|
Match
|
Document |
Document Title |
|
|
7991576 |
Indoor navigation system and method
This document discusses, among other things, a portable device that generates position and orientation data to facilitate movement within a building. The device can be, for example, handheld or...
|
|
|
7991546 |
Display method and apparatus for navigation system for efficiently searching cities on map image
A display method and apparatus for a navigation system promotes to quickly search a desired on a map image with respect to an order of distance from a current vehicle position or other reference...
|
|
|
7962286 |
Vehicle-mounted navigation apparatus
When a CPU 11 controls a drawing control and storage unit 14 according to an operation performed on an operation unit 3 not to perform any navigation display on a monitoring unit 2, the CPU...
|
|
|
7952494 |
Map display apparatus
A map in a navigation apparatus is displayed on a screen with its orientation aligned with an orientation of a facility map that is distributed in a facility when a vehicle having the navigation...
|
|
|
7869947 |
Navigation system and navigation method
A navigation system and method having a function of alerting the driver to potential wrong way driving comprises means 102 for determining a position of a vehicle 300, means 107 for calculating a...
|
|
|
7848881 |
Automatic past error corrections for location and inventory tracking
A system is provided for tracking and maintaining an inventory of location of containers that are stored on cargo ships or in a container yard. The system includes one or more sensors, such as GPS...
|
|
|
7840345 |
Positional information use apparatus
A vehicular swept path processor and a map matching processor calculate a current position of a subject vehicle. A gyro sensor and a steering sensor output detection signals. A POI recognition...
|
|
|
7821416 |
Detector system for detecting the direction in which an item passes through a determined boundary zone
The invention relates to a goods transport vehicle including a detector system for detecting the direction in which an item passes through a loading/unloading door on the vehicle, the detector...
|
|
|
7756602 |
Vehicle entertainment and gaming system
An entertainment system is for a vehicle and includes a vehicle environment sensor apparatus that captures data indicative of the vehicle's environment and that generates a vehicle environment data...
|
|
|
7711476 |
Aided INS/GPS/SAR navigation with other platforms
The need for geo-registered features is avoided by a system for estimating a motion of a first sensor during a time interval. The system has a second sensor where the first sensor and the second...
|
|
|
7706963 |
System for and method of updating traffic data using probe vehicles having exterior sensors
A probe-vehicle traffic information system for and method of gathering traffic data utilizing a host probe vehicle having onboard exterior sensors. The host vehicle is configured to detect at least...
|
|
|
7693656 |
Navigation apparatus
In a navigation apparatus in a vehicle, a user designates a validating route, which is stored in a memory device. A control unit invalidates a predetermined function of the navigation apparatus at...
|
|
|
7680597 |
Guided vehicle system and travel route map creation method for guided vehicle system
CAD data of a guided vehicle system is converted into layout data of a map. The layout data is displayed on a screen. Attribute data is added to the layout data to edit the map data. The edited map...
|
|
|
7630830 |
Navigation apparatus, driving direction guidance method, and navigation system
A navigation apparatus and a driving direction guiding method are capable of clearly indicating a correct direction in which a vehicle should be driven at an exit when the vehicle exits a parking...
|
|
|
7617542 |
Location-based content protection
A system and system is disclosed to protect media content via location-based data. Multimedia devices are equipped with locator devices, such as a GPS unit, or similar device. The multimedia...
|
|
|
7602315 |
Navigation apparatus having a picture frame function and method for operating the same
A navigation apparatus includes a map data storage for storing a map data, a picture frame image storage for storing one or more images, a mode-based setting storage for storing mode-based settings...
|
|
|
7583204 |
Wireless communication system in a vehicle
A wireless communication system in a vehicle includes a wireless communication link in the vehicle with a mobile accessory that is a personal accessory of an occupant of the vehicle. The wireless...
|
|
|
7526379 |
Determining elevation values in a geocoding system
A system and method of determining elevation values includes inputting a location into a geocoding system having a segment data set and determining the closest segment in the data set to the...
|
|
|
7522068 |
Method and apparatus for indicating direction using a screen, and vehicle equipped therewith
The invention relates to a method for indicating direction using a screen, wherein a pattern of relatively dark and relatively bright sections is moved over a screen, in a direction in which an...
|
|
|
7519471 |
Driving support methods, apparatus, and programs
Apparatus, methods, and programs display a virtual escort vehicle that appears to be driving ahead of a user's vehicle on at least one of a windshield of the user's vehicle and a display disposed...
|
|
|
7499799 |
Apparatus and method for downloading and displaying images relating to global positioning information in a navigation system
An apparatus and method for a navigation system including an information center and a mobile terminal is disclosed. The information center stores node image information on topographic features of a...
|
|
|
7496446 |
Driving support system and driving support method with information displayed on a vehicle's windshield
A driving support system including: a vehicle location detector which detects current location and velocity vector of a vehicle; a traffic and road information database which stores point...
|
|
|
7471955 |
Mobile terminal device having route guiding function and route guiding method utilizing mobile terminal device
A mobile terminal device having a route guiding function of guiding a route by obtaining map information from a server system via a radio communication network includes: a position detecting unit...
|
|
|
7400246 |
Inertial Sensor Tracking System
The INERTIAL SENSOR TRACKING SYSTEM is an overall system installation consisting of wireless body pack transmitters, broadband telemetry transceivers, computer and monitoring equipment, and...
|
|
|
7375622 |
Alarm generation method and apparatus
An on-vehicle alarm generation method and an on-vehicle alarm generation apparatus for notifying a driver to be aware of safe driving by detecting a passerby or a bicycle moving at a dangerous...
