СПОСОБ И СИСТЕМА ДЛЯ НАВИГАЦИИ ТРАНСПОРТНОГО ПАРКА, ДИСПЕТЧЕРИЗАЦИЯ И ПРОКЛАДКА МАРШРУТА ДЛЯ МНОЖЕСТВА ТРАНСПОРТНЫХ СРЕДСТВ И МНОЖЕСТВА МЕСТ НАЗНАЧЕНИЯ

Изобретение относится к области расчета навигационного маршрута. Технический результат – оптимизация маршрута. Изобретение раскрывает систему и способ диспетчеризации множества транспортных средств и направления их в множество мест назначения с использованием ограничивающих условий или без них, содержащие программное ядро, которое использует ограниченные географические регионы (BGR) и узловые пары для оптимизации в явном виде необходимых пользователю зависимых переменных путем анализа отклонения в зависимости от стандарта и заданных пользователем независимых переменных. Настоящее изобретение сохраняет данные узловой пары и может использовать функцию ошибок, обратную связь и ANOVA или MANOVA для создания сильно конвергентной диспетчеризации и навигационного решения. 14 з.п. ф-лы, 13 ил.

СИСТЕМА ПОМОЩИ ВОДИТЕЛЮ ТРАНСПОРТНОГО СРЕДСТВА (ВАРИАНТЫ) И СПОСОБ ЕЕ РЕАЛИЗАЦИИ

Изобретение относится к системе и способу управления одним или более компонентами транспортного средства на основе информации изображения, получаемой от камеры транспортного средства. Конкретнее, система управления транспортным средством на основе камеры выполнена с возможностью просмотра получаемой информации изображения для определения соответствующих случаев, при которых осуществляется управление различными компонентами транспортного средства. Система помощи водителю транспортного средства включает в себя камеру, выполненную с возможностью получения информации изображения, и процессор. Процессор выполнен с возможностью анализировать информацию изображения на предмет знаков закрытия дороги и ассоциированных расстояний закрытия. На основе анализируемых данных формируется и отображается навигационный маршрут. Процессор определяет, что одно из изображений предоставляет анализируемый знак закрытия дороги, но не анализируемое ассоциированное расстояние закрытия, и в ответ запрашивает сервер ...

СПОСОБ ФОРМИРОВАНИЯ УЛУЧШЕННЫХ КАРТОГРАФИЧЕСКИХ ДАННЫХ ДЛЯ ИСПОЛЬЗОВАНИЯ В НАВИГАЦИОННЫХ УСТРОЙСТВАХ

Данная группа изобретений относится к средствам формирования улучшенных картографических данных в навигационных устройствах. Технический результат заключается в расширении функциональных возможностей средств корректировки картографических данных за счет использования локальной корректировки данных и корректировки, введенной другими пользователями. Для этого предложен способ формирования улучшенных картографических данных для использования в электронном навигационном устройстве, при этом способ содержит этапы, на которых: отображают картографические данные, подходящие для алгоритмов направления по маршруту, на дисплее электронного навигационного устройства; принимают первый ввод от пользователя устройства на интерфейсе пользователя электронного навигационного устройства для создания корректировки ошибки в картографических данных, причем электронное навигационное устройство выполнено с возможностью использовать созданную корректировку без внешней обработки корректировки; загружают в электронное ...

СПОСОБ (ВАРИАНТЫ) И СИСТЕМА ОТСЛЕЖИВАНИЯ ОБЪЕКТА С ТРАНСПРТНОГО СРЕДСТВА

Изобретение относится к транспортным средствам, а именно к компьютерным системам отслеживания и поиска. Способ отслеживания объекта с транспортного средства содержит этапы, на которых устанавливают линию связи между мобильным устройством и навигационной системой транспортного средства, последовательно передают каждое из множества местоположений по линии связи из мобильного устройства в навигационную систему и последовательно задают каждое из множества местоположений в качестве пункта назначения в навигационной системе и обновляют соответствующим образом инструкции вождения. Способ дополнительно содержит этапы, на которых передают информацию о местоположении движущегося объекта в систему связи и передают информацию о местоположении движущегося объекта от системы связи в мобильное устройство. Система для отслеживания объекта с транспортного средства содержит навигационную систему, мобильное устройство. Мобильное устройство последовательно сообщает каждое из множества местоположений по линии ...

СПОСОБ И УСТРОЙСТВО ДЛЯ ПРЕДОСТАВЛЕНИЯ НАВИГАЦИОННОГО ОТЧЕТА

Изобретение относится к устройствам навигации. Технический результат заключается в повышении эффективности навигации для пользователя с любым уровнем знаний географии определенного района. Устройство содержит логические схемы, запрограммированные с возможностью получения указаний, для получения входных данных о месте назначения, логические схемы, запрограммированные с возможностью определения указаний, для определения набора указаний между местоположением и местом назначения, логические схемы, запрограммированные с возможностью оценки дорог, значений, соответствующих времени движения по включенным в указания дорогам на основе заранее заданного критерия, логические схемы, запрограммированные с возможностью построения отчета, для включения одной или более дорог, включенных в указания, в отчет о маршруте на основе результатов оценки, предоставляемых логическими схемами, запрограммированными с возможностью оценки дорог, причем отчет включает менее чем все дороги, включенные в указания, и логические ...

СПОСОБ И УСТРОЙСТВО НАВИГАЦИИ, СПОСОБ И УСТРОЙСТВО ФОРМИРОВАНИЯ НАВИГАЦИОННОГО ВИДЕОИЗОБРАЖЕНИЯ

Изобретение относится к области навигационного приборостроения и может найти применение в системах навигации при формировании навигационного видеоизображения. Технический результат – расширение функциональных возможностей. Для этого осуществляется аппаратно-программная поддержка следующих этапов: получают навигационный запрос, определяют навигационное видеоизображение, согласующееся с указанным навигационным запросом, причем указанное навигационное видеоизображение представляет собой видеоизображение, полученное при натурной съемке дороги, в результате осуществляют навигацию на основе указанного навигационного видеоизображения, согласующегося с указанным навигационным запросом, определяющий подмодуль устройства навигации выполнен с возможностью определения навигационного видеоизображения. При этом начальная навигационная точка и конечная навигационная точка совпадают с соответствующими точками указанного навигационного запроса, согласующегося с указанной начальной навигационной точкой и ...

СПОСОБ И УСТРОЙСТВО ДЛЯ ОРГАНИЗАЦИИ ДАННЫХ КОРРЕКТИРОВКИ КАРТЫ

... 1. Способ организации данных корректировки карты, содержащий этапы, на которых ! принимают данные корректировки карты, ! проверяют достоверность упомянутых данных корректировки карты, ! категоризируют упомянутые данные корректировки карты, по меньшей мере, в одну категорию, и ! сохраняют упомянутые данные корректировки карты. ! 2. Способ по п.1, в котором упомянутый этап приема дополнительно содержит этап, на котором принимают упомянутые данные корректировки карты по беспроводному соединению передачи данных. ! 3. Способ по п.1, в котором упомянутый этап приема дополнительно содержит этап, на котором принимают упомянутые данные корректировки карты через Интернет. ! 4. Способ по п.1, в котором этап проверки достоверности дополнительно содержит, по меньшей мере, один из этапов, на которых отыскивают ненормированную лексику, проверяют на предмет дубликатов корректировок, проверяют на предмет конфликтов корректировок и ассоциируют корректировки с источником. ! 5. Способ по п.1, в котором упомянутая ...

СПОСОБ И УСТРОЙСТВО ОБРАБОТКИ БИЗНЕС-УСЛУГ НА ОСНОВЕ НАВИГАЦИОННОЙ ИНФОРМАЦИИ И ЭЛЕКТРОННОГО УСТРОЙСТВА

Изобретение относится к области техники терминалов, а более конкретно к способу и устройству обработки бизнес-услуг на основе навигационной информации и электронному устройству. Способ обработки бизнес-услуг на основе навигационной информации включает в себя: получение навигационной информации; определение бизнес-услуги, связанной с навигационной информацией; и выполнение операции предварительной обработки, связанной с бизнес-услугой, перед прибытием в местоположение выполнения бизнес-услуги. При этом навигационная информация содержит: навигационный маршрут; и определение бизнес-услуги, связанной с навигационной информацией, выбор бизнес-услуги в соответствии с местоположением выполнения вдоль навигационного маршрута или в конечной точке навигационного маршрута, причем навигационная информация дополнительно содержит: предварительно оцененное время при прибытии в местоположение выполнения каждой бизнес-услуги; и определение бизнес-услуги, связанной с навигационной информацией, где выбирают ...

СПОСОБ ОПРЕДЕЛЕНИЯ МЕСТОПОЛОЖЕНИЯ ПОДВИЖНОГО ОБЪЕКТА ПОСРЕДСТВОМ ГИБРИДНОЙ НАВИГАЦИОННОЙ СИСТЕМЫ (ВАРИАНТЫ)

... 1. Способ определения местоположения подвижного объекта посредством гибридной навигационной системы, объединяющей приемник спутниковой навигационной системы для приема навигационного сигнала, который позволяет определять позицию спутников, скорость спутников, псевдорасстояния до объекта наблюдения и оценку допплеровского смещения несущей частоты навигационного сигнала, измерительное устройство инерционной навигационной системы и вычислительное устройство, расположенные на подвижном объекте, с которого поступают угловые скорости по каждой ортогональной оси X, Y и Z, линейные ускорения по ортогональным осям, заключающийся в том, что считают, что начальное местоположение подвижного объекта и начальное значение вектора его скорости известно, принимают данные со спутников, которые находятся в зоне радиовидимости, используя полученные данные со спутников, формируют две матрицы поворота, одна из которых - матрица поворота для координат спутников, другая - матрица поворота для скоростей спутников ...

НАВИГАЦИОННАЯ СИСТЕМА И СПОСОБ ПРЕДОСТАВЛЕНИЯ МОМЕНТОВ ВРЕМЕНИ ОТПРАВЛЕНИЯ

... 1. Навигационная система, содержащая:ресурс обработки и устройство вывода для предоставления времени отправления пользователю, при этом ресурс обработки сконфигурирован для:приема данных планирования пользователя по меньшей мере от одного пользовательского устройства и для получения данных о пункте назначения, характерных для пункта назначения, и желаемого времени прибытия из данных планирования пользователя;определения ожидаемого времени движения до пункта назначения в зависимости от исторических данных о движении, при этом упомянутые исторические данные о движении содержат данные об измеренной средней скорости в различные моменты времени;определения времени отправления в зависимости от ожидаемого времени движения до пункта назначения таким образом, чтобы пользователь прибывал в пункт назначения к желаемому времени прибытия;повторного вычисления ожидаемого времени движения в зависимости от текущих данных о движении, когда определенное время отправления находится в пределах предварительно ...

УЛУЧШЕННАЯ РАБОТА ТРАНСПОРТНОГО СРЕДСТВА

СПОСОБ И УСТРОЙСТВО ДЛЯ ПРЕДОСТАВЛЕНИЯ НАВИГАЦИОННОГО ОТЧЕТА

... 1. Реализуемый с помощью компьютера способ обобщения навигационного маршрута, включающий в себяполучение входных данных о месте назначения,определение маршрута к месту назначения,определение значения, соответствующего расчетному времени движения для дорог, на основе по меньшей мере одного заранее заданного критерия,включение подгруппы из количества менее чем все дороги, содержащей маршрут, в отчет, по меньшей мере частично основанный на расчетных временах движения, причем указанная подгруппа включает менее чем все дороги маршрута, ивывод отчета.2. Способ по п.1, дополнительно включающий в себяопределение текущего местоположения, причем определение маршрута до места назначения по меньшей мере частично основано на заранее заданных правилах картографирования.3. Способ по п.1, в котором по меньшей мере одной из указанных дорог присваивается базисная величина.4. Способ по п.3, в котором указанной значение представляет собой взвешенное значение, причем способ дополнительно включает присвоение ...

