Navigation system and method for supporting destination input in a navigation system
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Abstract
A possibility for simplifying the inputting of the destination in a motor vehicle navigation system by providing the user with useful additional items of information for the specification of ambiguous destination indications. Such a navigation system includes means for destination input, a navigation module for route planning, and means for displaying information, in particular indications of location, additional items of information concerning the indications of location, and route information, the means for destination input supporting a hierarchical, interactive inputting of the destination, by providing the user, in the case of ambiguous textual destination indications, with a choice of destination alternatives, including additional items of specifying information, until an unambiguous destination indication is made. The textual destination indications are stored together with corresponding geographic coordinates. The geographic coordinates are used for the determination of the additional items of information for the specification of destination alternatives.
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16 Claims
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9. A navigation system for a motor vehicle, comprising:
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a navigation module for route planning;
means for displaying information including indications of location, additional items of information concerning the indications of location, and route information; and
means for inputting a destination supporting a hierarchical, interactive destination input, by providing a user, in the case of ambiguous textual destination indications, with destination alternatives from which a selection is to be made, together with additional items of specifying information, until an unambiguous destination indication is made, wherein the textual destination indications are stored together with corresponding geographic coordinates, and the geographic coordinates are used for the determination of the additional items of information for specifying destination alternatives. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for supporting an inputting of a destination in a navigation system for a motor vehicle, the navigation system including an arrangement for destination input, a navigation module for route planning, and an arrangement for displaying information including indications of location, additional items of information concerning the indications of location, and route information, the method comprising:
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performing the destination input in a hierarchical and interactive fashion, by providing a user, in the case of ambiguous textual destination indications, with destination alternatives from which a selection is to be made, together with additional items of specifying information until an unambiguous destination indication is made, wherein in at least one query level of the destination inputting, the destination alternatives are specified through additional items of textual information including geographic information, determined on the basis of geographic coordinates of a respective destination alternative. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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