Navigation device for a land-bound vehicle

• US 6,556,917 B1
• Filed: 06/25/2001
• Issued: 04/29/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Wawra, Martin, Behrens, Ralph
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, THU V
• Application Number:
  US09/830,596
• Time in Patent Office: 673 Days
• Field of Search: 701/200-203, 701/207-209, 701/211-213, 701/215, 340/933, 340/937, 340/944, 340/988-999, 342/457, 342/458, 342/461, 342/357-7-3, 342/357.1, 342/357-1-3
• US Class Current: 701/207
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3635 Guidance using 3D or perspective road maps

Abstract

A navigation device for a land-based vehicle is used to support the driver in navigating. The navigation device includes a processor (1), a signal processing means (2), an acoustical and optical display (3), an input device (4), a memory (5), a transceiver (6), an antenna (7), an image processing means (8), a camera (9), a sensor system (10), and a locating device (11). The navigation device according to the invention allows a switchover between a two-dimensional and a perspective display, and it allows a free choice of the point of view for the perspective display.

Claims

1. A navigation device for a land-based vehicle, comprising:

a processor (1), wherein the processor (1) ascertains the location of the land-based vehicle by means of a locating device (11), the navigation device having means (3) for acoustical and optical display, wherein the means (3) for acoustical and optical display shows a region in which the land-based vehicle is located, and wherein a user informs the navigation device of a route by means of an input device (4), and the user adapts the user-selected route on the navigation device during the trip, wherein the means (3) for acoustical and optical display shows the region in perspective, wherein the means (3) for acoustical and optical display assembles a scene to be from objects, wherein the displayed scene is composed of a multitude of objects, wherein the processor (1) links the objects with items of additional information, said items of additional information being displayed using more than one type of medium, wherein the user, by means of the input device (4), calls up the linked items of additional information for the objects, wherein by means of the input device on the navigation device, the user chooses between a two-dimensional display and a perspective display, wherein by means of the input device (4) on the navigation device, the user selects an arbitrary point of view for the perspective display of the route, and wherein by marking the objects using the input device (4), the user calls up items of additional information for the marked objects, wherein the processor (1) administers the objects, the video and audio data, and the additional information in the form of MPEG4 files.

2. The navigation device of claim 1, wherein the processor (1) links the objects with communication means, so that by means of the communication means, the user sends messages to addressees that are linked with the marked objects.

3. The navigation device of claim 1, wherein the user views a user-selected route by means of the display on the navigation device with an adjustable scheduled time to reach a destination.

4. The navigation device of claim 1, wherein the processor (1) is connected to a recognition device (9) for objects, wherein the recognition device (9) informs the processor (1) of the detected objects for a location, and wherein the processor (1) compares the detected object with an object which the navigation device has stored for this location in a memory (5), so that the navigation device updates the optical display of the user-selected route using current objects, if the detected object differs from the object stored in memory.

5. The navigation device of claim 1, wherein the processor (1) is connected to a transceiver (6) for sending and receiving wireless signals, so that by means of the transceiver (6), the navigation device receives, processes and displays audio data and video signals.

6. The navigation device of claim 1, wherein the processor (1) receives from the land-based vehicle the status of the land-based vehicle and displays it for the user.

7. The navigation device of claim 6, wherein the navigation device, in a two-dimensIonal display, displays a current range of the land-based vehicle from the current location where the land-based vehicle is located.

8. The navigation system of claim 1, wherein as the speed of the land-based vehicle increases, the processor (1) makes the optical display simpler.

9. The navigation system of claim 1, wherein the navigation device displays the objects optically in accordance with predetermined settings.

10. The navigation system of claim 1, wherein the navigation device incorporates additional indications into the region displayed by the means for optical display.