Target input for navigation system

US5919246A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Mannesmann AG · DE

Inventors

• Gerd Waizmann · Riedering, DE
• Paul Garthwaite · Baldham, DE
• Uwe Albrecht · Bitterfeld-Wolfen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 7, 1997
• Grant date: Jul 6, 1999
• Expiry date: Apr 7, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G08G1/096888
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A process and a device for providing navigational assistance to a vehicle driver in reaching a target position in a vehicle, in which the current local position is identified, a route is determined and current travel tips for this route are obtained from a traffic computer, which is disposed outside of the vehicle, and are displayed to the driver. To provide fully automatic navigational assistance in which the driver's input is minimized, especially in the case of frequently repeated routine trips, the target position is derived automatically, according to probability, on the basis of stored historical travel information.