СИСТЕМА ТРАНСПОРТНОГО СРЕДСТВА ДЛЯ ОБЕСПЕЧЕНИЯ РАБОТЫ В АВТОНОМНОМ РЕЖИМЕ

... 1. Способ работы транспортного средства в автономном режиме, в котором:управляют транспортным средством, по крайней мере частично, в автономном режиме;наблюдают за спрогнозированной траекторией движения транспортного средства для обнаружения объекта, с которым транспортное средство может столкнуться;отображают графический пользовательский интерфейс (GUI), содержащий спрогнозированную траекторию движения, траекторию движения, предлагаемую для предотвращения столкновения транспортного средства с обнаруженным объектом, а также само транспортное средство;выбирают между движением по спрогнозированной траектории или по предложенной траектории;обновляют графический пользовательский интерфейс для отображения выбранной траектории движения вместе с местоположением транспортного средства на выбранной траектории.2. Способ по п. 1, в котором компьютер выполнен с возможностью предоставлять на графическом интерфейсе пользователя механизм для осуществления выбора.3. Способ по п. 1, в котором траекторию ...

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Pilsgenerierende Vorrichtung und Fahrzeuganzeigengerät, welches die Vorrichtung aufweist

Pulsgenerierende Vorrichtung umfassend: Steuer- bzw. Regelmittel zum Empfangen von Fahrzeuggeschwindigkeitsinformation oder Radgeschwindigkeitsinformation über eine Multiplex-Kommunikationsleitung von einer Steuer- bzw. Regelvorrichtung, die an einem Fahrzeug montiert bzw. festgelegt ist, und zum Generieren basierend auf der Fahrzeuggeschwindigkeitsinformation oder der Radgeschwindigkeitsinformation eines vorbestimmten Pulssignals, welches für eine Informationsanzeigevorrichtung verwendet werden kann, die an dem Fahrzeug festgelegt ist; und Ausgabemittel zum Ausgeben des Pulssignals, das durch die Steuer- bzw. Regelmittel generiert ist, an die Informationsanzeigevorrichtung.

Fahr-Assistenzvorrichtung, Fahr-Assistenzserver und Fahr-Assistenzsystem

Eine Fahr- bzw. Reise-Assistenzvorrichtung beinhaltet eine Sprachinformations-Detektionseinheit, die geäußertes Sprechen des Anwenders erfasst und erkennt und ein Erkennungsergebnis der Erkennung ausgibt; eine Informations-Verarbeitungseinheit, welche die Evaluierungsinformation aus dem Erkennungsergebnis erzeugt; eine Positionsinformations-Detektionseinheit, die eine Position detektiert, wo die Evaluierungsinformation erzeugt wird; eine Zuverlässigkeits-Bestimmungseinheit, die die Zuverlässigkeit der Evaluierungsinformation unter Verwendung von im Internet geposteter Posting-Information innerhalb eines vorbestimmten Distanzbereichs basierend auf der Position, an welcher die Evaluierungsinformation innerhalb einer vorbestimmten Periode erzeugt wird, basierend auf aktuellem Datum und Zeit, bestimmt, und bestimmt, ob die Evaluierungsinformation zu senden ist; eine Kommunikationseinheit, die an den Reise-Assistenzserver eine Übertragung der Evaluierungsinformation, von der bestimmt ist, dass ...

Navigationssystem

Warenvorschubsystem

Warenvorschubsystem (1) mit einem verfahrbaren Warenvorschub (2), der durch eine Feder (10) in eine Vorschubrichtung vorgespannt ist, um Waren zu einem Frontanker (7) zu fördern, wenn eine Ware an dem Frontanker (7) entnommen wurde, und mit einer Dämpfungseinrichtung, um eine Bewegung des Warenvorschubes (2) in Vorschubrichtung abzubremsen, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Dämpfungseinrichtung mindestens ein Windrad (15) umfasst, das über ein Getriebe (11) mit einem mechanischen Antrieb an dem Warenvorschub (2) gekoppelt ist.

Navigation system is provided with distortion mechanism variable which adjusts determined relevant information for distance at available place

The navigation system is provided with a distortion mechanism variable which adjusts determined relevant information for a distance at the available place. The navigation system symbolizes distances by a network of nodes, particularly small towns and edges.

Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Ortung eines Fahrzeugs

Ein Verfahren zur Ortung eines Fahrzeugs unter Nutzung eines GPS-Empfängers (9) und eines vorgebbaren Koordinatensystems, insbesondere eines Stadtplans, einer Landkarte, Seekarte oder dgl., umfasst folgende Verfahrensschritte: - Ermittlung der GPS-Koordinaten mittels GPS-Empfänger oder eines anderen geeigneten Verfahrens, z.B. Gallileo, Bake, etc., - Projektion der ermittelten Koordinaten auf das Koordinatensystem und - Korrektur der GPS-Koordinaten bzw. der projizierten Koordinaten im Sinne einer Koppelnavigation. Eine entsprechende Vorrichtung ist angegeben.

VERFAHREN ZUR INTERAKTIVEN NAVIGATIONSHILFE UND VORRICHTUNG DAZU

Verfahren zur Leitung eines Führers eines Fahrzeugs von mindestens einem Start-zu mindestens einem Zielpunkt

The invention relates to a method for leading a user of a vehicle, especially a motor vehicle, plane or ship from at least one starting point to at least one point of destination, whereby a route from the at least one starting point to the at least one point of destination is determined. The inventive method is characterised in that the driver of the vehicle is advised about those route sections which are provided with a pre-determined characteristic. The user or driver of the vehicle is thus enabled to intervene specifically in the route planning of his or her route, whereby sections of the route provided with said given characteristics can be incorporated into the planning of the route or an alternative route section can be determined by the user.

Intelligenter Tank- und/oder Aufladehinweis

Fahrerassistenzsystem in einem Fahrzeug mit einer Anzeigeeinheit (12) und einer Auswerteeinheit (16) zum Erzeugen und Darstellen einer Tank- und/oder Aufladehinweismeldung (18), die abhängig und unabhängig von einem Tankfüllstand eines Fahrzeugtanks und/oder einem Batterieladezustand einer Fahrzeugbatterie erzeugt und für eine definierte Zeitdauer dargestellt werden kann, wobei die Auswerteeinheit (16) dazu ausgelegt ist, ein Vorliegen von vorzugebenden Bedingungen zu prüfen und bei Vorliegen mindestens einer Bedingung, auf deren Basis eine Tank- und/oder Aufladehinweismeldung (18) zu generieren und über die Anzeigeeinheit (12) auszugeben, wobei bei einer kritischen Restmenge im Fahrzeugtank die Tank- und/oder Aufladehinweismeldung (18) durch eine Vibration eines Lenkrads zu unterstützen ist, wobei die Tank- und/oder Aufladehinweismeldung (18) bei Vorliegen eines niedrigen Tankfüllstands und/oder Ladezustands vom Fahrer bestätigt werden muss.

ANZEIGEEINRICHTUNG FUER DEN AUGENBLICKLICHEN ORT EINES FAHRZEUGES

Voice controlled target address recognition for route guidance system for vehicle, involves entering target location using voice and outputting target by voice for verification

Destination is input in real time using voice. The target location is entered followed by the next biggest town in the area of the target location. The target location can be entered numerically using the zip-code. The destination location is output by voice for verification after an identification process.

Informations- und Assistenzsystem sowie ein Verfahren zu dessen Steuerung

Die Erfindung betrifft ein Informations- und Assistenzsystem (1) und ein Verfahren zu dessen Steuerung, insbesondere für Automobile, wobei das System eine Anzeigevorrichtung (2) zur Darstellung eines Avatars (3) zur Datenausgabe und zur Steuerung durch einen Nutzer aufweist. Das System (1) ist so ausgebildet, dass durch benutzerbestimmtes Ändern einer Position (4) und/oder Größe (5) des Avatars (3) der Informationsgehalt sowie die Qualität und Quantität der ausgegebenen Informationen durch das System (1) angepasst werden.

VERFAHREN UND SYSTEM ZUM ABSPEICHERN VON FAHRINFORMATIONEN FÜR MOTORRÄDER

VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR ÜBERTRAGUNG GEOGRAPHISCHER DATEN IN EINEM FLUGZEUG

Verfahren zur Eingabe von Eingabedaten in ein Fahrzeugnavigationsgerät

Bei einem Verfahren zur Eingabe von Eingabedaten in ein Fahrzeugnavigationsgerät, bei welchem dem Fahrzeugnavigationsgerät über eine Empfangsschnittstelle Eingabedaten zugeführt werden und die Eingabedaten einer Plausibilitätsprüfung unterzogen werden, wird im Falle einer negativen Plausibilitätsprüfung eine Aufforderung zur Korrektur der Eingabedaten ausgegeben, die Eingabedaten sind über eine Bedieneinrichtung durch einen Benutzer korrigierbar und die korrigierten Eingabedaten werden in das Fahrzeugnavigationsgerät übernommen.

Route guidance system having voice guidance capability

Vehicle multimedia navigation apparatus with dual audio output

A vehicle navigation apparatus with multimedia facilities has two sets of audio output channels 27, 28. One set of channels, 27, is connected to an independent loudspeaker set 26, and the other set of channels, 28, is connected to a vehicle stereo system 31, 3. Users can get navigation information from the independent speaker 26 or from the better quality car stereo speakers 32. The connection to the car stereo may be by a radio link (fig.3). The control unit 22 may mute audio sources, within the navigation unit at least, while playing navigation instructions.

Speed trap detection and warning system

GPS navigation device having VGA LCD landscape display

A navigation device (41), which may be programmed with map data and a navigation application that enables a route to be planned between two user-defined places, includes a GPS receiver and displays a navigation map on a touch screen display. The display is a 3.5" 1/4VGA LCD display as mandated for use in PocketPCs. mounted in a landscape orientation. The device (41) may comprise an internal aerial for picking up GPS signals that is attached directly to the radio frequency printed circuit board of the GPS receiver. The device may further include only a single hard button that is used to turn the device on and off.

System and method for accessing a navigation system

A method and apparatus for remotely configuring a wireless communication device

An internet radio (180) for portable applications and uses such as in an automobile (184) enables providing navigational services (202) to be provided to a wireless communication device, and comprises the steps of remotely configuring a format for providing content on said wireless communication device; and providing, from the available content in the configured format, selected content from the downloaded content. Customized information is also communicated to the radio such as stock quotes, travel information, advertising (196), and e-mail (204). Onboard global positioning allows for channel updating by location, traffic information, geographic advertising and available similar content.

Handheld device consisting of means of orientation and a process for using such a device and corresponding orientation process

GPS navigation device

GPS navigation device

External vehicle component control

A method that includes receiving a signal indicating an impact 310 on a body panel of a vehicle, identifying it is a user input 320 upon determination that it is below a collision force threshold, and actuating a vehicle component 340, 350 according to the user input. The input may be, for example, a knock from a user’s hand. The method may further include navigating the vehicle to a location based on the input, such as a parking space. Audio inputs or information from a second computer may also identify the location. Patterns of the impact or number of impacts may be used to identify navigational locations, or vehicle components. Preferably, after detection of an impact, a user device is determined as not being within a threshold distance of the vehicle, and then location is selected from a plurality of predetermined locations. Actuation may only occur if the impact is deemed to be above an incidental force threshold.

Enhanced vehicle operation

A method comprising: determining a confidence value for data (115, fig. 1) collected for a lane assist subsystem in a vehicle 101; determining a section curvature 160 for a section (140, fig. 5) of a roadway when the confidence value is below a threshold, the curvature including at least one section start point 145 and at least one section end point 150, wherein the curvature is based at least in part on a heading angle ϕ, the heading angle defining an angle between a projected line of travel and a line segment from a vehicle position to the section end point; predicting a distance to a lane boundary based at least in part on the identified section curvature; and actuating one or more vehicle subsystems based at least in part on the predicted distance to the lane boundary. Also provided is a computer programmed to perform said method, a vehicle comprising said computer, and a computer program product comprising a computer readable medium storing the instructions to carry out said method ...

