PORTABLE GPS MAP DEVICE FOR COMMERCIAL VEHICLE INDUSTRY
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1. Apparatus for determining a route for a road vehicle for a user comprising:
- a database of information pertaining to roads, the information comprising geographic data that includes map, location and configuration data for the roads, the information further comprising data indicative of a plurality of road characteristics or limits that pertain to the roads, the plurality of characteristics or limits being selected from the group consisting of heights or clearances of bridges, load or weight limits, gradient or angle of road incline, obstructions, surface conditions, height, length and width of vehicle limits, number of vehicle wheel limits, size of engine limits, nature of cargo or payload limits, direction of road limits, one way or two way direction limits, left or right hand turn limits, contour of road, ascent and descent limits, paved or not paved surfaces and limits prescribed by governmental rule or regulation;
a program having a first operation that compares a multiplicity of selected characteristics or limits of the road vehicle to the data indicative of the plurality of road characteristics or limits contained within the database and a second operation that computes one or more authorized road routes for the road vehicle, the second operation having instructions that use the comparison of the first operation to generate one or more authorized road routes having road characteristics that complement or match the selected characteristics or limits of the road vehicle;
a user interface mounted in the road vehicle and interconnected to the program, the user interface communicating data between the program and the user and including a monitor that displays the authorized road routes in one or more first selected visual identifiers to the user according to the instructions; and
a memory interconnected to the user interface and the program, the memory receiving an input of the multiplicity of selected characteristics or limits of the road vehicle from the user interface, the program receiving the multiplicity of selected characteristics or limits from the memory.
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Abstract
Apparatus for determining a route for a road vehicle for a user comprising:
- a database of information pertaining to roads, the information comprising geographic data that includes map, location and configuration data for the roads, the information further comprising data indicative of a plurality of road characteristics or limits that pertain to the roads;
- a program having a first operation that compares a multiplicity of selected characteristics or limits of the road vehicle to the data indicative of the plurality of road characteristics or limits contained within the database and a second operation that computes one or more authorized road routes for the road vehicle;
- wherein the program includes instructions that compute one or more unauthorized road routes or portions of unauthorized road routes having road characteristics that are not complementary to or do not match the selected characteristics or limits of the road vehicle.
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1. Apparatus for determining a route for a road vehicle for a user comprising:
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a database of information pertaining to roads, the information comprising geographic data that includes map, location and configuration data for the roads, the information further comprising data indicative of a plurality of road characteristics or limits that pertain to the roads, the plurality of characteristics or limits being selected from the group consisting of heights or clearances of bridges, load or weight limits, gradient or angle of road incline, obstructions, surface conditions, height, length and width of vehicle limits, number of vehicle wheel limits, size of engine limits, nature of cargo or payload limits, direction of road limits, one way or two way direction limits, left or right hand turn limits, contour of road, ascent and descent limits, paved or not paved surfaces and limits prescribed by governmental rule or regulation; a program having a first operation that compares a multiplicity of selected characteristics or limits of the road vehicle to the data indicative of the plurality of road characteristics or limits contained within the database and a second operation that computes one or more authorized road routes for the road vehicle, the second operation having instructions that use the comparison of the first operation to generate one or more authorized road routes having road characteristics that complement or match the selected characteristics or limits of the road vehicle; a user interface mounted in the road vehicle and interconnected to the program, the user interface communicating data between the program and the user and including a monitor that displays the authorized road routes in one or more first selected visual identifiers to the user according to the instructions; and a memory interconnected to the user interface and the program, the memory receiving an input of the multiplicity of selected characteristics or limits of the road vehicle from the user interface, the program receiving the multiplicity of selected characteristics or limits from the memory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. Apparatus for determining a route for a road vehicle for a user comprising:
