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US 2003/0154020 A1Published application
Method of representing a location in a database for a vehicle navigation system
AssigneeHorizon Navigation, Inc.
InventorAri Israel Polidi
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Abstract
A method of representing a point of interest, a destination, or an address in a database for a navigation system for a vehicle by a plurality of points to militate against a driver not being notified upon arrival at the point of interest, the destination, or the address.
Claims16
A method for representing a single location in a database of a navigation system for a vehicle comprising the steps of:
- storing the single location within the database of the navigation system for the vehicle;
- representing the single location within the database using a plurality of points;
- determining arrival at the single location by sensing an intersection between the vehicle and at least one of the plurality of points;
- and
- generating a notification of arrival at the single location.
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A method for representing a single location in a database of a navigation system for a vehicle comprising the steps of:
- storing the single location within the database of the navigation system for the vehicle;
- representing the single location within the database using a plurality of areas;
- determining arrival at the single location by sensing an intersection between the vehicle and at least one of the plurality of areas;
- and
- generating a notification of arrival at the single location.
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A method for representing a location in a database of a navigation system for a vehicle comprising the steps of:
- storing the location within the database of the navigation system for the vehicle;
- representing the location within the database using a plurality of points, each of the plurality of points having an associated area surrounding each of the plurality of points;
- determining arrival at the location by sensing an intersection between the vehicle and at least one of the areas associated with the plurality of points;
- and
- generating a notification of arrival at the location.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.