Navigation method and navigation system for motor vehicles
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorStefan Rychlak
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Abstract
Navigation method and navigation system for motor vehicles for navigating from a present location to a destination. In response to an emergency user request, an emergency destination closest to the present location is selected from a database, set as the destination, and a route calculated from the present location to the emergency destination. The navigation system includes a memory having a database for emergency destinations and a device for selecting, from the database, an emergency destination closest to the present location.
Claims21
A navigation method for a motor vehicle for navigating from a present location to a destination, comprising the steps of:
- selecting an emergency destination closest to the present location from a database in response to an emergency user request;
- setting the emergency destination as the destination;
- and
- calculating a route from the present location to the emergency destination, wherein the calculating of the route occurs in the vehicle.
A navigation system for a motor vehicle for navigating from a present location to a destination, comprising:
- a database for emergency destinations;
- a device for selecting, from the database, an emergency destination closest to the present location;
- and
- an arrangement, provided in the motor vehicle, for calculating a route from the present location to the emergency destination closest to the present location, wherein the calculating of the route occurs in the vehicle.
A navigation system for a motor vehicle for navigating from a present location to a destination, comprising:
- a database for emergency destinations;
- a selecting device to select from the database an emergency destination closest to the present location;
- a determining arrangement to determine a route from the present location to the emergency destination closest to the present location;
- an external memory to store the database;
- a communications interface to retrieve an emergency destination from the external memory;
- and
- a manually operated key to activate the selecting device to determine the emergency destination closest to the present location;
- wherein the calculating of the route occurs in the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.