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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2014
Applicant:
Tomtom International B.v., Amsterdam, NL;
Inventor:
Pieter Geelen, Amsterdam, NL;
Assignee:
TomTom International B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/14 (2006.01); G01C 21/32 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/14 (2013.01); G01C 21/32 (2013.01); G01C 21/3685 (2013.01);
Abstract
A navigation apparatus comprises a processing resource operably coupled to a receiver for location-related data and arranged to perform, when in use, location determination. The processing resource supports a parking location determination module the parking location determination module is arranged to determine when the location determined is substantially unchanged and to determine that the location determined constitutes a candidate parking location in response to the location determined remaining substantially unchanged relative to a predetermined period of time.