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Data Processing: Vehicles, Navigation, And Relative Location > Navigation > Determination Of Travel Data Based On The Start Point And Destination Point Determination Of Travel Data Based On The Start Point And Destination PointDetermination Of Travel Data Based On The Start Point And Destination Point patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.12/07/06 - 20060276960 - Methods, systems and computer program products for ride matching based on selection criteria and driver characteristic information Systems, methods and computer program products are provided for matching a passenger with a driver for a trip to a destination. Characteristic information about a plurality of drivers is received and a plurality of selection criteria are received from the passenger. A request for the trip is received from the ... 11/09/06 - 20060253247 - Method and apparatus for navigation system for searching selected type of information along route to destination A method and apparatus for use with a navigation system to search specified type of information along a calculated route to a destination by incorporating search criteria based on city or other regional zones. The method includes the steps of building one or more zones to be traversed in travelling ... 10/26/06 - 20060241853 - Agtm airborne surveillance Systems, methods and apparatuses for managing ground transportation in a geographical area are disclosed. A system for managing ground transportation in a geographical area in accordance with the present invention comprises at least one airborne surveillance platform, a graphical information systems (GIS) database, receiving information from the airborne surveillance platform, ... 10/19/06 - 20060235609 - Method and control system for positioning a mine vehicle A method and a control system for positioning a mine vehicle. Measurement of a distance travelled by the mine vehicle (1) is based on monitoring rotation of a wheel (3). In the invention, an error caused in the distance measurement by wear of the wheel (3) is compensated for automatically ... 10/05/06 - 20060224303 - Navigation system and program for the same A navigation system for use in a subject vehicle for organizing a navigation instruction of a navigation route toward a destination in map data includes a closeness determination function for determining that a current position of the subject vehicle from the destination is a predetermined range, and a partial route ... 09/21/06 - 20060212214 - System and method for guiding an individual in a predetermined zone sending a request including said code associated with a destination and said indication of the position of said fixed station to a route determination device (20); and receiving a response including that route; and means for conveying said route to the person. ... 09/14/06 - 20060206257 - System and method for an advance notification system for monitoring and reporting proximity of a vehicle Generally, the present invention monitors and communicates travel data transmitted from vehicles being monitored by the system to users requesting travel information on a particular vehicle. A travel data storage unit receives and stores the travel data. When a user desires to view some or all of this travel data, ... 08/31/06 - 20060195253 - Advanced vehicle distance notification system An advanced notification system that notifies and indicates on a base station the distance to a particular transportation vehicle, for example a school bus, to a base unit. This notifies passengers when to get ready for the bus arrival. The system includes an onboard vehicle position unit that uses GPS ... 08/24/06 - 20060190163 - Vehicular navigation based on site specific sensor quality data A method and system for determining a location of a vehicle, the method comprises determining reception location data within a first cell of a work area for a vehicle. A reception quality estimator estimates reception quality data for the corresponding reception location data for the first cell. Optical location data ... 08/10/06 - 20060178812 - Computer-based dispatching system and method A system and method is disclosed that provides for the scheduling of delivery jobs using estimated arrival times that are repeatedly updated while the delivery job progresses. A number of delivery vehicles are dispatched on a first set of delivery jobs such that the delivery vehicles are scheduled to arrive ... 08/10/06 - 20060178811 - 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 network includes receiving static data relating to ... 07/20/06 - 20060161337 - Route planning process In a process for determining a route from a predetermined starting point to a predetermined destination, firstly, weights are assigned to route segments interconnected at route nodes. At least a first weight relating to a first route segment is varied by querying at least a data source based on at ... 07/06/06 - 20060149460 - Methods and systems for reporting automotive traffic conditions in response to user-specific requests The method and system described herein provides an interface for accessing a database containing information pertaining to traffic conditions. Using the interface, a driver can receive traffic conditions potentially affecting the driver's particular commute, just prior to the time at which the driver chooses between one or more routes for ... 07/06/06 - 20060149459 - Information providing device An information providing system is disclosed to provide information to a traveling user, the information providing system including: a visit history record unit (306) which detects that the user visits a place which is away from a user's living area in order to generate a travel history, and records, as ... 06/15/06 - 20060129312 - Guide route generation methods and systems Guide route generation methods and systems. A target object is first selected by a visitor. The similarity or interest of candidate objects corresponding to the target object is calculated. Recommended objects are selected from the candidate objects according to the corresponding similarity or interest. A guide route is generated to ... 06/15/06 - 20060129311 - Remote navigation server interface A method is provided for generating a destination address in response to a plurality of oral inputs by a user. The user is prompted to orally input a primary geographical descriptor of the destination address to the in-vehicle navigation module. Primary geographical utterance data is generated in response to an ... 06/15/06 - 20060129310 - Method and apparatus for providing travel related information to a user A method of providing travel related information to a user is disclosed together with corresponding apparatus for the same. The method comprising the steps of recording a history of journeys undertaken by the user, determining a current journey of the user, identifying one or more recorded journeys which correlate with ... 05/25/06 - 20060111834 - Process for selecting outstanding points in an itinerary the generating (108) of guiding instructions associated with a selected outstanding point. ... 03/23/06 - 20060064241 - Method and apparatus for customizing travel directions Various methods, systems, and apparatuses for customizing travel actions in travel directions are disclosed. One method and apparatus includes providing a first set of travel directions to a user, the travel directions including at least one travel action, receiving at least one selected travel action and a replacement travel action ... 