A navigation system includes a user interface for detecting touch input. The system uses touch input to determine if a driver or passenger is operating the navigation system. If the system determines that the driver is operating the system, then an action ...

This specification relates to an information providing method and an apparatus thereof, capable of providing information based on a user profile according to a travel state and/or a current location of a vehicle. The method includes detecting a travel stat...

A navigation-enabled mobile device has a memory operatively coupled to a processor for executing a navigation application, a speaker operatively coupled to the processor for providing navigational notifications, and a position-determining system for determ...

The method involves determining an actual position of a navigation system. A distance and/or distance change between the actual position and boundary of a closed geographical area (12) is determined. Relevant traffic- and/or travel information (13) i.e. ru...

Vehicle guidance method in which a driver is guided along a pre-planned route using graphical and acoustic output, whereby the method for outputting guidance instructions is varied dependent on a driving situation model (10). The latter takes into account ...

The device has a computer unit, a data interface to an output unit and a data interface for reading in information from which the computer unit derives the current load. The computer unit is connected to a first memory unit in which operating information a...

A communication state monitoring section 35 of a terminal unit 2 installed in a vehicle checks whether communication is possible between the terminal unit 2 and a server system 3. If the section in question finds communication is not possible, information ...