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8185304 Method, computer program and system for optimising routes provided by navigation systems  
A method of controlling a navigation system is provided which builds up historical information of routes taken by a vehicle and uses this information to provide an appropriate route for the vehicle...
8185267 On-vehicle apparatus and content providing method  
The present invention is applied to, for example, a multimedia terminal having a function of navigation equipment and a function of playing back video and switches a display from a map display to a...
8170791 Automated travel planning system  
A list of places of interest geographically located near a travel route may be generated by accessing a routing database storing shape points capable of defining a travel route, determining a...
8170586 Moving body communication system, moving body terminal, information providing apparatus, and information transmission method  
A moving body terminal is basically provided with a position information acquiring section, a receiving section and a control section. The position information acquiring section is configured to...
8165808 Techniques for representing location information  
Methods and apparatus are described for representing points of interest relative to a user-defined geographic area in a map interface. Representation of the geographic area and a plurality of...
8164488 Apparatus and method for generating a message based on traffic flow  
A method includes determining a first flow characteristic of a flow, the flow comprising at least one targeted user. The method also includes generating for display a first message based on the...
8165810 System for assisting the ground navigation of an aeroplane in an airport  
A navigation system includes a display device displaying, on a cockpit pilot display unit, a set of indications including an aircraft symbol which illustrates the position of the aircraft and a map...
8160755 Displaying air traffic symbology based on relative importance  
A method and system is provided for displaying aircraft symbology. The method includes displaying (302, 502, 702, 902, 1002) a symbol (202) for a first aircraft in a predetermined format,...
8160812 Tracking and guidance architecture and method  
A tracking and guidance system is provided. The system comprises a first device configured to transmit a location of the first device. The system further comprises a second device configured to...
8159337 Systems and methods for identification of locations  
A viewing apparatus provides a user with a view of his or her surroundings and enables the user to select a location from the view of the surroundings for identification. The viewing apparatus...
8155872 Method and apparatus for indoor navigation  
Techniques are provided for providing physical routes to target locations. The techniques include obtaining at least one target location from at least one user; determining at least one physical...
8150617 System and method for displaying location-specific images on a mobile device  
A system is provided for providing location-specific images to a mobile device for display. The system generally comprises three components: a mobile device having a screen, a position...
8145416 Interactive mapping method and system  
Method and computer program product for presenting a set of address locations in a browser window of a user device via the Internet are disclosed. The method includes receiving a set of address...
8135539 Presenting a travel route in a ground-based vehicle  
Techniques are provided for displaying a map for a route in a ground-based vehicle. The map includes a variable road network map showing finer detail for geographic features near the route and less...
8122036 Method and apparatus for generating customized maps  
A system and method for generating a map includes a database for storing a list of recipients and characteristics associated with each recipient in the list of recipients. The method and system...
8115656 Vehicle security and monitoring system  
A vehicle monitoring system includes a communication subsystem configured to provide two-way wireless communication, and a controller mounted in a vehicle and configured to receive data indicative...
8116973 Vehicular display device, method of controlling the same, program, and storage medium having program stored therein  
A vehicle has a plurality of traveling modes. A display device for the vehicle comprises: a display unit displaying map information; and a control unit causing the display unit to display...
8106920 Image data update apparatus  
An image data update apparatus that can highlight a component with maintaining an appearance of an image to which anti-aliasing is applied and with suppressing increase in processing load is...
8108144 Location based tracking  
Location information is used to build a database of locations having associated audio, video, image or text data. In some implementations, a device includes a touch-sensitive display and collects...
8103439 Portable navigation terminal and program  
A portable navigation device where a map being displayed on a display section is fixed by performing map stop operation at a portable navigation terminal where an appropriate map is selected and...
8103741 Location based content aggregation and distribution systems and methods  
Location based content aggregation and distribution systems and methods are disclosed. An exemplary method includes a content hub subsystem receiving a content posting from an access device...
8099233 Map display controller and computer readable medium including instructions for displaying map image  
A map display controller displays a three-dimensional map image on a display screen of a display device, and superimposes a route wall standing from a route and along the route in the three...
8095302 Discrepancy reporting in electronic map applications  
A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for proposing an update for a navigation chart displayed in an aircraft data processing system. A selection of a...
8094043 Road map with indicated road segments  
One embodiment is to visually direct the focus of the user to specific road segments on a road map surface by the use of colors or symbols overlaid on certain roadways shown on a road map. In...
8085169 Apparatus and method for map display and imaging apparatus at a plurality of display resolutions  
A map display apparatus for displaying a map image at a plurality of display resolutions includes the following elements. An information recording unit associates an image signal of a captured...
8073590 System, method, and computer program product for utilizing a communication channel of a mobile device by a vehicular assembly  
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for utilizing a communication channel of a mobile device by a vehicular assembly. In operation, a vehicular assembly communicates with a...
8072448 Three-dimensional annotations for street view data  
The present invention relates to annotating images. In an embodiment, the present invention enables users to create annotations corresponding to three-dimensional objects while viewing...
8072353 Architecture for creating, organizing, editing, management and delivery of locationally-specific information to a user  
Disclosed herein is a dynamic content design, delivery and distribution software architecture that enables a centrally located designer, using a graphical interface, to create, edit, manage, and...
8068982 On-vehicle navigation system  
An on-vehicle navigation system reliably performs guidance of a necessary exiting authorized section while avoiding the guidance of a needless exiting authorized section on a plural-lane road...
8068977 Destination prediction apparatus and method thereof  
To provide a destination prediction apparatus which predicts a destination more accurately than before. A destination prediction apparatus which predicts a destination of a mobile object includes:...
8060303 Navigation device and lane guide method  
A vehicle is guided to a lane that the vehicle should run, even if map data do not include lane information of a tollgate. A navigation processing part 100 makes a vehicle running path calculation...
8055440 Method, apparatus and system for use in navigation  
The present embodiments provide methods, processes and systems for use in determining navigation. Some embodiments provide methods that receive a communication at a mobile navigation system from an...
8055397 System and method for computing rail car switching sequence in a switchyard  
As embodied and broadly described herein the invention includes a system for computing a preferred sequence in which cars in a switching queue of a railway switchyard are to be sequentially...
8050817 Centralized management of motor vehicle software applications and services  
In one example, a network device stores a mapping of application operation modes to vehicle conditions such as a first condition of the vehicle powered but not moving and a second condition of the...
8050858 Multiple visual display device and vehicle-mounted navigation system  
In a vehicle-mounted navigation system, an operating unit that operates the driver's seat side image and an operating unit that operates the passenger's seat side image had to be provided...
8045954 Wireless emergency-reporting system  
A method of providing emergency related information to and from a centralized location over a wireless network. The method utilizes cellular phones in emergency communications and entails two...
8041506 Mapping in mobile devices  
A computer-implemented mapping method is disclosed and includes displaying a first map view of a geographic area on a display of a computing device, receiving a voice or key-press zoom command and...
8035493 Head-up display device for vehicle  
A head-up display device includes a light source, a display unit for producing display virtual images including an alarm display image, a mirror for reflecting the light to show the alarm display...
8026835 Data mining in a digital map database to identify traffic signals, stop signs and yield signs at bottoms of hills and enabling precautionary actions in a vehicle  
Disclosed is a feature for a vehicle that enables taking precautionary actions in response to conditions on the road network around or ahead of the vehicle, in particular, a traffic light, stop...
8022938 Control apparatus and method for input screens  
A control apparatus for input screens includes a display unit, a switch portion and a control unit including a microcomputer. If one of a menu switch of the switch portion and a plurality of dummy...
8022812 Information collection system and information collection robot  
An information collection system is provided, which can automatically calculate an operation or a travel path of a tag reader for collecting information of an RF tag. The information collection...
8024112 Methods for predicting destinations from partial trajectories employing open-and closed-world modeling methods  
The claimed subject matter provides systems and/or methods that facilitate inferring probability distributions over the destinations and/or routes of a user, from observations about context and...
8019532 Method and system for identifying and defining geofences  
The preferred embodiments of the present invention are directed to an improved mapping and navigational system. Specifically, the present invention is directed to a system for defining and...
8014908 Methods and systems for routing mobile vehicles  
The present invention relates to methods and systems for routing mobile vehicles under maintenance and operational constraints. In the case of aircraft, the methods and systems may generate an...
8014796 Map version control methods and apparatus for updating the use of network-maintained map data sets for mobile communication devices  
A map version control method of providing updates of network-maintained map data sets in mobile communication devices includes the steps of receiving a version of map data from a network database...
8014944 Method for auto-updating application program  
A method for auto updating application program suitable for a global position system (GPS) navigator is provided. The method comprises the following steps. First, a map-update short message is sent...
8009061 Data mining for traffic signals or signs along road curves and enabling precautionary actions in a vehicle  
Disclosed is a feature for a vehicle that enables taking precautionary actions in response to conditions on the road network around or ahead of the vehicle, in particular, a traffic light or stop...
8010279 Electronic guide system, contents server for electronic guide system, portable electronic guide device, and information processing method for electronic guide system  
Tour guide contents stored in a tour guide apparatus carried by a user at a tour destination are provided with points of interest information and map data. This information includes latitude and...
8009024 Automotive display device showing virtual image spot encircling front obstacle  
A display device of the present invention is mounted on an automotive vehicle. An obstacle located in front of the vehicle is detected by a camera, and its features including speed, distance, size,...
8009062 Vehicle traffic flow data acquisition and distribution  
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for vehicle traffic flow data acquisition and reporting for onboard vehicle navigation. In an embodiment...