Navigation system for determining a route to a destination
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1. A method for indicating a route to a predetermined destination, comprising:
- detecting a current position of a vehicle;
determining a route from the current position to the predetermined destination,detecting whether the vehicle has reached a final parking position for the predetermined destination;
determining a pedestrian route from the final parking position to the predetermined destination;
deriving data describing the pedestrian route;
determining, at a processor, whether the following conditions are detected;
the final parking position is on a different road than the predetermined destination;
the final parking position is in a structure with more than one exit;
the predetermined destination is within walking distance from the final parking position;
the predetermined destination is in a pedestrian area; and
transmitting the data describing the pedestrian route from the final parking position to the predetermined destination to a mobile information unit when any one of the conditions is detected.
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Abstract
A pedestrian route navigation system (“PRNS”) in a vehicle capable of determining a route from a final parking position of the vehicle to a predetermined destination, comprising a final parking position unit and a pedestrian route calculation unit. The PRNS may include a display unit capable of outputting data concerning the route to the predetermined destination, and a transmitting/receiving unit capable of transmitting the data to a mobile information unit of the user of the vehicle.
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1. A method for indicating a route to a predetermined destination, comprising:
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detecting a current position of a vehicle; determining a route from the current position to the predetermined destination, detecting whether the vehicle has reached a final parking position for the predetermined destination; determining a pedestrian route from the final parking position to the predetermined destination; deriving data describing the pedestrian route;
determining, at a processor, whether the following conditions are detected;the final parking position is on a different road than the predetermined destination; the final parking position is in a structure with more than one exit; the predetermined destination is within walking distance from the final parking position; the predetermined destination is in a pedestrian area; and transmitting the data describing the pedestrian route from the final parking position to the predetermined destination to a mobile information unit when any one of the conditions is detected. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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