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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185300 | Safe driving evaluation system, method, and program Systems, methods, and programs input a current drive condition of a vehicle at a predetermined location before a predetermined temporary stop position, determine whether there is a possibility that the vehicle will not be able to safely stop at the temporary stop po... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8165794 | Positioning apparatus and positioning method A positioning method includes performing a first positioning by carrying out information communication with an external part of an positioning apparatus to obtain a first information indicating a position of an object to which the method is applied, displaying a fir... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8155871 | Method, device, device arrangement and computer program for tracking a moving object The invention relates to a location method, a locating device, a locating arrangement and a computer program for tracking an object, such as a dog. The method utilises GPS locating, the event time of which may be controlled by the user. In addition, the user may def... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150617 | System and method for displaying location-specific images on a mobile device A system is provided for providing location-specific images to a mobile device for display. The system generally comprises three components: a mobile device having a screen, a position identification system (e.g., a GPS receiver) that determines the position of the ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8140259 | Location device with a gravity measuring device A location device has a gravity measurement instrument in communication with a database which has the locations relative to time of an astronomical object. The location device also has a timepiece indicating the time which may be used to determine the location of th... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8131459 | Method for the determination of a receiver for location information The invention relates to a method for distinguishing between LOCATION REPORT messages to avoid ambiguities. Therefore, a value of an information element of request type is returned by a radio network controller, depending on an intended receiver of the location info... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8126642 | Control and systems for autonomously driven vehicles A navigation and control system including one or more position sensors configured to generate position signals indicative of the location and heading of a vehicle. The system includes one or more operation control mechanisms having inputs and producing outputs which... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8126641 | Route planning with contingencies A route planning system comprises a receiver component that receives a request for directions between two points. A route generator component outputs directions between the two points, the directions include a contingency such that an alternate route is provided, a ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8121784 | GPS triggered narration and recording for drive events Automatically presenting content to an occupant of a vehicle as the vehicle traverses a route (e.g., during a test drive or other drive event). Content items are associated with GPS coordinates the route. A GPS device on the vehicle identifies the vehicle location a... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8116975 | Landmark information system for an aircraft A landmark information system in an aircraft, by which landmark information system data relating to informing, instructing and entertaining passengers may be visually presented. An aircraft equipped with a landmark information system is also provided. The landmark i... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8108140 | Navigation device A navigation device is designed to calculate the present position thereof based on the output data of a GPS unit in association with an acceleration sensor and a magnetic sensor. When the absolute value of the acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor is abov... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8095305 | System and method for financing a rideshare system A system and method for financing a rideshare system is provided. A rideshare transaction is arranged. Potential participants are identified for the rideshare transaction. Two or more of the potential participants are matched for inclusion in the rideshare transacti... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095304 | Cargo tracking and visibility system and method A cargo load and visibility system and method as well as an associated delivery vehicle tracking system are provided to permit cargo to be tracked, both as the cargo is loaded upon the delivery vehicle and throughout the delivery process, thereby increasing the visi... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8086400 | System and method for monitoring the security of participants in a rideshare environment A system and method for monitoring the security of participants in a rideshare environment is provided. A rideshare transaction is monitored between two or more rideshare participants. At least one of the rideshare participants is associated with a rideshare partici... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8086399 | Navigation apparatus A navigation apparatus includes notification means for notifying an advance direction at a branching point in a route guiding, storage means for storing a plurality of moving methods and notification methods corresponding to the respective moving methods, input mean... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8086398 | Sending location information from within a communication application A method in a wireless communications device for transmitting current location information representing a current location of the wireless communications device. The method entails, from within a communication application executing on a processor of the wireless com... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8082097 | Method of routing a first personal navigation device away from a second personal navigation device A method of routing a first personal navigation device (PND) away from a second PND, the method includes receiving a position or second route of the second PND, and generating a first route for the first PND that maintains at least a threshold distance from the posi... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8082096 | Wireless location routing applications and architecture therefor A system for wirelessly locating mobile station/units (MS) and using resulting location determinations for providing a product or service is disclosed. The system is useful for routing an MS user to a plurality of desired locations, alerting an MS user to a nearby d... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8078396 | Methods for and apparatus for generating a continuum of three dimensional image data The present invention provides methods and apparatus for generating a continuum of image data sprayed over three-dimensional models. The three-dimensional models can be representative of features captured by the image data and based upon multiple image data sets cap... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078397 | System, method, and computer program product for social networking utilizing a vehicular assembly A system, method, and computer program product are provided for social networking utilizing a vehicular assembly. In operation, a vehicular assembly is utilized to communicate with a mobile device. Information about social contacts is received, utilizing the mobile ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073615 | Destination-prediction apparatus, destination-prediction method, and navigation apparatus Provided is a destination-prediction apparatus that predicts a destination with increased accuracy than using a conventional technique. The destination-prediction apparatus comprises a candidate-destination selecting unit that selects and orders a plurality of candi... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8065079 | System and method for indicating reminders via a portable computing device A method of processing location data at a portable computing device is provided and includes receiving information associated with a user defined location at the portable computing device. The information includes a central point and an entry indication perimeter. A... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8036824 | System and method for setting a rideshare transaction fee A system and method for setting a rideshare transaction fee is provided. Data is maintained for rideshare transactions, each associated with a route. At least one rideshare transaction that travels along a particular route is identified. A number of drivers offering... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8019535 | Traffic information collecting system for navigation device An information center (5000) for collecting traffic information stores in its memory device the latest map data. Then, it is determined through a terminal device (5030) whether or not history information has been recorded in a data recording medium ( | 09/13/2011 |
| 7996150 | Mobile object position detecting method A control unit 10 detects the presence/absence of receiving position information based on the position data provided from a GPS receiver 14. While the GPS receiver 14 is supplying no position data, the control unit 10 computes the travel ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7979202 | Methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing a locator service Methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing a locator service are provided. A method includes receiving object identification information and location identification information from a vehicle. The location identification information indicates t... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7974778 | Vehicular control object determination system and vehicular travel locus estimation system In a vehicular control object determination system, locus correlation degree calculator calculates a degree of correlation between a future travel locus of a vehicle estimated by first travel locus estimator based on a vehicle speed and a yaw rate and a future trave... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7974779 | System and method for assigning participants to a rideshare based on financial transactions A system and method for financial transactions in a rideshare system is provided. A rideshare environment with multiple rideshare transactions is maintained. Each rideshare transaction includes one or more participants. Bids are received from potential participants ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7970533 | System and method for matching participants in a rideshare program A method and system for matching participants in a rideshare program is provided. A participant rating is identified in a rideshare environment. A rideshare participation score is generated for the identified participant. The identified participant is assigned to a ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7953550 | Center pivot irrigation system position sensing system A system and method for determining a position of a center pivot irrigation system includes positioning a tower unit on the rotatable arm of the irrigation system, determining a distance between the arm's rotation center and the tower unit, calculating coordinates o... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7945384 | Navigation apparatus and position detection method A navigation apparatus includes: a main unit to be attached to a mobile object through a base section, the main unit detecting a current position of the mobile object based on positioning information; a section that calculates acceleration applied to the mobile obje... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7945582 | Web-based interactive geographic information systems mapping analysis and methods of using thereof A method, system, and computer-readable medium for providing geographic information systems (GIS) data is provided. The steps, functions, and instructions provided include receiving GIS data from a plurality of websites, populating a searchable database with the GIS... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7941268 | Bearing calculator and error correction method A bearing calculator provided with a geomagnetic sensor for detecting earth-geomagnetism and a control unit for calculating a geographical bearing based on detection values of the geomagnetic sensor. The control unit can execute offset error correction processing fo... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937217 | Bearing calculator and error correction method A bearing calculator provided with a geomagnetic sensor for detecting earth-geomagnetism and a control unit for calculating a geographical bearing based on detection values of the geomagnetic sensor. The control unit can execute offset error correction processing fo... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7930098 | System and method for financial transactions in a rideshare environment A system and method for financial transactions in a rideshare system is provided. An economic demand is determined for a rideshare transaction. An economic supply is also determined for the rideshare transaction. A rideshare transaction price is set based at least i... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925667 | Method, data format, encoding device, decoding device and system A method, a data format, an encoding device, a decoding device and a system for encoding, for decoding and/or for transmitting location information, the location information including both locating information and description information, a data packet separately co... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925433 | Method, system and device for monitoring vehicle usage A vehicle tracking device (101), method and/or system are provided. The device (101) includes a location interface (117), for receiving a location signal indicating a current location when operably connected to a GPS antenna; a sensor interface ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7917285 | Device, system and method for remotely entering, storing and sharing addresses for a positional information device Devices, systems and methods for remotely entering, storing and sharing location addresses for a positional information device, e.g., a global positioning system (GPS) device, are provided. The present disclosure allows a user to easily and safely enter an address i... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7912631 | System and method for distributed engagement The disclosed system for cooperative engagement generally includes a control system in communication with an actuation system, an effector system, a sensor system and a communications interface. Disclosed features and specifications may be variously controlled, adap... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7890253 | Location information sharing method based on wired and wireless internet using location ID Location information sharing method based on wired and wireless internet using a location identification (ID). Converting a location ID entered in the content of documents through Internet terminals into a URL, which provides location ID related services to the Inte... | 02/15/2011 |
