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7617043 Automated location-intelligent traffic notification service systems and methods  
Traffic notification systems include a location determination system that is configured to determine a geographic location of a subscriber and an automated traffic notification system that is...
7610147 Map data processing unit  
A map data processing unit includes a batch update section and dynamic update section. A type of update data fed from an update data input section is decided using header information. If the update...
7606663 Navigation device and method for exchanging data between resident applications  
Navigation software is integrated with other kinds of software running on the same device so that capabilities of the navigation software can be made available from within the other applications....
7606657 Device and method for detecting and preprocessing vehicle, traffic and/or driver related data  
A device and a method of detecting and preprocessing vehicle data, traffic data, and/or driver data, such as the speed, direction of travel, engine condition, weather conditions, heart rate, etc.,...
7603235 Arrangement for collision prevention of mine vehicle  
A mine vehicle and a method of preventing a mine vehicle from colliding. The mine vehicle ( 1 ) includes at least one scanner ( 13, 14 ) to scan the environment in front of the vehicle. On the...
7603230 Route guidance system, mobile terminal, server, program and recording medium  
Guide points can be grasped by use of a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal comprises search condition transmitting means (KC 16 A) for transmitting data of route searching conditions to a server;...
7599792 Using a corridor search to identify locations of interest along a travel route  
A corridor search process is used to identify locations of interest along a travel route. The corridor search process identifies locations of interest along a travel route by using a grid search...
7596450 Stride-based route guiding apparatus and method  
Disclosed is a stride-based route guiding apparatus and method capable of providing a pedestrian with a stride-based route. The method includes detecting a stride of the pedestrian on the basis of...
7593810 Interactive route guide device  
An interactive route guide device capable of providing an appropriate amount of information with an appropriate timing in accordance with a user's desire. In the interactive route guide device, a...
7592929 Runway and taxiway turning guidance  
A pilot is maneuvering an aircraft on a ground surface, such as a runway or taxiway. On a cockpit display, the pilot sees a scaled aircraft symbol overlaying a moving map on a cockpit display. The...
7590490 Smart detour  
A method of and apparatus for generating an alternate route for a system to travel to a predetermined destination are described. The method comprises determining a velocity of a system traveling...
7590489 Method for guiding in real time a landborne vehicle provided with an off-board navigation system  
The invention relates to a method for guiding a vehicle (Ve) provided with an off-board navigation system relative to an external navigation server (S). It consists in transmitting (A) from the...
7587273 Route searching device, route searching method and program  
A route seeking device, a route seeking method, and a program capable of determining a guide route requiring a small number of transfers of transportation by a single route seek. In the route...
7587272 Method for locating difficult access points on a map  
A method of locating difficult access points on a topological map includes: analyzing curvilinear distances using a chamfer mask to catalogue approximate values C(V) of the Euclidean distances...
7584051 Navigation system and program for the same  
A navigation system for use in a subject vehicle for organizing a navigation instruction of a navigation route toward a destination in map data includes a closeness determination function for...
7580790 Device for course indication to aid in navigation  
A navigation aid device for use when a predetermined route is followed, said route extending from a starting point along a series of break points up to a destination being the last break point. The...
7580789 Navigation system for vehicle  
A navigation system in a subject vehicle includes a display unit for displaying a map, a position detection function for detecting a current position and a traveling direction of the subject...
7571050 Transit-coordinated local search  
Various embodiments can provide helpful information to a user who is looking for a particular point of interest. In at least some embodiments, first and second searches are conducted. The first...
7571048 Providing routing information based on ambiguous locations  
A routing server receives a request for routing information. The request specifies one or more locations. A specified location may be ambiguous. For an ambiguous location, the routing server...
7565239 Method and apparatus for navigation system for searching selected type of information along route to destination  
A method and apparatus for use with a navigation system to search specified type of information along a calculated route to a destination by incorporating search criteria based on city or other...
7565155 Method and system for dynamic estimation and predictive route generation  
The preferred embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods and systems for dynamic route estimation and prediction using discrete sampled location updates from various mobile...
7564375 System and method to associate geographical position data collected from a vehicle with a specific route  
Data collected in connection with operation of a vehicle can be used to automatically determine upon which one of a plurality of predefined routes a vehicle has been operating. In one exemplary...
7561964 Off-route recalculation method and apparatus for navigation system  
An off-route recalculation method and apparatus for a navigation system calculates a new route when a vehicle is deviated from an originally calculated route to a destination. The method is...
7561962 Abridged map generating apparatus, on-vehicle information terminal, abridged map distribution system and abridged map generating method  
This abridged map generating apparatus includes a route searching unit that searches for a plurality of routes from a departure point to a destination which has been set, an abridged map generation...
7561959 Method of collecting information for a geographic database for use with a navigation system  
A navigation system determines a route between a first location on a road network and a second location in a facility off of the road network. The system composes individual guidance messages for...
7561069 Notification systems and methods enabling a response to change particulars of delivery or pickup  
Systems and methods are disclosed for automated notification systems. A representative method, among others, can be summarized by the following steps: monitoring travel data in connection with a...
7561063 Mobile terminals including location management systems and location management methods for mobile terminals  
Methods of managing a location of a mobile terminal include obtaining a position of the mobile terminal, estimating a distance from the mobile terminal to a destination point, generating an...
7558670 Guided vehicle system and transportation method  
When the destination of a guided vehicle 24 is changed from a point 20 to a point 18, the speed of the guided vehicle 24 is controlled so that a new travel route can be calculated before...
7557730 GPS-generated traffic information  
Disclosed herein is a traveler information monitoring and dissemination system. The system disclosed herein provides real time information to a traveler, wherein the real time information may be...
7555382 Method of providing return route for global positioning system device  
A method of providing a return route for a global positioning system (GPS) device is provided. When the starting point and the destination of the return route are exactly opposite to the original...
7555034 Apparatus and method for detecting timing error based on cyclic correlation  
Provided is an apparatus and method for detecting timing errors based on characteristics of cyclic correlation. The apparatus and method can detect the timing errors of many users by using the...
7554282 Method of controlling movement of robot, mobile robot, and computer program product  
A method of controlling movement of a robot, the method includes detecting a target person to be followed, following detected target person, detecting an environment of a current position around...
7548753 Application for automatic tracking of mobile devices for computer network processor systems  
A method and system is provided for tracking mobile devices combining packet processing technology with Global Positioning System (GPS) technology. A central network system comprising a packet...
7546202 Navigation apparatus and method for searching for point of interest using the same  
Searching for a Point of Interest (POI) in a navigation apparatus includes accessing a preset driving route that includes a group of route points. A POI is associated with each route point in the...
7542835 Vehicle image processing device  
A vehicle image processing device is configured and arranged to capture an image of an area in front of a host vehicle in which the vehicle image processing device is installed and process only a...
7539576 Pedestrian navigation device, pedestrian navigation system, pedestrian navigation method and program  
A pedestrian navigation system provides distance information and travel directions to a destination. The system includes a pedestrian navigation device for navigating a pedestrian's route by means...
7538691 Mobile thing determination systems and methods based upon user-device location  
Systems and methods are disclosed for automated notification systems. One representative method, among others, comprises the following steps: during a communication session with a personal...
7532980 Navigation system  
A user selects as a guide route a route from among multiple routes retrieved under respective predetermined retrieval conditions. A retrieval condition under which the route selected by the user...
7529617 Area information provision system and method  
A method and system for providing area information anticipates the user's mode of transportation and destination and provides information specific to the anticipated mode of transportation and...
7526665 Electrically controlled suspension system  
An electronically controlled suspension system according to the present invention comprises a sensor unit for extracting and providing a vertical acceleration component of a vehicle body of a...
7526294 Point-of-sale gas pump with access to travel information service  
An exemplary method facilities obtaining travel information. A request for travel information is received from a user by a point-of-sale gas pump at a service station or a wireless router operated...
7525451 Navigation systems, methods, and programs  
Navigation systems, methods, and programs store traffic information and crated prediction traffic information based on the stored traffic information. The systems, methods, and programs search a...
7525450 System for dynamically pushing information to a user utilizing global positioning system  
A computer implemented method is provided for directing region-specific information. The method receives information relating to location of users, and provides location-specific information to the...
7522711 Delivery of audio driving directions via a telephone interface  
Methods for improving the delivery of audio driving directions from a voice portal to a caller via a telephone interface are described. These methods provide accurate and clear audio driving...
7516156 Computerized national online parcel-level map data portal  
A National Online Parcel-Level Map Data Portal (NPDP) is provided that optimizes online delivery of parcel-level maps and linked attribute data. To do this, the NPDP manages a database of assembled...
7516010 Method of operating a navigation system to provide parking availability information  
A method of operating a navigation system includes obtaining a destination location and identifying a parking facility proximate said destination location. The method further includes providing...
7512485 Method for routing multiple paths through polygonal obstacles  
The present invention provides a method, system and computer program product for routing multiple paths through polygonal obstacles. In a preferred embodiment, the method begins by offsetting the...
7512483 Navigation system  
According to the 1st aspect of the invention, a navigation system comprises: a storage unit that stores map data managed with links representing smallest road units; a road map display unit that...
7509215 Augmented navigation system  
A method and system for providing augmented directions that include actual media collected from locations along the route and annotations is provided. An augmented navigation system includes a...
7508321 System and method for predicting travel time for a travel route  
A system for predicting a travel time for a traffic route is disclosed. The traffic route comprises one or more road segments. A predicted travel time for each of those segments is calculated...