| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 701467000 | Including way point navigation | 35 |
| 20120035849 | Data Driven Route Strip - A method, computer system, and computer program product for displaying flight information. A number of elements for a number of phases of flight for a route of an aircraft are identified. The number of elements in association with the number of phases of flight is displayed on a strip on a display. The number of elements is displayed on the strip in a sequence in which the number of elements is encountered by the aircraft on the route during the number of phases of flight. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120065881 | Management System for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles - A method and apparatus for managing a flight of an aircraft. Conditions in an environment around the aircraft are monitored during the flight of the aircraft on a route having a number of target points. In response to detecting a condition requiring a change to the route of the aircraft, current resources for the aircraft are identified. A determination is made as to whether changing the route reduces the number of target points that can be reached based on the current resources for the aircraft. In response to a determination that changing the route reduces the number of target points that can be reached, the route is changed to include a portion of the number of target points using the condition and a policy. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120239292 | METHODS, DEVICES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR GEO-TAGGED PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE AUGMENTED FILES - A method of providing augmented Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation can include detecting movement of a GPS enabled mobile device along a navigational route and displaying a photographic image on a display of the GPS enabled mobile device responsive to detecting movement of the GPS enabled mobile device along the navigational route provided by the GPS enabled mobile device. Related devices and computer program products are also disclosed. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120253669 | Maritime Path Determination - In certain embodiments, determining maritime paths includes accessing a feasibility matrix comprising feasibility values for locations of an area. A feasibility value indicates navigability at a location. One or more non-navigable locations represent one or more barriers. Waypoints around the barriers are determined. A cost matrix comprising cost values is calculated. A cost value indicates a distance between two points of a set of points, where the set of points comprises one or more start points, one or more end points, and the waypoints. Dijkstra's technique is applied to a selected start point and a selected end point to yield a shortest length path between the selected start point and the selected end point. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20130085669 | Systems and Methods for Processing Flight Information - Systems and methods for processing flight information. Using a flight plan/route message and other flight information (aircraft type and navigation database information), the portion of the message containing the flight plan or route is decoded and translated to construct a ground-based flight route comprising a list of waypoints and associated flight information. The list of waypoints may then used in calculations performed by a flight trajectory predictor to identify spatially associated weather information and/or to create an updated flight plan or route (e.g., by adding or changing waypoints in a flight object) and thereafter transmit that information to users. Prior to transmitting any updated flight plan/route, the associated waypoints and other flight information must be translated and encoded into the required format for inclusion in an outgoing (i.e., uplinked) flight plan/route message. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130179070 | ADAPTIVE METHOD FOR TRIP PREDICTION - A method for predicting a final destination of a vehicle comprises the steps of acquiring a start location of the vehicle, providing a predetermined waypoint distance from the start location, determining a current waypoint location once the vehicle travels the predetermined waypoint distance, receiving historical destination data from a database, including previous destinations associated with the current waypoint location. Then, making a prediction at the current waypoint location of the final destination based on the historical destination data. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130261961 | METHOD FOR INCREASING WAYPOINT ACCURACIES FOR CROWD-SOURCED ROUTES - A method for increasing route accuracies, comprising receiving GPS waypoints associated position accuracy prediction (PAP) parameters, comparing the PAP parameters to corpus PAP parameters associated with corpus GPS waypoints, and updating the corpus PAP parameters and the corpus GPS waypoints based on the comparison of the PAP parameters to the corpus PAP parameters. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130289872 | NAVIGATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Navigation systems and methods are provided that determine navigation data in one of a first or second accuracy mode based at least partly on proximity to waypoints along a route designated as either a first accuracy location or a second accuracy location. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20140025293 | METHODS, DEVICES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR GEO-TAGGED PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE AUGMENTED FILES - A method of providing augmented Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation can include detecting movement of a GPS enabled mobile device along a navigational route and displaying a photographic image on a display of the GPS enabled mobile device responsive to detecting movement of the GPS enabled mobile device along the navigational route provided by the GPS enabled mobile device. Related devices and computer program products are also disclosed. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140081569 | Optimized Flight Plan Management System - A method and apparatus for flight planning. Routes from a start point to an end point are identified for a flight of an aircraft from a database of routes. A plurality of different types of routes is present in the database of routes. A number of characteristics of the aircraft are applied to the routes to identify a performance of the aircraft for the routes using a number of weather conditions for the flight. The routes are ranked based on the performance of the aircraft on the routes in meeting a number of goals for the flight to form ranked routes. A portion of the ranked routes are displayed. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140088866 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO SCHEDULE REPAIRS FOR VEHICLES - Systems and methods of the invention relate to identifying a repair facility for a vehicle and scheduling a repair for the vehicle while minimizing a downtime of the vehicle. Embodiments of the invention include receiving a route of a vehicle and a repair via a request for a repair. Based on the request for a repair, an evaluation component can identify a repair facility that can handle or perform the repair defined as well as be within proximity of the vehicle. A repair component can assign a repair facility to the vehicle based on a capability of performing or handling the repair, a geographic distance from the vehicle, or an inventory of parts for the repair. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140107920 | MOBILE DEVICE AND SERVER FOR GPS BASED TASK ASSIGNMENTS - Mobile device for communicating arrival information at a waypoint, communicating that information to a server, receiving a set of tasks (statically assigned or dynamically assigned) for the user (for example, from the server or from another user), displaying the set of tasks to the user, receiving a completion response (successful or unsuccessful) from the user, and proceeding to the next waypoint along a route/trip plan. A coordination server facilitates communication of a list of tasks assigned to a user to be performed at a specified location. The list of tasks is delivered to the user of the first mobile device by the coordination server (if such tasks exist) when the coordination server receives notification from the first mobile device indicating arrival at a specific location. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140136101 | METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR AIDING THE GUIDANCE OF AN AIRCRAFT - Method and device for aiding the guidance of an aircraft having to comply with at least one time constraint. The device can determine and present on a screen of the flight deck an offset in distance (ΔD) between the aircraft (AC) and a reference aircraft (Aref) which is defined to fly along the flight plan (TV) at an optimal speed to comply with the time constraint. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140136102 | Identifying Neighbors of Geographically Distributed Assets - Processes and systems are presented, for identifying a set of neighbors of a radio transmitter based on available geo-spatial coordinates of radio transmitters in operation around the world. In one aspect, the identified set of radio transmitters can be have a desired size (in terms of number of neighbors and/or radial range). The identified set of radio transmitters can be further customized to include radio transmitters of a specific type, and/or radio transmitters that belong to specific network carriers, and/or other possible grouping criteria. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140278073 | METHODS, DEVICES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR GEO-TAGGED PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE AUGMENTED FILES - A method of providing augmented Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation can include detecting movement of a GPS enabled mobile device along a navigational route and displaying a photographic image on a display of the GPS enabled mobile device responsive to detecting movement of the GPS enabled mobile device along the navigational route provided by the GPS enabled mobile device. Related devices and computer program products are also disclosed. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140336927 | WATERCRAFT AUTO-PILOT - Improvements to auto pilots and other control systems for watercraft are disclosed. The disclosed autopilot features may be used for example in conjunction with an improved electrically powered watercraft detailed herein, or with other types of watercraft. The improved electrically powered watercraft evidences significant advancements in steerability, portability, efficiency and other tangible aspects. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140372025 | NAVIGATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF CHANGING ROUTE FOR NAVIGATION DEVICE - It is an object of the present invention to improve the operability of the operation of changing a route by setting a new waypoint or destination point in a navigation device. To accomplish the object, the navigation device according to the present invention includes: a route searching unit that searches for a route from a departure point through waypoints to a destination point; a display controller that produces a screen display which allows one desired location among the departure point and at least one of the waypoints passed through to be designated as a new waypoint or destination point in one operation; and a route changing unit that changes the route searched for by the route searching unit in accordance with the designation performed by the one operation. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20150032369 | WAYFINDING METHOD AND DEVICE - An automatic wayfinding method for an ego or first vehicle is disclosed. The method includes receiving position information transmitted by at least one lead vehicle and constructing a route based on the received position information. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150051829 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING MAPPING SERVICES INCLUDING ROUTE BREAK POINT RECOMMENDATIONS - Computer implemented methods are disclosed for providing geographical information to a user. One method may include receiving, from a user's electronic device and over a network, user input data including at least the destination location and a break point parameter and calculating one or more routes from the start location to the destination location, based on the user input data. The method may also include identifying one or more intermediate break point locations along the one or more routes based on the break point parameter received from the user and identifying a range extending around each intermediate break point location, and potential break points. A step may also be executed in which a density or type of points of interest within each potential break point may be evaluated by the electronic device and a recommended for a break point made. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150094951 | AVIATION WATCH - A wearable electronic device utilizes indicators on a display screen, such as tick marks positioned around the perimeter of the display, to point to the bearing of a desired location such as a nearest airport when GPS is enabled. The electronic device may be implemented as an aviation watch that comprises a display device having a screen including a plurality of indicators arranged proximal to a perimeter of the screen. The aviation watch determines a direction of an airport that is nearest in proximity to the location of the aviation watch and activates a subset of the plurality of indicators of the screen, the subset of the plurality of indicators providing a directional bearing to the airport determined to be nearest in proximity to the location of the aviation watch. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150142308 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING VEHICLE GUIDANCE WAYPOINTS AND WAYLINES - A guidance system for a mobile machine includes a location determining device for determining a location of the machine, a user interface and a controller. The controller is configured to receive location information from the location determining device, detect a path followed by the machine using the location information and, as the machine travels the path, receive waypoint information from a user via the user interface indicating a plurality of initial waypoints associated with the path. The controller is further configured to present the initial waypoints to the user, receive selected waypoint information from the user via the user interface indicating one or more of the initial waypoints as selected waypoints, and automatically guide the machine using the one or more selected waypoints. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150308833 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING CONTEXT SENSITIVE NOTES - A system and method are provided for indicating to a crewmember of a vehicle, for example a pilot of an aircraft, of an upcoming event. The method comprises displaying a route of the vehicle, the route including a plurality of waypoints; designating one of the waypoints, or designating a non-navigational waypoint, for the indication; and providing an indication when arriving at the designated waypoint or non-navigational waypoint. The indication preferably comprises a note displayed on a navigation screen showing the route of flight. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150369610 | Waypoints Generation Systems and Methods - Described herein are implementations of various technologies for a method. The method may receive a request to record images. The method may send a trigger to a marine electronics device in response to receiving the request to record images. The method may receive navigational data regarding a location of the marine electronics device. The method may generate a waypoint based on the navigational data in response to the trigger. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160025504 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH MODE MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: determining a travel condition for traveling from a start location to a waypoint; determining a navigation mode based on the travel condition by comparing a travel distance, from the start location to the waypoint, to a distance threshold for selecting a mode type; and generating a travel route with a control unit based on the navigation mode for displaying on a device. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160026178 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AUTOMATICALLY MANAGING AIR OPERATIONS REQUIRING A GUARANTEE OF NAVIGATION AND GUIDANCE PERFORMANCE OF AN AIRCRAFT - Method and device for automatically managing air operations requiring a guarantee of navigation and guidance performance of an aircraft. The device for automatically managing at least one air operation comprises activatable monitoring of the air operation, a computation unit configured to automatically calculate an anticipated activation point as a function of the application point of the air operation, this anticipated activation point being defined upstream of the application point in the direction of flight of the aircraft, and an activation unit configured to automatically activate monitoring and a display when the aircraft reaches, during its flight, the anticipated activation point. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160033286 | Distributed Barometer Network to Assist in Indoor Navigation - A navigation device includes a pressure sensor, a radio, a memory including program instructions, and a controller operably connected to the pressure sensor, the radio, and the memory and configured to execute the program instructions to (i) receive at least one signal from a reference beacon of a plurality of beacons, (ii) determine a reference relationship curve correction based upon the received at least one signal, and (iii) determine an altitude of the navigation device based upon the reference relation ship curve correction, and a signal from the pressure sensor. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160071421 | Follow-me System for Unmanned Aircraft Vehicles - A system for navigating an aircraft includes a first aircraft with a first communication unit and a second aircraft with a second communication unit. The first aircraft is adapted for determining coordinates of a position of a waypoint. The first communication unit is adapted to transmit the coordinates of the position of the waypoint to the second communication unit. The second aircraft is adapted to navigate to the position of the waypoint. Several waypoints can be provided in this manner such that a flight trajectory is established along which the second aircraft may follow the first aircraft. In addition, the second aircraft may be adapted to follow the first aircraft based on a received identification signal. In certain embodiments, the system can be used such that the second aircraft can follow the first aircraft in case of a failure of systems of the second aircraft. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160076897 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR COLLABORATIVE PRESENTATION OF TRAVEL ROUTE INFORMATION - Provided herein is a method, apparatus and computer program product for the collaborative presentation of information relating to a travel route. In particular, the method may include providing for display of primary information on a display of a first device, providing for display of ancillary of information on a display of a second device, receiving location information at the first device, and updating the ancillary information provided for display on the display of the second device in response to receiving the location information at the first device. The primary information may include route-guidance information for a route. The ancillary information may include information associated with the route. The ancillary information may include additional information relative to the primary information. The ancillary information may include point-of-interest information along the route. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160123745 | Use of Beacons for Assistance to Users in Interacting with their Environments - Beacon-based guidance functionality is described herein that assists the user in navigating over a desired route within an environment, or otherwise interacting with the environment. The environment, in turn, is populated with a plurality of beacons having, in one implementation, respective non-overlapping ranges. The desired route traverses ranges associated with a route-specific set of beacons, from among the plurality of beacons. In one manner of operation, the beacon-based guidance functionality determines whether a user is within a range of one of the route-specific beacons. Based on that knowledge, the beacon-based guidance module can generate guidance information which directs the user towards a next waypoint in the route. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160138926 | 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. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160161258 | UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE CONTROL HANDOVER PLANNING - Control handover planning for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is provided that includes determining, by a planning system, a current location of a mobile control system and a current location of the UAV. A target location is identified. A control handover zone is determined based on a communication range constraint between the mobile control system and the UAV. The control handover zone is located between the current location of the mobile control system, the current location of the UAV, and the target location. A mobile control system path plan and a UAV path plan are created that each includes a control handover waypoint in the control handover zone at the same time. The control handover waypoint defines a planned location to place the mobile control system in control of the UAV. | 06-09-2016 |
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