Mobility assistance device and method of providing mobility assistance

A mobility assistance device 200 and method of providing navigational assistance to the blind or visually impaired. The device communicates navigational commands via force feedback means comprising a gyroscopic assembly 306 configured to generate an angular momentum to induce a directional force in the device. The directional force (or feedback) applies a guiding force on a user’s hand to provide the navigational assistance. The mobility assistance device may also provide navigational assistance via audio or haptic means. A processing arrangement 304 may employ machine learning algorithms and may also compute a three-dimensional model of the environment from the sensor arrangement 302, the sensor arrangement including a time-of-flight camera, an RBG camera, and ultrasonic camera, and infrared camera, a microphone array and/or a hall-effect sensor. The mobility assistance device includes a gripping portion (figure 2, 206) which is held in the hand of a user.

NAVIGATIONSEINRICHTUNG AND PROCEDURE FOR INDICATING ALTERNATIVE ROUTES

NAVIGATIONSEINRICHTUNG WITH CONTACT SCREEN

SIGNALING MECHANISM

SYSTEM AND PROCEDURE FOR THE UNEVEN SCALED ILLUSTRATION

INFORMATION MECHANISM, PREFERABLY IN A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND PROCEDURE FOR THE INFORMATION ABOUT VEHICLE SPECIFICATIONS, IN PARTICULAR VEHICLE FUNCTIONS AND THEIR OPERATION

STRENGTH-FED BACK CONTROL WHEEL

NAVIGATIONSEINRICHTUNG AND PROCEDURE FOR INDICATING SIMULATING NAVIGATION DATA

STORAGE AND INTEREST-REFERRED OPINION IN A NAVIGATION SYSTEM

INDICATOR FOR THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF A TRAVEL ROUTE

SYSTEM FOR DOWNLOADING MAPS WITH GPS AND TRANSCEIVER

NAVIGATIONSEINRICHTUNG AND PROCEDURE FOR INDICATING ALTERNATIVE ROUTES

NAVIGATIONSEINRICHTUNG AND PROCEDURE FOR INDICATING ALTERNATIVE ROUTES

NAVIGATIONSEINRICHTUNG AND PROCEDURE FOR INDICATING ALTERNATIVE ROUTES

NAVIGATIONSEINRICHTUNG WITH CONTACT SCREEN

NAVIGATIONSEINRICHTUNG AND PROCEDURE FOR INDICATING ALTERNATIVE ROUTES

NAVIGATIONSEINRICHTUNG AND PROCEDURE FOR INDICATING ALTERNATIVE ROUTES

NAVIGATIONSEINRICHTUNG AND PROCEDURE FOR INDICATING ALTERNATIVE ROUTES

NAVIGATIONSEINRICHTUNG WITH CONTACT SCREEN

NAVIGATIONSEINRICHTUNG AND PROCEDURE FOR INDICATING ALTERNATIVE ROUTES

NAVIGATIONSEINRICHTUNG AND PROCEDURE FOR INDICATING ALTERNATIVE ROUTES

NAVIGATIONSEINRICHTUNG WITH CONTACT SCREEN

NAVIGATIONSEINRICHTUNG AND PROCEDURE FOR INDICATING ALTERNATIVE ROUTES

NAVIGATIONSEINRICHTUNG WITH CONTACT SCREEN

NAVIGATIONSEINRICHTUNG AND PROCEDURE FOR INDICATING ALTERNATIVE ROUTES

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATION OF REAL-TIME GUIDING INFORMATION

Improved navigation device and method

Generating turn-by-turn direction previews

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to generating turn-by-turn direction previews. In one aspect, one or more computing devices 110, 130, 140, 160, may receive a request for a turn-by-turn direction preview. The one or more computing devices may generate a set of turn-by-turn directions 332, 334 based on a series of road segments 1-4, 460, 462, 464, 466, 468 and 470 connecting a first geographic location A, 702 and a second geographic location B, 718. Each direction in the set of turn-by-turn directions may be associated with a corresponding waypoint 410, 420, 430, 440, 450. The one or more computing devices then identify a set of images PI, 502, 504, 506, 518, 520, 522, 602, 604, 606, 608, 610, 612, 614, 616, 618, 620, 622 corresponding the series of road segments between two adjacent waypoints of the set of turn-by-turn directions, and determine a subset of the set of images to include in the turn-by-turn direction preview. Subsequently, the one or more computing devices may generate ...

Work machine management system and work machine

This work machine management system is provided with: a position detection device for detecting the position of a work machine traveling a travel route; a non-contact sensor for detecting, without contact, an object near the travel route; map data for storing the existence and positional information of the object near the travel route on the basis of the detection data from the position detection device and the detection data from the non-contact sensor; a travel route generating unit for generating a travel route to be traveled by the work machine; and an identifying unit for identifying the completeness of the map data.

PROCEDE ET DISPOSITIF DE TRANSMISSION DE DONNEES GEOGRAPHIQUES SUR UN AERONEF

Le dispositif (1) permet de transmettre à un système utilisateur (3) des données géographiques qui sont enregistrées, à l'aide d'un classement par surfaces unitaires, dans une base de données (4) d'un système fournisseur (2).

SPARSE MAP FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE NAVIGATION

DRIVING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, VEHICLE, DRIVING ASSISTANCE TERMINAL DEVICE, AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

Provided is a technology that, when an unmanned haulage vehicle and a manned haulage vehicle are allowed to exist together and are subjected to fleet operations management, can provide driving assistance to an operator of the manned vehicle by using control data similar to those to be transmitted to the unmanned haulage vehicle. To this end, the manned vehicle is provided with a terminal-side communication control unit, a control command value conversion unit and a control command value providing unit. The terminal-side communication control unit receives, from a fleet operations management server that performs operations management of the unmanned haulage vehicle, a control command value for allowing the unmanned haulage vehicle to travel autonomously. The control command value conversion unit converts contents of the control command value to perceivable information. The control command value providing unit provides the perceivable information to the operator.

NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NAVIGATION

Navigation system of a vehicle and method for navigation, - having a first display (210) arranged behind a first mirror surface (220) of a right outside mirror (200) of the vehicle, - having a second display (310) arranged behind a second mirror surface (320) of a left outside mirror (300) of the vehicle, and - having a control unit (400) connected to the first display (210) and the second display (310) to control an output of graphic information (212, 312) on the first display (210) and the second display (310), wherein the control unit (400) is configured to determine a current maneuver instruction, based on a route (112a, 112b) and a current position (111a, 111b) of the vehicle, and wherein the control unit (400) is configured to control the output of different graphic information (212, 312) on the first display (210) and the second display (310), based on the current maneuver instruction and/or the current position (111a, 111b).

NAVIGATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A ROUTE OF TRAVEL

A method for route of travel determination in a navigation device (200) is disclosed. The method includes determining, using a processor (210) of a portable navigation device (200), map information for a route of travel from a first location to a second location, based at least in part upon average speed data for at least one type of road along the route of travel. The method further includes displaying the determined map information on a display device (240) of the navigation device (200). A navigation device (200) is also disclosed. The navigation device (200) includes a memory resource (230) to store average speed data for a plurality of types of road and average speed data for a plurality of roads and a processor (210) to determine map information for a route of travel from a first location to a second location, based at least in part upon the average speed data for at least one of the plurality of types of road along the route of travel. The navigation device further includes a display ...

SYSTEM AND METHOD OF STORING AND COMMMUNICATING THE LOCATION OF A PIN ON A GOLF COURSE

A system and method for storing and communicating the location of the pin on one or more greens on a golf course. The location of the golf pin is entered into a system and is uploaded for incorporation in a course map depicting the golf course being played by the golfer. The pin location information is used to measure distance from the location aware device to the pin location.

METHOD FOR POSITION AND LOCATION DETECTION BY MEANS OF VIRTUAL REFERENCE IMAGES

A method describes the architecture of a vision-supported navigation system in a terrain using available topographical maps, which is based on already existing methods for detecting prominent terrain features. An offline process used in this case creates a feature database from existing topographical maps, which is subsequently used in an online process for recognising features that have been seen. In this case, virtual reference images of the expected situation are created using computer graphical methods, which are analysed using methods for feature extraction, and a feature catalogue made up of vision-based feature vectors and the associated 3D coordinates of the localised features is derived from the same. These data are stored in a flight system in the form of a model database, for example, and enable navigation close to a reference trajectory and for a planned lighting situation. High localisation characteristics and a correspondingly high navigation accuracy are achieved by means ...

Method and Apparatus for Selecting a Destination in a Vehicle Navigation System

INTERACTIVE PROCESS FOR USE AS A NAVIGATIONAL AID AND DEVICEFOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION

L'invention concerne un système d'aide à la navigation comprenant un terminal mobile (1, 2) relié à un serveur centralisé (5), et plus partic- ulièrement les améliorations nécessaires pour convertir un radiotéléphone portable (1) en un système d'aide à la navigation complet et précis. L'invention est caractérisée par le fait que les requêtes d'itinéraires du terminal mobile (1, 2) sont transmises à un serveur centralisé (5) par une liaison hertzienne, et par le fait que le serveur (5), contenant les données cartographiques et les programmes nécessaires, calcule l'itinéraire demandé et transmet au terminal mobile (1, 2) les données concernant les segments de droites et d'arcs formant l'itinéraire, afin de permettre un guidage en temps réel. L'invention est de plus caractérisée par le fait que le serveur (5) évalue la possibilité que le véhicule dévie de son itinéraire et par le fait que le serveur (5) calcule et transme t également les données des segments des itinéraires possibles de déviation ...

Electronic device and recording medium

The present invention provides an electronic device and a recording medium thereof. A controller 11 of the electronic device determines whether the map data that includes the position information of the user device and the position information of the other party can be displayed on the screen of the display panel at a predetermined scale. When the result of the determination specifies that the map that includes the position information of both parties cannot be displayed at the predetermined reduced scale, the controller 11 splits the display panel into two screens, and displays the map data that include the user device position information and the map data that include the other party position information on separate screens. When the result of the determination specifies that the map that includes the position information of both parties can be displayed, the controller 11 displays the single map data that include the position information of both parties on the single screen of the display ...

Methods and systems of providing information indicative of a recommended navigable stretch

A navigation method, terminal and system

Apparatus for entering data into a computer system.

ACCESSORY FOR MOTOR VEHICLE INCLUDING/UNDERSTANDING a SCREEN Of AFFICHAGED' INFORMATION FOR the DRIVER

DISPLAY SYSTEM Of INFORMATION ON a BILL-POSTER, IN PARTICULAR EMBARKS HAS EDGE Of a MOTOR VEHICLE

SEARCH ENGINE AND OF NAVIGATION 3D IN a LANDSCAPE P BY LAYER 2D ON Databases Of SPEAKERS I PERTAINING HAS a LANDSCAPE P

Information, e.g. fuel level information, providing device for motor vehicle, has transmission units transmitting information in form of sound/visual signals that are perceptible in restitution region and imperceptible outside region

L'invention concerne un dispositif d'information d'un conducteur (3) d'un véhicule automobile (1). Le dispositif d'information comprenant des moyens (6) d'émission formant des signaux sonores et/ou visuels perceptibles depuis une région de restitution (5) incluant la tête (7) du conducteur (3) du véhicule installé en position de conduite, cette région de restitution excluant la tête de tout autre occupant du véhicule installé dans un siège correspondant. L'invention s'applique au domaine de la sécurité automobile.

