NAVIGATION DEVICE AND A METHOD OF OPERATION OF A NAVIGATION DEVICE

• US 20120221242A1
• Filed: 08/03/2009
• Published: 08/30/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: TomTom International BV (TomTom NV)
• Original Assignee: TomTom International BV (TomTom NV)
• Inventors: Schulte, Hans, Seggelen, Rob
• Application Number:
  US13/388,724
• Publication Number:
  US 20120221242A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/468
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3617 using user history, behaviour, conditions or preferences, e.g. predicted or inferred from previous use or current movement
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3626 Details of the output of route guidance instructions traffic control systems for road vehicles involving transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle G08G1/0968

Abstract

A navigation device comprising a processing module (410); at least one conditional trigger (420); and, a data store (430) for storing at least one trigger condition; the processing module being adapted to compare the status of the at least one conditional trigger to the at least one trigger condition stored in the data store to determine if there is a match and to perform a predetermined navigation process if a match is found.

Claims

1. A navigation device comprising:

a processing module;

at least one conditional trigger arranged to determine at least one of the position of the navigation device and the time at the navigation device; and

,

a data store for storing at least one trigger condition, wherein the stored trigger condition comprises at least one of a spatial or temporal parameter derived from historical use of the navigation device;

the processor module being adapted to compare the status of the at least one conditional trigger to the at least one trigger condition stored in the data store to determine if there is a match and to perform a predetermined navigation process if a match is found;

wherein the predetermined navigation process comprises setting a pre-stored location as a navigation destination.

2. A navigation device as claimed in claim 1, comprising a plurality of conditional triggers.

4. A navigation device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one conditional trigger comprises a GPS system.

5. A navigation device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one conditional trigger comprises a clock or a receiver for receiving a clock signal.

6. A navigation device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one trigger condition comprises at least one of:

(i) a stored time or time range; and

(ii) a stored position or stored area.

7. A navigation device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the processing module determines a match based on at least one of the proximity of the navigation device to a stored position or area or the proximity of the determined time to a stored time or time range.

3. (canceled)

8. (canceled)

9. A method of operation of a navigation device comprising:

providing a navigation device, the navigation device comprising;

a processing module,

at least one conditional trigger arranged to determine at least one of the position of the navigation device and the time at the navigation device, and

a data store for storing at least one trigger condition, wherein the stored trigger condition comprises at least one of a spatial or temporal parameter derived from historical use of the navigation device;

comparing the status of the at least one conditional trigger to the at least one stored trigger condition to determine if a match is found; and

,

the processing module performing a predetermined navigation process in response to a found match, wherein the predetermined navigation process comprises setting a pre-stored location as a navigation destination.

12. A method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the at least one conditional trigger comprises a GPS system.

13. A method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the at least one conditional trigger comprises a clock or a receiver for receiving a clock signal.

14. A method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the at least one trigger condition comprises at least one of:

(i) a stored time or time range; and

(ii) a stored position or stored area.

15. A method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the determination of a match is based on at least one of the proximity of the navigation device to a stored position or area or the proximity of the determined time to a stored time or time range.

10. (canceled)

11. (canceled)

16. Computer software comprising one or more software modules operable when executed in an execution environment of a navigation device to cause a processing module to:

determine the status of at least one conditional trigger of the navigation device, the at least one conditional trigger being arranged to determine at least one of the position of the navigation device and the time at the navigation device;

compare the determined status to at least one stored trigger condition to determine if a match is found, wherein the stored trigger condition comprises at least one of a spatial or temporal parameter derived from historical use of the navigation device; and

,

if a match is found, perform a predetermined navigation process, wherein the predetermined navigation process comprises setting a re-stored location as a navigation destination.

17. (canceled)

18. A navigation device comprising:

a processing module;

at least one conditional trigger arranged to determine the position of the navigation device and the time at the navigation device; and

,

a data store for storing trigger conditions, wherein the stored trigger conditions comprise a time range and position, and are derived from historical use of the navigation device;

the processor module being adapted to compare the status of the at least one conditional trigger to the at least one trigger condition stored in the data store to determine if there is a match and to perform a predetermined navigation process if a match is found;

wherein the processing module determines a match when the navigation device is determined by the at least one conditional trigger to be within the stored time range and sufficiently close to the stored position; and

wherein the predetermined navigation process comprises setting a pre-stored location associated with the plurality of trigger conditions as a navigation destination.