Apparatus and method for providing travel information
First Claim
1. An apparatus for providing travel information, comprising:
- a database for storing information regarding a travel area, wherein the information includes at least one of road information, street information, intersection information, and traffic control device information;
a processor for processing a request for information regarding an optimal travel route from a present location of a vehicle to a destination, wherein the processor processes the request by utilizing the information stored in the database, and further wherein the processor identifies at least two possible travel routes to the destination, and further wherein the processor identifies an optimal travel route to the destination, wherein the processor generates a message containing travel directions or instructions corresponding to the optimal travel route; and
an output device for outputting the information contained in the message.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for providing travel information, including a database for storing information regarding a travel area, wherein the information includes at least one of road information, street information, intersection information, and traffic control device information, a processor for processing a request for information regarding an optimal travel route from a present location of a vehicle to a destination, wherein the processor processes the request by utilizing the information stored in the database, and further wherein the processor identifies at least two possible travel routes to the destination, and further wherein the processor identifies an optimal travel route to the destination, wherein the processor generates a message containing travel directions or instructions corresponding to the optimal travel route, and an output device for outputting the information contained in the message.
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144 Claims
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1. An apparatus for providing travel information, comprising:
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a database for storing information regarding a travel area, wherein the information includes at least one of road information, street information, intersection information, and traffic control device information;
a processor for processing a request for information regarding an optimal travel route from a present location of a vehicle to a destination, wherein the processor processes the request by utilizing the information stored in the database, and further wherein the processor identifies at least two possible travel routes to the destination, and further wherein the processor identifies an optimal travel route to the destination, wherein the processor generates a message containing travel directions or instructions corresponding to the optimal travel route; and
an output device for outputting the information contained in the message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. An apparatus for providing travel information, comprising:
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an input device for inputting present vehicle location information and destination information;
a processor for processing the present vehicle location information and destination information, wherein the processor generates a message requesting optimal travel route information;
a transmitter for transmitting the request to a central processing computer;
a receiver for receiving a response from the central processing computer, wherein the response contains information regarding the optimal travel route to the destination; and
an output device for outputting the information contained in the response. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40)
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41. A method for providing travel information, comprising:
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storing information regarding a travel area in a memory device, wherein the information includes at least one of road information, street information, intersection information, and traffic control device information;
processing a request for information regarding an optimal travel route from a present location of a vehicle to a destination with a processing device, wherein the processing device processes the request by utilizing the stored information;
identifying at least two possible travel routes to the destination;
identifying an optimal travel route to the destination;
generating a message containing the travel directions or instructions corresponding to the optimal travel route; and
outputting the information contained in the message via an output device. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70)
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71. A method for providing travel information, comprising:
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inputting present vehicle location information and destination information via an input device;
processing the present vehicle location information and destination information with a processing device;
generating a message requesting optimal travel route information;
transmitting the request to a central processing computer;
receiving a response from the central processing computer, wherein the response contains information regarding the optimal travel route to the destination; and
outputting the information contained in the response via an output device. - View Dependent Claims (72, 73, 74)
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75. An apparatus for providing travel information, comprising:
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a database for storing information regarding a travel area, wherein the information includes at least one of road information, street information, intersection information, and traffic control device information;
a receiver for receiving a request for information regarding an optimal travel route from a vehicle computer, wherein the request contains information regarding a vehicle present location and a destination;
a processor for processing the request, wherein the processor processes the request by utilizing the information stored in the database, and further wherein the process identifies at least two possible travel routes to the destination, and further wherein the processor identifies an optimal travel route to the destination, wherein the processor generates a message containing the travel directions or instructions corresponding to the optimal travel route; and
a transmitter for transmitting the message to the vehicle computer. - View Dependent Claims (76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109)
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110. An method for providing travel information, comprising:
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storing information regarding a travel area in a memory device, wherein the information includes at least one of road information, street information, intersection information, and traffic control device information;
receiving a request for information regarding an optimal travel route from a vehicle computer, wherein the request contains information regarding a vehicle present location and a destination;
processing the request with a processing device, wherein the request is processed utilizing the stored information;
identifying at least two possible travel routes to the destination;
identifying an optimal travel route to the destination;
generating a message containing the travel directions or instructions corresponding to the optimal travel route; and
transmitting the message to the vehicle computer. - View Dependent Claims (111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144)
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