NAVIGATION DEVICE CAPABLE OF ADDING PATH TO NAVIGATION PLAN INDEPENDENTLY

• US 20110178704A1
• Filed: 12/08/2008
• Published: 07/21/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Chuo, Yu-Hsin, Leng, Yao-Shih, Chan, Hui-Ling, Chen, Chih-Hsiang
• Application Number:
  US12/330,291
• Publication Number:
  US 20110178704A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/209
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3837 Data obtained from a single source
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3844 Data obtained from position sensors only, e.g. from inertial navigation

Abstract

A navigation device capable of adding paths to a navigation plan independently is disclosed. The navigation device includes a global positioning module, a dynamic path-adding module, and a navigation module. The global positioning module receives road track coordinates signals of new paths to be created. The dynamic path-adding module creates new path data corresponding to the new paths in accordance with the road track coordinates signals of the new paths, determines added paths, and creates added path data corresponding to the added paths. The navigation module plans at least a navigation route in accordance with a map database, the new path data, and the added path data.

Claims

1. A navigation device capable of adding paths to a navigation plan independently, comprising:

a global positioning module for receiving road track coordinates signals of new paths to be created;

a dynamic path-adding module for creating new path data corresponding to the new paths in accordance with the road track coordinates signals of the new paths, determining an added path based on a map database and all linked paths linked to the new paths, and creating added path data corresponding to the added path; and

a navigation module for planning at least a navigation route based on the map database, the new path data, and the added path data.

2. The navigation device capable of adding paths to a navigation plan independently of claim 1, wherein the new path data at least comprise coordinates of an origin, coordinates of a destination, a path length, a path name, and at least a linked path.

3. The navigation device capable of adding paths to a navigation plan independently of claim 2, wherein the new path data further comprise an identification code and a category.

4. The navigation device capable of adding paths to a navigation plan independently of claim 2, wherein the new path data further comprise at least a landmark datum.

5. The navigation device capable of adding paths to a navigation plan independently of claim 1, wherein the dynamic path-adding module is manually started to operate.

6. The navigation device capable of adding paths to a navigation plan independently of claim 1, wherein the dynamic path-adding module is automatically started by the navigation device to operate.

7. The navigation device capable of adding paths to a navigation plan independently of claim 1, wherein the dynamic path-adding module further adds the new path data and the added path data to the map database.

8. The navigation device capable of adding paths to a navigation plan independently of claim 1, wherein the dynamic path-adding module further stores the new path data and the added path data in a storage device.