公开(公告)号：US06278939B1

公开(公告)日：2001-08-21

申请号：US09624694

申请日：2000-07-24

申请人： Philip Robare ,  William Gale

发明人： Philip Robare ,  William Gale

IPC分类号： G01C2100

CPC分类号： G01C21/3461 ,  Y10S707/99945

摘要： A navigation system and method in which geographic data are transmitted in portions, as needed, to end users' computing platforms from a central geographic database and used by the end users' computing platforms to provide navigation-related features to end users as the end users travel along roads in a geographic region. Each portion of data transmitted to each end user includes (a) data that represent road portions located in proximity to the road portion upon which the end user is located and that have a same rank as the road portion upon which the end user is located and (a) data that represent road portions having ranks other than the rank of the road portion upon which the end user is located but that are accessible within a predetermined threshold by vehicle from the road portions located in proximity to the road portion upon which the end user is located that have the same rank as the road portion upon which the end user is located, wherein a rank of a road corresponds to a classification such that roads having a higher rank are traversable generally faster and carry generally higher volumes of traffic than roads of a lesser rank.

摘要翻译： 一种导航系统和方法，其中地理数据根据需要以部分方式从中央地理数据库传输到最终用户的计算平台，并由最终用户的计算平台用于向最终用户提供与导航相关的特征作为终端用户 沿着地理区域的道路行驶。 发送给每个最终用户的数据的每个部分包括（a）表示位于最终用户所在的道路部分附近并且与最终用户所在的道路部分具有相同等级的道路部分的数据，以及 （a）表示道路部分的数据，该道路部分具有除最终用户所在的道路部分的等级以外的道路部分，但是可以从位于该道路部分附近的道路部分的车辆通过车辆在预定阈值内可达 用户位于与最终用户所在的道路部分相同的等级，其中道路的等级对应于分类，使得具有较高等级的道路通常更快地遍历并且携带比道路更大的交通量 的等级较低。

公开(公告)号：US07801904B2

公开(公告)日：2010-09-21

申请号：US10721660

申请日：2003-11-25

申请人： Senthil Natesan ,  Aaron Crane ,  Philip Robare

发明人： Senthil Natesan ,  Aaron Crane ,  Philip Robare

IPC分类号： G06F7/00 ,  G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G01C21/32 ,  G01C21/34 ,  G06F17/30241 ,  Y10S707/99943

摘要： A system and method for providing geographic data to end users' computing platforms. A server maintains downloadable geographic data that are organized into pre-computed parcels that correspond to pre-determined sub-areas into which the entire geographic region serviced by the server is divided. The server responds to requests from the end users' computing platforms for navigation services and data by sending selected pre-computed parcels of geographic data to the end users' computing platforms. The end users' computing platforms store the pre-computed parcels received from the server in a cache memory. The end users' computing platforms use the data in the pre-computed parcels to provide navigation-related features locally.

摘要翻译： 一种用于向最终用户的计算平台提供地理数据的系统和方法。 服务器维护可下载的地理数据，其被组织成预先计算的包裹，其对应于由服务器服务的整个地理区域被划分到的预定子区域。 服务器通过向最终用户的计算平台发送选定的预先计算的地理数据包，来响应最终用户的计算平台的导航服务和数据的请求。 最终用户的计算平台将从服务器接收的预先计算的包裹存储在高速缓冲存储器中。 最终用户的计算平台使用预先计算的包裹中的数据在本地提供与导航相关的功能。

公开(公告)号：US06650326B1

公开(公告)日：2003-11-18

申请号：US09767054

申请日：2001-01-22

申请人： Mark Huber ,  Philip Robare

发明人： Mark Huber ,  Philip Robare

IPC分类号： G06T1500

CPC分类号： G06T17/05 ,  G06T3/40

摘要： A method for displaying a zooming operation on a display screen of a computing platform. The method includes retrieving data from a geographic data storage system, possibly located on another system, displaying a starting image that shows geographic features at a first scale with a first level of detail and then displaying an ending image that shows the same geographic features at a second scale with a second level of detail. Between the displaying of the starting image and the displaying of the ending image, at least one intermediate image is displayed. The intermediate image combines two component images of at least some of the same geographic features shown in the starting or ending image. The two component images in the intermediate image are at the same scale and are registered with respect to each other so that the same geographic features represented in the two component images coincide. One of the two component images in the intermediate image includes at least a portion of the starting image and is formed using data from a first layer of a geographic database. The other of the two component images in the intermediate image is formed using data from a second layer of the geographic database.