PROCESS AND GEOGRAPHICAL DEVICE OF DATA TRANSMISSION ON AN AIRCRAFT

Procédé et dispositif de transmission de données géographiques sur un aéronef. Le dispositif (1) permet de transmettre à un système utilisateur (3) des données géographiques qui sont enregistrées, à l'aide d'un classement par surfaces unitaires, dans une base de données (4) d'un système fournisseur (2).

NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING NAVIGATION SYSTEM USING MOBILE TERMINAL

내비게이션 정보를 생성하는 차량 OBD-II 디바이스

... 시스템은 프로세서 회로 및 컴퓨터 판독가능 저장 매체를 포함한다. 프로세서 회로는 차량의 온보드 진단 커넥터에 플러그인되도록 구성될 수 있다. 컴퓨터 판독가능 저장 매체에는 일반적으로 컴퓨터 실행가능 명령어들이 수록되어 있다. 컴퓨터 실행가능 명령어들은, 프로세서 회로에 의해 실행될 때, 프로세서 회로가 차량의 하나 이상의 버스(bus)와 통신하고 보조 디바이스에 내비게이션 정보를 전달하는 것을 가능하게 해준다.

DEVICES AND METHODS FOR COMPARING AND SELECTING ALTERNATIVE NAVIGATION ROUTES

COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING METHOD, APPARATUS AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY OF AUGMENTED REALITY HEAD-UP DISPLAY DEVICE

A computer readable storage medium having a method, an apparatus and instructions for controlling the display of an augmented reality head-up display device, and an augmented reality head-up display device for a vehicle. In a first step, a position is determined to reproduce a virtual object in front of a vehicle (20). And, the virtual object is inserted into a projection plane by an image generation unit according to a determined position (21). To increase the subjective detection of matching quality at an observer side, the virtual object is formed to have error tolerant with respect to a matching error. COPYRIGHT KIPO 2018 (20) Determining a position for reproducing a virtual object (21) Inserting the virtual object according to the determined position ...

커브길 교행 조기 경보 방법, 장치, 프로그램 및 기록매체

... 본 발명은 커브길 교행 조기 경보 방법 및 장치에 관한 것이다. 상기 방법은 자동차 주행 위치 정보를 수신하는 단계와, 상기 자동차 주행 위치 정보 및 도로 정보에 의하여 곧 커브길 교행하게 되는 목표 자동차를 확정하는 단계와, 상기 목표 자동차에 대하여 커브길 교행 조기 경보를 송출하는 단계를 포함한다. 본 발명은 교행 시 사고 발생을 효과적으로 감소시킨다.

차량용 표시 장치

... 차량용 표시 장치는, 자차량의 목적지에의 안내 경로를 표시하는 것으로서, 내비게이션 장치(13), 표시 제어부(16) 및 표시부(17)를 구비한다. 내비게이션 장치는, 안내 경로를 산출한다. 표시 제어부는, 산출된 안내 경로를 유도하기 위한 안내 도형으로서 샤프트의 일단부에 화살촉이 달린 화살표를 묘화하고, 화살표의 폭이 넓은 부분은 높이가 높고 폭이 좁은 부분은 높이가 낮은 입체로 보이도록 묘화한다. 표시부는, 표시 제어부에서 묘화된 화상을 프론트 윈도우의 위치와 중복되도록 설치된 표시 에어리어에 표시한다.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARING INFORMATION BASED ON A POSITION OF THE SAME

IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING DIFFERENT IMAGES ON SEPARATE DISPLAY DEVICES

The present invention relates to an image display input system, in particular for use in a vehicle information and entertainment system, for displaying at least two different images on separate display devices. A single image display input signal contains a sequence of images wherein an image display signal generator splits the single image display input signal into at least two image display signals in temporal or spatial respect. The use of a single image display input signal enables a reduction of the required hardware effort for generating more than one image display signal. © KIPO & WIPO 2007 ...

dispositivo de controle do aplicativo montado no veículo e método de controle do aplicativo montado no veículo

METHOD OF AND COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A JUNCTION VIEW IMAGE

A method of generating a junction view is disclosed. The method comprises : - acquiring a first junction from a map database; - acquiring a second junction from the map database, wherein the first and second junction are connected by means of an intermediate road segment; - determining a characteristic of the intermediate road segment between the first and second junction from the map database; and - if the characteristic of the road segment a pplies to a predefined condition: - adjusting the road geometry resulting in a shorter intermediate road segment; and - generating the junction view image visualizing the first and second junction s using the shorter intermediate road segment. The method pr ovides a solution to visualize in one image two decision points which will follow each other in a short time when traveling through said two decision points, i.e. two junctions.

USER GESTURE CONTROL OF VEHICLE FEATURES

Methods and systems are presented for accepting inputs into a vehicle or other conveyance to control functions of the conveyance. A vehicle control system can receive gestures and other inputs. The vehicle control system can also obtain information about the user of the vehicle control system and information about the environment in which the conveyance is operating. Based on the input and the other information, the vehicle control system can modify or improve the performance or execution of user interface and functions of the conveyance. The changes make the user interfaces and/or functions user-friendly and intuitive.

Система для тренировки водительских навыков

1. Система тренировки водительских навыков для транспортного средства, которая включает в себя входное устройство, выполненное с возможностью генерировать входной сигнал с индикацией дорожных условий, устройство оповещения, выполненное с возможностью обнаружения и передачи выходного сигнала водителю, причем выходной сигнал содержит информацию о коэффициенте топливной эффективности, полученном с учетом фактической скорости транспортного средства и оптимальной с точки зрения потребления топлива скорости движения, а устройство оповещения выполнено с возможностью воздерживаться от понижения коэффициента, когда дорожные условия не гарантируют движения транспортного средства со скоростью, оптимальной с точки зрения потребления топлива.2. Система по п. 1, в которой устройство оповещения выполнено с возможностью воздерживаться от понижения коэффициента топливной эффективности, когда установлено, что изменение условий движения связано со знаком ограничения минимальной скорости, которая выше оптимальной с точки зрения потребления топлива скорости, а также когда фактическая скорость транспортного средства находится, по крайней мере, на нижнем пределе ограничения минимальной скорости.3. Система по п. 1, в которой устройство оповещения выполнено с возможностью понижать коэффициент топливной эффективности, когда установлено, что изменение условий движения связано со знаком ограничения минимальной скорости, а также когда фактическая скорость транспортного средства меньше нижнего предела ограничения минимальной скорости.4. Система обучения водителя по п. 1, в которой устройство оповещения выполнено с воз� РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ (19) RU (11) (51) МПК G07C 5/00 (13) 147 525 U1 (2006.01) ФЕДЕРАЛЬНАЯ СЛУЖБА ПО ИНТЕЛЛЕКТУАЛЬНОЙ СОБСТВЕННОСТИ (12) ТИТУЛЬНЫЙ (21)(22) Заявка: ЛИСТ ОПИСАНИЯ ПОЛЕЗНОЙ МОДЕЛИ К ПАТЕНТУ 2014107766/08, 28.02.2014 (24) Дата начала отсчета срока действия патента: 28.02.2014 (72) Автор(ы): БОУШ Мэтью Алан (US), САЙЕД Фазаль Уррахман (US) (73) Патентообладатель(и): ...

Positioning system, communication device, positioning method

There is provided a positioning system including a communication device which includes a connector configured to engage with a connector provided to a vehicle, a vehicle communication section configured to receive vehicle speed information or travelling distance information of the vehicle from the vehicle via the connector, and an information processing device-communication section configured to transmit, to an information processing device, transmission information based on the vehicle speed information or the travelling distance information acquired by the vehicle communication section, and the information processing device which includes a communication section configured to receive the transmission information from the communication device, and a position calculation section configured to calculate a current position based on the vehicle speed information or the travelling distance information.

Method and System for Enabling Location Entry

A method and system for enabling location entry is provided. A text string entered into a free-form location entry field of a user interface is received. At least one location potentially matching the text string is retrieved from a location database managed by a computer system. The at least one location is provided to the user interface for presentation to a user of the user interface.

Electronic device and method for indicating position of the electronic device on electronic map

An indication method indicates position of an electronic device on an electronic map. The electronic device includes a global positioning system (GPS) and an e-compass. The method detects a position and an orientation of the electronic device using the GPS and the e-compass, indicates the detected position on an electronic map on a display screen of the electronic device, and marks the detected position and the detected orientation of the electronic device in the electronic map. Upon the condition that the detected direction is initialized, a default orientation of the electronic device is pointed North and the electronic map is initially oriented accordingly, the indication method then adjusts the electronic map as needed according to the detected orientation of the electronic device, and displays the adjusted electronic map on the display screen.

Providing cost information associated with intersections

A method and device for providing cost information associated with intersections of a road network are provided. Driving data indicative of at least one condition of a vehicle upon passage of the vehicle through a plurality of intersections are retrieved. For each intersection of the plurality of intersections, a set of feature values associated with the respective intersections is determined based on map data. Parameters of an intersection cost module are adjusted. The intersection cost module is configured to provide a cost value in response to a set of feature values associated with an intersection. The parameters of the intersection cost module are adjusted based on the received driving data and the sets of feature values determined for the plurality of intersections. The intersection cost module may also be used for route searches.

Apparatus and method for providing road view

An apparatus and method for providing road view data corresponding to an inputted location. The apparatus includes a manipulation unit to received user information containing a road view data request signal; a display unit to output image data containing road view data; a camera to capture an image in a specific photographing direction and output the captured image; a sensor unit to output sensing information containing a photographing direction of the camera; and a control unit to detect, at an inputted reference position, road view data corresponding to the photographing direction of the camera output from the sensor unit and output the detected road view data.

Notification systems and methods where a notified pcd causes implementation of a task(s) based upon failure to receive a notification

Systems and methods are disclosed for automated notification systems. A representative system, among others, can be summarized as follows. A host computer system, or base station, is designed to monitor travel data corresponding to a mobile thing and to initiate a notification communication to a personal communications device (PCD) indicating travel status of the mobile thing (MT) to a remote computer system. The remote computer system, within or associated with the PCD, is designed to detect a failure to receive the notification communication and to cause one or more tasks to be performed based upon the notification communication failure.

Method and apparatus for correlating and navigating between a live image and a prerecorded panoramic image

An approach is provided for correlating and navigating between a live camera image and a prerecorded panoramic image. A mapping and augmented reality application correlates at least one live image with a prerecorded panoramic image, when a first location of a device used to capture the at least one live image substantially matches or falls within a predetermined proximity of a second location of a device used to capture the panoramic prerecorded image. The mapping and augmented reality application causes, at least in part, alternating of the at least one live image and the prerecorded panoramic image in a presentation on a screen of the device capturing the at least one live image.

Display device and display control device

A display device includes a display panel on which images are displayed and which includes a plurality of display regions; a plurality of driving units that display the images in the plurality of display regions; a displayable region detecting unit that detects a displayable region at a time of abnormality of the display panel; an abnormality-time display image generating unit that generates an abnormality-time display image according to the displayable region detected by the displayable region detecting unit; and an abnormality-time display control unit that displays the abnormality-time display image generated by the abnormality-time display image generating unit in a displayable region while causing a driving unit of the plurality of driving units of which a corresponding display region is the displayable region to display an image in the corresponding display region.

Internet telematics service providing system and method for providing personalized and social information

An Internet telematics service providing system and method that may provide personalized point of interest (POI) information using various types of Web information are provided. The Internet telematics service providing system may include an interest information provider to provide interest information based on information that is found on the Internet and/or a telematics system associated with a user, a route receiver to receive a location of the user and/or a travel route from the telematics system, a POI extractor to extract POI information corresponding to the interest information based on the location of the user and/or the travel route, and a POI providing unit to provide the POI information to the telematics system.

