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GPS navigator

  • US 8,099,236 B2
  • Filed: 01/24/2011
  • Issued: 01/17/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of identifying a location of interest between a user and an identified endpoint, comprising:

  • computing a reference vector based on the user'"'"'s current positional information, current velocity information, and the identified endpoint;

    designating, by a navigation unit, a sampling bandwidth based on current distance to the identified endpoint, wherein the navigation unit dynamically expands the sampling bandwidth as the user approaches within a predetermined distance of the identified endpoint;

    identifying one or more locations of interest within the sampling bandwidth that are between the user and the identified endpoint;

    computing a sampling vector for at least one of the one or more locations of interest within the sampling bandwidth; and

    alerting the user to the sampling vector for the at least one location of interest within the sampling bandwidth.

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