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Data Processing: Vehicles, Navigation, And Relative Location > Navigation > Employing Position Determining Equipment > For Use In A Map Data Base System > Having Audio Or Visual Route Guidance Having Audio Or Visual Route GuidanceHaving Audio Or Visual Route Guidance 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 - 20060271287 - Displaying images in a network or visual mapping system Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for generating a street map that includes a position identifier that identifies a location on the street map. The method and system may also generate and display a plurality of images representative of the location of the position identifier. A ... 11/30/06 - 20060271286 - Image-enhanced vehicle navigation systems and methods A method of presenting images to a user of a vehicle navigation system includes accessing location data indicating a particular location included within a route determined by a vehicle navigation system and accessing corresponding direction data, obtaining a captured image based on the accessed location and direction data, and displaying ... 11/23/06 - 20060265126 - Displaying vehicle information An information display unit for an automobile includes a display screen and a user interface presented on the display screen that simultaneously presents at least two display elements each depicting information relating to a different subsystem of the automobile (e.g., a navigational subsystem and an audio subsystem). The user interface ... 11/16/06 - 20060259239 - System and method for providing multimedia tours A system and method for generating and publishing multimedia tours. A system is provided that includes: a tour editing system for creating and editing a tour at a first client system, wherein the tour editing system includes a system for capturing images of different formats, a system for converting captured ... 11/09/06 - 20060253251 - Method for street name destination address entry using voice The present invention relates to an in-vehicle or portable navigation system that can be used to find a destination and determine driving directions to the destination. The present invention also relates to voice-operated navigation systems. ... 10/26/06 - 20060241863 - Using route narrative symbols Techniques are provided for displaying a route symbol with narrative driving directions. A route symbol for a particular maneuver may be used to represent the road to which the maneuver relates. For example, one type of a route symbol that may be used to represent a road may be an ... 10/05/06 - 20060224316 - Navigation system A navigation system includes: a roadmap display unit that displays a roadmap at a display monitor; a current position detection unit that detects a current position of the navigation system; a setting unit that sets a right turn instruction or a left turn instruction for an intersection displayed in the ... 10/05/06 - 20060224315 - Map display device A map display device having a corridor function includes a control unit and display unit. In the corridor function, the control unit clips a part of map data corresponding to a region, which includes a reference point at a central part of the region, and stores the part of map ... 09/21/06 - 20060212219 - Vehicular navigation device A vehicular navigation device includes a control circuit to designate a route to a destination from a start point to be defined. When a route designation instruction is inputted, it is determined whether an intersection being a target for route designation is present close to the current position. When the ... 09/14/06 - 20060206263 - Gps device and method for reducing light emitted by display A GPS device and method for converting display information between a first display mode and a second display mode by negativizing pixels or other image elements, wherein negativizing entails converting relatively larger areas of lighter image elements to darker image elements and converting relatively smaller areas of darker image elements ... 09/07/06 - 20060200312 - Road guide system and road guide method A road guide server (1) stores three-dimensional images of intersections included in road information on which images a reference orientation is defined in a three-dimensional image DB. The road information is stored in a map DB of a map data server (2) as information including information regarding roads and information ... 08/31/06 - 20060195259 - Navigation device with touch screen : waypoints 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 also be programmed to be able to display on a touch sensitive display a main navigation mode screen showing a map and to allow a user ... 08/31/06 - 20060195258 - Guiding a drive path of a moving object in a navigation system A navigation system, and a method for guiding a moving object having the navigation system, include a control unit which determines a current position of the moving object and whether the moving object has arrived at a guide point of a guide target. The control unit provides the drive path ... 08/31/06 - 20060195257 - Vehicle navigation apparatus A vehicle navigation apparatus is provided which can reliably guide a vehicle along a guidance route when the vehicle approaches an intersection of interest at which it is to make a turn even if another intersection exists between a vehicle position and the intersection of interest. A controller determines whether ... 08/24/06 - 20060190170 - Navigation system for vehicles A navigation system for vehicles, including a navigation device and a unit for determination of positional data connected to the navigation device for determining the actual position of the vehicle and for transmitting this positional data to the navigation device. By utilizing a communication interface, the navigation device is capable ... 