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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,...
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....
6381603 System and method for accessing local information by using referencing position system  
A system and method for accessing local information in a database. The database is organized with merchandise information including identifier of information provider, identifier information,...
6381534 Navigation information presenting apparatus and method thereof  
When a navigation script has a contradiction with respect to time and place, a navigation information presenting apparatus adjusts the contradiction, executes instructions of the navigation script...
6377887 Caching for pathfinding computation  
A system for computing a path in an electronic map (or other network) starts a pathfinding exploration in the background while the system is waiting for a request to find a path. The system...
6377886 Navigation apparatus and medium recording program therefor  
A vehicle mounted unit 1 has a WWW browser for analyzing and discriminating HTML files obtained from the Internet. The HTML files are provided with a tag for the navigation apparatus (extension...
6377890 Navigator  
Route guiding information is displayed on the basis of set information and positional data when set information and positional data are set by a keyboard or are transmitted from a sensor BOX 12.
6374177 Method and apparatus for providing navigational services in a wireless communication device  
An internet radio for portable applications and uses such as in an automobile enables providing navigational services to be provided to a wireless communication device, and comprises the steps of...
6366855 Terrain navigation apparatus for a legged animal traversing terrain  
Terrain navigation apparatus ( 1 ) for a legged animal ( 2 ) traversing terrain ( 3 ) including a first system ( 4 ) for determining position, velocity and heading of the legged animal...
6363254 System and method for enciphering and communicating vehicle tracking information  
A tracking system determines the global coordinates of a vehicle being monitored by a monitoring mechanism located at a base station. The global coordinates are translated into coordinate values...
6360169 System for determining and tracking changes in location  
A handheld locator device is prompted to determine and store a first, Home location, and to determine a Return location, and to visually display the relative positions of the Home and Return...
6360101 Cellular phone that displays or sends messages upon its arrival at a predetermined location  
A mobile communication device, such as a cellular telephone, determines its current location and compares the current location to one or more target locations stored in a target location memory....
6360164 Navigation system  
A navigation system 1 is provided with a present spot locating section 50 for receiving location information on a present location sent by dual-tone multi-frequency signals from a terminal...
6356838 System and method for determining an efficient transportation route  
A computer-implemented method is described for determining an efficient transportation route comprising: compiling travel data over one or more travel segments, the travel data transmitted from one...
6356833 Vehicle speed control system using wireless communications and method for controlling the same  
Disclosed a vehicle speed control system using wireless communications, the system including a driving state detecting unit for detecting a driving state and outputting corresponding signals; a...
6353794 Air travel information and computer data compilation, retrieval and display method and system  
A system, method, and computer program for managing integrated real-time information about air flight trips and providing that information to multiple users by way of a flight operations system...
6353398 System for dynamically pushing information to a user utilizing global positioning system  
A system is provided for directing region-specific information. The system locates and transmits information to location-specific users. A directed information system links information related to...
6351710 Method and system for visual addressing  
A method and system for visual addressing provides highly intuitive means for guiding travelers between predetermined starting points and destinations using largely photographic techniques. In a...
6351708 Vehicle navigation system and method  
A vehicle navigation system and method in the present invention comprises a navigation apparatus transmitting a current position of a vehicle and a target destination of the vehicle, and a base...
6349262 Traffic information device  
The invention concerns a traffic information device comprising a portable one-way messaging receiver ( 10 ), designed to provide motorists with information concerning running times in a road...
6347278 Mobile terminal and a server for navigation system  
A navigation system in which a mobile terminal side 101 is not equipped with a CD-ROM for storing map database 105 , but implements an on-demand navigation function by sharing the one provided...
6347280 Navigation system and a memory medium in which programs are stored  
A navigation system that provides guidance information if more than three guide intersections are successively located adjacent each other. The vehicle navigation system's guidance information...
6343301 Method and system for collecting data for updating a geographic database  
A data collection method for a geographic database that represents geographic features in a region, and a system and program for performing the method. The data collection method includes obtaining...
6339736 System and method for the distribution of automotive services  
A system for the distribution of services, includes a computer device within a vehicle, a vehicle monitoring system coupled to the computer device, a communication system coupled to the computer...
6339746 Route guidance system and method for a pedestrian  
A route guidance system for a pedestrian. An input unit inputs a departure point and a destination point of the pedestrian. A route data memory stores route data representing position and...
6324467 Information providing system  
An information providing system is capable of rendering map-information services even if the size of a free area in a memory employed in a terminal becomes small, disallowing all details of a map...
6321158 Integrated routing/mapping information  
An Integrated Routing/Mapping Information System (IRMIS) links desktop personal computer cartographic applications to one or more handheld organizer, personal digital assistant (PDA) or "palmtop"...
6321160 Navigation apparatus  
A car navigation apparatus includes a route setting unit for setting a route; an own car position detection unit for measuring an own car position and detecting the own car position; and an advance...
6317685 Method and system for providing alternate routes with a navigation system  
A feature for a navigation system that provides an evaluation of alternate routes. According to this feature, the navigation system compares the actual time of travel along a route to the estimated...
6317687 Vehicle navigation apparatus providing both automatic guidance and guidance information in response to manual input request  
A vehicle navigation apparatus in accordance with the present invention includes a CDROM (2) for storing all the data required for navigation processing such as maps and voice data, and a buffer...
6317753 Update system and method for geographic databases  
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...
6314365 Method and system of providing navigation services to cellular phone devices from a server  
A method and system for providing navigation services to portable communications devices, such as cellular phones. A cellular phone user uses a cellular phone to request navigation services. The...
6314360 Process and apparatus for transmitting route information and analyzing a traffic network in a vehicular navigation system  
A process for analyzing a traffic network uses a source file including edges and nodes representing the traffic network. The process generates partial routes from the source file, wherein each...
6314366 Satellite based collision avoidance system  
This invention provides a method and apparatus to provide coordinated evasive maneuver commands to aircraft to avoid collisions. More specifically, the invention comprises a GPS system to...
6314369 Communications navigation system, and navigation base apparatus and navigation apparatus both used in the navigation system  
In a communications navigation system, data is transmitted and received between a navigation base apparatus provided at a navigation base and each of a plurality of navigation apparatuses provided...
6304820 Display apparatus and navigation system using the same  
A display unit for a vehicular navigation system, which has a relatively small display unit that information displayed thereon can be clearly recognized from any position, when information such as...
6304817 Audio/navigation system with automatic setting of user-dependent system parameters  
The invention proposes an audio and/or navigation system for a motor vehicle with increased user convenience, particularly when the vehicle is used by more than one user. The audio and/or...
6301533 Business trip computer  
A tracking system for monitoring the use of a vehicle is provided. The tracking system includes a plurality of operational sensors, a location sensor and a data processing and recording device. The...
6295502 Method of identifying geographical location using hierarchical grid address that includes a predefined alpha code  
A system and method for automatically providing services over a computer network, such as the Internet, for users in a mobile environment based on their geographic location. A client computer...
6292745 Method and system for forming a database of geographic data for distribution to navigation system units  
A method for forming a geographic database that can be used in a navigation system in which geographic data are transmitted in portions, as needed, from the geographic database to remotely located...
6285950 Vehicle navigation system  
A vehicle navigation system estimates a travel time to a destination. Estimation of a travel time to a destination includes two steps of calculation. First, a travel time to an intermediate point...
6278939 Method and system for providing data from a remotely located geographic database for use in navigation system units  
A navigation system and method in which geographic data are transmitted in portions, as needed, to end users' computing platforms from a central geographic database and used by the end users'...
6278907 Apparatus and method of distributing object handling  
A modular object handling system has a multi-level control architecture, which includes a system controller that coordinates the functions and/or operations of individual module controllers, that...
6278940 Input method for selecting destination, navigation system using the same, and information storage medium for use therewith  
A destination input method and apparatus in which points of interest in an input category are listed and displayed, and a destination is input by selecting a destination point of interest from the...
6278943 Vehicle system for travel guidance of intersections  
A vehicle navigation system performs regular travel guidance with respect to a guidance target intersection at a specific distance short of the intersection. When a distance between first and...
6278942 Method and system for providing routing guidance  
A method performed by a navigation system to provide guidance to a driver of a vehicle when the vehicle departs from a route to a destination for which route guidance was being provided by the...
6266610 Multi-dimensional route optimizer  
A system and method of optimizing a multi-dimensional route, such as an aircraft flight path, using a lateral path optimizer and a vertical path optimizer. The lateral path is determined by...
6266615 Method and system for an interactive and 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...
6263278 System and method for graphically altering a pre-calculated route  
A system and method for altering a portion of a pre-calculated route by allowing a user to graphically indicate the portion of the route to alter is disclosed. The user indicates the portion to be...
6259989 Navigation device  
The present invention is a navigation device comprising a map data base which stores map data relating to each target geographical point and a display data base which distinguishes between named...