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Navigation system with enhanced point of interest arrival guidance

  • US 8,706,410 B2
  • Filed: 07/16/2012
  • Issued: 04/22/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A guidance system in a vehicle comprising:

  • a point of interest (POI) database including one or more attributes indicating a parent-child relationship between two or more POI; and

    a processor configured to;

    (i) receive input defining a destination POI;

    (ii) determine whether a parent-child relationship exists with respect to the destination POI based on the one or more attributes; and

    (iii) when the parent-child relationship exists with respect to the destination POI, output arrival guidance indicating the relationship when the vehicle is a predetermined distance from the destination POI, wherein the predetermined distance is based on a type of road the vehicle is traveling on.

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