| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 701439000 | Providing supplemental information (e.g., environmental condition, etc.) | 23 |
| 20120084003 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD OF THE SAME - The present invention relates to an electronic device and an operation method of the electronic device. The present invention provides an electronic device and an operation method of the electronic device that can provide a user with wanted information at a proper time and at a proper location by obtaining destination information including at least one of a target location and a target location arrival time, obtaining at least one of a current location and a current time, and determining an application to be executed considering the obtained destination information and the current location and current time, wherein as the current location and the current time change, the application varies. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120101724 | Location based entertainment with a personal navigation device - A method of method of providing location based entertainment with a personal navigation device includes determining if a user wishes to start an entertainment program on the personal navigation device that provides localized entertainment and starting the entertainment program using content about a current location of the personal navigation device in response to the user wishing to start the entertainment program. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120109519 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROUTING BEV TO CHARGING STATION - A battery electric vehicle (BEV) routing apparatus and methods are presented for routing to a charging station, in which a vehicle navigation system obtains current utilization and compatibility information from a live database and uses this to selectively route the vehicle to a charging station having available chargers compatible with the vehicle. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120158293 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DYNAMICALLY PROVIDING USERS WITH APPOINTMENT REMINDERS - Methods and systems for dynamically providing users with appointment reminders are described. An example computer-implemented method of adaptively alerting a user regarding an appointment start time includes identifying a start time of an appointment at which a device is to be present and identifying a first location of the device. The method includes calculating an estimated travel time between the first location at which the device is located and a second location at which the appointment is to be held, and alerting a user of the upcoming appointment based on the estimated travel time and a difference between a current time and the start time of the appointment. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120166079 | RATE DISCOUNT FORECASTS FOR WIRELESS USER TERMINALS - A user interface of a wireless user terminal provides a forecast of a future rate discount that may apply at a future time and/or at a possible future location of the wireless user terminal. The forecast may be displayed as a map and/or as textual or graphical information, and may be provided in response to a user request, in response to receipt of a message from the wireless network and/or automatically at a given time. Related systems, methods and devices are described. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120203454 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR LOCATING HEALTH FACILITIES BASED ON COST OF HEALTHCARE - Various embodiments may include methods and systems for locating health facilities based on a cost of healthcare. Information may be received identifying a source for receiving health service cost information. Further, vehicle user insurance information may be transmitted to obtain health service cost information. The health service cost information may be received from the identified source and presented at a vehicle computer. The identified source may include information by or from a health facilities and/or information from one or more members of the public. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120209515 | METHOD FOR SELECTING METEOROLOGICAL DATA FOR UPDATING AN AIRCRAFT TRAJECTORY - A method of selecting and storing a subset of available meteorological data along a predicted trajectory of an aircraft and relevant to the predicted trajectory includes determining pseudo-waypoints and related meteorological data pertaining to a level segment of the trajectory, and selecting the meteorological data points minimizing weighted fuel burn and time error pertaining to a non-level segment of the trajectory. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120296565 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH LOCATION-BASED SUPPLEMENTAL INCENTIVE NOTIFICATION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: generating a notification of an initial offer; identifying a consumer's vacillation to the initial offer; and generating a second notification of the supplemental incentive offer based on the consumer's vacillation for displaying on a device. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120310530 | NATURE EVENT SIGNALING - Methods and apparatus for nature event signaling are provided. Example mobile electronic devices of the present disclosure can include a non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon, and a processor coupled to the non-transitory computer-readable medium. The processor executes the instructions to calculate a distance between a reference location and a current location, and calculate a travel time for the distance based on a speed. The processor also executes the instructions to determine a nature event time and cause a return alert indication to be signaled, via the mobile electronic device, based on a comparison of a calculated travel time and the nature event time. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120310531 | Navigation system employing augmented labeling and/or indicia - Navigation system employing augmented labeling and/or indicia. Various embodiments provide very accurate and timely information to a user thereby minimizing the amount of time or effort that a user will need to interpret or translate any information and/or directions provided thereby. In one instance, a vehicular based navigational system, which can operate with one or more projectors, provides information to a user such that the user need not turn away from the actual field of vision (e.g., 3D, 2D, etc.). Labeling and/or indicia is/are projected within the actual field of vision of the navigation system user. In another instance, labeling and/or indicia are overlaid or included within photographic and/or video information corresponding to an environment depicted by the navigation system. Such a navigation system may be implemented within a variety of contexts including within a vehicle, within a handheld/portable device, within a headset/eyeglasses device, etc. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20130013195 | Optimum Route Generation Based on Common Purchase Plan of Different Travelers - A computer system and computer program product are provided to manage travel for purchasing items. A computer system identifies items for purchase by a group of people. The computer system identifies a set of requirements for the items. The computer system retrieves information about available items at locations for purchasing the items. The computer system can then generate a set of routes for the group of people that includes at least a portion of the locations for purchasing the items based on the set of requirements for the items, and the information about the available items at the locations for purchasing the items. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130024112 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING RECOMMENDED DRIVING ROUTES FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A navigation system for a vehicle includes a display device and host machine. The host machine communicates with a map database containing information describing a geocoded road network. The network includes nodes each describing a point within the network, with some nodes describing charging waypoints. The host machine executes a method, including recording a destination, determining a remaining state of charge (SOC) of a battery, and calculating a remaining electric vehicle (EV) range of the vehicle using the remaining SOC for every node. The host machine generates a first recommended EV travel route to the destination using a shortest distance or travel time approach when the destination lies within the remaining EV range. The host machine generates a second recommended EV travel route to the destination through a charging waypoint(s) when the destination lies outside of the remaining EV range. The EV route is displayed via the display device. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130231858 | Identifying future location and providing path crossing indications - A user of a mobile device may use the technique to obtain future location-based situation awareness, e.g., a future location route displayed on the user's mobile device. That future location route comprises the user's future locations through time and space, e.g., a set of planned meetings at successive locations in a geographic area. A service that provides the user's mobile device with the future location route may also alert the user of potential threats to the user's planned activities, such as a restaurant being over-booked. On a permission basis, the user's mobile device may also receive a future location route for at least one other person associated with the user in a social network. The other person's future location route may be overlaid on the user's route so that one or both individuals receive advance notifications of their potential to have their respective paths “crossing” during a future time period. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20140316696 | NAVIGATION DEVICE AND NAVIGATION METHOD CAPABLE OF PRESENTING PROMPT INFORMATION WITH DIFFERENT LIGHT EFFECTS - The present disclosure discloses a navigation device and a navigation method. The navigation method includes a satellite signal receiving module of the navigation device for receiving a positioning signal, a control unit of the navigation device for controlling a display module to display a navigation map on a map region according to the positioning signal, and the control unit of the navigation device for controlling a prompt region to present prompt information with different light effects according to traffic information. The prompt region is located outside the map region. Therefore, it is unnecessary for the user to further pay too much cognitive attention on understanding or referring to the navigation images and instructions, so the driving safety can be ensured. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140379253 | TRAVELABLE AREA DISPLAY DEVICE - A travelable area display device according to the present invention is configured to compute a travelable distance from, an optional spot, specify a feature spot which a driver can recognize on die basis of accumulated movement history information of a vehicle, and simultaneously display on a map in an in-vehicle screen a travelable area which is specified by the travelable distance, and the specified feature spot. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150127249 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING A CURRENT SITUATION DEPICTION - The invention relates to a method for creating a current situation depiction, particularly a current city-centre situation depiction, in which environment data and/or map data and/or position data describing a locally bounded situation are sent to a database by a multiplicity of vehicles using vehicle-to-X communication means. The environment data are captured by means of ambient sensors and/or vehicle sensors, the map data are read from a digital memory, and the position data are determined at least by means of a global satellite position system. The method is distinguished in that the environment data and/or the map data and/or the position data are continually merged with a situation depiction that is already present in the database to form a current situation depiction, and both the database and the situation depiction are fixed in location. The invention also relates to an appropriate system. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150142305 | NAVIGATION APPARATUS - A navigation apparatus utilized in an electric vehicle includes a position obtaining section subsequently obtaining present position of the electric vehicle, a display controller displaying an electronic map on a display device, an available travel range calculation section, an estimation available travel range calculation section, and a progress calculation section calculating progress of the available travel range relative to the estimation available travel range. The available travel range is available travel distance or available travel time that can be traveled with remaining power of the travelling battery. The display controller displays light beam locus having sector-like shape on the electronic map with the present position as a base in a travelling direction, and changes a length of the light beam locus in the travelling direction corresponding to progress of the available travel range under a condition that the light beam locus is entirely displayed on the display device. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150308854 | INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE AND INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD - An information display device for displaying predetermined information while overlapping the predetermined information with a landscape having a prediction unit that obtains information on a route at a traveling front side and predicts a visual-line movement destination of a user on the basis of the obtained information, and a display controller that changes a display position for the predetermined information on the basis of a prediction result of the prediction unit. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150356873 | Flight Planning And Communication - The invention described herein provides a flight crew with an easier, more intuitive, system and method to create a flight plan. A flight planning system is presented for navigation of an aircraft utilizing a touch screen display device mounted in an aircraft cockpit spanning the width and height of the instrument panel. The system provides navigational views, an interactive map, charts, a radio frequency component, a weather component, and a virtual flight plan. A flight planning method is presented that uses an interactive map on a touch screen device in an aircraft cockpit. The method accepts user inputs and displays a desired flight plan on the map. A method for providing a chart on a touch screen device is presented that includes presenting a list of menu options on a touch screen mounted in an aircraft cockpit. The method provides the flight crew with heads-up operation, providing greater situational awareness. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20160071422 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING OBJECT AND/OR APPROACHING VEHICLE DATA WITHIN AN AIRPORT MOVING MAP - Systems and methods for displaying object data within an airport moving map (“AMM”) are disclosed. In various embodiments, the systems may comprise an avionics database, a flight management system comprising a processor communicatively coupled to the avionics database, and/or a display communicatively coupled to the processor, the processor configured to receive AMM data from the avionics database, receive object data, and/or display the AMM, the AMM including an image of the object, the AMM further including an image of an area that may be obscured from a field of view of a pilot by the object | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160091318 | NAVIGATIONAL GUIDANCE FOR CROSSING A BOUNDARY LINE - A navigation device is disclosed that provides navigational guidance to boats needing to cross a boundary line at a milestone event time. Port and starboard laylines and guidelines may be displayed with the boundary line using wind direction data. The port and starboard layline angles may change with the wind direction, while their lengths may represent a distance traversed by the boat tacking at the port and starboard layline angles for a target time period at a target speed. A predictor line may be displayed extending from the boat in the direction in which the boat is traveling and may have a length indicating a distance traversed by the boat at its current speed until the milestone event time. The predictor line length and color may provide feedback regarding whether the boat will cross the boundary too early or too late given its current speed and direction. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160091337 | WEARABLE SENSOR DATA TO IMPROVE MAP AND NAVIGATION DATA - Various systems and methods for improving map and navigation data are described herein. An electronic navigation system for improving map and navigation data comprises a database access module to access a database of physiological information to obtain a biometric value, the biometric value associated with a location and a time; a processing module to determine whether the biometric value violates a threshold; and a display module to display a notification on a map when the threshold is violated, the map including an area around the location associated with the biometric value, and the notification displayed proximate to the location associated with the biometric value. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20190145794 | System and Method for Predicting Hyper-Local Conditions and Optimizing Navigation Performance | 05-16-2019 |
