| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 701450000 | Updating existing user map database | 32 |
| 20120143499 | GPS NAVIGATION AND CELLULAR ROUTE PLANNING DEVICE - A navigation device for navigating from one location to another includes a GPS receiver for receiving GPS signals, a cellular receiver for receiving cellular signals, a memory, a processor, a display unit and a connection unit for receiving navigation data. The navigation data includes geographic and cellular provider information pertaining to the locations where cellular coverage is available by a particular provider. This information is processed by the processor to display route instructions to a user in which cellular coverage will be maintained. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120150436 | Method for Displaying a Travel Route - A method for displaying a travel route on a display screen in a vehicle includes plotting location names in a linear manner horizontally across the display screen. A travel route is displayed by plotting items of travel route information in a linear manner horizontally across the display screen, wherein the travel route information is a time information or a distance information. Each location name and a respective one of the items of travel route information are aligned in a vertical direction. A graphical symbol for the vehicle is displayed on the display screen such that a position of the graphical symbol for the vehicle indicates a current position of the vehicle along the travel route. The location names and the travel route information are updated as the vehicle travels along the travel route. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120226439 | NAVIGATION DEVICE AND NAVIGATION MODE SWITCH METHOD - A navigation device includes a display, a positioning system to receive geographical information, a storage unit for storing the received geographical information and a plurality of applications, and a processor. The processor acquires parameter of the navigation device, and switches the navigation device between a two-dimensional navigation mode and a three-dimensional navigation mode based on a comparison result between the acquired parameters and a preset parameter in the navigation device. A related navigation mode switch method is also provided. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120253665 | Adaptive Mobile Device Navigation - Adaptive mobile device navigation system, methods, and apparatus provide location information for a mobile device performing location estimation using dead reckoning. Multiple estimation modes can be selected including a mode for restricting measured movements to surrounding streets. Updated location fixes can be obtained through turn comparison with surrounding map information and user feedback. User feedback prompts can include photographs having geographic tag information corresponding to locations near an estimated location of the device. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120265437 | LAND-BASED NAVIGATION USING ON-THE-FLY ELEVATION ASSESSMENTS - Real time navigation assistance is provided on multi-level roadways using on-the-fly elevation determinations obtained by measuring the ambient air pressure. Absolute air pressure measurements adjusted to sea level (QNH) are obtained by on-the-fly wireless searches. A navigation device ( | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120277993 | INCREMENTAL MAP GENERATION, REFINEMENT AND EXTENSION WITH GPS TRACES - A method for improving and extending an existing road network and generating new networks from statistically relevant amounts of probe data recorded by GPS-enabled navigation devices. New probe data is matched to the existing digital vector map, then the data merged into the existing network using a weighted mean technique. When new roads are detected, appropriate junction points are made with the existing network elements. The updated network data is simplified to improve computing speed and reduce data storage requirements. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120303272 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING AN ATTRIBUTE OF A POINT OF INTEREST - A method of evaluating an attribute of a point of interest | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120316780 | MAP CORRECTIONS VIA HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE - A method is provided for user input of map corrections via voice controlled human machine interface (HMI). A navigation device ( | 12-13-2012 |
| 20130226451 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAPPING AN INDOOR ENVIRONMENT - A system and method for mapping an indoor environment. A client device may receive an indication of a starting point on a floor plan. The client device may prompt the user to travel in a particular direction and indicate when the user can no longer travel in that direction. As the user travels from the starting point in the designated direction, the client device may gather information about the indoor environment. For example, the client device may gather wireless signal strength data, cellular tower strength data, or video image data while the user travels in the designated direction. The client device may associate the gathered information with the path the user traveled from the starting point to the ending point. The client device may indicate the area for which valid location information is available based on the path the user traveled and the information the user collected. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130325329 | GEOGRAPHIC DATA UPDATE BASED ON USER INPUT - Systems and methods for updating geographic information system are provided. Method includes receiving name and location of point of interest (POI). Method includes comparing name and location of received POI to names and locations of POIs stored in data repository. Method includes determining whether first POI in data repository has name that matches name of received POI, and location that is within predetermined distance of location of received POI. Method includes increasing or maintaining maximum confidence value for first POI if first POI has name that matches name of received POI, and location that is within predetermined distance of location of received POI. Method includes adding name and location of received POI to temporary set of points of interest if it is determined that no POI in data repository has name that matches name of received POI, and location that is within predetermined distance of location of received POI. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130325330 | Method of establishing Map Data and Navigation Device - A method of establishing map data for a navigation device is disclosed. The navigation device includes a position device for receiving satellite signals to obtain coordinates of the navigation device, a user interface for receiving a command, a map database for storing map data, and a navigation processor coupled to the user interface, the position device and the map database for outputting a comparison result according to the command, the coordinates and the map data. The method includes recording the plurality of coordinates of the position device, comparing the plurality of coordinates with the map data to generate the comparison result, and determining whether to update or establish new map data according to the command. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20140005934 | Incorporating Traveler Feedback in Future Trip Planning | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140163869 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING AN ATTRIBUTE OF A POINT OF INTEREST - A method of evaluating an attribute of a point of interest | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140222332 | MOBILE TERMINAL, ELECTRONIC NAVIGATIONAL CHART SERVER, AND METHOD FOR UPDATING ELECTRONIC NAVIGATIONAL CHART BASED ON CROWDSOURCING THEREOF - An electronic navigational chart updating system receives navigational chart information regarding navigation collected from mobile terminals of a plurality of information providers embarked in a plurality of vessels, and updates an electronic navigational chart by using the received navigational chart information. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140236477 | POSITIONING SYSTEM UTILIZING ENHANCED PERCEPTION-BASED LOCALIZATION - A positioning system and method for determining a position of a machine on a worksite are disclosed. The method may store a map of the worksite which includes one or more known objects in the worksite. The method may determine whether a locating device associated with the machine is accurately providing the position of the machine. The method may also include detecting one or more objects in the worksite. The method may further determine an unmatched object from among the detected objects that does not match the one or more known objects stored in the map. The method may also store the unmatched object in the map as a known object of the worksite. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140324337 | METHOD OF ENRICHMENT OF ROAD INFORMATION DATA - Road information data is enriched and a vehicle drive train is controlled on basis of this data. Based on vehicle position, data about possible routes which may be taken is collected from at least three sources (A, B, C). Data with the highest quality is chosen for controlling the drive train. When running, information about the traveled route is recorded and saved, thus providing a continuous update. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140379254 | POSITIONING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USE IN A VEHICLE NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A positioning method for use in a vehicle navigation or mapping system is disclosed, and a system implementing such a method. The method comprises obtaining one or more sets of sensor measurement data from at least one sensor located on or in a vehicle, each set of sensor measurement being indicative of the distance of objects in an environment around the vehicle from the sensor, and each set of sensor measurement data comprising data obtained from a range of positions in a time or distance window along the direction of travel of the vehicle. A correlation procedure is performed correlating the one or more sets of sensor measurement data with stored reference sensor measurement data, and a relative position of the vehicle against stored location data associated with the stored reference sensor measurement data is determined in dependence on the correlation procedure. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150149081 | Methods for Enhancing the Display of Electronic Nautical Charts with Depths Corrected for Tide - A collection of related methods are claimed for enhancing the display of electronic nautical charts as viewed within an electronic chart display system by correcting the charted depth values for the effects of tide, and displaying actual depths and derivative graphical information, for a specified date and time. Height clearances are similarly adjusted. This will enable new features within the electronic chart display system that will greatly facilitate navigating coastal waters affected by tide. The method is implemented as a computer program. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20160109245 | Data Mining in a Digital Map Database to Identify Insufficient Merge Lanes Along Roads and Enabling Precautionary Actions in a Vehicle - Disclosed is a feature for a vehicle that enables taking precautionary actions in response to conditions on the road network around or ahead of the vehicle, in particular, an intersection without traffic signals and without a sufficient merge lane. A database that represents the road network is used to determine locations where roads meet without a traffic signal and without a sufficient merge lane. Then, precautionary action data is added to the database to indicate a location at which a precautionary action is to be taken about the location of the insufficient merge lane. A precautionary action system installed in a vehicle uses this database, or a database derived therefrom, in combination with a positioning system to determine when the vehicle is at a location that corresponds to the location of a precautionary action. When the vehicle is at such a location, a precautionary action is taken by a vehicle system as the vehicle is approaching a location of an insufficient merge lane. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160109246 | DELETING UNNECESSARY MAP DATA - A system for deleting map data comprises an interface and a processor. The interface is configured to determine a location associated with a device. The processor is configured to determine one or more map bundles to delete based at least in part on the location and delete the one or more map bundles. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160161265 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING ACCURACY OF DIGITAL MAP DATA UTILIZED BY A VEHICLE - A digital map enhancement system and a method performed by the system are disclosed for improving accuracy of pre-stored digital map data of a digital map to be utilized by a vehicle. The system determines a current position of the vehicle, and identifies, in the pre-stored digital map data, a mapped digital landmark representing a stationary landmark predicted to be in the vicinity of the current position of the vehicle, which mapped digital landmark includes a pre-stored position of the stationary landmark. The system detects the stationary landmark by one or more sensor devices on-board the vehicle, which are adapted for observing the surroundings of the vehicle, and determines a detected position of the stationary landmark based on the current position of the vehicle and the detection of the stationary landmark. The system updates the pre-stored position of the mapped digital landmark with the detected position of the stationary landmark. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20170234685 | Apparatus and method to aid magnetic positioning and navigation | 08-17-2017 |
| 701451000 | Data sent to user from remote location | 10 |
