Global Patent Index - EP 2488964 A4

EP 2488964 A4 20171129 - NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH IMPROVED DESTINATION SEARCHING

Title (en)

NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH IMPROVED DESTINATION SEARCHING

Title (de)

NAVIGATIONSSYSTEM UND VERFAHREN MIT VERBESSERTER ZIELSUCHE

Title (fr)

SYSTÈME ET PROCÉDÉ DE NAVIGATION À RECHERCHE DE DESTINATION AMÉLIORÉE

Publication

EP 2488964 A4 20171129 (EN)

Application

EP 09850344 A 20091015

Priority

CN 2009074456 W 20091015

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2011044730A1] A vehicle navigation system and a corresponding method for efficient search of navigation destinations directly in the showed map are disclosed. The system comprises: a navigation engine; and a display unit, a digital map unit, a sensor data gathering unit and a human machine interface containing a destination memory, all coupled with the navigation engine; wherein the display unit has a screen on which a map and a crosshair are shown, at least one edge bar is formed by an area of the screen along an edge of the screen, semantic information on the map point indicated by the crosshair on the map is shown in the edge bar; and wherein the edge bar is transparent or translucent, so that the map area under the edge bar is visible. The destinations found from the showed map obtain the information in the edge bars as their names.

IPC 8 full level

G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

G01C 21/3614 (2013.01); G01C 21/3667 (2013.01); G01C 21/3673 (2013.01); G06F 16/29 (2018.12)

Citation (search report)

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 SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2011044730 A1 20110421; CN 102483751 A 20120530; DE 112009005316 T5 20130207; EP 2488964 A1 20120822; EP 2488964 A4 20171129

DOCDB simple family (application)

CN 2009074456 W 20091015; CN 200980161392 A 20091015; DE 112009005316 T 20091015; EP 09850344 A 20091015