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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8170793 | System and method for determining routing point placement for aiding in encoding and decoding a path A method of encoding a shortened path definition of a path in a mapping system is described. In one embodiment, a shortened path definition includes only those routing points that are needed to eliminate valid alternate routes. ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8072354 | Mobile vehicle navigation method and apparatus thereof A method and device for updating map data of a navigation device. The method includes receiving information relating to an area update of the map data from a data server via a wireless broadcast to the navigation device; and displaying the information in graphical f... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7999702 | Method and apparatus for obtaining weather information from road-going vehicles In one embodiment taught herein, a plurality of road-going vehicles report weather-related data to a weather-determining system. For example, trucks and/or cars having in-vehicle information systems wirelessly transmit one or more items of weather-related data, such... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7936286 | Emergency information and transportation control system A system for providing transportation information to passengers during an emergency, such as a terrorist attack. The system links emergency responders, public transportation operations (including subways, buses and other mass transit systems), and network operations... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7688228 | Map data delivering device, communication terminal, and map delivering method An updated part of map data is delivered while suppressing unwanted communication traffic and preventing contradiction in the updated map. A map delivering server (10) comprises a map data storage section (102) storing link data including the update da... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7444239 | Telematics terminal and method for transmitting route guidance information data fitted to a receiving terminal Disclosed are a telematics terminal and a method for transmitting route guidance information data fitted to a receiving terminal. The method includes the steps of initializing operational conditions of a mobile communication terminal by transmitting device informati... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440842 | System for transmitting, processing, receiving, and displaying traffic information A system for sharing and processing traffic information includes a number of traffic information computer systems within individual vehicles and a traffic information server system. The traffic information computer systems are each connected to the server system thr... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7432830 | Electronic navigation system and method The invention provides a method and system for providing route guidance and other information from a base unit to a remote unit in response to a request from the remote unit. A query is formatted at the remote unit, the query including the request, and is transmitte... | 10/07/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7412327 | Providing guiding service by means of a wireless terminal The invention relates to a guiding system for wireless terminals. In the system, position-specific information of route points of the route on which a first wireless terminal travels is determined and it is sent to a guiding server. Supplementary data used for guidi... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7406381 | Navigation system, vehicle navigation apparatus, and method for obtaining navigation information A navigation system, a vehicle navigation apparatus therein, and a method for obtaining navigation information using the same are provided which can obtain navigation information quickly when a vehicle goes off-route by obtaining the navigation information required ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7388519 | Displaying points of interest with qualitative information A method is disclosed for associating and displaying qualitative information with points of interest in a graphical map. In one embodiment, a method comprises the computer-implemented steps of displaying a geographical map; displaying in the map, concurrently, icons... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7383125 | Navigation method and system for accurately estimating positions of street address numbers A navigation method and system determines a more accurate position of a street address number with use of building footprint information or latitude/longitude information of POI (point of interest), thereby accurately defining a position of a destination. When a use... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7382289 | Vehicular communication system A vehicular communication system comprises a wireless communication link from the vehicle to an external provider of information or service. Data pertaining to at least one of the location and the direction heading of the vehicle is communicated to the external prov... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7376509 | Travel time calculating method and traffic information display method for a navigation device The navigation device of the present invention has a storage device which stores map data including link data of respective links constituting roads on a map, and statistical data including travel time (moving speed) which is determined by statistical values of traf... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7376510 | Map display for a navigation system A system and method are disclosed for displaying map information on a portable computing device. When approaching a location at which maneuvering guidance is to be provided by the portable computing device, the portable computing device presents alternating images o... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373347 | Information processing apparatus and information processing method In an information processing apparatus connectable to a terminal through a network, a terminal type of the terminal is specified based on a first request requesting Web information, said first request sent from the terminal through the network, and reference Web inf... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7366610 | Downloading map segment(s) to a cell phone based upon its GPS coordinates and mobility A wireless terminal displays its location and navigation information (map segment) on its display. The wireless terminal accesses a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver of the wireless terminal to determine its location coordinates. The wireless terminal determi... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7353108 | Method and apparatus for transmitting position information on a digital map The invention purposes to provide a position information transmission method for accurately transmitting a position and a shape on a digital map with a small amount of data. In a position information transmission method of the invention, the transmitting side... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352291 | Method of receiving messages transmitted from vehicle to vehicle A method of receiving messages which are transmitted from vehicle to vehicle and contain information relating to traffic is characterized in that information from received messages is only accepted when a number of identical items of information are received, wherei... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7339496 | Geographic data transmitting method, information delivering apparatus and information terminal A preferred route from a present place to a destination in decided based on geographical data including road shape information indicative of the shapes of roads and also including road connection information indicative of connection conditions between the roads, and... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340341 | Digital map position information compressing method and device The present invention provides a method and apparatus for compressing data of position information such as a road on a digital map in order to realize an accurate transmission of the position information in a small volume of data. A shape vector of an object road se... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7333888 | Vehicle navigation system A vehicle navigation system transmits navigation information to a vehicle display in form of video data in a standard video format. The video data may be displayed as a still or a moving image. The vehicle navigation system includes a decoder for decoding and displa... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330788 | Data architecture of map data, data architecture of update instruction data, map information processing apparatus, and map information providing apparatus In a road data frame for displaying road maps, each node/link data record describing a link corresponding to a road part includes link identification information identifying an original link, and auxiliary link identification information used for identifying a plura... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7315780 | Guide system, guide apparatus, and radio apparatus which communicates with guide apparatus A guide system for delivering data between a guide apparatus and a terminal without installing a data carrier reader. This guide system comprises a guide apparatus and a radio apparatus that is a terminal communicating with the guide apparatus. In the guide apparatu... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7312722 | System and method for assessing parking space occupancy and for reserving same A method and apparatus for determining the availability of a plurality of parking spaces and of reserving one or more of such available parking spaces is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of accepting data indicating an occupancy status of at least a subset ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310534 | Location status indicator for mobile phones A method of presenting location data representing a mobile phone's current approximate location to a mobile phone user via the mobile phone display. The location information is iconically displayed and periodically updated. To display location information, the mobil... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7283987 | Compression scheme for improving cache behavior in database systems A cache-conscious version of the R-tree, called the CR-tree, is disclosed. To pack more entries in a node, the CR-tree compresses MBR keys, which occupy substantial part of the index data. It first represents the coordinates of an MBR key relatively to the lower lef... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7266450 | Method and system for selecting route guidance data for off-board navigation A method of navigating a vehicle includes determining a route. At least one probable off-route condition is determined based on the route. Digital map information is transmitted based on the determination of the at least one probable off-route condition from a call ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7263438 | Smart storage and transmission of navigation information A method for sending navigation information is disclosed. The method can gather various items of navigation information and send those items of navigation information in a certain order. In some cases, the order is established by information that has been received. ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7260474 | GIS point-to-point routing for directions To provide a convenient selection of origin and/or destination of a route, in an on-line map service, the user is permitted to select and view a map and select any point from the displayed map as one of the points necessary for computation of a route. In an example,... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7254481 | Action support method and apparatus An action support apparatus displays a destination specification screen for specifying a destination, and receives from the user a specification of a general destination. If a general destination is specified, then the apparatus determines a detailed destination, re... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7239760 | System and method for creating, storing, and utilizing composite images of a geographic location A system and method synthesizing images of a locale to generate a composite image that provide a panoramic view of the locale. A video camera moves along a street recording images of objects along the street. A GPS receiver and inertial navigation system provide the... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7239961 | Method for inputting destination data through a mobile terminal The invention relates to a method for inputting destination data into a navigation system as well as a mobile terminal and a navigation system for executing this method. The mobile terminal having a short range wireless interface is brought into contact with the nav... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7236462 | Method for data exchange with a mobile asset considering communication link quality A method for data exchange with a mobile asset wherein the communication link quality at the location of the mobile asset is measured at the time of the data transfer. The packet size for the data transfer is selected in response to the communication link quality. T... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7231296 | Display device, information processing device, and information processing system An information processing system includes a display device and a information processing apparatus. The display device includes: a first arithmetic processing unit; a display unit at which information is displayed as a bitmap; and an interface unit that can be connec... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7227475 | Public transportation interactive geographical advertisement system having world wide web access A information providing system for use in a vehicle. The system includes a processor having a global positioning system (GPS) incorporated therein positioned at a predetermined location within said vehicle. A passenger interface is positioned within the vehicle and ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7225077 | Vehicle navigation system In a vehicle navigation system, a data storage device stores data on categories of points of interest indicated on sign boards provided at freeway exits and facilities and services available at the points of interest. The navigation system performs a search for a po... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7206696 | Method for modifying navigation information A method for modifying navigation information is disclosed. The method can be used to reduce the amount of information sent to an on board unit by modifying the navigation information. Generally, the modification is done in a way that the information losses associat... | 04/17/2007 |
