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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8116973 | Vehicular display device, method of controlling the same, program, and storage medium having program stored therein A vehicle has a plurality of traveling modes. A display device for the vehicle comprises: a display unit displaying map information; and a control unit causing the display unit to display recognizably, at a portion of roads in the map information, traveling modes th... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112299 | Mobile terminal capable of managing schedule and method of controlling the mobile terminal A mobile terminal capable of managing schedule and a method of controlling the mobile terminal are provided. In order to register a new scheduled event to the mobile terminal, a schedule place corresponding to the new scheduled event may be displayed on a schedule m... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108138 | Optimal vehicle router with energy management system A method is present for generating a route for a vehicle. A start point and an end point are identified for the vehicle. A spatial model of terrain encompassing the start point and the end point is identified to form an identified spatial model. The route for the ve... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108137 | Map scrolling method and navigation terminal Disclosed is a method for enabling the user to easily and rapidly access a map image of a desired position in a navigation terminal. When a touch input through a touch screen is generated in a route guidance mode, a virtual scroll button having the form of a multi-d... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103439 | Portable navigation terminal and program A portable navigation device where a map being displayed on a display section is fixed by performing map stop operation at a portable navigation terminal where an appropriate map is selected and displayed so as to correspond to the speed of movement. A portable navi... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103440 | Navigation server, navigation apparatus, and navigation system Provided is a navigation system which can contribute to guidance of a moving device such as a vehicle to a destination along a route appropriate from a viewpoint of energy economy. According to second information (VIN, Lj, OPj) on a second prob... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8095301 | On-vehicle system An on-vehicle system includes a plurality of control devices, a common data match determining unit, and a common data transmission permitting unit. Each of the plurality of control devices stores control data that includes common data and identification information.... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095302 | Discrepancy reporting in electronic map applications A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for proposing an update for a navigation chart displayed in an aircraft data processing system. A selection of a navigation object is received in the navigation chart through the aircraft dat... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090714 | User interface and method in a local search system with location identification in a request A user interface including a first view transmitted from a server computer system to the client computer system, the first view including a search identifier and a location identifier. Selection of the search identifier causing transmission of a search request from ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8086395 | In-vehicle navigation system An in-vehicle navigation system includes a navigation device that further includes a receiving unit configured to receive information, a storage unit configured to store the received information, and a guidance unit. The navigation system further includes: a battery... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8078572 | System and method for updating a geographic database using satellite imagery A reporting program and system for updating a master copy of a geographic database is disclosed. According to the method and system, reports are obtained that relate to data contained in a geographic database. Satellite images of the geographic locations represented... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078393 | Navigation apparatus A navigation apparatus includes a map information updating means (13) for updating map information on a basis of map update information, a mounting detecting means (14) for detecting whether a storage medium is mounted to a storage medium driving means... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8065075 | Power control system and method for the same A power control system and method receives and filters a valid GPS signal received by a navigation device and outputs a corresponding performance parameter for the GPS signal, and upon determining that a power management signal is a power-off management signal, dete... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8065074 | Configurable inertial navigation system with dual extended kalman filter modes A system and method for more accurately and robustly estimating navigation state of a vehicle by adaptively processing signals from an inertial sensor assembly and other sensors. A navigation system receives signals from two or more sensors to evaluate and correct t... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8065076 | Systems, methods, and computer program products for generating reference geocodes for point addresses Systems and methods are provided for generating a reference location data set, such as a reference longitude and latitude point, for each of a plurality of point addresses. A reference location data set can be determined for a point address based on a history of pri... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060297 | Route transfer between devices A user can intend to travel between different locations and employ different traveling manners to reach an intended travel destination. At different points, different devices can be employed for disclosing a route. For instance, as a user walks, a route can be integ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8055441 | Supplemental powered information receiver Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for a supplemental powered information receiver. A system includes a processor linked to a memory, the memory including at least a Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation process, a clock and internal ti... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8055440 | Method, apparatus and system for use in navigation The present embodiments provide methods, processes and systems for use in determining navigation. Some embodiments provide methods that receive a communication at a mobile navigation system from an external device, determine whether the communication comprises navig... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8050936 | Schedule planning network Systems and techniques, including computer-implemented techniques, can be used to receive a base schedule that includes multiple rotations that each include one or more segments. A set of itineraries can be generated based upon the segments in the base schedule, and... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8050858 | Multiple visual display device and vehicle-mounted navigation system In a vehicle-mounted navigation system, an operating unit that operates the driver's seat side image and an operating unit that operates the passenger's seat side image had to be provided separately, which increased the number of operation buttons and the size of th... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8046160 | Navigation systems and methods for wheeled objects A navigation system uses a dead reckoning method to estimate an object's present position relative to one or more prior positions. In some embodiments, the dead reckoning method determines a change in position from the object's heading and speed during an elapsed ti... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8036821 | Methods and systems for diminishing the effects of an acoustic signature of vehicles Methods and systems are provided for diminishing the effects of an acoustic signature of a vehicle while the vehicle is en route to a destination. One method includes the steps of retrieving acoustic data representing an acoustic model of the vehicle, terrain data r... | 10/11/2011 |
