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6490522 |
Route guidance generation apparatus and method
An input unit indicates a departure point and a destination point on map information. A calculation unit extracts a plurality of routes each connected from the departure point to the destination...
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6487559 |
Method for updating a geographic database
A system and method of providing incremental updates for a geographical data set for use in navigation systems. The system and method include organizing updates of geographical data set into a...
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6484092 |
Method and system for dynamic and interactive route finding
A method and system for dynamic and interactive navigation is presented. A navigation request is received from a user. The navigation request comprises an originating location description, a...
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6480785 |
System for determining a route and presenting navigational instructions therefor
A system for determining a route and presenting navigational instructions therefor preferably includes a plurality of map records including a plurality of business records each identifying a...
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6477515 |
Efficient computation of least cost paths with hard constraints
A system is disclosed for computing least cost paths under hard constraints such as turn angle constraints. In an explicit embodiment, a transformation is performed on a graph representation of an...
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6477461 |
Navigation system and method capable of registering new locations
A navigation system for vehicles has a rewritable memory, which stores data of a plurality of locations, and searches the rewritable memory for a target location for use in guiding a travel route....
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6473675 |
Aircraft communication frequency nomination
An aviation facility nominating device for an aircraft includes a position receiving component that receives position data indicating a position of the aircraft, an aviation data receiving...
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6470262 |
Method for traffic situation determination on the basis of reporting vehicle data for a traffic network with traffic-controlled network nodes
A method for determining the traffic situation is based on traffic data which are obtained from reporting vehicles moving in the traffic, for a traffic network with traffic-controlled network nodes...
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6470263 |
Average vehicle speed calculation device
In a navigation system for vehicles, a type of road a vehicle travels is determined based on a present position of a vehicle and road data, and a change in the type of road is determined. The road...
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6466735 |
Optical disk and reproduction apparatus for producing optical disk
The car navigation file of the optical disk stores data which is used for navigating the car, and the video title set stores a plurality of video titles concerning facilities located in districts...
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6459987 |
Method and apparatus for backtracking a path
A method for automatically generating a point-reduced backtrack route is provided, using the aid of Global Positioning System technology. The method begins by recording a potentially very large...
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6459365 |
Dangerous area alarm system
The present invention relates to a dangerous area alarm system. This system comprises a detection device which is provided in a vehicle and detects conditions of the vehicle to output vehicle data;...
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6459782 |
System and method of developing mapping and directions from caller ID
A system is disclosed for generating instructions enabling navigation between an origin and a location identified by an address corresponding to data in an incoming communication, such as a...
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6459986 |
Routing system
A routing system comprising one or more maps; route defining means instantiable to respond to driver interaction with a map to define a proposed pooling route and to store said pooling route;...
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6456931 |
Indicating directions to destination and intermediate locations in vehicle navigation systems
The present invention provides a computer implemented method and apparatus for providing a directional arrow to intermediate locations to aid a user of a vehicle navigation system. According to one...
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6456932 |
Route selecting method, route selecting system, and recording medium
A route selecting method, a route selecting system, and a recording medium select a route in which a road on which a user has traveled is suitably reflected. A section traveling route generation...
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6456934 |
Vehicle-mounted navigation system, and recording medium having recorded thereon a processing program for use therewith
A computation section ( 12 ), of a vehicle-mounted navigation system ( 1 ), which includes: a detour request receiving device ( 21 ) which receives a detour request entered by the vehicle's driver;...
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6452570 |
Device for controlling the reproduction of an image displayed on a vehicle screen
The device for controlling a map section reproduced on a screen is characterized by a window displayed on the screen, said window marking the map section, and by a control element that is rotatable...
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6449555 |
Run time information arithmetic operation apparatus
This invention is to provide a travel time information arithmetic operation method and apparatus for calculating travel time information using data obtained by a toll collection system. The travel...
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6449556 |
Method and apparatus for designating waypoints on a navigational display
A navigation system such as a flight management system allows operator-defined waypoints to be selected. A pilot waypoint can be selected via an interface which provides a place-bearing-distance...
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6438489 |
Navigation system with automatic change of data medium
A navigation system for journeys beyond national borders in which the data medium needs to be changed includes a reader designed to hold a plurality of changeable data media and to read data...
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6434478 |
Service-rendering system, service-rendering apparatus and method, and navigation apparatus and method
A service-rendering system wherein control information is generated for controlling operations of a navigation apparatus provided on a movable body by cooperation of a terminal operated by a user...
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6434482 |
On-vehicle navigation system for searching facilities along a guide route
While the vehicle is traveling on a highway, the controller searches facilities located within a specific distance from the next exit of the highway, on the basis of the map data contained in the...
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6430500 |
Destination input device in vehicle navigation system
Disclosed is a destination input device for use in a vehicle navigation system that determines a drive route from a current position to a destination. The device includes a CD-ROM disc storing a...
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6427118 |
Vehicle-mounted navigation system, and recording medium having recorded thereon a processing program for use therewith
A vehicle-mounted navigation system ( 1 ) including: a facility information acquisition device ( 21 ) which acquires facility information, wherein the facility information is position information...
