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...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8095307 | Method for controlling the display of a geographical map in a vehicle and display apparatus for that purpose In a method for controlling a map display in a vehicle, a display device is controlled such that a section of a geographical map is displayed in a spatially non-linear scale. A display apparatus for displaying a geographical map includes a control unit and a display... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095308 | Navigation apparatus In a navigation apparatus, a control device superimposes, on a displayed map in a display device, a plurality of marks for indicating a guidance route around a guidance point. The control device fixes a real distance of an interval between the marks without dependin... | 01/10/2012 |
| 7966125 | System and method for terminal charts, airport maps and aeronautical context display A method of controlling a display of geographical data to assist in the navigation of a mobile platform (such as a train, ship, aircraft or automobile) is provided. The method includes determining a map associated with the navigation of the mobile platform into or o... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7933716 | Azimuthal equidistant projection navigation display and method Methods and apparatus are provided for an azimuthal equidistant projection (AEP) aircraft navigational display. The apparatus comprises a generator providing the aircraft's current latitude and longitude (φ1,λ0), a user input for providing th... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7912639 | Road map data generation method, road map data update system, and road map data management device A navigation device has a regional map data item for each of multiple regions, into which a nation is divided. A connection table is included in a regional map data item for a certain region and associates (i) a certain ID of a connection road in the certain region ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7844395 | Map display having scaling factors on the display and selecting scaling factors by touch sense A map display apparatus that displays a map includes: a display device; a touch panel disposed over a screen at the display device; and a control device that controls display at the display device with a signal input from the touch panel, and: the control device dis... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7818125 | Move guidance device, system, method, program and recording medium storing the program that displays a code containing map scale rate and position information Based on a transfer request from a portable terminal though an input operation or communication, a two-dimensional code is generated, the code containing information of a scale rate of map information for guidance displayed on the in-vehicle terminal and a current p... | 10/19/2010 |
| RE41492 | Traffic information output device/method and traffic information distribution device/method A traffic information distribution system includes a distribution device for synthesizing pieces of traffic information supplied from a traffic information center, an output device for outputting pieces of traffic information distributed from the distribution device... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7761230 | Method and apparatus for displaying a night-view map A navigation apparatus including a memory for storing building data of buildings; a display; a decimating unit for decimating the building data based on the unit of the bar scale of a map appearing on the display; and a display controller for displaying the building... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7660667 | System and method for off route processing A system and method for off route processing is disclosed. The system and method can be used to provide information when an off route condition occurs. The system and method can include provisions to make modifications in the way navigation information is displayed.... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7650237 | Navigation apparatus and navigation method There are provided a navigation apparatus and a navigation method capable of performing a character display reflecting the operation result of a user. The navigation apparatus includes a facility search section that searches for a facility fulfilling a set search co... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7620496 | Combined map scale and measuring tool A combined map scale and measuring tool can be used in digital mapping systems. In the scale mode, the scale indicates the correct scale, for example, at the center of the map. It can be updated with every pan, zoom or resize operation the user performs, and can fur... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7613566 | Navigation device with improved zoom functions A navigation device with improved zoom functions is disclosed. The navigation device is generally operable to display a map with varying magnifications and perspectives to enable a user to increase or decrease magnification and perspective without creating a substan... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7593814 | Attaching measurement data to an area map A method of attaching measurement data to an area map on the display of a test instrument includes importing a map for display covering a desired spatial region. Appropriate points of interest are overlaid on the map. A user selects measurement data to be attached t... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7555388 | Method for automatically zooming in/out on map in navigation system Provided is a method for automatically zooming in/out on a map in a navigation system. The method includes measuring a running speed; searching a lookup table for a running speed zoom factor based on the measured running speed; and automatically zooming in/out on th... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7548814 | Display based on location information A method may include obtaining location information associated with a device, determining a focal point for a map based on the location information, displaying the focal point on the map, and decreasing a detail or a scale on the map as a radial distance from the fo... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7463978 | Navigation apparatus and map-indication control program A display screen indicates a map on a first scale. After a vehicle passes a guide point, determinations are made as to whether or not an on-map position of a next guide point is outside a predetermined large-area indication deciding frame in the display screen, and ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7444238 | Global position mapping system having a mobile docking station and method for use of same An apparatus, method and system for generating a map using a global positioning system (100). According to one embodiment, the present invention is a mapping apparatus capable of automatically loading the most relevant local map data to a handheld mapping dev... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7430473 | Vehicle navigation display A mobile navigation system includes a graphical display for presentation of map information. Map features are selected for presentation on a display. Characteristics for display are also selected. The characteristics for display include a scale for display that vari... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7426436 | High-performance server architecture, methods, and software for spatial data Systems that distribute map data and related map services are vital to companies in many industries, for example, telecommunications, trucking, and national defense. These systems typically comprise a computer, known as a server, which retrieves the map data, and a ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7418341 | System and method for the selection of a unique geographic feature The present invention includes a system and method for selecting a unique geographic feature, including a mobile device that uses position and orientation sensors to determine a user position and a user orientation. The mobile device is adapted for wireless communic... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7392131 | Method for supplying a program-aided information system with specific positional information Disclosed is a method for supplying a program-aided information system with specific location information, in which the information system provides at least one selection of certain location-dependent information on the basis of a person-specific or object-specific ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7375732 | Methods and apparatus for navigating an image Methods and apparatus are contemplated to perform various actions, including: zooming into or out of an image having at least one object, wherein at least some elements of the at least one object are scaled up and/or down in a way that is non-physically proportional... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7365758 | System and method for scaling data according to an optimal width for display on a mobile device A system and method is included for scaling blocks of data according to an optimal width to increase usability of the data when scaling the blocks of data to fit a screen on a mobile device. The optimal width provides a minimum width to which the block of data may b... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363357 | Context-aware systems and methods, location-aware systems and methods, context-aware vehicles and methods of operating the same, and location-aware vehicles and methods of operating the same Context-aware systems and methods, location-aware systems and methods, context-aware vehicles and methods of operating the same, and location-aware vehicles and methods of operating the same are described. In various embodiments, a context or location service module... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359798 | Method of controlling display of point information on map A map of a zoom area to be zoomed is displayed within a display screen while point information excluded from the zoom area is displayed in a position for indicating a direction thereof in a periphery of the map of the zoom area. ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353111 | Navigation system performing route guidance for vehicle A preprocessing unit calculates a square sum SJ(tn) of jerk J, and a driving characteristic calculation unit determines whether the jerk square sum SJ(tn) is equal to or above a predetermined threshold value. The position/traveling direction de... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7342516 | Method and apparatus for communicating map and route guidance information for vehicle navigation A route information supply system comprises a reception module which receives information on a current position and a destination from a terminal device by communication, a map data storage module storing at least detailed map data and summary map data, a traffic in... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7308359 | Navigation system, method and device with automatic next turn page Systems, devices and methods are provided for an improved navigational route planning device which provides more understandable, accurate and timely information for negotiating a decision point along a route. The navigational aid device includes a processor adapted ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7305350 | System for notifying an online client of a mobile vendor Systems and techniques for notifying a potential customer of a vendor that is in geographic proximity to the potential customer. The vendor is associated with a vendor and may include available good and/or services. The potential customer may be notified of several ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7305149 | Image pickup information recognition system An image collating center has a communication unit, a processing unit, and a memory unit. The processing unit accesses a geographic information database through a communication network, extracts appropriate geographic information from the geographic information data... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7295155 | Satellite positioning apparatus and method Available-satellite data indicating satellites available for satellite positioning is obtained from a GPS receiver, and satellites continuously available for satellite positioning in the current instance and the previous n times are extracted as candidate satellites... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292936 | System and method for displaying information A system and method for displaying information is disclosed. The system and method can be used to provide navigation information to a user. In some cases, the system and method can include provisions to retain an indicia within a certain area. The system and method ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7272471 | Computer-readable media, methods, and systems for computer tactical operation Computer-readable media, methods, and systems for computer tactical operation are provided. First computer program code to facilitate a communication with a remote station. Second computer program code to identify from the communication a position of the remote stat... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272497 | Vehicle navigation system with multi-use display A vehicle navigation system (e.g., GPS) with multi-use display generator that provides for the switching of a displayed image from a navigational based image to a non-navigational image such as a favorite photo. This versatility allows for the user of a vehicle navi... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7268723 | System and method for locating targets using measurements from a space based radar A system and method for determining a position of a target within an acceptable tolerance using an iterative approach. A airborne or space-based measuring device is used to measure an estimated position of the target. The information from the measuring device is use... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7269510 | Device and carrier of map information data Device (1) and carrier for providing map information data (3) interactively to a display unit (5). The device (1) comprises a processor (7) and a memory (9) comprising a map information database (11) comprising map in... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7266376 | Method and device for providing information related to activity of user An information providing system includes a mobile terminal and an information providing device. The mobile terminal includes a communication circuit transmitting positional information representing a position of the mobile terminal to the information providing devic... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7259746 | Display apparatus and method for automotive vehicle In display apparatus and method for an automotive vehicle in which an image display is mounted, a road map data image is stored in a storage medium, a mark representing the present position of the vehicle is superimposed on the road map data image, the road map data... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7259668 | Mapping the location of a mobile communications device systems and methods Embodiments of the invention comprise systems and methods related to the provision of location based services via a mobile communications device. In different embodiments, a communication system is described, comprising a mobile communications device, a mobile commu... | 08/21/2007 |