08/24/06 - 20060190169 - Sound information output system In a sound information output system installed in a vehicle, a first determining unit is communicable with a handsfree cellular phone unit. The handsfree cellular phone unit allows handsfree conversation. The first determining unit is configured to determine whether the handsfree cellular phone unit is in off-hook state or in ... 08/24/06 - 20060190168 - Pedestrian navigation device, pedestrian navigation system, pedestrian navigation method and program The present invention comprises a pedestrian navigation system for providing distance information and travel directions to a destination, comprising a pedestrian navigation device 10 for navigating a pedestrian's route by means of a vibration, a server 30 for offering navigation information to the pedestrian navigation device 10, a network 40 ... 08/17/06 - 20060184323 - Method for providing route guidance to a destination to which a vehicle is driven A method for providing route guidance to a destination to which a vehicle is driven. When the vehicle enters a specific area, information about roads, points of interest, facilities, and other significant locations in driving directions from current location is displayed through a route guidance screen. A function for providing ... 08/17/06 - 20060184322 - Traffic information service based on traffic information transmitted to a navigation system A method and apparatus for providing a traffic information service to a vehicle. Traffic information is broadcast through an external network to the vehicle, wherein the traffic information is based on a first map. Data within the broadcasted traffic information and based on a the first map is compared to ... 08/10/06 - 20060178828 - Multidimensional evidence grids and system and methods for applying same A method of generating an evidence grid representing an environment comprises the steps of collecting a set of stereo images at multiple locations within the environment using stereo sensors, and processing the set of stereo images to determine occupancy and distance data associated with each point in space represented in ... 08/10/06 - 20060178827 - Map display apparatus, map display method and navigation system 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 displays at the display ... 08/10/06 - 20060178826 - Navigation device and program product for displaying magnified intersection view A navigation device for a vehicle selects, as facilities for displaying with a magnified view of a guidance intersection on a recommended route to a destination, only facilities along an entering road through which the recommended route goes just before entering the guidance intersection and facilities at the corners of ... 08/10/06 - 20060178825 - System and method for interactive selection of agricultural vehicle guide paths with varying curvature along their length A system and method provide for precision guiding of agricultural vehicles along a series of adjacent paths to form rows for cultivating a field. In one aspect of the invention the vehicle is moved along a first path while receiving positioning information from a navigational system (e.g., RTK GPS). This ... 08/10/06 - 20060178824 - System to determine the path of a vehicle The present invention provides a system and method of selecting a most likely path of a vehicle from a list of candidate paths. If only one candidate path exists, that path is identified as the most likely path. For multiple candidate paths, cost functions determine the weight of various parameters ... 08/03/06 - 20060173617 - System and method for providing travel related product information on an interactive display having neighborhood categories A product location display system and method are provided that allow travel related product information, such as the geographic location of hotels, to be displayed on an interactive display. An application server of the product location display system receives user inputted criteria for a travel product search. A location management ... 08/03/06 - 20060173616 - 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 navigation device, external data obtained from ... 08/03/06 - 20060173615 - 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 and to allow a user ... 07/27/06 - 20060167631 - Device and method for definition of navigation directions by a user on user interface screen A device and a method for definition and display of navigation directions by a user on a user interface screen is provided. The device includes a memory for storing a direction key mapping table; at least one direction key for indicating a predetermined direction; and a control unit for flickering ... 07/27/06 - 20060167630 - Vehicle planning support system The present invention is a vehicle planning support system (1) for displaying vehicle models (84, 92, etc.) on a screen to support vehicle planning, and comprises specification value input screen display means (36) for displaying specification value input screens for inputting specification values including dimensions and angles in the vehicle ... 07/27/06 - 20060167629 - Map display apparatus and map display method An apparatus displays a main map image 21 showing a current position at substantially a center of a screen. The apparatus also disposes a plurality of map images 22 through 29 around the main map image 21 in thumbnail format such that each map image 22 through 29 corresponds to ... 