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Data Processing: Vehicles, Navigation, And Relative Location > Navigation > Employing Position Determining Equipment Employing Position Determining EquipmentEmploying Position Determining Equipment 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.11/30/06 - 20060271279 - Method and system for determining place for appointment using navigation system A navigation terminal for calculating a route or a route information server sets multiple proposed locations for an appointment according to various conditions or options provided by a user for the determination of an appropriate location for the appointment between multiple parties. The navigation terminal or the route information server ... 11/30/06 - 20060271278 - Parking assist systems, methods, and programs Parking assist systems, methods and programs identify a position of a vehicle and obtain image data of an area around the vehicle from a camera on the vehicle. The systems, methods, and programs associate the obtained image data with a position of the vehicle where the image data was obtained ... 11/09/06 - 20060253248 - Method for determining vehicle location including road surface data A method of determining location of a vehicle includes receiving a wheel speed measurement and receiving a rough road parameter. A rough road weighting factor is determined based on the rough road parameter, and vehicle location is determined based on the determined rough road vehicle weighting factor and the wheel ... 10/26/06 - 20060241858 - Digital map position information communication method, program for executing the same, program product therefor, system therefor, and apparatus therefor A transmission side transmits the road shape data of an object road 101 to be transmitted, and the branch shape data of a branch 20 intersecting with or branching from the object road 101. A reception side specifies the object road 101 on its own digital map with reference to ... 10/19/06 - 20060235611 - Systems and methods for recording and reporting data collected from a remote location Systems and methods for recording and reporting data collected from a remote location are disclosed. A work order, defining infrastructure to be inspected at a remote site and including an inspection plan for collecting inspection information, is generated on a first computer system and transferred to a portable computing system. ... 10/12/06 - 20060229806 - Adaptable navigation system The invention is a new and useful improvement to navigation system software that, when combined with conventional navigation system hardware, provides an operator with a means for modifying a course generated by a navigation system, and for saving the modified course for future trips. More specifically, the invention comprises an ... 10/12/06 - 20060229805 - Method and apparatus for navigation using instantaneous doppler measurements from satellites A method and apparatus for locating position of a satellite signal receiver is described. In one example, a Doppler offset for each of a plurality of satellite signals relative to the satellite signal receiver is determined at a first time. A position of the satellite signal receiver is then computed ... 10/05/06 - 20060224309 - System and method for determining a position of a vehicle A method and system for determining the position of a vehicle comprises a transmitter or transceiver for transmitting a transmission signal from a vehicle to beacons associated with the work area. Each beacon is associated with a corresponding transceiver or receiver for receiving the transmission signal. A data processor at ... 10/05/06 - 20060224308 - System and method for determining a position of a vehicle A time estimator determines a first aggregate elapsed time between the transmission of the first transmission signal to a first beacon and receipt of a return signal, a second aggregate elapsed time between the transmission of the first transmission signal to a second beacon and receipt of a return signal, ... 10/05/06 - 20060224307 - System and method for determining a position of a vehicle with compensation for noise or measurement error A mobile transmitter transmits a transmission signal from a vehicle to beacons. An estimator determines elapsed times for corresponding propagation paths between the vehicle and the beacons. Each propagation path includes at least one of a first propagation duration of a transmission signal and a second propagation duration of a ... 10/05/06 - 20060224306 - Portable motion-activated position reporting device The present invention is a portable motion-activated position reporting device. In one embodiment, a controller is coupled with an interrogator component, a position determining component, a wireless communications component, and an initiating component. In one embodiment, the initiating component detects motion of the position reporting device and generates a signal ... 09/28/06 - 20060217878 - Efficient geographic name searching system and method A system and method for efficiently searching for geographic information for named geographic items is presented. Geographic information is organized in a hierarchical manner. The lowest level of the hierarchy is divided into sections, each section corresponding to an area of a geographic region, and includes the available geographic information, ... 09/21/06 - 20060212216 - In-vehicle navigation apparatus When a first one-way traffic road becomes partially impassable because of roadworks, a second one-way traffic road temporarily replaces the first road and is used in a direction opposite to an original trafficable direction. This second road is registered as a replacing road based on traffic information from the VICS ... 