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| 20090259397 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH TOUCHPAD REMOTE - To increase safety and convenience of use for navigation devices installed in automobiles, a navigation system includes the navigation device, a remote control, and a wired or wireless transceiver for establishing a data connection between the navigation device and the remote control. The navigation device has a housing, a display for displaying images, a GPS receiver for receiving GPS signals, and a processor coupled to the GPS receiver and the display for determining position according to the GPS signals and processing program code for controlling the display to display a graphical user interface. The remote control is external to the housing. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20100131184 | Method for creating suggested pathways for helping pedestrians cross open spaces - A method of creating suggested pathways across a predefined area for guiding pedestrians across the predefined area is disclosed. The method includes loading a polygon representation of the predefined area, the polygon comprising at least four vertices, and connecting pairs of non-adjacent vertices of the polygon to create the suggested pathways. Alternatively, the method can generate a polygon representation of the predefined area, identify all nodes on a border of the polygon, the nodes being formed by the intersection of two roads on or adjacent to the border of the polygon, and connect pairs of nodes to create the suggested pathways. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20110055739 | Method of spreading out and displaying closely located points of interest on a personal navigation device - A method of displaying points of interest in a personal navigation device includes displaying a map on a display of the personal navigation device, receiving touch input at a touched position of the display, displaying points of interest located near the touched position, wherein the points of interest are represented by icons, each icon being connected to its location on the map with a line extending out from the touched position, and spreading out the icons around the touched position to separate the icons from each other, the spread out icons being displayed in a pattern around the touched position, wherein a length of the line connecting each icon to its location on the map is not directly proportional to a distance from the corresponding point of interest to the touched position. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110077853 | Methods of assisting a user with selecting a route after a personal navigation device transitions from driving mode to walking mode - A method of assisting a user of a personal navigation device with automatically selecting a route after the personal navigation device transitions from driving mode to walking mode includes detecting a mode transition in the personal navigation device from driving mode to walking mode, recording a vehicle location where the mode transition from driving mode to walking mode occurs, receiving a request from the user to create navigation instructions to a destination location, determining a distance from the current location to the destination location, and guiding the user back to the vehicle location by providing walking instructions with the personal navigation device when the distance from the current location to the destination location is greater than or equal to a threshold distance and then guiding the user to the destination location by providing driving instructions with the personal navigation device. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110106435 | Method of assisting a user of a personal navigation device with parking nearby a destination location and related personal navigation device - A method of assisting a user of a personal navigation device with parking nearby a destination location includes receiving instructions from the user to create navigation instructions to the destination location, determining that the destination location is in an urban area, querying whether the user requires parking, and presenting a plurality of nearby parking areas to the user when the user requests parking, receiving the user's choice of a selected parking area from the plurality of nearby parking areas presented to the user, and planning a route to the destination location using the selected parking area as an intermediate destination. | 05-05-2011 |