07/27/06 - 20060167628 - Downloading map segment(s) to a cell phone based upon its gps coordinates and mobility A wireless terminal displays its location and navigation information (map segment) on its display. The wireless terminal accesses a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver of the wireless terminal to determine its location coordinates. The wireless terminal determines a maximum data size for navigation information to be downloaded. The wireless terminal ... 07/27/06 - 20060167627 - Method of generating a map display for a graphical user interface A method of generating a map display for a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising the steps of displaying a map, highlighting a first area on the map surrounding a first position fix wherein the size of the area corresponds to the accuracy of the first position fix and highlighting a ... 07/20/06 - 20060161344 - Information updating device, information distributing device, information processing system, method thereof, program thereof, and storage medium storing the program A terminal unit (400) of a navigation system (100) transmits to a server (300) list request information containing a rectangular code corresponding to a predetermined display rectangular area of a travel route map. The terminal unit (400) acquires from the server (300) a server POI list corresponding to the rectangular ... 07/20/06 - 20060161343 - Mobile navigation A navigation guidance system is provided which gives direction information to a user via their mobile telephone. In one embodiment, the user pre-arranges their trip using a web-based route calculation server. The web-based server prompts the user to provide their mobile telephone number so that updated navigation instructions can be ... 07/13/06 - 20060155468 - Voice navigation device and voice navigation method The voice navigation method relates to a voice navigation device and a voice navigation method, which may be utilized in cooperation with the Satellite Global Positioning System. The method is used to broadcast a voice-guidance-item having higher requirement importance more preferentially than a voice-guidance-item having low requirement importance, even if ... 07/13/06 - 20060155467 - Method and device for displaying navigational information for a vehicle According to the invention, navigational information for a vehicle is displayed intuitively and in an easily comprehensible manner in the form of a virtual pilot vehicle, superimposed on an image of the vehicle environment. The display mode and/or position and/or orientation and/or size of the virtual pilot vehicle are determined ... 07/06/06 - 20060149469 - Navigation intervention apparatus, intervention method and vehicle navigation system The present invention allows an existing single-sequentialized navigation main unit to be virtually multi-sequentialized with simple structure. An intervention device 3 receives from a front monitor 4 and a rear monitor 5 acquisition requests which request various kinds of screens from a navigation main unit 2. In response to the ... 07/06/06 - 20060149468 - Navigation system A navigation system comprising a position detector for locating a position of a vehicle in a route map, a map data storage for storing the route map with guidance setting for nodes in the route map, a route search function for searching and determining a proper route to a destination ... 07/06/06 - 20060149467 - Map drawing method, map drawing system, navigation apparatus and input/output apparatus A navigation apparatus is connected to an input/output apparatus for data transmission therebetween. The navigation apparatus includes a GPS receiver and a road data storage unit, and the input/output apparatus includes map drawing data storage unit, in which map drawing data related to coordinate data is stored, and a touch ... 07/06/06 - 20060149466 - Navigation device, navigation method, and program A navigation apparatus includes: a route acquiring unit that acquires a route that connects a departure place and a destination, the route including a plurality of section routes for which different kinds of transportations are used; a guiding unit that performs a guidance based on the route acquire by the ... 06/29/06 - 20060142942 - Device and method for creating electronic album using map data A device for creating an electronic album using map data, including a storage device interface for providing interface to a storage device; a map database for storing the map data and Point of Interest (POI) information of specific locations in the map data; a controller for reading images of places ... 06/29/06 - 20060142941 - Car navigation device and car navigation method for three-dimensional display of route information An information display apparatus, which displays a road and a plurality of buildings along the road three-dimensionally on a display screen installed in a vehicle, includes: an output-level acquiring unit that acquires a current output level of an audio device installed in the vehicle; and an output-level displaying unit that ... 06/22/06 - 20060136129 - Guidance information system and portable device A guidance information system includes: a portable device including an image pickup section and functioning to decode coded-pattern information captured by the image pickup section; and a display that displays information indicative of a destination point according to the coding system of coded-pattern information for use in the portable device. ... 06/15/06 - 20060129316 - Apparatus and method for displaying map in a navigation system A map display apparatus and method in a navigation system are provided. In the map display apparatus, a map display data storage stores display data for displaying facilities on a map and index keys specific to the display data. A Point of Interest (POI) information storage stores POI information about ... 