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Computer-controlled navigation process for a vehicle equipped with a terminal, terminal and traffic information center

  • US 6,199,009 B1
  • Filed: 06/16/1999
  • Issued: 03/06/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/16/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A traffic information center for a computer assisted navigation system for a vehicle, comprising:

  • a processor connected to a memory, a user interface and an input device, configured for determining a first recommended route to a desired destination, monitoring a current position of the vehicle as the vehicle travels toward the desired destination, determining whether the vehicle turns off of the first recommended route, performing a plausibility check when it is determined that the vehicle has turned off of the first recommended route to determine whether the turn off of the first recommended route was inadvertent and determining a second recommended route in response to the result of the plausibility check; and

    a communications device connected to said processor for transmitting and receiving data from a terminal in the vehicle, said data comprising a desired destination, current location of the vehicle, and data relating to said first and second preferred routes produced in said traffic information center.

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