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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185304 | Method, computer program and system for optimising routes provided by navigation systems A method of controlling a navigation system is provided which builds up historical information of routes taken by a vehicle and uses this information to provide an appropriate route for the vehicle based upon deviations from suggested routes stored upon a mobile com... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8170791 | Automated travel planning system A list of places of interest geographically located near a travel route may be generated by accessing a routing database storing shape points capable of defining a travel route, determining a travel route from the shape points stored in the routing database, accessi... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165808 | Techniques for representing location information Methods and apparatus are described for representing points of interest relative to a user-defined geographic area in a map interface. Representation of the geographic area and a plurality of point-of-interest (POI) locations corresponding to the points of interest ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160812 | Tracking and guidance architecture and method A tracking and guidance system is provided. The system comprises a first device configured to transmit a location of the first device. The system further comprises a second device configured to receive the location from the first device, to display the location on a... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8085169 | Apparatus and method for map display and imaging apparatus at a plurality of display resolutions A map display apparatus for displaying a map image at a plurality of display resolutions includes the following elements. An information recording unit associates an image signal of a captured image with imaging position information to record the associated signal a... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7982635 | Method and system for displaying traveling-position of move object The present invention relates to a method and system for displaying a driving location of a moving object which controls a Red, Green, Blue (RGB) ratio by corresponding to a property of a road where the moving object travels, differently renders a moving object symb... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7969328 | Navigation apparatus and program of the same A navigation apparatus of a vehicle includes: storage means for storing information about the vehicle and a road area; and guide route calculating means for calculating a guide route on the basis of the information stored in the storage means. The navigation apparat... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7965203 | Video quality estimation apparatus, method, and program In estimating subjective video quality corresponding to main parameters (121/221) which are input as an input coding bit rate (121B/221B) representing the number of coding bit rates per unit time and an input frame rate (121A/221A)... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7920072 | Virtual earth rooftop overlay and bounding Provided is a single repository for capturing, connecting, sharing, and visualizing information based on a geographic location, for example. Detailed information of a structure or object information can be displayed on a rooftop or over an area of interest. The deta... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7916044 | Dynamic location-based mapping system and method A graphical mapping system configured to display mapping information on a handheld device is disclosed. The system includes an image map database configured to store map data for a plurality of geographic areas, which is useful for generating graphical maps. The sys... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7916043 | Vehicle communication system A wireless communication system for a vehicle includes a global positioning system operable to determine a current geographical location of the vehicle and a current directional heading of the vehicle. Data useful to the driver of the vehicle that is relevant to at ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7859434 | Navigation device The present invention provides a navigation device in which the accuracy of placement of a displayed vehicle position mark is improved at an intersection with a small angle. The navigation device weights coefficients of road candidates for consistent matching, in de... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7839306 | Map display method A map display method whereby the contents of a road map displayed can be easily and clearly grasped regardless of the running conditions of a vehicle. In a summarized map displayed on a display screen 10, an area including a vehicle position 11,... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7777648 | Mode information displayed in a mapping application Provided is a single repository for capturing, connecting, sharing, and visualizing information based on a geographic location, for example. Detailed information about a structure or other object information can be displayed as mode information. An object of interes... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7733244 | Navigation system A navigation system having a camera captures a front view image for guiding a driver of a vehicle to a destination. A portion of the front view image is identified as a destination image area, and the destination image area is marked by an arrow based on a processin... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7710291 | Apparatus and method for generating driver assistance information of traveling vehicle A method for generating driver assistance information of a traveling vehicle. The method can restructure traveling environments into an image based on a sensor system capable of removing blind spots around a traveling vehicle, and a scheme capable of exactly detecti... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7688227 | Dynamic location-based mapping system and method A graphical mapping system configured to display mapping information on a handheld device is disclosed. The system includes an image map database configured to store map data for a plurality of geographic areas, which is useful for generating graphical maps. The sys... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7679532 | Systems and methods for using multiple hypotheses in a visual simultaneous localization and mapping system The invention is related to methods and apparatus that use a visual sensor and dead reckoning sensors to process Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM). These techniques can be used in robot navigation. Advantageously, such visual techniques can be used to aut... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7642931 | Driving support image-display apparatus and program therefor A driving support image during a turn at an intersection is provided as a driving support by a driving support image display apparatus for a driver by the image display apparatus so that the driver can easily recognize a state ahead of his or her vehicle or a state ... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7623045 | Facility display unit A facility display unit three-dimensionally displays an image of the facilities identified by a facility identifying section 6 on a wide-area map according to a display mode set by a setting accepting section 1, and zooms in on the image of the facilit... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7573403 | Systems and methods for controlling a density of visual landmarks in a visual simultaneous localization and mapping system The invention is related to methods and apparatus that use a visual sensor and dead reckoning sensors to process Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM). These techniques can be used in robot navigation. Advantageously, such visual techniques can be used to aut... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7564376 | Condition-dependent icon generation for vehicular information terminals In condition-dependent icon generation for a vehicular information terminal, a strength of a signal indicative of vehicle location information is measured, a road speed limit is determined based upon the vehicle location information, and vehicle speed information is... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7557736 | Handheld virtual overlay system A handheld virtual overlay system (HVOS) device is presented that includes a global positioning system (GPS) receiver for detecting a global position of the HVOS device; a compass/tilt sensor for detecting a direction and tilt of the HVOS device; a communication mod... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7525450 | System for dynamically pushing information to a user utilizing global positioning system A computer implemented method is provided for directing region-specific information. The method receives information relating to location of users, and provides location-specific information to the users. ... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7498955 | Geographic image strorage, transmission and display system A system is disclosed in which a geographic area of interest can be selected, and photographic images of the selected area can be downloaded and displayed by a user in an efficient and timely manner. The geographic area of interest may initially be selected by vario... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7495582 | Geographic information storage, transmission and display system A system is disclosed in which a geographic area of interest can be selected, and information corresponding to the selected area can be downloaded and displayed by a user in an efficient and timely manner. The geographic area of interest may initially be selected by... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7456757 | Navigation apparatus and program of the same A navigation apparatus of a vehicle includes: storage means for storing information about the vehicle and a road area; and guide route calculating means for calculating a guide route on the basis of the information stored in the storage means. The navigation apparat... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7437238 | In-vehicle navigation device An in-vehicle navigation device in which a route search block outputs a search result of a guiding route from an exit of the expressway to an entrance of the expressway by way of the selected facility to a display block to make the display block display the search r... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7428460 | Method of delivering difference map data The present invention provides, in a car navigation system, a unit of notifying a user of the update contents of map data prior to the downloading of the map data. A vehicle-mounted terminal sets a difference update area in accordance with a selection made by a user... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426437 | Accident avoidance systems and methods Accident avoidance system for a host vehicle includes a global positioning system residing on the host vehicle for determining the host vehicle's location as the host vehicle travels based on signals received from one or more satellites, a map database having digita... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7424309 | System in vehicles for making a telephone call A system for making a telephone call in a vehicle in which information concerning the traffic situation of a first vehicle is electronically processed and sent to a second vehicle. By apparatuses of further electronic processing, only relevant information concerning... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421339 | Apparatus and method for controlling traffic information display in navigation system A navigation system displays different colors on sections of a travel route according to traffic density. A method for controlling a traffic information display in the navigation system includes the steps of: if a traveling route is received from a user of a moving ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7414543 | Multiple miniature avionic displays A display screen for displaying multiple sets of information is provided. In one embodiment, an aviation display screen includes a main window and a plurality of miniature windows. The main window is adapted to illustrate one set of information. Each miniature windo... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7414542 | System and method for signaling status of traffic flow In one general aspect, a method for signaling traffic flow information includes monitoring a status for a traffic restrictor, generating a wireless signal indicative of the status of the traffic restrictor, and communicating the wireless signal to a receiver. In ano... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7411512 | Tracking the geographic location of an animal Systems and techniques for tracking the geographic location. In one aspect, a method includes receiving timed magnetic field information descriptive of a magnetic field to which a magnetometer was subject, the magnetic field information having been collected while t... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7406380 | Navigation system A navigation system for providing different modes of navigation guidance to drivers is provided. A smart card stores user information. In a main apparatus, a parameter table storage section stores parameters which are used for controlling the outputting of navigatio... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403134 | Vehicle driver guarding system using vehicle telematics service and control method thereof A vehicle driver guarding system using a vehicle telematics service and a control method thereof are provided. The vehicle driver guarding system includes: a vehicle telematics system for receiving a final destination, calculating a final destination arrival expecta... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7400968 | Navigation apparatus and program In a vehicle navigation apparatus, displaying an enlarged view of an intersection within a guide route is suppressed when a value N associated with a corresponding passing direction of the intersection exceeds a learning reference value. When the value N is not more... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7398155 | Car navigation system When an elevated road and a usual fly-under road are located in a stacked state, two roads are shown in overlapped lines on a display unit of a car navigation system in a subject vehicle. When the subject vehicle travels the fly-under road, the elevated road is show... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7398156 | Point search apparatus and in-vehicle navigation apparatus There are provided a point search apparatus and an in-vehicle navigation apparatus capable of searching destination candidates from which a user can view a visual target that he/she desires. A search means is formed so as to search destination candidates from which ... | 07/08/2008 |