Traffic situation prediction apparatus

A traffic situation prediction apparatus for predicting a traffic situation based on a traffic situation statistical data is disclosed. The traffic situation prediction apparatus includes a map information storage and a controller. The apparatus determines, in response to an update of the map information, whether a specific factor affecting a traffic flow has emerged based on a difference between the map information before and after the update. The apparatus identifies an effect on the traffic flow resulting from emergence of the specific when the specific traffic flow effect factor has emerged. The apparatus predicts the traffic situation by incorporating the identified effect into the traffic situation predicted based on the traffic situation statistical data.

Terminal device, mobile terminal, and navigation program

A terminal device includes an orientation calculating unit that calculates the orientation of a device with respect to the target. Furthermore, the terminal device also includes a degree-of-processing determining unit that determines the degree of processing related to an attribute of a sound that indicates the target in accordance with the orientation calculated by the orientation calculating unit. Furthermore, the terminal device also includes an output control unit that controls an output of a sound in accordance with the degree of processing determined by the degree-of-processing determining unit.

Information display apparatus for map display

An information display apparatus, including a nonvolatile database memory 14 that stores map data, a display unit 16 , a user state detection unit 31 that detects a kind of user movement state indicative of a current user movement state from among a plurality of kinds of user movement states, a display setting unit 32 that sets a display form of the map data to be displayed by the display unit based on the user movement state detected by the user state detection unit, and a display control unit 33 that controls a display of the map data by the display unit in the display form set by the display setting unit.

Computation of travel routes, durations, and plans over multiple contexts

A route planning system comprises a receiver component that receives a request for directions between a beginning point and a destination point. An analysis component analyzes a traffic system representation that varies as context varies and outputs expected amounts of travel time between the beginning point and the destination point for multiple contexts based at least in part upon the analysis. A method is described herein that includes techniques for searching over routes and trip start times simultaneously so as to identity start times and routes associated with maximal expected value, or equivalently minimum expected cost, given preferences encoded about one or more of the leaving time, the travel time, and the arrival time.

Systems and Methods for Determining a Destination Location from a Communication

Systems and methods for determining a destination location from a communication are described. One embodiment of a method includes receiving electronic communications data from a mobile communications device, at a computing device. The electronic communications data is parsed to identify a partial address term of interest related to the destination location in the electronic communications data. A position of the destination location is determined from the partial address term of interest. Routing data of a vehicle from a current location of the vehicle to the destination location is determined and provided to a user of the vehicle.

Information processing apparatus, navigation system, and data updating method

An information processing apparatus includes a data storage portion that stores data records in which second data is associated with first data; a communicating portion that communicates with an external device; an updating portion that receives the data records from the external device and updates the data records; a screen controlling portion that displays one or more of the first data or the second data, and that receives a specifying operation specifying the first data; a determining portion that determines whether the information processing apparatus is in a state, in which control that uses the first data will be started in response to the screen controlling portion receiving the specifying operation; and a caching portion that caches the first data specified by the specifying operation separately from the data records stored in the data storage portion, when it is determined that the information processing apparatus is in the state.

Telephone directory data sharing system, navigation device, terminal device, program, and storage medium

A telephone directory data sharing system includes a mobile terminal and a navigation device. The mobile terminal includes an information obtaining unit, a telephone directory data generating unit, and a telephone directory data supplying unit. The information obtaining unit obtains objective information including latitude-longitude information based on an external input. The telephone directory data generating unit generates telephone directory data in which the latitude-longitude information is inserted into a field of a name and/or a field of a telephone number. The navigation device includes a telephone directory data obtaining unit and a latitude-longitude information extracting unit. The telephone directory data obtaining unit obtains the telephone directory data supplied from the terminal device. The latitude-longitude information extracting unit extracts the latitude-longitude information from the obtained telephone directory data.

Gps navigator

Disclosed is a method and system for identifying a location of interest between a user and an identified endpoint and creating a user preference profile containing at least one location of interest to the user. A sampling bandwidth is designated based on current distance to the identified endpoint, wherein the navigation unit dynamically expands the sampling bandwidth as the user approaches within a predetermined distance of the endpoint. At least one user preference profile location of interest is selected that is within the sampling bandwidth that is between the user and the indentified endpoint. A sampling vector is computed for the at least one location of interest within the sampling bandwidth, and the user is alerted to the sampling vector for the at least one location of interest within the sampling bandwidth.

Method for assessing driver attentiveness

A method is provided for assessing the attentiveness of the driver of motor vehicle traveling in a lane including, but not limited to detecting the position of the motor vehicle on the lane transverse to the direction of travel, determining the extent of fluctuations of the position, and assessing the attentiveness as insufficient if within an observation period at least one first significant period is detected in which the extent of fluctuations of the position falls below a first low limiting value and a second significant period is detected in which the extent of the fluctuations exceeds a second high limiting value.

Display device, display method, and display program

Display devices, methods, and programs detect a position of a user's finger contacting a touch panel. When the user's finger lifts from the touch panel, the devices, methods, and programs detect a distance and a direction from a first position of the user's finger to a second position of the user's finger, in which the user's finger was last detected, calculate a reference moving amount and a moving direction, and update the display position of the image by moving the display position of the image in the moving direction by the reference moving amount, and then update the display position using an updated moving amount, the updated moving amount being the reference moving amount multiplied by a predetermined coefficient of less than one The devices, methods, and programs continue to newly update the display position by repeating the updating of the moving amount.

Display device, display method, and display program

Display devices, methods, and programs display an image on a touch panel. The devices, methods, and programs detect a start position, which is a detected position where a user's finger starts to contact the touch panel, calculate a moving amount by multiplying a distance between the detected start position and a detected second position of the user's finger by a predetermined coefficient of less than one, and update the display position of the image in a direction moving from the detected start position toward the detected second position until the moving amount is equal to or less than a minimum moving amount.

Range of Focus in an Augmented Reality Application

A computer-implemented augmented reality method includes receiving one or more indications, entered on a mobile computing device by a user of the mobile computing device, of a distance range for determining items to display with an augmented reality application, the distance range representing geographic distance from a base point where the mobile computing device is located. The method also includes selecting, from items in a computer database, one or more items that are located within the distance range from the mobile computing device entered by the user, and providing data for representing labels for the selected one or more items on a visual display of the mobile computing device, the labels corresponding to the selected items, and the items corresponding to geographical features that are within the distance range as measure from the mobile computing device.

Travelling route guidance system and car-audio apparatus and method of guiding route using the same

A route guidance system, a car-audio apparatus thereof, and a method for providing route guidance using the same are provided. The route guidance system using a car-audio apparatus which includes an input module for receiving destination information to be visited by a driver from the driver via, e.g. a voice command, a location tracking module which determines a present location information of a vehicle, and a control module which transfers voice information for the present location information of the vehicle and the destination information to the server. Route guidance information, received from the server, is searched via an electronic map on the server. The control module transfers the route guidance information to the car-audio apparatus and allows the car-audio apparatus to display the route information through an interface of a display module of the car-audio apparatus.

Range marker for a navigation system

Devices, methods and systems are disclosed herein to describe a range marker for a navigation system. The range marker may delineate a bounded area within a navigation map that a vehicle may travel based on the amount of fuel remaining. As the fuel continues to decrease during operation of the vehicle, the range marker may become smaller and smaller indicating a shrinking range since the fuel remaining decreases, thereby allowing the driver to easily identify which gas stations may be within a range of the vehicle (based on a current vehicle fuel level) and which gas stations might not be within the range of the vehicle.

Control device, control method of control device, and computer program

Control devices, methods, and programs set a final control value by smoothly shifting from the control value to a final control value. The devices, methods, and programs specify an operation amount of a user operation with respect to a prescribed control value, and access a pre-change control value that is a value of the control value before a completed change. Based on the accessed pre-change control value and the specified operation amount of the user operation, devices, methods, and programs set a final control value by changing the control value in a stepwise manner from the pre-change control value to the final control value within a prescribed control value range.

System and method for locating, tracking, and/or monitoring the status of personnel and/or assets both indoors and outdoors

A system and method for locating, tracking, and/or monitoring the status of personnel and/or assets (“trackees”), both indoors and outdoors, is provided. Tracking data obtained from various sources utilizing any number of tracking methods may be provided as input to a mapping application. The mapping application generates position estimates for trackees using a suite of mapping tools to make corrections to the tracking data. The mapping application further uses information from building data, when available, to enhance position estimates. Indoor tracking methods including, sensor fusion methods, map matching methods, and map building methods may be implemented to take tracking data from one or more trackees and compute a more accurate tracking estimate for each trackee. Outdoor tracking methods may be implemented to enhance outdoor tracking data by combining tracking estimates such as inertial tracks with magnetic data, compass data, and/or with GPS, if and when available.

Vehicular video mirror system

A video mirror system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly having an electrochromic reflective element and a video display screen disposed to the rear of the reflective element. The video display screen, when actuated, emits light that passes through a transflective mirror reflector of the reflective element to be visible to a driver of the vehicle viewing the reflective element. The video display screen includes a thin film transistor liquid crystal display element that is back lit by a plurality of white light emitting light emitting diodes. A camera having a field of view rearward of the vehicle is mounted at the rear of the vehicle and, during a reversing maneuver of the vehicle, a video output of the camera is displayed by the video display screen as video images so as to assist the driver in reversing the equipped vehicle.

Navigation system with destination-centric en-route notification delivery mechanism and method of operation thereof

A method of operation of a navigation system includes: receiving an entry for a destination; identifying a category of interest for the destination; generating a route to the destination; recognizing a traveling context for traveling along the route to the destination; and generating an en-route notification based on matching a delivery profile to the category of interest for traveling within the traveling context for displaying on a device.

Method and apparatus of route guidance

Systems and methods of route guidance on a user device are provided. In one aspect, a system and method transmit partitions of map data to a client device. Each map partition may contain road geometries, road names, road network topology, or any other information needed to provide turn-by-turn navigation or driving directions within the partition. Each map partition may be encoded with enough data to allow them to be stitched together to form a larger map. Map partitions may be fetched along each route to be used in the event of a network outage or other loss of network connectivity. For example, if a user deviates from the original route and a network outage occurs, the map data may be assembled and a routing algorithm may be applied to the map data in order to direct the user back to the original route.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program

An information processing apparatus includes a detection unit for detecting a contact operation and a pressure of an operating object on a contact operation surface, a display switching unit for switching display on a display screen according to the pressure of the operating object detected by the detection unit, and an execution unit for performing a predetermined process, in a case a predetermined operation of the operating object on the contact operation surface is detected by the detection unit while the display on the display screen is being switched by the display switching unit, according to the predetermined operation.

Manipulation information input apparatus

Several images are displayed based on instructions. A map image is displayed first as a base image. A destination setup image is then displayed as a manipulation image. A telephone number input image is then displayed also as a manipulation image. Then, an input of a telephone number of a destination is made to the telephone number input image. When an event occurs in the middle of the input, a present map image is alternatively displayed while the previously displayed images from the map image as a closest displayed base image up to the telephone number input image as an interrupted displayed manipulation image are recorded as an image transition in an image recording portion. When the event disappears, the recorded image transition is displayed from the closest displayed base image up to the interrupted displayed manipulation image, enabling smooth resumption of the interrupted input.

Providing information through interaction with a printed page

A method for providing information is disclosed. Page descriptors are stored in a server. A printed page is printed by a printer with visible and invisible data. The invisible data is indicative of one or more of the page descriptors. A sensing device senses the invisible data when placed in an operative position relative to the printed page, and transmits information extracted from sensed invisible data to the server. The page descriptor of the printed page is identified by the server, and information associated with the page descriptor and positioning of the sensing device relative to the printed page is provided by the server.

