公开(公告)号：US06834230B1

公开(公告)日：2004-12-21

申请号：US10271155

申请日：2002-10-15

申请人： Michael E. Childs ,  Darin J. Beesley

发明人： Michael E. Childs ,  Darin J. Beesley

IPC分类号： G01C2130

CPC分类号： G01C21/34 ,  G01C21/3626

摘要： PDA systems, devices and methods are provided to account for insignificant route segments to enhance a route guidance experience. A PDA is provided according to one aspect. The PDA includes a processor and a memory adapted to communicate with the processor. The processor and memory are adapted to cooperate to provide route guidance that accounts for insignificant route segments. According to various embodiments, insignificant route segments are accounted for by nullifying and/or modifying route guidance maneuvers associated with the insignificant route segments. Other aspects are provided herein.

摘要翻译： 提供PDA系统，设备和方法来考虑不重要的路线段以增强路线引导经验。 根据一个方面提供PDA。 PDA包括处理器和适于与处理器通信的存储器。 处理器和存储器适于协作以提供考虑不重要的路由段的路由引导。 根据各种实施例，通过无效和/或修改与无意义路线段相关联的路线引导操作来考虑不重要的路线段。 本文提供了其他方面。

公开(公告)号：US06810325B2

公开(公告)日：2004-10-26

申请号：US10352212

申请日：2003-01-28

申请人： Kouji Amano ,  Takashi Nozaki

发明人： Kouji Amano ,  Takashi Nozaki

IPC分类号： G01C2130

CPC分类号： G08G1/0962

摘要： A server includes a position estimation section for estimating the current position of a client apparatus based on the already acquired position information when the server cannot acquire position information from the client apparatus and the server requests the client apparatus to transmit position information in response to a search instruction from an information terminal.

摘要翻译： 服务器包括位置估计部分，用于当服务器不能从客户端装置获取位置信息时，基于已经获取的位置信息来估计客户端装置的当前位置，并且服务器响应于搜索请求客户端装置发送位置信息 来自信息终端的指令。

公开(公告)号：US06795768B2

公开(公告)日：2004-09-21

申请号：US10370397

申请日：2003-02-20

申请人： John Michael Bragansa ,  Carlos Antonio Miranda-Knapp ,  Wayne Wiggins Ballantyne

发明人： John Michael Bragansa ,  Carlos Antonio Miranda-Knapp ,  Wayne Wiggins Ballantyne

IPC分类号： G01C2130

CPC分类号： G01C21/20 ,  G01S5/0027 ,  G01S19/53 ,  G06F17/3087 ,  H04L67/18

摘要： An object selection apparatus (100) has a geo-location processor (108) that determines the location of a device (120) at the time of an input by a user. The object selection apparatus (100) also has a bearing determination processor (104) that determines a bearing from the device (120) at the time of the user input. The object selection apparatus (100) also has a geo-content retrieval system (118) that retries information that relates to a set of objects that correspond to the location and bearing of the device (120) that was determined at the time of the input.

摘要翻译： 对象选择装置（100）具有在用户输入时确定设备（120）的位置的地理位置处理器（108）。 对象选择装置（100）还具有在用户输入时确定来自装置（120）的方位的方位确定处理器（104）。 对象选择装置（100）还具有地理内容检索系统（118），其重试与在输入时确定的设备（120）的位置和方位相对应的一组对象相关的信息 。

公开(公告)号：US06792350B2

公开(公告)日：2004-09-14

申请号：US10131024

申请日：2002-04-25

申请人： Mutsumi Katayama ,  Hiroyuki Morita

发明人： Mutsumi Katayama ,  Hiroyuki Morita

IPC分类号： G01C2130

CPC分类号： G01C21/3682 ,  G06Q10/047

摘要： To provide a navigation system for a moving body useful to carry out delivery service operation. A delivery history is included in customer information, and a route guide including at least one past delivery destination point is generated. A method of navigating a movable body for a delivery service is also included.