03/23/06 - 20060064240 - System for establishing a vehicle parameter A system for establishing a vehicle parameter including collecting signals from a satellite and deriving a reference vehicle parameter from the satellite signals. Signals from a vehicle sensor are also collected and an estimated vehicle parameter is derived therefrom. Once the satellite signals and the estimated vehicle parameter signals are ... 03/02/06 - 20060047415 - Vehicle notification method and system A vehicle notification method comprising: receiving a remotely transmitted message at a mobile vehicle; after receiving the transmitted message and in response thereto, setting, within a module in the mobile vehicle, a code retrievable by a vehicle diagnostic check, and alerting a user of the vehicle. ... 03/02/06 - 20060047414 - Probe-car system using beacon and apparatus therefore The present invention provides a probe-car system in which beacons are used to efficiently collect measurement data from an FCD on-vehicle apparatus. There are provided an on-board unit of a probe-car 121 which selects one of second information (1) of measurement information measured during running and road section reference data ... 02/02/06 - 20060025921 - Self-tuning apparatus of vehicle speed pulse coefficient and method thereof A self-tuning apparatus of vehicle speed pulse coefficient and a method thereof wherein a vehicle speed pulse coefficient is flexibly adjusted by environments in which a mobile object travels and a current status of the mobile object to thereby enable to precisely calculate a travel distance and a travel speed ... 01/19/06 - 20060015246 - Method and apparatus for specifying destination using previous destinations stored in navigation system A method enables a user to quickly and easily specify a destination by selecting and modifying previous destinations stored in the navigation system. The method includes the steps of: creating a previous destination database by storing address information every time when a destination is set in a navigation system, selecting ... 12/08/05 - 20050273252 - Turn-by-turn navigation system with enhanced turn icon Methods and apparatus are provided for generating turn instructions on a turn-by-turn navigation system. The turn instructions can include a turn icon as well as visual and audio prompts. A countdown bar is typically embedded within the turn icon to provide upcoming turn information in intuitive graphic form, in order ... 12/08/05 - 20050273251 - Turn-by-turn navigation system with special routing features Methods and apparatus are provided for generating route instructions on a turn-by-turn navigation system in a vehicle. Turn instructions can include a turn icon as well as visual and audio prompts. The turn-by-turn navigation system includes special routing features, such as “Where am I”, “Verification”, “Stop by”, pre-set destinations, and ... 11/24/05 - 20050261825 - Navigation system with map and point of interest databases Methods and apparatus are provided for generating route instructions on a turn-by-turn navigation system in a vehicle. Turn instructions can include a turn icon as well as visual and audio prompts. The turn-by-turn navigation system typically includes a dual-use disk changer configured for both audio and Map/POI disk access. Separate ... 11/24/05 - 20050261824 - System and method for varying content A system and method for varying content is disclosed. The system and method can be used to vary the information that is sent to an on board unit by a service provider. In some cases, the system can send different types of information to an on board unit, and in ... 11/17/05 - 20050256635 - System and method for assigning a level of urgency to navigation cues System and method for guiding a driver of a vehicle (20) from a starting point to a destination point using an assignment of levels of urgency of navigation cues. The system comprises a navigation unit (38), a controller (22) and a user interface (42). The navigation unit (38) is capable ... 11/10/05 - 20050251329 - 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 and may merge the stored past traffic information in accordance ... 10/06/05 - 20050222755 - Method and system for providing traffic information A method, system, and software for automatically providing traffic information to a user, includes tracking and storing travel pattern data of the user, the travel pattern data including a time at which a travel occurs. The travel pattern data is analyzed to predict a particular travel path traveled by the ... 09/22/05 - 20050209773 - Navigation apparatus In a navigation apparatus, via-point setting data indicating a history in terms of setting of via-points is recorded in a point database. Via-point setting data described in a point record stored in the point database indicates points that were specified as via-points when a point of the point record was ... 08/25/05 - 20050187704 - Toy travel clock The present invention is a toy travel clock that comprises: an input device configured to accept an estimated time of travel between a starting location and a destination; a distance travel calculator configured to compute an estimated distance traveled; and an output device configured to display an indication of the ... 08/25/05 - 20050187703 - Determining departure times for timetable-based trips A method and apparatus for enabling the advantageous selection of a departure time for a trip based on one or more timetables are disclosed. The illustrative embodiment employs a penalty function that considers: (i) whether or not the user arrives late, and if so, how late, and (ii) whether or ... 08/04/05 - 20050171688 - Car navigation device A travel direction designating unit designates a travel direction of a travel lane where a subject vehicle travels, by using an image of a paint photographed by an in-vehicle camera. On the other hand, a travel direction extracting unit extracts a travel direction in which the subject vehicle should travel ... 07/07/05 - 20050149253 - Information-processing device, system thereof, method thereof, program thereof and recording medium storing the program A navigation device (100) has a processor (180) search by a route search section a plurality of candidate routes from a current-position to a destination according to various information, and sets one of the candidate routes as a first guidance route. When recognizing that a way point recognizer acquires way ... 06/23/05 - 20050137788 - Vehicle navigation apparatus and method of searching for and displaying neighborhood facilities A vehicle navigation apparatus and a method of searching for and displaying a neighborhood facility are provided for enabling an effective search for a neighborhood facility with a searching range having a directivity according to a user's intention. The vehicle navigation apparatus comprises a display unit, an information input unit ... 06/23/05 - 20050137787 - Method of formatting navigation information with varying levels of detail A method of formatting navigation information is disclosed. The method can establish various different regions on a map. These regions can include varying levels of detail. Some of the regions can include more details than other regions. The regions can have different shapes and sizes, and in some cases, the ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |