VEHICLE LOCATION AND NAVIGATION SYSTEM
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1. An automatic vehicle location and navigation system comprising:
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a server which provides vehicle position data to server clients and receives desired vehicle destinations from said clients, anda first transmitter which transmits said destinations from said server, and in at least one vehicle;
a position determining means which provides an indication of the current position of said at least one vehicle,a transmitter which transmits said current position to said server,a receiver which receives at least one desired destination for said vehicle from said server, anda navigation device which receives as inputs said at least one desired destination from said receiver and said current position from said position determining means,said navigation device configured to determine a route from said current position to said desired destination based on stored data.
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Abstract
An automatic vehicle location (AVL) system where vehicles are provided with navigation devices (104) for which destination data may be transmitted from the AVL base computer system (102).
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1. An automatic vehicle location and navigation system comprising:
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at a base location; a server which provides vehicle position data to server clients and receives desired vehicle destinations from said clients, and a first transmitter which transmits said destinations from said server, and in at least one vehicle; a position determining means which provides an indication of the current position of said at least one vehicle, a transmitter which transmits said current position to said server, a receiver which receives at least one desired destination for said vehicle from said server, and a navigation device which receives as inputs said at least one desired destination from said receiver and said current position from said position determining means, said navigation device configured to determine a route from said current position to said desired destination based on stored data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of despatching a vehicle comprising the steps of:
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receiving locations of at least one vehicle, determining remote from said at least one vehicle at least one destination for said at least one vehicle, transmitting said at least one destination to said at least one vehicle, displaying said destinations on a map in the vehicle, calculating in the vehicle a route to the destination, and displaying said route in the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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