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6591189 |
Mobile unit navigation system and mobile unit navigation method
A mobile unit navigation system has a position detection unit 10 for a mobile unit, a map information acquisition unit 20, a destination input unit 30, a route search unit 40 for searching...
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6583734 |
Enhanced vehicle hazard warning and safety features integrated with an onboard navigation system
A method and system for vehicle hazard warning and safety integrated with an onboard navigational system for providing a current geographical location of the vehicle to a base station, receiving an...
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6584403 |
Automated vehicle tracking and service provision system
A system for managing a fleet of vehicles, which system comprises a central controller; a local controller for each vehicle: including a wireless communication interface for communication with said...
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6584389 |
Information specific actuatable control system
A control unit for user-specific adjustment of device settings in a motor vehicle on the basis of user data according to a specific key, where the control unit recognizes the users in the seat...
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6581000 |
Position location system and method
A system for determining a position of a user. The system includes a distance sensor in communication with a position tracking device. The distance sensor is for detecting movement by the user, and...
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6580372 |
Automatic electronic device detection
A system that detects cellular telephone and other electronic use within an unauthorized locations. The location can be detected by GPS or triangulation, and once detected can automatically produce...
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6580375 |
Data processing system for a vehicle information system and method
A vehicle navigation system includes various interlinked facilities including a user input/output facility and a position determining facility. The navigation system is arranged to physically...
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6580976 |
Methods and apparatus for very close following train movement
A method for increasing efficiency of operation of trains includes operating a plurality of trains as a moving sequence and regulating distances between the trains to eliminate distances in excess...
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6581005 |
Vehicle position calculation apparatus and method
A vehicle position calculation apparatus and method are provided to correct a vehicle position to be located on a map route. The vehicle position calculation apparatus has a vehicle position...
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6577249 |
Information display member, position detecting method using the same, apparatus and method of presenting related information, and information presenting apparatus and information presenting method
An information display member has an information display face of its known size. On the information display face, a first pattern is displayed to represent coordinate information indicative of a...
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6577943 |
System for distributing road surface information, system for collecting and distributing vehicle information, device for transmitting vehicle information and program for controlling vehicle
A system for distributing road surface information comprising means for sensing numerical information on slipperiness of a road surface; means for sensing positional information of the travelling...
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6577927 |
Information furnishing apparatus for coping with emergency during car driving
Providing a vehicle driver information useful in overcoming an emergency situation overheating etc. On receipt of a control signal 112 indicating emergency, emergency situation decision unit 109...
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6573827 |
System and method of detecting vehicle speed limiting system tampering
A method and system for detecting tampering with a vehicle speed sensor by calculating an average speed based upon global positioning system data. A first position of a vehicle is learned from a...
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6574551 |
Autoscaling of recommended route
A navigation system is used to assist a user in proceeding from a current location to a desired destination. The navigation system includes a processor for storing a database of roads and a system...
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6574552 |
Navigation system and computer-readable information recorded medium in which navigation control program is recorded
A navigation system is provided with: an operation section that selects a scheduled route along which a vehicle is scheduled to move; a system controller that searches for a different route while...
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6567745 |
System and method for distributed navigation service
A distributed navigation system and method for providing driving instructions to a user. The system includes a service center having a navigation server and associated workstations. The service...
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6567000 |
Methods and means for monitoring events in vehicles
Events in a vehicle are monitored by producing electrical outputs representative of events in the vehicle, comparing characteristics of one event with characteristics of other events accumulated...
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6567004 |
Apparatus for automatically reporting an event to a remote location
An apparatus for automatically reporting an event includes an actuator having a sensor for sensing the event and providing an actuation signal, a controller having a signal generator for formatting...
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6567741 |
Method and system for reducing shape points for a navigation system
The present invention provides a system, a method and a computer usable medium including a program for generating navigation instructions for a vehicle. This may be done by determining a number of...
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6563433 |
Liquefied raw garbage collection method and system
Information is exchanged between raw garbage liquefying devices and a central station so that the central station manages the liquefied raw garbage accumulated amounts in the respective raw garbage...
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6564147 |
GPS traveling control systems and the method of the same
A GPS traveling control system includes a GPS global positioning device, a memory device, and a microprocessor. The GPS global positioning device receives signals from the global positioning...
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6560530 |
Navigation system
A navigation system for searching coordinates of a telephone number, displaying a map and setting a point, the navigation system comprising a memory for storing information on a subscriber...
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6560529 |
Method and device for traffic sign recognition and navigation
A method and a coupled system for road sign recognition and for navigation is proposed, which enables a bidirectional data transmission between the road sign recognition device and the navigation...
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6560531 |
Multi-resolution trend metric for shape comparison and applications thereof
A method for comparing geometric shapes to each other is disclosed. When used for vehicle positioning, the present method determines which map path of several candidate map paths best matches an...
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6553313 |
Method and system for updating directed user-based dynamic advertising
A method and system for dynamically communicating content to an occupant of a moving vehicle according to the location and direction of travel of the vehicle. Position information (such as Global...
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6553308 |
Vehicle-based navigation system with smart map filtering, portable unit home-base registration and multiple navigation system preferential use
A vehicle-based navigation system is described including a position locator that establishes the geographic position of the vehicle and a map database located external to and remote from the...
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6546257 |
Providing promotional material based on repeated travel patterns
A method of providing geographically sensitive promotional information to a predefined location associated with a mobile unit having a transmitter which can transmit position location information,...
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6542822 |
Directed user-based dynamic advertising
A method and system for dynamically communicating content to an occupant of a moving vehicle according to the location and direction of travel of the vehicle. Multiple items of content are loaded...
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6542816 |
Communication navigation system
A communication navigation system, wherein a navigation apparatus requests a recommended route guidance data to a information center and guides a user of the navigation apparatus to a destination...
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6542087 |
System and method for extracting a point of interest of an object in front of a computer controllable display captured by an imaging device
A system and method of identifying a point of interest of an object located in front of a computer controlled display area captured by an image capture device is performed by capturing an image of...
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6542813 |
System and method for automatic managing geolocation information and associated references for geographic information systems
The present invention relates to the field of geographic information systems (GIS). The invention presents an apparatus and a method for automatic managing a database ( 1 ) of geolocation...
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6535743 |
System and method for providing directions using a communication network
A communication system includes mobile units, a network switching center, and service centers to provide a variety of enhanced services to the mobile units. The service centers and/or the network...
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6535815 |
Position updating method for a mobile terminal equipped with a positioning receiver
A mobile terminal equipped with a GPS receiver uses a quality of service parameter to determine whether to request aiding data from a location server connected to the mobile communication network....
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6531966 |
Laser parking guide
A method and apparatus for guiding a vehicle into a parking location comprising: a base configured to be mounted above the desired parking position; an IR motion sensor with a field of view for...
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6532417 |
Navigation system, navigation information providing server, and navigation server
A navigation terminal 2 loaded in a vehicle 1 is provided with a wireless communication device connectable to a movable communications network 3 and a present position detection device and...
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6529142 |
Parked vehicle location finder
A system for locating a vehicle that is parked in a parking lot, a parking garage or on a street. The system comprises two separate signal generator/processor circuits, each circuit being contained...
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6529141 |
System and method for transmitting a triggered alarm
A system and method for transmitting a triggered alarm is presented. The alarm is detected by a sensor on an asset that includes a circuit containing a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, a...
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6529822 |
Navigation system with zoomed maneuver instruction
A vehicle navigation system provides a zoomed maneuver instruction view which displays a magnified view of the upcoming maneuver. Display of the zoomed maneuver instruction view is preferably...
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6529825 |
Voice guidance switching device and method
A voice guidance switching device for use in a car navigation device. When a navigation control section receives a signal from one of a controller and a controller, the navigation control section...
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6529143 |
Information retrieval system
A method and devices for a mobile person's information retrieval where, when the person is moving, on coming closer to a point of destination, defined by him as being interesting, than a specified...
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6522266 |
Navigation system, method and software for foot travel
A navigation system for mounting on a human. The navigation system includes one or more motion sensors for sensing motion of the human and outputting one or more corresponding motion signals. An...
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6522265 |
Vehicle tracking and security system incorporating simultaneous voice and data communication
A system that tracks and monitors a vehicle by utilizing cellular communication componentry and global positioning system componentry is disclosed. The system provides for simultaneous and...
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6522267 |
Vehicle tracker conserving codes and related methods
A vehicle tracking system includes a vehicle tracking unit and a monitoring station communicating therewith. The vehicle tracking unit may include a vehicle position determining device, a wireless...
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6519525 |
Method and system for communicating facility information and devices therefor
A communication system comprises a mobile terminal and a server. The server 2 receives location data indicating a location in conjunction with a search request from the mobile terminal. The...
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6519514 |
Automatic travel control apparatus for vehicle
An apparatus includes means for holding data which pertain to specifications and data of a vehicle, means for obtaining information of a path the vehicle is to travel, which consists of position,...
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6515597 |
Vicinity display for car
0 A vehicle peripheral-area display apparatus comprising: a camera ( 11 ) for picking up images of a peripheral area of a vehicle ( 2 ); an integration processing unit ( 21 ) for detecting the...
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6515585 |
Reminder system
A reminder system operating at a specified location is provided. When an information ID (such as an “address C, B, AA, and bookstore”) transmitted from a small antenna station agrees with...
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6510382 |
Method for obtaining precision road maps
A highly precise digital road map and method of producing same are provided for vehicle applications. The method obtains a conventional digital map having traditional segments and nodes, and...
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6510379 |
Method and apparatus for automatically generating pedestrian route guide text and recording medium
A pedestrian route guide apparatus includes an input section which inputs a departure place and destination, a route data storage section for storing route data, a landmark storage section which...
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6507785 |
Method and system for detecting and correcting off route navigation for server based route guidance systems
The present invention provides a system, a method and a computer usable medium including a program for a vehicle that has traveled off of a planned route. This may be done by providing a plurality...
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