Providing navigation information based on a navigation state
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorSang-Ki Hong
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Abstract
A navigation system comprising a positioning system for determining a relative geographic location of an object; a controller for using location information provided by the positioning system in relation to designated destination information to determine a navigation state; and an indicator activated based on the navigation state to provide an instructional message suggesting a course of action to be taken and to provide a signal to automatically control an illumination system in conjunction with the instructional message, the illumination system visually signaling a navigation direction, wherein the illumination system is physically independent from any display unit of the navigation system.
Claims24
A navigation system comprising:
- an input unit for receiving data about a designated destination;
- a navigation unit for determining location of the navigation system in a geographic area;
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- a control unit for receiving a signal from the navigation unit for determining a navigation state,
- wherein the control unit generates a control signal based on the navigation state to activate an illumination system positioned on an external surface of a housing physically independent from any display unit of the navigation system, such that the activation of the illumination system provides navigation information toward the designated destination.
A navigation system comprising:
- a positioning system for determining a relative geographic location of an object;
- a controller for using location information provided by the positioning system in relation to designated destination information to determine a navigation state;
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- an indicator activated based on the navigation state to provide an instructional message suggesting a course of action to be taken and to provide a signal to automatically control an illumination system in conjunction with the instructional message, the illumination system visually signaling a navigation direction,
- wherein the illumination system is physically independent from any display unit of the navigation system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.