are calculated and generated according to the average speeds. When a deflection of a positioning data point is greater than a maximum safe deflection thereof, one is added to a frequency of unsafe driving instances. When the frequency of unsafe driving instances is greater than a preset threshold value, an unsafe driving alarm is activated. | 06-07-2012 |
20120197522 | NAVIGATION DEVICE - In order to be able to help a user improve his or her ability to memorize routes, a navigation device includes a driving mode acquiring unit for acquiring a set-up driving mode, a driving history acquiring unit for acquiring driving history information about the navigation device itself, and a device control unit for controlling a route guidance mode at a branch point on a route searched for according to the driving history information acquired by the driving history acquiring unit when the driving mode acquired by the driving mode acquiring unit is a route memorizing mode for providing an improvement in the ability to memorize routes. | 08-02-2012 |
20120310526 | NAVIGATION APPARATUS, NAVIGATION METHOD, AND NAVIGATION PROGRAM - To improve accuracy of determining whether route elements stored as a history are route elements familiar to the user, a navigation apparatus | 12-06-2012 |
20130006520 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH NOTIFICATION AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: receiving a notification associated with a remote location; detecting a user location for locating a device; detecting the user location at the remote location based on the notification; receiving an operation at the remote location when the user location is different from the remote location; and generating an alert based on the operation for displaying on the device. | 01-03-2013 |
20130013192 | Navigation Device and Method Providing a Logging Function - 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. | 01-10-2013 |
20130013193 | Method and System for Using Routine Driving Information in Mobile Interactive Satellite Services - A method and an apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention includes a controller to process a criterion for selecting a point-of-interest (POI). The criterion can be based on historical trip data. Data related to a POI, including a community-of-interest rating, for example, can be accessed through a satellite and terrestrial mobile communication network. Multiple POIs can be graphically represented for user selection based on the criterion and/or other data. Once a POI is selected, data related to the selected POI, including navigation data, can be displayed. In another embodiment, the controller can access navigation data to a specified destination. The navigation data can be based on historical trip data such as route segments and destination areas. The navigation data can be accessed from an in-vehicle system or from a navigation service provider and can be displayed to assist a user in reaching the specified destination. | 01-10-2013 |
20130024108 | METHOD OF OPERATING A NAVIGATION SYSTEM TO PROVIDE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION INFORMATION - A computer implemented method of operating a navigation system to provide geographic location information is provided. The method comprises receiving a query text string representing a query for a geographic location and providing a plurality of candidate geographic locations for the queried geographic location from a geographic database. The method receives a selection of one of the candidate geographic locations from a user and records the candidate geographic location that was selected in a use history database. The method increases a usage pattern weight for the candidate geographic location that was selected and increases a usage pattern weight for a parent geographic feature that includes the candidate geographic location that was selected. | 01-24-2013 |
20130046460 | MOBILE-SIDE TERMINAL APPARATUS, POSITION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A mobile-side terminal apparatus of the present invention includes: a route information storing unit that stores route information related to a route that a user follows; a position acquiring unit that acquires a present position of the user; a display unit that displays the route information stored in the route information storing unit and the present position acquired by the position acquiring unit; and a position transmitting unit that performs transmission of the present position acquired by the position acquiring unit to another information processing device that stores the route information and displays the route information and the present position. | 02-21-2013 |
20130054134 | TELEMATICS APPARATUS FOR DRIVING ASSISTANCE, SYSTEM OF THE SAME, AND METHOD OF THE SAME - A telematics apparatus for providing driving assistance, and a system and a method are provided. The telematics apparatus receives position information indicating a current position of the telematics apparatus. The telematics apparatus transmits a request signal to the server. According to the request signal, the server obtains the position information, time information indicating a current time of the telematics apparatus, and identification information identifying a user of the telematics apparatus. The telematics apparatus displays driving assistance information received from the server which generates the driving assistance information according to the identification information, the position information, and the time information by searching through a route usage history of a plurality of routes and referring to a plurality of reference values of the routes. The reference value of each route indicates the telematics apparatus user's familiarity with that route. | 02-28-2013 |
20130060462 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING NAVIGATIONAL GUIDANCE USING LANDMARKS - A method and system of navigating a vehicle is provided. The method includes activating a navigational system that provides guidance to a destination point of interest (“POI”). The method also includes providing a database that stores at least one familiar POI and a plurality of standard POIs. The standard POIs represent stock locations. The method includes receiving a signal indicating a current geographical position of the vehicle. The method also includes determining if the current geographical position of the vehicle requires a maneuver within a specified distance. The method also includes selecting a plurality of proximate POIs. The proximate POIs are a portion of the standard POIs located within a proximate distance to a location where the maneuver will occur. The method includes comparing the familiar POI with the proximate POIs. The method includes determining if the familiar POI matches one of the proximate POIs. | 03-07-2013 |
