To provide personalized data for display on a map, a server device obtains location data for a user and identifies locations that are familiar to the user based on the frequency and recency in which the user visits the locations. The server device then provides the familiar locations in search…
To generate navigation directions for a driver of a vehicle, a route for guiding the driver to a destination is obtained, visual landmarks corresponding to prominent physical objects disposed along the route are retrieved, and real-time imagery is collected at the vehicle approximately from a…
A head-up display 2 according to the embodiment includes the combiner 5 and the light source unit 6 and displays facility marks indicating facilities existing in front of the vehicle Ve. The combiner 5 displays the facility marks at positions corresponding to the facilities existing in the front…
Systems and methods for preparing and presenting schematic maps, which are maps that present information in a format that presents only information that is most relevant to a given situation in order to provide a simple and clear representation sufficient to aid a user in guidance or orientation…
A travel guidance apparatus is configured to set a navigation route along which a movable body is guided and a guidance junction on the navigation route, to acquire a position of an exit-side traffic light at a preceding junction that is located closer to a departure place of the navigation route…
An information providing apparatus and method are provided comprising an information designating unit designating an information display target and an information providing area for geographical data according to each type, and an information displaying unit displaying an information display target…
A method of operating a navigation system to provide a route guidance message for traveling a route is disclosed. A preferred name of a feature visible from a road segment is obtained from a geographic database associated with the navigation system. A guidance message stating the preferred name of…
A method of operating a navigation system to provide a route guidance message for traveling a route is disclosed. A plurality of features visible from a road segment of the route is obtained from a geographic database associated with the navigation system. An importance rating for each of the…
A method of operating a navigation system to provide a route guidance message for traveling a route is disclosed. A plurality of features visible from a road segment of the route is obtained from a geographic database associated with the navigation system. An importance rating for each of the…
The method involves generating a route between arrival and departure points and generating guiding instructions. The instruction generation step involves determining point of interests closer to a part of the route from a database, calculating an indication representing the visibility of point of…
The process involves obtaining a new location of a vehicle based on a preset temporal comparison value, calculated route and last computed location when the value is detected. A message containing guiding information relative to a portion of the calculated route is sent to a user on a mobile…
A feature guidance information that provides guidance on a feature has a data structure where a unique information representing a feature position and a guidance position are associated with respective sub-areas so that each sub-area includes at most one of the feature and the guidance position to…
A route guidance system is disclosed that enables a vehicle driver to confidently decide the branch road to be taken without hesitation even at a complicated intersection or the like. The present invention provides a vehicle route guidance system 1 for guiding a vehicle along a route to a…
In order to implement a navigation device in which landmarks are much less monotonous, and the applicability thereof is wider, the navigation device of the present invention operates as follows. A landmark (803) is displayed in either normal display (still) and emphatic display (animated) by…
To provide a route guiding explanation device capable of adding or changing route information data or the like by general users without requiring any CPU of high-level function and any large number of memories. A destination absolute position storing portion (7) stores latitude and longitude…