Method for operating a navigation appliance, and arrangement for carrying out the method
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsBernhard Klein, Steffen Zehner
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Abstract
A method for operating a navigation device comprising a central processing unit (100) and a memory medium (130) with a digitized map is disclosed. The method comprises the following steps: inputting a route with start and target coordinates that can be selected on the map; receiving traffic jam data via an external source (140); displaying a calculated route and the respective traffic jam data; and editing said traffic jam data. In the case of acceptance of a traffic jam a possible bypass of the corresponding route section is calculated and displayed, and in the case of non-acceptance the calculated route section is maintained.
Claims15
A method for operating a navigation appliance having a central processor unit and a storage medium which contains a digitized map, comprising the following steps:
- entering a route using destination coordinates which can be selected on the map,
- receiving traffic jam data via an external source,
- displaying a calculated route and the respective traffic jam data,
- displaying a route section with a traffic jam graphically,
- output of received traffic jam data on an output unit in editable form,
- reception of editing commands for the output traffic jam data from an input device,
- calculation of a new route or route section taking into account the edited traffic jam data following reception of a calculation command via the input device.
A navigation appliance comprising:
- a central processor unit,
- a storage medium which contains a digitized map,
- means for receiving traffic jam data via an external source,
- a display unit for displaying a calculated route and the respective traffic jam data,
- means for outputting received traffic jam data on the display unit in editable form,
- means for editing the traffic jam data, with the means including an input apparatus, and
- means for calculating a new route or route section taking into account the edited traffic jam data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.