G01C 21/3632
Guidance using simplified or iconic instructions
Official title: {Guidance using simplified or iconic instructions, e.g. using arrows (G01C21/365 takes precedence)}
G01C21/3632 (Guidance using simplified or iconic instructions) appears on 485 US grants and 586 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01C- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Wearable personal inside-out location tracking6 Oct 2026US 12,754,022 B2Qwake Technologies, Inc.
- Guidance apparatus, guidance method, and non-transitory computer readable medium6 Oct 2026US 12,754,027 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- System and method for adaptive navigation in a facility8 Sep 2026US 12,729,968 B2
- Display control apparatus, display device, and display control method8 Sep 2026US 12,729,975 B2Nippon Seiki Co., Ltd.
- Image control program, image control device, and image control method7 Jul 2026US 12,674,678 B2Pioneer Corporation
- System and method for adaptive navigation in a facility1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298647 A1
- Real-time Emergency Vehicle Route Display1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298665 A1
- Navigation arrow display method, vehicle-mounted device, readable storage medium, and chip20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243580 A1Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Systems and methods for engaging navigation modes based on traffic events30 Jul 2026US 2026/0219058 A1Adeia Guides Inc.
- Information processing apparatus and non-transitory storage medium16 Jul 2026US 2026/0202212 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Mapless GPS navigation system in vehicle entertainment system325US 5,627,547 ADelco Electronics Corporation · 1997
- Navigational lane guidance257US 9,423,266 B2TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. · 2016
- Mapless GPS navigation system with sortable destinations and zone preference194US 5,964,821 ADelco Electronics Corporation · 1999
- Navigation system for automotive vehicle with automatic navigation start and navigation end point search and automatic route selection187US 4,796,189 ANissan Motor Co., Ltd. · 1989
- Vehicle navigation system with off-road navigation167US 6,836,725 B2Magellan DIS, Inc. · 2004