06/08/06 - 20060122772 - Method and system for providing voice-based supplementary information service using road map data The present invention relates to a method and system for providing voice-based supplementary information service using road map data. The voice-based supplementary information service system includes a content registration server for receiving content for the voice-based supplementary information service, and converting the content into supplementary information data having voice data ... 06/01/06 - 20060116818 - Method and system for multiple route navigation Method and system for providing multiple route navigation guidance. The system comprises a client integrated with a mobile communication device (e.g. PDA, cellular telephone, etc.) and a server communicating via wireless carriers and networks. The server obtains a user's initial position, a user-designated destination, and calculates multiple routes from the ... 06/01/06 - 20060116817 - Location aware mobile-device software development A development environment makes it easier to develop and use location aware software applications. Combining the currently separate and complex tasks of location information gathering, analysis, and display and making them integrated such that non-experts can build location services into their applications increases a developer's capability to write rich location-aware ... 05/25/06 - 20060111838 - System and method for displaying vehicle location information A system for displaying vehicle location information in a vehicle includes a current location detection device configured to provide location data for a first location of the vehicle representing the vehicle's current location, a vehicle speed sensor configured to provide vehicle speed data and a database of road network information ... 05/11/06 - 20060100779 - Off-board navigational system A vehicle navigation system and method that enables a user to request and receive route instruction information based on traffic between frequent destination locations. The user may select frequent destination locations between which the user frequently travels, such as home and office. The user may select one of the frequent ... 05/04/06 - 20060095205 - Navigation device A user of an HDD navigation device inputs a first authentication key to the HDD navigation device. The HDD navigation device verifies the first authentication key with a second authentication key stored in the memory of the main body of the HDD navigation device. If the first and second authentication ... 05/04/06 - 20060095204 - Voice guidance method of travel route in navigation system A voice guidance method of travel route in navigation system, wherein a location for starting to output a voice guidance signal is adjusted in accordance with a current travel speed of a mobile object and a time consumed for outputting the voice guidance signal when travel of the mobile object ... 05/04/06 - 20060095203 - Output control method of voice guidance signal in navigation system An output control method of voice guidance signal in navigation system, the method comprising: searching for a travel route from a starting location to a destination of a vehicle; guiding the vehicle to travel along the searched travel route, and determining a current vehicle location if the vehicle is traveling, ... 04/27/06 - 20060089798 - Map display for a navigation system A system and method are disclosed for displaying map information on a computing device. Data are stored for rendering a simulation of travel along one or more road segments prior to embarking on travel along the road segments. The simulation is comprised of a sequence of views of the road ... 04/27/06 - 20060089797 - Navigation device, navigation method, and navigation program A navigation device for a route guidance includes: a GPS unit that acquires information about the current location by performing a communication with a global positioning system (GPS); a navigation-information acquiring unit that acquires map data and route data from a navigation server in a network; a guidance controller that ... 04/20/06 - 20060085126 - Abridged map generating apparatus, on-vehicle information terminal, abridged map distribution system and abridged map generating method An abridged map generating apparatus includes a polygon shape data extraction unit that extracts from map data polygon shape data specifying the shape of a polygon, a polygon shape simplification unit that simplifies the shape of the polygon based upon the polygon shape data which is extracted by the polygon ... 04/20/06 - 20060085125 - Driving support methods, apparatus, and programs Apparatus, methods, and programs display a virtual escort vehicle that appears to be driving ahead of a user's vehicle on at least one of a windshield of the user's vehicle and a display disposed in front of a driving seat of the user's vehicle and display a driving instruction for ... 04/20/06 - 20060085124 - Navigation device It is determined whether an access to a map database is possible. When the access is possible, a route to an entry point designated by a user is constantly retrieved; then, route information relating to the retrieved route is stored. In contrast, when the access is impossible because of malfunction ... 04/20/06 - 20060085123 - Route display device and route display method The present invention relates to a travel route display apparatus capable of displaying travel route segments of great importance for the operator in a clearly recognizable manner for the operator. The travel route display apparatus comprises travel distance storage means (107) for storing therein a travel distance of a moving ... 