EP 2250587 A2 20101117 - MOBILE DEVICE AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE RELATED ART
Title (en)
MOBILE DEVICE AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE RELATED ART
Title (de)
MOBILES GERÄT UND GEOGRAFISCHES INFORMATIONSSYSTEM
Title (fr)
DISPOSITIF MOBILE ET ARRIÈRE-PLAN ET RÉSUMÉ DE SYSTÈME D'INFORMATION GÉOGRAPHIQUE DE LA TECHNIQUE APPARENTÉE
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 2009036053 W 20090304
- US 3467508 P 20080307
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO2009111578A2] The present invention provides a system and mobile device for providing geographic information to a user. The system includes a mobile device that is wirelessly connected to a geographic database. The mobile device includes a plurality of sensors for determining a first location and a first direction. A controller is adapted to provide information requested based on local queries and distal queries. In addition, the controller can respond to thematic queries of each variety, wherein the database search is limited to objects, entities or features that fit within a selected theme. Finally, the controller is adapted to select and order query results based upon two- and three-dimensional query windows.
IPC 8 full level
G01C 21/20 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
G01C 21/20 (2013.01); G01S 19/14 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
AL BA RS
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 2009111578 A2 20090911; WO 2009111578 A3 20100121; CA 2717745 A1 20090911; EP 2250587 A2 20101117; EP 2250587 A4 20120912; JP 2011517805 A 20110616; JP 2014135085 A 20140724
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 2009036053 W 20090304; CA 2717745 A 20090304; EP 09716561 A 20090304; JP 2010549857 A 20090304; JP 2014080051 A 20140409