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7630833 |
Map display device and map display method
In a map display device, a viewing angle for a three-dimensional road map can be changed horizontally on a screen so that the three-dimensional road map is generated at a standard viewing angle...
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7630830 |
Navigation apparatus, driving direction guidance method, and navigation system
A navigation apparatus and a driving direction guiding method are capable of clearly indicating a correct direction in which a vehicle should be driven at an exit when the vehicle exits a parking...
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7630828 |
Destination prediction device and destination prediction method
A destination prediction device having a map information accumulation unit that accumulates map information including at least positions of a plurality of points on a map and routes between the...
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7627426 |
Geographic database including data indicating wireless coverage and method and system for use thereof
Wireless coverage data are associated with a geographic database that contains data that represent a road network in a geographic region. The wireless coverage data indicate areas within the...
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7627425 |
Location aware mobile-device software development
A development environment makes it easier to develop and use location aware software applications. Combining the currently separate and complex tasks of location information gathering, analysis,...
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7627420 |
Image processing system, method and apparatus for correlating position data with image data
A navigation system includes a processing unit for generating route data relating to a route along which a vehicle has actually traveled, from position data acquired by a position acquiring unit,...
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7627414 |
Road map management system
A road map management system is provided as follows: drawing a past-direction distribution map (Image A) and a future-direction distribution map (Image B) using multiple vehicles' traveling...
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7624358 |
Mouse radar for enhanced navigation of a topology
A system and method for enhancing navigation of a topology within a visual display. A system is disclosed including: a system for displaying an enhanced mouse pointer in a current view, wherein the...
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7623965 |
Map display for a navigation system
A system and method are disclosed for displaying map information on a portable computing device. When approaching a location at which maneuvering guidance is to be provided by the portable...
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7623959 |
Method and system for providing voice-based supplementary information service using road map data
The present invention relates to a method and system for providing voice-based supplementary information service using road map data. The voice-based supplementary information service system...
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7623248 |
Automatic asset detection, location measurement and recognition
From a survey vehicle, two types of data are obtained: images from a camera and reflections from a laser. The laser data is filtered in order to detect assets. The detected assets are then...
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7623045 |
Facility display unit
A facility display unit three-dimensionally displays an image of the facilities identified by a facility identifying section 6 on a wide-area map according to a display mode set by a setting...
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7623044 |
Runway and taxiway turning guidance
According to an example embodiment, a method includes receiving data about an aircraft that is moving on a surface using at least a first wheel, the data descriptive of physical characteristics of...
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7620496 |
Combined map scale and measuring tool
A combined map scale and measuring tool can be used in digital mapping systems. In the scale mode, the scale indicates the correct scale, for example, at the center of the map. It can be updated...
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7617047 |
Map information system and map information processing method and program
A map information system is provided which includes an electronic pen which reads a dot pattern in a form where map images are shown, to output handwriting information, and a processing unit...
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7617044 |
Apparatus and method for displaying route in personal navigation terminal
Disclosed is a route guidance apparatus of a personal navigation terminal, which includes a road structure information storage unit for storing information related to road structures, a user...
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7616152 |
Relative position measurement method and relative position measurement system using satellites
A positioning system wherein radio waves from a GPS satellite ( 4 ) are received by a reference station ( 1 ), the absolute position of which is already known, and a plurality of mobile stations (...
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7613566 |
Navigation device with improved zoom functions
A navigation device with improved zoom functions is disclosed. The navigation device is generally operable to display a map with varying magnifications and perspectives to enable a user to increase...
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7613564 |
System for transmitting, processing, receiving, and displaying traffic information
A system for sharing and processing traffic information includes a number of traffic information computer systems within individual vehicles and a traffic information server system. The traffic...
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7613331 |
Recording medium storing map information, map information processing device, map information processing system, map information processing method, map information processing program and recording medium storing the map information processing program
A server unit ( 400 ) recognizes a travel route search request together with a current position information and a destination information from a terminal unit ( 300 ) over a network ( 200 ) and...
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7610149 |
Downloading map segment(s) to a cell phone based upon its GPS coordinates and mobility
A wireless terminal displays its location and navigation information (map segment) on its display. The wireless terminal accesses a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver of the wireless terminal...
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7610148 |
Methods and systems to interface navigation operations
Methods and Systems are provided for interfacing to navigation operations. An application programming interface (API) library is provided having navigation modules, guidance modules, routing...
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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...
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7609202 |
Relative measurement method and relative measurement system using satellite
A measuring system wherein radio waves from a GPS satellite ( 4 ) are received by a reference station ( 1 ) and a plurality of mobile stations ( 3 ) to perform relative measuring among particular...
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7609177 |
Storage media containing electronic map file, electronic map display system utilizing electronic map file and related method thereof
An electronic map display method is disclosed. The method includes: providing an electronic map file having a plurality of objects where each object has an attribute; and comparing a plurality of...
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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....
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7606662 |
Traffic navigation system
A vehicle navigation system is provided with a destination input section, a travel route information section, a historical data input section and an expected travel time reporting section. The...
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7606660 |
In-vehicle navigation system with removable navigation unit
A navigation system includes an in-vehicle portion and a removable navigational unit, where the removable navigation unit is a portable device with navigation capability on its own. The removable...
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7606659 |
Exhaustive swarming search strategy using distributed pheromone maps
Method and systems for using agents to perform an operation (e.g., a search) over a geographic area are provided. The system can first create a digital map of the geographic region divided into...
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7606579 |
Auto mapping through location based triggers
An automated map generator that can be used for creating new maps for uncharted areas, augmenting uncompleted maps, or creating maps for areas that are changing dynamically. One or more mobile...
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7599988 |
Desktop client interaction with a geographical text search system
A method implemented by a client application running on a computer, the method involving retrieving an address associated with a server that provides a geolocating service to users who transfer...
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7599795 |
Mobile location aware search engine and method of providing content for same
A method includes identifying a geographic position of a wireless device. Data input by a user while the user is located at the geographic position of the wireless device is received. The data is...
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7599793 |
Methods and systems for routing travel between origin and destination service locations using global satellite positioning
Methods and systems are provided for obtaining information related to a customer service location and directions for routing a service technician from one customer service location to another. One...
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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...
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7599790 |
Generating and serving tiles in a digital mapping system
Digital tile-based mapping techniques are disclosed that enable efficient online serving of aesthetically pleasing maps. In one particular embodiment, an image tile-based digital mapping system is...
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7596449 |
Vehicle navigation system with a display correction and display correction method thereof
A vehicle navigation system with a display correction and the display correction method thereof, which first extracts a current display location and corresponding road links, next extracts a next...
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7595725 |
System and method for identifying geographical areas that significantly overlap a map view
A system and method for identifying, from a set of geographical areas, a set of target areas that overlap a map view or view port of a map. Target areas are defined as circles having centers and...
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7593814 |
Attaching measurement data to an area map
A method of attaching measurement data to an area map on the display of a test instrument includes importing a map for display covering a desired spatial region. Appropriate points of interest are...
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7593721 |
Method and apparatus for delivering geographical specific advertisements to a communication device
The present invention relates to apparatus, method and system for advertising on communication devices, such as cellular phones. A ‘central contact information database’ containing contact...
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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...
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7590486 |
Automobile navigation apparatus
An automobile navigation apparatus, that has a rewritable recording medium and capability to updates the map data base by obtaining latest map data, records the map data in the recording means and...
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7587276 |
Displaying images in a network or visual mapping system
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for generating a street map that includes a position identifier that identifies a location on the street map. The method and system...
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7587275 |
Vehicle navigation control system and method
A vehicle navigation control system and method in which the system includes a communication bus, a navigation system, a display device, and a vehicle control computer. The navigation system is...
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7587274 |
System and method for navigating a facility
Systems and methods are described for enabling the monitoring and navigation of a complex of known rooms or facilities having known objects, attributes and/or people associated therewith, wherein...
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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...
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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...
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7584049 |
Navigation method, processing method for navigation system, map data management device, map data management program, and computer program
A navigation method for providing navigation by using map data includes: displaying a menu with which a user specifies an area of a map over which map data are to be updated, the menu containing a...
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7584048 |
Portable positioning and navigation system
A navigation system to aid in the navigation through an unknown area. The navigation system includes a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, at least one a portal terminal and at...
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7584047 |
Method and apparatus for detecting object
A method and apparatus for detecting an object on a road around a vehicle. The method includes referring to three-dimensional geographical data, calculating a distance D A to a detecting object...
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7584020 |
Occupancy change detection system and method
A robot platform includes perceptors, locomotors, and a system controller. The system controller executes instructions for producing an occupancy grid map of an environment around the robot,...
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