| 20120029817 | MAP HANDLING FOR LOCATION BASED SERVICES IN CONJUNCTION WITH LOCALIZED ENVIRONMENTS - The subject matter disclosed herein relates to systems, methods, apparatuses, devices, articles, and means for map handling for location based services in conjunction with localized environments. For certain example implementations, a method may comprise storing map information corresponding to a particular localized environment that is associated with a particular location context identifier, with the particular localized environment comprising an indoor environment corresponding to at least a portion of a building structure; receiving update information applicable to the map information corresponding to the particular localized environment, with the update information being associated with the particular location context identifier; updating the map information corresponding to the particular localized environment based at least partly on the update information so as to produce updated map information; and providing the updated map information to one or more mobile devices that are located at the particular localized environment. Other example implementations are described herein. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120232790 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STORING AND PROVIDING ROUTES - In one aspect, a system and method is provided whereby map-related requests from mobile devices are used to store and aggregate routes. The routes are then used to determine optimum directions in response to subsequent requests. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120239291 | MOBILE HISTORY BASED ADAPTIVE POSITIONING MECHANISM - An apparatus, method and system for determining a position of a mobile device based on expected user mobility is presented. Expected user mobility is stored in a public and/or private model, which may be indexed and accessed using a current coarse time and/or a current rough location. The expected user mobility is updated based on historical information from previous visits. The models include grids indexed by coarse time, which is a periodic duration, and/or a rough location. The models provide parameters accumulated over time and location by one or more mobile devices and expected to work best for determining a position estimate. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20150334678 | BATCH PROCESSING FOR IMPROVED GEOREFERENCING - Crowd-sourced location data from client devices is processed using enhanced filtering techniques in non-realtime by a centralized server process to improve the accuracy and reliability of georeferenced geodata. At a server computer, enhanced filtering techniques make use of future information to improve georeferencing of the geodata. In some implementations, the server computer can be configured to implement batch processing of raw GNSS data and other crowd-sourced location data (e.g., wireless scan data, inertial sensor data) using, for example, a smoothing filter or batch estimator. Augmentation data (e.g., satellite ephemeris data, clock offset and ionospheric delay) and sensor data independent of client devices can also be used by the server computer to augment the crowd-sourced location data to further improve georeferencing of geodata. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150353171 | WATERCRAFT AUTOMATION AND AQUATIC EFFORT DATA UTILIZATION - Watercraft automation and aquatic data utilization for aquatic efforts are disclosed. In one aspect, an anchor point is obtained and a watercraft position maintenance routine is actuated to control the watercraft to maintain association with the anchor point. In another aspect, prior aquatic effort data is obtained in association with an anchor point. In yet another aspect, current aquatic effort data is generated in association with an anchor point. In still another aspect, current aquatic effort data and prior aquatic effort data are utilized for prediction generation. In yet another aspect, current aquatic effort data and prior aquatic effort data are utilized to obtain another anchor point for a watercraft. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20160010999 | ROUTE RE-PLANNING USING ENEMY FORCE LETHALITY PROJECTION | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160138934 | VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A vehicle is provided that more efficiently responds to a change of driving regulations. The vehicle includes a communication unit that is configured to communicate with a regulations management apparatus that manages regulations information for individual regions. A navigation system is configured to receive location information of the vehicle and display a location of the vehicle on a map output on a display. In addition, a controller is configured to predict an expected driving region of the vehicle based on the location information of the vehicle and to download regulations information of the expected driving region from the regulations management apparatus when regulations information of the expected driving region has been updated. | 05-19-2016 |
| 701452000 | Data sent in increments | 2 |
| 20130030698 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MAP DIFFERENCE DATA GENERATION - A map difference data delivery apparatus generates map difference data, upon receiving a map update instruction for updating map elements in a map database. To generate the map difference data, the apparatus divides the map elements into multiple groups based on a user preference, such as travel frequency, road attributes, road shape, or road type. The generated map difference data thus includes the map elements exclusively accommodating and matching with the user preference. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20140358427 | ENHANCING DRIVING NAVIGATION VIA PASSIVE DRIVERS FEEDBACK - The invention relates generally to an enhanced navigation system for generating turn-by-turn directions. More specifically, according to an aspect of the invention, the navigation system receives and interprets feedback in order to assist the user in following the turn-by-turn directions. For example, a navigation device may identify the next action to be taken, determine whether the driver is taking appropriate steps to perform the action, and provide feedback to the driver when necessary to remind the driver to take the next action. | 12-04-2014 |
| 701453000 | Per user request | 1 |
| 20140136099 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PARTIALLY UPDATING MAP DATA BASED ON USER'S MOVEMENT PATH, SERVICE APPARATUS AND TERMINAL APPARATUS THEREOF, AND RECORDING MEDIUM THEREFOR - The present invention relates to a system and a method for partially updating map data based on a user's movement path, a service apparatus and a terminal apparatus thereof, and a recording medium therefor, and the method includes checking a major movement path of a user; receiving map data update information; extracting partial map data to be updated from map data matched with the major movement path of the user to request update information for the extracted partial map data; and receiving the requested update information on the partial map data to update the map data, and according to the present invention, map data matched with a user's major movement path is partially updated by determining the user's major movement path to more efficiently update the map data. | 05-15-2014 |