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a database of information pertaining to roads, the information comprising geographic data that includes map, location and configuration data for the roads, the information further comprising data indicative of a plurality of road characteristics or limits that pertain to the roads, the plurality of characteristics or limits being selected from the group consisting of heights or clearances of bridges, load or weight limits, gradient or angle of road incline, obstructions, surface conditions, height, length and width of vehicle limits, number of vehicle wheel limits, size of engine limits, nature of cargo or payload limits, direction of road limits, one way or two way direction limits, left or right hand turn limits, contour of road, ascent and descent limits, paved or not paved surfaces and limits prescribed by governmental rule or regulation; a program having a first operation that compares a multiplicity of selected characteristics or limits of the road vehicle to the data indicative of the plurality of road characteristics or limits contained within the database and a second operation that computes one or more authorized road routes for the road vehicle, the second operation having instructions that use the comparison of the first operation to generate one or more authorized road routes having road characteristics that complement or match the selected characteristics of the road vehicle; and wherein the program includes instructions that compute one or more unauthorized road routes or portions of unauthorized road routes having road characteristics that are not complementary to or do not match the selected characteristics or limits of the road vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. Method of generating one or more routes for a road vehicle, the method comprising:
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creating a database of information pertaining to roads that includes geographic data pertaining to road configuration, location and map data and further includes data indicative of a plurality of road characteristics or limits selected from the group consisting of heights or clearances of bridges, load or weight limits, gradient or angle of incline or decline, obstructions, surface conditions, height, length and width of vehicle limits, number of vehicle wheel limits, size of engine limits, nature of cargo or payload limits, direction of road limits, one way or two way direction limits, left or right hand turn limits, contour of road, ascent and descent limits, paved or not paved surfaces and limits prescribed by rule or regulation; selecting multiple characteristics or limits of the road vehicle; comparing the selected characteristics or limits of the road vehicle to the data indicative of the plurality of road characteristics; determining from the step of comparing road routes having road characteristics that are complementary to or match with the selected characteristics or limits of the road vehicle; and selecting one or more authorized road routes from the road routes determined in the step of determining to have road characteristics that are complementary to or match with the selected characteristics or limits of the road vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. Apparatus for determining a route for a road vehicle for a user comprising:
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a database of information pertaining to roads, the information comprising geographic data that includes map, location and configuration data for the roads, the information further comprising data indicative of a plurality of road characteristics or limits that pertain to the roads, the plurality of characteristics or limits being selected from the group consisting of heights or clearances of bridges, load or weight limits, gradient or angle of road incline, obstructions, surface conditions, height, length and width of vehicle limits, number of vehicle wheel limits, size of engine limits, nature of cargo or payload limits, direction of road limits, one way or two way direction limits, left or right hand turn limits, contour of road, ascent and descent limits, paved or not paved surfaces and limits prescribed by governmental rule or regulation; a program having a first operation that compares a multiplicity of selected characteristics or limits of the road vehicle to the data indicative of the plurality of road characteristics or limits contained within the database and a second operation that computes one or more authorized road routes for the road vehicle, the second operation having instructions that use the comparison of the first operation to generate one or more authorized road routes having road characteristics that complement or match the selected characteristics of the road vehicle; and an operating system for the program, the operating system being stored in an embedded memory medium not accessible by the user; wherein the program, the database of information and the multiplicity of selected characteristics of the vehicle are stored in other memory media; wherein the embedded memory and the other memory media are mounted in a manually portable housing. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. Method of generating one or more routes for a road vehicle, the method comprising:
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creating a database of information pertaining to roads that includes geographic data pertaining to road configuration, location and map data and further includes data indicative of a plurality of road characteristics or limits selected from the group consisting of heights or clearances of bridges, load or weight limits, gradient or angle of incline or decline, obstructions, surface conditions, height, length and width of vehicle limits, number of vehicle wheel limits, size of engine limits, nature of cargo or payload limits, direction of road limits, one way or two way direction limits, left or right hand turn limits, contour of road, ascent and descent limits, paved or not paved surfaces and limits prescribed by rule or regulation; selecting one or more characteristics or limits of the road vehicle; comparing the one or more characteristics or limits of the road vehicle to the data indicative of the plurality of road characteristics; determining from the step of comparing one or more authorized road routes that have road characteristics that are complementary to or match with the selected characteristics or limits of the road vehicle; determining from the step of comparing one or more unauthorized roads or road routes that have road characteristics that are not complementary to or do not match with the selected characteristics of the road vehicle; and
,displaying the authorized and unauthorized road routes or selected portions thereof together on a user interface in respective first and second visual identifiers that are different from each other.
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