20130197797 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROUTE PLANNING - The present disclosure includes systems and methods for route planning. As an example, a computer implemented method for route planning can include generating a first portion of a planned route between a first location and a second location by assembling a set of previously traversed route segments each corresponding to one or more of a number of previously traversed routes, aggregating the set of previously traversed route segments with a number of route segments determined by a model-based route planning subsystem and corresponding to a second portion of the planned route, and causing the planned route to be provided to a display of a computing device. | 08-01-2013 |
20130226449 | Systems and Methods for Determining Available Providers - Systems and methods for determining available providers is disclosed. One embodiment includes communicating with a plurality of third party data storage units, at least one of the plurality of third party data storage units comprising user preference data for a vehicle, retrieving the user preference data from a remote location, and facilitating storage of the user preference data. Some embodiments include utilizing the user preference data to predict a likely current destination and providing, by a vehicle computing device, data related to the likely current destination to a user. | 08-29-2013 |
20140005923 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM PROVIDING LANE GUIDANCE TO DRIVER BASED ON DRIVER'S DRIVING HABITS AND PREFERENCES | 01-02-2014 |
20140005924 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ROUTE SELECTION BASED ON RECORDED AND CALCULATED ROUTES | 01-02-2014 |
20140012495 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present technique relates to an information processing device, an information processing method and a program which can accumulate sufficient movement history data with a little power consumption. A similarity search unit searches for a past route similar to the immediate movement history which is acquired by a position sensor unit and which has time series position data, from the search data stored in a past history DB. A fitness determination unit determines whether or not goodness of fit of the past route searched by the similarity search unit and the immediate movement history is a predetermined threshold or more. A sensor control unit controls an acquisition interval of the position data of the position sensor unit according to a determination result of the fitness determination unit. The technique of this disclosure is applicable to a prediction device which, for example, acquires position data and predicts a predicted route. | 01-09-2014 |
20140074395 | Method of displaying points of interest and related portable electronic device - A method of displaying points of interest to a user of a portable electronic device includes receiving an input from a user for entering a destination location into the portable electronic device for generating navigation instructions to the destination location, determining a current location of the portable electronic device according to received position signals, and providing navigation instructions to the destination location along a suggested navigation route according to the current location of the portable electronic device. The method further includes displaying points of interest located within a display area of a map shown on a display of the portable electronic device according to weighted scores assigned to the points of interest, where the weighted scores are modified according to the relevance of the points of interest to the suggested navigation route, and the points of interest having higher weighted scores are displayed. | 03-13-2014 |
20140309926 | MAP PREPARATION APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A map preparation apparatus includes a position information acquisition section, an input information acquisition section, and a selection section. The position information acquisition section acquires position information of a user who is moving. The input information acquisition section acquires input information including a date and time when the user starts moving and a date and time when the user finishes moving. The selection section selects map information from preregistered map information on the basis of the position information acquired by the position information acquisition section and on the basis of the input information acquired by the input information acquisition section. The selected map information includes a route in a ratio equal to or larger than a predetermined ratio. The route is taken from the date and time when the user starts moving to the date and time when the user finishes moving. | 10-16-2014 |
20140309927 | BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION VIA ALTERED MAP ROUTES BASED ON USER PROFILE INFORMATION - Methods and systems for an improved navigation environment are provided. The navigation system can route users to preferred locations based on user profile data and past experience with the present driver and other drivers. The system provides more cost-effective and time-sensitive routing by incorporating other information about destinations. Further, the navigation system provides enhanced guidance in foreign or unfamiliar locations by incorporating experience from other drivers and other data. | 10-16-2014 |
20150025792 | DYNAMIC NAVIGATION SERVICE - Systems and methods may provide for implementing a dynamic navigation service. In one example, the method may include generating user behavior data for a user, generating community user behavior data, generating a user suggested route, and generating a community user suggested route. | 01-22-2015 |
20150142302 | ROUTE SEARCH DEVICE AND ROUTE SEARCH METHOD - A technology for searching for a recommended route matched to a search condition is provided for route search that involves substitution with a learned route. A route search device comprises: a storage means to store therein, as learned routes, routes corresponding to sections where traveling deviated from recommended routes have been performed; a setting means to set a search condition matched a recommended route; a recommended-route search means to find a recommended route on the basis of the search condition; an application means to select any one of the learned routes that is applicable to the thus found recommended route, and apply the selected learned route to the recommended route; and a display means to display the recommended route to which the learned route has been applied. The storage means stores therein category information of the learned routes in association with the respective learned routes. The application means selects, from the storage means, any one of the learned routes that is associated with the category information matched to the search condition. | 05-21-2015 |