| RE42806 | Navigation apparatus A navigation apparatus including a joystick which is adapted for three motions of leaning in a plurality of predetermined directions, rotating about an axial line and being pressed in a direction along the axial line. As a result of these three motions, an operation... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8024384 | Techniques for crawling dynamic web content An automated form filler and script executor is integrated with a web browser engine, which is communicatively coupled to a web crawler, thereby enabling the crawler to identify dynamic web content based on submission of forms completed by the form filler. The crawl... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8019533 | System and method for data communication between a vehicle and an infrastructure A method is provided of transferring a data unit between a vehicle and an infrastructure communication network. The inter-vehicle communication network includes a plurality of roadside communication devices for relaying data to and from a vehicle traveling along a n... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8019531 | Navigation device and method for displaying alternative routes A navigation device has a route re-calculation function. This is activated by the user touching the screen to task away from the normal navigation map mode to a menu screen which displays multiple types of route re-calculation options. ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8019532 | Method and system for identifying and defining geofences The preferred embodiments of the present invention are directed to an improved mapping and navigational system. Specifically, the present invention is directed to a system for defining and assigning geographical boundaries to points of interests on a graphical map, ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8014940 | System and method for navigating a mobile device user interface with a directional sensing device An electronic mobile device includes a display, a tilt sensor and a processor. The display is for displaying a graphical element. The tilt sensor is configured to measure a tilt angle of the mobile device. The processor is configured to store the measured tilt angle... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8014939 | Point of 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... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8010280 | Vehicle travel safety device This vehicle travel safety device improves the recognition accuracy of road shapes while preventing an extreme increase in the computation amount required for correction of road data. An inactive determination portion determines that the operating portion is inactiv... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8010279 | Electronic guide system, contents server for electronic guide system, portable electronic guide device, and information processing method for electronic guide system Tour guide contents stored in a tour guide apparatus carried by a user at a tour destination are provided with points of interest information and map data. This information includes latitude and longitude information for the site of each point of interest, and infor... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8005610 | Method and device for determining the length of a shortest path in a network A computer-implemented method for pre-processing a network, wherein the network comprises nodes and edges, each edge having a length measured according to a given metric, comprises the steps of selecting a source and a target node; determining a transit node for the... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8000889 | Apparatus for and method of providing data to an external application A method of providing data to an external application is provided. The location and time of an object are periodically recorded to form a record of sightings. The record of sightings is then analysed in accordance with at least one criterion specified by the externa... | 08/16/2011 |
| 8000890 | Image-guided navigation employing navigated point computation method and system Provided is a method of image-guided navigation comprising determining a final navigated point in a three-dimensional reconstructed coordinate system based at least partially on two or more navigated points in a coordinate system associated with a two-dimensional ar... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7991544 | System and method for selecting and presenting a route to a user A method and system are provided for selecting and presenting a route to a user. An exemplary embodiment includes storing a plurality of associations, each association between a route taken by a user and user characteristics. Received from a particular user is a req... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7991543 | Navigation apparatus and method for street search When a character string for a street search is input in a vehicle navigation apparatus, street data are searched, and all streets which include the character string for the street search in the formal street name character string are extracted. The extracted street ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7987047 | Navigation equipment A navigation equipment includes a user position observing unit 15 for calculating the position of the navigation equipment by using the pseudo range and position of each GPS satellite, and a pseudo range error, a user velocity and heading observing unit 16... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7987045 | Method for stitching multiple converging paths A method of stitching converging path segments to aesthetically label Y-intersections, path bifurcations or splits in roads or the like entails determining which pair of adjacent path segments subtend the largest angle. The path segments subtending the largest angle... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7987218 | Method and system for establishing a spatial street address data set A method for establishing a spatial street address data set including: First, in no particular order: (1) providing street address data; (2) providing postal data; (3) providing community translation data; and (4) providing a spatial laye... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7987046 | Navigation device with improved user interface and mounting features A device with an improved user interface and mounting features comprises a sensor operable to detect a mounting configuration of the device, a display, and a processing system coupled with the sensor and the display. The processing system is generally operable to re... | 07/26/2011 |
