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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185305 | Rewrite apparatus A rewrite apparatus calculates a risk of destruction of data due to data retention in each file. It is determined whether a refresh start condition is satisfied. The refresh start condition is provided in accordance with the calculated risk. When the refresh start c... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8170795 | Navigation system with animated intersection view A vehicle navigation system helps guide a driver to a destination by enhancing visualization of upcoming intersections. The navigation system stores animation data that depicts the intersection as it will appear to the driver. The animation data may be a sequence of... | 05/01/2012 |
| 7609177 | Storage media containing electronic map file, electronic map display system utilizing electronic map file and related method thereof An electronic map display method is disclosed. The method includes: providing an electronic map file having a plurality of objects where each object has an attribute; and comparing a plurality of attributes corresponding to a plurality of target objects included wit... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7561070 | Removable electronic tablet for vehicle instrument panel An instrument panel for a vehicle that includes a screen that is operable to display at least one object, and wherein the object automatically changes in size when the vehicle changes between a drive mode and a park mode. ... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7554462 | Information updating device, its method, its program and storing medium storing the program A processor (150) of a map information generating device (100) acquires annotation data for displaying a location adjusting annotation about, for instance, a feature that is newly built and set a locatable position of a location-adjusting-annotation ch... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7522068 | Method and apparatus for indicating direction using a screen, and vehicle equipped therewith The invention relates to a method for indicating direction using a screen, wherein a pattern of relatively dark and relatively bright sections is moved over a screen, in a direction in which an observer is to be directed. The invention further relates to an apparatu... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7440849 | Method for managing map data for vehicle The present invention relates to a method for managing map data for a vehicle using a navigation system, wherein upon display of the map data, memory loading for the display of the map data can be quickly performed by reducing the number of access to a physical stor... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7433783 | Presenting driving directions Techniques are provided for reducing the number of maneuvers presented in narrative driving directions for a route from an origin location to a destination location. Maneuvers are combined to reduce the number of maneuvers presented. Maneuvers may be combined based ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7417641 | Aeronautical chart display apparatus and method A method and apparatus for converting electronic display aeronautical chart data to aeronautical chart data that is tailored for an avionics display is disclosed. The method and apparatus received by a data processing unit, electronic display aeronautical chart data... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7409221 | Technique for communicating information concerning a product or service provider to a vehicle In an automobile, communications to and from the automobile are in the form of messages. Such messages are referred to as “electronic car-mail” or “C-mail” messages as each message has a destination or origination address which includes an identifier, e.g., ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7395150 | Map-updating-data creating method A map-updating-data creating apparatus performs, for each old map file, creating a map-updating file for rewriting the map file to a new map file, determining the serial number of each of the updated map files, creating a serial number management file in which marks... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7395140 | Geographic information system and method for monitoring dynamic train positions A geographic information system (GIS) displays geographic roadway data, geographic track data and geographic train position data. The GIS includes a GIS database having static roadway and track data. A computer aided dispatching (CAD) system includes a task to deter... | 07/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7382290 | Mapping program including a map, process and system for precisely representing or determining a location on the map and an electronic device and a storage medium therefor A mapping program includes an overlay grid of intersecting lines represented by two series of numbers. An origin is defined and an area of interest is defined. The origin corresponds to a location on a map. One series of numbers relates to longitude; while the other... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7379811 | Digital mapping system Various methods, systems, and apparatus for implementing aspects of a digital mapping system are disclosed. One such method includes sending a location request from a client-side computing device to a map tile server, receiving a set of map tiles in response to the ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7373247 | Method and apparatus for updating map data, and computer-readable medium storing program for executing the method A method and an apparatus for easily updating map data in real time, using a device employing map data or a navigation system, through a transport protocol expert group (TPEG) service, and a computer-readable medium storing a computer program for executing the metho... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369872 | Mobile communication device for searching data based on rotation degree and a method thereof Disclosed is a mobile communication device for searching data based on a rotation angle. The mobile communication device includes a body; a geomagnetic sensor for detecting a rotation angle of the body based on an axis perpendicular to the earth surface; a main memo... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365653 | Driving support system A driving support system includes a rotation amount setting means and a bird's eye view image generating means. The rotation amount setting means sets a previously-set inclination angle of the image pickup device to a horizontal plane at a rotation angle during coor... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363150 | On-vehicle information terminal abridged map generation apparatus and abridged map generation method An on-vehicle information terminal generates an abridged map by abridging a map based upon map data and displays the abridged map. The on-vehicle information terminal comprises an abridgment factor setting unit that sets an abridgment factor indicating an extent to ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363157 | Method and apparatus for performing wide area terrain mapping A method and apparatus for performing wide area terrain mapping. The system comprises a digital elevation map (DEM) and mosaic generation engine that processes images that are simultaneously captured by an electro-optical camera (RGB camera) and a LIDAR sensor. The ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363151 | Map error information obtaining system and map error information obtaining method The present invention provides a map error information obtaining system which can promote the collection of the map error information as well as reduce the number of man-hours required for researching the site and verifying whether or not the collected map error inf... | 04/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7349769 | Communication system for communication between in-vehicle terminals and center, and in-vehicle terminal employed in communication system In a communication system for downloading programs from a center to in-vehicle terminals, a center can check whether downloading has been completed normally or a program is operating normally in an in-vehicle terminal. According to the timing of activating a downloa... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349801 | Vehicle navigation system and method for guiding path of complex intersection There is provided a vehicle navigation system and method for guiding path of a complex intersection more accurately. The method for guiding path of the complex intersection includes the steps of: configuring the complex intersection through a grouping based on a ter... | 03/25/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7333108 | Entertainment apparatus, object display device, object display method, recording medium and character display method An entertainment system 10 has: a depth computing module 210 which computes a viewpoint distance from viewpoint coordinate to an object; a scaling computing module 208 which computes scaling for a unique size of the object based on the viewpoint... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330787 | System and method for abstracting and visualizing a route map A system and method for making computer-generated maps includes a different scale factor for each road in a route. The scale factors are used to optimize the route map against a target function that considers factors such as the number of false intersections in the ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7315259 | Techniques for displaying and caching tiled map data on constrained-resource services Techniques are disclosed that enable users to access and use digital mapping systems with constrained-resource services and/or mobile devices (e.g., cell phones and PDAs). In particular, latency of a mapping application on high-latency and low-throughput networks is... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7308359 | Navigation system, method and device with automatic next turn page Systems, devices and methods are provided for an improved navigational route planning device which provides more understandable, accurate and timely information for negotiating a decision point along a route. The navigational aid device includes a processor adapted ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7308358 | Navigator, navigation system, navigation method, data processing apparatus, data processing method, program thereof, and recording medium thereof A system member of a data processing system 1 operates a terminal 3 to connect a registration-site server 6, and inputs requirements including personal data. The registration-site server 6 creates customer data from the requirements and p... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7305149 | Image pickup information recognition system An image collating center has a communication unit, a processing unit, and a memory unit. The processing unit accesses a geographic information database through a communication network, extracts appropriate geographic information from the geographic information data... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7283906 | Presenting driving directions Techniques are provided for reducing the number of maneuvers presented in narrative driving directions for a route from an origin location to a destination location. Maneuvers are combined to reduce the number of maneuvers presented. Maneuvers may be combined based ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7277559 | Mobile apparatus A mobile apparatus is provided, which includes a plurality of imaging devices, a measurement device for measuring a current position and direction of the imaging devices, a map data storing section which stores map data including at least registered information on p... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7272471 | Computer-readable media, methods, and systems for computer tactical operation Computer-readable media, methods, and systems for computer tactical operation are provided. First computer program code to facilitate a communication with a remote station. Second computer program code to identify from the communication a position of the remote stat... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7269504 | System and method for assigning a level of urgency to navigation cues System and method for guiding a driver of a vehicle (20) from a starting point to a destination point using an assignment of levels of urgency of navigation cues. The system comprises a navigation unit (38), a controller (22) and a user interfac... | 09/11/2007 |
