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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8150612 | Traffic information distributing apparatus In a case where a CPU provided in an information distribution center has received, from a navigation apparatus, vehicle information together with a request command for requesting traffic information such as current traffic information, the CPU sets a road category t... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150610 | System and related method for road traffic monitoring A road traffic monitoring system includes: a first input for receiving position estimations of mobile terminals; a second input for receiving input specifications chosen depending on the type of service for which such monitoring is performed; and an output for gener... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150609 | Method of selecting route and terminal thereof A method of selecting a travel route including receiving message information formed in a hierarchical structure and including traffic information, receiving a first position value and a second position value corresponding to first and second positions, searching for... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150611 | System and methods for providing predictive traffic information A method for providing predictive traffic information to global positioning satellite systems on board vehicles includes a plurality of GPS-enabled vehicles, each estimating at least one travel route comprising a plurality of road segments and estimating arrival and... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8121777 | Wireless broadcasting of drive-times data Either vehicle traffic or financial markets data is regularly broadcast in a fixed size packet over a wireless network in a push manner to one or more wireless receiver devices located within a particular service coverage region. A data center stores information spe... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8116969 | Method for equalizing traffic flows and for avoiding and resolving congestion A method is disclosed in which traffic flows are equalized. In at least one embodiment, this is achieved by virtue of road users receiving individual route recommendations from a traffic control computer in such a manner that the traffic control computer uses report... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8108135 | Traffic congestion degree determination device, traffic congestion degree notification device, and program When an average vehicle speed corresponding to a congested road section exists and at the same time, speed limit data corresponding to the congested road section is contained in map data, a degree of traffic congestion is determined based on the difference between t... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103437 | Traffic information distribution apparatus and traffic information distribution method In a case where a CPU 11 provided in an information distribution center 3 has received a request command for requesting predicted traffic information transmitted from a navigation apparatus 2 as well as vehicle information such as a navigator id... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8078391 | Road traffic information communicating system and method A control section (212) adds first time information from a clock (204) to road traffic information from a light beacon communication device to create road traffic information by first time for storing in a storage device (205). A time judging de... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7925425 | Navigation information distribution systems, methods, and programs Navigation information distribution systems, methods, and programs transfer a piece of vehicle position information to an information distribution center every predetermined time period, the piece of vehicle information including a vehicle position and a time when t... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7920960 | Method and apparatus for predicting future travel times over a transportation network The present invention is a method and an apparatus for predicting future travel times over a transportation network. In one embodiment, a method for predicting future travel times over a transportation network includes receiving a data point indicating a real-time v... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7912629 | Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for traffic data aggregation using virtual trip lines and a combination of location and time based measurement triggers in GPS-enabled mobile handsets A device for determining the traffic conditions between measurement locations associated with a roadway is provided. The device includes a processor that is capable of determining when a specified measurement location is passed or traversed and measure data as well ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7894980 | Method and apparatus for estimating real-time travel times over a transportation network based on limited real-time data The present invention is a method and an apparatus for estimating real-time travel times or traffic loads (e.g., traffic flows or densities) over a transportation network based on limited real-time data. In one embodiment, a method for estimating a travel time over ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7894981 | Traffic information providing system and car navigation system A traffic information providing system externally acquires traffic information including information relating to the travel time of a link, calculates a travel time for a non-provision link to which no travel time is provided through estimate/complement operation. T... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7869936 | Routing method and system A method of route determination for mobile elements in a network comprising a plurality of paths each having a predetermined path capacity. The method comprises the steps of registering centrally a plurality of route requests from a corresponding plurality of mobile... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7831380 | Assessing road traffic flow conditions using data obtained from mobile data sources Techniques are described for assessing road traffic conditions in various ways based on obtained traffic-related data, such as data samples from vehicles and other mobile data sources traveling on the roads, as well as in some situations data from one or more other ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7818114 | Methods, apparatuses, and computer program product for traffic data aggregation using virtual trip lines and GPS-enabled mobile handsets A device for determining when a virtual trip line has been crossed or traversed is provided. The device includes a memory for storing the virtual trip lines which are defined pairs of location descriptors corresponding to a geographic area. The device further includ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7747381 | Road information provision system, road information provision apparatus, and road information generation method An object of the invention is to provide a traffic information provision system which can arbitrarily set a position resolution and a traffic representation resolution and flexibly support a traffic information prediction service. The traffic information provision s... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7630828 | Destination prediction device and destination prediction method A destination prediction device having a map information accumulation unit that accumulates map information including at least positions of a plurality of points on a map and routes between the plurality of points; a start position acquisition unit that acquires a s... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7460949 | Method and system for detecting the presence of a disruptive object and activation module for this system This method of detecting the presence of a disruptive object on a stretch of road comprises: a step (66) of enumerating the vehicles simultaneously present on the stretch of road on the basis of data gleaned by a first and a... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7444284 | System, method and computer program product for large-scale street name speech recognition A system, method and computer program product are provided for speech recognition. During operation, a database of words are maintained. Initially, a probability is assigned to each of the words which indicates a prevalence of use of the word. Further, an utterance ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7424309 | System in vehicles for making a telephone call A system for making a telephone call in a vehicle in which information concerning the traffic situation of a first vehicle is electronically processed and sent to a second vehicle. By apparatuses of further electronic processing, only relevant information concerning... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7392130 | System and method for determining traffic conditions The present invention provides a method and apparatus for determining traffic conditions using wireless devices. A number of signals from the vehicles traveling in selected routes are received by several wireless communication networks via the wireless devices. The ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7373396 | Information delivery system and method and program of the system An information delivery system and its method and a program of the system, in which plural robots are used and users can obtain information effectively via the plural robots from the wider range than the range where only one robot moves, are provided. Each of the pl... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7363144 | Method and apparatus for predicting future travel times over a transportation network The present invention is a method and an apparatus for predicting future travel times over a transportation network. In one embodiment, a method for predicting future travel times over a transportation network includes receiving a data point indicating a real-time v... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7354379 | Engine automatic stop restart control apparatus, vehicle equipped with engine automatic stop restart control apparatus, and engine automatic stop restart method In a vehicle having idle stop functions and low vehicle speed-following drive functions, when a vehicle automatic stop flag F2 is identified as 1 at step S220, determines whether all engine stop conditions except depression of brake pedal are satisfied... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353107 | Verifying the validity of traffic status information A method for providing traffic status information as part of a traffic status detection by a motor vehicle, in particular traffic information for detecting traffic jams is provided. To provide high-quality traffic status information at an acceptable cost, it is prop... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7313588 | Locally executing software agent for retrieving remote content and method for creation and use of the agent A software agent is provided which executes instructions on a local user's computer to retrieve potentially changing information content from remote target sources, including web pages, over a computer network, such as the Internet. Different types of software agent... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7298289 | Mobile communication device A mobile communications device comprising a location sensing system, producing a location output; a memory, storing a set of locations and associated events; a telecommunications device, communicating event and location information between a remote system and said m... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7269502 | Mobile event triggering function for transit management system using traffic signal priority A traffic signal control method and system reduces the delay time of a transit vehicle at an intersection by incorporating an automatic vehicle location (AVL) system to trigger a traffic signal priority (TSP) strategy with a chain of mobile events to determine the c... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7260472 | GPS-based traffic monitoring system A method for providing traffic information comprises maintaining a list of vehicles that are subscribers of the traffic information. The method comprises receiving vector and location data from a plurality of vehicles traveling on a first set of roads, analyzing the... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7251549 | Method and apparatus for stopping and parking a commercial vehicle A receiver capable of receiving a remote vehicle stop request signal is mounted to a commercial vehicle and connected to the vehicle antilock braking ECU by a vehicle communication bus. The receiver may also be capable of transmitting a signal, thereby allowing the ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7246007 | System and method of communicating traffic information A system and method of automatically communicating traffic information from a traffic probe vehicle to a traffic information and management system when the probe vehicle is operated within an active traffic information reporting region. Geographic information about ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7236881 | Method and apparatus for end-to-end travel time estimation using dynamic traffic data The present invention is a method and an apparatus for end-to-end travel time estimation using dynamic traffic data. In one embodiment, a method for estimating a fastest route between a first point in a transportation network and a second point in the transportation... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7228224 | System and method for determining traffic conditions The present invention provides a method and apparatus for determining traffic conditions using wireless devices. A number of signals from the vehicles traveling in selected routes are received by several wireless communication networks via the wireless devices. The ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7188025 | Method and apparatus for exchanging traffic condition information using peer to peer networking A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for managing traffic information in a data processing system in a vehicle using peer to peer connections. A traffic situation is identified. A traffic data packet is generated in response to identifying the traffic situ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7180428 | Compact radar vehicle speed monitor A display indicates speed in GREEN when the approaching vehicle is traveling below or equal to the user set compliance speed. The primary display flashes RED when the approaching vehicle is exceeding the preset compliance speed. A rear mounted control panel and LCD ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7174238 | Mobile robotic system with web server and digital radio links The invention is a computerized mobile robot with an onboard internet web server, and a capability of establishing a first connection to a remote web browser on the internet for robotic control purposes, and a capability of establishing a second short range bi-direc... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7167787 | Method for controlling the speed of a motor vehicle in accordance with risk and system for carrying out the method A method controls the speed of a motor vehicle in accordance with risk. Each risk element of a road segment is evaluated for the specific risk potential thereof by taking into consideration the perils and the actual speed of the driver of the motor vehicle. An integ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7155335 | Satellite radio real time traffic updates A system and method for providing real-time traffic updates to a mobile vehicle communication device is disclosed. Producing traffic incident region coordinate data, communicating the traffic incident region coordinate data to a mobile vehicle communication device, ... | 12/26/2006 |
