APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR ROUTING

• US 20150362321A1
• Filed: 07/13/2015
• Published: 12/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Navionics SRL (Garmin Limited)
• Original Assignee: Navionics Spa (Garmin Limited)
• Inventors: Carnevali, Giuseppe
• Granted Patent: US 9,945,673 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/203 Specially adapted for sailing ships

Abstract

An electronic navigational route developer may accept user input regarding the user'"'"'s boat, such as height, draft and beam, and develop a route from a start point to end point based on cartographic information and the boat information.

Claims

1. An electronic navigational router, comprising:

an automatic electronic navigational route developer; and

a user interface to accept user input regarding a navigational route and to respond to user input by editing a route.

2. An electronic navigational router, comprising:

an automatic electronic navigational route developer; and

a user interface to accept user input to allow a user to set a start point for the route to be developed at a location other than the current location of the electronic navigational route developer.

3. An electronic navigational router, comprising:

an automatic electronic navigational route developer;

a manual electronic navigational route developer; and

a user interface to accept user input to allow a user to select either the automatic or manual electronic route developer to develop a navigational route.

4. The electronic navigational router of claim 3, wherein the router is responsive to user input to edit a route.

5. The electronic navigational router of claim 4, wherein the router is responsive to user input to edit a route that is currently being developed by the automatic electronic route developer.

6. The electronic navigational router of claim 5, wherein the router is responsive to user input to delete a waypoint by deleting the waypoint from the route and directly connecting the two waypoints to which the deleted waypoint had been linked.

7. The electronic navigational router of claim 5, wherein the router is responsive to user input to add a waypoint by adding the waypoint, breaking the link between the two nearest waypoints, and creating links that connect the new waypoint to the two nearest waypoints.

8. The electronic navigational router of claim 5, wherein the router is responsive to user input to move a waypoint by automatically adjusting the links between the moved waypoint and its neighboring waypoints to which it is connected.

9. The electronic navigational router of claim 5, wherein the router is configured to display a waypoint between the start point and end point.