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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7898437 | Object recognition device An object recognition device detects a position of a vehicle based on a running path obtained by GPS, vehicle speed, steering angle, etc., and also detects the position of the vehicle based on a result of recognition of an object obtained using a captured image of a... | 03/01/2011 |
| 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 |
| 7388516 | Mobile apparatus A mobile apparatus senses without failing an object which exists in a traveling direction of itself even when a pedestrian is moving while looking at a screen on which information is displayed. The mobile apparatus having the screen comprises an object detector part... | 06/17/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7336805 | Docking assistant Many day-to-day driving situations require that an operator of a motor vehicle guide the motor vehicle along a specific course and bring the vehicle to a stop at a specific location, for example in a parking bay or at a loading platform. To assist a vehicle operator... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7233683 | Method and system for guiding a vehicle with vision-based adjustment A method and system for guiding a vehicle comprises a location module (e.g., location-determining receiver) for collecting preliminary location data for the vehicle. A vision module collects vision-derived location data for the vehicle during an evaluation time wind... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7221909 | Method for guiding wireless communication device into communicable range and wireless communication device A personal digital assistant (PDA) detects its position by a two-axis acceleration sensor provided therein. While the PDA is within a communicable range where the PDA can communicate with the printer, a position of the PDA, which is located at time when the position... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7206693 | Method and apparatus for an integrated GPS receiver and electronic compassing sensor device At least one magnetic field sensing device and GPS receiver integrated in a discrete, single-chip package, and a method of manufacture for the same. Rather than requiring at least two separate chips to be used to realize GPS positioning and compassing capabilities i... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7197392 | Method for detecting map matching position of vehicle in navigation system The present invention relates to a method for detecting a map matching position of a vehicle in a navigation system, wherein coordinates of a current vehicle location are obtained from navigation messages received by a GPS receiver using a general line equation for ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7120452 | Radio apparatus capable of detecting its position and position search method When receiving an incoming call, a portable telephone that receives a search request judges whether or not this incoming call is the search request sent from a second portable telephone, which is a source of the search request. When the portable telephone judges tha... | 10/10/2006 |
| 6983205 | Compressing location data of moving objects Provides methods, apparatus and system for compressing a large number of continuous location data of moving objects. A large number of continuous location data of moving objects sent from a mobile unit or a locating device are received, these location data are compr... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6965827 | Method and system for tracking moving objects A database receives location information about a moving object. Using the destination of the object and an electronic map, the database finds a projected path for the moving object. From the projected path, the database computes a trajectory. The trajectory may be u... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6946978 | Imaging system for vehicle An imaging system suitable for use with a vehicle based global positioning system includes an imaging sensor and a control. The imaging sensor is positioned at the vehicle and may face generally forwardly with respect to the direction of travel of the vehicle. The c... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6933860 | Method and apparatus for the display of temporal distance data An electronic device is built including a memory, a processor, and a display. The processor is configured to calculate an array of estimated travel time data from a first location to a plurality of locations within a destination area from a set of situational parame... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6862526 | GPS correction methods, apparatus and signals Methods and apparatus are described and illustrated for producing GPS corrections, comprising: collecting measurements from a plurality of network reference stations; determining network corrections from the measurements; determining residual errors at one or more v... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6853907 | Method and system for communicating vehicle location information The invention provides a method for communicating a vehicle location information by initiating communication between a mobile communication unit and a receiving center, requesting a location information wherein the request is initiated by an automated speech recogni... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6826478 | Inertial navigation system for mobile objects with constraints An aided inertial navigation system and method for navigating a mobile object having constraints comprising an inertial measurement unit, a processor, and an error correction device. The inertial measurement unit provides acceleration data and/or angular velocity da... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6681179 | Method for remote routes calculation and navigation with automatic route detection and revision A method for remote routes calculation and navigation with automatic route detection and revision couples with navigation data transmission of a navigation center to increase navigation accuracy and greatly reduce data transmission between the navigation ... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6061627 | Current position calculating system for correcting a distance factor for calculating a vehicle travelled distance A microprocessor 214 obtains a vehicle travelled distance by multiplying the number of pulses by a distance factor R, the number of pulses having been outputted from a vehicle speed sensor 203 and having been counted by a counter 216. In addition, the mic... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6002981 | Correction method and intelligent vehicle guidance system for a composite-navigation of a motor vehicle A correction method is provided for a map-supported navigation system or for a navigation system, in which the position of a motor vehicle found by means of composite navigation is checked and corrected. To correct the fed back position, a range of error ... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5995023 | Orientation and navigation device with satellite support An orientation and navigation device provides for a current vehicle position to be displayed on a map. To make corrections in the event of loss of orientation, a satellite receiver is employed, which calculates a new vehicle position from the received sat... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5955973 | Field navigation system A location system is used in a vehicle moving within an area at a selected speed and in a selected direction. A heading sensor provides a heading signal representing the direction of movement of the vehicle. A speed sensor provides a speed signal based on... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5752219 | Navigation apparatus for vehicles A navigation apparatus for a vehicle using a GPS (Global Positioning System) as sensing means in which information on the basis of sensing results, such as a present position, a running locus and the like are displayed in a predetermined form of display o... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5684476 | Field navigation system A location system is used in a vehicle moving within an area at a selected speed and in a selected direction. A heading sensor provides a heading signal representing the direction of movement of the vehicle. A speed sensor provides a speed signal based on... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5602740 | Objective position information supplying method in navigation system, and navigation system An objective position information supplying method in a navigation system for detecting a present position of a self vehicle, includes the steps of: judging whether or not a distance between the detected present position and an objective position is withi... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5598339 | Navigation apparatus for vehicles A navigation apparatus for a vehicle using a GPS (Global Positioning System) as sensing means in which information on the basis of sensed results, such as a present position, a running locus and the like are displayed in a predetermined form of display on... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5574649 | Position-locating method and apparatus including corrections for elevational changes A method and apparatus for navigation of a vehicle travelling over a terrain in which the changes in elevation of the vehicle are continuously measured, in addition to the distance and heading. The distance measurements are continuously corrected by the c... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5469360 | Vehicle position detecting apparatus A correct vehicle position is detected even when the road data to be used in the map match computation includes errors of partial shape. When the matching computing operation of a running locus and the road data obtained from the outputs of a bearing sens... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5436840 | Vehicle position uncertainty area correction method and apparatus therefor In a preferred embodiment, a vehicle position uncertainty area correction method and a corresponding apparatus are detailed. This method is preferably executed on a hardware platform 400. This method includes provision of an initial position envelope (307... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5422639 | Navigation equipment which determines current position dependent on difference between calculated value of self-contained navigation and measured value of radio navigation In a case where a flag delivered from a self-contained navigation processor indicates that a position measured by the self-contained navigation processor lies on or in the vicinity of a road contained in road map information, a position correction process... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5394333 | Correcting GPS position in a hybrid naviation system A hybrid vehicle navigation system employs both GPS and dead reckoning sensors, working in parallel, to produce a sensed and a calculated position, respectively. The sensed and the calculated positions are compared to a road data base to determine separat... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5293318 | Navigation system A navigation system on an automobile has a GPS receiver for producing first positional data indicating the automobile position based on radio waves from GPS satellites, and a self-operating sensor for producing second positional data indicating the automo... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5130709 | Navigation apparatus for vehicle A navigation apparatus for a vehicle according to the present invention is designed to compare the distance from the previous intersection or feature to a further feature with the value from an odometer (2) and then to forcibly zero the remaining distance... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5119301 | Vehicle location detecting system A vehicle location detecting system comprising: a heading sensor for detecting changes in the heading of a vehicle as it moves over streets; a distance sensor for detecting distances traveled by the vehicle; a road map memory for storing a map data base; location d... | 06/02/1992 |
| 5067083 | Vehicle driving azimuth detecting apparatus for correcting a disturbed geomagnetic azimuth In an apparatus for detecting a driving azimuth of a vehicle, a gyroscopic sensor signal and a geomagnetic sensor signal are acquired. When the vehicle is driven in a disturbed geomagnetic area such as a straight road, the acquired geomagnetic sensor sign... | 11/19/1991 |
| 4989151 | Navigation apparatus and matching method for navigation A navigation apparatus, which is carried on a vehicle, computes the present positions of the vehicle by using the data collected by various types of sensors, and visually presents the computed present positions on a display. An absolute position data memb... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4970652 | System and method for displaying present position for moving object A system and method for displaying a present position of a moving object on a road are disclosed in which a road map information surrounding the present position of the moving object is displayed together with the present position of the moving object and... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4937752 | An apparatus for correcting distance error in a navigation system In a navigation system, during navigation between guidance intersections A and B, a next named intersection C is displayed along with the distance remaining until the named intersection B is reached. After the vehicle has entered the distance error correc... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4924402 | Method for identifying current position of vehicle A momentarily changing position of a travelling vehicle is correctly identified by a vehicular nagivation system on which a magnetism sensor, angular velocity sensor, travel distance sensor and global positioning system are mounted. The current position o... | 05/08/1990 |
