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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2012
Applicants:
Philip Tseng, Taipei, TW;
William Brian Lathrop, San Jose, CA (US);
JO Ann Sison, Redwood City, CA (US);
Crystal Juarez, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Philip Tseng, Taipei, TW;
William Brian Lathrop, San Jose, CA (US);
Jo Ann Sison, Redwood City, CA (US);
Crystal Juarez, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignees:
VOLKSWAGEN AG, Wolfsburg, DE;
AUDI AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3644 (2013.01); G01C 21/3484 (2013.01); G01C 21/3641 (2013.01); G01C 21/3476 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method includes: providing a map database; providing a landmark database; providing at least one user-specific landmark type; determining navigation instructions based on the map database, the landmark database, and the at least one user-specific landmark type; and outputting the determined navigation instructions.