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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2007
Pieter Geelen, Amsterdam, NL;
Rory Jones, Amsterdam, NL;
Pieter Geelen, Amsterdam, NL;
Rory Jones, Amsterdam, NL;
Tomtom International B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
A method and device are disclosed for navigation. In at least one embodiment, the method includes determining, in a navigation device, at least one of, when an instruction for travel along a route of travel is not due to be output for a distance exceeding a distance threshold, and when no instruction for travel along the travel route is output for a period of time exceeding a time threshold; and placing the navigation device in a power conserving mode upon the determination being made. In at least one embodiment, the navigation device includes a processor to determine at least one of, when an instruction for travel along a route of travel is not due to be output for a distance exceeding a distance threshold, and when no instruction for travel along the travel route is output for a period of time exceeding a time threshold, the processor placing the navigation device in a power conserving mode upon the determination being made.