09/14/06 - 20060206260 - Positioning apparatus and positioning method A positioning apparatus having short sensory time for executing the high precision positioning of the user on a map. The positioning apparatus includes: a first positioning unit for obtaining a first position information which represents the position of the positioning apparatus itself measured by carrying out a low precision positioning; ... 09/14/06 - 20060206259 - Wireless address and street name locator A system (10) for viewing location marker data on a display (14) located in a vehicle (16) has a transponder (20) located on a structure (18) and a transmitter (22) located on the vehicle, which transmits a first signal (24). The transponder receives the first signal and transmits a second ... 09/07/06 - 20060200307 - Vehicle identification and tracking system The present invention is directed to an automated vehicle identification and tracking system. The system includes at least one area monitoring system that has a plurality of imaging units disposed in an area. Each imaging unit is configured to capture an image of a monitored vehicle disposed in the area. ... 08/31/06 - 20060195254 - Method, apparatus and computer program for azimuth determination e.g. for autonomous navigation applications For an observer equipped with a first azimuth data source responsive to a magnetic field to deliver first azimuth data, such as a compass, and with a second azimuth data source delivering second azimuth data and which is independent of magnetic fields, such as a gyroscope. The azimuth is determined ... 08/24/06 - 20060190165 - Method and system for monitoring location of mining vehicle A method and a system for monitoring the location of a mining vehicle in a mine. The first mine section (18) is provided with a wireless network (10) for data transmission between the mining vehicle (1, 1a, 1b) and the mine control system (11). In addition, the network is used ... 08/10/06 - 20060178816 - Methods, articles and computer program products for providing travel directions A method provides travel directions to facilitate travel to destination to a user having a mobile networkable device. Destination data is read with a reader device from a memory tag, the memory tag being a passive device comprising an electronic memory. The memory tag is attached to an article relating ... 08/10/06 - 20060178815 - Apparatus and method for correcting location information of mobile body, and computer-readable media storing computer program for controlling the apparatus There is provided an apparatus and method for correcting location information of a mobile body and a computer-readable recording medium storing at least a computer program for controlling the apparatus. The apparatus for correcting the location information of the mobile body, the location information regarding at least one of a ... 08/03/06 - 20060173612 - Method of distributing the location data of a mobile device A method of distributing the location of a mobile device is disclosed together with a mobile device, a server and a remote terminal for the same. The method comprising the steps of determining the location of the mobile device; encrypting the determined location using an encryption key; transmitting the encrypted ... 07/27/06 - 20060167623 - Hang timer for determining time of flight of an object The invention disclosed herein relates to systems and methods for detecting, calculating, and displaying the time-of-flight or hang-time of a moving and jumping object such as a skier or snowboarder by using at least one accelerometer secured within a small wearable device. In one embodiment, the inventive device comprises: a ... 07/20/06 - 20060161340 - Multifunctional obe for its Multifunctional on-board equipment (OBE) for an automobile is provided. The OBE includes a GPS terminal to commonly use a case, an electric power and an indicator, and provides a voice service through an internal speaker to notice a position of the automobile, to provide an electric toll collection function, and ... 07/20/06 - 20060161339 - System and method for precision acoustic event detection A system and method for providing precision locations for sensors which make up an array of sensors in a gunshot detection system. In a preferred embodiment sensors employ a commercial GPS which reports a sensor position or a group of pseudoranges to GPS satellites. A server collects differential information from ... 07/13/06 - 20060155461 - Position information sharing system and method using mobile communication system A position information sharing system and method using a mobile communication system is provided. The system includes: a plurality of navigation terminals for wirelessly communicating with the mobile communication system, receiving shared position information of at least one navigation system through the mobile communication system, mapping a self position and ... 07/13/06 - 20060155460 - Method for gps carpool rendezvous tracking and personal safety verification Rendezvous tracking subsystem uses GPS-enabled cell phones communicating with an application server for tracking the whereabouts of carpool participants and for providing on-time status of participants en-route to designated rendezvous points. Safety subsystem can be used to verify safe arrival of participants at carpool destinations. Participants can configure safety subsystem ... 07/13/06 - 20060155459 - Method and device for handling an object with the aid of a location system The invention relates to object handling method which consists in determining the positions of the arm of a handling system with the aid of a location method which is based on a reference system predetermined by an associated location system. The inventive device for carrying out said method is also ... 07/06/06 - 20060149462 - Vehicular control object determination system and vehicular travel locus estimation system In a vehicular control object determination system, locus correlation degree calculator calculates a degree of correlation between a future travel locus of a vehicle estimated by first travel locus estimator based on a vehicle speed and a yaw rate and a future travel locus of the vehicle estimated by second ... 