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| 20120016584 | ROUTE GUIDING SYSTEM, ROUTE GUIDING SERVER, AND ROUTE GUIDING METHOD - In a route guiding system equipped with a route guiding server ( | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120101722 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A mobile phone includes: a first housing having a first display part; a second housing having a second display part; acquisition means for obtaining image data and position information associated with the image data; position information acquisition section for obtaining current position information concerning a current position; a guide information acquisition section for generating a guide map showing a route from the current position to a spot that is indicated by the position information associated with the image data, based on the position information associated with the image data and the current position information; and a display control section for controlling display contents in the first display part and the second display part. The display control section causes the first display part to display the guide map and causes the second display part to display an image based on the image data. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120109516 | NAVIGATION APPARATUS - A navigation apparatus is provided that is highly convenient for a user to view a map screen and a menu window. A display controller | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120136568 | Visual Aid for Assisting a User in Interpreting a Digital Map - A visual aid determination module (VADM) is described for presenting a visual aid that helps a user in interpreting a digital map. Namely, the visual aid helps the user in interpreting the relation of a currently-displayed map bounding region (MBR) to a center point of an inaccurate location region (ILR). The ILR, in turn, conveys a range of indeterminacy associated with a currently-assessed location of the user. In one case, the visual aid corresponds to a series of concentric circles. The curvature, placement, and spacing of the circles help the user determine his or her bearing with respect to the center point of the ILR. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120143495 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INDOOR NAVIGATION - Methods and systems for indoor navigation utilize a smartphone equipped with various sensors. When a person whose initial position is unknown, and in some circumstances whose sight has been impaired, specifies a destination, the navigation system will calculate the coordinates of his/her present location from the sensor readings. It will then calculate the distance to be traveled to the destination and form routes to direct him/her towards the desired location. These steps are carried out using sensor readings and in some cases magnetic maps of the interiors of buildings stored on the smartphone. In some cases dynamic time warping (“DTW”) is used to align a recorded signature of the person's movement through the building with a stored magnetic map in order to identify the person's location within the building. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120143496 | ENABLING A FIRST MOBILE DEVICE TO NAVIGATE TO A LOCATION ASSOCIATED WITH A SECOND MOBILE DEVICE - A method is described that allows a first mobile device to persistently lock onto a second mobile device, thereby allowing the first mobile device to not only constantly monitor the dynamic location of the second mobile device but also to adaptively navigate in real-time to the dynamic location associated with the second mobile device. The dynamic location may include a current location of the second mobile device or a final destination for travel of the second mobile device. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120150432 | NAVIGATION DEVICE, NAVIGATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Navigation devices, methods, and programs acquire a vehicle location, access stored map information including road width information, and set a destination. The devices, methods, and programs search for a route to the set destination based on the stored map information, perform route guidance based on the searched route, and acquire a last branch point on the searched route. The devices, methods, and programs determine a road width of an entering link entering the acquired last branch point, and determine a distance from the last branch point to the destination. Based on the determined road width and the determined distance, the devices, methods, and programs determine a last communication point on the searched route at which last guidance to the destination is to be communicated to a user. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120179364 | Method and System for Automatically Creating PoI by Identifying Geographic Information on a Screen of a Portable Navigation Device - A method for automatically creating points of interest by identifying geographic information on a screen of a portable navigation device. A first geographic information is retrieved from an information page shown in the screen of the portable navigation device and recognized by comparing with the first geographic information with a geographic information of landmarks stored in a map database of the portable navigation device. It is determined whether the first geographic information is in the map database. If the geographic information is in the map database, a first GPS coordinate corresponding to the first geographic information is obtained and stored as a first POI. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120179365 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A navigation system capable of enabling a user to use navigation functions such as route guidance without setting a destination. It includes an information recording unit for storing a driving history, a destination estimating unit for estimating a destination from the driving history stored in the information recording unit, a route computing unit for calculating a route to the destination estimated by the destination estimating unit, and an information display unit for causing the route calculated by the route computing unit to be displayed. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120209512 | OPTIMAL PATH SEARCH SYSTEM AND OPTIMAL PATH SEARCH METHOD - An optimal path search system, which optimizes a travel path of a moving object, comprising: a path information database; and a path search unit that searches for an optimal path that exhibits a minimum travel cost borne by the moving object, from among travel paths of the moving object, wherein: the path search unit is configured to: determine destination points on the path network; search for at least one nearest node to each of destination points, search for a second travel path along which the moving object travels by passing through the at least one nearest node and all of the at least one destination point, determine the second travel path for which a travel cost is minimum; and search for the travel paths followed by using each of a plurality of moving means, respectively, in a case where the moving object travels along the optimal path. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120215441 | MAP DATA CREATING DEVICE, NAVIGATION DEVICE, AND MAP PROCESSING SYSTEM USING THESE DEVICES - Disclosed is a map data creating device including an average travel speed calculating unit for calculating an average travel speed in each link included in searched route data showing a route which is searched for by a route searching unit according to infounation which is included in map data acquired from a map database and which is assigned to the link, a control unit for dividing the route which is searched for by the route searching unit into sub-routes according to the average travel speed from the average travel speed calculating unit to acquire map data about a map having a scale according to an average travel speed assigned to each of the sub-routes into which the route is divided from the map database, and a searched route data storage unit for storing the map data acquired by the control unit while bringing the map data into correspondence with the sub-route. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120245841 | DIGITAL MAP LABELING SYSTEM - A navigation system may display a map element represented by a spline including a plurality of vertices. Label coordinate values derived from coordinate values of the plurality of vertices may be retrieved from a database. A label assigned to the map element may be displayed based on the stored label coordinate values. The assigned label may be adapted to the geometric form of at least a portion of the map element. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120253662 | INFORMATION TERMINAL DEVICE, INFORMATION TERMINAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM IN WHICH PROGRAM IS STORED - An aspect of the invention is an information terminal device includes a widget management unit for managing execution of a widget being a monofunctional program for performing display on the display part of a display device. The widget management unit includes a policy determination unit for determining the operation policy, including operation restriction and priority, concerning a display state at the display device in the widget, and a reliability determining unit for determining the reliability representing the reliability of the widget in the widget. When the state of the movement calculated by a navigation unit becomes a preset state, the widget management unit regulates the display state of the widget according to the operation restriction and the reliability, and performs display, while preferentially displaying guidance state and positional information calculated by the navigation unit. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120303268 | ADJUSTABLE DESTINATION ICON IN A MAP NAVIGATION TOOL - A map navigation tool presents directions using a map navigation user interface that simplifies navigation in various ways. In particular, the map navigation tool uses a destination icon that directs the user towards an end location of a route when the user is close to the end location. For example, the map navigation tool obtains multiple list items of a list of directions. Based at least in part on current location, the tool determines that a destination icon is to be displayed. For example, the tool checks whether the current location is within a threshold distance from or past the end location. The tool then renders the destination icon, which indicates direction towards the end location. The tool can further adjust the destination icon depending on current location, for example, rotating the destination icon or switching between multiple destination icons representing left, right, ahead and behind directions. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120316776 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING CHARTING TASKS - A method for accessing information on an electronic version of an navigation information display is described. The method includes displaying navigation information on a display of a device, the device incorporating a touch screen, sensing a user touch on the touch screen, determining, by the device, a location on the touch screen where the user touch has occurred, correlating the location on the touch screen where the user touch has occurred with a location on the navigation information display, and displaying a magnified area of a portion of the navigation information proximate the location on the touch screen where the user touch occurred. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120323485 | ROUTE SEARCH APPARATUS, ROUTE SEARCH METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a route search apparatus including a measuring unit configured to measure a traveling distance or a traveling time, a position information acquiring unit configured to acquire position information of a current point. a start point registering unit configured to register the position information, which is acquired by the position information acquiring unit when the measuring unit starts the measurement, as position information of a start point, and a route searching unit configured to, if an operation of returning to the start point is detected, search a return route between the current point designated as a departure point when the operation of returning to the start point is detected and the start point designated as a destination. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120323486 | Method for simplifying a description of a route of travel - A method for simplifying a description of a travel route represented by a list of route points includes: reading in a travel route which is mapped by a list of route points represented by a plurality of route points, each route point representing a different subsegment of a travel route on a digital road map; altering the list of route points according to a predetermined algorithm, in order to obtain an altered list of route points that represents the travel route; and storing the altered list of route points in order to simplify the description of the travel route. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120323487 | NAVIGATION DEVICE - A navigation device includes a road periphery display change unit | 12-20-2012 |
| 20130006523 | TRAVEL GUIDANCE SYSTEM, TRAVEL GUIDANCE APPARATUS, TRAVEL GUIDANCE METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A travel guidance system including a navigation-route setting unit; a traffic-light-position acquiring unit that acquires a position of an exit-side traffic light at a preceding junction that is located closer to a departure place of a navigation route than a guidance junction; a movable-body-position acquiring unit that acquires a position of a movable body; a guidance-starting-point acquiring unit, the guidance starting point being determined from a position of the movable body relative to the exit-side traffic light at the preceding junction; a passage determining unit that determines whether the movable body has passed through the guidance starting point from the position of the movable body and the position of the guidance starting point; and a junction guiding unit that starts the guidance on the guidance junction when the passage determining unit determines that the movable body has passed through the guidance starting point. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130024109 | TRAVEL GUIDANCE SYSTEM, TRAVEL GUIDANCE APPARATUS, TRAVEL GUIDANCE METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A travel guidance system including a navigation-route setting unit; a reference-marker setting unit that sets a reference marker located closer to a departure place of a navigation route than a guidance junction, a guidance-marker setting unit that sets a reference marker located near the guidance junction; a marker-position acquiring unit; a guidance setting unit that sets the guidance on the guidance junction on the basis of a position of the reference marker and a position of the guidance marker; and a junction guiding unit that provides the guidance on the guidance junction on the basis of the guidance set by the guidance setting unit. The guidance setting unit sets the guidance including a first phrase specifying a positional relationship between the movable body and the reference marker and a second phrase specifying a positional relationship between the reference marker and the guidance marker. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130041583 | 3D TUNNEL REPRESENTATION - The invention relates to system and method for generating a 3-dimensional representation of a tunnel. Road network data is provided having a plurality of road segments, at least one road segment being a tunnel road segment, including the information that said at least one road segment is a road segment located in a tunnel. The tunnel segment in the road network is identified, providing a geographical elevation map including elevation data of the geographical region in which the tunnel road segment is located, providing predefined patterns representing predefined parts of a 3-dimensional tunnel body, generating the 3-dimensional representation of the tunnel based on the tunnel road segment, the elevation map and the predefined patterns, and storing the 3-dimensional representation of the tunnel in connection with the road network as a 3-dimensional object which is located at the geographical position of the tunnel road segment. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130054136 | MOVEMENT GUIDANCE SYSTEM, MOVEMENT GUIDANCE DEVICE, MOVEMENT GUIDANCE METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Movement guidance systems, devices, methods, and programs set a guidance branch point on a guidance route. The systems, devices, methods, and programs acquire a position and a shape of the guidance branch point and a prior branch point, and determine whether the prior branch point is adjacent based on the acquired information. The prior branch point is adjacent when the prior branch point exists within a first predetermined distance from the guidance branch point and is connected with a road in a same direction as the guidance branch point. When it is determined that the prior branch point is adjacent, the systems, devices, methods, and programs complete verbal guidance for the guidance branch point at a timing at which the movable body is located at a guidance end point that is located a second predetermined distance before the prior branch point. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130060463 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR SELECTING AND DISPLAYING ROUTE FAVORABLE TO DRIVER - A method and apparatus for selecting and displaying a route preferable to a driver while reducing the frequency of changing the route. A dynamic strategy is computed which depends on time required to reach each intersection to be passed through between a departure place and a destination place. A probability distribution of the required time for each intersection and a driving direction to be selected is computed according to the computed dynamic strategy. A driving direction having the highest probability of the required time is sequentially selected to determine intersections to be passed through to the destination. At each intersection, the probability of the required time for each driving direction can be added and a driving direction that has the highest total probability among the results of the additions can be sequentially selected. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130073197 | NAVIGATION DEVICE - Disclosed is a navigation device including a guidance route calculation unit | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130096819 | GPS tuner - A GPS tuner provides high precision measurement, mapping, and Geocaching tools for a pocket PC and other mobile computing devices. The tuner accepts waypoints defining a desired route for navigation by a user, including land, water, and air routes. Waypoints may comprise latitude, longitude, and altitude of a geographical coordinate; user-assigned names; a type of geographic coordinate and coordinate description; photos; and associated sounds. Waypoints may be inputted by a user keying in way point data; by copying waypoints from another stored route; internet downloading from a Geocaching file; or importing from a GPX file. Waypoints may also be established from a free-form hand-drawn route on a touch screen, which may display a world-wide digital elevation model, and upon which a user scanned map may be overlaid through a calibration process. Navigation functions are selectable from a touch screen display of a self-adapting, ergonomically configured, array of icons. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130096820 | VIRTUAL DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A display system for a vehicle comprises display screens mounted within a passenger compartment of a vehicle. Cameras are mounted on the exterior of the vehicle corresponding to the positions of the display screens. A sensor(s) is directed toward a driver for the vehicle to sense a driver eye position. An ECU for the display system analyzes the driver eye position and determines a line of sight. An image from the camera is displayed on the display screen that corresponds to the driver's line of sight. Consequently, rather than the vehicle obstructing the driver's view the display system provides images to the driver of what would be seen if the vehicle body was not there. Thus, the display system provides virtually transparent portions of the vehicle body which widens the field of view provided to the driver. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130096821 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH NON-NATIVE DYNAMIC NAVIGATOR MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: receiving a destination; generating a route to the destination; and generating a non-native dynamic navigation based on the route for displaying on a device. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130096822 | NAVIGATION DEVICE - Disclosed is a navigation device including: a target candidate extracting unit for extracting target candidates located along a guidance route from a map database on a basis of a vehicle position, the guidance route, and intersection information about a target intersection for guidance; a target determining unit for determining a target on a basis of knowledge about target determination from among the target candidates extracted by the target candidate extracting unit; a guidance sentence generating unit for generating a guidance sentence by using the target determined by the target determining unit; and a sound output unit for outputting voice guidance on a basis of the guidance sentence generated by the guidance sentence generating unit. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130131977 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED MAPPING AND TRAVEL - A system and method for optimized mapping and travel to multiple destinations and a system and method for providing optimized mapping, locating, and viewing of real properties for sale. The system and method for mapping, locating, and viewing real properties for sale may include the ability to track service providers so that property information provided by certain agents/brokers can be electronically affirmed and acknowledged by buyers who utilize the system and method. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130151144 | ROAD GUIDANCE DISPLAY METHOD AND SYSTEM USING GEOTAGGING IMAGE - A road guidance display method and system using a geo-tagging image are provided. More specifically, a street image is stored by capturing the street image at a specific point by a camera and storing the street image along with position information at a corresponding point. Subsequently, the street image stored in the storing process is output on a screen when a reproduction command is input by a user or when a vehicle is within a predetermined distance from a street image capturing point. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130151145 | DISPLAY SYSTEM, DISPLAY METHOD, AND DISPLAY PROGRAM - Display systems, methods, and programs generate and display an arrow object superimposed on an actual image of a road ahead of a vehicle. The systems, methods, and programs access information about a lane change route for guiding the vehicle when changing from a travel lane to a recommended lane. The systems, methods, and programs generate and display a travel lane part of the arrow object, a crossing part of the arrow object, and a recommended lane part of the arrow object, each as a superimposed image on the recommended lane. As remaining distance from a current position of the vehicle to the junction becomes smaller, a distance of a directional component along the travel lane for at least one of the travel lane part, the crossing part, and the recommended lane part is shortened. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130158863 | TRAILER BACKING PATH PREDICTION USING GPS AND CAMERA IMAGES - A method of controlling a vehicle and trailer assembly comprises obtaining an image for a current position of the vehicle and trailer assembly from a GPS system. The image is displayed on a display screen and a location is selected to indicate a desired final position for the vehicle and trailer assembly. An intended trailer backing path is determined with the desired final position of the vehicle and trailer assembly and a predicted trailer backing path is determined based upon a steering angle of the vehicle and an angle between the vehicle and the trailer. The predicted trailer backing path and the intended trailer backing path are displayed on the display screen to assist the operator in steering the vehicle. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130158864 | SYSTEM FOR GUIDING A USER THROUGH A MULTI-OPTION TURN DECISION AND METHOD THEREOF - The disclosure provides a system for guiding a user of a vehicle through a multi-option turn decision, and a method using the same. Specifically, the disclosure provides technology for displaying a distance measurement from the current location of a vehicle to all turn options in a region of the vehicle's route guide that has multi-option turn decisions, thereby preventing the user from being confused as to which turn to take. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130179069 | SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL LANDMARK - A system and method for processing a 3-dimensional landmark providing a 3-dimensional representation of a 3-dimensional real world object located at a predefined geographic location is provided. The method includes the steps of providing a data set containing the 3-dimensional landmark, determining a largest continuous horizontal surface of the 3-dimensional landmark, and storing the determined largest horizontal surface as road traffic area of a road network used by a user when moving on the object. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130197798 | Natural Navigational Guidance - Natural navigational guidance, provides enhanced guidance instructions that take advantage of unique geographic features along a navigated route to specify maneuver points. Guidance points are clearly visible, unambiguous, and locally unique features in the geography of the maneuver area that can be used to aid the user in discovering the place where the maneuver point is. Within a guidance point selection area, a specific guidance point type has a more strict area within which it can be used. A natural guidance point selection area for an upcoming maneuver to be navigated is determined, and a unique geographic feature within the determined natural guidance point selection area is selected as a natural guidance point for navigation of the upcoming maneuver. A turn-type natural guidance point for an upcoming maneuver to be navigated is generated when the user device is within the natural guidance point selection area. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130218459 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A navigation system (NS) can determine a junction between a current position of a user and a maneuver point of a route. Additionally, the NS can determine, change, and output an explicit notification not to turn at the junction. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130231857 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRIGGERING CONVEYANCE OF GUIDANCE INFORMATION - An approach for triggering the conveyance of guidance information based on the current line-of-sight of the user is described. A guidance platform processes and/or facilitates a processing of sensor information associated with a device, a user of the device, or a combination thereof to determine (a) line-of-sight information to at least one navigation element, (b) one or more user behavior patterns, or (c) a combination thereof. The guidance platform then determines a timing, a frequency, or a combination thereof of at least one presentation of guidance information based, at least in part, on the line-of-sight information. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130253819 | Methods and Computer Program Products for Identifying Prospective Routes for Physical Activities - We have disclosed methods and computer program products for identifying prospective routes for an individual to traverse during a physical activity. The methods may include a server computer system receiving data describing the physical activity from a remote computing device, a server computer system identifying a prospective route in response to receiving data, and a server computer system transmitting data describing a map of a prospective route to a remote computing device for display of the map at the remote computing device in response to identifying the prospective route. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130261958 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING AN EXCEPTION TO A PARKING RESTRICTION - An apparatus and method for implementing an exception to a parking restriction, the exception being a parking area defined by one or more coordinates, includes monitoring an area including the parking area; detecting a vehicle in the monitored area; determining whether the detected vehicle is positioned within the parking area; and determining whether the vehicle has permission to park in the parking area. The parking area is not marked on the road. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130282273 | NAVIGATION APPARATUS - A navigation apparatus for providing a guidance about an exiting road of a circular intersection based on a prestored road and a learned road is disclosed. The navigation apparatus determines whether or not the learned road is included in connection roads of the circular intersection. When the learned road is not included in the connection roads of the circular intersection, the navigation apparatus provides the guidance about the circular intersection in an exit number mode. When the learned road is included in the connection roads of the circular intersection, the navigation apparatus device provides the guidance about the circular intersection in a learned road guidance mode. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130311081 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISPLAYING ENHANCED TURN-BY-TURN GUIDANCE ON A PERSONAL NAVIGATION DEVICE - Embodiment methods and systems enable personal navigation devices to warn drivers during turn-by-turn navigation directions when they are approaching a difficult turn. Personal navigation devices may report to a server when a turn is missed during turn-by-turn directions, including identifying the turn and situation information. The server may aggregate missed turn reports from many personal navigation devices to generate a difficult turn database. Personal navigation devices may access the difficult turn database when generating turn-by-turn directions to identify turns requiring enhanced directions. The difficult turn database may be stored on personal navigation devices, and/or may be maintained on the server. Personal navigation devices may be configured to recognize when turns are intentionally missed, and only report missed turns when they determined that the turn was missed unintentionally. Indications of turn difficulty may be correlated to situation information received in missed turn reports to more accurately reflect when turns are difficult. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130311082 | Navigation System for a Motor Vehicle - A navigation system for a motor vehicle includes: an off-board navigation system spatially separated from the motor vehicle, for calculating a suggested route for the motor vehicle; a wireless communication connection between the off-board navigation system and the motor vehicle, for transmitting the suggested route to the motor vehicle; and a man-machine interface arranged in the motor vehicle, for outputting the suggested route to an operator of the motor vehicle. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130311083 | OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE AND NAVIGATION DEVICE - An object detection device includes: an ultrasonic sensor for transmitting a signal and further receiving reflected signals of the transmitted signal; a delay-sum processing unit for generating two-dimensional distance information in which the reflected signals received by the ultrasonic sensor are delay-summed in a plurality of reference planes set in advance; a distance information integration unit for generating integrated distance information in which the two-dimensional distance information in the plurality of reference planes generated by the delay-sum processing unit is summed in a vertical direction to the reference planes; and an object detection unit for detecting an object at a position where an intensity in the vertical direction is equal to or larger than a threshold value by referring to an intensity in the vertical direction of the integrated distance information generated by the distance information integration unit. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130325326 | System And Method For Acquiring Map Portions Based On Expected Signal Strength Of Route Segments - Embodiments may include determining a navigation route between an origination and a destination; the route may span multiple portions of a map. Embodiments may also include receiving an order of priority in which to receive the multiple portions of the map; the order may be generated based on distinct levels of expected signal strength for each of the multiple portions. For instance, within the order of priority, map portions associated with areas of low signal strength may be ranked higher than areas of higher signal strength. Embodiments may also include acquiring at least some of the portions of the map according to the order of priority, and generating a map display comprising the multiple portions of the map. For instance, map portions associated with areas of poor reception may be downloaded first whereas map portions associated with strong signal strength may be downloaded on-the-fly during route navigation. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20140005927 | MAP DISPLAY APPARATUS | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140012496 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTELY ENTERING, STORING AND SHARING ADDRESSES FOR A POSITIONAL INFORMATION DEVICE - Devices, systems and methods for remotely entering, storing and sharing location addresses for a positional information device, e.g., a global positioning system (GPS) device, are provided. The present disclosure allows a user to easily and safely enter an address into a GPS device by giving that address to a remote communications link and to have that link automatically program the user's GPS device for usage. The device, system and method of the present disclosure further allows the user to use this stored address(es) on multiple GPS devices without having to manually enter the address(es). | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140019040 | Method and Apparatus for Normalizing Navigation Data for Vehicle Computing System Playback - A system includes a processor configured to communicate wirelessly with a mobile device, wherein the processor is further configured to receive output data from a navigation application running on the mobile device. The processor is also configured to send data back through the mobile device to a standardization system, including a request for standardization, running on a remote system, if the output data is in an unusable format. Also, the processor is configured to receive a standardized form of the data, having been standardized by the remote standardization system. The processor is further configured to process the standardized data to provide navigation directions through one or more vehicle outputs controllable by the processor. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140032097 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING SUITABILITY OF FUTURE WAYPOINT LOCATIONS - A method for illustrating an aircraft flight plan comprising at least one waypoint on a flight display of a flight deck of an aircraft, where the method may include displaying on the flight display of the flight deck some type of display indicia that indicates the suitability of locations for future waypoints. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140032098 | NAVIGATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GUIDING HIGH-OCCUPANCY VEHICLES - A navigation device comprises a display, a data storage element, a passenger sensor, and a processor. The display may communicate routing data to a driver of a vehicle. The data storage element may store cartographic data including high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane data. The passenger sensor may sense a number of passengers in the vehicle. The processor may be coupled with the display and the data storage element and may be configured to receive the number of sensed passengers in the vehicle, determine if the vehicle is eligible to travel through one or more HOV lanes based on the number of sensed passengers and HOV lane data, determine a route that includes the one or more HOV lanes if the vehicle is eligible to travel in the one or more HOV lanes, and provide a visual indication of the route to be shown on the display. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140032099 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NAVIGATION - The present invention relates to a navigation device. The navigation device is arranged to dynamically generate multi-dimensional (multidimensional) video signals based on location and directional information of the navigation device by processing at least one source video signal. The navigation device is further arranged to superimpose navigation directions and/or environment information about surrounding objects onto the generated multidimensional video feed. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140039789 | DYNAMIC PROGRESSIVE MAP GRANULARITY FOR NAVIGATION - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for dynamic, progressive route granularity for a computed route in a navigation system. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for dynamic, progressive routing granularity for a computed route in a navigation system is provided. The method includes computing a route of turn by turn directives from an origin to a destination in memory of a navigation computing system. The method additionally includes determining one segment of the route from amongst multiple different segments of the route to be a familiar segment. The method yet further includes removing from the familiar segment at least one of the turn by turn directives. Finally, the method includes displaying the route in the navigation computing system without segments that have been removed as part of the familiar segment. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140046584 | NON-UNIFORM WEIGHTING FACTOR AS ROUTE ALGORITHM INPUT - The present invention provides a method of determining a route between two locations in a navigation device by calculating the cost of paths between the two locations using a cost function. The cost function applies different weighting factors for the same type of attribute to line segments when the line segments are located in different areas of a map. As such, when the cost of a path is being assessed, the same type of attribute may be associated with different levels of penalty or bonus in different areas. This means that the route determined is less likely to avoid line segments that have a certain negative attribute in areas where the attribute has a less adverse affect. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140052369 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING FRIEND'S LOCATION INFORMATION - A system and method of providing friend location information is provided. More particularly, when a friend appears in a region desired by a user, it is possible to track a travel route of the friend and display for the user a map where the travel route is marked and thereby enable the user to understand preferred places or the friend. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140052370 | MOBILE-BODY NAVIGATION DEVICE AND MOBILE-BODY NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A mobile-body navigation device includes a communication device | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140058661 | REAL-TIME MAP DATA UPDATING SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention relates to a real-time map data updating system and method, comprising: collecting operating environment information of a terminal device, which is basic information for update condition determination; checking an update condition of the terminal device which includes one or more of a state of travel, a travel speed, and a network state by comparing the collected operating environment information to preset criteria; and partially updating map data, which is stored in the terminal device, in a combination of one or more of level, tile, and layer units corresponding to the checked update condition. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140058662 | ACOUSTIC NAVIGATION METHOD - An information processing apparatus that detects a current location of the information processing apparatus; obtains a direction of a destination from the detected current location as a target direction; detects a facial orientation of a user wearing a headphone unit connected to the information processing apparatus via a wired or wireless connection in relation to a reference orientation based on outputs of a geomagnetic sensor and an acceleration sensor connected to the headphone unit; obtains a relative target angle based on a difference between the target direction and the user's facial orientation; and generates sound to be output by the headphone unit based on the obtained relative target angle. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140195147 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A non-scaled, linearly compressed pictographic mapping system is provided for the visual display of information in a navigational aid. Unlike today's road maps which use a point-arc-polygon paradigm, the new mapping uses a non-scaled, linearly-compressed pictographic design that shows roads as linear pictograms. The display has a columnar layout, whereby the descriptive elements are grouped together by type, and displayed one above the other in columns. The maps may also contain icons representing points of interest arranged in a cloud fashion. In this manner, the mapping paradigm also serves to increase traveler safety, provide navigation assistance during address-less trips, create valuable advertising space and new promotional opportunities, and dramatically increases the travelers' communications and entertainment options. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140200803 | GUIDANCE SYSTEM, SERVER, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND GUIDANCE METHOD - A guidance system includes an SNS server that distributes guidance information, e.g., to a smartphone. The SNS server includes a post information DB, a map DB, and a guidance information DB. Pieces of post information and selected guidance information are transmitted to the smartphone via a communication unit. The smartphone displays the pieces of post information, and includes a setting unit that sets, as a destination, a location contained in a piece of post information among the displayed pieces of post information, and a guidance unit that provides, by using the guidance information, guidance on a guidance route to the destination. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140244159 | Method of Operating a Navigation System Using Images - A navigation system comprises a processor, a geographic database and a guidance application executable on the processor. The guidance application obtains data from the geographic database and obtains a photographic image. The guidance application overlays an advertisement route highlight on said photographic image. The advertisement route highlight graphically illustrates a path corresponding to a route and a direction of travel for the route. The advertisement route highlight includes a series of advertisement decals. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140249747 | AUTOMATIC TRAVEL TIME AND ROUTING DETERMINATIONS IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - Aspects relate to automatically providing updated route and predicted travel time to allow a user to travel a shortest route between a first point and a second point. A route can be planned based on a multitude of route segments, wherein historical data related to speed is known for each of the route segments. Further, the historical data is categorized based on temporal aspects, such as time of day, day of week, as well as other aspects, such as known events that can have an influence on the speed at which each route segment can be traveled. As the user moves along the route, the planned route, as well as an anticipated travel time, are almost continually updated to provide the most up-to-date and accurate data. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140278064 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND PROCEDURE FOR PROVIDING ROUTE SUGGESTIONS - An apparatus or web server for assisting a user in selecting a route based on tracked popularity of routes traveled by other users and a desired user activity. The apparatus may include a memory for receiving and storing route data for routes previously traveled by a plurality of users and a processing device coupled with the memory for receiving desired route characteristic information from the user, including a desired activity type, such as running or cycling. The processing device may compare the desired route characteristics information with the route data, suggest at least one of the stored routes to the user based on the comparison, and visually indicate with a color-coded heat map a popularity of the routes suggested based on the comparison. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140316695 | USING ROUTING SYMBOLS TO DESCRIBE A DRVING MANEUVER - Driving directions are presented where a maneuver in the driving directions includes a road symbol and an action symbol. A road symbol identifies the road involved in the particular maneuver, and an action symbol identifies an action to be performed to execute the particular maneuver. In one example, a road symbol, an action symbol and narrative text may be presented in displayed or printed driving directions. In another example, a road symbol and an action symbol may be used to describe a maneuver presented by an on-board or mobile navigation system when the vehicle in which the navigation system is present approaches the point at which the maneuver is to be taken. The road symbol and the action symbol may be presented with, or without, narrative driving directions. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140324332 | NAVIGATION SERVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD USING MOBILE DEVICE - A method and apparatus are provided. The method includes obtaining, at an electronic apparatus, one or more candidates based at least in part on a first input associated with a plurality of geographical locations, selecting a destination from the one or more candidates based at least in part on a second input, receiving a map image corresponding to a location of the electronic apparatus and the destination, from an external device, and providing, based at least in part on the map image, a navigation service. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140330511 | Augmented Reality Data Center Visualization - Datacenter datasets and other information are visually displayed in an augmented reality view using a portable device. The visual display of this information is presented along with a visual display of the actual datacenter environment. The combination of these two displays allows installers and technicians to view instructions or other data that are visually correlated to the environment in which they are working. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140330512 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH OBJECT INDICATION FUNCTION AND AN OBJECT INDICATING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses an electronic device with object guiding function and the method thereof. In one embodiment, the electronic device includes a view window area, via which a user may watch a view. The electronic device may determine whether an object is located in the view window area when the user inputs the position of the object, and may further show an object indicating message or an object guiding message according to the determination result. Therefore, the electronic device is able to provide the user with short distance guiding function. In another embodiment, the electronic device may also show information related to the object located in the view window area, such as information about every mountain range, constellation, user's friends, or specific landmark that is located in the view window area. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140350845 | Navigation Device, Route Guidance Method, and Program - Disclosed is technology for providing guidance in a manner that facilitates travel along a guidance route when there is a road which has a carpool lane. A navigation device ( | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140358424 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF INPUTTING AN INTENDED BACKING PATH - A path input system is provided. The path input system includes at least one imaging device for generating image data. A GPS device is included for generating satellite image data. A controller generates an aerial view of a vehicle and a trailer based on the image data and the satellite data. A display is included for displaying the aerial view and registering a touch event thereon that inputs an intended path for the vehicle and the trailer. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140365114 | Providing Maneuver Indicators on a Map - For a device that runs a mapping application, a method for providing maneuver indicators along a route of a map. The maneuver indicators are arrows that identify the direction and orientation of a maneuver. A maneuver arrow may be selected and displayed differently from unselected maneuver arrows. Maneuver arrows may be selected automatically based on a user's current location. The mapping application transitions between maneuver arrows and provides an animation for the transition. Complex maneuvers may be indicated by multiple arrows, providing a more detailed guidance for a user of the mapping application. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20150039221 | 3D SONAR DISPLAY WITH SEMI-TRANSPARENT SHADING - A marine navigation device comprises a location determining element, a display, a memory element, and a processing element. The location determining element determines a current geolocation of a marine vessel on a first body of water. The memory element stores sonar data for a plurality of bodies of water. The processing element is in communication with the memory element and is configured to access the sonar data from the memory element corresponding to the first body of water, calculate bottom hardness shading data based on the sonar data, generate a map representation of at least a portion of the first body of water corresponding to the current geolocation, the map representation including shading derived from the calculated bottom hardness shading data, and control the display to visually present the map representation. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150046080 | VEHICLE REQUEST MANAGEMENT SYSTEM HAVING A CENTRAL SERVER - A vehicle request management system having a server | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150081210 | ALTERING EXERCISE ROUTES BASED ON DEVICE DETERMINED INFORMATION - A device includes at least one computer readable storage medium bearing instructions executable by a processor and at least one processor configured for accessing the computer readable storage medium to execute the instructions. The instructions configure the processor for accessing calendar information including scheduled events of a user, accessing map information, accessing location information indicating current location of the user, receiving user input indicating a desire for route information, based at least in part on time constraints indicated from the calendar information, accessing the location information and map information to determine a route, and audibly and/or visually displaying the route on the device. The determining of the route is also based on a current speed at which the user is moving. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150106012 | Simplified Audio Navigation Instructions - In some implementations, a mobile device can be configured to provide simplified audio navigation instructions. The simplified audio navigation instructions can provide a reduced set of audio navigation instructions so that the audio instructions are only presented to the user when the user wishes to or needs to hear the instructions. A user can enable the simplified audio navigation instructions. The simplified audio navigation instructions can be enabled automatically. The simplified audio navigation instructions can be configured with rules for when to present audio navigation instructions. For example, the rules can specify that audio navigation instructions are to be provided for complex road segments, a user defined portion of a route, or specified road types, among other criteria. The mobile device can be configured with exceptions to the rules such that audio navigation instructions can be presented when the user has, for example, deviated from a defined route. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150112586 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING INFORMATION RELATING TO VACANT SPACES OF A PARKING LOT - A mobile terminal ( | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150120182 | NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION MOBILE DEVICE AND NAVIGATION DEVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A mobile device and navigation device communication system utilizing near field communication to easily capture and transfer address data and simplify programming of the navigation device is disclosed. When a mobile device receives a text message a mobile navigation communication application determines if there is an address included in the text message and if found extracts the address and encodes the address. The user then places the mobile device in close proximity to the navigation device and the data exchange is performed via near field communication. After the data exchange is complete the navigation device decodes the data into the address and searches its database to find an address match. The navigation device then displays the address for the user to confirm. After confirmation the navigation device displays the route or driving directs from the user's current location to the destination address. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150134238 | NAVIGATION DEVICE AND NAVIGATION PROGRAM PRODUCT - A navigation device includes a travel road specification portion acquiring a current location of a vehicle and specifying a travel road actually traveled by the vehicle, a continuity determination portion determining an existence of a continuity between the travel road and a first road connected to an end point of the travel road, and an extension road designation portion. The end point of the travel road is defined as a reference end point, the travel road is defined as a reference road, and the first road is defined as a determination target road. The extension road designation portion designates the first road as a first extension road when the continuity determination portion determines that the continuity exists between the first road and the travel road. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150142303 | NAVIGATION DEVICE - Disclosed is a navigation device which extracts an entrance and exit section which exists ahead of a vehicle and in which a vehicle is permitted to make a lane change between an HOV lane and a normal lane on the basis of position information about the position of the vehicle and map data in which the HOV lane and the normal lane are defined by a single link, extracts a branch point on the HOV lane which exists ahead of the vehicle on the basis of the map data and the position information about the position of the vehicle, determines a guidance time for a lane changing permitted section defined by the extracted entrance and exit section, and another guidance time for the branch point on the HOV lane, and provides exit guidance notifying that the vehicle can exit the HOV lane or entrance guidance notifying that the vehicle can enter the HOV lane at the determined guidance time, or provides branch guidance on the branch on the HOV lane at the determined other guidance time. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150149079 | VEHICLE HEADS-UP DISPLAY NAVIGATION SYSTEM - Heads-up display system-equipped vehicle includes a steering wheel, a positioning system that determines its position that is considered a position of the vehicle, a map database containing data about roads on which the vehicle can travel, and a heads-up display system that projects content into a field of view of an occupant of the vehicle. A command input system, e.g., based on touch by the occupant, is coupled to the heads-up display system and receives commands for controlling the heads-up display system. The command input system is arranged on the steering wheel. The content includes a road on which the vehicle is traveling obtained from the map database based on the position of the vehicle as determined by the positioning system and a surrounding area. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150308841 | MAP DISPLAY SYSTEM - A navigation apparatus transmits current position information to a server. The server transmits course data to the navigation apparatus; the course data indicates a course that is predicted based on the current position information. The navigation apparatus corrects a subsequently measured current position on the course specified by the course data. The navigation apparatus transmits corrected position information indicating the corrected position to the server. The server distributes map data to the navigation apparatus; the map data corresponds to a specified area containing the corrected position specified by the corrected position information. Based on the received map data, the navigation apparatus displays a map near the corrected position on a screen of a display portion. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150330805 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING PERSONALIZED INFORMATION AND METHOD OF PROVIDING THE PERSONALIZED INFORMATION - A system and method for providing location-based personalized information by using user location history information, whereby battery consumption of a computing device is reduced. The computing device includes: a location finder configured to obtain user location information of a user of the computing device; a display configured to display information indicating a route of the user of the computing device; and a controller configured to track a location of the user by controlling the location finder as the controller senses a change in the location of the user based on the obtained user location information, obtain information corresponding to an initial route of the user based on the tracked location of the user, detect a predicted route of the user from user location history information based on the information corresponding to the initial route of the user, and display on the display unit the predicted route. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150362326 | VEHICLE POSITION DISPLAY CONTROLLER AND VEHICLE POSITION SPECIFYING METHOD - A vehicle position display controller performs a branch determination processing of determining whether a vehicle has entered a branch road. In addition, in a case where a connecting road through which a currently traveled road is connected to a road extending in parallel with the currently traveled road lies ahead of a position of the vehicle, the vehicle position display controller performs a road shape conversion processing of subjecting the road extending in parallel to the branch determination processing on the assumption that the road extending in parallel is the branch road by making a correction of an angle between the currently traveled road and the connecting road. However, in a case where the vehicle travels at a speed equal to or greater than a predetermined speed, the vehicle position display controller does not perform the road shape conversion processing. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150369617 | Integrating Online Navigation Data with Cached Navigation Data During Active Navigation - When a portable device cannot connect to a network, offline navigation directions are generated and displayed by obtaining navigation instructions stored on the portable device which direct a user from a first location to a second location. When a network connection later becomes available, the portable device obtains online navigation directions from the first location to the second location from a navigation server. The portable device updates the offline navigation directions in a least disruptive manner, with information from the online navigation directions by determining the difference between the online and the offline navigation directions. If the online and offline navigation directions are similar, the portable device updates the display with estimated time data, traffic data, etc., from the online navigation directions. Otherwise, if there is a significant difference between the online and offline navigation directions, the portable device displays the online navigation directions as an alternative route. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150377645 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CREATING AND USING A LOCATION IDENTIFICATION GRID - A method and system for generating a location identification grid and for using a location identification grid. The location identification grid can include a first geographic area that correspond to a pre-existing area. This pre-existing area can correspond to a postal code such as a zip code, a telephone code such as, an area code, or any other desired pre-existing area. The location identification grid can be subdivided into smaller geographic areas to allow more accurate identification of a location. The location identification grid can include a second geographic area. The second geographic area can be a subdivision of the first geographic area. The location identification grid can be used with signals that identify a location within a location identification grid. These signals can include a first component corresponding to the first geographic area and the second component corresponding to one or more second geographic areas. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160018226 | MODEL-BASED GENERATION OF INFORMATION AND EVACUATION MESSAGES - A system includes one or more computer processors configured to receive structure data for a building, receive location data relating to a plurality of sensors positioned throughout the building, receive data from the sensors, and determine one or more of a safe space within the building and a safe evacuation route through the building as a function of the building structure, the location of the plurality of sensors, and the sensor data. The system further includes a plurality of display units positioned throughout the building and configured to display one or more of a message relating to an event within the building, an instruction on where to proceed in the building, and symbols indicating a direction for evacuation out of the building as a function of one or more of the safe space and the safe evacuation route. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160018235 | CONTROLLING MEDIA OUTPUT DURING CONSECUTIVE NAVIGATION INTERRUPTIONS - In one example, a method includes outputting, by a computing device, media, and performing, by the computing device and prior to output of a first navigation instruction from a plurality of navigation instructions, an adjustment to the outputting of the media. In this example, the method also includes determining, based at least in part on a second navigation instruction from the plurality of navigation instructions, that an interruption condition will be satisfied until after output of the second navigation instruction, and responsive to the determining, maintaining the adjustment to the outputting of the media until after output of the second navigation instruction. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160033296 | ELECTRONIC MAP WITH DIRECTIONAL RENDERING METHOD AND SYSTEM - In an electronic map rendering method and system of the present invention, the electronic map rendering system includes an electronic map database, a planning module, and a display module. The electronic map database includes a plurality of street data, and position information of a plurality of service providers adjacent to a plurality of streets. After setting a starting position and a destination position or through detection of the traveling direction, the system is able to plan a driving route. After which, position information is then obtained of a plurality of service providers in the electronic map database closest to the driving route. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160061618 | TECHNIQUE FOR NAVIGATING A VEHICLE TO A PARKING PLACE - A technique for providing to a user, while driving and seeking a parking place in a parking area, a continuously extending best parking route which ensures the maximal number of expected curb parking places and satisfies a set of parking preferences of the user. Simultaneously, one or more additional parking routes may be provided to the user. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160069701 | NAVIGATION DEVICE AND NAVIGATION PROGRAM PRODUCT - A navigation device includes a travel road specification portion acquiring a current location of a vehicle and specifying a travel road actually traveled by the vehicle, a continuity determination portion determining an existence of a continuity between the travel road and a first road connected to an end point of the travel road, and an extension road designation portion. The end point of the travel road is defined as a reference end point, the travel road is defined as a reference road, and the first road is defined as a determination target road. The extension road designation portion designates the first road as a first extension road when the continuity determination portion determines that the continuity exists between the first road and the travel road. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160069703 | ROUTE DISPLAY METHOD, ROUTE DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND DATABASE GENERATION METHOD - A route display method for display on a terminal apparatus comprises: acquiring starting point information indicating a starting point and destination information indicating a destination; generating route information indicating a route from the starting point to the destination, wherein the route information includes a plurality of passing points; extracting captured images corresponding to the plurality of the passing points from a database which stores the captured images in relation to corresponding image capturing locations respectively, wherein each of the image capturing locations is within a range from the each of the plurality of the passing points; and displaying the extracted captured images in association with a map image sequentially in an order from a first captured image corresponding to a first passing point closest to the starting point to a second captured image corresponding to a second passing point closest to the destination. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160069705 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING ROUTING - Systems and methods are presented for sequencing locations and events and determining routing and itineraries for the sequence. In some embodiments the system may receive a starting location, a first location, and a second location in a default order. The system may determine a sequence from the starting location for the first location and the second location. The system may generate a route for the sequence with the route having transportation directions between the starting location, the second location, and the first location indicative of the sequence. The system may display the route in a graphical user interface of an application. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160076899 | STOCHASTIC RANGE - A system may identify an expected time-of-arrival distribution to a waypoint along a vehicle route, determine energy usage along the route according to a plurality of arrival timing states of a traffic control located at the waypoint given the expected time-of-arrival distribution, and display a map including the vehicle route and range contours indicative of alternative results of arriving at the waypoint at the plurality of arrival states. The system may also determine energy usage along the vehicle route and update an expected available range of the vehicle along the route. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160084670 | SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINATION AND DISPLAY OF PERSONALIZED DISTANCE - A system and method for determination and display of personalized distance. A request is received for the determination of a personalized distance over a network, wherein the request comprises an identification of a requesting user, and a plurality of real world entities comprising at least a starting location and an ending location. At least one route is determined between the first location and the second location. Spatial, temporal, topical, and social data available to the network relating to the requesting user and each real world entity and the route is retrieved using a global index of data available to the network. A personalized distance is calculated via the network between the first location and the second location using spatial, temporal, topical, and social data relating to the requesting user and each real world entity and the route. A representation of the personalized distance calculated for the route is displayed on a display medium. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160097651 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD OF IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - Disclosed are a mobile terminal and a control method thereof. Embodiments according to the present invention comprise: a display unit for outputting a first map screen; a communication unit for accessing at least one external device and receiving location data related to the first map screen selected on a second map screen output by the external device; and a control unit for determining a geographical location corresponding to the selected location data, calculating coordinate values of the first map screen corresponding to the determined geographical location and displaying the calculated coordinate values on the first map screen, and outputting a request signal for setting the determined geographical location as at least one of a destination and a waypoint of a vehicle. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160102988 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF ROUTE GUIDANCE - Systems and methods of route guidance on a user device are provided. In one aspect, a system and method transmit partitions of map data to a client device. Each map partition may contain road geometries, road names, road network topology, or any other information needed to provide turn-by-turn navigation or driving directions within the partition. Each map partition may be encoded with enough data to allow them to be stitched together to form a larger map. Map partitions may be fetched along each route to be used in the event of a network outage or other loss of network connectivity. For example, if a user deviates from the original route and a network outage occurs, the map data may be assembled and a routing algorithm may be applied to the map data in order to direct the user back to the original route. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160102991 | NAVIGATION APPARATUS AND MAPPING SYSTEM USING PERSONAL CONTACTS - A navigation apparatus and method which uses personal contact-based route guidance. A route guidance generator receives information about personal contacts including a location, a description and a rating value for route guidance and generates route guidance suitable for navigation applications. The personal contacts based guidance can be combined with normal street and maneuver based guidance. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160116297 | Intuitive Preview of Upcoming Navigational Instructions - Systems and methods for providing an intuitive preview of upcoming navigational instructions are provided. One example method for providing navigational instruction includes obtaining, by one or more computing devices, navigational information describing a sequence of navigational maneuvers associated with a route. The method includes determining, by the one or more computing devices, a distance between each navigational maneuver and the previous sequential navigational maneuver. The method includes displaying, by the one or more computing devices, a user interface providing a sequence of indicators respectively representing the sequence of navigational maneuvers. A space between each indicator and the previous sequential indicator is proportional to the distance between the navigational maneuver represented by such indicator and the navigational maneuver represented by the previous sequential indicator. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160116298 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING AUDIBLE WAYPOINTS IN MOBILE NAVIGATION - A mobile navigation device for generating and using audible waypoints in the context of navigating a route, course, or path. An embodiment of the device includes a processor configured to facilitate generation of an audible waypoint. An audible waypoint may be a marker associated with a specific location on a map that not only includes information the physical location but is also associated with an audio file. Thus, when the user navigates to the audible waypoint coordinates, then the audio file associated with the audible waypoint may be played back. The device includes a microphone configured to receive audio (e.g., the sound of the voice of the user) such that the processor stores a recorded audio file in memory. Further, the device includes an audio output, such as a speaker, to playback the audio file in coordination with the navigation application when a trigger condition is met. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160153803 | Natural Navigational Guidance | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160161278 | SYNTHETIC VISION SYSTEM INCLUDING MEANS FOR MODIFYING THE DISPLAYED VIEW - The general field of the invention is that of synthetic vision systems for a vehicle, said vehicle having a particular navigation direction. The system in accordance with the invention includes at least:
| 06-09-2016 |
| 20160169699 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AVN TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND ROUTE GUIDANCE SYSTEM | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160202067 | INTERACTIVE GLASSES AND NAVIGATION SYSTEM | 07-14-2016 |
| 20160252360 | Navigation Using Crowdsourcing Data | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160252361 | Direction List | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160252362 | APPARATUS AND METHODS OF DISPLAYING NAVIGATION INSTRUCTIONS | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160252364 | Image Mapping to Provide Visual Geographic Path | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160377445 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APP FOR MANAGING WASTE SERVICES - A system is disclosed for providing a waste management app. The system may have a locating device disposed onboard a service vehicle and configured to generate a first signal indicative of a location of the service vehicle, an input device, and a controller. The controller may be configured to receive a route assignment including waste services to be performed by the service vehicle, and to track movement of the service vehicle during performance of the waste services based on the first signal. The controller may also be configured to provide a graphical user interface for display on the input device, listing the waste services from the route assignment to be performed by the service vehicle and showing a location of the service vehicle relative to at least one location at which the waste services are to be performed. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20170234690 | Simplified Audio Navigation Instructions | 08-17-2017 |
| 20170234694 | COGNITIVE PARKING GUIDANCE | 08-17-2017 |
