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| 20120065878 | LANE-BASED ROAD TRANSPORT INFORMATION GENERATION - Example methods, apparatuses, or articles of manufacture are disclosed that may be implemented using one or more computing devices to facilitate or otherwise support one or more processes or operations associated with lane-based road transport information generation, such as for use in or with, for example, vehicle navigation management systems. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120072103 | INFORMATION DISPLAY ARRANGEMENT - An information display arrangement for a vehicle with a dashboard and a steering arrangement. The steering arrangement includes, but is not limited to a steering facility and a steering column. The information display arrangement includes, but is not limited to a first display facility, which in viewing direction of a vehicle driver is arranged behind the steering facility in the dashboard of the vehicle and the information display arrangement includes, but is not limited to a second display facility that is arranged on the steering column. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120072104 | ROUTE EVALUATION DEVICE - Disclosed is a route evaluation device that enables traveling along a route in consideration of an operation of the driver of another vehicle, and can realize a safer traffic environment. A route evaluation device includes a route candidate generation section that generates route candidates of a host-vehicle, a route prediction section that predicts routes of another vehicle, a classification section that classifies the interference states of the route candidates of the host-vehicle and the predicted routes of another vehicle into a plurality of interference forms, and a route evaluation section that evaluates the routes of the host-vehicle on the basis of the interference forms classified by the classification section. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120089322 | COMPUTATION OF TRAVEL ROUTES, DURATIONS, AND PLANS OVER MULTIPLE CONTEXTS - A route planning system comprises a receiver component that receives a request for directions between a beginning point and a destination point. An analysis component analyzes a traffic system representation that varies as context varies and outputs expected amounts of travel time between the beginning point and the destination point for multiple contexts based at least in part upon the analysis. A method is described herein that includes techniques for searching over routes and trip start times simultaneously so as to identity start times and routes associated with maximal expected value, or equivalently minimum expected cost, given preferences encoded about one or more of the leaving time, the travel time, and the arrival time. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120101714 | MANAGEMENT OF AN OBJECT - A method and associated system for managing an item in a place. The method detects that: (i) the item in the place is being moved, (ii) an operating object inside the place is moving, and (iii) the operating object inside the place and the item in the place are within a previously specified distance of each other. Responsive to the previous detections, it is determined that the operating object does not have a reservation for borrowing the item, from which it is determined that the operating object has illegitimately taken the item, which triggers preventing the operating object from removing the item from the place. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120109507 | Method for the Operation of a Navigation Device, and Navigation Device - A method for the operation of a navigation device, and a corresponding navigation device are provided. Multiple route elements are received which each have at least one parameter. The route elements characterize a route. Each of the route elements are assigned to local route elements which are stored in a digital memory card stored in the navigation device. A quality coefficient for the assignability to a local route element is determined for each of the route elements depending on at least one of the at least one parameters. A route reconstruction quality coefficient is determined depending on the respective quality coefficients of the route elements. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120109508 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ROUTE NAVIGATION BASED ON ENERGY EFFICIENCY - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for selecting a preferred route to a destination location. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, multiple routes to the destination location are determined. For each route of the multiple routes, an estimated amount of energy needed to travel to the destination location is calculated. A preferred route from the multiple routes is selected, the preferred route being the route with a lowest estimated amount of energy needed to travel to the destination location. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120109509 | IDENTIFYING A ROUTE CONFIGURED TO TRAVEL THROUGH MULTIPLE POINTS OF INTEREST - A computer-implemented method for identifying a route that is configured to travel through multiple points of interest includes receiving a query that includes an origin location, a destination location, and at least a first point of interest and a second point of interest. The method also includes identifying a perimeter that surrounds the received origin and destination locations in response to the query. The perimeter is then used to identify a set of locations for each of the first and second points of interest. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120109510 | TRAVEL PATTERN GENERATION DEVICE - A travel interval division part and a low fuel consumption travel pattern generation part are included, the travel interval division part dividing, based on a reference travel pattern indicating a speed and a travel time period in a case where a vehicle travels without consideration of energy consumption and based on travel route information indicating a travel route that the vehicle travels, the travel route into a plurality of travel intervals at a plurality of reference points, the low fuel consumption travel pattern generation part determining a low fuel consumption travel pattern in which a travel time period of each travel interval falls within a predetermined range of a travel time period of each travel interval of the reference travel pattern and a cumulative speed increase amount in each travel interval is smaller than that of the reference travel pattern. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120116666 | Determination of Route for Arranging Automatic Control of Mobile Mining Machine - The present method relates to a method of determining a route for automatically controlling a mobile mining machine. The route is determined computer-aidedly by executing, by a data processing machine configured for generating routes, the following steps of: retrieving an environment model comprising wall location data, receiving from a user at least an input for determining a starting point of the route and an input for determining an end point of the route, determining the route between the starting point and the end point on the basis of the environment model and data concerning properties of the mining machine, wherein the route is determined as route points at least for which position data are calculated, and storing the data determining the route to be used for automatically guiding the mining machine. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120143489 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH ROAD OBJECT DETECTION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: determining a road object detection for monitoring a movement of a device; determining a travel state based on the road object detection; identifying a travel sequence involving the travel state; and determining a condition inducing movement based on matching the travel sequence to a predetermined sequence for displaying on the device. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120158280 | COMPUTING ROUTE PLANS FOR ROUTING AROUND OBSTACLES HAVING SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DIMENSIONS - This description provides tools and techniques for computing a route or flight plans for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or any vehicle while routing around obstacles having spatial and temporal dimensions. Methods provided by these tools may receive data representing destinations to be visited by the UAVs, and may receive data representing obstacles having spatial and temporal dimensions. These methods may also calculate trajectories spatial and temporal dimensions, by which the UAV may travel from one destination to another, and may at least attempt to compute flight plans for the UAVs that incorporate these trajectories. The methods may also determine whether these trajectories intersect any obstacles, and at least attempt to reroute the trajectories around the obstacles. These tools may also provide systems and computer-readable media containing software for performing any of the foregoing methods. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120158281 | Method, Apparatus and Computer Program Product for Providing Instructions to a Destination that is Revealed Upon Arrival - An apparatus for providing instructions to a destination that is revealed upon arrival may include a processor. The processor may be configured to receive indications of context associated with a user, determine a destination for the user based on the context and user information, provide for a presentation of guidance instructions to guide the user to the destination, and reveal the destination to the user only when the user is proximate to the destination. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120173134 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH CONSTRAINED RESOURCE ROUTE PLANNING MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: receiving an entry for a destination; and generating a travel route to the destination through a sufficient number of one or more replenishment locations required for reaching the destination for displaying on a device. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120191337 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE SUPPORTED PARKING OF A VEHICLE - A device for the supported parking of a vehicle in a parking space is disclosed. The device includes at least one sensor device allowing the detection of at least one object at a near range from the vehicle. The device is implemented for numerically determining the presence of at least one object at a far range from the vehicle, such that the numerical determining of the object in the far range takes place on the basis of the object detected in the near range. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120191338 | Human Emotion Metrics for Navigation Plans and Maps - An enhanced navigation system allowing navigation route and destination planning according to user-specified criteria for the emotion state of persons along the route, at the destination, or both. The enhancement is accomplished by receiving a set of human emotion metrics corresponding to one or more parts of a navigation plan; determining if the human emotion metrics meet one or more user-specified criteria; responsive to not meeting the criteria, determining an alternate navigation plan until the user-specified criteria are met; and responsive to the criteria being met, presenting the navigation plan to the user for laying into a navigation system, and optionally during execution of the navigation plan updating the received human emotion metrics; repeating the determination against the user-specified criteria; and repeating the steps of determining an alternate navigation plan and presentation to a user responsive to the updated human emotion metrics not meeting the user-specified criteria. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120215437 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING LOCATION BASED SERVICES - Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing location based services are provided. Embodiments may include storing locations for a plurality of users of a telecommunication environment and contact lists of associated users for the plurality of users. Embodiments may also include providing the locations of the associated users for a first user based on a request from the first user. The request may further include providing locations for associated users who are located within an area of interest. The area of interest may be defined by a particular distance from the first user or by a point of interest of the first user. The locations of the users may be determined based on the locations of communication devices of the users including an identified receiving communication device for each user. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120221237 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CELL-BASED PATH PLANNING FOR MOBILE BODY - Disclosed are an apparatus and method of cell-based path planning for a mobile body and a computer-readable recording medium storing the method therein. The method includes receiving a configuration space including a start point and a goal point of the mobile body and position information of obstacles, determining a search order of the obstacles located in the configuration space, performing cell decomposition by repeatedly connecting a vertex of one of the obstacles to a vertex of another obstacle according to the determined search order, and performing cell decomposition by making an extended line from each of non-connected vertices in a direction of dividing vertical angle of each of the non-connected vertices into two. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120221238 | Clear sign rider - A clear sign rider. The novel clear sign rider is designed for attaching a secondary sign to a frame for holding a primary sign, and includes a sheet of transparent plastic folded over to form two parallel layers adapted to receive and hold the secondary sign therebetween, and a feature formed in the plastic for attaching the plastic to the frame. In an illustrative embodiment, the clear sign rider is adapted to be inserted in and fastened to a sign rider slot attached to the frame. At least one layer of the clear sign rider includes a hole for engaging a screw that attaches the layer to the slot. In a preferred embodiment, the clear sign rider also includes a circuit for wirelessly transmitting data to nearby mobile devices. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120232780 | ASYMMETRIC AND GENERAL VIBRATION WAVEFORMS FROM MULTIPLE SYNCHRONIZED VIBRATION ACTUATORS - The disclosure relates to General Synchronized Vibration devices that provide haptic feedback to a user and improve the performance of existing vibratory devices. Different actuator types may be employed to provide synchronized vibration, including linear rotary actuators, rotating eccentric mass actuators including interleaved rotating mass actuators, and rocking mass actuators. A controller sends signals to one or more driver circuits to provide adjustment of vibration magnitude, frequency, and direction of the actuators. The system may apply forces onto an object, and a sensor measures a feature(s) of the object. This information is provided to a vibration device controller, which can then modify the vibration waveform to improve overall system performance. Fourier synthesis can be used to approximate arbitrarily shaped waveforms by controlling the phase and frequency of vibration actuators. These waveforms can include asymmetry where the peak force in one direction is higher than the peak force in another direction. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120232781 | INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS - An information providing apparatus makes a decision, when an information providing deciding unit decides that driving support information is to be provided, as to whether the output of the voice information about the driving support information responding to a command from the information providing deciding unit and the output of the voice information about route guidance info nation responding to a command from a route guidance unit overlap each other or not, and controls, when they overlap each other, the output of voice information by an information providing output unit in such a manner as to prevent the output of the voice information about the driving support information from overlapping with the output of the voice information about the route guidance information. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120239287 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONSTRUCTING VEHICLE GUIDANCE PATHS THAT OBEY DYNAMIC CONSTRAINTS - A computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product are provided for generating a pre-planned vehicle guidance path for a vehicle by transforming an initial piecewise linear path into a path that obeys a minimum vehicle turning radius constraint. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120259539 | Navigation Device and Guiding Method Thereof - Disclosed is a navigation device capable of guiding HOV lanes more intelligibly. The device comprises a storage unit that stores installation information relating to traffic lanes that become passable when predetermined conditions are satisfied (hereinafter referred to as “conditional traffic lanes”) and a guiding unit that guides entrances to the conditional traffic lanes. The guiding unit displays entrance guide images for guiding the car in which the device is installed to the entrances to the conditional traffic lanes instead of images that have been displayed until then when the position of the car approaches the entrances to the conditional traffic lanes. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120303259 | Providing Roadside Charging Services - Methods for providing electrical charging services are disclosed, including receiving dispatch information for a service vehicle, receiving charging instructions including an amount of charge to provide to a stranded or depleted EV, providing the amount of charge, and providing a charging station location to the EV or an EV passenger or occupant. Additional methods describe how to determine a charging station location for the EV, reserving an EV charger for the EV, and making roadside payment transactions. Other methods disclosed include receiving information about an EV in need of charging services, selecting and assigning a service vehicle to assist the EV, and distributing relevant information to the EV such as an amount of energy to provide to the EV that would allow the EV to reach a charging station for a more complete charge. Resupply of the service vehicle and providing guidance to reach the EV may also be provided. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120303260 | System for interaction of navigation and connectivity programs and personal information management applications - A system and method for providing fluent interaction between connectivity applications, personal information management applications and navigation applications. The present invention enables a user to launch navigation application directly from a “Contacts” application. This invention also enables the same result to be achieved in reverse, enabling direct access from a navigation application to contact information, eliminating the need for the user to manually access and enter information. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120310520 | ROUTE CALCULATION APPARATUS - An information center calculates, from a specific departure point to a specific destination, (i) an optimal route for an in-vehicle terminal when a request terminal of a route search request is the in-vehicle terminal and (ii) an optimal route for a mobile terminal when the request terminal of the route search request is the mobile terminal, respectively. The calculated optimal route for the in-vehicle terminal is different from the calculated optimal route for the mobile terminal. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120330543 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PRIVACY AND LIMITED EXPOSURE SERVICES FOR LOCATION BASED SERVICES - A system and method is provided for providing privacy and limited exposure services for location based services. The system includes at least one module configured to provide fictitious location or route information of a mobile user to selected users or group of users based on a mobile user provided profile. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130006514 | METHOD FOR VEHICLE DRIVING ASSISTANCE - The invention relates to a method for assisting in the driving of a vehicle during a braking test on said vehicle on a track, said track being divided into a plurality of adjacent strips (Z | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130060459 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, MOBILE TERMINAL, MEDIUM, INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD, AND SYSTEM - A communication device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor executes a process including calculating an amount of electricity available in a second device while a first communication unit and a second communication unit with each other, determining a first generation unit to be a generation unit, when the amount of electricity thus calculated is smaller than a predetermined amount, out of the first generation unit that generates navigation information based on information acquired by an information acquisition unit and a second generation unit, and controlling the second device so as to stop supplying power to the second generation unit and to output the navigation information generated by the first generation unit when the first generation unit is determined. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130060460 | IDENTIFYING A ROUTE CONFIGURED TO TRAVEL THROUGH MULTIPLE POINTS OF INTEREST - A computer-implemented method for identifying a route that is configured to travel through multiple points of interest includes receiving a query that includes an origin location, a destination location, and at least a first point of interest and a second point of interest. The method also includes identifying a perimeter that surrounds the received origin and destination locations in response to the query. The perimeter is then used to identify a set of locations for each of the first and second points of interest. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130066545 | RESERVING A TIME BLOCK IN A CALENDAR APPLICATION TO ACCOUNT FOR A TRAVEL TIME BETWEEN GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS OF APPOINTMENTS - Techniques are described for accounting for travel time in scheduling appointments in an electronic calendar. For example, a travel time between appointments may be identified and a time block may be reserved on a calendar application to account for such travel time. Geographic locations of adjacent appointments in a calendar may be determined and a route between the geographic locations also may be determined. A travel time associated with traveling the route between the geographic locations may be computed and the computed travel time may be compared to unscheduled time between the adjacent appointments in the calendar to determine whether the unscheduled time exceeds the travel time. If it is determined that the unscheduled time exceeds the travel time, a time block may be reserved on the calendar application to account for the travel time. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130066546 | RESERVING A TIME BLOCK IN A CALENDAR APPLICATION TO ACCOUNT FOR A TRAVEL TIME BETWEEN GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS OF APPOINTMENTS - Techniques are described for accounting for travel time in scheduling appointments in an electronic calendar. For example, a travel time between appointments may be identified and a time block may be reserved on a calendar application to account for such travel time. Geographic locations of adjacent appointments in a calendar may be determined and a route between the geographic locations also may be determined. A travel time associated with traveling the route between the geographic locations may be computed and the computed travel time may be compared to unscheduled time between the adjacent appointments in the calendar to determine whether the unscheduled time exceeds the travel time. If it is determined that the unscheduled time exceeds the travel time, a time block may be reserved on the calendar application to account for the travel time. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130073195 | IDENTIFYING A ROUTE CONFIGURED TO TRAVEL THROUGH MULTIPLE POINTS OF INTEREST - A computer-implemented method for identifying a route that is configured to travel through multiple points of interest includes receiving a query that includes an origin location, a destination location, and at least a first point of interest and a second point of interest. The method also includes identifying a perimeter that surrounds the received origin and destination locations in response to the query. The perimeter is then used to identify a set of locations for each of the first and second points of interest. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130085662 | CONSTRUCTING TRAVEL ITINERARIES FROM TAGGED GEO-TEMPORAL PHOTOGRAPHS - One embodiment accesses two or more photos taken by one or more travelers at one or more destinations and one or more points-of-interest located within the destinations; constructs one or more photo streams for each unique traveler-destination combination, wherein each one of the photo streams comprises two or more of the photos taken by the corresponding traveler at the corresponding destination; maps each one of the photos to one of the points-of-interest; constructs one or more timed paths for each unique traveler-destination combination based on the photo streams and the mapping between the photos and the points-of-interest, wherein each one of the timed paths comprises one or more of the points-of-interest located within the corresponding destination and visited by the corresponding travel; and constructs an itinerary based on a start point-of-interest, an end point-of-interest, a time constraint, and the timed paths. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130096815 | VEHICLE FLEET ROUTING SYSTEM - Vehicle management systems and associated processes can incorporate calculations for categorizing locations on a map as within one or more territories based on proximity of the location to predetermined points with in the territories. The systems and processes can also incorporate techniques for estimating total distance required to traverse a route reaching all of a set of predetermined stops, without using a routing algorithm that would provide a usable route for a vehicle, but is less computationally demanding. The systems and processes can also include techniques for incorporating legs of a route that extend through a temporary exclusion zone. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130096816 | PARKING ASSIST APPARATUS AND METHOD - In order to provide parking assist even in a situation where an end portion of a vehicle is predicted to come into contact with an obstacle, an available parking space is set, and a target parking position is set within the available parking space. When it is determined that the end portion of the vehicle will come into contact with an end portion of the available parking space if the vehicle travels to be parked in the target parking position, an entering angle of the vehicle with respect to the available parking space is changed so that the vehicle may travel toward a target parking space with the end portion of the vehicle spaced away from a front end point P of the available parking space, and a parking path for the vehicle to travel to a non-final target parking position is calculated. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130110391 | APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING TRAVEL PATH OF A VEHICLE | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130124080 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH SEMI-AUTOMATIC POINT OF INTEREST EXTRACTION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: extracting a feature from a sample field with a manual label associated with a point of interest, the feature for locating the sample field in a document; generating a rule based on the feature extracted to assign the manual label to a target field; extracting the target field from the document with the manual label assigned by applying the rule to the document; and inserting the target field associated with the point of interest to a location-based guide for displaying on a device. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130151137 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH INTELLIGENT TRIE AND SEGMENTATION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: generating a destination index based on a search indicator for distinguishing a candidate destination from another; receiving an entry for a point of interest; generating an entry update based on segmenting the entry for comparing the entry update to the destination index; and identifying a target destination based on resolving the destination index with the search indicator for matching the entry update to the candidate destination for displaying on a device. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130158853 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING PARKING AREA LOCATION INFORMATION - An approach is provided for determining parking information for a place of interest. A travel platform processes one or more trace results associated with a device, a user of the device, or a combination there to determine one or more travel paths, one or more places of interest, or a combination thereof. The travel platform processes the one or more travel paths to determine one or more parking areas associated with the one or more places of interest. The travel platform then presents the one or more parking areas associated with the one or more travel paths, the one or more places of interest, or a combination thereof. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130158854 | Navigation System - A system and method for estimating journey destinations is disclosed. The system comprises a driving history module, a frequency module, a duration module, a direction module, a metric module and a quality module. The driving history module retrieves a set of learning parameters including driver history data describing one or more past journeys. The frequency module analyzes the learning parameters to determine a candidate set including data describing frequent start locations and frequent end locations for one or more potential journeys to one or more destinations. The duration module estimates journey duration data for the one or more potential journeys. The direction module estimates direction data describing one or more directions for the one or more potential journeys. The metric module determines one or more metrics for the one or more potential journeys. The quality module determines one or more quality scores for the one or more potential journeys. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130158855 | Journey Learning System - A system and method for estimating journey destinations is disclosed. The system comprises a conversion module, a frequency module, a metric module, a quality module and a summary module. The conversion module converts a set of driver history data to a set of learning parameters. The frequency module analyzes the set of learning parameters and current journey data to generate estimated journey data describing one or more potential journeys. The metric module analyzes the estimated journey data and the set of current status data to determine one or more metrics associated with the estimated journey data. The quality module determines one or more quality scores associated with the estimated journey data. The summary module determines one or more status summaries and one or more estimate summaries. The summary module associates the one or more status summaries and the one or more estimate summaries with the estimated journey data. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130166190 | PARKING POSITION ADJUSTMENT DEVICE - A parking position adjustment device that assists in correctly changing a parking position within a parking space in which a vehicle has already parked is provided. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130173148 | PARKING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS - A parking assistance apparatus includes a display unit that displays an image of a scene behind a host vehicle. At least when the host vehicle moves forward or when the host vehicle is stopped, the display unit displays an indication including a plurality of kinds of trajectories along which the host vehicle is able to back up from a point at which the host vehicle is currently positioned, in a manner such that the indication is superimposed on the image of the scene behind the host vehicle. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130179064 | HAND-HELD DEVICE WITH DIRECTIONAL NOTIFICATION - A portable electronic device receives wireless signals from an external signal-generating source. The wireless signals include offering identifiers that are associated with an offering at a location of the external signal-generating source. The portable electronic device may determine the offering identifier from the wireless signal, and match the offering identifier with one or more offerings of interest that are selected by the user. The portable electronic device may determine the direction from which the wireless signal is received based on the strength of the wireless signal received by the antenna, and presenting an indicator to the user that indicates the direction to the location of the external signal-generating source if the offering identifier matches one or more of the offerings of interest as selected by the user. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130184981 | Systems and Methods for Interleaving Navigational Directions with Additional Audio in a Mobile Device - A method and apparatus for managing audio conflicts and priorities is disclosed. A mobile device ( | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130184982 | GENERATING ROUTES - A method, data processing system and computer program product for generating a route. A beginning location is received. A set of preferences for generating a set of routes is received. A set of routes is generated based upon the set of preferences, wherein each route in the set of routes starts and ends at the beginning location, and wherein at least a portion of a specified route in the set of routes does not overlap any other portion of the specified route in the set of routes. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130204517 | Method and Apparatus for Alerting a Driver of Warning Conditions - A computer implemented method includes receiving route data from an in-vehicle process. The method further includes setting one or more geo-fences corresponding to known conditions along a route defined by the route data. The method additionally includes sending the geo-fences to the in-vehicle process for monitoring. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130226446 | METHOD FOR ROUTING IN A NETWORK, ROUTING SYSTEM, AND TRANSPORT SYSTEM - A method for routing in a network including a plurality of nodes and links between nodes, includes the steps of: setting a start node and a destination node; for each node, assigning a waiting time distribution for at least one means of transport for at least one intermediate node between the start node and the destination node; and providing a list of alternative means of transport linking the intermediate node to a subsequent node as a function of the waiting time distribution assigned to the at least one means of transport at the intermediate node. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130245930 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH POINT OF INTEREST RELATIONSHIP MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: locating a target POI; generating a relationship for the target POI and a related POI; and generating a travel route based on the relationship to the target POI for displaying on a device. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130245931 | ROUTE RE-PLANNING USING ENEMY FORCE LETHALITY PROJECTION - A method, system and computer readable media for route re-planning including generating enemy force movement predictions to be used during mission planning. During a mission, enemy force movements can be compared to the predictions. By using enemy force movement predictions for an initial comparison, the enemy force movements may only need to be compared to the own force mission plan if the enemy forces deviate from the predictions. When enemy force movement deviates from the predictions, new enemy force movement predictions can be generated. The new enemy force movement predictions can then be compared to the own force mission plan to determine if a route re-plan is needed. The route can be re-planned to determine a route that reduces or eliminates the chance of a lethal encounter with an enemy or threat. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130253817 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENSING BASED ON ROUTE BIAS - An approach is provided for sensing based on route bias. The goal processor processes and/or facilitates a processing of one or more geo-routes, one or more location anchors, or a combination thereof associated with one or more devices to determine proximity information of the one or more devices to one or more sensing goals. The goal processor causes, at least in part, a selection of at least a subset of the one or more devices to participate in the one or more sensing goals based, at least in part, on the proximity information. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130261953 | ROUTE SEARCH SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILE - An object of the present information is to search for a route taking into account the charging times in the charging stations. When an electric automobile provided with a battery cannot reach a second point from a first point without the battery being charged in a charging station halfway, a route-search processing section specifies one or two or more charging stations, which the electric automobile is to pass through in order to reach the second point from the first point in a shorter time including a charging time in each of the charging stations and moving times among the charging stations, and derives a route for reaching the second point from the first point passing through the specified charging stations. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130268187 | PARKING BASED ROUTE NAVIGATION - Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems for parking based route navigation and/or parking resource management are disclosed to facilitate navigation to parking spots associated with a destination and/or management of respective parking spots. Navigation may be provided to a parking spot based upon parking criteria (e.g., such as distance to a destination and/or costs associated with the parking spot). Additionally, navigation (e.g., instructions, alternate transport, such as public transit) from the parking spot to the destination may be provided. Parking spots may be reserved by a parking management system based upon reservations received through a parking based route navigation system. Travelers may be re-routed based upon parking factors (e.g., traffic around a parking location, parking density, etc.). Accordingly, travelers may be routed to a destination in a more efficient manner and/or a management system may price and/or allocate parking spots in a desired manner. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130282269 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A CALCULATED ROUTE USING WAYPOINTS ASSOCIATED WITH A TRAVELED ROUTE - An approach is provided for providing a calculated route using waypoints associated with a traveled route. A traveled route platform processes and/or facilitates a processing of one or more location logs to determine one or more waypoints, wherein the one or more location logs include, at least in part, one or more location samples for at least one device on a traveled route. The traveled route platform then processes and/or facilitates a processing of the one or more waypoints via one or more routing engines to determine a calculated route as a representation of the traveled route. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130282270 | Method and Device for Compressing Route Data - A method and device for compressing route data are provided. A predefined route which includes a plurality of route elements characterizing the route is made available. Depending on a predefined division parameter, the predefined route is divided into partial routes. With respect to the partial routes, those route elements which are required to reconstruct the partial route by way of a route calculation on the basis of optimization of a predefined quality criterion are determined as compressed route elements. The compressed route elements of the component routes are assigned to a compressed route. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130289870 | Collaborative Robot Manifold Tracker - A collaborative control method for tracking Lagrangian coherent structures (LCSs) and manifolds on flows employs at least three autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) each equipped with a local flow sensor. A first flow sensor is a tracking sensor and the other sensors are herding sensors for controlling and determining the actions of the tracking sensor. The AUVs are deployed in a body of water whereby the tracking sensor is positioned with respect to the herding sensors such that the herding sensors maintain a straddle formation across a boundary. A local flow velocity measurement is obtained from each AUV; and based on the local flow velocity measurements a global flow structure that is useful for plotting an optimal course for a vessel between two or more locations is predicted. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130304368 | TRAJECTORY PLANNING - A method and apparatus are disclosed for determining a trajectory for a vehicle, wherein the method includes: identifying a starting position (p | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130304369 | TRAJECTORY PLANNING - A method and apparatus for determining a trajectory for a vehicle are disclosed, wherein, the method includes: identifying a starting position (p | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130311079 | PHYSICAL OBJECT SEARCH - A method and system for searching for items is provided. The method includes receiving, from a user, description data describing search requirements associated with a requested physical object to be located. Locations of the user are monitored and a request to locate the physical object is transmitted to video data retrieval devices. In response, video data associated with associated physical objects and location data for associated locations are retrieved. Distances and relative velocities between current locations of the user and each location of each physical object are calculated. In response, recommendations associated with traveling to view each physical object are generated and presented to the user. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130317735 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSOCIATING PANORAMIC IMAGES WITH ROUTING INFORMATION - An approach for generating a panoramic image for depicting a selected travel route is described. A panoramic view generator processes and/or facilitates a processing of at least one route to cause, at least in part, a generation of at least one panoramic image representing the at least one route, wherein a first axis of the at least one panoramic image represents a time or a distance on the at least one route, and wherein a second axis represents one or more contextual parameters associated with the at least one route. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130317736 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DETERMINE AN INITIAL INSURANCE POLICY BENEFIT BASED ON TELEMATICS DATA COLLECTED BY A SMARTPHONE - A system and method are disclosed herein to determine an insurance policy benefit based on telematics data. The system includes a computer memory and a processor in communication with the computer memory. The computer memory stores data indicative of preliminary telematics data collected by a smartphone associated with a vehicle, including at least one of geo-position information of the vehicle and vehicle kinematics data collected prior to issuance of an insurance policy for the vehicle. The processor is configured to calculate and apply an initial insurance policy benefit in exchange for receiving the data indicative of actual telematics data. When the data indicative of the actual telematics data meets a pre-determined condition, the processor may compute a final insurance policy benefit and replace the initial insurance policy benefit with the final insurance policy benefit. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130317737 | Method and Device for Determining a Shifted Circular Segment - A method and device for determining a shifted circular segment on the basis of an initial circular segment, the shifted circular segment being shifted by a shift distance, the method being implemented by a computer dedicated to flight management, comprises: determining a shifted final point terminating a shifted circular segment, on the basis of the final point terminating the initial circular segment, through a shift of the final point determined on the basis of the shift distance and in the direction of shift, through the use of a straight line passing through the centre of the initial circular segment and the final point of the initial circular segment, and determining a shifted circular segment on the basis of the initial circular segment by construction of a circular segment between the shifted final point associated with the preceding shifted segment and the shifted final point associated with the shifted segment. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130325315 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING A COMPARISON OF PROGRESS INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH TRANSPORT MODES OR ROUTES - An approach for presenting a comparison of progress information associated with transport modes, routes, or a combination thereof is described. A transport comparison platform determines progress information for at least one device associated with at least one mode of transport, at least one route, or a combination thereof. The transport comparison platform determines other progress information associated with at least another mode of transport, at least another route, or a combination thereof. The transport comparison platform causes, at least in part, a presentation of a comparison of the progress information against the other progress information. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130338913 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING INSTRUCTIONS TO A DESTINATION THAT IS REVEALED UPON ARRIVAL - An apparatus for providing instructions to a destination that is revealed upon arrival may include a processor. The processor may be configured to receive indications of context associated with a user, determine a destination for the user based on the context and user information, provide for a presentation of guidance instructions to guide the user to the destination, and reveal the destination to the user only when the user is proximate to the destination. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130345958 | Computing Recommendations for Stopping During a Trip - Described is a technology by which context data such as time, location and user-specific data is used to generate a stop recommendation during a vehicle trip. When a user is at a location or travels along a route, one or more stop recommendations may be computed for providing to the user. A cloud service may compute the stop recommendations, and send them to an automotive device of the user, which may be a smartphone coupled to the vehicle, for output to the user. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140012493 | TRAJECTORY PLANNING - A method and apparatus for determining a trajectory for a vehicle are disclosed, wherein the method can include identifying a starting position (p | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140019036 | Rendering Road Signs During Navigation - Some embodiments of the invention provide a navigation application that presents road signs during a navigation presentation. In presenting the road signs, the application of some embodiments differentiates the appearance of road signs at junctions that require a change of direction from road signs at junctions that do not require a change of direction. The application may perform processes that ensure that it arranges the road signs on the map in an aesthetically pleasing manner. In addition, the navigation application of some embodiments does not display too many road signs along the navigated route so that the route is not by occluded by too many road signs. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140032095 | METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING A TRAJECTORY OF AN AIRCRAFT BY STATE VECTOR - A method for constructing a flight trajectory of an aircraft, comprises a step of computing a sequence of state vectors (E | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140039787 | Situation-aware personal information management for a mobile device - A technique for providing a mobile device user with a “when to leave” alarm on his or her mobile device. The user has scheduled an appointment at a given time and location in the user's personal information manager (PIM) executing on the mobile device. A representative PIM is a calendar on the mobile device. The “when to leave” alarm is provided to the end user in the form of a display widget (or “countdown alarm”) that automatically activates a given time (e.g., 30 minutes) before a latest departure time for an event in the user's PIM. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140039788 | Method and device for monitoring a vehicle occupant - A method, a corresponding device, and a corresponding computer program for monitoring a vehicle occupant, including the following: detecting multiple objects in the vehicle surroundings with the aid of a surroundings detection device, detecting a viewing direction of the vehicle occupant with the aid of a gaze detection device, and automatically associating the detected viewing direction with one of the detected objects with the aid of an association device for a determination regarding which object of the multiple objects the vehicle occupant has viewed. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140058656 | METHOD FOR CALCULATING A PARKING PATH - A method for calculating a parking path, which is capable of simplifying the parking operation and making it easier for the driver to park a vehicle. Since the operation that the driver is required to do simply includes: turning the steering wheel to the extreme left, right and to the center, and driving the vehicle forward and backward, the parking operation is very simple, so that the possibility of error operation can be reduced to the least. In other words, the vehicle can be accurately parked in the parking space as long as the start position is accurate. The automatic parking system just provides reference to the driver, the driver still can made adjustment according to actual conditions. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140058657 | TRAJECTORY PLANNING - A method and apparatus for determining a trajectory for a vehicle can include: identifying a starting position (p | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140067251 | HEDGING RISK IN JOURNEY PLANNING - Embodiments of the disclosure include a method for journey planning including receiving a journey planning request, the journey planning request having an origin and a destination in a transportation network. The method also includes calculating an optimized journey plan by identifying a plurality of routes through the transportation network from the origin to the destination and determining an uncertainty associated with each of the plurality of routes. Calculating an optimized journey plan also includes evaluating a robustness of each of the plurality of routes to the uncertainty associated with each of the plurality of routes and selecting the optimized journey plan based on the journey planning request and the robustness of each of the plurality of routes. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140067252 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN EVASION TRAJECTORY FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND SAFETY DEVICE OR SAFETY SYSTEM - A method for determination of an optimized evasion trajectory by a safety device or a safety system, in particular a lane change assistance system and/or evasion assistance system, of a motor vehicle, the optimized evasion trajectory being outputted to a vehicle driver, and/or a trajectory of the motor vehicle being optionally partially adapted to the optimized evasion trajectory, by way of the method, the optimized evasion trajectory being determined by optimization of a transverse-dynamic quality factor (J), for which a transverse acceleration (a) and/or a transverse jerk (a) of the motor vehicle is/are utilized. Also described is a safety device or a safety system, in particular to a lane change assistance system and/or an evasion assistance system for a motor vehicle, a method being executable and/or being executed by the safety device or the safety system. The method further relates to a use of a method, of a safety device, or of a safety system in a driver assistance system in order to enhance active and/or passive safety in road traffic. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140074391 | VEHICLE RANGE PROJECTION - Vehicle range projection is implemented by a host system having logic executable thereon. The logic identifies a starting location of a vehicle and identifies destination locations for the vehicle. The logic also builds routes from the starting location to the destination locations based on routing objectives and travel constraints. The logic further outputs at least a portion of at least one route and travel cost information associated with the at least a portion of at least one route. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140074392 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ALTERNATE ROUTE RECOMMENDATIONS - An approach is provided for providing alternate route recommendations based on progress information of a user along an alternate route. An adaptive routing platform determines at least one alternate route to a route, wherein the at least one alternate route is taken by at least one user. The adaptive routing platform further determines progress information of the at least one user along the at least one alternate route. The adaptive routing platform also determines whether to cause, at least in part, a recommendation of the at least one alternate route to at least one other user based, at least in part, on the progress information. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140081568 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING SWATH COVERAGE PATTERNS FOR POLYGONAL AND PSEUDO-POLYGONAL SHAPED FIELDS - A computer-implemented method and system for generating a swath coverage pattern for a given working area to be traversed by a vehicle or equipment attached thereto. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140129130 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AN APPLICATION ENGINE BASED ON REAL-TIME COMMUTE ACTIVITY - An approach is provided for an application engine (e.g., a gaming engine) based on real-time location-based data. In one embodiment, an application engine determines one or more location-based data sources associated with at least one device. The one or more location-based data sources are determined in at least substantially real-time while the at least one device is engaged in at least one travel activity. The application engine then determines one or more elements of an application engine based, at least in part, on the one or more location-based data sources. The application engine causes, at least in part, a presentation of the one or more elements at the least one device during the at least one travel activity. In one embodiment, the application engine also causes, at least in part, a transformation of the one or more map data elements based, at least in part, on the one or more location-based data sources. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140129131 | DISPLAYING LAYLINES - Various implementations described herein are directed to displaying laylines. In one implementation, a method may include receiving marine electronics data at a marine electronics device disposed on a vessel. The method may also include receiving a navigational location. The method may further include calculating one or more laylines based on the navigational location and the marine electronics data. The method may additionally include displaying a vessel marker representing the vessel, a compass scale, and the one or more laylines on a display screen of the marine electronics device, where the vessel marker, the compass scale, and the one or more laylines are integrated on the display screen. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140129132 | RECOMMENDATION INFORMATION PROVISION SYSTEM - A recommended-information providing center collects action information including the travel history of vehicles, door opening/closing history, hazard lamp usage history, and the like from a plurality of vehicles including a vehicle. On the basis of the plurality of action history items collected from the vehicles, the recommended-information providing center generates recommended-information with respect to destinations in accordance with the attributes of the destinations. The recommended-information is information to be recommended about the destinations. The recommended-information providing center outputs requested recommended-information generated in accordance with the attributes of a destination, in order to provide the recommended-information to a vehicle having a navigation system mounted therein. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140163860 | MANAGING AND DIRECTING MASS TRANSIT SYSTEM PASSENGERS - A method for managing mass transit system passengers. The method includes identifying, by a computing system of a mass transit system, a mass transit passenger entering a station of the mass transit system. The method includes receiving an entry time and day, and a location of the station entered by the identified passenger. The method includes determining, for the identified passenger, a location of an exit station, and a route between the station entered and the exit station. The method further includes determining, for the identified passenger, an available seat on a mass transit transporter of the mass transit system for the route. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140163861 | APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - An apparatus, the apparatus comprising at least one processor, and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: provide at least one marker to indicate the required current position in a planned journey to reach a destination of the planned journey according to a predetermined time criterion. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140163862 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PARKING ASSISTANCE - An apparatus for providing parking assistance includes: a parking space searching unit that searches parking spaces around a vehicle by analyzing images and sensor-measuring values inputted from a camera and a sensor in the vehicle; a parking path range calculating unit that calculates a range available for generating parking paths for a target parking space selected from the searched parking spaces; a parking type determining unit that determines types of available parking in the calculated available range for generating parking paths and provides parking path ranges on the basis of parking paths estimated from the types of parking; and a parking assistance processing unit that provides parking assistance information for the vehicle in accordance with a target parking path range selected from the parking type-differentiated parking path ranges. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140163863 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USE IN PLANNING A TRIP - A projected route between a first location and a second location is determined. A first point-of-interest associated with a third location proximate to the projected route is determined. The first point-of-interest is presented to a user. Additionally or alternatively, a plurality of locations are identified. Each location of the plurality of locations is associated with a respective time. A point-of-interest is received from a user. The point-of-interest is associated with a point-of-interest location. A projected route including the plurality of locations and the point-of-interest location is determined based at least in part on at least one time associated with the plurality of locations. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140172288 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH CONSTRAINED RESOURCE ROUTE PLANNING MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: receiving an entry for a destination; and generating a travel route to the destination through a sufficient number of one or more replenishment locations required for reaching the destination for displaying on a device. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140172289 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING COMMUTER GROUPS - A commuter groups service (CGS) allows commuters to join commuter groups so that they are able to socialize while commuting. Through the commuter groups, the users may share commuting routes, traffic updates, road conditions, and other information. Group members may arrange car pools, short term riding arrangements, and may anonymously or directly contact each other. The CGS may collect group member position information, e.g. GPS information, to enable the CGS to calculate traffic conditions and to select location specific information for group members. The system may include an on-line service accessible through a computer or wireless networking device. The user may log into the CGS, create or modify a user profile, and join groups of their choosing. Groups may be associated with specific events or with getting to/from work. Commuter groups may be formed for commuters that use private vehicles and/or public transportation. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140180569 | DRIVING ROUTE GENERATION DEVICE - A selection track setting section in a driving route generation device determines as a selected track a track of a preceding vehicle when a detection section and a track generation section detects a track of the preceding vehicle which is running on the same driving lane of a host vehicle. A candidate track selection section outputs as a candidate track one of tracks of front vehicles, detected by the detection section and the track generation section, other than the track of the preceding vehicle. A switching selection section switches as the selected track from the track of the preceding vehicle to the candidate track when a detection of the track of the preceding vehicle is interrupted during a predetermined detection period. An estimate route generation section generates an estimated driving route of the host vehicle on the bass of the selected track. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140188380 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH STATE GENERATION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: determining a travel context based on a route condition for providing a navigation guidance; generating a state node having a state content with a control unit based on the travel context; and generating a guidance process based on the state node for presenting a prompt on a device. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140195142 | DETERMINING THE LOCATION OF AN INCIDENT AFFECTING TRAFFIC - In a method for identifying a location of an incident, a computer receives data from a plurality of navigation devices. The computer determines a portion of a determined route between a first point and a second point of at least one navigation device of the plurality of navigation devices, wherein the at least one navigation devices deviated from the determined route. The computer determines that two or more portions contain a sub-portion. The computer identifies a location of an incident, wherein the location is a location of the sub-portion. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140195143 | Dynamic Presentation of Navigation Instructions - In some implementations, a mobile device can be configured to provide navigation instructions to a user of the mobile device. The navigation instructions can be graphical, textual or audio instructions. The presentation of the navigation instructions can be dynamically adjusted based the importance of individual instructions and/or environmental conditions. For example, each navigation instruction can be associated with an importance value indicating how important the instruction is. The volume of important audio instructions can be adjusted (e.g., increased) to compensate for ambient noise so that a user will be more likely to hear the navigation instruction. The timing and/or repetition of the presentation of important instructions can be adjusted based on weather conditions, traffic conditions, or road conditions and/or road features so that a user will be less likely to miss an important navigation instruction. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140195144 | ANALYSIS METHOD, AND ANALYSIS APPARATUS - An analysis method executed by a computer, the analysis method includes: detecting a plurality of staying points where one or more mobile bodies stayed in accordance with a plurality of trace data associated with trajectories of the one or more mobile bodies; comparing, in accordance with the plurality of trace data, a first ending time of stay in a first staying point selected from among the plurality of staying points with second ending times of stay in one or more second staying points which are similar to the first staying point; and determining feature of the first staying point in accordance with a result of the comparison. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140200800 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A SUITABILITY OF A ROUTE - A method for determining a suitability of a route including a plurality of sections for traveling on by a driver of a vehicle. The method has a step of determining a fatigue prediction value, which predicts a fatigue of the driver of the vehicle for at least one section of the route. The method also has a step of carrying out a comparison of the fatigue prediction value to a maximum fatigue value that is assigned to the at least one section of the route. Finally, the method has a step of weighting the route with a fatigue weighting that is a function of the comparison, in order to determine the suitability of the route for traveling on by the driver. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140200801 | VEHICLE TRAVEL PATH GENERATING APPARATUS - When a travel path is to be generated for a vehicle, road surface lines (white lines, etc.) delimiting the traffic lane of the vehicle, and also external objects in the vehicle environment, are detected and registered as respective obstacles. Specific points are defined at appropriate locations on each obstacle, and the travel path is generated by connecting respective mid-point positions between opposed pairs of specific points, each pair defined on respective ones of an opposed (left-side, right-side) pair of the registered obstacles. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140207365 | METHODS FOR DETERMINING A FLIGHT PATH - Methods for determining a flight path for a data-collecting aircraft having a sensor may include defining a data-collecting area, subdividing the data-collecting area into zones, defining a waypoint for each of the zones to define a set of waypoints, and determining a flight path for the data-collecting aircraft incorporating the waypoints. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140207366 | ROUTE RE-PLANNING USING ENEMY FORCE LETHALITY PROJECTION - A method, system and computer readable media for route re-planning including generating enemy force movement predictions to be used during mission planning. During a mission, enemy force movements can be compared to the predictions. By using enemy force movement predictions for an initial comparison, the enemy force movements may only need to be compared to the own force mission plan if the enemy forces deviate from the predictions. When enemy force movement deviates from the predictions, new enemy force movement predictions can be generated. The new enemy force movement predictions can then be compared to the own force mission plan to determine if a route re-plan is needed. The route can be re-planned to determine a route that reduces or eliminates the chance of a lethal encounter with an enemy or threat. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140207367 | METHOD FOR DEFINING A FALL BACK ROUTE FOR A MOBILE MACHINE, METHOD OF FALL BACK, BY A MOBILE MACHINE, FOR SUCH A ROUTE, ASSOCIATED MODULES AND COMPUTER PROGRAMMES - A Method for defining a fall back route comprising of way points, for a mobile machine, in a 3D zone (ZNd) of displacement having convex zones (Zni, i=1 to 7) each describing a polygon in any plane perpendicular to a Z axis over a considered region (Hj, j=1 to 6) of a Z axis, according to which: set of beacons points (PBk, k=1 to 7) is defined, such that the edges of the Voronoi diagram associated with the said set of beacon points separate therebetween the polygons described by the convex zones in a plane perpendicular to the Z axis over the said region. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140236472 | NAVIGATION SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - Navigation systems and associated methods for providing navigation services are provided. Information associated with a desired route for a vehicle, such as a route between a current location and a desired destination, may be determined. Additionally, contextual information associated with the vehicle may be identified. Based upon the desired route and the contextual information, a direction may be generated for presentation to one or more users, and the generated direction may be output for presentation. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140236473 | LANE GUIDANCE DISPLAY SYSTEM, LANE GUIDANCE DISPLAY METHOD, AND LANE GUIDANCE DISPLAY PROGRAM - A display control unit that causes a display unit to display a front image on which a guide line is superimposed, wherein the guide line has a front end point that indicates a position inside a recommended lane and has a rear end point that indicates a position rearward of the front end point, is provided. When the vehicle is in a lane change state, the display control unit sets a position of the rear end point in the front image such that the rear end point indicates a central position in a width direction of the vehicle, and, when the vehicle is not in the lane change state, the display control unit sets a position of the rear end point in the front image such that the rear end point indicates a central position in a width direction in the travelling lane. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140244152 | 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. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140249742 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Spontaneously Identifying And Directing Users To Available Parking Spaces - A computer-implemented system and method for spontaneously identifying and directing motorists to available parking spaces is provided. Parking spaces are tracked to determine a status of each space. A destination of a user is received. At least one parking space is identified as available and near the destination of the user. An estimated arrival time of the user to the available parking space is determined. An arrival threshold is applied to the estimated arrival time of the user and a reservation offer for the available space is sent to the user when the estimated arrival time satisfies the arrival threshold. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140278050 | METHOD OF CALIBRATING A HEADING REFERENCE SYSTEM - A method of calibrating a vehicle's heading system, such as the attitude heading and reference system of an aircraft or the heading system of a ship, positioned along the Earth's surface involves obtaining both actual and theoretical readings for the magnetometer of the heading system, and comparing these values to obtain calibration values for the heading system which are then averaged to obtain a universal average gain and offset for the magnetometer. The vehicle may be repositioned, such as to North, South, East, and west magnetic headings, with the procedure repeated at each of these headings, and the calibration values averaged, further increasing the accuracy. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278051 | Prediction Engine - Some embodiments of the invention provide a novel prediction engine that (1) can formulate predictions about current or future destinations and/or routes to such destinations for a user, and (2) can relay information to the user about these predictions. In some embodiments, this engine includes a machine-learning engine that facilitates the formulation of predicted future destinations and/or future routes to destinations based on stored, user-specific data. The user-specific data is different in different embodiments. In some embodiments, the stored, user-specific data includes data about any combination of the following: (1) previous destinations traveled to by the user, (2) previous routes taken by the user, (3) locations of calendared events in the user's calendar, (4) locations of events for which the user has electronic tickets, and (5) addresses parsed from recent e-mails and/or messages sent to the user. In some embodiments, the prediction engine only relies on user-specific data stored on the device on which this engine executes. Alternatively, in other embodiments, it relies only on user-specific data stored outside of the device by external devices/servers. In still other embodiments, the prediction engine relies on user-specific data stored both by the device and by other devices/servers. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278052 | LANE-LEVEL VEHICLE NAVIGATION FOR VEHICLE ROUTING AND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT - A lane-level vehicle routing and navigation apparatus includes a simulation module that performs microsimulation of individual vehicles in a traffic stream, and a lane-level optimizer that evaluates conditions along the candidate paths from an origin to a destination as determined by the simulation module, and determines recommended lane-level maneuvers along the candidate paths. A link-level optimizer may determines the candidate paths based on link travel times determined by the simulation module. The simulation may be based on real-time traffic condition data. Recommended candidate paths may be provided to delivery or service or emergency response vehicles, or used for evacuation planning, or to route vehicles such as garbage or postal trucks, or snowplows. Corresponding methods also may be used for traffic planning and management, including determining, based on microsimulation, at least one of (a) altered road geometry, (b) altered traffic signal settings, such as traffic signal timing, or (c) road pricing. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140303885 | NAVIGATION APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided a navigation apparatus including an estimation section which estimates first environmental information in a movement route candidate of an object based on observation information observed in real time in the movement route candidate, an acquisition section which acquires second environmental information of a surrounding of the movement route candidate, and a guidance section which guides a movement direction for the object based on the first environmental information estimated by the estimation section and the second environmental information acquired by the acquisition section. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140309920 | DESTINATION AND TRAVEL INFORMATION APPLICATION - Methods and systems for an improved navigation environment are provided. The navigation system can route users to preferred locations based on user profile data and past experience with the present driver and other drivers. The system provides more cost-effective and time-sensitive routing by incorporating other information about destinations. Further, the navigation system provides enhanced guidance in foreign or unfamiliar locations by incorporating experience from other drivers and other data. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140309921 | TRAVEL ROUTE ALTERATION BASED ON USER PROFILE AND BUSINESS - Methods and systems for an improved navigation environment are provided. The navigation system can route users to preferred locations based on user profile data and past experience with the present driver and other drivers. The system provides more cost-effective and time-sensitive routing by incorporating other information about destinations. Further, the navigation system provides enhanced guidance in foreign or unfamiliar locations by incorporating experience from other drivers and other data. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140309922 | COMMUNICATION OF AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED SHOPPING LIST TO VEHICLES AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES - Methods and systems for an improved navigation environment are provided. The navigation system can route users to preferred locations based on user profile data and past experience with the present driver and other drivers. The system provides more cost-effective and time-sensitive routing by incorporating other information about destinations. Further, the navigation system provides enhanced guidance in foreign or unfamiliar locations by incorporating experience from other drivers and other data. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140309923 | SHOPPING COST AND TRAVEL OPTIMIZATION APPLICATION - Methods and systems for an improved navigation environment are provided. The navigation system can route users to preferred locations based on user profile data and past experience with the present driver and other drivers. The system provides more cost-effective and time-sensitive routing by incorporating other information about destinations. Further, the navigation system provides enhanced guidance in foreign or unfamiliar locations by incorporating experience from other drivers and other data. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140336918 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH ROUTE CLASSIFICATION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: determining a route classification of a candidate route; determining a misclassification of the route classification for identifying the candidate route misclassified; updating the route classification based on the misclassification for reclassifying the candidate route; generating a travel route based on the candidate route with the route classification updated for displaying on a device. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140336919 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH PRIORITY NOTIFICATION MECHANISM - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: generating a system message along a route determining a priority value for the system message; sorting the system message based on the priority value and a message play time for the system message; calculating an available play time for the system message; and selecting the system message having the message play time not exceeding the available play time. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140379248 | NON-MAP-BASED MOBILE INTERFACE - 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 navigation or positioning operations or techniques using, for example, a non-map-based location or routing interface for use in or with mobile communication devices. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150012208 | TRIP ROUTING SOFTWARE AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AND CONTACTING CONTACTS WITHIN A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE FROM THE TRIP ROUTE - An application and method can takes a trip route and maps the addresses of a user's contacts along the route. The application and method can identify which contacts are within a predetermined distance from the route, maps them, and can instantly email these contacts to notify them that the user of the application will be passing by their location. The contacts can be manually entered by the user or can be imported from various email providers, various social media platforms, or other contact storing programs. The application can periodically synchronize with the contact sources to be sure the information in the application is current. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150019120 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING GUIDE OF VEHICLE - An apparatus and method for a driving guide of a vehicle are provided and include a sensor unit that has at least one sensor mounted within the vehicle. In addition, a controller is configured to sense obstacles positioned at a front and side of the vehicle using sensing information received from the sensor unit and arrange data for the obstacles based on an angle to determine whether a passage is present in front of the vehicle. In addition, the controller is configured to provide the driving guide of the checked passage. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150025788 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUS, AND METHODS FOR ACQUISITION AND USE OF IMAGE DATA - Systems and methods for mapping. In one version mapping can be carried out. Vehicles may carry scanners used for mapping and three-dimensional modeling. Surveillance and monitoring methods and apparatus are also disclosed. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150032364 | NAVIGATION DEVICE - A navigation includes a next audio output state storage that stores, as a next audio output, an audio output which is started the next time when one audio output is completed, a next audio output state determiner that determines whether or not to output the next audio output on the basis of both the storing state of the next audio output and current navigation information, and an output determiner that, when a plurality of playback requests coincide, outputs an audio output having a higher one of priorities acquired from the priority holder, and stores an audio output having a lower one of the priorities in the next audio output state storage as a next audio output, and that determines an audio output to be played back according to the determination by the next audio output state determiner when one audio output is completed. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150039219 | NAVIGATION DEVICE - A navigation device, when a vehicle travels through an area in which the use of an ETC device provided in the vehicle is not possible, can prevent that vehicle from being guided along an ETC device utilization rout. The navigation device sets, for each area, whether or not the use of the ETC device is possible; performs a first route search using a first cost condition regarding the route cost of an ETC device utilization route; performs a second route search using a second cost condition regarding a route cost for which the route cost of an ETC device utilization route is higher than with the first cost condition; and, on the basis of a setting status for whether or not the use of the ETC device in each area is possible, controls whether to perform the first route search or the second route search. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150039220 | Method and Apparatus for Improved Navigation of a Moving Platform - A navigation module and method for providing an INS/GNSS navigation solution for a moving platform, comprising a receiver for receiving absolute navigational information from an external source (e.g., such as a satellite), means for obtaining speed or velocity information and an assembly of self-contained sensors capable of obtaining readings (e.g., such as relative or non-reference based navigational information) about the moving platform, and further comprising at least one processor, coupled to receive the output information from the receiver, sensor assembly and means for obtaining speed or velocity information, and operative to integrate the output information to produce a navigation solution. The at least one processor may operate to provide a navigation solution by using the speed or velocity information to decouple the actual motion of the platform from the readings of the sensor assembly. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150066349 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING A CONTOUR OF A VEHICLE BASED ON A PROTRUSION - A system for informing a navigation system of a vehicle of a protrusion includes a sensor and a processing circuit. The sensor is configured to generate sensor data based on a position of cargo. The processing circuit is configured to determine a contour of the vehicle, detect protruding cargo extending outside the contour of the vehicle, where detecting the protruding cargo is based on the sensor data and the contour, and notify the navigation system of the vehicle of the protruding cargo. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150066350 | TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE AND TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM - A traffic control device and a traffic control system are provided, and the traffic control device includes a route calculating unit configured to detect candidates of a route to a destination, and decide a guidance route from the detected route candidates, an infrastructure communicating unit configured to acquire signal cycle information related to a cycle at which a display of a traffic signal at a traffic signal location on the route calculated by the route calculating unit is switched, and a fuel consumption simulating unit configured to perform fuel consumption simulation including fuel economy improvement assistance executed at a time of passing the traffic signal location with respect to the route candidates based on the signal cycle information acquired by the infrastructure communicating unit, and the route calculating unit decides the guidance route based on the fuel consumption simulation calculated corresponding to the route candidates by the fuel consumption simulating unit. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150066351 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING VEHICLE NAVIGATION INFORMATION WITHIN AN ELEVATED ROAD AREA - A method for providing vehicle navigation information within an elevated road area comprising the steps of: extracting at least one specific object from each of a plurality of images in an advancing direction of a vehicle while the vehicle is approaching to one ramp of the elevated road area, the plurality of images being obtained over time; determining a driving direction of the vehicle on the ramp in accordance with time characteristic of the specific object; and generating the vehicle navigation information from the driving direction and rendering the generated vehicle navigation information. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150073694 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OEPRATING A VEHICLE - In a method for operating a vehicle, based on a current travel route of the vehicle, a database which includes reference route data assigned to the current travel route is queried as to whether a change in a feature of the current travel route has occurred, and a response of the database that corresponds to the query is made available. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150073695 | SYSTEM FOR ROUTE SCHEDULING, DRIVER ALERTS, AND CORRECTIVE ACTION BASED ON WEATHER GUIDANCE - A route management system comprising dispatch operations; fleet management software; at least one onboard computing device; weather data; and a weather-fleet comparison method. More specifically, the system collects information about a place of departure, a place of arrival, a scheduled route, scheduled stops, and a weather forecast; compares the predicted weather forecast to the scheduled route; displays the weather forecast information to a driver and/or a dispatcher; determines if a new route or departure time should be scheduled; and, if a new route should be scheduled, displays the new route or departure time to the driver and/or the dispatcher. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150081202 | ARRANGEMENT IN A VEHICLE FOR PROVIDING VEHICLE DRIVER SUPPORT, A VEHICLE, AND A METHOD FOR PROVIDING VEHICLE DRIVER SUPPORT - An arrangement, a vehicle and a method for providing vehicle driver support during manual or semi-autonomous driving in a potential overtake scenario are provided. The arrangement includes a detector, a communication unit arranged to receive from a preceding vehicle information of a probable route of the preceding vehicle based on at least one of preceding vehicle historical route information and preceding vehicle navigation system information, a processing unit arranged to determine, for one or more routes ahead of the host vehicle, the probability that the preceding vehicle will drive along the one or more route, to process the received information into a format suitable for display, and to display the processed information, thereby providing support to the vehicle driver. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150081203 | SHORTEST PATH DETERMINATION FOR LARGE GRAPHS - A computer-implemented method and system are provided for determining the shortest path between two nodes in a network comprising a plurality of nodes. A non-transitory computer-readable medium is also provided that includes a plurality of instructions that, when executed by at least one electronic device, at least cause the at least one electronic device to determine the shortest path between two nodes in a network comprising a plurality of nodes. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150081204 | 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. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150081205 | Apparatus, Method and Computer Program for Displaying Points of Interest - An apparatus, method, computer program and user interface where the apparatus includes at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code; wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, enable the apparatus to: display a perspective view of a geographical location at a first scale in a first region of a display; identify a point of interest associated with the geographical location; and display the identified point of interest at a second scale in a second region of the display. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150088407 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH CUSTOMIZATION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: determining a start guidance area excluding a current location; determining an end guidance area excluding a destination; and generating a navigation guidance with a control unit for traversing from the start guidance area to the end guidance area to reach the destination. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150088408 | PEDESTRIAN OBSERVATION SYSTEM, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND ESTIMATION OF DIRECTION OF TRAVEL - A pedestrian observation system includes a circuitry acquires an acceleration in accordance with a uniquely defined terminal coordinate system accompanying a pedestrian; obtains a power of an acceleration in a horizontal plane containing mutually perpendicular first and second directions based on acceleration components in the first and second directions, thereby acquiring an observation time of a maximum value of the power and acceleration components in the first and second directions at that time to acquire horizontal peak information; acquires times of observation of maximum and minimum values of a vertical acceleration component to acquire vertical peak information; chooses information on the maximum value of the power from the horizontal peak information based on the vertical peak information to acquire peak information for estimation; and acquires traveling direction information indicating a direction of travel of a pedestrian based on the peak information for estimation. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150088409 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING OPTIMUM FUEL STATION - A system and method for planning fueling during a travel. The method comprises receiving information identifying a starting point and a destination for the travel; determining a route between the starting point and the destination; identifying one or more candidate fuel stations that are accessible from the route; determining scores for the one or more candidate fuel stations; and outputting information identifying the one or more candidate fuel stations along with their scores. Identifying one or more candidate fuel stations may include determining a search corridor; and identifying the one or more candidate fuel stations within the search corridor. Determining the search corridor may comprise selecting a search point located on the route; selecting a search radius; drawing a search circle with a radius equal to the search radius and centered at the search point; and including the search circle in the search corridor. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150100229 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH GUIDANCE DELIVERY MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: receiving a navigation request for reaching a destination; generating a navigation information based on the navigation request; generating an information segment from the navigation information; and generating a transmission sequence for prioritizing an information type of the information segment for displaying the information segment on a device. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150100230 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH TRAVEL INFORMATION DISPLAY MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: determining a designated location for estimating travel information; generating a travel information A for traveling from an designated location to a destination A; generating a travel information B for traveling from the designated location to a destination B; and presenting the travel information A and the travel information B concurrently based on a display priority for displaying on a device. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150100231 | Navigation System for Providing Personalized Directions - The disclosure includes a system and method for providing personalized recommendations. The system includes a navigation application comprising a route engine, an intersection extractor, a historical analyzer and a user interface module. The processing unit receives data and transmits the data to the corresponding component in the navigation application. The route engine determines a new route from a first location to a second location for a user, the new route comprising directions for each portion of the new route. The intersection extractor identifies intersections that occur on the new route. The historical analyzer determines historical routes traveled by the user, compares the new route to the historical route to identify which portions and intersections in the new route are familiar to the user and removes directions for the portions of the new route that are familiar. The user interface module provides the new route to the user. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150100232 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH CONTENT RETRIEVING MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: determining a travel context with a control unit based on a vehicle information for identifying a vehicle; determining a restriction level based on the travel context for controlling a content retrieval by a head unit from a device; and determining the content retrieval based on the restriction level for displaying a display content on the head unit. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150106006 | METHOD OF ROUTE SCHEDULING AND DEVICES THEREOF - A method of planning a route for a plurality of destinations, including: a mobile device receiving information about a plurality of destinations for a day, the information including an address, a time and a duration; the mobile device calculating a start time and a stop time for each of the destinations based on the time received and the duration; the mobile device ordering the destinations in sequence based on the time associated with the destination and displaying a route to said destination in the order to the user; and the mobile device determining a time necessary to travel from each of the destinations to the following destination in the sequence, and if the start time for the following destination exceeds the travel time added to the departure time of the destination, then alerting the user. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150112581 | Methods and Apparatus for Attribute-Based Navigation - Various embodiments of methods and apparatus for attribute-based navigation are disclosed. In one embodiment, responsive to a request for a location having a variable attribute, a destination is selected based at least in part upon a value of the variable attribute. Navigation instructions from a current location are provided. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150112582 | ROUTE RE-PLANNING USING ENEMY FORCE LETHALITY PROJECTION - A method, system and computer readable media for route re-planning including generating enemy force movement predictions to be used during mission planning. During a mission, enemy force movements can be compared to the predictions. By using enemy force movement predictions for an initial comparison, the enemy force movements may only need to be compared to the own force mission plan if the enemy forces deviate from the predictions. When enemy force movement deviates from the predictions, new enemy force movement predictions can be generated. The new enemy force movement predictions can then be compared to the own force mission plan to determine if a route re-plan is needed. The route can be re-planned to determine a route that reduces or eliminates the chance of a lethal encounter with an enemy or threat. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150112583 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REVISING A LOW-ALTITUDE FLIGHT PHASE OF A FLIGHT PATH OF AN AIRCRAFT - A device for revising a low-altitude flight phase of a flight path of an aircraft includes an input unit configured to allow an operator to input parameters to define an intermediate flight section (Si) which has to be inserted into a low-altitude flight phase, and a processing unit configured to calculate a profile relating to the intermediate flight section (Si) using input parameters, and to automatically insert this profile into the flight phase between a first upstream part (P | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150149068 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTO PREDICTING USING A NAVIGATION SYSTEM - Methods and systems are provided for communicating navigation information to a user. In one embodiment, a method includes determining a trip that is performed by a vehicle; determining a time and a route associated with the trip; and sending the time and the route associated with the trip from the vehicle to a wireless electronic device. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150149069 | DRIVE-PATTERN EVALUATION DEVICE AND DRIVE-PATTERN EVALUATION METHOD - An object of the present invention is to provide a drive-pattern evaluation device for appropriately evaluating energy-saving performance of a drive pattern. A drive-pattern evaluation device of the present invention is a drive-pattern evaluation device which evaluates a past actual drive pattern of a moving body based on energy consumption, the device including: an energy-saving drive pattern generating unit that generates an energy-saving drive pattern in consideration of energy consumption with respect to an evaluation section of the actual drive pattern; an energy consumption estimating unit that estimates energy consumption by the energy-saving drive pattern as an estimated energy-saving consumption; and an eco-score calculator that compares energy consumption by the actual drive pattern in the evaluation section and the estimated energy-saving consumption, to evaluate the actual drive pattern based on the comparison result. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150149070 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING TRAFFIC INFORMATION - A system for providing traffic information to a plurality of mobile users connected to a network. The system comprises a plurality of traffic monitors, each comprising at least a traffic detector and a transmitter, the traffic detector generating a signal in response to vehicular traffic and the transmitter transmitting the signal. A receiver receives the signals from the traffic monitors. A computer system is connected to the receiver and is further connected to the network. The computer system in response to a request signal received from one of the users transmits in response thereto information representative of the signals transmitted by the traffic monitoring units. Alternative systems for gathering traffic information are disclosed. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150292894 | TRAVEL ROUTE - A route engine can be configured to receive route data that characterizes a request for driving directions to a destination. The route engine can also be configured to determine a plurality of travel routes to the destination and to estimate a predicted travel time for each of the plurality of travel routes to the destination. The estimation can be based on environmental data that characterizes environmental conditions that affect traffic flow along the plurality of travel routes. The route engine can further include determining a likelihood that each predicted travel time for each of the plurality of travel routes is accurate. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150300833 | PROVIDING NAVIGATION INSTRUCTIONS WHILE DEVICE IS IN LOCKED MODE - A method of providing navigation instructions in a locked mode of a device is disclosed. The method, while the display screen of the device is turned off, determines that the device is near a navigation point. The method turns on the display screen and provides navigation instructions. In some embodiments, the method identifies the ambient light level around the device and turns on the display at brightness level determined by the identified ambient light level. The method turns off the display after the navigation point is passed. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150308836 | Dynamic Traffic Rendering - An initial geometry including one dimensional representation of a path is accessed. The initial geometry may be based traffic data. An envelope size is identified based on the path. The envelope size may be derived from a width, functional classification, or lane quantity associated with the path. A processor calculates a supplemental geometry based on the envelope size for the path and generates a two dimensional representation of the path based on the initial geometry, the supplemental geometry, and the envelope size. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150323325 | METHOD AND NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR ASSISTING A VISUALLY IMPAIRED USER TO SAFELY WALK AROUND OBSTRUCTIONS AND IMPEDIMENTS - A computer-implemented method and a navigation system are described for guiding a visually impaired user to avoid obstructions and impediments while walking. The user may wear a plurality of subassemblies of the system. The tilt and rotation of the user's head may be monitored using one of the subassemblies worn on the user's head. Based at least in part on the tilt and rotation of the user's head, vertical and horizontal firing angles used by a distance measuring unit in each of the subassemblies may be calculated to transmit and receive laser signals to perform measurements. The user is then provided with navigation instructions and alarms based on whether an obstruction or an impediment is detected that is closer than a predetermined distance to the user while the user is walking based on the measurements. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150323334 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR DIRECTING ONE OR MORE TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE UNITS TO TRANSPORT ONE OR MORE END USERS - Computationally implemented methods and systems that are designed for transmitting one or more requests for one or more identities of one or more transportation vehicle units for transporting one or more end users; receiving the one or more identities of the one or more transportation vehicle units for transporting the one or more end users, the one or more identified transportation vehicle units having been identified based, at least in part, on a determination that the one or more identified transportation vehicle units do not have any package delivery obligation that would be violated if the one or more identified transportation vehicle units transport the one or more end users to one or more destination locations; and directing the one or more identified transportation vehicle units to rendezvous with the one or more end users in order to transport the one or more end users to the one or more destination locations. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150345951 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING ROUTES IN A NAVIGATION SYSTEM - Methods and systems for determining one or more routes in a navigation system. A request comprising a first set of parameters corresponding to a trip is received. The first set of parameters comprise at least one an originating node for the trip, a destination node for the trip, a start time for the trip, or a set of preferences associated with the trip. The one or more routes between the originating node and the destination node are determined based on the first set of parameters. Each of the one or more routes comprises at least one public transportation sub-trip traversed by a public vehicle and a private transportation sub-trip traversed by a private vehicle. The one or more routes are ranked based on a trip score associated with the one or more routes. The trip score is determined based on the set of preferences. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150345973 | Detecting Important Transit Stops for Transit Trip Grouping - Systems and methods for identifying a direction name associated a transit trip along a transit line for use in, for instance, grouping departure times or arrival times associated with transit trips at a transit stop are provided. Data indicative or an ordering ranking the plurality of transit stops in terms of importance can be accessed. Important transit stops between the reference transit stop and an ending transit stop associated with a transit trip can be identified using the ordering of the plurality of transit stops. The station names associated with the identified important transit stops can be used as a basis for the direction name associated with the transit trip at the particular reference transit stop. Departure times can be grouped by the identified direction names and using other parameters, such as by headsign. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150345984 | Vehicle Navigation Route Optimized for EV Charging - A method of incorporating recharging breaks into the route shown on an electric vehicle's on-board navigation system is provided. The system initially calculates the vehicle's driving range and determines whether the calculated range is sufficient to travel to all of the locations on the intended route. If the range is insufficient, the system may notify the user that the car should be charged the night before the intended travel day. Additionally, the system may be used to identify potential recharging stations along the intended route and, in at least some cases, confirm that the location of the identified recharging station is acceptable to the user. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150360720 | FUEL CELL AND BATTERY POWERED VEHICLE PARKING - A vehicle system includes a communication interface configured to receive parking information from an infrastructure device. The parking information identifies at least one open parking space and at least one characteristic associated with the parking space. The vehicle system further includes a processing device configured to select the at least one parking space based at least in part on the characteristic. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150362319 | MOBILITY ROUTE OPTIMIZATION - A processor-implemented method, system, and computer program product guides mobility-impaired pedestrians. A processor receives mobile tracking readings from each of multiple mobility assistance devices, and identifies pedestrian routes taken by the mobility assistance devices to a desired destination. The processor identifies multiple routes, each of which has more mobile tracking readings than other pedestrian routes. The processor associates a recurring public event to times during which mobile tracking readings were taken to a first pedestrian route, and associates a lack of the recurring public event to times during which mobile tracking readings were taken to a second pedestrian route. If the recurring public event is currently in progress along the first pedestrian route, then the processor transmits directions that describe the second pedestrian route at which the public event is not occurring. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20160003620 | TRAVEL PATH IDENTIFICATION BASED UPON STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PATH COSTS - Various technologies pertaining to dynamically identifying travel segments to be taken by a traveler traveling in a region are described herein, where observations about travel segments in the region are sparse and subject to alteration. A computer-implemented graph can be loaded into a memory, where the computer-implemented graph is representative of the region. The computer-implemented graph includes nodes that represent locations in the region and edges that represent travel segments of the region, where the edges have costs assigned thereto, and further where there is a defined statistical relationship between the costs. When an observation about a travel path is received, using the computer-implemented graph, inferences can be made about costs of traversing other travel paths in the region. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160003622 | PEDESTRIAN NAVIGATION DEVICES AND METHODS - Devices and methods for pedestrian navigation are disclosed. In an embodiment, a device includes an accelerometer sensor configured to sense acceleration components associated with a device motion in a plurality of axes of the accelerometer sensor. The acceleration components include stride frequency components and step frequency components. The device includes a processing module communicably associated with the accelerometer sensor. The processing module is configured to process at least a portion of the acceleration components to determine an estimated attitude associated with the device motion with respect to the accelerometer sensor. The processing module is configured to filter out the step frequency components by blocking the stride frequency components. The processing module is further configured to determine the estimated attitude based on the step frequency components to thereby mitigate a bias in the estimated attitude associated with a lateral sway of the device motion. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160003627 | AUTOMATIC GEOFENCE DETERMINATION - A system for automatic geofence determination comprises an interface and a processor. The interface is configured to receive data for one or more trips. A processor is configured to determine a set of nodes for each trip, determine a set of clusters using the set of nodes for each trip, and determine a set of geofences based at least in part on the set of clusters. A node of the set of nodes is determined based at least in part on the data. A cluster is a group of nodes separate from another group of nodes. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160019793 | PROCESSING OF THE DATA OF A FLIGHT PLAN - A computer-implemented method for managing the data of an aircraft flight plan comprises collecting initial data of an operational flight plan from a flight planning system FPS by an electronic device of electronic flight bag EFB type; converting the initial data and communicating the converted data to the avionics system of the flight management system FMS, the FMS being able to compute an avionic flight plan on the basis of the converted data; and retrieving the avionic flight plan data such as processed by the flight management system FMS. Developments describe notably the verification of the security and/or of the integrity of the converted initial data by means of predefined compliance rules; the emulation of avionics protocols and the use of the encipherment of the data. System aspects and software aspects are described. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160025503 | VEHICLE PARKING MANAGEMENT - A final destination for a vehicle is used to identify a set of parking spaces. One of the parking spaces is selected based at least in part on at least one user parameter and data derived from historical data about the parking spaces. A route to the selected parking space is determined. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160025507 | CARPOOL FINDER ASSISTANCE - A method of determining ride share compatibility. Vehicle data acquisition devices are employed to collect user attribute information relating to a travel route and locations traveled by the operator. The attribute information includes regularity data, frequency data, and duration data. A regression analysis is applied by a processor for using the regularity data, the frequency data, and the duration data, for identifying an importance probability of each of the locations visited by the operator. A match is determined between the operator and a potential travel partner traveling to locations in proximity to the locations traveled by the operator. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160033290 | VEHICULAR INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS - A vehicular information providing apparatus stores a travel history of a vehicle; sets a home area of a user of the vehicle; analyses usage patterns of the vehicle based on the travel history and, based on the analysis, assigns a predetermined use scene of the vehicle to a usage state of the vehicle including a time factor including a time zone and a day of the week, a departure place, a destination and a travel route; and provides information to the user of the vehicle and changes the information to be provided according to whether the vehicle is present in the home area and the predetermined use scene assigned. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160035219 | APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS FOR DESIGNATING A TRAFFIC LANE - An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: based on received traveller data, the traveller data representing polled traveller usage of a particular traffic lane, designating the particular traffic lane as a restricted-use lane, the designation for use in subsequent navigation guidance. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160040397 | Grade Control Cleanup Pass Using Splines - A computer-implemented method for determining a cleanup pass profile is provided. The method may include identifying a pass target extending from a first end to a second end along a work surface, generating a plurality of primitives between the first end and the second end such that each primitive has endpoints configured to approximate at least one of the pass target, the work surface, and an endpoint of an adjoining primitive, and adjoining the primitives at the endpoints to form a substantially continuous cleanup pass profile. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160047656 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE OPERATION - A system includes an energy management processing unit that includes a trip planning module, a plurality of estimator modules, and an arbiter module. The trip planning module plans a trip profile specifying power settings based on trip data including a plurality of parameters having expected values. Each of the estimator modules generates an estimation re-plan request when the difference between an expected and experienced respective trip planning parameter value exceeds a threshold. The arbiter module receives at least one estimation re-plan request from the plurality of estimator modules, determines whether a re-plan is to be performed based on at least one of a state of the vehicle system or additional estimation re-plan requests, and provides an arbitrated re-plan request to the trip planning module for re-planning the trip profile when it is determined that a re-plan is to be performed. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160054127 | Short-path fuzzy navigation method - A short-path fuzzy navigation method is provided. The short-path fuzzy navigation method has steps of: a navigation apparatus planning a default path having a plurality of intersections thereon; and the navigation apparatus starting a short-path fuzzy navigation procedure. The short-path fuzzy navigation procedure has steps of: selecting two of the intersections as a starting point and a destination; calculating a plurality of possible paths between the starting point and the destination; for each of the possible paths, determining whether the possible path satisfies predetermined criteria; selecting each possible path which satisfies the predetermined criteria as a candidate path; sending a notice of a driving direction toward each candidate path before reaching the starting point; and terminating the short-path fuzzy navigation procedure when reaching the destination. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160054133 | CURVE-SHAPE MODELING DEVICE, VEHICLE INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, CURVE-SHAPE MODELING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY TANGIBLE COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR THE SAME - A curve-shape modeling device that divides multiple sampling points along a route into a linear section, a relaxation curve section and a steady section, and models a curve shape of the route, includes: a curve extraction unit that extracts a curve from the sampling points based on a curvature of the sampling points; a steady section curvature determination unit that determines a curvature of the steady section based on a curvature of sampling points included in an extracted curve; and a curve entry and exit determination unit that sets a predetermined curvature range including the curvature of the steady section, and determines a start point and an end point of the steady section based on the curvature range. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160061609 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH CONTENT DELIVERY MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: determining a target value level based on an activity history for responding to a notification; determining a boundary dimension with a control unit based on the target value level; and generating a geofence including the boundary dimension for adjusting the boundary size for displaying on a device. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160061619 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH TOUCHLESS COMMAND MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A navigation system includes: an image capture unit, configured to capture a gesture; a control unit, coupled to the image capture unit, configured to distinguish between a command motion and a natural motion based on the gesture, an auditory cue, and a contextual information; and generate a command combination for instructing the navigation system based on the command motion and the auditory cue. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160069689 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SHOPPING DETOUR DURING TRAFFIC CONGESTION - A system or a method is provided to provide shopping detours to users during traffic congestions. In particular, the system may detect that a user is experiencing or is about to experience a traffic congestion. The system may then estimate the additional travel time needed to go through the traffic congestion. The system may also find shopping detours which allow the user to take the shopping detours to make purchases and still arrive at the final destination at about the same time as if the user stays in the original route with the traffic congestion. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160084661 | PERFORMANCE DRIVING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method that act as a performance driving tool and provide feedback to a driver, such as real-time visual feedback delivered via an augmented reality device. According to one embodiment, the performance driving system gathers pertinent vehicle information and driver information (e.g., the direction of the driver's gaze as determined by a wearable head-mounted-display (HMD)) and uses these inputs to generate real-time visual feedback in the form of virtual driving lines and other driving recommendations. These driving recommendations can be presented to the driver via an augmented reality device, such as a heads-up-display (HUD), where the virtual driving lines are projected onto the vehicle windshield so that they are superimposed on top of the actual road surface seen by the driver and can show the driver a suggested line or path to take. Other driving recommendations, like braking, acceleration, steering and shifting suggestions, can also be made. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160084669 | VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A vehicle and a method of controlling the vehicle using voice guidance is provided. The vehicle includes a body that defines an appearance of the vehicle and a vehicle sensor that is configured to sense various driving-related situations of the vehicle. A driving guide system is then configured to analyze vehicle driving data including vehicle sensing information received form the vehicle sensor and driving-related information and prioritize the vehicle driving data. In addition, the driving guide system is configured to generate driving guide information in a scenario format based on a priority and output the driving guide information by voice guidance. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160091314 | EFFICIENT PROCESSING OF DOUBLE DIFFERENCED UPDATES IN A KALMAN FILTER - Systems and methods are provided for sequentially updating a Kalman filter in a navigation system. Respective signals from a plurality of transmitters containing range-finding data are received at a plurality of antennas. For each of the plurality of transmitters, a single differenced observable is calculated between a given pair of the plurality of antennas. A common bias, stored as a state in a Kalman filter, is subtracted from the calculated single differenced observable for each of the plurality of transmitters to provide respective double differenced residual values. A plurality of states stored in the Kalman filter are updated using the double differenced residual values. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160091323 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING DYNAMIC WARNINGS FOR NAVIGATIONS - A navigation application that provides a dynamic set of warnings based on a set of collected and calculated data. The navigation application collects a series of data and identifies a set of critical points along the route. The navigation application analyzes the collected data to determine whether to provide a navigation warning to the user. The navigation application uses the collected data to determine whether a navigation instruction for the critical point should be modified to account for different driving conditions. Finally, the navigation application of some embodiments determines a timing for when a navigation instruction should be provided to the user, ensuring that the instruction is presented to the user with sufficient time to safely adjust their behavior. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160123759 | Facilitating Interaction between Users and their Environments Using Sounds - Space interaction (SI) functionality is described herein for assisting a user in interacting with a space. The SI functionality includes a sound generation module that generates three-dimensional sounds in various circumstances. A three-dimensional sound is perceived by a user as emanating from particular location within the space. Different modules may leverage the three-dimensional sounds for different purposes. In one implementation, a path guidance module uses a three-dimensional beat sound to direct the user in a particular direction. An exploration module uses three-dimensional sounds to identify the locations of items of interest that lie within (or are otherwise associated with) a subspace to which an attention of the user is currently directed. An orientation module uses three-dimensional sounds to identify the locations of items of interest that are associated with an entire space around the user. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160146623 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH SEARCH MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: generating activity logs including a plurality of a travel frequency to a point of interest; generating a search index including a plurality of an index type based on the activity logs with a control unit; generating a preliminary result based on searching the search index with the index type tailored to a search context; and generating a search result based on filtering the preliminary result including the travel frequency meeting or exceeding a travel threshold for displaying on a device. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160146624 | AVN TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A control method for an audio-video-navigation (AVN) terminal includes: receiving an identifier code and point of interest (POI) information; searching for user information corresponding to the identifier code from a communication connected terminal; and displaying the POI information and user information when the user information corresponding to the identifier code is identified during the searching. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160153795 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160171882 | ORIGIN-DESTINATION ESTIMATION SYSTEM FOR A TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160187148 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A NAVIGATION ROUTE - An approach is provided for determining weighting information for candidate navigation routes in a navigation program. A routing platform causes, at least in part, an application of at least one prize factor to one or more variables to evaluate one or more candidate routes. The routing platform determines weighting information for the one or more candidate navigation routes based, at least in part, on the application of the at least one prize factor to the one or more variables. The routing platform then causes, at least in part, a selection or a recommendation of at least on navigation route from among the one or more candidate navigation routes based, at least in part, on the weighting information. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160202069 | ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL FOR VEHICLE NAVIGATION | 07-14-2016 |
| 20160202073 | CONFIDENTIAL ROUTE MONITORING WITH TRAVELER-CONFIGURED TRAVELER SAFETY ALERTS | 07-14-2016 |
| 20160202082 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH RESOURCE CONTROL MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF | 07-14-2016 |
| 20160377447 | COGNITIVE NEEDS-BASED TRIP PLANNING - A route-determination module (RDM) is provided, with the RDM having as input one or more cognitive preferences of a traveler. Further, the RDM receives input on a current or a forecasted cognitive state of the traveler, along with the cognitive load associated with one or more potential routes for traveling to a destination. A recommended route is determined based on the preference(s), state, and/or cognitive load. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20220139236 | Device For Ascertaining A Movement Corridor For Lightweight Aircraft - A device is specified for ascertaining a movement corridor for lightweight aircraft. The device includes a first interface, a second interface, and a processing unit. The first interface is configured to receive aircraft data relating to the lightweight aircraft, wherein the aircraft data at least contain flight properties and functions of the lightweight aircraft. The second interface is configured to receive weather data from a weather information source, wherein the weather data contain weather predictions and also current weather data and contain at least air movements in an altitude profile between a maximum altitude of the lightweight aircraft and the Earth's surface. The processing unit is configured to compare the aircraft data to the weather data and to ascertain a probable movement corridor of the aircraft. | 05-05-2022 |