摘要翻译： 提供用于执行送货服务操作的移动体的导航系统。 交付历史包括在客户信息中，并且生成包括至少一个过去的交货目的地点的路线指南。 还包括导航用于输送服务的移动体的方法。

公开(公告)号：US06542812B1

公开(公告)日：2003-04-01

申请号：US09830064

申请日：2001-04-20

申请人： Michael L. Obradovich ,  John D. Pirtle ,  Steven W. Schebesch

发明人： Michael L. Obradovich ,  John D. Pirtle ,  Steven W. Schebesch

IPC分类号： G01C2130

CPC分类号： G01C21/3484 ,  G01C21/3461 ,  G01C21/3617 ,  G01C21/3679 ,  G06Q30/02

摘要： In a navigation device, user profiles may be stored and used to navigate a user who may be driving in a vehicle, on foot, or in other mode of transportation. Each user profile corresponds to one of the user's personae. For example, the user business profile corresponding to the user's business persona may be different from the user personal profile corresponding to the user's personal persona. For instance, the user business profile may include fine-dining type restaurants for business meetings while the user personal profile may instead include fast-food type restaurants for personal dining. The navigation device provides the user with a navigated route, together with information concerning the favorite facilities and events surrounding the navigated route, which satisfy the preferences in a selected user profile. In addition, blockages may also be established using the device to avoid selected areas, e.g., high crime rate areas, in the navigated route, or to block transmission of selected information concerning, e.g., uninteresting facilities and events, to the navigation device.

摘要翻译： 在导航装置中，可以存储和使用用户简档来导航可能在车辆，步行或其他运输方式下驾驶的用户。 每个用户配置文件对应于用户的一个角色。 例如，与用户的业务人物相对应的用户业务简档可以不同于与用户的个人角色相对应的用户个人简档。 例如，用户业务简档可以包括用于商务会议的高级餐饮餐厅，而用户个人资料可以包括用于个人用餐的快餐式餐馆。 导航装置向用户提供导航路线，以及满足所选用户简档中的偏好的关于围绕导航路线的喜好设施和事件的信息。 此外，还可以使用设备来建立阻止以避免在导航路线中的选定区域，例如高犯罪率区域，或者阻止关于例如不感兴趣的设施和事件的所选信息的传输到导航设备。

公开(公告)号：US06526350B2

公开(公告)日：2003-02-25

申请号：US09988049

申请日：2001-11-16

申请人： Hiroaki Sekiyama

发明人： Hiroaki Sekiyama

IPC分类号： G01C2130

CPC分类号： G08G1/096716 ,  G01C21/3476 ,  G01C21/3644 ,  G06Q10/047 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  G08G1/096741 ,  G08G1/096775 ,  G09B29/10

摘要： A route guide apparatus and method finds a route to a destination and supplies the route to a user terminal. The apparatus stores information regarding facilities which are landmarks, searches for a route that reaches the destination and that passes near at least one of the facilities which is a landmark, and supplies the route to a user terminal. The route guidance apparatus and method may further store advertisement information. In that case, preferably a search is made for a route that passes near the facility which is a landmark and whose advertisement information is to be supplied to the user. This enables advertisers to supply advertisement information to the user when the user passes near the landmark facility.

公开(公告)号：US06519528B2

公开(公告)日：2003-02-11

申请号：US10066579

申请日：2002-02-06

申请人： Kouichi Endo ,  Yoshikazu Sato ,  Kan Shishido

发明人： Kouichi Endo ,  Yoshikazu Sato ,  Kan Shishido

IPC分类号： G01C2130

CPC分类号： G01C21/3626 ,  G01C21/3667

摘要： A vehicle navigation apparatus that does not output an inappropriate or irrelevant guidance picture display or spoken guidance even when the vehicle enters an area off the roads (e.g. a parking lot, campus, factory, or facility grounds, or park) stored in the apparatus' road map data base, and which provides a correct guidance picture display and a correct spoken guidance for navigation to a destination. When the apparatus detects entry of the vehicle into such an area off the roads stored in the map data base, a guidance picture is changed to a map picture, and the apparatus stops correcting the vehicle position by map matching. When the apparatus detects an exit of the vehicle from such an area, the apparatus restarts correcting the vehicle position by map matching and a map picture is changed to a guidance picture.

摘要翻译： 即使当车辆进入存储在设备中的道路（例如，停车场，校园，工厂，设施场地或公园）上的区域时，也不输出不适当或不相关的引导图像显示或语音指导的车辆导航设备， 路线图数据库，并提供正确的指导图片显示和用于导航到目的地的正确的口语指导。 当设备检测到车辆进入存储在地图数据库中的道路上的区域时，将引导图像改变为地图图像，并且设备通过地图匹配来停止对车辆位置的校正。 当该装置从该区域检测到车辆的出口时，装置通过地图匹配重新开始校正车辆位置，并将地图画面改变为引导图像。

