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Navigation apparatus, server apparatus and method of collecting parking location information

  • US 8,890,715 B2
  • Filed: 01/14/2009
  • Issued: 11/18/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A navigation apparatus comprising:

  • a processing resource operably coupled to a receiver for location-related data and arranged to perform location determination, the processing resource supporting a parking location determination module and an inference engine operably coupled to a database;

    wherein the parking location determination module is arranged to determine when the location determined is substantially unchanged and to determine that the location determined constitutes a candidate parking location in response to the location determined remaining substantially unchanged for a predetermined period of time or more than the predetermined period of time, andwherein the inference engine is arranged to access the database to determine whether the candidate parking location is a valid or known candidate parking location.

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