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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120105255 | Maintenance Decision Support System and Method A method and system are provided in which maintenance vehicles collect information from sensors and operators, forward the collected information to a server, and, in response, receive maps and operator instructions.... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120044094 | R-RATED GPS VOICE RESPONSE A GPS voice command system comprising: mapping and direction software residing on a memory device; a visual display means; and a series of voice commands associated with directions provided by the GPS system, where the series of voice commands include the comical and pr... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20110181443 | EMERGENCY AND TRAFFIC ALERT SYSTEM Systems and methods are disclosed for providing event notification to navigational applications and devices. An event notification system determines whether to send application information to a navigation application or device based upon the proximity of the device to t... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110084856 | KEY UNIT FOR A LOCK SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE A key unit for a lock system of a vehicle includes a device for opening and closing a lock system, in particular having a transmitter for the remote control of the lock system and/or a mechanical key. The key unit has a modular design, which includes a key case and an a... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110050462 | Finders keepers locator The present invention provides a transmitting and receiving system that is specially designed to quickly find an automobile when lost in a parking lot or public parking garage. The transmitter unit is installed in a selected location within a vehicle or other object and... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20100265104 | Vehicle monitoring and identification system A vehicle monitoring and traffic enforcement system in which a wireless communication device is associated with motor vehicles. The device will transmit vehicle identification data which is relayed to a database which maintains current information concerning insurance l... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100073201 | CAR FINDER BY CELL PHONE A system for locating a vehicle may include a hand-held device and a communication device on-board the vehicle. The hand-held device may include a screen, and may be adapted to import a map and display a present location of the hand-held device on the map. The communica... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20090140887 | Mapping Techniques Using Probe Vehicles Method for mapping terrain including one or more roads includes equipping a probe vehicle with cameras, accurate RTK DGPS and appropriate illumination including at least one laser pointer, obtaining images using the cameras when illuminating an area being imaged using t... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090098907 | Parked Vehicle Location Information Access via a Portable Cellular Communication Device A portable cellular communication device and system is provided for finding the current location of a vehicle on demand by a user. The portable cellular communication device can direct the user to a parked vehicle utilizing location data of the portable cellular communi... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090091477 | VEHICLE FOB WITH EXPANDED DISPLAY AREA A multi-mode portable electronic fob and method allows a user to control various vehicle functions and obtain information about the relative location of the vehicle and fob. The information presented to the user can include the vehicle status, vehicle location and/or ma... | 04/09/2009 |
| 20090021398 | GANG TRACKER Systems and methods (“the system”) for preventing gang-related activity are described. In various embodiments, the system receives an indication of a correspondence between a person and a tracking device, the person being a known member of a gang; receives an indica... | 01/22/2009 |
| 20080252437 | BATTERY RUN DOWN INDICATOR An automotive vehicle battery monitor includes an electrical connection configured to electrically couple to an electrical system of the vehicle. An output provides a visual indication related to a condition of the battery. A mount mounts the output at a location at whi... | 10/16/2008 |
| 20080165033 | System and Method of Locating Vehicles with Keylock Signals A wireless key is signal, having a key-specific identifier, is received, the key-specific identifier detected, and the signal transmission location is calculated. The signal transmission location is stored based on the detected key-specific identifier. Another instance ... | 07/10/2008 |
| 20080084334 | Method for providing status information pertaining to an asset A method for providing status information pertaining to an asset is disclosed. The method stores information from a first reporting source about the asset and information from a second reporting source about the asset into a database such that the information from the f... | 04/10/2008 |
| 20080012732 | Program, input evaluation system, and input evaluation method An input evaluation system for evaluating an operation input of an operator, including: a drawing section which generates an image which seems to have a depth, a first moving object moving in an object space in the image; an information acquisition section which acquire... | 01/17/2008 |
| 20070052555 | Predictive adaptive front lighting integrated system An adaptive front lighting system includes a navigation system and a control module. The navigation system determines the curvature of the road ahead of the vehicle, and the control module receives information about the curvature of the road ahead of the vehicle and ins... | 03/08/2007 |
| 20060279432 | Information generating device, information generating method, information generating program and storing medium storing the program The processor 150 of the map information generating device 100 sets the final locatable position of the annotation character string of the road number in the scales 1, 2, 3 and 4 at a position so as to be aligned with the commonly-numbered link recognized ... | 12/14/2006 |
| 20060208925 | Methods, computer program products, mobile terminals, and web pages for providing directional information associated with RFID enabled moveable objects A method of providing directional information associated with moveable objects can include periodically receiving identification (ID) information at a mobile terminal from a moveable object via a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) signal. Location information associa... | 09/21/2006 |
| 20060116818 | Method and system for multiple route navigation Method and system for providing multiple route navigation guidance. The system comprises a client integrated with a mobile communication device (e.g. PDA, cellular telephone, etc.) and a server communicating via wireless carriers and networks. The server obtains a user'... | 06/01/2006 |
| 20060109143 | Portable electronic device and wireless connection control method therefor A portable electronic device and a wireless connection control method are provided. The portable electronic device includes an azimuth detecting section that measures an absolute azimuth of a device main body; a radio communication section that performs radio communicat... | 05/25/2006 |
| 20050046615 | Display method and apparatus for navigation system A display method and apparatus for navigation system enables a user to quickly view zoomed images by using a radial scaling method. The display method includes the steps of: reading out map data from a map data storage for displaying a map image on a screen of a navigat... | 03/03/2005 |
