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https://drivepatents.com/patents/1087829 · 21 Apr 2004
There is provided a method and apparatus for guiding an intersection in a navigation system, which is capable of efficiently creating an arrow that indicates an intersection turn guide. The method of the present invention includes the steps of: checking an...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1087864 · 21 Apr 2004
There is provided a vehicle navigation system and method for guiding path of a complex intersection more accurately. The method for guiding path of the complex intersection includes the steps of: configuring the complex intersection through a grouping base...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1093053 · 24 Sep 2003
When a moving body (e.g., a car) is entering a roundabout, a navigation machine extracts link data of the roundabout from road map data. The navigation machine detects a route entering the roundabout (i.e., a route the moving body is currently taking), a c...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1100566 · 6 Nov 2002
The device has an input device (100) for start and destination information, a database (104) with road information, a route computation unit (102) and a display unit (106) for the computed routes. The database contains additional information associated wit...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1102709 · 7 Aug 2002
Route guidance information capable of displaying a route can be generated in an easy-to-understand, user-friendly manner even on a small screen of a navigation system. To generate such information, route guidance information at plural guide points on the r...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1108574 · 14 Nov 2001
Target display uses symbols to show the instantaneous direction of the vehicle being driven (1) and a forthcoming turning- off point (2a-2c). As the vehicle approaches the turning-off point the arrows for the turn off point become larger and larger. An Ind...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1108782 · 7 Nov 2001
There are provided a first navigation unit (transmitting side unit) 10 having a reader 13 for reading at least map data from a map information storage medium 14 and a controller 15 for controlling a system, and a second navigation unit (receiving side unit...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1110468 · 5 Sep 2001
The method involves performing a route calculation with digital map data using start and destination points, storing way points where turns occur and distances in a vehicle memory, comparing the distances to the next way point and to the current way point ...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1111273 · 1 Aug 2001
The route guidance method uses a mobile radio system for connecting a user with a central processor (1), supplied with the actual position of the user and the required target location, for calculation of the optimum route based on the local infrastructure....
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1112616 · 6 Jun 2001
An automobile navigation system includes display means that guides a car with an arrowhead alone when running on a guidance lane while displaying a map in the event of a deviation from the guidance lane.