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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120130627 | TAXI DISPATCH SYSTEM A system, method and computer program are provided for dispatching taxis. A list of the closest, available taxis is sent to a customer. The customer selects at least one taxi in the list that is to receive a travel request. After one of the taxis has accepted the travel... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120109455 | USER INTERFACE WITH PROXIMITY DETECTION FOR OBJECT TRACKING A system or method for tracking items proximate a user interface device include a user interface device having at least one solid-state touch-sensitive region and a receiver for wirelessly receiving a signal from at least one item to determine proximity of the item rela... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105474 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING LOCATION OFFSET INFORMATION An approach is provided for determining location offset information. A correction manager determines to present, at a device, a location-based display including one or more representations of one or more location-based features. Next, the correction manager receives an ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120083998 | OTHER VEHICLE INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE An other vehicle information providing device, can be configured to assign priority to a plurality of other vehicle information inputted to the own vehicle and provides other vehicle information having high priority. The other vehicle information providing device includ... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120072101 | Method and device for assisting in the locating of aircraft A method for assisting in the locating of a first aircraft includes a step of emission by the first aircraft of an identifier and of a time-stamped position reading, said method further including: the reception and the storage by at least one second aircraft of the iden... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120072102 | WATERCRAFT AUTOMATION AND AQUATIC EFFORT DATA UTILIZATION Watercraft automation and aquatic data utilization for aquatic efforts are disclosed. In one aspect, an anchor point is obtained and a watercraft position maintenance routine is actuated to control the watercraft to maintain association with the anchor point. In another... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120072990 | COST FUNCTION FOR DATA TRANSMISSION A method, system, and apparatus are disclosed for cost functions for data transmission. In one or more embodiments, the method, system, and apparatus involve assigning costs associated with the data transmission corresponding to risks. The method, system, and apparatus ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120072100 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A RELATIVE POSITION OF A SENSING LOCATION WITH RESPECT TO A LANDMARK An apparatus may include a landmark selector configured to receive selection of a landmark. A sensory device may determine at least one position indicator relating to alignment with the landmark from a sensing location, such as orientation, attitude, and/or altitude. Th... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120038489 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPONTANEOUS P2P COMMUNICATION BETWEEN IDENTIFIED VEHICLES System and method are presented which allow a user of a vehicle to initiate a spontaneous call to a nearby vehicle without knowing the phone number, or any other specific contacting details of the nearby vehicle, based on identification signs of the nearby vehicle which... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120035844 | CRUISE ASSIST SYSTEM A cruise assist system for a vehicle, which is structured to contain magnetic particles in the stop line, and integrate results of measurement of the stop line position based on the GPS positioning, which has been conducted every time the vehicle stops at the stop line ... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120029813 | METHOD FOR JUDGING VEHICLE TRAVELING POSITION AND VEHICLE TRAVELING POSITION JUDGMENT DEVICE A vehicle traveling position judging method of the present invention is a vehicle traveling position judging method for judging the traveling position of a preceding vehicle, and includes: a relative position information acquisition step of acquiring the relative positi... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120016538 | UAV POWER LINE POSITION AND LOAD PARAMETER ESTIMATION A system and method for providing autonomous navigation for an Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) in the vicinity of power lines is presented. Autonomous navigation is achieved by measuring the magnitude and phase of the electromagnetic field at an unknown location within a spa... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120004844 | FORMATION FLYING METHOD AND SYSTEM A method for directing formation flying of an aircraft includes sensing a relative position of a leader to a follower aircraft by one or more sensors disposed at the follower aircraft. The relative position is compared to a selected relative position, and a follower vel... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120001743 | Mine Personnel Carrier Integrated Information Display In certain embodiments, a mine personnel carrier includes an integrated information display and one or more processing units. The processing units may access life support data from devices associated with a life support subsystem of a mine personnel carrier. The life su... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110320123 | APPARATUS FOR RECOGNIZING POSITION USING RANGE SIGNALS AND METHOD THEREOF A position recognizing apparatus and method is provided. The position recognizing apparatus includes a range sensor which senses a distance between the position recognizing apparatus and a range landmark, and a candidate range landmark information generating unit which ... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110313663 | DETERMINING RELATIVE SPATIAL INFORMATION BETWEEN VEHICLES A method for determining relative spatial information between a first vehicle and a second vehicle, the method including monitoring a communication channel at the first vehicle and receiving a current communication signal sent by the second vehicle on the communication ... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110307174 | NAVIGATION METHOD, APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND USER INTERFACE An apparatus, method, computer program and user interface wherein the method comprises: a controller configured to determine locations of interest within a predetermined distance of a first location; a display configured to simultaneously present a map, a first bounded ... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110301844 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD An object of the invention is to provide a vehicle-mounted information processing apparatus capable of specifying the position of another vehicle with high accuracy using information related to the distance between another vehicle and an intersection point. The vehicle-... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110301843 | Navigable topological maps Disclosed herein are methods of providing location-based information with respect to a topological map. A method may include (a) receiving a query for location-related information, (b) optionally generating data representing the topological map, (c) accessing the locati... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110295467 | PRE-COLLISION ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL COLLISION SEVERITY FOR ROAD VEHICLES A method of predicting severity of a potential collision of first and second vehicles. The method includes determining that a probability of a potential collision of the vehicles is greater than a threshold value. Vehicle condition-defining signals are exchanged between... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110246070 | Apparatuses, Methods and Systems for Determining and Announcing Proximity Between Trajectories The disclosure details the implementation of apparatuses, methods, and systems for determining and announcing proximity between trajectories. A code triggered information server may be used to track user behavior, including trajectories, via mobile devices, on the inter... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110246377 | Conditional Establishment of a Communications Connection with a Mobile Terminal in Response to a Query From the Mobile Terminal A mobile implementation channel supports the processing of a request for requested information for a customer of a business. The request may be generated through a wireless terminal and include a customer identification of the customer. Profile information about the cus... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110231233 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PROVIDE OFFERS TO MOBILE DEVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROXIMITY-SENSITIVITY SCORES According to some embodiments, a proximity-sensitivity score is determined for each of a plurality of merchants. The proximity-sensitivity scores may indicate, for example, a likelihood that potential offers from the merchants would be accepted by customers based on dis... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110231094 | METHOD FOR GEOLOCATING AN OBJECT BY MULTITELEMETRY A method for geolocating a fixed non-cooperating object by means of an embedded system onboard a mobile platform, equipped with distance acquisition means for acquiring the distance between the object and the system, and position acquisition means for acquiring the posi... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110224864 | VEHICLE NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD Methods and systems are provided for a vehicle. A determination is made as to whether the vehicle requires a service. A determination is also made as to whether the vehicle is proximate a location at which the service can be performed. A notification is provided that th... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110224847 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RENDERING AN ONBOARD AIRCRAFT DISPLAY FOR USE WITH IN-TRAIL PROCEDURES A system and method for displaying aircraft traffic information on an onboard display element of a host aircraft are provided. The system obtains current flight status data of the host aircraft and current flight status data of a second aircraft that is near the host ai... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110224902 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, MAP UPDATE METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM There is provided an information processing device including: a global map acquiring unit that acquires at least a part of a global map representing positions of objects in a real space where a plurality of users are in activity; a local map generating unit that generat... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110208575 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING INTERACTIVE ADVERTISEMENTS A system and method for generating a plurality of interactive advertisements are provided. The system includes an advertisement generator operable to generate online advertisements displaying coupon offers. An ad server is provided for rendering the advertisements to us... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110202240 | DYNAMIC RANGE DISPLAY FOR AUTOMOTIVE REAR-VIEW AND PARKING SYSTEMS A dynamic range display system for a vehicle. The system includes a camera, a distance sensor, a display, and a controller. The camera is configured to capture an image and to generate a signal representative of the image. The distance sensor is configured to detect an ... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110202460 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTHORIZING TRANSACTIONS BASED ON RELATIVE LOCATION OF DEVICES Aspects of a method and system for authorizing transactions based on relative location of devices are provided. In this regard, data relating to a location of a first communication device and data relating to a location of a second communication device may be received, ... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110196711 | Content personalization system and method There is provided a system and method of providing personalized content to a user based on the user's interests and the user's geographical location. The method includes receiving media files from a portable device associated with the user and generating a user profile ... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110184646 | USING RELATIVE POSITION DATA IN A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE A mobile computing device comprises a relative position determination circuit, a position determination circuit, and a processing circuit. The relative position determination circuit is configured to provide relative position data from a first position of the mobile com... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110178709 | Apparatus and method generating a grid map An apparatus and method generating a grid map are provided. The grid map generating apparatus generates a grid map while turning 360 degrees at a dynamically adjustable rotational velocity. The dynamically adjustable rotational velocity allows grid points to have equal ... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110169958 | Lane Determining Device and Navigation System Provided is a lane determining device that is capable of quickly and accurately determining the lane traveled by a host vehicle traveling on a road with a plurality of lanes in each direction. A lane determining device that determines the lane traveled by the host vehic... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110161158 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING DISCOUNT INFORMATION A method for providing discount information and the system thereof are provided. The method includes acquiring an identifier of a selected item and coordinates of the client device, searching for items relevant to the selected item in a storage system, and refining the ... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110153117 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MACHINE CONTROL IN DESIGNATED AREAS Systems and methods for controlling a machine comprise receiving information indicative of an occurrence of a prospective event and providing an event initiation signal to one or more machines. The event initiation signal may be configured to cause a controller of the o... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110153196 | MAP BUILDING SYSTEM, BUILDING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA THEREOF A map building system, method and computer readable media thereof are provided, which are applied to a movable apparatus or which with a server apparatus. The system includes at least two distance sensing units, a inertial sensing unit, a parameter processing unit, and ... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110153469 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING MOBILE INVENTORY WITHIN A VIRTUAL WAREHOUSE A system is provided for managing mobile inventory within a virtual warehouse. The system includes mobile units, each configured to house a respective portion of the mobile inventory. The system further includes communication devices, each configured to collect respecti... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110153210 | Relative Navigation System and a Method Thereof A method of providing a relative navigation system by projecting into space from a first object a grid that is repeatedly detected from a second object having a second relative reference frame associated with a second origin point on the second object and using range an... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110153211 | METHOD OF DETERMINING RANGE A method of determining range between two objects, where a grid consisting of a plurality of grid lines are projected into space by the first object and detected by the second object.... | 06/23/2011 |