Pedestrian-crossing marking detecting method and pedestrian-crossing marking detecting device

Provided are a pedestrian-crossing marking detecting method and a pedestrian-crossing marking detecting device, wherein the existence of pedestrian crossing markings and the positions thereof can be detected accurately from within a picked up image, even when detection of the intensity edges of painted sections is difficult. In the pedestrian-crossing mark detecting device ( 100 ), a road-surface distance of a predetermined range is calculated with respect to image data picked up from the periphery of the vehicle including the road, using camera installation information or a stereo camera's distance information, and the period of the pedestrian crossing markings is calculated on the basis of the road-surface distance of the predetermined range, and furthermore, a power of frequency is calculated using an even function and odd function of a square wave of the period as the basis function. In such a way, the existence of pedestrian crossing markings and the positions thereof can be detected accurately from within the captured image, even with pedestrian crossing markings where the paint has faded.

Method and arrangement relating to navigation

The present invention relates to a navigation system ( 100 ) comprising a navigation device ( 10 ) and a data providing device ( 20 ). The data providing device is configured to monitor a user and provide said navigation device ( 10 ) with biometric data relating to at least one physical behaviour of said user.

Navigation device, navigation method, and program

Navigation devices, methods, and programs acquire a vehicle location, access stored map information including road width information, and set a destination. The devices, methods, and programs search for a route to the set destination based on the stored map information, perform route guidance based on the searched route, and acquire a last branch point on the searched route. The devices, methods, and programs determine a road width of an entering link entering the acquired last branch point, and determine a distance from the last branch point to the destination. Based on the determined road width and the determined distance, the devices, methods, and programs determine a last communication point on the searched route at which last guidance to the destination is to be communicated to a user.

Methods and systems for augmented navigation

A navigation device is described that includes a processing device, a memory communicatively coupled to the processing device, the memory including a database of cartographic navigation map data, a first sensor operable to provide location data to the processing device, a display operatively coupled to the processing device, and an image acquisition device operatively coupled to the processing device. The processing device is programmed to, when in a first mode of operation, to cause the display to display a portion of the cartographic navigation map data, the displayed portion based on the location data received by the processing device. The processing device is further configured, when in a second mode of operation, to cause the display to display an image acquired by the image acquisition device, the image overlaid by one or more symbols indicative of one or more points of interest within the database of cartographic navigation map data, the one or more symbols correlated to the acquired image based on the location data received by the processing device.

Multi-level image viewing

An image viewing system may display multiple levels of images, where images with different data or other information may be presented at each level. The levels may represent different information derived from or related to the data from which the images were derived. Within each level, different levels of resolutions of the images may be presented to allow a user to zoom into and out from the data. Some embodiments may present two or more levels of images on the same display, where one level may represent data zoomed into from a higher level, and where the views of the images may be coordinated with each other. In some embodiments, the images may be pre-processed images, while other embodiments may have dynamically generated images.

Providing guidance for locating street parking

A facility for providing guidance for locating street parking is described. The facility receives an indication of a geographic location with respect to which provide parking guidance, and determines an effective time for which to provide guidance. The facility then provides parking guidance relating to the indicated location at the effective time for a use.

Systems and methods for adaptive gesture recognition

Systems and methods are described for adaptively recognizing gestures indicated by user inputs received from a touchpad, touchscreen, directional pad, mouse or other multi-directional input device. If a user's movement does not indicate a gesture using current gesture recognition parameters, additional processing can be performed to recognize the gesture using other factors. The gesture recognition parameters can then be adapted so that subsequent user inputs that are similar to the previously-rejected inputs will appropriately trigger gesture commands as desired by the user. Gestural data or parameters may be locally or remotely stored for further processing.

Navigation device, control method, program, and storage medium

A determination unit determines whether or not the vehicle is running on a road known by a user. A mode setting unit sets an output mode to a known road running mode in a case where the determination unit determines that the vehicle is running on the known road, and sets the output mode to a normal mode in a case where the determination unit determines that the vehicle is not running on the known road. A function suppressing unit suppresses the interrupt function in the known road running mode. A valuable information presenting unit displays, in the known road running mode, some or all valuable information in a larger scale compared to the normal mode among plural piece of information displayed in the normal mode, and/or which displays other valuable information which is not displayed in the normal mode.

Progressive spatial searching using augmented structures

A location associated with a user of a computing device and a prefix portion of an input string may be received as one or more successive characters of the input string are provided by the user via the computing device. A list of suggested items may be obtained based on a function of respective recommendation indicators and proximities of the items to the location in response to receiving the prefix portion, and based on partially traversing a character string search structure having a plurality of non-terminal nodes augmented with bound indicators associated with spatial regions. The list of suggested items and descriptive information associated with each suggested item may be returned to the user, in response to receiving the prefix portion, for rendering an image illustrating indicators associated with the list in a manner relative to the location, as the user provides each successive character of the input string.

Method and Apparatus for Charging Station Guidance

A computer-implemented method, executable by a vehicle associated computing system, includes receiving a request for display of local refueling points. The method also includes determining current coordinates of vehicle and determining one or more fuel point locations within a defined map range. The method additionally includes displaying a map display containing the current vehicle location and the location of the one or more fuel point locations.

Proactive low fuel warning system and method

A proactive low-fuel warning system provides notifications to a vehicle operator that the energy or fuel remaining in a fuel supply or energy storage device is insufficient to reach a fueling station. When fuel level is too low or the energy stored in a batter is insufficient, the system can be configured to inhibit vehicle operation. Emergency communications can be sent automatically when fuel is depleted, nearly depleted with inclusion of location information by which the vehicles current location can be determined by emergency service providers.

Navigation system having maneuver attempt training mechanism and method of operation thereof

A method of operation of a navigation system includes: generating a maneuver instruction for a driving maneuver, the maneuver instruction including an explanation of how to turn, merge, park or operate a driver's vehicle; monitoring a maneuver attempt for a compliance to the maneuver instruction; modifying the maneuver instruction based on the maneuver attempt; assigning a driver skill grade for the maneuver attempt based on the compliance to the maneuver instruction; and generating a training feedback to improve the driver skill grade of the maneuver attempt for displaying on a device.

Method and apparatus for displaying lane complexity information for navigation system

A display method and apparatus in a navigation system to provide lane complexity information is disclosed. In one embodiment, the navigation system provides guidance information by displaying one or more color indicators on each lane to indicate lane complexity thereon. The lane complexity can be determined by the number of freeways connected at an interchange or how many lane changes the driver has to make before approaching the maneuver point. In another embodiment, each lane on the map is highlighted with the same color as each color indicator which is located on or above the lane. In a further embodiment, a lane and an exit may be highlighted to differentiate from the lane which the vehicle is currently is travelling on to remind the driver of the exit.

Device with camera-info

The present application relates to a device, such as a navigation device, for vehicular and non-vehicular use, e.g. by pedestrians. The device is arranged to receive a feed from a camera. The navigation device is further arranged to display a combination of a camera image from the feed from the camera and virtual signage on the display. The virtual signage relating to roads, buildings, points of interest and the like.

Course guidance system, course guidance method, and course guidance program

Course guidance systems, methods, and programs determine that a vehicle is exiting from a facility to an out-of-facility road via an exit lane, and determine an estimated connection angle of the exit lane at an exit/entrance node. The systems, methods, and programs generate course guidance information based on the determined estimated connection angle when the vehicle is determined to be exiting. Based on the vehicle location information and the road information, the systems, methods, and programs detect whether an actual traveling road and the guidance road differ. Based on the vehicle location information and the road information, the systems, methods, and programs correct the estimated connection angle at the exit/entrance node based on a relative angle between the actual traveling road and the guidance road, and record the corrected estimated connection angle.

Interactive Geographic Feature

One or more systems, devices, and/or methods for providing and/or using a navigation/geographic feature are disclosed. For example, a method of operation of a navigation system may include providing a graphics user interface. A data representation of a geographic object, such as a path sign or icon, text, or character thereof, is provided in the graphics user interface. The data representation of the path sign may be provided as a feature of a navigation display. Input identifying a portion of the data representation of the geographic object is received. A navigation-related function is provided based on receiving the input.

Method for providing poi information for mobile terminal and apparatus thereof

A method and apparatus for providing point of interest (POI) information of a mobile terminal. The method and apparatus extract POI information, where the POI information and/or associated road information is included in an image captured by a camera. Location information of an image capture place and image capture direction information are read from the digital photo image, and the POI information corresponding to the location and image capture direction information is extracted from a map data, and the extracted POI information is thereafter displayed on the digital photo image.

Comprehensive multiple feature telematics system

A comprehensive system and method for telematics including the following features individually or in sub-combinations: vehicle user interfaces, telecommunications, speech recognition, digital commerce and vehicle parking, digital signal processing, wireless transmission of digitized voice input, navigational assistance for motorists, data communication to vehicles, mobile client-server communication, extending coverage and bandwidth of wireless communication services, and noise reduction.

Action history recording apparatus, action history recording method, and program

With use of GPS, an action-history recording apparatus obtains latitudes and longitudes representing places of user's action where a user is acting, and stores action-history data containing place names indicating the places of user's action at a predetermined processing timing. In the case where, the place of user's action is a specific place unique to the user, where the user visits customarily or frequently, the user is allowed to enter an arbitrary name independent of the latitude and longitude. The name entered by the user is used as a pace name to be contained in action-history data. In this way, the apparatus obtains a place name appropriate for the user and the user can use the name conveniently as the place name of the user's action.

Navigation device, server device, navigation system and program

Provided is a navigation technique which allows a person other than a user who received a route guide to operate a navigation device through an interaction process. The navigation device is characterized by being provided with an instruction reception unit, a process unit, and an output unit. The instruction reception unit receives an instruction for a process from an external device. The process unit executes a process in accordance with the instruction received by the instruction reception unit. The output unit outputs output information which is obtained as the result of the process executed by the process unit.

System and Method for Responding to Driver Behavior

Methods of assessing driver behavior include monitoring vehicle systems and driver monitoring systems to accommodate for a driver's slow reaction time, attention lapse and/or alertness. When it is determined that a driver is drowsy, for example, the response system may modify the operation of one or more vehicle systems. The systems that may be modified include: visual devices, audio devices, tactile devices, antilock brake systems, automatic brake prefill systems, brake assist systems, auto cruise control systems, electronic stability control systems, collision warning systems, lane keep assist systems, blind spot indicator systems, electronic pretensioning systems and climate control systems.

Automated annotation of a view

In a view, e.g. of scenery, of a shopping or museum display, or of a meeting or conference, automated processing can be used to annotate objects which are visible from a viewer position. Annotation can be of objects selected by the viewer, and can be displayed visually, for example, with or without an image of the view.

More accurate navigation method

A more accurate navigation method allowing the user to check the destination information online with personal computer and then performs steps of settings, searching and modifying the destination position on the website, draws the route inside the large destination from entrance to the final parking space, downloads the edited data and import the data to the navigation device by external transmission device. The navigation device is therefore capable of navigating the users to an approximate destination position and then accurately navigating the users to the specific parking space that is closest to the final destination.

Method and apparatus for providing route information in image media

An approach is provided for recognizing objects in media content. The capture manager determines to detect, at a device, one or more objects in a content stream. Next, the capture manager determines to capture one or more representations of the one or more objects in the content stream. Then, the capture manager associates the one or more representations with one or more instances of the content stream.

Sharing gps navigation information

A host application on a host computer system receives annotations made by drivers of respective navigation information displayed to the drivers by GPS devices in vehicles of the respective drivers. The host application saves the annotated navigation information for the respective drivers on a computer readable memory accessible by the host application. The host application receives a request from a first one of the drivers for annotated navigation information made by one or more of the other drivers. Responsive to the request, the host application selects one or more items of the saved annotated navigation information. The host application sends the selected one or more items of the saved annotated navigation information to the GPS device of the first one of the drivers.

Navigation device with augmented reality navigation functionality

A navigation device includes a display, a recording medium, a navigation camera, a global positioning system (GPS), and a processor. The processor is operable to determine a current position for generating a navigation route to a destination. Based on a real-time traffic image received from the navigation camera, the processor adjusts a display scale and a display position of the navigation route, superimposes the navigation route on the real-time traffic image to generate a superimposed image, and outputs the superimposed image for viewing on the display and storage in the recording medium.

Method and system for fast clipping of line segments

A method of static graphics rendering in a mobile device. Panning increments are received for panning a previously rendered frame to a panned frame. A rendering region is then determined based on the panning increments. A candidate line segment or polyline is then clipped to create clipped line segments contained within the rendering region. The clipped line segments can then be rendered, and a portion of the previously rendered frame can be copied, to provide the panned frame.

Image processing apparatus and control method thereof

An image display device is provided to receive a image corresponding to a program and identification information regarding the program from a mobile terminal, determine an image processing scheme with respect to the received image based on the identification information, and process the received image based on the determined image processing scheme, thus allowing a user to conveniently and effectively view the image provided from the mobile terminal in a stable environment in a vehicle. The image display device includes: a communication unit configured to receive an image corresponding to a program and identification information corresponding to the program from a mobile terminal; a controller configured to determine an image processing scheme corresponding to the received image based on the received identification information, and process the received image based on the determined image processing scheme; and a display unit configured to display the processed image.

GPS Navigation System

A GPS navigation system for a motor vehicle mounted within sight of a driver and/or navigator. The system comprises and/or consists of a memory module that contains a pre-stored map database including a plurality of locations and a receiver supported within the motor vehicle for receiving signals indicative of the current position of the map. The system also includes a monitor positioned in the position within sight of the driver and/or navigator for displaying the location of the vehicle with the respect to a pre-stored map. Means including the memory module, receiver and said monitor display an area of about ½ km in all direction and up to ½ km to 1 km from the current position of the vehicle. Further, means including a zoom optical system for zooming in and out of the ½ to 1 km radius of the vehicle location on the stored map and means for summoning help to the present location of the vehicle. In addition, radar means for sensing an object that obstructs the projected pathway of the vehicle and a plurality of sensors and running control means perform the auto-drive control running of the vehicle based on the detection of signals from the plurality of sensors wherein said auto-drive control includes speed control, steering and breaking. The system includes a change over means for switching between the auto-drive and manual drive modes.

Systems and methods for assessing vehicle handling

Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to a fleet management computer system configured for assessing vehicle backing According to various embodiments, the fleet management computer system is configured to assess operational data associated with one or more vehicles and identify vehicle backing events occurring during a particular time period. In various embodiments, the fleet management computer system is also configured to determine one or more backing characteristics for the identified backing events and generate a graphical display providing backing information indicative of the backing characteristics.

Data mining in a digital map database to identify intersections located at hill bottoms and enabling precautionary actions in a vehicle

Disclosed is a feature for a vehicle that enables taking precautionary actions in response to conditions on the road network around or ahead of the vehicle, in particular, an intersection located at the bottom of a hill. A database that represents the road network is used to determine locations where an intersection of roads is located at the bottom of a hill and then, precautionary action data is added to the database to indicate such locations. A precautionary action system installed in a vehicle uses this database, or a database derived therefrom, in combination with a positioning system to take a precautionary action as the vehicle approaches such a location.

Navigation Device and Guiding Method Thereof

Disclosed is a navigation device capable of guiding HOV lanes more intelligibly. The device comprises a storage unit that stores installation information relating to traffic lanes that become passable when predetermined conditions are satisfied (hereinafter referred to as “conditional traffic lanes”) and a guiding unit that guides entrances to the conditional traffic lanes. The guiding unit displays entrance guide images for guiding the car in which the device is installed to the entrances to the conditional traffic lanes instead of images that have been displayed until then when the position of the car approaches the entrances to the conditional traffic lanes.

Navigation guidance system

A navigation system may calculate a route to a destination and output guidance information with an output device to guide a user of the navigation system along the calculated route. If it is determined that a navigation device has left the calculated route, the navigation system may prompt the user asking whether output of guidance information should be suspended. If the output of guidance information should be suspended, the navigation system may suspend the output of guidance information and calculate a new route to the destination while the output of guidance information is suspended. The navigation system may calculate an estimated arrival time at the destination based on the calculated new route and output the estimated arrival time while the output of guidance information is suspended.

Data synchronization for devices supporting direction-based services

With the addition of directional information and gesture based input in a location based services environment, a variety of service(s) can be provided on top of user identification or interaction with specific object(s) of interest. For instance, a device can interact with various endpoints of a direction-based location service and any of the content or other information exchanged between clients and services can be synchronized for efficient exchange of information and efficient utilization of network bandwidth and resources. For example, change input is received by a device that alters, deletes or augments dynamically updateable information associated with a point of interest and the changes resulting from the change input are synchronized from the mobile device to a location based network service. Optionally, the synchronization can be according to a knowledge exchange to identify what should be synchronized prior to transmitting the updates.

System and method of fixing mistakes by going back in an electronic device

A system, method, and computer program product for allowing a user to fix errors in a user input is described. An original user input providing a destination address or a point of interest is received by an in-vehicle computing system. Upon receiving a user input indicating an error in interpreting the original user input, the user is presented with a new query requesting the user to enter a portion of or a category associated with the original input. Once the updated user input providing a portion of the original input is received, the user input is identified and executed based on the original user input entry and the updated user input.

Method of analyzing points of interest with probe data

A method of analyzing points of interest ( 22 ) using traces from probe data is provided. The method includes providing a database of a digital vector map ( 18 ) configured to store a plurality of traces ( 1′ - 14′ ) representing roads. The method further includes collecting probe data from vehicles traveling along the traces. Then, bundling a group of select traces ( 2′, 5′, 7′, 9′, 11′ ) having routes with a common origin ( 20 ) and at least one divergence point ( 24, 1 ) downstream from the origin ( 20 ) and building a database of vehicle maneuvers over the routes. Further, computing average speeds and delay times of a random population of vehicles traversing the vehicle maneuvers. Further yet, computing average speeds and delay times of all vehicles traversing the routes. Then, comparing the computed results from the random population of vehicles with the computed results from all vehicles traversing said routes.

Method of determining drive lane using steering wheel model

Provided is a method of determining a drive lane using a steering wheel model. The method includes a step S 100 of preparing a precise digital map having an accuracy capable of differentiating a road lane; a step S 200 of estimating a vehicle location on a road using GPS information; a step S 300 of checking whether the vehicle location information is normal using a difference between variation in the azimuth angle of the vehicle obtained by using the GPS information and variation in the azimuth angle of the vehicle obtained by using the steering wheel model; and a step S 500 of determining and outputting a drive lane occupied by a running vehicle.

Methods And Apparatus For Associating Mapping Functionality And Information In Contact Lists Of Mobile Communication Devices

A technique to provide mapping functionality in an address book of a communication device involves displaying a menu list of functions associated with a contact entry of the address book, including a function to display on a map a location of an address listed in the contact entry; receiving an input request to display on a map the location; and displaying a map corresponding to the location, in a display of the communication device.

Navigation system with location-based supplemental incentive notification mechanism and method of operation thereof

A method of operation of a navigation system includes: generating a notification of an initial offer; identifying a consumer's vacillation to the initial offer; and generating a second notification of the supplemental incentive offer based on the consumer's vacillation for displaying on a device.

Optimization of navigation tools using spatial sorting

Digital map navigation applications for use with a mobile computing device are optimized using a spatial sorting method. Spatial sorting entails partitioning a digital map into tiles and maintaining information that links tiles to points on the route. When a particular map navigation application is invoked, a set of relevance rules are defined for that map application to determine which of the route points to process. This determination is made by extracting from the look-up table a subset of the full set of route points, based on the relevance rules. Because the subset of route points is processed instead of the original full set of route points, the mobile device is capable of efficiently handling a complex route that otherwise would entail considerable expenditure of processor time and use of computer memory to store and retrieve unnecessary data.

Start-of-route map navigation with suppression of off-route feedback

A map navigation tool provides a start-of-route buffer area in which off-route feedback (e.g., audio or visual warnings or alerts) can be suppressed in some circumstances. For example, a mobile computing device implements a map navigation tool that can output off-route feedback when the user strays from a route, but also can suppress off-route feedback when the user is within a start-of-route buffer area. Off-route feedback can continue to be suppressed until some other event, such as the user leaving the start-of-route buffer area, occurs. Off-route feedback can be suppressed even if the user is not within a start-of-route buffer area, such as when the map navigation tool generates a route when the user is at an initial location that is far away from any part of the route and then joins the route later (e.g., at the start location or downstream from the start location).

Systems and methods for collecting and providing map images

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to collecting images of maps at plurality of client devices, orienting the images with respect to the Earth, and providing the oriented maps to users. The map images may be collected by users who orient the maps by arranging the position of the image over a picture of the Earth. In another example, users may orient the maps by using “pushpins” to indicate the location of two or more points in the map image to two or more locations on the image of the Earth. The images may be processed in order to generate high quality images which may then be downloaded and used by other users.

Navigation server and navigation system

Disclosed is a navigation system which creates “environment contribution information” in accordance with a deviation (δ(k)) between the total cost (C 1 (k)) of a first route (RT 1 (k)) which is searched by using a traffic information indicating the amount of cost required to pass through each link and the total cost (C 2 (k)) of a second route (RT 2 (k)) which is searched without using the traffic information. The traffic information used in searching the first route (RT 1 (k)) to a target position (TP(k)) of a vehicle ( 2 ) is used in searching a route to a shared target position by a navigation device ( 200 ).

Asymmetric dynamic geo-fencing

Architecture that enables location based notifications (e.g., geo-fences) using standard polygons the capture of complex regions. As applied to geo-fencing, it extends geo-fencing beyond the mere representation of the virtual perimeter (fenced) area. More specifically, the architecture takes into consideration geographical and demographical features, such as the layout of the roads and streets, the types of available of transportation (e.g., car, bus, walk, biking, etc.), the traffic conditions, and the dynamic properties of a point of interest (POI) such as opening hours, total wait time, etc. More specifically, the architecture enables the dynamic modification of polygon geo-fence based on POI properties, dynamic modification of polygon geo-fence based on road/street layout, dynamic modification of polygon geo-fence based on means of transportation, dynamic modification of polygon geo-fence based on traffic conditions, dynamic modification of polygon geo-fence based on user's state, and dynamic recalculation of regions and directions tailored to user interests.

Methods and systems for performing charting tasks

A method for accessing information on an electronic version of an navigation information display is described. The method includes displaying navigation information on a display of a device, the device incorporating a touch screen, sensing a user touch on the touch screen, determining, by the device, a location on the touch screen where the user touch has occurred, correlating the location on the touch screen where the user touch has occurred with a location on the navigation information display, and displaying a magnified area of a portion of the navigation information proximate the location on the touch screen where the user touch occurred.

Map corrections via human machine interface

A method is provided for user input of map corrections via voice controlled human machine interface (HMI). A navigation device ( 20 ) is voice control enabled to respond to a defined set of commands. The navigation device ( 20 ) further includes display screen shot functionality, together with a camera ( 28 ) for taking real-world snapshots and/or recording video segments. Using voice control, a driver can make map update corrections ( 32 ) which are associated with a screen shot ( 34 ) of the display screen ( 22 ) of the navigation device ( 20 ), together with the captured image ( 36 ) from the camera ( 28 ). This information, together with optional additional meta information, may be transmitted to a collection service or update center.

Map Magnifier

A method of magnifying a portion of a map displayed on a computing device includes displaying the map at a first zoom level and displaying a magnified portion of the map at a second zoom level. The magnified portion comprises an interactive map element. The magnified portion acts as a localized map magnifier. The magnified portion may be round to resemble a virtual magnifying glass. In certain implementations, multiple map magnifiers may be displayed simultaneously. Map magnifiers may be displayed, for example, at waypoints along a route, at map markers corresponding to points of interest or at the locations associated with search results.