06/29/06 - 20060142938 - Inertia position system An inertial positioning system is disclosed, which includes at least one sensor, an inertial processing unit, a step-distance determination module, a external positioning module, a Kalman filter and an output terminal, wherein the step-distance determinate module estimates an inertial step-distance via analyzing peak values of velocity and time intervals, and ... 06/22/06 - 20060136124 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing a locator service Methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing a locator service. The method includes receiving object identification information from a mobile object and receiving location identification information from the mobile object. The location identification information indicates the presence of the mobile object at a location. The method also includes associating ... 05/25/06 - 20060111835 - Location system for locating a parked vehicle, a method for providing a location of a parked vehicle and a personal wireless device incorporating the system or method A location system for locating a parked vehicle, a method for providing a location of a parked vehicle and a personal wireless device including the location system or method. In one embodiment, the personal wireless device includes (1) a positioning system, (2) a user interface and (3) a parked vehicle ... 05/18/06 - 20060106533 - System for autonomous vehicle navigation with carrier phase dgps and laser-scanner augmentation A horizontal navigation system aided by a carrier phase differential Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver and a Laser-Scanner (LS) for an Autonomous Ground Vehicle (AGV). The high accuracy vehicle navigation system is highly demanded for advanced AGVs. Although high positioning accuracy is achievable by a high performance RTK-GPS receiver, the ... 04/27/06 - 20060089792 - System and method for displaying location-specific images on a mobile device A system is provided for providing location-specific images to a mobile device for display. The system generally comprises three components: a mobile device having a screen, a position identification system (e.g., a GPS receiver) that determines the position of the mobile device, and a database containing location-specific images taken at ... 04/27/06 - 20060089791 - Method and system for telematics location sensing The present invention provides a method of operating a telematics device within a mobile vehicle communication system to provide a current telematics device geographic location. The method includes receiving odometer information including velocity information for a specified time period, and receiving positional information including velocity information for a specified time ... 04/27/06 - 20060089790 - Vehicle locating device A method of determining the location and status of a subject upon the occurrence of a trigger event comprises activating a sensor to a predetermined level corresponding to a class of event upon the occurrence of an event. An event signal is then transmitted to a central station indicating the ... 04/27/06 - 20060089789 - Vehicle data logging systems A data logging system for recording data on the usage of a vehicle operating from a station includes a responder (10) for location near a gateway (56) of the station, and a data logger (20) for location in the vehicle; the responder (10) including a vehicle detector (11) for detecting ... 04/06/06 - 20060074549 - Navigation apparatus A terminal apparatus of the present invention having a position detection unit and a display unit further includes a geographic information storage unit for storing three-dimensional terrain shape information, an attitude detection unit for detecting the attitude of the terminal apparatus, and an image creation unit for obtaining information on ... 04/06/06 - 20060074548 - Method for determining the position of one vehicle with respect to another vehicle, in particular for motor vehicles Described herein is a method for determining the position of one vehicle with respect to another vehicle, in which the position of one vehicle with respect to the others is determined using counter means and short-range radio systems that provide for exchange of electromagnetic signals between the vehicles when these ... 03/16/06 - 20060058948 - Recordable location-based reminder system organizer An organization system using location information, possibly in conjunction with time based information for tasks, with the purpose of optimizing user travel distance and/or time to complete specified tasks. Task organization may include alternate criteria such as importance, or sharing and assigning of tasks over groups to optimize in terms ... 03/16/06 - 20060058947 - Systems and methods for off-board voice-automated vehicle navigation A method of providing navigational information to a vehicle operator includes processing destination information spoken by a vehicle operator with an on-board processing system on a vehicle. The processed voice information is transmitted via a wireless link to a remote data center and analyzed with a voice recognition system at ... 03/16/06 - 20060058946 - Spherical position monitoring system A contact free optical position sensor for an inertial reference system. The surface of an inertial sensor assembly is adapted with a coordinate encoded pattern. One or more optical sensors are adapted to generate image signals of the coordinate encoded pattern of the spherical inertial sensor assembly. A controller is ... 03/02/06 - 20060047418 - System for determining the relative position of a second farm vehicle in relation to a first farm vehicle The entire right, title and interest in and to this application and all subject matter disclosed and/or claimed therein, including any and all divisions, continuations, reissues, etc., thereof are, effective as of the date of execution of this application, assigned, transferred, sold and set over by the applicant(s) named herein ... 