|
|
|
7369939 |
Method and apparatus for displaying information for vehicle, and computer product
An apparatus for displaying information on a vehicle includes an information acquiring unit that acquires at least one of speed information and engine revolutions-per-minute information of the...
|
|
|
7359776 |
Apparatus for correcting and diagnosing angular rate sensors installed in an automotive vehicle
An offset diagnosing and correcting section obtains an offset correction value from an angular rate value obtained from detection signals produced from a plurality of angular rate sensors and a...
|
|
|
7336805 |
Docking assistant
Many day-to-day driving situations require that an operator of a motor vehicle guide the motor vehicle along a specific course and bring the vehicle to a stop at a specific location, for example in...
|
|
|
7305467 |
Autonomous tracking wireless imaging sensor network including an articulating sensor and automatically organizing network nodes
A wireless integrated network sensor (WINS) system is provided that integrates articulating tracking systems with WINS network components including visual or infrared sensors and imaging devices to...
|
|
|
7221909 |
Method for guiding wireless communication device into communicable range and wireless communication device
A personal digital assistant (PDA) detects its position by a two-axis acceleration sensor provided therein. While the PDA is within a communicable range where the PDA can communicate with the...
|
|
|
7167796 |
Vehicle navigation system for use with a telematics system
A navigation system for a vehicle includes a vehicle-based telematics system, a vehicle-based global positioning system and a control. The telematics system is operable to receive a user input from...
|
|
|
7117087 |
Method for estimating location of moving object in navigation system
The present invention relates to a method for estimating location of a moving object in a navigation system, which is capable of accurately estimating location of the object in a shadow area of GPS...
|
|
|
7088266 |
Map image display device
A map image display device is configured and arranged to improve operability by enabling a map image of a location distant from a currently displayed map image to be appropriately displayed with a...
|
|
|
7057520 |
Mobile transponder for a motor vehicle
A mobile transponder for vehicles with an optical indicator providing information concerning the direction from the transponder to a vehicle. A plurality of antennas provide three-dimensional...
|
|
|
7035650 |
System and method for providing directions
A method for providing directions includes receiving at a server, from at least one fixed wireless communication device, information identifying a current location of a portable communication...
|
|
|
7031818 |
Method and device for recognising a state of standstill of a motor vehicle
It is customary to use signals from a motor vehicle central control in order to operate braking equipment for motor vehicles which automatically produces braking forces for states of standstill of...
|
|
|
7006008 |
System for determining the position of a transponder
A system for determining the position of a transponder transmitting a signal and moving along a route is disclosed. The route includes a measuring station with at least two measuring points having...
|
|
|
7006037 |
Method for providing location information in mobile communication system
Provided is a method for providing location information in a mobile communication system. The method includes the steps of: a) receiving coordinates of current location of a GPS terminal and a...
|
|
|
6943704 |
Method for collecting altitude-related data along roads
A method is disclosed for obtaining altitude-related data along roads. A vehicle includes equipment capable of determining the current absolute positions of the vehicle as it is being driven. The...
|
|
|
6933860 |
Method and apparatus for the display of temporal distance data
An electronic device is built including a memory, a processor, and a display. The processor is configured to calculate an array of estimated travel time data from a first location to a plurality of...
|
|
|
6844828 |
Method for providing road users with information and device for carrying out same
In a method for providing road users with information about a route section which is traveled along by a motor vehicle before a dangerous situation, the position and the duration of travel of the...
|
|
|
6798354 |
Device for warning the driver of a motor vehicle of dangers by radio
A device for the radio-transmission of a hazard warning to the driver of a motor vehicle includes a data transmission device for transmitting and receiving data. The data transmission device...
|
|
|
6756919 |
Map display apparatus
A map display apparatus includes a map data memory which stores map data necessary for plotting a map of a predetermined region; a map display which reads map data out of the map data memory and...
|
|
|
6650253 |
Map display device, map display method, and computer program for use in map display device
In a map display device, a surface storing unit stores surface information which defines a curved surface having a form that depends on positions of portions of a map which are to be enlarged...
|
|
|
6308134 |
Vehicle navigation system and method using multiple axes accelerometer
The improved vehicle navigation system uses a multiple, orthogonal axes accelerometer, such as two or three accelerometers which are mounted orthogonal to one another. The two axes whose...
|
|
|
6087965 |
Vehicle mileage meter and a GPS position tracking system
A trip meter, such as a taximeter or a mileage meter for a commercial vehicle, such as a truck, are combined with an integral GPS receiver/computer which provides GPS position and time information....
|
|
|
5917434 |
Integrated taximeter/GPS position tracking system
A taximeter system includes a taximeter or trip meter for a truck integrated with an integral GPS receive/computer for providing GPS position and time information. The odometer input pulses to the...
|
|
|
5902351 |
Apparatus and method for tracking a vehicle
An apparatus and method for tracking a vehicle is provided. The vehicle tracking system may include an inertial measurement unit for providing inertial vehicle state characteristics of the vehicle....
|
|
|
5745868 |
Method for rapid recovery from dead reckoning system heading loss
A method of recovering the heading of a terrestrial vehicle navigation system having a GPS receiver integrated with a dead reckoning system. After determining that a current estimate of the heading...
|
|
|
5657232 |
Onboard positioning system
A relative speed of a vehicle with respect to a satellite is detected from a deviation of a tuning frequency caused by the Doppler effect, and a vehicle speed is determined from the relative speed....
|