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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8131461 | Navigation methods and systems Navigation methods and systems are provided. First, an electronic device generates a route planning result according to at least a destination, and performs a navigation process according to the route planning result. It is determined whether at least one navigation... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8126643 | Method, apparatus and computer program product for providing instructions to a destination that is revealed upon arrival An apparatus for providing instructions to a destination that is revealed upon arrival may include a processor. The processor may be configured to receive indications of context associated with a user, determine a destination for the user based on the context and us... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8126644 | Travel support system, method thereof, program thereof, and recording medium containing the program A PC of a travel support system displays running video of a predetermined route, and if a predetermined intersection is set as a warning point by a user, sends warning point setting information to a server. If the server acquires the warning point setting informatio... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8121785 | Bicycle computer having position-determining functionality A bicycle computer having position-determining functionality is described. In an implementation, an apparatus includes a housing configured to attach to a bicycle. The apparatus has one or more modules to store training metrics of a user of the bicycle as a function... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8108142 | 3D navigation system for motor vehicles A 3D navigation system for motor vehicles includes a set-up combining a first motor vehicle and an environment scanner to generate a three-dimensional image of an environment around the first motor vehicle or at least a part of the environment around the first motor... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8099236 | GPS navigator Disclosed is a method and system for identifying a location of interest between a user and an identified endpoint and computing at least one reference vector based on current positional information, current velocity information, and an identified endpoint. A samplin... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8086404 | On-vehicle navigation system The present invention provides an on-vehicle navigation system in which a user can perform predetermined driving using a special lane such as a carpool lane appropriately and without anxiety where advancing from a normal lane in a predetermined advancing authorized ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8078400 | Electronic map display system A navigation system is provided that includes a storage unit, a processing unit, and an optical output unit. The storage unit includes a first storage portion for storing type definition data for a plurality of object types, the type definition data defining a graph... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073621 | Navigation apparatus and method for providing turn-by-turn position list The present invention relates to a navigation apparatus and a method for providing a user with a list of turn-by-turn positions (TBTs) located ahead on a route. The navigation apparatus of the present invention according to an embodiment comprises a GPS receiving mo... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8073620 | On-vehicle display system and display panel control device An instrument panel display system includes a liquid crystal panel and a liquid crystal controller arranged to generate display data to be inputted into the liquid crystal panel. The liquid crystal controller includes a graphic LSI arranged to autonomously create sc... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068983 | Virtual environment systems and methods Representing vehicles in a customizable virtual environment is disclosed. One embodiment includes a controlled environment including prototype vehicles and a virtual environment including virtual representations of the prototype vehicles. The virtual environment is ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8065082 | Display systems with enhanced symbology A see-through display system includes a processing unit configured to receive data representative of geo-referenced symbology and terrain data, to compare the geo-referenced symbology to the terrain data, and to generate display commands associated with the geo-refe... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8065081 | Vehicle mounted user interface device and vehicle mounted navigation system Data is shared between a vehicle mounted navigation device and a vehicle mounted user interface device and among a plurality of vehicle mounted user interface devices. In a first location free display that allows a plurality of users to separately have access to the... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8055444 | Content display and navigation interface A user interface for navigating and viewing content is described. In one example, the apparatus includes display logic for displaying at least two content properties, wherein each of the content properties is associated with additional content (e.g., an application,... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8024117 | Map display apparatus for vehicle A remaining distance to an intersection regarded as a guide point is calculated based on map matching process. When the remaining distance is decreased to less than or equal to 100 m, an advancement display process is executed to advance a display position of a vehi... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8019536 | Methods, devices, and computer program products for geo-tagged photographic image augmented GPS navigation A method of providing augmented Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation can include detecting movement of a GPS enabled mobile device along a navigational route and displaying a photographic image on a display of the GPS enabled mobile device responsive to detect... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8019537 | Method of collecting information for a geographic database for use with a navigation system A method for operating a navigation system computes a pedestrian route for travel by a pedestrian. A request to calculate the pedestrian route from an origin to a destination and a walking preference for the pedestrian route identifying a feature of the pedestrian r... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7996151 | Map information display controlling device, system, method, and program, and recording medium where the program is recorded Provided is a navigation device which appropriately notifies a user of information. When traffic information and feature information are acquired, the traffic information and the feature information are associated with an ID number in accordance with time informatio... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7974780 | Route navigation systems, methods, and programs Navigation systems, methods and programs detect the current location of a vehicle and search a route to a destination based on the current location. The systems, methods, and programs set a guidance intersection based on the searched route, set a route guidance poin... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7974782 | Navigation system Disclosed are a navigation system and/or a point information display method and a program. The navigation system consists mainly of: a stream receiver that receives broadcast streams; a data decoder that samples a data signal from the received streams and decodes th... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7974781 | Navigation apparatuses, methods, and programs for generation of a 3D movie Navigation apparatuses, methods, and programs set a reference point at an intersection and set a region extending ahead of the vehicle in a direction in which the vehicle enters the intersection, the region including the reference point. Then, the apparatuses, metho... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7970539 | Method of direction-guidance using 3D sound and navigation system using the method Provided are a method of voice-guidance and a navigation system that guide a travel route of a mobile vehicle using a 3D sound having directivity. The method includes detecting at least one of a proceeding direction and a destination direction of a mobile vehicle ba... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7966123 | Display device and method for vehicle A display device for a vehicle has a display unit that has a meter display area and a navigation display area. The meter display area displays vehicle operation condition, and the navigation display area displays travel route guidance. When a display color changes i... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7966124 | Navigation device and its navigation method for displaying navigation information according to traveling direction A navigation method applied to a navigation device is used to display navigation information according to a traveling direction of the navigation device. The navigation information frame displayed is dynamically adjusted according to the traveling direction of the d... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7962284 | Device, method and medium providing customized audio tours The present invention relates to a method, medium and portable device for providing customized audio tours. The portable device includes a display displaying a map, a user input module allowing a user to select a particular point of the map displayed on the display,... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7957896 | Vehicular display system and method A vehicular display system includes an in-vehicle navigation device and a vehicular meter device. The in-vehicle navigation device includes a display, a navigation data producing device for producing first data that is to be displayed on the display, and a transmitt... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7949468 | Route guidance systems, methods, and programs Route guidance systems, methods, and programs detect a current position of a vehicle and search for a route to a destination on the basis of the vehicle position. The systems, methods, and programs set a guidance point at a predetermined distance before a target poi... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7941271 | Displaying images related to a requested path A system, method and computer-readable media are disclosed for displaying images corresponding to a path. The method can include downloading a path and one or more images corresponding to positions along the path, wherein the downloaded images are actual images of a... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941270 | Navigation system A method and system for providing navigational instructions. A signal is received from a first device. The signal specifies a destination location, a second device, and a request for at least one route leading to the destination location such that the at least one r... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7930101 | Navigation device and method for enhanced map display A method and device are disclosed for navigation. In at least one embodiment, the method includes determining map information for display on an integrated input and display device of a navigation device, based upon a determined route of travel of the navigation devi... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925438 | Method and apparatus for displaying route guidance list for navigation system A navigation system displays a route guidance list on a monitor screen in an intuitive and organized manner so that a user can easily understand information regarding the maneuvering locations and actions associated with the route to the destination. The route guida... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925437 | Navigation device with touch screen A navigation device programmed with a map database and software that enables a route to be planned between two user-defined places. The device may be further programmed to be able to display on a touch sensitive display a main navigation mode screen showing a map an... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7920968 | Generating human-centric directions in mapping systems Digital mapping techniques are disclosed that provide visually-oriented information to the user, such as driving directions that include visual data points along the way of the driving route, thereby improving the user experience. The user may preview the route asso... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7920967 | Methods and devices for providing route information Route information for at least a first route and a second route is displayed using display indicators assigned to each route. The routes may be decomposed into discrete segments, some of which may be shared among the routes. Upon determining which segments are share... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7917289 | Perspective view primary flight display system and method with range lines A display system for a vehicle includes a navigation database storing navigation data; a terrain sensor configured to gather terrain data; a processor adapted to receive the navigation data and the terrain data and operable to supply one or more image rendering disp... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7912638 | Method of collecting information for a geographic database for use with a navigation system A method for operating a navigation system computes a pedestrian route for travel by a pedestrian. A request to calculate the pedestrian route from an origin to a destination and a walking preference for the pedestrian route identifying a feature of the pedestrian r... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7912637 | Landmark-based routing Driving directions can be helpful if in addition to spatial information, landmark information is provided. Landmarks assist in adding context to directions as well as allowing for a greater likelihood of success of an operator following directions. There can be empl... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7908082 | Methods and systems for displaying airport moving map information Methods and systems for presenting a current position of a vehicle on a moving map display are provided. The method includes determining a current position and a path of travel of the vehicle, determining a current position of at least one of a second vehicle, an ob... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7899618 | Optical laser guidance system and method A method of guiding a vehicle comprises sensing a position of a laser beam using a laser sensor and receiving a signal from the laser sensor wherein the signal is representative of the position of the laser beam. The method further includes interpreting the signal, ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7881864 | Method and apparatus for utilizing geographic location information Embodiments of the present invention provide navigation devices (10) and methods for receiving and/or forming geoblogs. The provided navigation devices (10) are generally operable to retrieve a geoblog utilizing the current geographic location of the d... | 02/01/2011 |
