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7623963 In-vehicle navigation device  
When a vehicle deviates from an initial route, a deviation route is memorized. Thereafter, when the vehicle comes back to the initial route, a cost is compared between the deviation route and a...
7623962 Navigation device with improved detour routing  
A navigation device with improved detour routing is disclosed. The navigation device is generally operable to calculate a first route to a destination utilizing a current location of the navigation...
7617046 Navigation apparatuses, methods, and programs  
Navigation apparatuses, methods, and programs store path information for a path each time the path is traveled, the path being a segment of the guidance route from a branch point to a junction. The...
7617045 Programmable route specific dynamic traffic warning system  
A system and method for providing a user with traffic information. The system generally includes a processor, traffic and location antennas in communication with the processor, a traffic location...
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...
7609176 Traffic information prediction apparatus  
A traffic information prediction system, including a traffic information prediction apparatus, of the present invention comprises travel status measuring means for measuring a travel status of a...
7609172 System and method for providing real-time traffic information  
A device and method for filtering traffic information. In one embodiment, the device comprises a traffic component, a computing device coupled with the traffic component, and a display coupled with...
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...
7606525 Broadcasting receiver and method thereof  
Digital broadcasting content is viewed by a user, such as through a portable terminal having a broadcasting receiver configured to receive digital broadcasting content. An original travel path is...
7599794 System and method for tracking position of remote vehicle using telematics system  
A system and method for tracking a position of a remote vehicle using a telematics system is provided. The system includes a communication terminal for generating and transmitting a remote position...
7596451 Mobile-machine navigation system  
A method of navigating a mobile machine dependent upon the relationship of the mobile machine to a target path includes operating a steering system to change the heading of the mobile machine in...
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...
7593798 Vehicular guidance system having compensation for variations in ground elevation  
A system and method of guiding a vehicle comprises establishing elevation data and corresponding location data for a work area. A particular location of a vehicle within the work area is...
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...
7590488 Route condition evaluation method and apparatus for navigation system  
A method and apparatus for a navigation system evaluates an overall cost of each candidate route by incorporating traffic information such as traffic incident types and traffic flow speeds. An...
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...
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,...
7580795 Vehicular navigation system  
A vehicular navigation system includes a vehicle having a global-positioning system receiver operable to receive signals from satellites external to the vehicle in order to establish its geographic...
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...
7580780 Vehicle controller  
A vehicle position detector in a vehicle on a road leading to a junction predictably evaluates road attributes for determining false map matching possibility before the vehicle actually reaches the...
7579803 Robot confinement  
A method of confining a robot in a work space includes providing a portable barrier signal transmitting device including a primary emitter emitting a confinement beam primarily along an axis...
7571042 Navigation system for a vehicle  
A navigation system for a vehicle includes a control and a global positioning system. The control may receive a user input and may download directional information from an external service provider...
7567868 Guidance system  
A guidance system and a method for guiding passengers in an elevator system. The elevator system including a number of elevators, receiving and allocating passenger's destination call data, and...
7565241 Automobile navigation system and road map update system  
A navigation system in a vehicle stores position history information including position information related to a detection position detected by a position detector and position information related...
7564377 Real-time virtual earth driving information  
Provided is a single repository for capturing, connecting, sharing, and visualizing information based on a geographic location, for example. Provided is a schema, repository, index, and APIs for...
7561965 Reducing driving directions  
Techniques are provided for reducing the number of maneuvers presented in narrative driving directions for a route from an origin location to a destination location. To do so, driving directions...
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...
7561963 System, method, and computer program product for comparing the cost of driving an owned or leased vehicle to the cost various transportation options  
A system, method, and computer program product calculate the cost for a traveler to drive the traveler's personal vehicle on a trip of a defined distance and duration, and compare the cost of...
7555386 System and method for sharing position information using mobile communication system  
Provided is a system and method for sharing position information using a mobile communication system. The system includes the mobile communication system providing a short message service; at least...
7548198 Method and system for providing preference based location aware content  
A system and method in accordance with exemplary embodiments may include receiving data associated with retrieving location specific downloadable content for a Global Positioning System (GPS)...
7546206 System and method for suggesting transportation routes  
A computer-implemented method of providing a suggested transportation route includes receiving a set of operational parameters and weather data. At least one transportation route corresponding to...
7546205 On-vehicle information terminal route characteristics extraction apparatus and route characteristics display method  
An on-vehicle information terminal comprises a route search unit that searches for a plurality of routes connecting a current position to a destination and a characteristics extraction unit that...
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...
7546187 Navigating a UAV having an on-board digital camera to capture desired geographic area  
Methods, systems, and products for navigating a UAV having an on-board digital camera are provided. Embodiments include identifying a geographic area not captured by the digital camera while the...
7539575 Navigation system  
A navigation system has a navigation apparatus mounted on a vehicle, and a computer apparatus which is connected with the navigation apparatus to enable to communicates with the navigation...
7536259 Navigation system  
A navigation system comprising an apparatus and method for navigating a vehicle along a detour route when appropriate. A destination is set, and the current location, or site, is detected. Guiding...
7536258 Method for providing information and system for providing information  
In a car navigation system ( 1 ), a position information detection means ( 11 ) detects position information on a vehicle using, for example, a GPS. A travel information history of the vehicle...
7536256 Agenda replicator system and method for travelers  
In automotive GPS navigation systems, a traveler's agenda with multiple desired destinations can be entered in a largely automatic fashion by downloading an agenda table created using the agenda...
7522997 Navigation apparatus  
A controller of a navigation terminal (navigation apparatus) is configured to find a plurality of paths from a current position of a vehicle and a destination based on a plurality of different and...
7522051 Recording control apparatus, recording control method, control program, recording medium on which control program is recorded, recording control system, and information processing system  
Provided according to the invention is a recording control apparatus capable of more accurately recording an image of a person carrying an article to which an RFID tag is attached. When a...
7509213 Apparatus and method for correcting location information of mobile body, and computer-readable media storing computer program for controlling the apparatus  
There is provided an apparatus and method for correcting location information of a mobile body and a computer-readable recording medium storing at least a computer program for controlling the...
7502684 Method and system for the automatic piloting of an aircraft on the approach to an airdrop position  
A method of automatic piloting of an aircraft during a phase of approach to a predetermined airdrop position includes automatically applying a speed profile with decreasing speed such that the...
7499801 Vehicular navigation system  
In a vehicular navigation system, it is determined that a branching point is present along a guidance route within a given distance from a guidance intersection. It is then determined that...
7496448 Navigation installation and method for extracting information transmitted in encrypted form  
A navigation unit having a data decryption algorithm is connected to a data storage and reading unit having a storage medium storing map data, the data storage and reading unit having a...
7496445 Wayfinding  
Waypoint navigation for a visitor to a facility is carried out according to the following steps. Distributing waypoint devices in waypoint locations of the facility. Transmitting waypoint...
7483788 Navigation apparatus and method  
A navigation apparatus and method that store route information, the stored route information including, for each of a plurality of routes starting at a first point and ending at a second point, a...
7477990 Navigation apparatus  
A navigation apparatus for guiding a vehicle to a destination, a data storing section stores an information set including at least location information for identifying a location of a travel burden...
7474959 Method for providing recommendations using image, location data, and annotations  
A method for providing information with digital images includes receiving a digital image of a subject, the digital image including as metadata a geographic position of the subject and other...
7472020 Navigation system with voice controlled presentation of secondary information  
A navigation system for a vehicle is disclosed, where the navigation system operates in a route planning mode and a route guidance mode. The navigation system employs an interface device that...