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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7299125 | In-transit package location tracking and reporting Methods, program products, and apparatus for reporting the location of packages or parcels as they move from a reception location through various vehicles and distribution locations to a delivery location. The methods, products, and apparatus enable any interested u... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7298275 | Machine associating method and apparatus A method for identifying a machine from within a facility for which information is to be presented via a wireless information device (WID), the method including the steps of assigning machine identifiers to each facility machine, determining WID location within the ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7295923 | Navigation device and address input method thereof Voice input of an address, which is user-friendly and has improved recognition result accuracy. First, a whole street name (full name) is uttered and voice recognition is tried. Only if the voice recognition fails, at least one letter of a character string expressin... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295922 | Interactive map production A method of producing an interactive map using a computer system. The method includes determining graphic data indicative of a visible representation of a map of a geographic area and determining an identity. The computer system then generates coded data indicative ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7296232 | Calendar control for selection of time periods to filter data The invention is directed to filtering data in a database with a calendar user interface. The invention returns data associated with time periods selected by the user. In particular, the calendar user interface provides options to the user to individually select a r... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292918 | PC-based automobile owner's manual, diagnostics, and auto care A computer built into an automobile displays the owner's manual for the car. The user requests more information about the automobile through the computer, and the additional information is displayed to the user. Information may include a description of a specific fu... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7292178 | Aircraft hazard detection and alerting in terminal areas A weather radar system or method can be utilized to determine potential weather hazard for an aircraft in a terminal area. The weather radar system can utilize processing electronics coupled to an antenna. The processing electronics can determine presence of the pot... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7292938 | Position locating system, terminal device, control method for terminal device, control program for terminal device, and computer readable record medium storing control program for terminal device therein A terminal device 50 includes aid-information acquisition device to acquire aid information 154 from an information providing apparatus, an information-providing-apparatus-sort judgment device to judge the type of information providing apparatus on the... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7292935 | Apparatus and method for guiding location of the other party in navigation system There is provided an apparatus and method capable of providing location information of the other party's moving object in a form of map information. The method for guiding the location of the other party's moving object in the navigation system includes the steps of... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289905 | Navigation guidance cancellation apparatus and methods of canceling navigation guidance Methods and apparatus are provided for controlling navigation guidance in a vehicle. The method includes: a) determining a re-route instruction based on a non-executed guidance instruction; b) presenting the re-route instruction; c) determining a non-execution of a ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7290000 | Server, user terminal, information providing service system, and information providing service method The present invention relates to a positional information service. A service center comprises a database for retaining bubble data in which spatial range information in a three-dimensional space is associated with retrieval information for obtaining service informat... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289906 | Navigation system applications of sigma-point Kalman filters for nonlinear estimation and sensor fusion A method of estimating the navigational state of a system entails acquiring observation data produced by noisy measurement sensors and providing a probabilistic inference system to combine the observation data with prediction values of the system state space model t... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289138 | Intersection detection in panoramic video Provides a system for detecting an intersection between more than one panoramic video sequence and detecting the orientation of the sequences forming the intersection. Video images and corresponding location data are received. If required, the images and location da... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289466 | Localization for low cost sensor network Wireless devices, systems and approaches or methods having the capability of determining the location of a given wireless device. An example system includes a wireless device that generates at least one pulse as a part of an output signal, and the at least one pulse... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289059 | Method and device for course prediction in motor vehicles A method and a device for course prediction in motor vehicles, which have a position-finding system for objects situated in front of the vehicle, where a function describing the path of the roadway is calculated on the basis of measured distance and angular data, in... | 10/30/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7289812 | Location-based bookmarks Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for using a location aware device to determine a current location, recording a location bookmark for the current location using the location aware device, storing the locat... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286085 | Precision geolocation system and method using a long baseline interferometer antenna system A long baseline interferometer antenna system and method for determining the location of an emitter. The long baseline interferometer antenna system comprises a first antenna, a second antenna, an inertial navigation system, an antenna baseline measurement system, a... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286908 | 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... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286931 | Vehicle navigation device and method of displaying POI information using same A vehicle navigation device is provided for permitting the display of the current POI (Point of Interest) information about points of interest which serve as landmarks near a guidance route to the destination, thereby improving visibility when a user identifies the ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283902 | Transfer of at least one personal setting of a vehicle A method is provided for transferring at least a first personal setting of a first vehicle to a second vehicle, especially for a driver, who changes the vehicle. To transfer the vehicle settings that are known to the driver as true to the original as possible from a... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280071 | Method and apparatus for computing position and velocity of receiver using independently-derived sets of satellites A satellite-signal reception-processing apparatus for receiving signals, which each have completed a spectrum-spreading process using a spreading code, from a plurality of artificial satellites. Then, on the basis of the received signals, the apparatus computes its ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280901 | Method of control of light beams emitted by a lighting apparatus of a vehicle and a system for performing this method A system for controlling at least one beam of light emitted from a lighting apparatus in a vehicle. The control system may, in at least one embodiment, control the lighting apparatus based on road navigation data and/or vehicle sensor data. The road navigation data ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280914 | Instrumented lock entry and traversing system An instrumented navigation system for aiding a towboat and barge configuration in the entry and traversal of a lock located on a waterway or for navigation around other structures, such as bridge piers or docks. The system consists of wirelessly linked computers on ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280894 | 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... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280913 | Motor vehicle navigation device having a programmable automatic notification operating mode A motor vehicle navigation device includes an automatic notification operating mode in which the processor automatically initiates the reproduction of a notification text via the loudspeaker at predetermined intervals of time or after predetermined distances of the ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7274380 | Augmented reality system An augmented reality system includes a video source, and a database. The video source resides at a location and produces an image. At least one encoded marker resides within the image. A marker detector is coupled to the video source and is adapted to derive encoded... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7274480 | Portable communicator This communicator makes it possible for the user to do telephone, facsimile, and data communication at any location. On a pen input device, a space eye 2, a telephone control system, a facsimile control system, and a data transmission system are mounted. All ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7274332 | Multiple evaluators for evaluation of a purality of conditions A system and method is disclosed for locating people or objects. In particular, a system and method for locating a wireless mobile station using a plurality of mobile station location estimators is disclosed. The system is useful for 911 emergency calls, tracking, r... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7273172 | Methods and systems for automating inventory and dispatch procedures at a staging area Methods and systems are provided to automate inventory and dispatch procedures at a staging area by automatically detecting the arrival or departure of delivery vehicles, container devices and other such items. Detection of these items is facilitated by the use of a... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7274941 | Dynamic service binding providing transparent switching of information services having defined coverage regions It is determined whether a location of a mobile device is within a coverage region of a first information service. Communications for the first information service are redirected to a second information service when the location of the mobile device is not within a ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7274988 | Vehicular driving support apparatus and driving support method A vehicular driving support apparatus capable of causing a host vehicle to perform a following run with respect to a specific vehicle selected as a followed vehicle determines the possibility of intersection between the host vehicle and another vehicle, and stops th... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7272501 | System and method for automatically collecting images of objects at geographic locations and displaying same in online directories A method and system are provided for collecting images of objects at geographic locations for publication in an online directory, such as online Yellow Pages. A camera and a GPS receiver, both receiving time information from a synchronized clock, are mounted on a ve... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272492 | Path planning for mine countermeasures An apparatus for mine avoidance that enables a battle group commander to rapidly detect, classify, and identify mines, and form a tactical picture of mined areas. The system is enabled by a graphical user interface which generates a display of the minefield and an a... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272495 | System and method for inverse multilateration A method and system for location-determination of a mobile comprising of a receiver with a variable processor gain of up to 45.15 dB for detecting signals transmitted from transmitters that at a farther distance as well as from transmitters that are situated in spar... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272493 | G.P.S. management system A management system using Global Positioning System receivers for tracking remote units from a central office and quickly and conveniently determining if those remote units have varied from a set of predetermined parameters of operation. The system also includes pro... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272490 | Trail analysis method and apparatus A trail analysis method of movable object includes acquiring first stay event data indicating a first location, a first arrival time of a first movable object to the first location and a first staying time, and second stay event data indicating a second location, a ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272489 | Navigation method and system for extracting, sorting and displaying POI information A navigation method and system for extracting point of interest (POI) data from a map data source and sorting the POIs by distance from a current user position to display the same at high speed without requiring a large memory. The navigation system aligns the cells... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272494 | Communications device for conveying geographic location information over capacity constrained wireless systems The present invention enables efficient communication of location identification of remote movable objects or vehicles over capacity-constrained wireless communications systems by transmitting only the truncated latitude and longitude coordinate data relative to a d... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272491 | Method and device for generating a flight plan for a tactical flight of an aircraft A flight plan for a tactical flight of an aircraft is generated using first input data including initial weight and initial loading of the aircraft, meteorological data, points of transit of the flight plan and at least one optimization criterion. With the aid of th... | 09/18/2007 |
