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...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8094043 | Road map with indicated road segments One embodiment is to visually direct the focus of the user to specific road segments on a road map surface by the use of colors or symbols overlaid on certain roadways shown on a road map. In numerous embodiments, it will provide the user with a quick visual referen... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8081089 | Digital windshield information system employing a recommendation engine keyed to a map database system Disclosed is a method and system for recommending locations keyed to a map database system and providing navigation instructions to the recommended locations to a driver of a vehicle by gathering actual statistics about the preferences of the user and/or by comparin... | 12/20/2011 |
| 7924173 | Electronic navigation system and method The invention provides a system for providing geographic information. The system includes a mobile unit having a first geographic database and a base unit having a second geographic database that is more up-to-date than the first geographic database. The base unit r... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7796056 | Digital windshield information system employing a recommendation engine keyed to a map database system Disclosed is a method and system for recommending locations keyed to a map database system and providing navigation instructions to the recommended locations to a driver of a vehicle by gathering actual statistics about the preferences of the user and/or by comparin... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7741978 | System and method for providing location-based entertainment There is disclosed a system and method for providing location-based entertainment. In one embodiment, a device capable of providing location-based entertainment comprises a navigational interface module configured to receive navigational data, an entertainment selec... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7728737 | Systems and methods for output of information messages in a vehicle A method and system is provided for the output of an information message in a vehicle, whereby an information message is stored, the current location of the vehicle is determined, a driver of the vehicle triggers an assignment of a stored information message to a lo... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7656312 | Method and system for retrieving and broadcasting updated informational data based on location A tracking method and system. The method comprises receiving by a tracking apparatus, data comprising informational data segments and associated tracking data segments. The tracking apparatus is moved within a specified proximity of a first location. The tracking ap... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7541945 | Navigation system and landmark highlighting method A control circuit memorizes identification information of a landmark and a visits count relative to a spot assigned the landmark, in a visits count storing unit. The control circuit updates the visits count stored in the visits count storing unit when the spot assig... | 06/02/2009 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7418339 | Method for initiating navigation guidance in a distributed communications system A method is provided for improved navigation guidance in a portable navigation device (104) having a first navigation operating mode (302) for requesting (318, 324) and receiving (326, 334) routelet data and navigation route data and oper... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7417562 | Traffic information display device, traffic information display method, and on-vehicle electronic apparatus Along with displaying on a map a sign which indicates the type of a traffic event at the side of the traffic lane upon which the traffic event has occurred, the sign and the position of the traffic event are displayed upon the map in a state of being connected toget... | 08/26/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7400972 | Method and system for route calculation that avoids railroad crossings A navigation system provides information about railroad crossing locations. A geographic database used by the navigation system includes data that indicate whether an at-grade railroad crossing is located along a road segment. Using this information, a route calcula... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7398154 | Method and system for computing road grade data A method of obtaining data for a geographic database is disclosed. Data indicating a plurality of locations along roads including data indicating altitudes at the plurality of locations is provided. Road grade values for a plurality of subsections of the road are co... | 07/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7385501 | 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. ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7375649 | Traffic routing based on segment travel time A system for identifying a fastest possible travel route is disclosed. A traveler data processor collects traffic speed data and associates the traffic speed data with road segments. The road segments collectively represent one or more possible travel routes from a ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7369939 | Method and apparatus for displaying information for vehicle, and computer product An apparatus for displaying information on a vehicle includes an information acquiring unit that acquires at least one of speed information and engine revolutions-per-minute information of the vehicle; and a display control unit that controls a display screen in suc... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7353614 | Vehicle compass system with continuous automatic calibration The compass system of the present invention utilizes an improved calibration routine in which a processing circuit of the compass recalibrates the compass each time three data points are obtained from a magnetic field sensor that meet predetermined criteria. One suc... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353110 | Car navigation device using forward real video and control method thereof A car navigation device using a forward real video and a control method thereof are disclosed. The car navigation device using a forward real video along the travel direction of a vehicle, comprises a camera that photographs the forward real video and outputs the ph... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7327234 | Driving assistance method and system with haptic notification seat A driving assistance system and method for providing driving condition information to a driver via a seat with a haptic signal. A set of state signals of the vehicle with respect to a lane on the road is generated. The set of state signals include at least a lateral... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324896 | Using a corridor search to identify locations of interest along a travel route A corridor search process is used to identify locations of interest along a travel route. The corridor search process identifies locations of interest along a travel route by using a grid search process that first identifies shape points that correspond to the trave... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321826 | Point on interest spatial rating search The present invention is directed to a system and method for searching and retrieving location information associated with one or more points of interests, whereby the search criteria can be dependent upon the location of a point of interest with respect to the real... | 01/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7305244 | Method for activating a location-based function, a system and a device A method for activating a location-based function, at least one item of position data is determined for the function as a condition for activating the function. A device in a wireless communication network examines at least one property of the network to decide whet... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7271742 | Method and apparatus for sending, retrieving and planning location relevant information The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for sending and retrieving location relevant information to a user by selecting and designating a point of interest that is displayed on a graphical user interface and sending the location information assoc... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7266447 | Method of collecting information for a geographic database for use with a navigation system A method for collecting geographic data for use with a navigation system is disclosed. A virtual pedestrian segment providing a path through an unorganized geographic area is identified. The unorganized geographic area lacks underlying organization into roads and pa... | 09/04/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7221287 | Three-dimensional traffic report Disclosed herein is a traveler information monitoring and dissemination system. The system disclosed herein provides real time information to a traveler, wherein the real time information may be pre-selected by the traveler. The system ensures consistent and quality... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7206695 | Navigation apparatus A current place indicating icon a for indicating the current place of a user, a used road image b for indicating a used road being followed by the user, an option road image c for indicating an option road connected to the used road and located in front of the curre... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7203597 | Terminal apparatus for acquiring position-related content A terminal apparatus is provided with a content list storage section that stores a content list storing at least one pair of an address of content related to a position and the position. A position detecting section detects a position, a specifying section which def... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7196639 | Location-based content delivery The present invention provides for delivering content, such as information, advertisements, directions, and news, to a mobile terminal based on location. The mobile terminal is configured to determine its location and whether content is available based on internal r... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7194357 | Using a corridor search to identify locations of interest along a travel route A corridor search process is used to identify locations of interest along a travel route. The corridor search process identifies locations of interest along a travel route by using a grid search process that first identifies shape points that correspond to the trave... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7194352 | Method and arrangement for controlling the speed of a vehicle A method and an arrangement for controlling the speed of a vehicle make possible a comfortable adaptation of an incrementation or decrementation of a pregiven desired speed. The desired speed is changed by the actuation of an operator-controlled element (1). ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7194347 | Vehicle control apparatus, vehicle control method, and computer program A vehicle control apparatus includes an information acquiring/managing unit that acquires information for controlling various units in a vehicle instead of a driver of the vehicle, and manages the information acquired, a situation determining unit that determines a ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7177737 | Systems and methods for correction of drift via global localization with a visual landmark 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... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177761 | Map display for a navigation system A system and method are disclosed for displaying map information on a computing device. Data are stored for rendering a simulation of travel along one or more road segments prior to embarking on travel along the road segments. The simulation is comprised of a sequen... | 02/13/2007 |
