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6618650 Vehicle sharing system  
When a user enters a language to be used via a port terminal, a system controller transfers information as to the language to be used to a navigation unit via an antenna and a communication unit...
6615134 Data communication system and method, and mobile body apparatus  
The present invention relates to a data communication system in which a first request signal containing position information is transmitted from a first mobile unit ( 6 ) to a base station ( 2 ),...
6609357 Lawn and garden control module  
Control method and apparatus for a lawn mower or a lawn and garden tractor that includes a programmable controller for monitoring a mower/tractor status. The controller includes an interface for...
6594564 Data device for a motor vehicle  
A data device ( 1 ) for a motor vehicle is proposed which has a database ( 4 ), a GPS receiver ( 3 ), and a display ( 2 ). In the database ( 4 ), place data sets with at least the place name and...
6591185 Method for determination of fuel usage for a vehicle in a vehicle navigation system  
A method for determining optimal fuel usage in a vehicle navigation system and a warning system for alerting a driver when there is insufficient fuel to reach a desired destination. In addition,...
6581003 Systems and methods for a navigational device with forced layer switching based on memory constraints  
Systems, devices and methods are provided for more efficient use of RAM and other resources in connection with a route calculation algorithm which quickly obtains a best or reasonable best path...
6580246 Robot touch shield  
A robot touch shield device comprising a shell supported by at least one shell support member mounted on a base member, and a sensor device for sensing an exterior force applied to the shell, the...
6580979 Method and apparatus for terrain reasoning with distributed embedded processing elements  
A method and apparatus for computing properties of a physical environment is provided, using a plurality of agents forming a distributed network embedded within the environment. The method...
6571169 Destination input method in navigation system and navigation system  
When specifying a Point of Interest (POI) as a destination in a navigation system, a relation between a POI and associated POIs is defined as a parentage. Detailed information such as polygon data,...
6546332 Vehicle-mounted navigation apparatus  
A vehicle-mounted navigation apparatus comprises a first memory for storing a navigation program, and a second memory that is rewritable, for storing a program other than the navigation program so...
6542818 Method and system for real-time recording and uploading of vehicle routes for routing assistance and traffic reporting  
The invention provides a method for creating a real-time recording of a mobile vehicle route using a wireless communication system. The recording is initiated by the driver of the vehicle....
6542816 Communication navigation system  
A communication navigation system, wherein a navigation apparatus requests a recommended route guidance data to a information center and guides a user of the navigation apparatus to a destination...
6539294 Vehicle guidance system for avoiding obstacles stored in memory  
If an obstacle ( 74 ) is detected, its position is stored in obstacle memory unit ( 41 ) on the assumption that the obstacle ( 74 ) is common to a plurality of vehicles ( 2, 2 ). As vehicles ( 2, 2...
6519525 Method and system for communicating facility information and devices therefor  
A communication system comprises a mobile terminal and a server. The server 2 receives location data indicating a location in conjunction with a search request from the mobile terminal. The...
6507771 Method and apparatus for controlling the movement of a plurality of agents  
A method for controlling the movement of agents using local communications is provided. Generally, each agent maintains an optimal distance from other local neighbor agents by, for each agent 200,...
6505118 Navigation system for land vehicles that learns and incorporates preferred navigation routes  
An adaptive navigation system for a land vehicle is provided that incorporates learned segments of preferred routes into adaptive calculated routes. The navigation system preferably includes a...
6505165 Method and apparatus for locating facilities through an automotive computing system  
A method and apparatus in a distributed data processing system for locating a facility from a plurality of facilities. Data is collected from the plurality of facilities. The collected data is...
6496754 Mobile robot and course adjusting method thereof  
A mobile robot capable of recognizing its location and adjusting its direction in response to an obstacle in its way includes a running device, an obstacle detecting device for detecting the...
6496755 Autonomous multi-platform robot system  
An autonomous mobile robot system allocates mapping, localization, planning and control functions to at least one navigator robot and allocates task performance functions to one or more functional...
6493607 Method for planning/controlling robot motion  
A computerized method/system is provided for planning motion of a robot within a free space confined by obstacles, from an initial position to a goal position. In executing the method/system, a...
6484074 Method of and device for controlling controlled elements of a rail vehicle  
A method of controlling controlled elements of a rail vehicle, in which method descriptive geometrical characteristics of the rail track are calculated by measuring inertial values on board the...
6484092 Method and system for dynamic and interactive route finding  
A method and system for dynamic and interactive navigation is presented. A navigation request is received from a user. The navigation request comprises an originating location description, a...
6484089 Navigation system with road condition sampling  
A vehicle navigation system includes a map database and at least one inertial sensor. When the vehicle encounters a problem road condition, such as a pothole, the problem road condition induces...
6484078 Vehicle travel route control system  
Working efficiency is improved without wasted activity of vehicles by enabling prompt change of a travel route at a time when it becomes necessary to change the travel route of a vehicle. A monitor...
