NAVIGATION SYSTEM, PARTICULARLY FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE

• US 20120303275A1
• Filed: 06/25/2012
• Published: 11/29/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Volkswagen AG
• Original Assignee: Volkswagen AG
• Inventors: Neugebauer, Moritz, Schulz, Stefan, Seitz, Gordon, Gaus, Imke, Meyer, Oliver
• Granted Patent: US 8,954,273 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/533
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3611 using character input or menus, e.g. menus of POIs character input methods in general G06F3/0233
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3614 through interaction with a road map, e.g. selecting a POI icon on a road map

Abstract

A navigation system, in particular for a motor vehicle, for determining a route to a destination, wherein the navigation system includes an input device for alphanumeric input of the destination and a display for displaying changing information and includes a processing unit for displaying potential destinations in a representation of a map by means of the display during input of the destination.

Claims

1. A navigation system for a motor vehicle for determining a route to a destination, the navigation system comprising:

an input device configured for an alphanumeric input of a destination;

a display configured to display changing information; and

a processing unit configured to display possible destinations in a map display via the display during the input of the destination.

2. The navigation system according to claim 1, wherein during the input of the destination, a selection of possible destinations is displayed in the map display.

3. The navigation system according to claim 1, wherein, with the input of an additional letter, a changed selection of possible destinations is displayed in the map display or in a changed map display.

4. The navigation system according to claim 1, wherein the navigation system further comprises a control element configured to select a destination in the map display.

5. A method for operating a navigation system for determining a route to a destination, the method comprising:

providing a navigation system comprising an input device configured for an alphanumeric input of a destination, a display configured to display changing information, and a processing unit configured to display possible destinations in a map display; and

displaying in the map display, during the input of the destination, possible destinations.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein during the input of the destination a selection of possible destinations is displayed in a map display.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the selection comprises no more than 10 destinations.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein the selection comprises most likely destinations.

9. The method according to claim 6, wherein a changed selection of possible destinations is displayed in the map display or in a changed map display when an additional letter is input.

10. The method according to claim 5, wherein a narrower selection of the selection of possible destinations is displayed highlighted in the map display.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the narrower selection comprises most likely destinations.

12. The method according to claim 5, wherein a most likely destination is shown highlighted in the map display.

13. The method according to claim 5, wherein a destination of the selection of the destinations shown in the map display is selected acoustically.

14. The method according to claim 5, wherein during and/or after the inputting of the destination, via the display, possible destinations are displayed in the map display and a shown destination is selected acoustically.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein a request for a repeated selection is output when the acoustic input could not be assigned to a destination.