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https://drivepatents.com/patents/1068023 · 26 Apr 2006
A communication type map display apparatus according to the present invention comprises: an inputting unit (11) for inputting an instruction in response to an input operation; a map data obtaining unit (12) for communicating with external devices (3a to 3n...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1068927 · 29 Mar 2006
A map display method and a medium storing program for realizing this method, and a map display apparatus are described wherein map information in an area specified in response to a current location of a moving object is read from a map database. Furthermor...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1069671 · 1 Mar 2006
Time varying images 712 before coded are rearranged in a coding stage into unitary images 722 having the sequence of time stamps DTS 725. A GPS or the like provides position information indicative of the position whereat the respective unitary image of a m...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1069768 · 1 Mar 2006
A personal communication device (PCD) with electromagnetic communication capability has a GPS receiver and display (28, 30). The PCD requests maps and location tagged data from data providers and for display on the PCD. The data providers respond to reques...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1069990 · 15 Feb 2006
The method involves displaying, on a mobile telephone screen, a map (1) of a place and main icons (2) representing particular places of the map. A set of secondary icons (3), corresponding to information resources relating the place corresponding to an ico...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1069969 · 15 Feb 2006
A personal emergency call unit senses at least three translation accelerations and rotation motion between two GPS (Global Positioning System) measurements to calculate and transmit current local position and motion for transmission with the emergency sign...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1070420 · 1 Feb 2006
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 infor...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1070953 · 11 Jan 2006
A method for collecting geographic data for use with a navigation system is disclosed. A pedestrian segment associated with a path is identified. A text description of the pedestrian segment is collected. The text description includes one of a predetermine...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1070956 · 11 Jan 2006
A method for collecting geographic data for use with a navigation system is disclosed. A virtual pedestrian segment providing a path through an unorganized geographic area is identified. The unorganized area lacks underlying organization into roads and pat...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1070954 · 11 Jan 2006
A method of operating a navigation system comprises providing an image of a geographic area through which a portion of a route between an origin and destination passes. The image is an approximate 360-degree image. The method provides a guidance informatio...