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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8180563 | Method for modifying navigation information and navigation apparatus using the same A method for modifying navigation information is provided in the present invention. The method comprises steps of detecting a status information with respect to a moving carrier guiding by a navigating route; comparing the status information with a characteristic in... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8170785 | Method for creating a route plan for agricultural machine systems For creating a route plan for a group of agricultural working machine systems for working a territory, the machine systems include route planning data determination devices and they exchange data with each other and, based on exchanged route planning data, one share... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8160810 | Route search system, route search terminal and route search method The route search system of the present invention receives the provision request of the information about route search from a route search terminal. The information included in the provision request from a route search terminal is acquired, calculation processing of ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8135538 | Navigation system A portable navigation device is set out for calculating fuel related parameters and returning related data to the user of the device. The related data may include fuel cost of a particular calculated route. Additional data may include particular displays of informat... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8135539 | Presenting a travel route in a ground-based vehicle Techniques are provided for displaying a map for a route in a ground-based vehicle. The map includes a variable road network map showing finer detail for geographic features near the route and less detail for geographic features farther from the route. The map is di... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131460 | GPS navigation code system A GPS navigation code device has GPS features and easy address retrieval means built in, enabling a driver to retrieve and request directions to an address without taking his eyes off the road. The user pre-programs the GPS navigation code device with a plurality of... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8108141 | Intelligent travel routing system and method A method of assigning routes to a plurality of users includes determining a cost for each of a plurality of roadway segments. The cost of a roadway segment is commensurate with the roadway segment's inclusion in one or more existing routes from a start location to a... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8090534 | Method and system for enabling an off board navigation solution The present invention is directed to a method and system for providing off-board navigational information from a network server to a mobile communication device, such as a cellular phone. Specifically, upon receiving from the mobile communication device the real tim... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090533 | Map display system, method of inputting conditions for searching for POI, method of displaying guidance to POI, and terminal device A map display system has a terminal device having display means for displaying a map image and also has a route search server having a POI database. The map display system has operation/input means for performing predetermined operation on an object image including ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8086403 | Route search method, route guidance system, navigation system, and statistical processing server Systems, methods, and programs store predicted distance range data, in which distance ranges where a vehicle will be within a specified time are predicted for individual zones and individual time periods, and store traffic data that is created based on traffic circu... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8085192 | Device, system and method for controlling and storing sensitive information on a GPS device A system and method for controlling and storing sensitive information on a global positioning system (GPS) device are provided. The system includes a locational information module for determining location information of the device; an encryption module for encryptin... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8078399 | Method and device for three-dimensional path planning to avoid obstacles using multiple planes An obstacle-avoidance-processor chip for three-dimensional path planning comprises an analog processing circuit and at least two analog-resistive-grid networks. The analog processing circuit is communicatively coupled to receive data from an inertial measurement uni... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073617 | Map information generating systems, methods, and programs Systems, methods, and programs store map information including a road network. The systems, methods, and programs gather traveling information including a plurality of loci, each locus representing a vehicle traveling along a road that is not included in the stored ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068982 | On-vehicle navigation system An on-vehicle navigation system reliably performs guidance of a necessary exiting authorized section while avoiding the guidance of a needless exiting authorized section on a plural-lane road having a normal lane and a special lane where advancing from the normal la... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8068981 | Off-board navigation system for vehicles Described herein is an off-board navigation system for vehicles, comprising at least one operating center and at least one on-board navigation unit installed on board a vehicle, in which the operating center is provided with monitoring means configured for detecting... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8060299 | Machine with automated steering system A system is provided for regulating a travel course of a machine. The system has a steering system operationally connected to at least one ground engaging device. Additionally, the system has a path generator configured to generate a path along which the machine can... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8060302 | Visual assessment of landmarks Visual images may be used to detect, or verify the existence of, landmarks. In one example, the landmarks may be used to provide driving or walking directions. A set of records may be examined to identify the street addresses of businesses or other entities. Additio... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8060300 | Navigation systems Systems, methods, and programs, store map data including a roadway network, detect a current position of the vehicle, and detect or receive at lest one of a distance to another vehicle, a speed of another vehicle, and traffic congestion information. The systems, met... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8060301 | Vehicle navigation apparatus A disclosed vehicle navigation apparatus enables the issuance of an accurate and quick guidance. Voice uttered by an occupant of a vehicle is collected by a voice collecting unit and transmitted to an external facility by a voice transmitting unit. The external faci... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8046166 | Display method and system for a vehicle navigation system Traffic information, including traffic flow information and traffic incident information, obtained through a traffic management system for providing and facilitating the exchange of traffic information between a remote location and a vehicle may be presented to a us... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8027787 | Vehicle navigation system and method A vehicle navigation system and method. The system includes a unit located in a vehicle and coupled to a first network, a traffic information center coupled to a second network, and a server coupled to the first and second networks. A trip plan is generated accordin... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8024113 | Navigation system In a navigation system, e.g., for a motor vehicle, for determining the route from a location of the navigation system to a destination point, the navigation system includes an output device for outputting the route and/or a direction indication that corresponds to t... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8024112 | Methods for predicting destinations from partial trajectories employing open-and closed-world modeling methods The claimed subject matter provides systems and/or methods that facilitate inferring probability distributions over the destinations and/or routes of a user, from observations about context and partial trajectories of a trip. Destinations of a trip are based on at l... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8014947 | Method and system of locating printouts Methods and apparatus for locating printouts are provided. In a method embodiment, a method of providing information generally includes generating directions to a first printer from a first location based on the location of the first printer and the first location. ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8005614 | Method for monitoring the integrity of an aircraft position computed on board A method for monitoring the integrity of an aircraft position computed on board including on-board means for monitoring the aircraft position that are able to detect common-mode failures. Dissimilar computing channels of the aircraft position are utilized, the dissi... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7991548 | System and method for presenting a computed route A method for presenting a route includes receiving a starting point and a destination point and computing a route that includes a route segment between the two points. The method further includes determining, based on a user's travel history, whether the route segme... | 08/02/2011 |
| RE42547 | Navigation apparatus, navigation method, and navigation program Navigation apparatus, methods, and programs merge and correct a plurality of types of past traffic information. The apparatus, methods, and programs may store a plurality of types of past traffic information, each type of past traffic information having a priority a... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7970536 | Navigation system A navigation system includes: a search unit that executes a search for a route from a start point to a destination; a display unit at which the route determined through the search is displayed together with a roadmap; and a specification unit that specifies a range ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7970535 | Drive assist system When moving a vehicle forward to park, a swept path during a period of parking operation is stored in memory. The vehicle is parked as forward parking, in which the front of the vehicle faces the dead end of a parking space of a side-by-side parking lot. In starting... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7962282 | Link setting system suitable for map matching, method and program thereof In order to eliminate erroneous map matching, when a link is set on a road, the direction and distance the link is displaced are calculated in accordance with the width of the road and the width of a road paralleled to the road, or the positional relationship of bot... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7957894 | Optimum route determination with tiling An optimum route search may be conducted through the use of a tiling overlay on the network of road segments. Overlaying the tiling (grid) over the road segments allows for a reduction of the number of road segments considered for an optimum path as road segments ca... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7957895 | Navigation device and method A method of operating a portable navigation device or navigation system is described, together, with a computer program and a PND and navigation system. The method includes the steps of providing for a specific premises, location or location range, being identifiabl... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7953551 | Method and apparatus for moving in minimum cost path using grid map A method of moving in a minimum cost path using a grid map, and an apparatus to perform the method, the method including calculating a move cost to a goal, from each of a plurality of cells comprises in a space in which a mobile home appliance moves, and planning a ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7953552 | GPS navigation code system A GPS navigation code device has GPS features and easy address retrieval means built in, enabling a driver to retrieve and request directions to an address without taking his eyes off the road. The user pre-programs the GPS navigation code device with a plurality of... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7941269 | Network-based navigation system having virtual drive-thru advertisements integrated with actual imagery from along a physical route A network-based navigation system includes a user interface and a computer server system that can access a map database, an actual imagery database and an advertisement database in order to provide visual route guidance information having virtual drive-thru advertis... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937218 | Navigation apparatus A navigation apparatus provides a route guidance that selectively displays guidance information of a navigation route when the navigation route branches from a branch point. That is, for example, when the navigation route goes through two branch points in a series a... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7925436 | Navigation device and method for determining network coverage A method and device are disclosed for navigation. In at least one embodiment, the method includes determining a route of travel of a vehicle in which the navigation device is located, based upon at least a desired destination and a current location of the vehicle; s... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925435 | Navigation system for determining a route to a destination A pedestrian route navigation system (“PRNS”) in a vehicle capable of determining a route from a final parking position of the vehicle to a predetermined destination, comprising a final parking position unit and a pedestrian route calculation unit. The PRNS may ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7920965 | Identifying a route configured to travel through multiple points of interest A computer-implemented method for identifying a route that is configured to travel through multiple points of interest includes receiving a query that includes an origin location, a destination location, and at least a first point of interest and a second point of i... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7920966 | Navigation apparatuses, methods, and programs Navigation apparatuses, methods, and programs set a first reference point on a driving route, set a second reference point on the driving route, the second reference point being prior to the first reference point along the driving route, and set a third reference po... | 04/05/2011 |
