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6708112 System and method for calculating a navigation route based on adjacent cartographic map databases  
A method and apparatus are provided for calculating potential paths through a roadway network defined at least partially by separate, but adjacent data maps. First and second data maps are provided...
6704648 Bearing data for route guidance  
The bearing of a road segment indicates the direction that the segment follows from an end thereof. A primary bearing of a road segment is determined with respect to a significant shape point...
6700504 Method and system for safe emergency vehicle operation using route calculation  
A system and method are disclosed that make operation of an emergency vehicle safer. When an emergency vehicle is traveling to or from an emergency, a route for the emergency vehicle to travel is...
6701251 Method and system for providing multiple beginning maneuvers for navigation of a vehicle  
A method of generating navigation instructions for a vehicle is provided. A destination of the vehicle is received at a route generation application. A maneuver list comprising a plurality of...
6697717 Hybrid car  
A navigation system of a hybrid car retrieves a route to detect whether any restricted area forbidden for automobiles that emit exhaust gases is on the route or not. Before the hybrid car arrives...
6697732 Automatic system for providing assistance to impaired drivers  
A system for providing assistance to impaired drivers including a substance detector for generating an impairment reading for a user based on a sample provided by the user and a notification device...
6694259 System and method for delivering parking information to motorists  
A system and method for delivering parking information is disclosed. Embodiments of the present claimed invention utilize video imaging to analyze the availability of parking spaces. More...
6694251 Information processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program  
The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus including: moving image data storing means for storing moving image data; degree of importance setting means for setting the...
6687614 Navigation device, information display device, object creation method, and recording medium  
A navigation device, an information display device, an object creating method, and a storage medium, in which a display unit, which is integrally formed with a touch panel, displays a map together...
6687605 Destination specifying method and system  
The destination specifying method comprises: (1) configuring a database by associating a telephone number with a name, address, and position of a facility, and when a plurality of facilities share...
6678613 Method and apparatus for notifying a user of an appointment  
A method and apparatus for notifying a user of an appointment. In one embodiment, an appointment time and an appointment location is received for the appointment. A current location of a wireless...
6675019 Logistical and accident response radio identifier  
An accident response radio identification system is provided for use with vehicles carrying hazardous loads for identifying the loads to safety personnel when the vehicle is involved in an...
6674849 Telephone providing directions to a location  
A system providing a map and driving directions to a user of a user telephone for a remote location associated with a remote telephone number. The system includes the user telephone and a server...
6671616 One-way road point symbol generation  
The present invention provides a method, system, and computer usable medium for indicating road direction for vehicle instruction for a one-way street. This may be done when a road database is...
6658348 Systems and methods for providing information to users  
Systems for providing information to a user are provided. In this regard, a representative system includes an identification device. The identification device incorporates a locator and a...
6654681 Method and device for obtaining relevant traffic information and dynamic route optimizing  
The invention relates to a method for dynamically obtaining relevant traffic information and/or for dynamically optimizing a route followed by a first vehicle which belongs to a self-organizing...
6640187 Method for obtaining information for a geographic database  
A system and method for collecting address data for a geographic database are disclosed. Data are collected using a plurality of end users' navigation systems. The data indicate a location at which...
6633813 Navigation system for supplementary representation of directional information  
The invention relates to a navigation system for a land vehicle having a measuring arrangement for supplying position, direction and/or distance data, having a data source arrangement for supplying...
6622086 Method of representing a location in a database for a vehicle navigation system  
A method of representing a point of interest, a destination, or an address in a database for a navigation system for a vehicle by a plurality of points to militate against a driver not being...
6622087 Method and apparatus for deriving travel profiles  
A route request is received from a user to travel from a start location to a destination location. A route guidance is provided for a route to the destination location based on a travel profile for...
6604083 Market determination based on travel time bands  
A market analysis system uses travel time to define a relevant market area. A map is generated using stored geographical map information around a selected geographical point or area, and a travel...
6599243 Personalized driver stress prediction using geographical databases  
A system installed in a motor vehicle for inferring a vehicle operator's stress level from body sensors and from environmental data related to the position and operation of the vehicle. The system...
6597310 Collection/delivery navigation system  
A collection/delivery work support system which can eliminate erroneous delivery of goods, missing delivery and missing collection in collection/delivery service to greatly improve the efficiency...
6591185 Method for determination of fuel usage for a vehicle in a vehicle navigation system  
A method for determining optimal fuel usage in a vehicle navigation system and a warning system for alerting a driver when there is insufficient fuel to reach a desired destination. In addition,...
6587786 Sensor free vehicle navigation system utilizing a voice input/output interface for routing a driver from his source point to his destination point  
An audio navigation system including an artificial intelligence routing algorithm which does not require any internal or external sensors to locate the vehicle. The interface with the driver is via...
6580904 Method of providing directional assistance to a mobile telephone subscriber  
A wireless telephone subscriber who wishes directory assistance in the form of directions from one specified location to another is connected to a directory assistance agent. The subscriber...
6581001 Vehicle-mounted navigation system, and recording medium having recorded thereon a processing program for use therewith  
A vehicle-mounted navigation system ( 1 ) including: a route setting device ( 21 ) into which there are entered route setting information desired by a user, such as a starting location, a...
6580384 Track prediction method in combined radar and ADS surveillance environment  
A track position prediction method used in combined radar and ADS surveillance environment is disclosed. Since the time interval between two successive ADS-A reports is too long, air traffic...
6581004 Route navigation system, client terminal, server, route navigation method, and route identicalness determination method  
A server in an information base determines a route (server route) from a place of departure to a destination, transmitted from a client terminal of a navigation unit via communication, using...
6577950 Route guiding explanation device and route guiding explanation system  
To provide a route guiding explanation device capable of adding or changing route information data or the like by general users without requiring any CPU of high-level function and any large number...
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...
6571170 Information provision system, current-position-measurement system, and method therefor  
An information provision system 11 is provided which provides in advance a travel data package 10 via the Internet 1, in which data effective for measuring the current position such as the...
6571169 Destination input method in navigation system and navigation system  
When specifying a Point of Interest (POI) as a destination in a navigation system, a relation between a POI and associated POIs is defined as a parentage. Detailed information such as polygon data,...
6567743 Method and device for determining a route from a starting location to a final destination  
The method calculates by means of a navigation device an optimized route to a final destination, which is constrained to pass through at least one transition region of a real road network. Each...
6564143 Method and apparatus for personalizing static and temporal location based services  
A method and apparatus in a vehicle computer system for providing location based services. A path is defined along which the vehicle is to travel. Responsive to receiving a request for a location,...
6560533 Vehicle navigation having branch road guidance  
In a vehicle navigation system, a memory stores branch road numbers as a part of links which indicate branch roads branching out from a main road or a rotary road. The branch road numbers are...
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,...
6542817 Route search method in navigation system  
A route search method in a navigation system in which POI (Point of Interest) information regarding POIs is incorporated in map information and a route up to a specified POI is searched for. When a...
6529819 Method of evaluating traffic information  
A method of evaluating traffic information transmitted by a traffic information service, in which data on the traffic situation on a route to be traveled in the present direction of travel is...
6529826 Navigation apparatus and communication base station, and navigation system and navigation method using same  
A navigation apparatus for guiding a moving body from a current location to a destination using a communication base station includes a current location detection device for detecting a current...
6526350 Route guide apparatus and guidance method  
A route guide apparatus and method finds a route to a destination and supplies the route to a user terminal. The apparatus stores information regarding facilities which are landmarks, searches for...
6526351 Interactive multimedia tour guide  
An interactive multimedia tour guide provides a user with packaged tours in a multimedia format that includes directions and useful information about a selected tour. The packaged tours are...
6522958 Logic method and apparatus for textually displaying an original flight plan and a modified flight plan simultaneously  
A method of simultaneously presenting a textual display of an original flight plan and a modified flight plan includes displaying a textlist of waypoints, copying waypoints from the original flight...
6510384 Route search system and route search method  
A method for increasing the execution speed of a cost-minimizing routing algorithm, as employed in trucking or job shop scheduling. Penalty functions for succeeding transit points along a route are...
6507850 Segment aggregation and interleaving of data types in a geographic database and methods for use thereof in a navigation application  
A geographic database for use with a navigation application program that provides navigation features to an end-user. The geographic database includes a plurality of data records of a first type...
6507291 Navigation device for a vehicle  
Navigation system for a vehicle having locations (a, o) of different selectable groups stored in memories and having a device for measuring the distance between the selected destination (z) and the...
6505118 Navigation system for land vehicles that learns and incorporates preferred navigation routes  
An adaptive navigation system for a land vehicle is provided that incorporates learned segments of preferred routes into adaptive calculated routes. The navigation system preferably includes a...
6502016 Device for guiding vehicle  
Position data of target points ( 26′, 26 ′, . . . ) in a target area ( 21 ) is generated based on the position data of the target area ( 21 ) (position data of a borderline ( 20 )) inputted to...
6498982 Methods and apparatus for displaying a travel route and/or generating a list of places of interest located near the travel route  
An automated travel planning apparatus includes three separate databases, including a map database for storing bit-mapped images covering numerous geographic regions, a routing database for storing...
6493610 Flight information providing apparatus, flight information providing method, flight information providing program, and computer-readable recording medium  
A flight information providing apparatus 10 is composed of an information provision request input section 12 for entering an information provision request 50; a storage section 18 for...