Patent · US Expired

Method for navigating an object

US6505117B1 · kind B1 · utility

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2References

19Claims

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Assignee

Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd. · FI

Inventors

Matthias Ratert · Bochum, DE
Reza Serafat · Bochum, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 16, 2000
Grant date	Jan 7, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 16, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01C21/3446
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for navigating an object, such as a radio telephone, from a starting point to a destination along traffic routes that are contained in an electronically stored traffic route map and are in the form of routing points. The routing points are assigned routing values which, starting from the destination, either only increase or only decrease as the distance from the destination grows larger. The object is then navigated by following a path of routing values which only decrease or only increase.

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