Voice recognition grammar selection based on context

The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method that includes receiving geographical information derived from a non-verbal user action associated with a first computing device. The non-verbal user action implies an interest of a user in a geographic location. The method also includes identifying a grammar associated with the geographic location using the derived geographical information and outputting a grammar indicator for use in selecting the identified grammar for voice recognition processing of vocal input from the user.

Method for Assisting in Maintenance of a Motor Vehicle

A method for assisting in maintenance of a motor vehicle having a drive motor, an drive energy storage device, and a filling level measuring device. A request for a maintenance process is identified by a self-monitoring device with the maintenance request being transmitted as a maintenance indication to a driver by an information device. The maintenance indication is transmitted to the driver as a function of a switch-off filling level present when the vehicle drive motor is switched off and detected by the filling level measuring device. The maintenance indication is transmitted when the switch-off filling level is lower than a preset filling level threshold value or when a filling level difference between a switch-on filling level, present when the vehicle drive motor is subsequently switched on again and detected by the filling level measuring device, and the preceding switch-off filling level indicates a positive filling level value.

Navigating out of a parking lot

In a method for selecting a parking lot exit, a computer receives geographic coordinates of a first parking exit of a parking facility. The computer receives geographic coordinates of a second parking exit of the parking facility. The computer determines a first route from the first parking exit to a destination, using the geographic coordinates of the first parking exit. The computer determines a second route from the second parking exit to the destination, using the geographic coordinates of the second parking exit. The computer selects one of the first parking exit and the second parking exit based on the first route and the second route.

Virtual systems for spatial organization, navigation, and presentation of information

Organizing information around a specific spatial domain facilitates managing objects presented in visualization layers of the spatial domain. A first portion of a first program for organizing and mapping information around a specific spatial domain is executed by a first virtual system that is created in a program execution environment operable on a network server. In response to the first virtual system invoking a continuation, a second virtual system is created to execute a second portion of the first program. Invoking the continuation in the program execution environment facilitates each of the first and second virtual systems providing only the capabilities necessary to execute their respective portion of the first program. Optionally, executing the first program includes interpreting the first program with a second program.

Multiple views of a geographic area on a mobile device

A computer-implemented method is disclosed that includes receiving on a mobile device a search query associated with a geographic location, providing one or more search results in response to the search query, the search results each being associated with a geographic location, and presenting on a graphical display of the computing device icons corresponding to each search result and also corresponding to a key on the computing device.

Vehicle navigation device and method

In a database usable for a navigation device, object data units comprising information for a three-dimensional displaying of objects like buildings are provided. At least one of the object data units comprises an adjustable height parameter for adjusting a height of the corresponding object when displayed.

Systems and methods using a mobile device to collect data for insurance premiums

A system and method for determining a vehicle insurance premium for a period of time based at least in part on collected vehicle operation data, the system comprising: a mobile device, comprising: one or more sensors associated with the mobile device and configured to automatically collect vehicle operation data during a data collection session; a processor; a non-transitory storage medium; a display; a transmitter; and a set of computer readable instructions stored in the non-transitory storage medium and when executed by the processor configured to allow the mobile device to collect vehicle operation data and transmit the collected vehicle operation data; and a remote processing computer, comprising: a server that receives collected vehicle operation data; a database that stores collected vehicle operation data; and a rating engine that determines a vehicle insurance premium based at least in part on collected vehicle operation data.

Displaying network objects in mobile devices based on geolocation

Displaying network content searches on mobile devices involves obtaining results of a network content request via a mobile device. A geolocation of at least one object associated with the results of the network content request is also obtained. A scene is viewed in a camera view of the mobile device. A virtual location is determined in the camera view. The virtual location represents the actual location of the object relative to the scene contained in the camera view. A graphic representing the object is then displayed at the virtual location in the camera view.

Information display method, information processing apparatus, and information display program

Disclosed is an information display method whereby an information processing apparatus displays a map on a display screen such that a cursor is displayed at a position measured as the current position of a position indication object on the map. The method includes the steps of, when the moving speed of the position indication object is equal to or less than a threshold speed, scrolling the map on the display screen in accordance with the movement of the position indication object in a first display mode, and when the moving speed of the position indication object is greater than the threshold speed, fixing the map on the display screen in a second display mode or reducing the speed of scrolling the map on the display screen so that the scrolling speed is less than that in the first display mode.

Mobile computing apparatus and method of reducing user workload in relation to operation of a mobile computing apparatus

A mobile computing apparatus comprises a processing resource arranged to support, when in use, an operational environment, the operational environment supporting receipt of textual content, a workload estimator arranged to estimate a cognitive workload for a user, and a text-to-speech engine. The text-to-speech engine is arranged to translate at least part of the received textual content to a signal reproducible as audible speech in accordance with a predetermined relationship between the amount of the textual content to be translated and a cognitive workload level in a range of cognitive workload levels, the range of cognitive workload levels comprising at least one cognitive workload level between end values.

Travel guidance system, travel guidance apparatus, travel guidance method, and computer program

A travel guidance system including a navigation-route setting unit; a reference-marker setting unit that sets a reference marker located closer to a departure place of a navigation route than a guidance junction, a guidance-marker setting unit that sets a reference marker located near the guidance junction; a marker-position acquiring unit; a guidance setting unit that sets the guidance on the guidance junction on the basis of a position of the reference marker and a position of the guidance marker; and a junction guiding unit that provides the guidance on the guidance junction on the basis of the guidance set by the guidance setting unit. The guidance setting unit sets the guidance including a first phrase specifying a positional relationship between the movable body and the reference marker and a second phrase specifying a positional relationship between the reference marker and the guidance marker.

Position measurement device, method for generating locational information, and storage medium

In position measurement device, a positional data acquirer measures a present position to acquire positional data. A positional data storage sequentially stores the positional data acquired by the positional data acquirer. A determiner determines, on the basis of the positional data sequentially stored by the positional data storage and a predetermined criterion, whether a position of a user at a present time is a position of a location to be recorded. And, a locational information storage stores, if the determiner determines that the position of the user at the present time is the position of the location to be recorded, the positional data of the position as locational information.

Technique for calculating a location of a vehicle

A technique for calculating a location of a first vehicle is described. A method implementation of this technique comprises the steps of detecting, from the perspective of the first vehicle, a movement of a second vehicle relative to the first vehicle, determining, for the time of the relative movement, a location of the second vehicle based on the detected relative movement by matching the detected movement of the second vehicle against map data, measuring, for the time of the relative movement, a distance between the first and second vehicles, and calculating the location of the first vehicle based on the measured distance and the determined location of the second vehicle. The technique also comprises an apparatus, a computer program product, and a vehicle navigation system.

Method and apparatus for providing smart zooming of a geographic representation

An approach is provided for custom zooming of geographic representation. A custom zooming application determines an input specifying a level of zoom for rendering a geographic representation presented at a device, the geographic representation including a plurality of objects. The custom zooming application determines respective degrees of relevance of the plurality of objects based, at least in part, on the device, a user of the device, related context information, or a combination thereof. The custom zooming application determines to render one or more of the plurality of objects with at least one different level of visibility with respect to other ones of the plurality of objects based, at least in part, on the respective degrees of relevance, the level of zoom, or a combination thereof.

Generation of machine readable codes by a navigation system that indicates information to a mobile device

Systems and methods are disclosed for generating machine readable codes by a navigation system that indicates information for a point of interest on a map. In one embodiment, a system includes a controller, a GPS receiver, and a user interface. The GPS receiver identifies location data. The user interface displays a map based on the location data, displays a plurality of points of interest on the map, and receives a selection of one of the plurality of points of interest from a user. The controller identifies information for a selected point of interest, generates a machine readable code that indicates the information for the selection, and provides the machine readable code to the user interface for capture by a mobile device.

3dimension stereoscopic display device

Disclosed is a 3Dimension stereoscopic display device including a screen composition processing unit for generating a right-eye image or video image and a left-eye image or video image for planar display or for three-dimensional stereoscopic display of an image or video image, a video image playback device 5 for playing back the images or video images, and a stereoscopic display monitor unit 6 for displaying the images or video images played back by the playback device 5 in a three-dimensional stereoscopic manner, in which the screen composition processing unit 4 switches between outputting the right-eye image or video image and the left-eye image or video image for planar display to the playback device 5 and outputting the right-eye image or video image and the left-eye image or video image for three-dimensional stereoscopic display to the playback device 5 according to state of a moving object.

Vehicle communication, analysis and operation system

The present invention provides a communication and analysis system that can manage data operations with a vehicle centric system with a planned route path. A vehicle that is in a communications link with a network can also manage its activities based on real time, historical and predictive knowledge, without having this all knowledge processing on board. Such data processing would include a cluster analysis of geo-spatial, internal functions and operator specific requirements. The rule based system would also incorporate the use patterns of a specific vehicle, or a specific user. A vehicle operator or vehicle multiple operators could share or upload information that would assist with efficient data processing and display, including fuel conservation and time management. Cluster weighting patterns can be assigned based on activities as efficient operation, safe travel and navigation.

Route planning using location/time encoded data from location aware snowplows

Techniques are described for using geographic location data of snowplows to update a snow depth associated with a section of a surface street. The route of the snowplow may be tracked continuously which allows the snow depth of the street to be reset in real-time. The updated snow depth may then be used to generate a cost of travelling on the street. The travelling cost may then be used to plan a route through the region. Alternatively, the cost may be graphically displayed on a map to permit a user to determine which surface streets to avoid. In another embodiment, the cost of travelling on a particular street may be changed by the attributes of the vehicle that will navigate the snow-covered roads, driver's experience, or the geographic terrain of a road. This new cost may then be used, for example, to plan a route or display roads to avoid.

Devices, Methods, and Systems for Managing Route-Related Information

A method can include, for a predetermined route, automatically processing a first set of machine instructions to create a visual travel guide for the predetermined route, the visual travel guide comprising a second set of machine instructions adapted to cause an information device to render: an identification of a destination of the predetermined route; a plurality of videos, each video corresponding to a road intersection located approximately on the predetermined route, each video adapted to substantially reproduce a view of a driver of an automobile approaching the road intersection; a plurality of textual descriptions associated with the plurality of videos; at least one of an identification of an origin of the predetermined route and an identification of an approach to the destination; and an advertisement associated with at least a portion of the predetermined route. 1. A method , comprising: an identification of a destination of the predetermined route;', 'a plurality of photographs, each photograph corresponding to a unique road intersection located approximately on the predetermined route, each photograph adapted to substantially reproduce a view of a driver of an automobile approaching the road intersection as recorded via one or more photographic information recording devices attached to the automobile;', 'a textual description associated with at least one of the plurality of photographs;', 'at least one of an identification of an origin of the predetermined route and an identification of an approach to the destination; and', 'an advertisement associated with at least a portion of the predetermined route., 'for a predetermined route, automatically processing a first set of machine instructions to create a visual travel guide specific to the predetermined route, the visual travel guide comprising a second set of machine instructions adapted to cause an information device to render, in a predetermined arrangement2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising ...

Use of banding to optimize map rendering in a three-dimensional tilt view

A graphics or image rendering system, such as a map image rendering system, determines a viewing window of a map surface to be displayed. The method generally determines a set of viewing boundaries of the map surface, wherein the set of viewing boundaries divide the map surface into a plurality of viewing bands based on a depth dimension range. The method then determines different zoom level map data for each viewing band and renders a three-dimensional display of the map surface based on the viewing bands and zoom level map data.

Electronic apparatus and electronic system

An electronic apparatus is connected to an information terminal for receiving image data and audio data relating to an application executed in the portable information terminal and outputting the image data and audio data. The electronic apparatus includes an identification information detecting unit which detects identification information added to the audio data received from the information terminal, an interrupt determining unit which determines the presence of an interrupt event in the information terminal on the basis of the detected identification information, and an output control unit which transmits, when it is determined that an interrupt event has occurred, a control signal for transferring image data relating to an application in which the interrupt event has occurred to the information terminal.