Navigation service
First Claim
1. A method for providing vehicles with a navigation service, the method comprising the steps of:
- building by a mediation server, a group of two or more vehicles, each vehicle comprising a communication unit coupled with a navigation unit, wherein one vehicle of the group is classified as master vehicle leading the group and the remaining vehicles of the group are classified as slave vehicles following the master vehicle;
storing communication addresses allocated to the communication units assigned to the vehicles of the group, and communicating, by the mediation server the stored communication addresses to the navigation units assigned to the vehicles of the group;
determining geographical position data of the master vehicle and the slave vehicles;
communicating geographical position data of the master vehicle and the slave vehicles to one or more data processing units;
calculating by the one or more data processing units for each of the slave vehicles route instructions in accordance with the route traveled by the master vehicle based on the received geographical position data of the master vehicle and the respective slave vehicle;
communicating the respective route instructions to a driver of each slave vehicle.
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Abstract
A group of two or more vehicles (21, 22, 23), each vehicle (21, 22, 23) comprising a communication unit (210, 220, 230) coupled with a navigation unit (211, 221, 231), wherein one vehicle of the group is classified as master vehicle (21) leading the group and the remaining vehicles of the group are classified as slave vehicles (22, 23) following the master vehicle (21), travel together. A central remote navigation server (30) provides the vehicles (21, 22, 23) with a navigation service, wherein the navigation server (30) calculates for each of the slave vehicles (22, 23) route instructions (506, 606) such that the slave vehicles (22, 23) are instructed to follow the master vehicle (21). The route instructions (506, 606) are transmitted to the slave vehicles (22, 23) via a communication network (10).
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1. A method for providing vehicles with a navigation service, the method comprising the steps of:
- building by a mediation server, a group of two or more vehicles, each vehicle comprising a communication unit coupled with a navigation unit, wherein one vehicle of the group is classified as master vehicle leading the group and the remaining vehicles of the group are classified as slave vehicles following the master vehicle;
storing communication addresses allocated to the communication units assigned to the vehicles of the group, and communicating, by the mediation server the stored communication addresses to the navigation units assigned to the vehicles of the group;
determining geographical position data of the master vehicle and the slave vehicles;
communicating geographical position data of the master vehicle and the slave vehicles to one or more data processing units;
calculating by the one or more data processing units for each of the slave vehicles route instructions in accordance with the route traveled by the master vehicle based on the received geographical position data of the master vehicle and the respective slave vehicle;
communicating the respective route instructions to a driver of each slave vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
- building by a mediation server, a group of two or more vehicles, each vehicle comprising a communication unit coupled with a navigation unit, wherein one vehicle of the group is classified as master vehicle leading the group and the remaining vehicles of the group are classified as slave vehicles following the master vehicle;
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7. A navigation system for providing vehicles with a navigation service, the system comprising two or more navigation units having a data processing unit, each navigation unit assigned to a vehicle and coupleable with a respective communication unit for communicating via a communication network, and an output unit, wherein the navigation system comprises a mediation server arranged to build a group of two or more vehicles, wherein one vehicle of the group is classified as master vehicle leading the group and the remaining vehicles of the group are classified as slave vehicles following the master vehicle, to store communication addresses allocated to the communication units assigned to the vehicles of the group, and to communicate the stored communication addresses to the navigation units assigned to the vehicles of the group;
- and wherein each data processing unit assigned to the slave vehicles is arranged to calculate for the respective slave vehicle route instructions in accordance with the route traveled by the master vehicle based on received geographical position data of the master vehicle and the respective slave vehicle, and to transmit the route instructions to the output unit to be communicated to the driver of the respective slave vehicle.
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