Method for operating a navigation appliance, and arrangement for carrying out the method

US6760661B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Bernhard Klein · Bear River, US
• Steffen Zehner · Regensburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 25, 2003
• Grant date: Jul 6, 2004
• Expiry date: Feb 25, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G08G1/096872
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for operating a navigation device comprising a central processing unit (100) and a memory medium (130) with a digitized map is disclosed. The method comprises the following steps: inputting a route with start and target coordinates that can be selected on the map; receiving traffic jam data via an external source (140); displaying a calculated route and the respective traffic jam data; and editing said traffic jam data. In the case of acceptance of a traffic jam a possible bypass of the corresponding route section is calculated and displayed, and in the case of non-acceptance the calculated route section is maintained.