04/13/06 - 20060080035 - High resolution tracking of mobile assets A system and method for describing local area geo-reference features and landmarks in providing high resolution asset location information. Geo-image data is integrated to a mapping application and geo-reference data to add more detailed scale levels to the map. The geo-image data includes geo-images and its features to provide more ... 04/13/06 - 20060080034 - Car navigation device There is provided a car navigation device for performing voice guidance on a guiding route to a predetermined destination. The car navigation device has history recording means and change means. The history recording means records the vehicle's driving history on a storage medium. The change means changes voice guidance quantities ... 04/06/06 - 20060074552 - Automobile navigation system A driver's action at a target intersection in a guided route is predicted based on driving data. When the driver is attempting to go straight ahead at a target intersection where the driver should make a turn, or when the driver is attempting to make a turn at a target ... 03/30/06 - 20060069504 - System, method and computer program product for searching and retrieving ranked points of interest within a polygonal area of interest A method of searching and retrieving ranked points of interest (POIs) within a polygonal area of interest (AOI) includes defining an AOI. The AOI has a polygon shape and includes a plurality of points. The method also includes identifying at least one POI within the defined AOI, and organizing the ... 03/30/06 - 20060069503 - Displaying a map having a close known location A system and method is provided for displaying a map having a close known location and a destination and for providing navigation recommendations for traveling from the close known location to the destination. A user may use a mobile device to submit a request for navigation instructions for navigating from ... 03/23/06 - 20060064243 - Output control device, method thereof, program thereof, and recording medium storing the program A processor (270) of a navigation device (200) acquires contents data, and displays it on a display (420) of an output device (400). The processor (270) acquires program linked data of the contents data output by the output device (400). When the processor (270) recognizes that the contents data of ... 03/16/06 - 20060058956 - Tourist information guiding apparatus A tourist information guiding apparatus is provided with a tourist spot information storage storing image data relating to tourist spots in correspondence with character string data for sightseeing guide written in a plurality of languages, a monitor for displaying operation screens used to input various instructions such as the display ... 03/09/06 - 20060052935 - Navigation device, information input/output device, navigation system, navigation display method, and navigation display program Navigation display devices, systems, methods, and/or programs acquire map data; generate output data for displaying a map based upon the map data; and send to an information input/output device an amount of the output data that is greater than one output section, one output section being an amount of the ... 02/23/06 - 20060041379 - Navigation system with voice controlled presentation of secondary information A navigation system for a vehicle is disclosed, where the navigation system operates in a route planning mode and a route guidance mode. The navigation system employs an interface device that provides route guidance information to a user during the route guidance mode. The route guidance information provided through the ... 02/23/06 - 20060041378 - Method and system for adaptive navigation using a driver's route knowledge A method and system are described to adapt instructions for performing a task by a user, which includes receiving generalized instructions for the task, selecting a content of the generalized instructions based on user-specific knowledge regarding the task, constructing utterances using the selected content, and conveying the utterances to the ... 02/16/06 - 20060036364 - Navigation apparatus for receiving delivered information In a communication-type navigation system for downloading map data according to the present invention, a reduction in the amount of map information to be transferred, correction of a position measured by a GPS, and delivery of advertisements are effected. In this system, a terminal 5 stores rough map data in ... 02/09/06 - 20060031010 - Method for one handed controlling of a digital map by use of a keyboard The method according to the invention enables the single-handed enlargement, reduction, and navigation on a map which is displayed on a display screen of a mobile terminal. To this end, the display screen is subdivided into n segments, preferably in a contiguous manner, according to the spatial arrangement of n ... 01/05/06 - 20060004517 - Onboard apparatus, navigation system, and method for setting display screen To use the same onboard apparatus and navigation system in many kinds of vehicles. A table in which manufacturers and vehicle types are connected with designs and functions has been previously stored in a navigation system module 21. The navigation system module 21 itself sends the center controller 11 a ... 01/05/06 - 20060004516 - Method and apparatus for displaying information for vehicle, and computer product An apparatus for displaying information on a vehicle includes an information acquiring unit that acquires at least one of speed information and engine revolutions-per-minute information of the vehicle; and a display control unit that controls a display screen in such a manner that a road and a roadside zone of ... 12/29/05 - 20050288859 - Visually-oriented driving directions in digital mapping system 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 associated with the driving directions, where the preview is based on, ... 12/29/05 - 20050288858 - Mecca finder A portable electronic device, like a cellular telephone for example, includes software for executing a method for presenting directional indicator information to a user on a display. The device receives geographical information about its location, orientation information of its alignment and geographical information about a landmark of interest. The device ... 12/29/05 - 20050288857 - Vehicle multimedia navigation apparatus with dual audio output A vehicle multimedia navigation apparatus with dual audio output has two sets of audio output channels or more. At least one set of the audio output channels is connected to an independent speaker set and one set or more is connected to an audio input device of a vehicle stereo ... 12/15/05 - 20050278114 - Method and system for selecting destinations An example information system contains records of landmarks. The system obtains records of taxi trips between the landmarks and from the taxi trip information derives statistical relationships between the landmarks. A user can provide context information, such as an address or a type of activity. The user can then search ... 12/08/05 - 20050273256 - Navigation system and intersection guidance method When the vehicle approaches an intersection, traffic signals located at the intersection are displayed on an intersection view, a traffic signal to be considered is displayed in a manner so as to be identifiable from the other traffic signals, arrows in the same directions as those of arrow signals for ... 11/24/05 - 20050261831 - Vehicle navigation system and route guidance method A vehicle navigation system includes a road-between-guidance-target-points configuration determining unit (9) for determining a configuration of a road between two successive guidance target points whose information is extracted from information stored in a guidance target point storing unit (8). A continuous guidance threshold distance setting unit (10) sets a threshold ... 11/24/05 - 20050261830 - Method for modifying navigation information A method for modifying navigation information is disclosed. The method can be used to reduce the amount of information sent to an on board unit by modifying the navigation information. Generally, the modification is done in a way that the information losses associated with the modified or reduced navigation information ... 11/03/05 - 20050246096 - Advance road viewing for passing process The invention concerns a system for informing the driver regarding sections of road lying ahead and being considered for a passing process. For this, the system employs, on the basis of known navigation systems, special data from digital maps in order to carry out an evaluation of ahead lying sections ... 10/27/05 - 20050240344 - Route guidance method, navigation apparatus, portable terminal, and information server A route guidance method provides route guidance from a current position to a destination by using a navigation apparatus capable of displaying a route from the current position to the destination in combination with a portable terminal carried by a user. The navigation apparatus produces a 2-dimensional code based on ... 09/29/05 - 20050216191 - Navigation system, abridged map distribution apparatus and vehicle guiding method The navigation system according to the present invention, which guides a subject vehicle to a destination by displaying at a display monitor an arrow indicating the direction of the next turn instead of displaying a map includes a decision-making device that makes a decision as to whether or not the ... 09/22/05 - 20050209776 - Navigation apparatus and intersection guidance method A navigation apparatus and an intersection guidance method are provided for guiding a user through a guidance intersection located on a guidance route in an easy-to-understand manner even when no facility serving as a landmark is located near the guidance intersection, or when facility located near the guidance intersection is ... 09/01/05 - 20050192744 - Digital display and message device A digital message and display device for use on a vehicle having an interior and an external appearance comprises a processing unit including a memory storage device for location in the vehicle. A power connector connects the processing unit to a source of power. A data input mechanism is provided ... 09/01/05 - 20050192743 - Navigation apparatus and arrival detection method A navigation apparatus and arrival detection method detect a current location of a vehicle and searches for a route to a set destination. The apparatus and method provide guidance to the destination along the searched route and determine whether the destination is set within a car-free area. If it is ... 08/25/05 - 20050187711 - System and method for abstracting and visualizing a route map A system and method for making computer-generated maps includes a different scale factor for each road in a route. The scale factors are used to optimize the route map against a target function that considers factors such as the number of false intersections in the route and the number of ... 08/25/05 - 20050187710 - Vehicle navigation system turn indicator A navigation system for a vehicle for providing improved notification of upcoming turns along a given route is disclosed. Such turn notifications preferably involve activating turn signal indicators within or external to the vehicle in response to turn notification signals supplied by the navigation system. Such preexisting turn signal indicators ... 