Navigation system and control unit for navigation system

• US 9,250,090 B2
• Filed: 10/27/2009
• Issued: 02/02/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Peiker Acustic GmbH & Co. KG
• Original Assignee: Peiker Acustic GmbH & Co. KG
• Inventors: Hille, Jan, Olberg, Klaus, Kromer-Von Baerle, Reinhard, Richter, Lutz P.
• Primary Examiner(s): TISSOT, ADAM D
• Application Number:
  US12/606,402
• Publication Number:
  US 20100106406A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,289 Days
• Field of Search: 701/208, 701/215, 701/213, 701/200, 701/300, 701/207, 701/210, 701/408, 701/409, 701/431, 701/117, 701/484, 701/450, 701/491, 701/533, 340/988, 340/539.1, 340/539.13, 340/825.49, 340/990, 340/539.11, 340/539.2, 340/539.32, 340/995.13, 340/995.17, 342/457, 342/357.08, 342/357.13, 342/357.07, 342/357.09, 342/357.31, 455/414.2, 455/556.1, 455/569.2, 455/575.9
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/34 Route searching; Route guidance

Abstract

A navigation system for a vehicle including a mobile navigation computer, a vehicle-based central control unit, a GPS receiver, a communication link between the mobile navigation computer and the central control unit, wherein position data for the vehicle is processed in a navigation unit in the mobile navigation computer to form information relevant to the navigation. The navigation information is transmitted from the navigation computer to the control unit for a respective maneuver which is to be performed, and this information is output in at least one of visual and audible forms via the central control unit. The position data for the vehicle is determined by the position-finding unit of the central control unit, and is transmitted to the mobile navigation computer, wherein the vehicle is navigated on the basis of data calculated in the navigation unit of the mobile navigation computer.

Claims

1. A navigation system for a vehicle comprising a mobile navigation computer, a vehicle-based central control unit, a GPS receiver, a communication link between the mobile navigation computer and the central control unit, wherein position data for the vehicle is processed in a navigation unit in the mobile navigation computer to form information relevant to the navigation, wherein in the course of the navigation the relevant information is transmitted from the navigation computer to the control unit for a respective maneuver which is to be performed, and wherein this information is output in at least one of visual and audible forms via the central control unit, wherein the position data for the vehicle is determined by the position-finding unit of the central control unit, using at least one of the GPS receiver associated with the central control unit and at least one sensor associated with the central control unit, and is transmitted to the mobile navigation computer, wherein the vehicle is navigated on the basis of the relevant data calculated for the navigation from the transmitted position data in the navigation unit of the mobile navigation computer.

7. The navigation system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the GPS receiver for vehicle-based navigation is arranged in the vehicle.

8. The navigation system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the GPS receiver for vehicle-based navigation arranged in the vehicle is connected to at least one of the central control unit and the mobile navigation computer by a wireless communication link.

9. The navigation system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mobile navigation computer is used to perform mobile navigation independently of the central control unit.

10. The navigation system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the navigation computer is in the form of one of a mobile telephone, a mobile navigation system, a laptop, a PDA, and a holder shell for a mobile telephone.

11. The navigation system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mobile navigation computer is supplied by a service center with at least one of data for routing and data for map presentation.

12. The navigation system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the position data for the vehicle is calculated by the position-finding unit of the central control unit using data from at least one of the GPS receiver and, data from a rotation angle sensor and speed pulses from a speed pulse transmitter.

13. The navigation system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the position-finding unit of the control unit processes data from at least one of the rotation angle sensor associated with the central control unit and the speed pulse transmitter associated with the central control unit to form ground-based position data, and transmits one of coordinates ascertained therefrom and distances covered in periods of time to the navigation unit of the navigation computer via a transmission and reception unit.

15. The navigation system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control unit receives detailed map information pertaining to a corridor which is to be traversed together with information which is relevant to the routing, and the control unit uses this detailed information for presenting a map and for outputting relevant information at defined waypoints on the basis of position calculations performed by the control unit.

2. A navigation system for a vehicle comprising a mobile navigation computer, a vehicle-based central control unit, a GPS receiver, a communication link between the mobile navigation computer and the central control unit, wherein position data for the vehicle is processed in a navigation unit in the mobile navigation computer to form information relevant to the navigation, wherein in the course of the navigation the relevant information is transmitted from the navigation computer to the control unit for a respective maneuver which is to be performed, and wherein this information is output in at least one of visual and audible forms via the central control unit, wherein the control unit receives detailed map information pertaining to a corridor which is to be traversed together with information which is relevant to the routing, and the control unit uses this detailed information for presenting a map and for outputting relevant information at defined waypoints on the basis of position calculations performed by the control unit.

3. A control unit for forming a navigation system for a vehicle, wherein the control unit receives and stores relevant information for at least one maneuver, and the relevant information is output by the control unit at defined waypoints on the basis of a position calculation performed by the control unit.

4. A navigation system for a vehicle comprising a mobile navigation computer, a vehicle-based central control unit, a GPS receiver, a communication link between the mobile navigation computer and the central control unit, wherein position data for the vehicle is processed in a navigation unit in the mobile navigation computer to form information relevant to the navigation, wherein in the course of the navigation the relevant information is transmitted from the navigation computer to the control unit for a respective maneuver which is to be performed, and wherein this information is output in at least one of visual and audible forms via the central control unit.

5. The navigation system as claimed in claim 4, wherein the position data for the vehicle is determined by a position-finding unit in the mobile navigation computer, using at least one of the GPS receiver associated with the navigation computer and at least one sensor associated with the navigation computer, and is processed in the navigation unit of the mobile navigation computer to form the data which are relevant to the navigation.

6. The navigation system as claimed in claim 4, wherein the position data for the vehicle is determined by the position-finding unit of the central control unit, using at least one of the GPS receiver associated with the central control unit and at least one sensor associated with the central control unit, and is transmitted to the mobile navigation computer, wherein the vehicle is navigated on the basis of the relevant data calculated for the navigation from the transmitted position data in the navigation unit of the mobile navigation computer.

14. The navigation system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the position-finding unit of the control unit processes data from the GPS receiver associated with the central control unit to form satellite-based position data and transmits coordinates ascertained therefrom to a navigation unit of the navigation computer via the transmission and reception unit.

16. A control unit for forming a navigation system for a vehicle, wherein the control unit receives and stores relevant information for at least one maneuver, and the relevant information is output by the control unit at defined waypoints on the basis of one of a position calculation performed by the control unit and a position calculation performed by a mobile navigation computer.

17. The control unit as claimed in claim 16, wherein the control unit is in the form of a separate component and sends the position data to the mobile navigation computer via a wireless communication link and receives the relevant information relating to the maneuver from the mobile navigation computer via a wireless communication link.

18. The control unit as claimed in claim 16, wherein the control unit comprises a voice generator that converts portions of the relevant information into voice signals for a loudspeaker.