METHOD FOR ENHANCED GPS NAVIGATION

• US 20150168163A1
• Filed: 12/12/2013
• Published: 06/18/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Douglas Chase
• Original Assignee: Douglas Chase
• Inventors: Chase, Douglas
• Application Number:
  US14/104,190
• Publication Number:
  US 20150168163A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3453 Special cost functions, i.e. other than distance or default speed limit of road segments

Abstract

A GPS navigation system and method that includes the steps of identifying a destination; managing a route for the destination; pinpointing a geographical location for the destination; and optimizing a route to ensure that the geographical location coincides with the passenger side of a user vehicle upon arrival. The method in accordance with the present invention pinpoints the geographical location of a destination in correlation to the side of the road that the destination is positioned.

Claims

1. A method of using a GPS navigation system for a vehicle comprising the steps of:

identifying a destination location on the GPS navigation system;

developing a route to arrive at the destination location with the GPS navigation system;

pinpointing a geographical position of the destination location with respect to the traffic direction of the roadway with the GPS navigation system;

optimizing the route with the GPS navigation system to ensure that the geographical location coincides with a passenger side of the vehicle while using the optimized route.

2. The method of using the GPS navigation system in accordance with claim 1, where the geographical location includes at least one of an east, west, north, or south side of a street or roadway associated with the destination.

3. The method of using the GPS navigation system in accordance with claim 2 where the geographical location depends upon roadway directional traffic.

4. The method of using the GPS navigation system according to claim 1 where the passenger'"'"'s side of a user vehicle is on at least one of a left side or right side.