20150308845 | CANDIDATE PATH RECOMMENDATION - A method for recommending a candidate path includes, in response to receiving a query from a user, looking up a plurality of paths that conform to the query; with respect to a current path among the plurality of paths, obtaining behavior data of the user and behavior data of at least one other user associated with the current path; determining a recommendation indicator associated with the current path, based on the behavior data of the user and the behavior data of the at least one other user; and recommending the candidate path to the user based on at least a recommendation indicator associated with at least one of the plurality of paths. | 10-29-2015 |
20150308846 | CANDIDATE PATH RECOMMENDATION - A method for recommending a candidate path includes, in response to receiving a query from a user, looking up a plurality of paths that conform to the query; with respect to a current path among the plurality of paths, obtaining behavior data of the user and behavior data of at least one other user associated with the current path; determining a recommendation indicator associated with the current path, based on the behavior data of the user and the behavior data of the at least one other user; and recommending the candidate path to the user based on at least a recommendation indicator associated with at least one of the plurality of paths. | 10-29-2015 |
20150345983 | SELECTION AND PRESENTATION OF GEOGRAPHIC CONTENT IN AN AUTOMOTIVE ENVIRONMENT - A request for geographic content is received from a client device. The request includes (i) an indication that a user invoked the digital mapping service in a vehicle and (ii) an identifier of the user. In response to the request, profile data for the user is automatically retrieved. The profile data includes indications of previous interactions of the user with a digital mapping service. Geographic content then is generated based on the indications of previous interactions in view of relevance of the previous interactions to an automotive context. The generated geographic content is provided to the client device for presentation in the vehicle. | 12-03-2015 |
20150354978 | SITUATION-AWARE ROUTE AND DESTINATION PREDICTIONS - A method for predicting a destination of a vehicle includes receiving vehicle data from a plurality of sensors, the vehicle data including at least a current location and a current time, determining a plurality of usage scenarios based on the vehicle data, accessing historical vehicle data and user data from a database, assigning, based on the vehicle data, a likelihood value to each of the plurality of usage scenarios, and predicting a set of destinations and routes for each of the plurality of usage scenarios. | 12-10-2015 |
20160025508 | CROWD SOURCING TO PREDICT VEHICLE ENERGY CONSUMPTION - An example method of crowd-sourcing energy consumption data for vehicles includes controlling a vehicle in response to a predicted energy consumption that is continually updated based on a difference between a previous predicted energy consumption and a previous actual base energy consumption. Another example method of routing a vehicle includes changing a route for a vehicle in response to a predicted energy consumption for the vehicle when travelling the route, the predicted energy consumption based on a difference between a previous predicted energy consumption and a previous actual base energy consumption. | 01-28-2016 |
20160116295 | System And Method For Presenting A Computed Route - A method for presenting a route includes receiving a starting point and a destination point and computing a route that includes a route segment between the two points. The method further includes determining, based on a user's travel history, that the route segment is an unfamiliar segment. The method includes determining an alternative route from the starting point to the destination point that includes a familiar road identified based on the user's travel history instead of the unfamiliar segment. The method further includes providing the computed route and the alternative route for presentation in a format that distinguishes the computed route from the alternative route. | 04-28-2016 |
20160161275 | INTELLIGENT NAVIGATION INSTRUCTION GENERATOR - A method includes obtaining a current location and a destination at a user navigation system, obtaining prior route information corresponding to routes taken by the user, generating directions for communication to the user to aid in navigation from the current location to the destination, wherein the directions are modified based on the prior route information to reduce a granularity of the directions, receiving additional information regarding a route between the current location and the destination, and further modifying the modified generated directions based on the received additional information. | 06-09-2016 |
20160178387 | Displaying Navigation Information Within a Secondary User Interface of a Mobile Device | 06-23-2016 |
20160377448 | PREDICTING AND ALERTING USER TO NAVIGATION OPTIONS AND PREDICTING USER INTENTIONS - A computer implemented prediction and alert method automatically executable by a processing unit of a portable computing device. The method includes determining that an event begins from event information of the portable computing device, generating a list of likely event results based on current conditions of the event and historical data, alerting a user to an event result problem for each likely event result in accordance with first and second determinations as the event information indicates that an event decision of the event is upcoming, removing unlikely event results from the list once the event decision is passed and repeating the generating, alerting and removing until only a single event result remains on the list. | 12-29-2016 |
20160377449 | SITUATION-AWARE ROUTE AND DESTINATION PREDICTIONS - A method for predicting a destination of a vehicle includes receiving vehicle data from a plurality of sensors, the vehicle data including at least a current location and a current time, determining a plurality of usage scenarios based on the vehicle data, accessing historical vehicle data and user data from a database, assigning, based on the vehicle data, a likelihood value to each of the plurality of usage scenarios, and predicting a set of destinations and routes for each of the plurality of usage scenarios. | 12-29-2016 |
20190147276 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ESTIMATING RECOGNITION TIMING | 05-16-2019 |