6480768 Control apparatus for autonomous traveling vehicle and method thereof  
A control apparatus and method for an autonomous traveling vehicle having a teaching mode in which a vehicle position and a vehicle azimuth in respective points on a running path are memorized and...
6470262 Method for traffic situation determination on the basis of reporting vehicle data for a traffic network with traffic-controlled network nodes  
A method for determining the traffic situation is based on traffic data which are obtained from reporting vehicles moving in the traffic, for a traffic network with traffic-controlled network nodes...
6470268 Navigation destination entry via glyph to digital translation  
A system and method for receiving and storing location information and providing navigational information to facilitate travel to a desired location is disclosed. Geographic location information is...
6466865 Method for inputting travel destinations into a navigation system  
A device is described for inputting a travel destination into a navigational device used for navigating a motor vehicle in a road network. The inputting device suggests travel destinations to the...
6463384 Geographic database including data for providing instructions about tollways  
A navigation system provides a user thereof with warnings or advisories about toll gates that require exact change. The warnings or advisories are provided when the navigation system calculates a...
6459966 Navigating method and device for an autonomous vehicle  
The present invention relates to navigation of an autonomous vehicle capable of autonomously tracking a route toward a destination. The present invention provides a system comprising the steps of...
6456911 Traffic support system  
In a traffic support system, journey information creating means is incorporated in an information processing device formed as a work station. On the basis of information concerning the journey of...
6456930 Method of and device for requesting guide information, method of and device for supplying guide information, and computer product  
The device includes a current position information acquiring section that acquires current position information related to the current position of a car every fixed interval of time, a matching...
6454036 Autonomous vehicle navigation system and method  
The invention allows an automated vehicle to reliably and repeatedly navigate any arbitrary area or path after being trained by an operator. This invention uses the Earth's magnetic and...
6453212 Method for mobile robot motion control  
In a method for mobile robot motion control for the sake of controlling motional characteristics of the mobile robot, such motional characteristics of mobile robot are made to be virtually...
6438472 Operation control system capable of analyzing driving tendency and its constituent apparatus  
An operation control system includes a data recorder for recording data representing the features of behavior of a vehicle in a memory card and an operation control assisting apparatus for...
6429016 System and method for sample positioning in a robotic system  
A system and method for positioning a sample, or cargo, with respect to a device in a robotic system is provided. The system includes a macro positioning system for “gross” movement of the...
6430497 Navigation system and a method for operating it as well as a navigation data carrier and a method for writing onto it  
A navigation system is described having a navigation computer, a data carrier reading device, and a navigation data carrier, navigation data of possible destinations stored on the navigation data...
6427114 Method and means for traffic route control  
The invention concerns a method and means for control of traffic on a network by route control. The method and the means are based on functions in a traffic management system. The invention...
6427118 Vehicle-mounted navigation system, and recording medium having recorded thereon a processing program for use therewith  
A vehicle-mounted navigation system ( 1 ) including: a facility information acquisition device ( 21 ) which acquires facility information, wherein the facility information is position information...
6424893 Mileage and fuel purchase monitoring device for vehicles  
A mileage and fuel purchase monitoring device for vehicles including a data collecting system that is connected with an odometer of a truck or other motor vehicle. The data collecting system is...
6418374 Navigation device  
A navigation device at least includes a CPU and a detector generating a detection signal for determining whether a main device is used inside a vehicle or not. If determining, based on the...
6392592 Hand held car locator  
A car locator system includes a hand held locator which receives information with regard to the location of a vehicle and then stores that information for display on the hand held locator. The hand...
6385514 Shipboard system for furnishing information on mine threat vulnerability  
Data on influencing signatures of world-wide sea mine models is collected on board a host sea vessel and undergoes periodic updating to maintain accuracy of the display on vessel vulnerability to...
6381533 Method and system using positions of cellular phones matched to road network for collecting data  
A data collection system and method match the positions of one or more cellular phones, or other types of wireless phones, to data indicating the locations of roads in a geographic area to derive...
6377888 System for controlling movement of a vehicle  
The present invention resides in a system ( 10 ) for controlling movement of a free-ranging vehicle ( 12 ) about a surface ( 14 ). The system enables the vehicle to begin its travel from starting...
6374157 Robot device and control method thereof  
Acceleration information, rotation angle information and rotation angular velocity information are detected by an acceleration sensor and a rotation angle sensor, and detected signals are stored...
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...
6370452 Autonomous vehicle transit system  
A transit system in an environment is provided that includes vehicles and communication nodes. The communication nodes contain information that is updated or re-written and sent to one or more...
6370453 Service robot for the automatic suction of dust from floor surfaces  
A self-moving device and method for the complete and full automatic examination of floor surfaces of all kind as well as for a particularly efficient suction of dust therefrom. In each case, the...
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...
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