Combined navigation and communication device

• US 7,616,978 B2
• Filed: 05/16/2006
• Issued: 11/10/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: BURY Spzoo
• Original Assignee: BURY Spzoo
• Inventors: Piekarz, Roman
• Primary Examiner(s): Le; Danh C
• Application Number:
  US11/383,569
• Publication Number:
  US 20080119222A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,274 Days
• Field of Search: 455/556.1, 455/556.2, 455/550.1, 455/575.9, 701/211, 345/854, 340/539.13
• US Class Current: 455/575.9
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/26 specially adapted for navigation in a road network
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6075 adapted for handsfree use in a vehicle H04M1/6058 takes precedence; arrangements for holding telephones in a vehicle B60R11/0241
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/10 including a GPS signal receiver

Abstract

A combined navigation and communication device (1) with mobile telephone module (2), integrated into the device (1), with telephone hands-free function, with a navigation unit (3) for route guidance and with a display unit (5), activated jointly by the mobile telephone module (2) and the navigation unit (3), is constructed in such a manner that the mobile telephone module (2) is used for receiving user-specific data from an external mobile telephone (20) and subsequently providing a user-specific mobile telephone function by means of the combined navigation and communication device (1).

Claims

1. A combined navigation and communication device (1) with mobile telephone module (2), integrated into the device (1), with telephone hands-free function, with a navigation unit (3) for route guidance and with a display unit (5) jointly activated by the mobile telephone module (2) and the navigation unit (3), wherein the mobile telephone module (2) comprises a transceiving unit for communication with a mobile telephone network which receives user-specific data from an external mobile telephone (20) and subsequently providing a user-specific mobile telephone function by means of the combined navigation and communication device (1).

2. The combined navigation and communication device (1) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the user-specific data are access, system adjustment and/or useful data.

3. The combined navigation and communication device (1) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the user-specific data are automatically received when an external mobile telephone (20) contained in the preference list passes into the transmission range of the combined navigation and communication device (1).

4. The combined navigation and communication device (1) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the combined navigation and communication device (1) has an optical data transmission interface (18), particularly an infrared interface, for receiving the user-specific data.

5. The combined navigation and communication device (1) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the combined navigation and communication device (1) has a radio data transmission interface (18) separate from a transceiving unit of the mobile telephone module (2) for telephone communication via the mobile telephone network, particularly a Bluetooth interface, for receiving the user specific data.

6. The combined navigation and communication device (1) as claimed in claim 1, wherein there is at least one loudspeaker integrated into a common housing of the device and connected directly or indirectly to the mobile telephone module (2) and the navigation unit (3).

7. The combined navigation and communication device (1) as claimed in claim 1, wherein a control unit (4) for telephone hands-free functions is integrated in the device (1) and connected to at least the mobile telephone module (2).

8. The combined navigation and communication device (1) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the device (1) has a satellite positioning receiving module, connected to the navigation module (3) and integrated in the device (1), for satellite-supported position finding and/or broadcast receivers with traffic data extraction unit for extracting traffic data from broadcast signals.

9. The combined navigation and communication device (1) as claimed in claim 1, wherein a data interface (22), particularly a USB connection, is integrated in the device (1) and is connected to the loudspeakers and/or a hands-free system connection for single- or multichannel audio reproduction of audio data which can be read into the device (1) via the data interface (22).

10. The combined navigation and communication device (1) as claimed in claim 1, wherein a SIM card reader (23) is integrated in the device (1) and connected to the mobile telephone module (2) for reading out the user-specific data from a data memory integrated in a SIM card.

11. The combined navigation and communication device (1) as claimed in claim 1, wherein a SIM card reader (23) is integrated in the device (1) and is connected to the mobile telephone module (2) for reading out the user-specific data from a data memory integrated in a SIM card.

12. The combined navigation and communication device (1) with mobile telephone module (2), integrated into the device (1), with telephone hands-free function, with a navigation unit (3) for route guidance and with a display unit (5) jointly activated by the mobile telephone module (2) and the navigation unit (3), wherein the mobile telephone module (2) comprises a transceiving unit which receives user-specific data from an external mobile telephone (20) and providing a user-specific mobile telephone function by means of the combined navigation and communication device (1) and the combined navigation and communication device (1) is constructed for dialling a navigation center via a mobile radio telephone network with the aid of the integrated mobile telephone module (2), transmitting at least one route calculation enquiry to the navigation center, receiving at least one calculated route guidance from the navigation center with the aid of the integrated mobile telephone module (2) and displaying the route guidance on the display unit (5).

13. The combined navigation and communication device (1) as claimed in claim 12, wherein the user-specific data are access, system adjustment and/or useful data.

14. The combined navigation and communication device (1) as claimed in claim 12, wherein there is a separate radio data transmission interface (18) particularly a Bluetooth interface, for receiving the user-specific data from the external mobile telephone (20).

15. The combined navigation and communication device (1) as claimed in claim 12, wherein there is a connection for an external position finding module.

16. The combined navigation and communication device (1) as claimed in claim 15, wherein the position finding module is a satellite positioning receiving module (14).

17. The combined navigation and communication device (1) as claimed in claim 12, wherein the combined navigation and communication device (1) has an emergency call key and is set up for automatically dialing an emergency call center via the integrated mobile telephone module (2) and sending position data to the navigation center when the emergency call key is operated.

18. The combined navigation and communication device (1) as claimed in claim 12, wherein the device (1) has a broadcast receiver (15) with traffic data extraction unit for extracting traffic data from broadcast signals.

19. The combined navigation and communication device (1) as claimed in claim 12, wherein a data interface (22) is integrated in the device (1) and is connected to the loudspeakers and/or to a hands-free system connection for single- or multichannel audio reproduction of audio data which can be read into the device (1) via the data interface (22).

20. The combined navigation and communication device (1) as claimed in claim 19, wherein the data interface (22) is a universal serial bus (USB) connection.