Navigation system and method
AssigneeJaguar Land Rover Limited
InventorsNaseem Akhtar, Brian Gerrard
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Abstract
According an aspect of the present invention there is provided a navigation system for a vehicle comprising: a communication module arranged to receive event information regarding a plurality of events, wherein the plurality of events are each associated with a location; a processor arranged to determine whether any of the plurality of events could affect a user of the navigation system; and an output arranged to inform the user of any determined events.
Claims16
An off-road navigation system for a vehicle, the off-road navigation system comprising:
- a communication module that receives event information relating to a plurality of events, wherein the plurality of events are obstacles, and wherein each obstacle is associated with a location;
- a processor that determines whether any of the plurality of events could affect a user of the off-road navigation system while driving off-road;
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- an output that comprises a command signal to a display, the output being configured to control the display to inform the user of any determined events that may affect a determined route;
- wherein the processor is arranged to rank severity of any determined events in dependence on a vehicle capability indicative of an ability of the vehicle to pass the event, wherein the processor ranks by assigning a level to each determined event;
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- wherein the output is configured to control the display to display a difficulty rating of the determined route, the difficulty rating being determined from a most severe level of the determined events.
A vehicle comprising an off-road navigation system, the off-road navigation system comprising:
- a communication module that receives event information relating to a plurality of events, wherein the plurality of events are obstacles, and wherein each obstacle is associated with a location;
- a processor that determines whether any of the plurality of events could affect a user of the navigation system while driving off-road;
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- an output that comprises a command signal to a display, the output configured to control the display to inform the user of any determined events that may affect a determined route;
- wherein the processor is arranged to rank severity of any determined events in dependence on a vehicle capability indicative of an ability of the vehicle to pass the event, wherein the processor ranks the severity by assigning a level to each determined event, and wherein the output is configured to control the display to display a difficulty rating of the determined route, the difficulty rating being determined from a most severe level of the determined events.
A method of identifying relevant events for use in an off-road navigation system of a vehicle, the method comprising:
- electronically receiving event information relating to a plurality of events, wherein the plurality of events are obstacles, and wherein each obstacle is associated with a location;
- electronically determining whether any of the plurality of events could affect a user of the off-road navigation system while driving off-road;
- electronically informing the user of any determined events that may affect a determined route;
- electronically ranking severity of any determined events in dependence on a vehicle capability indicative of an ability of the vehicle to pass the event, wherein the ranking comprises assigning a level to each determined event;
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- electronically informing the user of a difficulty rating of the determined route, wherein the difficulty rating is determined from a most severe level of the determined events.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.