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7430471 |
Method and system for monitoring a vehicle
A method for monitoring a vehicle includes detecting movement or activation of the vehicle, transmitting a signal indicating movement or activation of the vehicle, to a control center, transmitting...
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7428449 |
System and method for determining a workload level of a driver
System and method for determining a workload level for a driver of a vehicle. The system includes a transceiver, a positioning unit, and a controller. The transceiver is capable of receiving data...
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7428419 |
Method and apparatus for controlling site-specific operations
A method and apparatus for controlling a site-specific activity at a plurality of remote locations, for example, the inspection of geographically remote equipment or the gathering of data for a...
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7424309 |
System in vehicles for making a telephone call
A system for making a telephone call in a vehicle in which information concerning the traffic situation of a first vehicle is electronically processed and sent to a second vehicle. By apparatuses...
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7421340 |
Method, apparatus and computer program for azimuth determination e.g. for autonomous navigation applications
For an observer equipped with a first azimuth data source responsive to a magnetic field to deliver first azimuth data, such as a compass, and with a second azimuth data source delivering second...
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7421339 |
Apparatus and method for controlling traffic information display in navigation system
A navigation system displays different colors on sections of a travel route according to traffic density. A method for controlling a traffic information display in the navigation system includes...
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7421338 |
Robot system
A robot system including a beacon provided with a transmitting part to transmit a light for location determination, and a mobile robot provided with a receiving part to receive the light. The robot...
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7421334 |
Centralized facility and intelligent on-board vehicle platform for collecting, analyzing and distributing information relating to transportation infrastructure and conditions
An on-board intelligent vehicle system includes a sensor assembly to collect data and a processor to process the data to determine the occurrence of at least one event. The data may be collected...
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7421243 |
Method for playback of stored or broadcast content based on predicted location and/or attributes
An apparatus includes a storage section that stores stored content, a content receiving section that receives content, a received content storage section that stores received content, and a...
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7419095 |
Destination prediction apparatus and destination prediction method
To provide a destination prediction apparatus which can predict a destination of a user by using a carried item carried by the user, the destination prediction apparatus according to the present...
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7415355 |
Method and system for controlling an electronic device
The present invention is a method and system for controlling an electronic device. In one embodiment, a controller is coupled with a position determining component, and a motion detecting...
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7415352 |
Displaying vehicle information
An information display unit for an automobile includes a display screen and a user interface presented on the display screen that simultaneously presents at least two display elements each...
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7412327 |
Providing guiding service by means of a wireless terminal
The invention relates to a guiding system for wireless terminals. In the system, position-specific information of route points of the route on which a first wireless terminal travels is determined...
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7412325 |
System and method for selective navigation tracking
There is disclosed systems and methods for controlling the communication of navigation positioning information from a source of the information to another device for tracking purposes. In one...
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7411512 |
Tracking the geographic location of an animal
Systems and techniques for tracking the geographic location. In one aspect, a method includes receiving timed magnetic field information descriptive of a magnetic field to which a magnetometer was...
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7409429 |
Cooperative location based tasks
A method for providing location dependent information to a user for selective colleague assistance. The method on a Client Wireless Component includes the steps of receiving location data from a...
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7409287 |
System and method for networking a plurality of nodes
A system and method for networking a plurality of nodes is disclosed. A network of data devices having data representations of connectivity, network node position, and/or position topologies is...
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7409282 |
Location information sharing method based on wired and wireless internet using location id
Disclosed is a location information sharing method based on wired and wireless internet using location ID. The location information sharing method is characterized by: inputting the location...
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7405746 |
Image navigation device
An estimate image is generated from a position and an angle of a camera and the estimate image is stored. A collating unit collates an estimate image with a scenery image, and corrects estimate...
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7400974 |
Method and apparatus for locating position of a GPS device
A method and apparatus for locating position of a GPS device is described. In one example, a method for provisioning a mobile device with a model for determining a position of the mobile device in...
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7400971 |
Tailgate ajar and security monitoring system
An embodiment of the present invention is a reconfigurable cargo door/tailgate position indicator assembly adapted to indicate a position of a cargo door/tailgate including a processor configured...
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7398156 |
Point search apparatus and in-vehicle navigation apparatus
There are provided a point search apparatus and an in-vehicle navigation apparatus capable of searching destination candidates from which a user can view a visual target that he/she desires. A...
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7398155 |
Car navigation system
When an elevated road and a usual fly-under road are located in a stacked state, two roads are shown in overlapped lines on a display unit of a car navigation system in a subject vehicle. When the...
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7398153 |
Portable motion-activated position reporting device
The present invention is a portable motion-activated position reporting device. In one embodiment, a controller is coupled with an interrogator component, a position determining component, a...
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7398152 |
Data-providing service system
A data-providing service system of the present invention provides a user with data of an apparatus having a navigation function which outputs current position information. The data-providing...