02/23/06 - 20060041374 - Passenger location information system, portable information terminal, and server The present invention provides a passenger location information system that provides information on the current location of a user during a trip in real time and in a mode suitable for each user. A configuration is provided in which passenger location information, at least including information on the ends (station, ... 02/02/06 - 20060025923 - Selective download of corridor map data A method for displaying a map on a mobile client device. The method includes storing map data on a server, the map data including road data with respect to roads of multiple different road types. The server determines a route from a starting point to a destination within an area ... 02/02/06 - 20060025922 - Walker navigation device and program A pedestrian navigation device (10A) of this invention comprises a position information reception portion (12), which obtains current position information from a GPS (20); a position information analysis portion (13), which analyzes current position information received by the position information reception portion (12) and calculates the current position; a MAPDB ... 01/26/06 - 20060020387 - Navigation apparatus, position information registration method and program thereof A navigation apparatus that includes a position information acquiring unit acquiring position information of a parking position; a parking information acquiring unit acquiring information as to a parking time in the parking position; and a memory storing the position information acquired by the position information acquiring unit when it is ... 01/19/06 - 20060015248 - Transfer alignment of navigation systems Navigation systems provide accurate position, velocity and attitude information at one or more slave inertial measurement units (SIMU), mounted and spaced apart from a master inertial navigation system (MINS). ... 12/22/05 - 20050283309 - Self-position identification apparatus and self-position identification method A position identification apparatus includes a storage section storing a position-unique information database containing, each position on a field and unique information generated from the signal strength of the reflected wave at the position in association with each other, an ultrasonic transmission section originating an ultrasonic wave assigned identification information, ... 12/22/05 - 20050283308 - Method for providing a location-based appointment service The present invention relates to a method for providing a location based appointment service for arranging meeting co-ordinates between a plurality of subscribers using a wireless device; determining the location of the wireless device and navigation information to the meeting co-ordinates; and providing the navigation information by the wireless device, ... 12/08/05 - 20050273254 - Passive target data acquisition method and system Method and passive target data acquisition system operable continuously from an observation point for passively sighting a target and acquiring the target on a DTM for passively deriving target data and associated information without emitting radiations prone to detection. The location of the target is shown on a display, and ... 12/01/05 - 20050267677 - Method and system for estimating the position of a mobile device A method of estimating the location of a mobile device, comprising the steps of: collecting location information; selecting at least one of a plurality of different location methods to provide a location estimate; and providing a location estimate based on the at least one selected location method. ... 11/17/05 - 20050256637 - System for multiple navigation components An exemplary navigation system uses a master navigation component at a first location in a vehicle and a slave navigation component at a second location that is a variable displacement to the first location due to physical deformation of the vehicle. Static and dynamic location components provide static and dynamic ... 11/17/05 - 20050256636 - Driving lane recognizer and driving lane recognizing method A driving lane recognizer 1 is arranged to detect a white line 30 on a driving road 20 on the basis of an image taken of the driving road 20. The driving lane recognizer 1 sets a near region 41 and a far region 42 adjacent to each other along ... 11/10/05 - 20050251331 - Information mapping approaches Methods, systems and applications for updating, enhancing, organizing, and utilizing geographic maps, for locating points of interest and places of businesses, or POI's. Embodiments provide a method for collecting geo-coordinate data on POIs by eliciting participation of the business owners or designated employees to identify the specific locations of POI's ... 11/03/05 - 20050246094 - Smart space rfid system and method A radio frequency identification (RFID) system and method are provided for enabling a mobile radio transceiver to establish the location of moveable objects in a finite space, such as a building or campus, by identifying passive RFID transponders placed on the moveable objects, and correlating the objects with passive RFID ... 11/03/05 - 20050246093 - Method and system to provide a global multiuser service of localization information with integrity as required under liability or commercial issues A system to provide to different users with information about position coordinates of remote mobile vehicles or individuals (mobile agent) guarantying that each particular position data, as it is provided to the user, is within certain error boundaries. The system is composed by a number of mobile units (MU) installed ... 