Systems and methods with integrated GPS and dead reckoning capabilities
First Claim
1. A method for navigation, comprising:
- providing a first handheld navigation device, the first navigation device including a triangulation positioning functionality and an integral display;
providing a second navigation device to communicate with the first navigation device, the second navigation device including one or more dead reckoning positioning components;
resolving a position of the first and the second navigation devices, wherein resolving the position includes using the one or more dead reckoning positioning components to determine the position when the triangulation positioning functionality is interrupted.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for complementary navigation devices with various integrated positioning functionality. The navigation method includes providing a first navigation device. The first navigation device includes a triangulation positioning functionality. The method includes providing a second navigation device adapted to communicate with the first navigation device. The second navigation device includes one or more dead reckoning positioning components. The method further includes resolving a position of the first and the second navigation devices. Resolving the position includes using the one or more dead reckoning positioning components in complement to the triangulation positioning functionality to determine the position when the triangulation positioning functionality is degraded.
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36 Claims
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1. A method for navigation, comprising:
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providing a first handheld navigation device, the first navigation device including a triangulation positioning functionality and an integral display;
providing a second navigation device to communicate with the first navigation device, the second navigation device including one or more dead reckoning positioning components;
resolving a position of the first and the second navigation devices, wherein resolving the position includes using the one or more dead reckoning positioning components to determine the position when the triangulation positioning functionality is interrupted. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for navigation, comprising:
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providing a first mobile device having an integral display, the first mobile device including a GPS positioning functionality;
providing a second mobile device to communicate with the first mobile device, the second mobile device including a dead reckoning functionality, the dead reckoning functionality including an orientation component and a distance detection component;
resolving the position of the first and the second mobile device using the GPS positioning functionality when GPS service is available; and
resolving the position of the first and the second mobile device using the dead reckoning functionality in complement to the GPS positioning functionality when GPS service is degraded. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for navigation in a vehicle, comprising:
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performing a route calculation using software operable on a first navigation device, the first navigation device including a processor and a memory in communication with the processor, the memory to store navigation related data, the navigation related data including cartographic data including a number of locations and data indicative of thoroughfares of a plurality of types connecting certain ones of the locations, and wherein the first navigation device includes a triangulation positioning functionality;
tracking a location of the first navigation device using the triangulation positioning functionality and the dead reckoning positioning functionality; and
when tracking the location of the first navigation device is degraded, using a second navigation device, including a distance determination component and an orientation component, to continue tracking the location. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
resolving whether the first navigation device is receiving triangulation positioning signals;
resolving whether the second navigation device is receiving triangulation positioning data; and
resolving whether either of the first and the second navigation devices are producing dead reckoning position data.
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22. The method of claim 21, wherein tracking the location includes tracking a location of the first and the second navigation device along a planned route and providing visual and audio route guidance.
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23. A navigation system, comprising:
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a first mobile navigation device including one or more dead reckoning positioning components;
a second mobile navigation device, which can be removably situated in the first mobile device, which includes a triangulation positioning functionality, and which communicates with the first mobile device, wherein the second mobile navigation device includes a processor and a memory in communication with one another, the memory to store navigation related data, the navigation related data including cartographic data including a number of locations and data indicative of thoroughfares of a plurality of types connecting certain ones of the locations, and the memory to store software including software operable to perform routing algorithms; and
wherein the first and the second mobile navigation devices resolve a position of the firsthand the second navigation device using the one or more dead reckoning components of the first mobile navigation device in complement to the triangulation positioning functionality in the second mobile navigation device when the triangulation positioning functionality of the second mobile navigation device is degraded. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A vehicle navigation system, comprising:
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a first navigation device having a processor, a memory, and a transceiver to communicate with one another, the first navigation device including at least one positioning functionality, the memory to store navigation related data, the navigation related data including cartographic data including a number of locations and data indicative of thoroughfares of a plurality of types connecting certain ones of the locations, and the memory to store software including software operable to perform routing algorithms, a second navigation device having a processor, a memory, and a transceiver to communicate with one another, the second navigation device including at least one positioning functionality, the memory to store navigation related data, the navigation related data including cartographic data including a number of locations and data indicative of thoroughfares of a plurality of types connecting certain ones of the locations, and the memory to store software including software operable to perform routing algorithms;
wherein the transceivers in the first and the second navigation devices transmit the navigation related data wirelessly between the first and the second navigation devices; and
wherein the first and the second navigation devices cooperate to resolve a position of the first and the second navigation devices. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
a remote server having a processor, a memory, and a transceiver to communicate with one another, the memory to store navigation related data, the navigation related data including cartographic data including a number of locations and data indicative of thoroughfares of a plurality of types connecting certain ones of the locations, and the memory to store software including software operable to perform routing algorithms; and
the remote server to communicate with at least one of the first and the second navigation devices.
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36. The system of claim 35, wherein the remote server processor responds to a request from at least one of the first and the second navigation devices by performing calculations on the cartographic data and transmitting results to the at least one of the first and the second navigation devices.
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