摘要翻译： 一种用于在计算平台的显示屏上显示缩放操作的方法。 该方法包括从可能位于另一系统上的地理数据存储系统中检索数据，以第一级详细显示以第一级显示地理特征的起始图像，然后在第一级显示相同地理特征的结束图像 第二级具有第二级细节。 在开始图像的显示和结束图像的显示之间，显示至少一个中间图像。 中间图像组合起始或结束图像中所示的至少一些相同地理特征的两个分量图像。 中间图像中的两个分量图像具有相同的比例并且相对于彼此登记，使得在两个分量图像中表示的相同的地理特征重合。 中间图像中的两个分量图像之一包括起始图像的至少一部分，并且使用来自地理数据库的第一层的数据形成。 使用来自地理数据库的第二层的数据来形成中间图像中的两个分量图像中的另一个。

公开(公告)号：US06601073B1

公开(公告)日：2003-07-29

申请号：US09532617

申请日：2000-03-22

申请人： Philip Robare

发明人： Philip Robare

IPC分类号： G06F1730

CPC分类号： G06F17/30241 ,  G01C21/32 ,  Y10S707/99943 ,  Y10S707/99945 ,  Y10S707/99948

摘要： A database architecture for using geographic data to provide navigation-related functions is disclosed. The navigation-related functions are provided by navigation program applications. A geographic database is stored on a medium and includes data representing geographic features and has a plurality of indexes into the data. A data access layer accepts requests from the navigation program applications for geographically-referenced data, accesses the geographic database and provides responses to the requests from the navigation program applications for geographically-referenced data. Logic rules are associated with the geographic database. The data access layer includes a deductive database engine that accesses and combines the logic rules to determine how to use to the indexes to access the data from the medium and to convert the data from a format in which they are stored on the medium into a format that the navigation program applications can use. The database architecture can be used in vehicle navigation systems including navigation systems that use data obtained via a wireless communications link from an off-board data supplier.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于使用地理数据提供导航相关功能的数据库架构。 导航相关功能由导航程序应用程序提供。 地理数据库被存储在介质上，并且包括表示地理特征的数据，并且在数据中具有多个索引。 数据访问层接受来自导航程序应用程序的地理参考数据的请求，访问地理数据库，并向来自导航程序应用程序的请求提供对地理参考数据的响应。 逻辑规则与地理数据库相关联。 数据访问层包括演绎数据库引擎，其访问和组合逻辑规则以确定如何使用索引来从介质访问数据，并将数据从其在介质上存储的格式转换为格式 导航程序应用程序可以使用。 数据库架构可用于包括使用通过来自车外数据供应商的无线通信链路获得的数据的导航系统的车辆导航系统。

公开(公告)号：US07023456B2

公开(公告)日：2006-04-04

申请号：US10663188

申请日：2003-09-16

申请人： Mark Huber ,  Philip Robare

发明人： Mark Huber ,  Philip Robare

IPC分类号： G09G5/00 ,  G06T17/00

CPC分类号： G06T17/05 ,  G06T3/40

摘要： A method for displaying a zooming operation on a display screen of a computing platform. The method includes retrieving data from a geographic data storage system, possibly located on another system, displaying a starting image that shows geographic features at a first scale with a first level of detail and then displaying an ending image that shows the same geographic features at a second scale with a second level of detail. Between the displaying of the starting image and the displaying of the ending image, at least one intermediate image is displayed. The intermediate image combines two component images of at least some of the same geographic features shown in the starting or ending image. The two component images in the intermediate image are at the same scale and are registered with respect to each other so that the same geographic features represented in the two component images coincide. One of the two component images in the intermediate image includes at least a portion of the starting image and is formed using data from a first layer of a geographic database. The other of the two component images in the intermediate image is formed using data from a second layer of the geographic database.

摘要翻译： 一种用于在计算平台的显示屏上显示缩放操作的方法。 该方法包括从可能位于另一系统上的地理数据存储系统中检索数据，以第一级详细显示以第一级显示地理特征的起始图像，然后在第一级显示相同地理特征的结束图像 第二级具有第二级细节。 在开始图像的显示和结束图像的显示之间，显示至少一个中间图像。 中间图像组合起始或结束图像中所示的至少一些相同地理特征的两个分量图像。 中间图像中的两个分量图像具有相同的比例并且相对于彼此登记，使得在两个分量图像中表示的相同的地理特征重合。 中间图像中的两个分量图像之一包括起始图像的至少一部分，并且使用来自地理数据库的第一层的数据形成。 使用来自地理数据库的第二层的数据来形成中间图像中的两个分量图像中的另一个。

公开(公告)号：US06691128B2

公开(公告)日：2004-02-10

申请号：US09838094

申请日：2001-04-19

申请人： Senthil Natesan ,  Aaron Crane ,  Philip Robare

发明人： Senthil Natesan ,  Aaron Crane ,  Philip Robare

IPC分类号： G06F1730

CPC分类号： G01C21/32 ,  G01C21/34 ,  G06F17/30241 ,  Y10S707/99943

摘要： A system and method for providing geographic data to end users' computing platforms. A server maintains downloadable geographic data that are organized into pre-computed parcels that correspond to pre-determined sub-areas into which the entire geographic region serviced by the server is divided. The server responds to requests from the end users' computing platforms for navigation services and data by sending selected pre-computed parcels of geographic data to the end users' computing platforms. The end users' computing platforms store the pre-computed parcels received from the server in a cache memory. The end users' computing platforms use the data in the pre-computed parcels to provide navigation-related features locally.

摘要翻译： 一种用于向最终用户的计算平台提供地理数据的系统和方法。 服务器维护可下载的地理数据，其被组织成预先计算的包裹，其对应于由服务器服务的整个地理区域被划分到的预定子区域。 服务器通过向最终用户的计算平台发送选定的预先计算的地理数据包，来响应最终用户的计算平台的导航服务和数据的请求。 最终用户的计算平台将从服务器接收的预先计算的包裹存储在高速缓冲存储器中。 最终用户的计算平台使用预先计算的包裹中的数据在本地提供与导航相关的功能。

公开(公告)号：US06292745B1

公开(公告)日：2001-09-18

申请号：US09624695

申请日：2000-07-24

申请人： Philip Robare ,  William Gale

发明人： Philip Robare ,  William Gale

IPC分类号： G01C2100

CPC分类号： G01C21/32 ,  G06F17/30241

摘要： A method for forming a geographic database that can be used in a navigation system in which geographic data are transmitted in portions, as needed, from the geographic database to remotely located end users' computing platforms and used by the remotely located end users' computing platforms to provide navigation-related services and features to the end users as the end users travel along roads in a geographic region. The method includes the step of forming a plurality of separate collections of data from a primary copy of the geographic database. Each separate collection includes data that represent all roads of a corresponding respective separate rank, wherein a rank of a road represents a functional classification of the road such that roads that permit generally faster travel have a higher rank than roads that permit generally slower travel. The method further includes the step of augmenting each of the plurality of separate collections with data that represent those portions of roads having ranks other than the rank corresponding to the collection but that are accessible within a threshold of the roads of the rank associated with the given collection.

摘要翻译： 一种用于形成地理数据库的方法，其可以在导航系统中使用，其中地理数据根据需要以部分的形式从地理数据库传输到远程位于最终用户的计算平台，并被远程位于最终用户的计算平台 为最终用户提供导航相关服务和功能，最终用户沿着地理区域的道路行驶。 该方法包括从地理数据库的主副本形成多个单独的数据集合的步骤。 每个单独的集合包括表示相应的各自独立等级的所有道路的数据，其中道路的等级代表道路的功能分类，使得允许通常更快的行驶的道路具有比允许通常较慢行驶的道路更高的等级。 所述方法还包括以下步骤：利用表示具有除了与集合相对应的等级以外的排列的道路的那些部分的数据来增加多个单独集合中的每一个，但是在与给定的相关联的秩的道路的阈值内是可访问的 采集。