11/03/05 - 20050246092 - Wireless mobile asset tracking vehicle A vehicle designed to detect, identify, and establish the location of portable objects in a building or structural space, such as portable medical equipment in a hospital environment, that move from place to place as they are used. The vehicle system provides for automatic detection and correlation of the objects' ... 10/13/05 - 20050228583 - Parked vehicle re-location and advertising/promotion/coupon distribution device A device or system of devices which a person can use to easily remember the location of a vehicle in a parking garage, parking lot, street or other such area used for parking or storing vehicles. The device or system of devices can also be used by a destination-operator to ... 10/06/05 - 20050222757 - System and method for inverse multilateration A method and system for location-determination of a mobile comprising of a receiver with a variable processor gain of up to 45.15 dB for detecting signals transmitted from transmitters that at a farther distance as well as from transmitters that are situated in sparsely populated areas. The system also includes ... 09/29/05 - 20050216187 - Method of determining the use of at least one toll road section A method of, and a toll-collecting system (SYS) for, determining whether at least one toll road section is being used by a vehicle (FAR), wherein the position of the vehicle (FAR) is determined by means of at least one position calculating system (POS) and the determined position is implemented to ... 09/29/05 - 20050216186 - System and method for displaying images in an online directory Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for generating an online listing, such as a yellow pages listing, that includes information about an object, such as a business, and also includes at least one image of the structure containing the object. For example, the image may be ... 09/15/05 - 20050203701 - Walking stick navigator for position determination A walking stick navigator (WSN) apparatus and process comprises an aided INS (AINS) on a staff assembly similar in operation and appearance to a GPS survey instrument. However, when GPS is available, the AINS is aided by GPS data, and the surveyor manipulates the staff assembly like a standard GPS ... 09/01/05 - 20050192741 - Method and system for controlling a valuable movable item One embodiment in accordance with the invention can include a controller that can be coupled with a position determining component, and a motion detecting component. In one embodiment, the motion detecting component detects motion of a valuable movable item and generates a signal to the controller indicating the motion. The ... 08/04/05 - 20050171690 - Ghost following A concept for providing navigation information is described. The concept includes a process for providing navigation information including deriving a destination for a first vehicle and determining a present location of the first vehicle. The process also includes computing maneuvering information from the destination and present location and adapting an ... 08/04/05 - 20050171689 - Arrangement for indicating hits The present invention relates to an arrangement for indicating hitting of a target such as a vehicle in the form of, for example, a tank, a tracked vehicle, a truck or other wheeled vehicle. The arrangement comprises a heatable body mounted on the target and arranged to thermally indicate hit. ... 07/21/05 - 20050159883 - Method and system for tracked device location and route adherence via geofencing A device tracking location adherence and route adherence technology, is disclosed that at least provides a tracked device receiving, a set of coordinates associated with a boundary area, and obtaining a position of the tracked device. Based upon the received coordinates and the detected position of the tracked device, a ... 07/14/05 - 20050154527 - Security intelligence tracking anti-terrorist system The invention is a method and system for continuously tracking the movement of cargo in domestic and international shipping from point of departure to point of destination and to prevent hijacking of the same. The system uses one or more wireless electronic seals which can communicate with a central computer ... 07/07/05 - 20050149256 - Device for determining the position by means of fixed and/or variable landmarks The invention relates to a device (1) for determining the position in an environment and for detecting and updating landmarks (5 and 6) by means of information data (3) describing the environment. The device has a navigation system (2) for detecting a specific position in the environment. Modifications of movable ... 07/07/05 - 20050149255 - Apparatus for automatically pointing a device at a target A system for pointing a device at a given target has a sensor for sensing a number of positional information points of the target with the sensor relaying the positional information points to a controller. The controller is for computing a directional control information based on the relayed positional information ... 06/30/05 - 20050143909 - Technique for collecting and using information about the geographic position of a mobile object on the earth's surface A method and apparatus for taking, transmitting, storing, processing, distributing and using data indicative of the position of a mobile object on the Earth's surface. More specifically, the latitude, longitude and altitude for the current position of a mobile object is measured, and the data for that position is periodically ... 06/16/05 - 20050131636 - Device for a mobile terminal for determining position by filtering integrity data from an augmentation device A position determination device for a mobile terminal acquires pseudorandom codes and navigation data contained in received signals and associated augmentation data representative of an instantaneous approximate position of the terminal and an associated radius of protection contained in received messages. In the presence of a radius of protection corresponding ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |