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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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