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7395149 |
Navigation apparatus
When a vehicle is traveling along a route toward a parking lot located near a destination facility, if traffic congestion along the route is detected, the navigation apparatus searches for an...
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7395075 |
System and method for collecting continuous location updates while minimizing overall network utilization
A wireless device and method for providing location updates to a wireless network includes determining a current location of the wireless device, comparing the current location to a second location...
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7392134 |
Satellite navigation controller
A navigation device changes a position determination accuracy of a receiver for satellite navigation to a higher accuracy in the following cases: when the subject vehicle approaches a destination,...
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7392132 |
Position notifying device
From a data terminal device ( 3 ), a position notifying device ( 1 ) acquires a position request for requesting position information of a target object and identification information, with...
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7392131 |
Method for supplying a program-aided information system with specific positional information
Disclosed is a method for supplying a program-aided information system with specific location information, in which the information system provides at least one selection of certain...
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7392130 |
System and method for determining traffic conditions
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for determining traffic conditions using wireless devices. A number of signals from the vehicles traveling in selected routes are received by...
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7389181 |
Apparatus and method for producing video drive-by data corresponding to a geographic location
A system and method of providing video drive-by data is provided to enable a street level view of a neighborhood surrounding a selected geographic location. The system includes a video and data...
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7389180 |
Electronic tracking and ranging system
An electronic tracked and ranging system is disclosed. Electronic tracking and ranging system applies interferometer principles to determine ranging distance from a monitor unit 10 to a tracked...
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7389179 |
Real-time navigation system for mobile environment
A system and method for providing navigational information to a user connected in real-time, such as through a wireless telephone, PDA, or other device. The system provides navigational information...
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7388519 |
Displaying points of interest with qualitative information
A method is disclosed for associating and displaying qualitative information with points of interest in a graphical map. In one embodiment, a method comprises the computer-implemented steps of...
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7383107 |
Computer-controlled power wheelchair navigation system
A wheelchair navigation system for a motorized wheelchair includes dual cameras, proximity sensors, microphones, and rotation sensors for the wheels. Small markers are placed on the walls of a...
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7383052 |
System and method for using location information to execute an action
A system and method is provided for using location information associated with wireless devices. The system includes a wireless device, a location system, and a feature server. The wireless device...
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7379743 |
Providing navigation services based on subscriber input location information stored in a telecommunication network
A node in the telecommunication network supports location and direction services that are especially suited for wireless subscribers. Location coordinates such as determined by the global...
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7376640 |
Method and system for searching an information retrieval system according to user-specified location information
A method and system for searching an information retrieval system for items of interest that are in proximity to geographical locations provided by the user. The information retrieval system can...
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7376507 |
Geophysics-based method of locating a stationary earth object
A geophysics-based method for determining the position of a stationary earth object uses the periodic changes in the gravity vector of the earth caused by the sun- and moon-orbits. Because the...
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7375649 |
Traffic routing based on segment travel time
A system for identifying a fastest possible travel route is disclosed. A traveler data processor collects traffic speed data and associates the traffic speed data with road segments. The road...
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7373247 |
Method and apparatus for updating map data, and computer-readable medium storing program for executing the method
A method and an apparatus for easily updating map data in real time, using a device employing map data or a navigation system, through a transport protocol expert group (TPEG) service, and a...
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7373245 |
System and method for networking a plurality of nodes
A system and method for networking a plurality of nodes is disclosed. A network of data devices having data representations of connectivity, network node position, and/or position topologies is...
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7373244 |
Information mapping approaches
Methods, systems and applications for updating, enhancing, organizing, and utilizing geographic maps, for locating points of interest and places of businesses, or POI's. Embodiments provide a...
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7369938 |
Navigation system having means for determining a route with optimized consumption
A navigation system of a motor vehicle has an input unit, a position-determining unit, a central processor unit (CPU) for calculating a route between a first and a second location by reference to...
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7369599 |
Method and apparatus for reducing code phase search space
A GPS communication system including a server and a client, each including a GPS receiver, for reducing the code phase search space of the GPS receiver of the client. The communication system...
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7365512 |
System for directing moving object
A moving-object directing system for directing a moving object to a target location includes: a moving-object directing unit and a moving object. The moving-object directing unit includes: a...
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7363149 |
Autonomous in-vehicle navigation system and diagnostic system
A method and system for a wireless interface to the electronics of an automotive vehicle for a remote application in the vehicle or within communication range of the vehicle. The remote application...
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7363043 |
Passive GSM-based self-locating device
A self locating device that uses GSM signals associated with GSM digital telephone base stations to determine its current location. The device uses GSM common channel signals to determine observed...
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7362883 |
Lane marker recognition method
A lane marker recognition method comprises the steps of inputting an image including a lane marker, extracting luminance change points in the image, and estimating the position of the lane marker...
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