08/25/05 - 20050187709 - Route guidance information storing and reproducing apparatus The present invention provides a route guidance information storing and reproducing apparatus, comprising: speech information inputting means (101) for having route guidance speech information inputted therethrough on the basis of route guidance information guiding a person along a travel route from a starting point to a destination; brief map information ... 08/18/05 - 20050182564 - Car navigation device using forward real video and control method thereof A car navigation device using a forward real video and a control method thereof are disclosed. The car navigation device using a forward real video along the travel direction of a vehicle, comprises a camera that photographs the forward real video and outputs the photographed video on a screen, a ... 08/18/05 - 20050182563 - Previewing points of interest in navigation system A vehicle navigation system provides information relating to a list of intersections or other points of interest located ahead of a vehicle relative to a heading vector of the vehicle. The vehicle navigation system uses information about the current location of the vehicle and the heading vector in connection with ... 08/18/05 - 20050182562 - Display device, information processing device, and information processing system An information processing system includes a display device and a information processing apparatus. The display device includes: a first arithmetic processing unit; a display unit at which information is displayed as a bitmap; and an interface unit that can be connected with the external information processing apparatus. The information processing ... 08/11/05 - 20050177305 - Display method and apparatus for navigation system A display method and apparatus for a navigation system which is capable of preventing blank scroll of a display screen when there is no visible objects within a display range when the screen is scrolled and immediately jumping to the screen where a visible object exists. When a display screen ... 08/11/05 - 20050177304 - Display method and apparatus for navigation system A display method and apparatus for a navigation system continuously provides the user the predetermined type of information, typically, the route to the destination even when the user changes the screen to any type of screen in the middle of the route guidance mode. The display method is comprised of ... 08/04/05 - 20050171694 - Navigation system and navigation method A navigation system and method having a function of alerting the driver to potential wrong way driving comprises means 102 for determining a position of a vehicle 300, means 107 for calculating a driving route of the vehicle 300, means 108 for determining a driving manoeuvre in accordance with the ... 07/28/05 - 20050165549 - Method for determining an upward journey for all-wheel drive vehicles filtering the determined deviation (SlopFilt) with a time constant (T1slope) comparing the deviation (Slope) with the filtered deviation (SlopFilt) determining driving situations representing the conditions ‘traction slip control is active’ or ‘traction slip control is not active’determining the slope in dependence on the comparison result and the driving situation. ... 07/28/05 - 20050165548 - 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 information data (3) representing geographical features, the map information data (3) being based on aggregations ... 07/07/05 - 20050149262 - Navigation apparatus A navigation apparatus includes: a route search unit that obtains a route to take from a start point to a destination; a vehicle position detection unit that detects a vehicle position; and a route guidance unit that provides route guidance based upon the obtained route. And the route guidance unit ... 06/30/05 - 20050143915 - Information processing device and travel information voice guidance method An information processing device and travel information voice guidance method for moving objects, capable of reliably providing travel information through voice guidance while avoiding insofar as possible the interruption of the user's enjoyment of music during music playback, comprising a song playback portion which outputs song audio signals representing song ... 06/30/05 - 20050143914 - Navigation apparatus and display method A navigation apparatus, including a controller that reads out map data from a memory to display a road map with link names and outputs the map data including a current position on a guidance screen. The controller monitors a drawing area for each link name and monitors a display area ... 06/23/05 - 20050137796 - Method of transmitting vehicle data The invention relates to a method for wirelessly transmitting vehicle data, whereby vehicle data provided for data exportation is stored in a storage medium, and is read out and transmitted within the framework of a vehicle data acquisition. At the beginning of the journey, the vehicle data provided for the ... 06/23/05 - 20050137795 - Navigation system A navigation system for providing different modes of navigation guidance to drivers is provided. A smart card stores user information. In a main apparatus, a parameter table storage section stores parameters which are used for controlling the outputting of navigation guidance to an entity. A control section acquires at least ... 06/23/05 - 20050137794 - Intersection route navigation system for a motor vehicle An improved navigation system that provides vehicle route navigation information in a more user friendly format than provided by commercially available navigation systems includes a processor coupled to a display, a location device and a memory subsystem. The memory subsystem stores a navigation database that the processor utilizes to display ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |