| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 701430000 | Having particular storage or retrieval of data | 41 |
| 20120084001 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND MOVABLE TERMINAL - A movable terminal stores previously a travel time schedule in a regular travel state of a public transportation. The movable terminal executes a route retrieval from candidates containing route sections traveled by using the public transportation and route sections traveled by using different transportation (i.e., foot, vehicle) other than the public transportation. As a result of the route retrieval, when it is determined that the route using the public transportation is more suitable, a request for a multi-modal retrieval based on actual present travel state of the public transportation is transmitted to a center. A center route received thereafter from the center is recorded as a guidance route used for executing route guidance. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120084002 | MAP DATA, METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME, DATA PRODUCT CONTAINING THE SAME, STORAGE MEDIUM CONTAINING THE SAME, AND NAVIGATION APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Map data define a road in units of links, and a multilink as links connected consecutively with an identical attribute while containing: a road management information list storing fixed-length road management information elements, each indicating the number of links in each multilink; a lower level link information list storing fixed-length link information elements, each indicating the number of coordinate points in each link, in an order in which corresponding road management information elements are arrayed in the road management information list; a higher level link information list storing fixed-length link information elements, each indicating a multilink as a higher level link; and a higher level link ID list storing fixed-length information elements, each indicating a storage array position in the higher level link information list with respect to a multilink, in an order in which corresponding lower link information elements are arrayed in the lower level link information list. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120158291 | ROUTE SEARCH DEVICE AND ROUTE SEARCH METHOD - Conventionally, there has been a learning route-search device that stores therein, as deviation sections, actual traveling routes deviated from optimum routes, and performs route search by substituting, with any one of the deviation sections, a route found by the device if a starting point and an ending point of this deviation section are included in the found route. Such a device substitutes a route with a corresponding one of the deviation sections without exception, and therefore, may sometimes find a circuitous route that is not desired by a user. Provided is a technology by which learned routes are applied in a more appropriate manner in accordance with routes to be found. A route search device is provided with a deviation determining unit adapted to determine whether or not a route deviated from a route found by a route search unit has been taken in travelling. If a route deviated from the route has been taken in travelling, the route search device stores, in association with one another, a road link relating to a position at which the deviated route has started, a road link relating to a position at which retaking of the found route has started, and the deviated route taken in the travelling. The route search device then substitutes at least a part of the foregoing found route with the thus stored route. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120179366 | MAP DRAWING DEVICE - A map drawing device in accordance with the present invention includes a drawing data converting unit for converting map data acquired from a map database into map data in a data format which can be drawn, and for calculating degrees of importance of map objects each of which is a road, a background face or an icon, a drawing data sorting unit for rearranging the drawing data according to the degrees of importance, and a drawing data management unit for managing the drawing data processed by the drawing data sorting unit. The map drawing device further includes a drawing data cache unit for enabling control to either display or not display each of the map objects according to whether or not the corresponding calculated degrees of importance is equal to or higher than a threshold. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120232789 | NAVIGATION APPARATUS - When a vehicle runs in a region other than existing roads stored as ready-made map data, learned road data is generated based on a traveling locus. Further, an existing road connected with the learned road is defined as a base link. The base link is copied and divided, to generate auxiliary link data to define a connection status between the learned road and the existing road in an auxiliary way. The learned road data and the auxiliary link data are recorded in association with each other. The auxiliary link data is used in navigation-related processing as a substitute for road data related to the existing road connected with the learned road. With this configuration, the existing road and the learned road are logically connected, to supplement consistency in a map containing the learned road without partially changing the ready-made map data. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120239290 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND BICYCLE MAP - A bicycle map is displayed on a screen. The bicycle map includes travel route information obtained by associating map information and cyclist information regarding bicycle travel routes. First, bicycle positional information regarding a bicycle being running is acquired, by use of a positioning system and also bicycle-related information when the bicycle positional information is acquired. Second, travel route information obtained by associating the bicycle positional information with the bicycle-related information is created and stored in a storage device. Then, pieces of travel route information created by the same or different information processing apparatuses are merged, and merged running route information is displayed with the map information on the screen. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120290203 | REAL-TIME ROUTE OPTIMIZATION FOR REAL ESTATE OPEN HOUSE TOURS - A system and method are disclosed for optimizing a route and schedule for visiting real estate open houses. The system may update the route and schedule in real time where a user deviates from the provided route and schedule. The system and method may further receive notes from a user while at an open house, and automatically store those notes in association with a property where the notes were received. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120303269 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM, SERVER CONNECTED THERETO, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE NAVIGATION - A navigation system, a server connected thereto, and a method for controlling a vehicle navigation system are provided. The vehicle navigation system includes a display; an input unit configured to receive input information corresponding to a reference position; a storage configured to store video data mapped with first location data, and map data; a communication unit configured to receive the video data from a vehicle black box installed in a vehicle; and a controller configured to obtain second location data from the map data using the input information, to search the storage for video data mapped with the first location data corresponding to a location within a predetermined distance from a location corresponding to the second location data and to output the search result to the display. According to the present invention, it is possible to search video data or video frames even when the user does not input information on a correct location by searching video data mapped with first location data corresponding to a location within a predetermined distance from a location corresponding to second location data obtained using information input by the user. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120310528 | Systems and Methods for Providing Geographical Information to a Mobile Communiations Device - A system for providing a tailored route to a mobile communications device over a wireless communications network. The system includes a map server including a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to make the map server operable to prepare a basic route from a route origin to a route destination and obtain information regarding characteristics of the wireless communications network along the basic route. The processor is further made operable to prepare the tailored route using the basic route and the network characteristics information and provide the tailored route to the mobile communications device over the wireless communications network. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20130006524 | NAVIGATION DEVICE - A navigation device includes: a storage unit configured to store map information; a position detecting unit configured to detect a position of a moving body; a controller configured to generate drawing data; and a display unit configured to display the drawing data on a screen, the display unit includes a plurality of backlights. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130013194 | NAVIGATION APPARATUS - A navigation apparatus having a road learning function includes a detector, a memory, an identifying device, a determination device, and a guidance device. The detector creates a learned road link connecting exit and return points in an existing link. The memory stores road information representing that the existing link forms a continuous road at an end of the learned road link. The identifying device identifies an entrance link into the end of the learned road link and an exit link from the end of the learned road link in a route. The road determination device determines whether the entrance and exit links form the continuous road. The guidance device prohibits the guidance on a direction to go at the end of the learned road link when the road determination device determines that the entrance and exit links form the continuous road. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130096823 | Navigation Device and Guidance Method for Information Relating to Destination - Provided is a configuration for helping a user achieve an objective (an errand) to be executed in a destination in a navigation device. Specifically provided is a navigation device for performing guidance using map information. Said navigation device acquires and stores information relevant to a destination, the information including an objective which a user intends to execute in the destination, and at the time of arrival at the destination or departure from the destination, outputs and notifies the user of the information relevant to the destination. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130110393 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NAVIGATION USING BOUNDED GEOGRAHIC REGIONS | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130144522 | MAP DISPLAY DEVICE AND NAVIGATION DEVICE - According to a map display device, from current location information acquired by a current location acquiring unit | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130197799 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING INDOOR COLLECTION POINTS AND COLLECTING HETEROGENEOUS INFRASTRUCTURE MEASUREMENT INFORMATION - Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for determining indoor collection points and collecting heterogeneous infrastructure measurement information. The apparatus includes a sensor module unit for sensing a motion and a location. An indoor map DB includes attribute information of an indoor space and an indoor map. A collection route generation unit generates a collection route on the indoor map depending on collection conditions. A collection point determination unit determines a collection point from which the heterogeneous infrastructure measurement information is to be collected on the collection route while moving, based on information of the sensor module unit and the indoor map DB. A heterogeneous infrastructure measurement information collection unit collects heterogeneous infrastructure measurement information from the collection point. An information combination unit generates results of collection by combining the collection point with the heterogeneous infrastructure measurement information at the collection point. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130297202 | INFORMATION PRESENTATION DEVICE AND NAVIGATION DEVICE - There is provided a device that receives a broadcast providing a data distribution service from a broadcast station, registers data related to facilities acquired through the data distribution service in a primary database, extracts from the primary database data related to facilities near the position of the host vehicle every time a host vehicle has run a predetermined distance, registers the extracted data in a secondary database, and presents data for presentation extracted from the secondary database to a user. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130311084 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INDOOR POSITIONING - The present invention relates to a method for positioning a user inside a building, wherein the user has a user carried device and the device is provided with a direction sensor and a movement sensor. The method includes providing the user carried device with a vector map of the building, wherein the vector map includes vectors and nodes representing possible movement paths for the user in the building; determining a starting point in the vector map, receiving movement information from the movement sensor, receiving direction information from the direction sensor, receiving a magnetic field map at the user carried device, wherein the magnetic field is detectable by the user carried device, and estimating a new position of the user based on the vector map, the movement information, the direction information and the property map. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130332068 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISCOVERING PHOTOGRAPH HOTSPOTS - A method and system for discovering locations of interesting photographs. The method includes receiving a geographic location and retrieving at least one portion of a map associated with the geographic location. The at least one portion of the map associated with the geographic location is displayed. A plurality of photographs tagged with the geographic location are asynchronously retrieved. The retrieved photographs are ranked based on interestingness of the retrieved photographs. The method further comprises dynamically propagating the at least one portion of the map with markers identifying locations of highest ranking photographs within the geographic location and indicating one or more photographic hotspots based on the propagated markers. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130332069 | Advanced Map Information Delivery, Processing and Updating - The illustrative embodiments include update determination programmed logic circuitry operable to determine that a map data tile stored in a vehicle database is in need of updating. The illustrative embodiments further include update qualification programmed logic circuitry operable to qualify the permissibility of an update. Also included in the illustrative embodiments is update provision programmed logic circuitry operable to, contingent on the qualifying, provide an updated version of the map data tile. The update determination, update qualification and update provision programmed logic circuitry are operable to repeat the determining, qualifying and providing for at least all tiles included in a route within a predetermined proximity of a vehicle's current location along the route. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20140019041 | METHOD OF ESTIMATING AN ABILITY OF A VEHICLE TO REACH A TARGET ROAD SEGMENT, METHOD OF GENERATING A DATABASE, AND NAVIGATION SYSTEM - Various embodiments relate to a method of estimating an ability of a vehicle to reach a target road segment, comprising retrieving road segment data for road segments containing previously generated route information for routes connecting the road segments, the route information parameterizing costs associated for travelling along the respective route); and establishing first road segment data for the target road segment indicating a gateway road segment and indicating route information for a successive route from the gateway road segment to the target road segment. The method further comprises, based on the route information of the successive route, determining first costs for travelling along the successive route, and establishing, based on the indicated gateway road segment, second road segment data for the current road segment, the second road segment data indicating route information for an initial route from the current road segment to the gateway road segment. The method further comprises determining, based on the received route information for the initial route, second costs for travelling on the initial route and estimating, based on the determined first and second costs, the ability of the vehicle to reach the target road segment. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140025289 | Advanced Map Information Delivery, Processing and Updating - An illustrative method of data gathering includes determining that a vehicle traveling characteristic has changed beyond an expected parameter. The method further includes recording the GPS coordinates of the vehicle and ceasing recording the GPS coordinates of the vehicle when the vehicle traveling characteristic resumes the expected parameter. Finally, the method includes determining and storing a traffic control feature associated with at least one set of the GPS coordinates, if the recorded GPS coordinates of the vehicle correspond to previously recorded GPS coordinates. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140058663 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING SKETCH MAP INFORMATION IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - Provided is an apparatus and method for generating a sketch map in a portable terminal. The apparatus includes a sketch map generating unit. The sketch map generating unit collects information about route points of the portable terminal by using location information, generates a sketch map message including the route information, and shares the generated sketch map message with another user. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140074396 | 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. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140149033 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INDOOR NAVIGATION | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140156182 | DETERMINING AND DISPLAYING AUTO DRIVE LANES IN AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE - Aspects of the present disclosure relate generally to identifying and displaying traffic lanes that are available for autonomous driving. This information may be displayed to a driver of a vehicle having an autonomous driving mode, in order to inform the driver of where he or she can use the autonomous driving mode. In one example, the display may visually distinguishing between lanes that are available for auto-drive from those that are not. The display may also include an indicator of the position of a lane (autodrive or not) currently occupied by the vehicle. In addition, if that lane is an autodrive lane the display may include information indicating how much further the vehicle may continue in the autonomous driving mode in that particular lane. The display may also display information indicating the remaining autodrive distance in other lanes as well as the lane with the greatest remaining autodrive distance. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140372023 | Navigation Method And System With Centralised Server - Navigation system ( | 12-18-2014 |
| 20150032367 | Route Verification from Wireless Networks - Determination of route completion from wireless network data is presented. A recording is performed of data associated with wireless devices while traveling. The recording is compared to an expected recording of data associated with wireless networks along a route. Execution of the route is then proven based on the comparison. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150046081 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TIME MANAGEMENT AND MULTIPOINT NAVIGATION - Systems and methods for time management and multipoint navigation adapted to receive at least one task to be performed by the user; calculate a time schedule; allow the user to view said time schedule and target information via a graphical user interface; allow for an automatic or semi-automatic periodic re-calculation of said time schedule according to information retrieved from a remote computing device; and allow the user to export said calculated orders and target information to a navigation aid. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150057921 | GENERATING NAVIGATION DATA - Navigation data is generated by receiving ( | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150120183 | AUTOMATIC HANDOVER OF POSITIONING PARAMETERS FROM A NAVIGATION DEVICE TO A MOBILE DEVICE - Example methods, apparatuses, or articles of manufacture are disclosed herein that may be utilized, in whole or in part, to facilitate or support one or more operations or techniques for automatic or more dynamic handover of one or more positioning parameters from a navigation device, such as a personal navigation device (PND) co-located with a vehicle, for example, to a mobile communication device for use in or with a mobile communication device. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150142304 | NAVIGATION APPARATUS - An object of the present invention is to perform continuous guidance in which guidance on a first guidance point which is a guidance point subsequent to a current position and guidance on a second guidance point which is a subsequent guidance point are continuously performed at one time in a navigation apparatus in more suitable circumstances. The navigation apparatus includes continuous a guidance determination part that determines whether or not to cause a display part and an audio guidance part serving as a guidance part to perform the continuous guidance on the first guidance point and the second guidance point based on a distance between the first guidance point and the second guidance point and current date and time acquired by a current date and time acquisition part. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150149080 | Generation of Intersection Information by a Mapping Service - Some embodiments provide a method for generating intersection data for paths in a map region. The method receives a set of junctions at which paths intersect in the map region. For a particular junction of at least two paths, the method automatically determines whether any of the other junctions in the map region satisfy criteria to be part of a single intersection with the particular junction. When at least one of the other junctions satisfies the criteria, the method automatically combines the other junctions that satisfy the criteria with the particular junction into a single intersection for use in performing mapping operations. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150308849 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENDING A DESTINATION POINT TO A VEHICLE NAVIGATION SYSTEM FROM A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method and system for sending a destination point to a vehicle navigation system from a portable electronic device. The method and system include connecting one or more portable electronic devices to the navigation system. The method and system additionally include identifying a user classification category of one or more users that are operating the one or more portable electronic devices that are connected to the navigation system. Additionally, the method and system include sending the desired destination point from the one or more portable electronic devices to the navigation system based on the user classification category. The sending of the desired destination point occurs upon determining that the navigation system is locked out and includes the navigation system computing a navigational route to the desired destination point sent from the one or more portable electronic devices to the navigation system. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150345962 | Automated Vehicle Route Scheduling and Optimization System - A method of automatically incorporating a user's calendar into a vehicle's navigation system is provided. After the on-board calendar is synchronized with the calendar contained on the user's device (e.g., cellular phone, laptop computer, tablet computer, personal digital assistant, computer system, etc.), the system controller determines the locations that correspond to each of the appointments contained on the calendar and inputs those locations into the navigation system. The system also estimates the travel time between locations on the route and determines appropriate departure times corresponding to each appointment on the calendar. Using this information the system determines when insufficient time has been left between appointments and, in such cases, notifies the user of the potential scheduling problem. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150362323 | SERVER DEVICE, CONGESTION PREDICTION INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM, CONGESTION PREDICTION INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION METHOD, CONGESTION PREDICTION INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information terminal transmits present position information and acceleration information to a server device. The server device receives the present position information and the acceleration information of the information terminal, generates congestion prediction degree using the acceleration information, associates the congestion prediction degree with map data such that the congestion prediction degree can be displayed on a road map, and transmits association information indicating the association. The information terminal displays the congestion prediction degree on the road map on the display device using the association information transmitted from the server device. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20160025497 | PRE-CACHING OF NAVIGATION CONTENT BASED ON CELLULAR NETWORK COVERAGE - Embodiments are disclosed for caching navigation content. An example navigation system includes map data memory, a position sensor that determines the present location of the navigation system and provides a navigation system position signal indicative thereof, a wireless transmitter that transmits the navigation system position data, and a wireless receiver that receives cellular data including cellular white spot map data and cellular non-white spot map data in response to the transmitted navigation system position data and stores the received cellular white spot map data and the cellular non-white spot map data in the map data memory. The example navigation system also includes a processor that receives the navigation system position signal and forms a map image based upon received cellular white spot map data when the wireless receiver is not receiving cellular data. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160025506 | Systems for Providing Electric Vehicles Data to Enable Access to Charge Stations - A cloud system for interfacing with an electric vehicle, wherein the electric vehicle has a battery that is rechargeable. The electric vehicle further has an on-board computer and a wireless communication system that is interfaced with the on-board computer. The on-board computer is configured to monitor a charge level of the battery and display the level on a display screen of the electric vehicle. The electric vehicle has global positioning system (GPS) logic for identifying geo-location of the electric vehicle. The cloud system is configured to manage a user account for the electric vehicle and store data associated with the user account. The data includes information regarding charge parameters received from the user. The cloud system is thus configured to interface with on-board computer of the electric vehicle via the wireless communication system. The cloud system is configured access information regarding charging stations that are available and send to the electric vehicle one or more options of charge stations in response to processing received geo-location of the electric vehicle and received data regarding the charge level of the battery of the electric vehicle and the charge parameters of the user. The charge stations presented as options are located along a driving path that is reachable before the charge level of the electric vehicle reaches an empty state. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160047661 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ROUTE GUIDANCE USING REFERENCE POINTS - Disclosed is a method and device for providing a route guidance. Information on a plurality of user inputted route points may be obtained. One or more reference points, such as landmarks, may be determined based at least on the obtained information. Route guidance may be provided, which includes information on the reference points, thereby providing users with a more intuitive route guidance. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160375306 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING WORKOUT GUIDE INFORMATION - A method and apparatus for providing workout guide information are provided. The apparatus includes a display, a memory configured to store workout route data including location data and elevation data, and a user profile, and a processor configured to determine at least one slope section through an analysis of the workout route data based on the user profile and output a map for displaying a workout route including the slope section to the display. The slope section in the workout route is configured to be displayed in a different form than a non-slope section. In addition, various embodiments identified throughout the specification are disclosed. | 12-29-2016 |
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