Method and device for navigation support of a vehicle driver
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1. A method for guidance support for the driver of a motor vehicle to whom instructions are provided, the steps comprising:
- (a) deriving instructions by comparing a prescribed route and an alternative route predetermined by guidepoints to the positions calculated for the vehicle; and
providing data that describe the prescribed route and the alternative route and guidepoints being transmitted from a fixed computer to a receiving unit located in the vehicle, wherein the guidepoints and connections between the guidepoints of at least one section of the prescribed route and the alternative route are displayed in a single combined graphic representation.
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Abstract
In a method for navigational assistance to a vehicle driver who is issued instructions which are derived from a comparison of a route, prescribed by route reference points, and respectively determined positions of the vehicle, the route reference points and connections between the route reference points of at least a portion of the prescribed route are represented diagrammatically.
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1. A method for guidance support for the driver of a motor vehicle to whom instructions are provided, the steps comprising:
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(a) deriving instructions by comparing a prescribed route and an alternative route predetermined by guidepoints to the positions calculated for the vehicle; and
providing data that describe the prescribed route and the alternative route and guidepoints being transmitted from a fixed computer to a receiving unit located in the vehicle, wherein the guidepoints and connections between the guidepoints of at least one section of the prescribed route and the alternative route are displayed in a single combined graphic representation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11)
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7. An apparatus for guidance support for the driver of a motor vehicle, using data that describe a prescribed route and an alternative route with guidepoints being transmitted from a fixed computer to a receiving unit located in the vehicle, comprising
a graphical display device for outputting instructions that are derived by comparing the prescribed route and the alternative route predetermined by guidepoints to the positions calculated for the vehicle, wherein the guidepoints and connections between the guidepoints are displayed in a single combined graphic representation.
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