Navigation system for a motor vehicle

• US 20070233371A1
• Filed: 03/31/2006
• Published: 10/04/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Volkswagen AG
• Original Assignee: Volkswagen AG
• Inventors: Stoschek, Arne, Ng, Brian, Alessandrini, Philippe, Rosario, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US11/395,705
• Publication Number:
  US 20070233371A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/209
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3635 Guidance using 3D or perspective road maps
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3638 including 3D objects and buildings three dimensional [3D] modelling, e.g. data description of 3D objects G06T17/00; geographic models G06T17/05
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3852 Data derived from aerial or satellite images
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3889 Transmission of selected map data, e.g. depending on route
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0009 Transmission of position information to remote stations involving assistance data G01S5/0236
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0045 Transmission from base station to mobile station G01S5/009 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0969 having a display in the form of a map

Abstract

A navigation system for a motor vehicle includes: an off-board navigation system spatially separated from the motor vehicle, for calculating a suggested route for the motor vehicle; a wireless communication connection between the off-board navigation system and the motor vehicle, for transmitting the suggested route to the motor vehicle; and a man-machine interface arranged in the motor vehicle, for outputting the suggested route to an operator of the motor vehicle.

Claims

1. A navigation system for a motor vehicle, comprising:

an off-board navigation system spatially separated from the motor vehicle adapted to calculate a suggested route for the motor vehicle;

a wireless communication connection between the off-board navigation system and the motor vehicle adapted to transmit the suggested route to the motor vehicle; and

a man-machine interface arranged in the motor vehicle adapted to output the suggested route to an operator of the motor vehicle.

2. The navigation system according to claim 1, wherein the motor vehicle includes a position-finding system adapted to determine a position of the motor vehicle.

3. The navigation system according to claim 2, wherein the wireless communication connection is adapted to transmit the position of the motor vehicle to the off-board navigation system.

4. The navigation system according to claim 1, wherein the man-machine interface is adapted to display the suggested route in a form integrated into at least one of (a) a satellite image and (b) a 3-D graphical representation, the off-board navigation system adapted to transmit the suggested route to the motor vehicle in the form integrated into the at least one of (a) the satellite image and (b) the 3-D graphical representation.

5. The navigation system according to claim 4, wherein the man-machine interface includes a display device adapted to display the suggested route in the form integrated into the at least one of (a) the satellite image and (b) the 3-D graphical representation.

6. The navigation system according to claim 1, wherein at least one of (a) a satellite image and (b) a 3-D graphical representation is transmittable from an environment of the motor vehicle to the motor vehicle.

7. The navigation system according to claim 6, wherein the man-machine interface includes a display device adapted to display the suggested route in a form integrated into the at least one of (a) the satellite image and (b) the 3-D graphical representation.

8. The navigation system according to claim 1, wherein the motor vehicle includes an on-board navigation system adapted to calculate a suggested route for the motor vehicle.

9. A navigation system for a motor vehicle, comprising:

a wireless communication connection between an off-board navigation system, spatially separated from the motor vehicle adapted to calculate a suggested route for the motor vehicle, and the motor vehicle adapted to transmit the suggested route to the motor vehicle; and

a man-machine interface arranged in the motor vehicle adapted to output the suggested route to an operator of the motor vehicle.

10. A motor vehicle, comprising:

an interface to a wireless communication connection, a suggested route of an off-board navigation system spatially separated from the motor vehicle receivable by the motor vehicle via the wireless communication connection; and

a man-machine interface adapted to output the suggested route to an operator of the motor vehicle.

11. The motor vehicle according to claim 10, further comprising a position-finding system adapted to determine a position of the motor vehicle.

12. The motor vehicle according to claim 11, wherein the position of the motor vehicle is transmittable to the off-board navigation system by the wireless communication connection.

13. The motor vehicle according to claim 10, wherein the man-machine interface includes a display device adapted to display the suggested route.

14. The motor vehicle according to claim 10, further comprising an on-board navigation system adapted to calculate a suggested route for the motor vehicle.

15. A method for supporting navigation of a motor vehicle, comprising:

transmitting a suggested route from an off-board navigation system spatially separated from the motor vehicle to the motor vehicle via a wireless communication connection; and

outputting the suggested route to an operator of the motor vehicle.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the suggested route is output to the operator of the motor vehicle in the outputting step by displaying the suggested route in a form integrated into at least one of (a) a satellite image and (b) a 3-D graphical representation.

17. The method according to claim 15, further comprising transmitting at least one of (a) a satellite image and (b) a 3-D graphical representation from an environment of the motor vehicle to the motor vehicle.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein the suggested route is output to the operator of the motor vehicle in the outputting step by displaying the suggested route in a form integrated into the at least one of (a) the satellite image and (b) the 3-D graphical representation.

19. The method according to claim 15, further comprising determining a position of the motor vehicle.

20. The method according to claim 19, further comprising transmitting the position of the motor vehicle from the motor vehicle to the off-board navigation system.