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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7952494 | Map display apparatus A map in a navigation apparatus is displayed on a screen with its orientation aligned with an orientation of a facility map that is distributed in a facility when a vehicle having the navigation apparatus is traveling in a facility area that has pre-memorized guide ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7898438 | Integrated weather display and travel and navigation decision system A method and apparatus for a weather information display and decision system that incorporates weather depiction charts together with other graphs and diagrams generated via a computing device on-board a vehicle (for example, a water, air and land based vehicle) as ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7602315 | Navigation apparatus having a picture frame function and method for operating the same A navigation apparatus includes a map data storage for storing a map data, a picture frame image storage for storing one or more images, a mode-based setting storage for storing mode-based settings required in operating the navigation apparatus in a drive guide mode... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7598889 | Driving information analysis apparatus and driving information analysis system A driving information analysis apparatus which serves well to assist drivers' safe driving with the ease of checking analysis results is provided. Based on driving information read by a CF card reader, a vehicle mark is displayed on a map to indicate position inform... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7492284 | Method and system for acquiring additional information of map information A method for obtaining additional information pertaining to a route along which a vehicle is traveling from a current location to a destination. Location information of the vehicle, which includes the current location, is acquired by an in-vehicle computer within th... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7440851 | Method for providing navigation instructions A method for making destination guidance instructions available to a user, wherein at least two direction indications, from a current position to waypoints and to a destination, respectively, are prepared and are outputted for the user. At least one distance indicat... | 10/21/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7415336 | Methods, devices, and systems for automatic flight logs Systems, devices, and methods are provided for automatic flight logs. One method includes receiving one or more location data points associated with a flight, automatically recording the one or more location data points in a flight log, and allowing access through a... | 08/19/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7362239 | Vehicle warning system A vehicle warning system is responsive to vehicle speed and position as determined by GPS or other location based system information to alert a vehicle operator of potentially unsafe conditions when either exceeding the speed limit on a given road segment or when ap... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7353091 | Method of displaying cartographic information and aeronautical zones on an aircraft screen The field of the invention is that of methods of synthesizing cartographic images presented on display devices. This method is applied more specifically to visual flight on rotary-wing aircraft. The method according to the invention is used to present the useful aer... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7321294 | Display device, instrument panel, automotive vehicle and method for controlling instrument panel A display device for use in an instrument panel to be mounted in an automotive vehicle is capable of displaying information concerning the status of the automotive vehicle. The display device is further capable of providing an alarm, when a predetermined physical pa... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321824 | Presenting a travel route using more than one presentation style Techniques are provided for presenting a route in a manner that emphasizes the route and provides context information. For example, a vivid color or vivid colors may be used to display the route, and pastel colors or other desaturated colors may be used for non-rout... | 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 |
| 7295136 | Communication system In a communication system, a receiving module provided in a second electronic unit receives first information transmitted from a first electronic unit. A comparing module provided in the second electronic unit compares the received first information with second info... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7289039 | Apparatus and method for processing and displaying traffic information in an automotive navigation system A vehicle navigation system for use with a traffic information broadcast system which transmits traffic data relating to primary road segments and a communication system which transmits traffic data relating to road segments in a local geographic area. A broadcast r... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7272467 | Systems and methods for filtering potentially unreliable visual data for visual simultaneous localization and mapping Apparatus and methods 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 autonomously generate and updat... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7269507 | Method and system for electronically determining dynamic traffic information A method of and system for determining a path traveled by a vehicle in a road network having a plurality of road segments connected into a plurality of paths that includes obtaining a current location measurement having an accuracy range, determining the road segmen... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7256710 | Methods and systems for graphically displaying sources for and natures of aircraft flight control instructions Methods and systems for graphically displaying sources for aircraft flight control instructions are disclosed. A method in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes displaying at a display medium a map of a region at least proximate to an aircraft and... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7246008 | High resolution tracking of mobile assets A system and method for describing local area geo-reference features and landmarks in providing high resolution asset location information. Geo-image data is integrated to a mapping application and geo-reference data to add more detailed scale levels to the map. The... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240300 | Method for creating user-defined computer operations using arrows A method for creating user-defined computer operations involves drawing an arrow in response to user input and associating at least one graphic to the arrow to designate a transaction to the arrow. The transaction is designated to the arrow after analyzing the graph... | 07/03/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7215254 | Driving assistance system When a driving assistance system of a navigation device in a subject vehicle is able to communicate with a cooperative remote driving assistance system in an oncoming vehicle, images are obtained from individual front monitor cameras of the subject vehicle and the o... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7212107 | Odometer system and method for a vehicle A mileage display system includes a control unit operatively connected to an ignition switch of a motorcycle that obtains the accumulated mileage by accumulating a pulse signal produced according to running of the motorcycle. The control unit records odometer data i... | 05/01/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7174295 | User interface for text to speech conversion An electronic device which includes a user interface having a display for displaying text and a speech synthesiser including a loudspeaker, arranged to convert an input, dependent upon a text, to an audio output representative of a person reading the text. The devic... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7167782 | Flight management system and method for providing navigational reference to emergency landing locations An aviation navigational system and method for predicting glide range for an aircraft for specific airports and other potential emergency landing locations in proximity to the aircraft. Information is presented to the pilot by complementing a conventional moving map... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7164987 | Map image display apparatus, map image display program, and map image display method A map image display apparatus for displaying a map image with at least one name for entering a command to change the map image, and switching the displayed map image, when accepting the command with the name designated, to a map image in a vicinity of the designated... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7161497 | System for aggregating traveler information 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... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7161502 | Information display system An information display system for displaying a map that covers an area around a pre-registered point relevant to a date or a date and time. The position of the pre-registered point on the map is readily and accurately identified using the operator's selection of the... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7158881 | Navigation system for a vehicle A navigation system suitable for use in a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly having an interior reflective element. A database at a site remote from the vehicle includes map data and/or directory data. A global-positioning system receiver is opera... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7152332 | Navigational assist system Disclosed is a navigational assist system to assist a pilot or other person in the entry into an entry environment, such as a holding pattern or runway traffic pattern. The navigational assist system is comprised of a plurality of entry determining elements moveably... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7155339 | Display method and apparatus for navigation system for searching POI and arranging listing order of POI A display method and apparatus for navigation system enables a user easily see a list of points of interest (POIs) along a route to a destination. The navigation system shows a list of distance ranges of the route where each range shows a number of POIs searched. Th... | 12/26/2006 |