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6424933 |
System and method for non-uniform scaled mapping
A system and method for making computer-generated maps includes a different scale factor for each road in a route. The scale factors are used to optimize the route map against an objective function...
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6424910 |
Method and system for providing related navigation features for two or more end users
A feature provided by a navigation system or a navigation services provider provides navigation-related services for plural users who have related needs. In one embodiment, a first user specifies a...
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6421602 |
Method of navigation guidance for a distributed communications system having communications nodes
A method of navigation guidance includes providing a communications node ( 104, 106 ), and a remote communications node ( 108 ). The remote communications node ( 108 ) requests a navigation route (...
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6421605 |
Method and system for computer-supported determination of a route from a starting point to a destination point
In an iterative method and system, a route is determined from a starting point to a destination point. Sub-modules are supplied with digital messages that respectively contain at least one...
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6418374 |
Navigation device
A navigation device at least includes a CPU and a detector generating a detection signal for determining whether a main device is used inside a vehicle or not. If determining, based on the...
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6415222 |
Navigation system and storage medium
A navigation system includes an information storage unit that stores map data including fork pattern data. A retrieval device obtains fork information from the map data and retrieves the connection...
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6415223 |
Interruption-free hand-held positioning method and system thereof
An interruption-free hand-held positioning method and system, carried by a person, includes an inertial measurement unit, a north finder, a velocity producer, a positioning assistant, a navigation...
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6415225 |
Navigation system and a memory medium
A system for executing guidance to a destination properly even if the destination is connected to a non-guidance target road, such as a small street. The system has a judgment device for...
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6415291 |
System and methods for remotely accessing a selected group of items of interest from a database
A user can access a common database from a remote communications port, at any qualified location, to generate a map or other positional information which locates selected items of interest, e.g.,...
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6411893 |
Method for selecting a locality name in a navigation system by voice input
Disclosed is a method for selecting a locality name in a motor vehicle navigation system by voice input by means of a speaker-independent voice input system. A first list contains all locality...
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6405106 |
Enhanced vehicle controls through information transfer via a wireless communication system
A vehicle control system method and apparatus including a mobile application service provider communicating over a wireless communication network, a mobile station communicating with the mobile...
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6405131 |
Method and system for providing route guidance with multiple progress bars
A feature provided by a navigation system to provide guidance to a driver of a vehicle. The feature comprises multiple progress bars displayed on a display screen of the navigation system. The...
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6401035 |
Method and system for a real-time distributed navigation system
An Interactive Real-Time Distributed Navigation system is disclosed. In the present invention a user's location is determined by generating a position signal at the user's location. Through...
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6401029 |
Assist device in designation of destination
Disclosed is a device for assisting designation of a specific destination in a vehicle navigation system that guides a driver along a scheduled drive route from a current position of a vehicle to a...
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6401031 |
Travel time obtaining system, local map data server, travel time obtaining server, control methods thereof, and recording medium
A map server 151 transmits information representing travel time between a nearby point and a via point as a response. An ISP 171 transmits information representing travel time between...
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6397143 |
Layout based method for map navigation
A map navigation and display system which emphasizes the use of physical layout and location to identify and select areas to zoom in on. Preferably used to assist users in locating stores and...
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6396498 |
Information processing apparatus and method, and providing medium
There is provided an information processing apparatus in which when a route to a destination is searched, a road of the route is displayed with emphasis while a color or shape indicating the type...
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6392535 |
Vehicle dynamic control system
A vehicle dynamic control system includes: (a) a running condition detecting system for detecting running conditions of a vehicle; (b) a road data detecting system for detecting road data relating...
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6393376 |
Method of determining a roadway curve radius
A curve radius of a roadway is determined by measuring the difference in wheel speed of at least two vehicle wheels and the rate of yaw of the vehicle, and hence the curve radius, is determined...
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6393362 |
Dynamic safety envelope for autonomous-vehicle collision avoidance system
The function of each autonomous vehicle in a surface mine is performed according to a predetermined trajectory related to its particular task and implemented by a guidance system through on-board...
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6389356 |
Geographic information system
Records related to objects are stored in a map database ( 10 ) in ascending order of occurrences of the objects or in descending order of extinction of the objects. When objects available on a...
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6389357 |
Vehicle navigation system
A vehicle navigation system capable of retrieving a route interconnecting a starting location and a destination by way of en route points, the starting location, destination, and en route points...
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6385540 |
Method for detecting road position of car in multiformation road
The present invention provides a method for identifying a position of a vehicle on a multi-layer road, by which it is possible to judge whether the vehicle is running on an upper layer or a lower...
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6381538 |
Vehicle specific hazard estimation, presentation, and route planning based on meteorological and other environmental data
This invention combines meteorological and other environmental data with data specific to a particular craft or vehicle, such as, for example, the weight, speed, response characteristics,...
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6380891 |
GPS receiver with satellite frame synchronization process
A GPS receiver has a plurality of data demodulator circuits assigned to a plurality of GPS satellites, respectively, and a data memory which stores detailed orbit information of the GPS satellites....
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