Integrating Navigation Systems
First Claim
1. A method comprisingreceiving current vehicle data generated by circuitry of a vehicle, andusing functions of a personal navigation device, which are otherwise used to process device navigational data that are generated by navigational circuitry in the personal navigation device, to process the current vehicle data to produce output navigational information.
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Abstract
Vehicle data generated by circuitry of a vehicle is received and functions of a personal navigation device, which are otherwise used to process device navigational data that are generated by navigational circuitry in the personal navigation device, are used to process the vehicle data to produce output navigational information.
User interface commands and navigational data are communicated between a personal navigation device and a media head unit of a vehicle, the user interface commands and navigational data being associated with a device user interface of the device, and a vehicle navigation user interface at the media head unit displays navigational information and receives user input for control the display of the navigational information on the media head unit, the vehicle navigation user interface being coordinated with the user interface commands and navigational data associated with the device user interface.
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1. A method comprising
receiving current vehicle data generated by circuitry of a vehicle, and using functions of a personal navigation device, which are otherwise used to process device navigational data that are generated by navigational circuitry in the personal navigation device, to process the current vehicle data to produce output navigational information.
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8. A method comprising
providing a display location associated with a media head unit of a vehicle at which information may be displayed to an occupant of the vehicle, and generating a display at the display location based at least in part on navigational data or output navigational information provided by a personal navigation device.
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15. A method comprising
generating a display at a display location associated with a media head unit of a vehicle based in part on data provided by a personal navigation device separate from the media head unit, and in part on data generated by the media head unit.
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22. A method comprising
communicating user interface commands and navigational data between a personal navigation device and a media head unit of a vehicle, the user interface commands and navigational data being associated with a device user interface of the device, and providing a vehicle navigation user interface at the media head unit, the vehicle navigation user interface displaying navigational information and receiving user input to control the display of the navigational information on the media head unit, the vehicle navigation user interface being coordinated with the user interface commands and navigational data associated with the device user interface.
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23. A method comprising
providing a common communication interface between a media head unit of a vehicle and any one of several different brands of personal navigation device, the common communication interface carrying user interface command information, audio-related signals for navigational prompts, image-related signals for navigational displays, point of interest data, database search commands, and navigational-related data identifying current locations of the vehicle in a common format, and each of the different brands of personal navigation device internally using proprietary formats for at least some of the user interface command information, audio-related signals for navigational prompts, image-related signals for navigational displays, point of interest data, database search commands, and navigational-related data identifying current locations of the vehicle.
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24. A personal navigation device comprising
navigational circuitry to generate device navigational data, an input for vehicle data, and a processor configured to process the device navigational data to perform navigational functions and output navigational information, in which the processor is also configured to process the vehicle data to perform the navigational functions and output the navigational information.
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29. A personal navigation device comprising
a processor for generating images for display on a video display of navigational information, and an output for providing the images to a separate device.
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31. An apparatus comprising
a media head unit of a vehicle, a display location associated with the media head unit at which information may be displayed to an occupant of the vehicle, the media head unit being configured to cause the display location to generate a display based at least in part on navigational data or output navigational information provided by a personal navigation device.
- 36. A media head unit for a vehicle configured to generate a graphical display based in part on data provided by a personal navigation device separate from the media head unit and in part on data generated by the media head unit.
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42. A system comprising
a personal navigation device, a media head unit of a vehicle, and a communications interface, the communications interface to communicate user interface commands and navigational data associated with a device user interface of the personal navigation device between the personal navigation device and the media head unit, the media head unit having a vehicle navigation user interface including a display of navigational information and an input for receiving user input for control of the display, the vehicle navigation user interface being coordinated with the user interface commands and navigational data associated with the device user interface.
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43. An apparatus comprising
a common communication interface between a media head unit of a vehicle and any one of several different brands of personal navigation device, the common communication interface being configured to carry one or more of user interface command information, audio related signals for navigational prompts, image-related signals for navigational displays, point of interest data, and navigational-related data identifying current locations of the vehicle in a common format, and configured to interface to the different brands of personal navigation devices using proprietary formats for at least some of the user interface command information, audio-related signals for navigational prompts, image-related signals for navigational displays, point of interest data, and navigational-related data identifying current locations of the vehicle.
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44. A computer readable medium encoding instructions to cause a media head unit of a vehicle to
receive data from a personal navigation device representing a user interface of the personal navigation device, generating a display for a user interface of the media head unit based on the received data, receive input commands through the user interface of the media head unit, and transmit the user interface commands to the personal navigation device.
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46. A computer readable medium encoding instructions to cause a personal navigation device having a user interface to
generate data representing a user interface of the device, transmit the data to a media head unit of a vehicle, receive input commands from the media head unit, and apply the input commands to the user interface of the device as if the commands were received through the user interface of the device.
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47. A computer readable medium encoding instructions to cause a personal navigation device having a user interface to
receive vehicle data from circuitry of a vehicle, and process the vehicle data to produce output navigational information.
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52. A method comprising
at a media head unit of a vehicle, receiving an image from a backup camera associated with the vehicle and an indication that the vehicle is in a reverse gear, transmitting the image and the indication to a personal navigation device having a video display screen, at the personal navigation device, automatically displaying the image in response to receiving the indication.
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54. A method comprising
at a media head unit of a vehicle, requesting from a personal navigation device a list of information, receiving the list of information, displaying on a user interface a representation of the list of information, receiving from the user interface a selection of an item of information from the list of information, and requesting from the personal navigation device a second list of information related to the selected item.
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