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7328044 Mobile device registration system  
To provide a mobile device registration system, with which it is impossible to register from a third party's mobile device which is already registered with respect to one vehicle, a mobile device...
7328102 Navigation intervention apparatus, intervention method and vehicle navigation system  
The present invention allows an existing single-sequentialized navigation main unit to be virtually multi-sequentialized with simple structure. An intervention device 3 receives from a front...
7321824 Presenting a travel route using more than one presentation style  
Techniques are provided for presenting a route in a manner that emphasizes the route and provides context information. For example, a vivid color or vivid colors may be used to display the route,...
RE40013 Method and apparatus for detection and remote notification of vehicle parking space availability data  
A method and apparatus for providing timely and efficient notification of vehicle parking space availability and locations of vehicle parking spaces to motorists or other network users. Local...
7319412 Asset monitoring and tracking system  
An apparatus and method for monitoring and reporting the status of a mobile asset are described, where the mobile asset may be moved by a transport vehicle from a starting location to a destination...
7315259 Techniques for displaying and caching tiled map data on constrained-resource services  
Techniques are disclosed that enable users to access and use digital mapping systems with constrained-resource services and/or mobile devices (e.g., cell phones and PDAs). In particular, latency of...
7304589 Vehicle-to-vehicle communication device and method of controlling the same  
A vehicle-to-vehicle communication device installed on a subject vehicle includes a detection function, a transmission function, a report function and a signal-processing function to display...
7305417 System and process for identifying objects and/or points nearby a given object or point  
A system and process is presented that identifies nearby objects and/or points in relation to a base object or point. An object or point is nearby if it resides within a prescribed area around the...
7299128 Vehicle navigation system  
To provide a vehicle navigation system that can accurately display a position of a vehicle that has the navigation system mounted thereon and a target direction even when the vehicle is stopped or...
7286930 Ghost following  
A concept for providing navigation information is described. The concept includes a process for providing navigation information including deriving a destination for a first vehicle and determining...
7274374 Map display device and method for operating thereof  
A car navigation device displays a map by using display colors included in a first color pallet when the speed of a vehicle traveling is lower than a predetermined value and displays the map by...
7274299 Method of and service architecture for reminding a user subscribed to a communication network  
A method of reminding a user subscribed to a communication network, and a corresponding location reminder service architecture is provided. According to one embodiment, the method includes the...
7272467 Systems and methods for filtering potentially unreliable visual data for visual simultaneous localization and mapping  
Apparatus and methods that use a visual sensor and dead reckoning sensors to process Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM). These techniques can be used in robot navigation. Advantageously,...
7271738 Restricted parking system  
A method and implementing computer system are provided for enabling management of restricted parking spaces for vehicles. In an example, a sensing system senses the presence of vehicles in...
7269509 Image playback device and image playback method  
The image playback device includes: an image database storing, in association with one another, specific places in a predetermined region, photographed images relating to the specific places,...
7269507 Method and system for electronically determining dynamic traffic information  
A method of and system for determining a path traveled by a vehicle in a road network having a plurality of road segments connected into a plurality of paths that includes obtaining a current...
7263439 Image operation system  
In an image control system, with a reactive force on an input device that controls a pointer in a display, a bilateral communication of a pointing device can prevent a sense of discomfort while the...
7260474 GIS point-to-point routing for directions  
To provide a convenient selection of origin and/or destination of a route, in an on-line map service, the user is permitted to select and view a map and select any point from the displayed map as...
7256711 Method and system for saving and retrieving spatial related information  
The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for storing, referencing, retrieving, and graphically displaying spatial and non-spatial related information of a mobile computing...
7254479 Apparatus and method for determining geographical location relative to a designated geographical location with a mobile communication device  
The present invention apparatus and method that allows the geographical location of a user with respect to a designated geographical location to be determined in a manner that cost-efficient, the...
7243025 Portable navigation device with instant on configuration on navigational display  
A multi-function, portable, electronic device includes a housing, a processor located within the housing and a memory in communication with the processor. The electronic device includes a display...
7239760 System and method for creating, storing, and utilizing composite images of a geographic location  
A system and method synthesizing images of a locale to generate a composite image that provide a panoramic view of the locale. A video camera moves along a street recording images of objects along...
7231296 Display device, information processing device, and information processing system  
An information processing system includes a display device and a information processing apparatus. The display device includes: a first arithmetic processing unit; a display unit at which...
7227453 Multi-control telematics in a vehicle  
An apparatus and method allow either the driver or a passenger in a vehicle to operate a telematic unit in the vehicle. Communication requests may be prioritized, depending upon the type of...
7224274 Locality information retrieval system  
An information retrieval system for retrieving information relating to a locality includes a data collecting module for collecting data relating to a location of the device and the locality in...
7216035 Method and device for displaying navigational information for a vehicle  
According to the invention, navigational information for a vehicle is displayed intuitively and in an easily comprehensible manner in the form of a virtual pilot vehicle, superimposed on an image...
7215254 Driving assistance system  
When a driving assistance system of a navigation device in a subject vehicle is able to communicate with a cooperative remote driving assistance system in an oncoming vehicle, images are obtained...
7206585 Location-dependent data collection  
A method is described for collecting location-dependent data in a central data collection point. The method comprises the steps of: collecting location dependent data from a data source, in a...
7197394 Method, system and article of manufacture for identifying regularly traveled routes  
An in-vehicle navigation system includes a receiver for receiving real-time traffic information (RTTI), a database for storing routine trip information, and a processor for running a regular route...
7191058 Notification systems and methods enabling user entry of notification trigger information based upon monitored mobile vehicle location  
A vehicle monitoring and notification system includes a mapping application and a data manager. The mapping application receives data identifying a particular location and automatically translates...
7187269 Notifying device, notifying method, and recording medium  
The present invention provides a notification apparatus, a notification method, and a recording medium, which are capable of notifying to a user, such a fact that either trouble or an accident...
7184888 System and method for transferring navigation information using different coordinate systems  
A system and method for formatting and transferring navigation information is disclosed. The system and method can send and receive navigation information. The navigation information can be...
7173546 Map display device  
When a control circuit extracts data of an entity corresponding to a phone number, the control circuit retrieves phone numbers that accord, with respect to lower seven digits of a phone number,...
7171291 Technique for selecting a service provider to service a vehicle  
In a multimedia information and control system for use in an automobile, at least one interface is employed which enables a user to access information concerning the automobile and control vehicle...
7171220 System and method for analyzing the precision of geo-location services in a wireless network terminal  
A system and method for presenting an interactive visual feedback, based upon input parameters, indicating quality levels in terminal location detection in a network at selectable points on a map....
7171304 Navigation method and apparatus to define favorite spot and extract information concerning the favorite spot  
A method and apparatus for use with a navigation system allows a user to define and edits a favorite spot and retrieves points of interest (POI) information or other information associated with the...
7164987 Map image display apparatus, map image display program, and map image display method  
A map image display apparatus for displaying a map image with at least one name for entering a command to change the map image, and switching the displayed map image, when accepting the command...
7161502 Information display system  
An information display system for displaying a map that covers an area around a pre-registered point relevant to a date or a date and time. The position of the pre-registered point on the map is...
7158149 Map data transmitting method, map data transmitting apparatus, information device and map data transmitting system  
A map data transmitting method for transmitting a map through communication comprises steps of setting a specific route, specifying map data contained in a slicing range within a predetermined...
7155339 Display method and apparatus for navigation system for searching POI and arranging listing order of POI  
A display method and apparatus for navigation system enables a user easily see a list of points of interest (POIs) along a route to a destination. The navigation system shows a list of distance...
7151467 Vehicular communications apparatus and method  
A vehicular communications apparatus is configured to calculate information on relative positions, relative velocities, and relative moving directions between own vehicle and other vehicles at a...
7149961 Automatic generation of presentations from “path-enhanced” multimedia  
A “path-enhanced” presentation is automatically generated from previously recorded “path-enhanced” multimedia based on time and location information associated with the multimedia. The path...
7136748 Map data processing apparatus and center system  
A map data processing apparatus includes: a map data storage unit, a differential data input unit, and a map data multiple update unit. The map data storage unit stores map data. The differential...
7135993 On-vehicle information provision apparatus  
An on-vehicle information provision apparatus is provided that visually provides a vehicle occupant with an advertisement. The apparatus includes display condition setting device that sets...
7135992 Systems and methods for using multiple hypotheses in a visual simultaneous localization and mapping system  
The invention is related to methods and apparatus that use a visual sensor and dead reckoning sensors to process Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM). These techniques can be used in robot...
7133753 Information providing system  
An information providing system for vehicles includes: a first information center; a second information center; and an on-vehicle apparatus. The first information center includes a voice line to be...
7133745 Method for compensating rotational position error of robot cleaner  
A method for compensating a rotational position error of a robot cleaner is disclosed to reduce a rotational position error of a robot cleaner by compensating an offset value of a gyro sensor of...
7130740 Method and apparatus for generation of real-time graphical descriptions in navigational systems  
A method and apparatus for generating real-time, symbolic descriptions for a navigational system is provided. The method may be employed within a variety of devices, including in-vehicle navigation...
7106218 Method and apparatus for the display of detailed map information  
In a separate-window-display map search-and-display unit, where a current position or a cursor position arrives at a predetermined area near the outer circumference of a screen image during...
7099774 GPS based vehicle warning and location system  
An emergency vehicle alert system for providing information as to a location of an emergency vehicle to a motor vehicle, includes a first GPS receiving unit that is provided on the emergency...
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