Navigation and positioning system and method for a vehicle
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1. A navigation and positioning system for a vehicle, comprising:
- a programmable navigator to navigate a vehicle;
a detector to detect a vehicle position of said vehicle; and
a configurer to load a program into said navigator that restricts at least one of (1) user input information accepted by said navigation and positioning system and (2) navigation information supplied to a user by said navigation and positioning system, depending on a navigation rule enforced at the position of said vehicle detected by said detector, said configurer operating to load said program based on the position of said vehicle detected by said detector.
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Abstract
A navigation system detects a position of a vehicle, determines an area (i.e., a State) associated with the position of the vehicle, selects and loads a program corresponding to the area for controlling the provision of one or more navigation functions, and navigates the vehicle according to the loaded program. The program is based on a rule as to a navigation that is function enforced in the area in which the vehicle is located.
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1. A navigation and positioning system for a vehicle, comprising:
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a programmable navigator to navigate a vehicle; a detector to detect a vehicle position of said vehicle; and a configurer to load a program into said navigator that restricts at least one of (1) user input information accepted by said navigation and positioning system and (2) navigation information supplied to a user by said navigation and positioning system, depending on a navigation rule enforced at the position of said vehicle detected by said detector, said configurer operating to load said program based on the position of said vehicle detected by said detector. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer program embodied on computer-readable medium for navigating a vehicle, comprising:
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a command program to retrieve a position of a vehicle detected by a detector; a subprogram to implement a rule controlling navigation functions of a navigator, said subprogram restricting at least one of (1) user input information accepted by said navigator and (2) navigation information supplied by said navigator to a vehicle user, depending on the rule enforced at the position of said vehicle detected by said detector,; and first code elements for loading said subprogram into said navigator. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A data structure on a machine-readable medium for implementing a navigation system for a vehicle, comprising:
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map data including data to delineate an area, in machine-readable form; and a codeword associated with said area in said data structure and functioning in a computer navigation system to cause said computer navigation system for a vehicle to execute a particular subprogram that is associated with said codeword in said computer navigation system, said subprogram implementing a navigation rule by restricting at least one of (1) user input information accepted by said computer navigation system and (2) navigation information supplied to a user by said computer navigation system, depending on said codeword. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method for navigating a vehicle, comprising the steps of:
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detecting a position of said vehicle; associating an area with said detected position from a plurality of different areas; supplying navigation information to, and accepting information input by, a user of said vehicle; and restricting at least one of (1) user input information and (2) navigation information supplied to a vehicle user, based on a rule associated with the area associated with said detected position of said vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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