公开(公告)号：US06405131B1

公开(公告)日：2002-06-11

申请号：US09577414

申请日：2000-05-22

申请人： Mark Barton

发明人： Mark Barton

IPC分类号： G01C2130

CPC分类号： G01C21/3626

摘要： A feature provided by a navigation system to provide guidance to a driver of a vehicle. The feature comprises multiple progress bars displayed on a display screen of the navigation system. The multiple progress bars feature is displayed when the vehicle is approaching a location at which a maneuver, such as a turn, onto a road is to be made and another road is close by and might be confused with the road onto which the maneuver should be made. One of the multiple progress bars represents the vehicle's approach toward the road onto which the maneuver should be made and the other of the multiple progress bars represents the vehicle's approach toward the road not to be taken. As the vehicle approaches both roads, the progress bars are updated indicating the vehicle's relative approach to both the road onto which the maneuver should be made and the road not to be taken. The multiple progress bars feature provides meaningful information to the driver in a clear and unambiguous way thereby assisting the driver to make the proper maneuver.

摘要翻译： 由导航系统提供的用于向车辆的驾驶员提供指导的特征。 该特征包括显示在导航系统的显示屏上的多个进度条。 当车辆正在接近要进行道路上的转弯的道路上的另一道路靠近并且可能与其所在的道路混淆的位置时，显示多个进度条的特征 制作。 多个进度条之一代表车辆进入该道路的方法，其中多个进度条的另一个表示车辆不采取道路的方式。 随着车辆接近两条道路，进度条被更新，指示车辆相对于应该进行机动的道路和不被采取的道路。 多个进度条功能以清晰明确的方式向驾驶员提供有意义的信息，从而帮助驾驶员进行适当的操纵。

公开(公告)号：US06816785B2

公开(公告)日：2004-11-09

申请号：US10348314

申请日：2003-01-21

申请人： Juergen Leimbach ,  Torsten Mosis ,  Markus Schupfner ,  Lutz-Wolfgang Tiede

发明人： Juergen Leimbach ,  Torsten Mosis ,  Markus Schupfner ,  Lutz-Wolfgang Tiede

IPC分类号： G01C2130

CPC分类号： G01C21/005 ,  G01C21/30

摘要： The described navigation system makes use of the attribute pertaining to the existence of “preferred directions,” in particular, inside multi-story car parks. These preferred directions are not limited to a plane or to an orientation. Preferred directions are, in particular, longer entry and exit paths. The method detects a departure from the digitized area and then determines a preferred direction that is defined as a principle axis or a principle axis direction. When traveling within the non-digitized area, e.g. of a multi-story car park, the system monitors whether the vehicle moves within a predetermined limit of the previously defined principle axis direction. If this is the case, it is determined whether a deviation exists and this deviation is optionally corrected to conform with the principle axis direction. This enables compensation of errors that are caused, in particular, by the direction detection.

摘要翻译： 所描述的导航系统利用关于“优选方向”的存在的属性，特别是在多层停车场内。 这些优选的方向不限于平面或取向。 优选的方向，特别是较长的入口和出口路径。 该方法检测离开数字化区域，然后确定被定义为主轴或主轴方向的优选方向。 当在非数字化区域内行进时，例如， 该系统监视车辆是否在预先确定的主轴方向的预定极限内移动。 如果是这种情况，则确定是否存在偏差，并且该偏差可选地被校正以符合主轴方向。 这使得能够补偿特别是由方向检测引起的错误。

公开(公告)号：US06772063B2

公开(公告)日：2004-08-03

申请号：US10233648

申请日：2002-09-03

申请人： Koji Ihara ,  Atsushi Kuribayashi ,  Tatsuya Yamamoto ,  Hitomi Sahara ,  Takeshi Tsukada ,  Yoshinori Watanabe

发明人： Koji Ihara ,  Atsushi Kuribayashi ,  Tatsuya Yamamoto ,  Hitomi Sahara ,  Takeshi Tsukada ,  Yoshinori Watanabe

IPC分类号： G01C2130

CPC分类号： G01C21/3682 ,  G01C21/3694

摘要： A navigation device including a registration unit for registering an index designated by a user's operation and data of a spot coordinate in association with each other, and a display for displaying a plurality of registered indexes as a list, the display displaying, together with the list, a digital map of a spot coordinate corresponding to an active index selected from the list of indexes.

摘要翻译： 一种导航装置，包括：用于登记用户操作指定的索引的注册单元和相关联的点坐标数据;以及显示器，用于显示多个注册索引作为列表，显示器与列表一起显示 ，与从索引列表中选择的活动索引相对应的点坐标的数字地图。