CPC Definition - Subclass G01C
This place covers:
Devices, systems and methods for measuring distances, levels or bearings, for surveying, for photogrammety or videogrammetry, for navigation; Gyroscopes and other turn-sensitive devices used as sensors. The subclass coverage includes:
- Compasses in general;
- Gyroscopes and other turn-sensitive devices used as sensors, e.g. optical gyrometers using the Sagnac effect;
- Optical rangefinders;
- Instruments, systems and methods for tracing profiles, for photogrammetry, for surveying, for nautical, aeronautical, cosmonautical, or geodetical measuring of distances, levels, heights, angles, inclinations and bearings, for land, sea, air or cosmonautical navigation, for measuring two or more variables of movement, e.g. distance, speed, acceleration;
- Manufacturing, calibrating, maintaining the previously listed elements.
The general subject matters of determining length, distance, height, level, direction, movement or angle is covered by several subclasses besides G01C:
- G01B measuring length, thickness, or similar linear dimensions, measuring angles; measuring areas; measuring irregularities of surfaces or contours (of individual objects)
- G01P measuring linear or angular speed, acceleration, deceleration, or shock; indicating presence, absence, or direction, of movement
- G01S radio direction finding; radio navigation; determining distance or velocity by use of radio waves; locating or presence detecting by use of the reflection or reradiation of radio waves; analogous arrangements using other waves (by use of propagation effects - e.g. Doppler effect, propagation time -)
- When propagation effects of waves are relevant for such measurements G01S is in general the appropriate subclass.
For measuring ground distance between points in geodesy, surveying, and navigation or for measuring distance traversed on the ground by any moving objects including e. g. vehicles, or persons G01C is the appropriate subclass when no radio waves are used or when propagation effects of waves other than radio waves are not relevant.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Arrangements of nautical instruments or navigational aids for ships | |
Marking of navigation routes for ships other than with buoys | |
Arrangements or adaptations of instruments for aircrafts | |
Aiming means with range finders | |
Measuring acceleration, deceleration, shock by making use of gyroscopes | |
Arrangements or instruments for measuring magnetic variables (Measuring intensity or direction of magnetic fields, other than the earth's field, in general) | |
Measuring magnetic field characteristics of the earth, e.g. declination, deviation for purposes other than navigation, surveying | |
Rangefinders coupled with focussing arrangements of cameras | |
Stereoscopic photography | |
Photographing extended surfaces, e.g. Surveying cameras | |
Taximeter | |
Registering or indicating the working of vehicles | |
Traffic control systems for road vehicles involving transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle | |
Maps, globes | |
Models or demonstration devices for surveying |
In this place, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated:
Navigation | means determining the position and course of humans, land vehicles, ships, aircraft, and space vehicles |
Propagation effects | are relevant if the outcome of a measurement depends on the actual value of a physical quantity characterising the propagation of the wave, i.e. its wavelength, frequency, velocity, or phase. The mere presence or direction of a wave are not considered a propagation effect or to contribute to a propagation effect. To put it in another way, propagation effects are irrelevant, if the radiation may be looked upon as a beam of radiation whose wave nature can be ignored. Examples of measurements where propagation effects are relevant include e.g. measurements of propagation time, phase difference, phase delay, measurements using the Doppler effect, or interference. |
This place covers:
Methods and devices for measuring angles using theodolites and sextants, for surveying or navigation
Examples of places where the subject matter of this place is covered when specially adapted, used for a particular purpose, or incorporated in a larger system:
Measuring angles in compasses |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Imaging systems using optical elements for stabilisation of the lateral and angular position of the image, compensating for small deviations, e.g. due to vibration or shake, for automatically maintaining a reference alignment, e.g. in self-levelling surveying instruments |
In this place, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated:
Transit | Theodolite which has a telescope which can be rotated 180 degrees around the horizontal (trunnion) axis |
This place does not cover:
Periscopic sextants |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Artificial horizons per se |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Periscopes in general |
This place covers:
Devices and methods for measuring distances in line of sight and optical rangefinders.
This place does not cover:
Tapes, chains or wheels for measuring length | |
Active triangulation systems, i.e. using the transmission and reflection of electromagnetic waves other than radio waves |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Inter car distance or car rail distance | |
Anti-slumber devices for car drivers | |
Pulsed systems | |
Measuring distances using phase differences | |
Range finding by comparing magnitude of image of object to fiducial mark | |
Coupling rangefinders with operating parts of photographic apparatus |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Rangefinders coupled with focussing arrangements of cameras |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Scene trackers using image correlation | |
Ranging using stereo images |
In this place, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated:
Parallax | the angle subtended at an observation point by the two ends of a line section |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Active triangulation systems, i.e. using the transmission and reflection of electromagnetic waves other than radio waves |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Optical viewing arrangements for vehicles | |
Active triangulation systems, i.e. using the transmission and reflection of electromagnetic waves other than radio waves |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Active triangulation systems, i.e. using the transmission and reflection of electromagnetic waves other than radio waves |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Active triangulation systems, i.e. using the transmission and reflection of electromagnetic waves other than radio waves |
This place covers:
Methods and devices for measuring height, measuring distances transverse to line of sight, levelling between separated points and surveyor's levels for navigational or surveying purposes
This place does not cover:
Measuring of distances to an object using a parallactic triangle with variable angles and a base of fixed length in the observation station, with adaptation to the measurement of the height of an object | |
Measuring of distances to an object using a parallactic triangle with fixed angles and a base of variable length at or near the object, with adaptation to the measurement of the height of an object, e.g. tacheometers |
This place does not cover:
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Ground Proximity Warning Systems | |
Devices characterised by the determination of the variation of atmospheric pressure with height to measure the vertical components of speed (variometer) |
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Methods and devices for measuring height or distances transverse to line of sight, levelling between separated points and surveyors' levels using barometric means, e.g. depth gauges for divers of e.g the wrist-watch type.
Examples of places where the subject matter of this place is covered when specially adapted, used for a particular purpose, or incorporated in a larger system:
Mechanical watches with attached measuring instruments, e.g. pedometer | |
Electronic time-pieces with integrated detectors of external physical values |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Divers' equipment in general | |
Barometers per se |
This place covers:
Devices and methods for tracing profiles of large surfaces such as land surfaces or underground surfaces.
This place does not cover:
Tracing profiles using photogrammetry or videogrammetry |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Measuring irregularity or unevenness of surfaces on a small scale |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Checking of the level of roads |
Examples of places where the subject matter of this place is covered when specially adapted, used for a particular purpose, or incorporated in a larger system:
Survey of wells |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Measuring apparatus or devices for track building purposes | |
Arrangement of measuring or indicating devices for use during driving of tunnels, using light beams for direction or position control |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Spirit levels combined with laser plumbing or levelling | |
Devices for positioning picture hooks on a wall | |
Circuits for registering vehicle tilting or roll over | |
Inclinometers for ladders | |
Switches operated by inclination or orientation |
This place covers:
Devices and methods for measuring inclination by using rolling bodies, also including sliding bodies.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Spirit levels combined with laser plumbing or levelling | |
Devices for positioning picture hooks on a wall | |
Circuits for registering vehicle tilting or roll over | |
Tell tale tilt indicators for proving inversion of goods during transport | |
Inclinometers for ladders | |
Tilting mercury container switches |
This place does not cover:
Plumb lines |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Vehicle anti theft means | |
Tell tale tilt indicators for proving inversion of goods during transport |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Liquid level measurements |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Inclinometers mounted to golf clubs for driving or putting | |
Guiding hand tools by means of levels |
This place covers:
Means for facilitating the observation of the position of the bubble by human observers.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Inclinometers mounted to golf clubs for driving or putting | |
Guiding hand tools by means of levels |
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Methods and devices for photogrammetry or videogrammetry and photographic surveying
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Cameras combined with surveying instruments | |
Earth observation satellites | |
SAR imaging | |
Photographic aspects also | |
Surveying cameras | |
Depth or shape recovery using image analysis | |
3D Geographic Models | |
Image or video recognition or understanding of scenes |
This place covers:
Special picture taking arrangements adapted to methods and devices for photogrammetry or videogrammetry and photographic surveying, including orthorectification.
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Subject-matter related to the interpretation of pictures in methods and devices for photogrammetry or videogrammetry and photographic surveying, including means for interpretation, such as mensuration tables or reseaux.
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Subject-matter related to the interpretation of pictures by comparison of two or more pictures of the same area in methods and devices for photogrammetry or videogrammetry and photographic surveying, e.g. stereo-photogrammetry
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Ranging using stereo images | |
Depth from stereo vision |
This place covers:
All kinds of surveying instruments or accessories which are not provided for in the preceding groups G01C 1/00 - G01C 13/00.
This place does not cover:
Liquid level metering |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Buoys | |
Oceanography | |
Measuring liquid velocity | |
Determining existence of flow of underground water |
This place covers:
Measuring the distance between the water surface and the water bed.
This place does not cover:
Measuring instantaneous depth of diver |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Buoys | |
Oceanography |
This place covers:
All kinds of surveying instruments or accessories which are not provided for in the preceding groups G01C 1/00 - G01C 13/00.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Marking of work pieces | |
Surveying of railway tracks | |
Paving machines | |
Guiding the machines along a predetermined path | |
By laser or ultrasound | |
By reference lines placed along the road, e.g. wires | |
Finishing floors or ceilings | |
Holders for bricklayers' lines | |
Tripods | |
Models for surveying |
In this place, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated:
Optical plumbing | determining the vertical (plumb) using optical means |
This place does not cover:
Optical plumbing |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Marking of work pieces | |
Surveying of railway tracks | |
Paving machines | |
Guiding the machines along a predetermined path | |
By laser or ultrasound | |
By reference lines placed along the road, e.g. wires | |
Finishing floors or ceilings | |
Holders for bricklayers' lines | |
Tripods | |
Models for surveying |
In this place, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated:
Active optical surveying means | surveying means using at least one propagation property of at least one light source |
Total stations | theodolites with an electronic distance measuring capability, usually in the form of a laser ranging device |
This place covers:
Generating a reference line, plane or sector by active optical means.
Measuring or comparing shortest distance (i.e. along the perpendicular) to the reference line, plane or sector.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Earth moving equipment using laser planes | |
Beam shaping | |
Self levelling surveying instruments |
G01C 15/008 covers surveying means whereby the inclination sensors are intended to be used as such; Surveying means having inclination sensors inside, merely to define the inclination of the reference plane, are covered by G01C 15/004.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Devices for positioning picture hooks on a wall | |
Means for marking work | |
Markings on roads, e.g. paint | |
Bollards | |
Transponders for markers |
This place covers:
Surveyor's staffs or movable markers as means for marking measuring points in surveying methods.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Tripods |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Chalk lines also | |
Cable pay-out |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Chalk lines also | |
Cable pay-out |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Tilt compensation in general |
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Compasses and devices for ascertaining true or magnetic North for the purpose of navigation or surveying, including magnetic compasses, sun and astro compasses, methods and arrangements for testing, calibrating or compensating of such compasses and devices and repeaters for remote indication of readings of a master compass.
This place does not cover:
Using gyroscopic effect, e.g. devices for finding North | G01C 19/00, e.g. G01C 19/34, G01C 19/36, G01C 19/38 |
Devices for finding North using gyroscopic effect |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
For geophysical or prospecting purposes |
This place does not cover:
With north seeking magnetic elements and having electric pick-offs |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
HALL effect sensors |
This place covers:
Fluxgates, these being instruments in which a core is saturated by the strong flux of an ac driving coil, the bias of the saturation being set by the earth' s magnetic field.
Rotating induction coils.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Prayer rugs | |
HALL effect sensors |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Time-pieces using the position of the sun, moon or stars |
This place covers:
Gyroscopic sensors, i.e gyroscopes, turn-sensitive devices with or without vibrating/moving masses that are intended for sensing and outputting inertial rotation angles, angular velocity or bearings.
Gyroscopes for sensing are covered here.
Gyroscopes, used as actuators for stabilisation or movement purposes by means of their angular momentum are not covered in G01C 19/00 but in their particular fields, e.g:
- Land vehicle stabilisation using gyroscopes B62D 37/06;
- Ship stabilisation using gyroscopes B63B 39/04;
- Gyros used as motors or actuators F03G 3/08;
- Educational demonstration models of gyroscopic actuators G09B 23/00, G09B 25/00;
- Control Moment Gyroscopes for space vehicles B64G 1/28.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Gimbals, not especially for gyroscopes | |
Educational demonstration models of gyroscopes |
This place covers:
Details about particular arrangements for rotary gyroscopes functioning during a short period, e.g. in guided missiles, torpedoes, etc., wherein the gyro rotor must be brought up to operational speed in a very short time.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Target seeking gyro |
This place covers:
Details about particular devices or methods for measuring and/or controlling the angular speed of rotors of rotary gyroscopes for specific purposes.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Measuring angular speed in general | |
Controlling angular speed | |
Controlling electrical motors |
This place does not cover:
Fluid rotors |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Dynamoelectric machines |
This place covers:
Details about suspensions of elements of rotary gyroscopes, wherein the suspensions are of the torsional type.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Flexure pivots |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Applicable to instruments in general |
This place does not cover:
Erection devices for instruments indicating the vertical |
In patent documents, the word/expression in the first column is often used instead of the word/expression in the second column, which is used in the classification scheme of this place:
Rebalance | Erection |
In patent documents, the following words/expressions are often used with the meaning indicated:
Torquer | Erection devices, i.e. devices for restoring rotor axis to a desired position |
In patent documents, the following words/expressions are often used as synonyms:
- " Meridian- seeking ", and " north-seeking "
This place covers:
Turn-sensitive devices using one or more vibrating masses, e.g. vibrating gyros based on Coriolis forces, surface acoustic waves based gyros, sonic or acoustic gyros.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Microstructural devices or systems | |
Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of microstructural devices or systems | |
Electromechanical resonators | |
Piezoelectric devices per se |
This place does not cover:
Double-ended tuning forks using planar vibrating masses suspended at opposite ends |
This place covers:
Turn-sensitive devices using one or more vibrating bars or beams undergoing deformations.
This place covers:
Vibrators having their main extension in a plane, i.e with an essentially two-dimensional geometrical structure and using the phase shift of a vibration node or anti-node. The vibrations cover both deformations in the radial direction of the two-dimensional vibrator and deformations perpendicular to the plane of the two-dimensional vibrator.
This place covers:
Both bulk and surface acoustic wave gyros.
This place covers:
All the turn-sensitive devices that do not operate on the basis of vibrating or deforming elements, e.g. gyroscopes using matter-wave interferometers.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Magnetic resonance arrangements in general |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Ring lasers in general |
This place covers:
Ring laser gyrometers having special arrangements for the signal readout or the dither compensation (dither compensators).
In this place, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated:
Dither compensators | passive optical components placed on the body in a position where the dither signal is cancelled fortuitously |
This place covers:
Electronic removal of the dither signal.
This place covers:
Ring laser gyrometers having special arrangements for controlling the cavity, e.g. by use of piezoelectric mirrors.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Lasers in general |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Interferometers per se | |
Faraday effect Sagnac interferometers for measuring electrical current | |
Fibre laser emission sources for gyros | |
Brillouin lasers |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Amplified spontaneous emission sources | H01S3/079 and H01S 3/06795 |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
General winding techniques | |
Bobbin-type optical phase modulators | |
Winding of electrical cable |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Optical couplers |
In this place, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated:
RFOG | Resonant Fibre Optical Gyroscope |
This place covers:
Navigation devices, systems and methods
This place does not cover:
Measuring distance traversed on the ground by a vehicle | |
Control of position, course, altitude or attitude of vehicles | |
traffic control systems for road vehicles involving transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Combined GPS/INS | |
Segmentation of images |
This place does not cover:
Specially adapted for cosmonautical navigation | |
Specially adapted for navigation in a road network |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Time-pieces using the position of the sun, moon or stars |
This place does not cover:
Specially adapted for cosmonautical navigation | |
Specially adapted for navigation in a road network |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Marking of navigation route for ships |
This place does not cover:
Specially adapted for cosmonautical navigation | |
Specially adapted for navigation in a road network |
This place does not cover:
By integrating acceleration or speed, i.e. inertial navigation |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Vibration damping or isolation |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Determining position by combining measurements of signals from the satellite radio beacon positioning system with an inertial measurement |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Stabilisation of surveying instruments | |
Stabilisation of antennae |
This place does not cover:
Specially adapted for cosmonautical navigation | |
Specially adapted for navigation in a road network |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Marking of navigation route for ships | |
Hand-held measuring wheels for measuring distances on maps | |
Digital data processing | |
Hand manipulated computing devices for air or sea navigation | |
Emergency signalling and personal security systems |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Control of position or course in two dimensions specially adapted to water vehicles |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Plotting boards in general |
This place covers:
Navigation specially adapted for navigation in a road network, whereby the means of transportation is not relevant: the user may be moving on foot, on horseback, on a bicycle, or in or on a motor vehicle of any kind.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Precision agriculture | |
Navigation assistance for the blind or visually impaired | |
Display devices for vehicle air conditioning | |
Speed or cruise control depending on curves | |
Headlights adjustable depending on position, curves etc. | |
Parking assistance | |
Mechanical construction of the navigation device mounting in a vehicle | |
Circuits for registering vehicle tilting or roll over | |
Control of driving parameters | |
Adaptive cruise control | |
Estimation or calculation of driving parameters for road vehicle drive control systems related to road conditions | |
Lane keeping | |
Gear shifting depending on position as determined by navigation system | |
Hand-held measuring wheels for measuring distances on maps | |
Hand manipulated computing devices for air or sea navigation | |
GIS Geographic 3D models | |
Taximeters | |
Toll collection | |
Service reminders | |
Data recorders | |
Emergency signalling and personal security systems | |
Traffic information including RDS/TMC | |
Location based services in a mobile phone network | |
Locating mobile subscriber using cellular telephony |
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Whereby the several navigational instruments may be similar (simple redundancy) or dissimilar.
In patent documents, the following words/expressions are often used as synonyms:
- "Contours" and "elevation data/profile"
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) databases | |
Automatic recognition/extraction of roads or features from maps |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Optimisation of energy usage for electrical vehicles | |
Optimisation of routes, e.g. travelling salesman problem |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Fleet management, taxi dispatching |
This place covers:
The use of route searching in navigation devices, systems or methods for dynamic re-routing, including predictive systems in which alternative routes are calculated even before the user has actually deviated and also routing from a predicted future starting point.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
The complete route is dynamically recomputed based on new data |
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Areas disfavoured because of weather conditions, (dis)favouring certain roads because of curves, e.g. for motorcycle (favoured) or towing vehicle (disfavoured), or because of physical requirements (e.g., weight, length, height, width) of non-standard vehicles.
Carpooling/High Occupancy Vehicle restrictions.
Also taking into account whether the user is entitled to use a road or road type (Vignette).
In this place, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated:
POI | point of interest |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
User preferences are taken into account or the user selects one route out of a plurality |
This place covers:
Employing traffic data whereby those traffic data may relate either to the vehicle traffic of the physical vehicle or to the data traffic in mobile communication networks.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Traffic control systems for road vehicles involving transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Arrangements of vehicle instruments on dashboard | |
Mechanical construction of the display mounting in a vehicle | |
Electric circuits for voice control | |
Audible indication of meter readings | |
Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements | |
I/O for computers in general | |
Interaction techniques for graphical user interfaces, e.g. interaction with windows, icons or menus | |
Manipulating 3D models or images for computer graphics | |
Voice analysis, synthesis |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Image data processing per se |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Gesture based interaction between user and computer |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Speech recognition |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Character input methods | |
Input is assisted by the navigation device, i.e. the user does not type the complete name of the destination, e.g. using zip codes, telephone numbers, progressively selecting from initial letters |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Input information is obtained using learning systems, e.g. history databases |
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Destinations derived from radio or TV broadcasts.
Destination being the (dynamic) position of a mobile device and received therefrom.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Input information is obtained using a mobile device, e.g. a mobile phone, a PDA |
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Instructions to assist the user to follow the calculated route as well as to warn the user in order to prevent the user from leaving the calculated route.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Traffic control systems for road vehicles involving transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Instructions are given by voice | |
Speech systems per se |
This place covers:
Details on guidance in navigation devices, systems or methods, wherein the guidance uses simplified or iconic instructions, e.g. directional arrows or other symbols, textual instructions.
This place does not cover:
Guidance using head up displays or projectors, e.g. virtual vehicles or arrows projected on the windscreen or on the road itself |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
The immediate route instructions are output to the driver, e.g. arrow signs for next turn |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Three dimensional [3D] modelling, e.g. data description of 3D objects | |
Geographic models |
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Details on guidance in navigation devices, systems or methods, wherein specific guidance adapted to the user is used, including user-defined guidance preferences relating to the manner of guidance, e.g. language, 2D/3D and guidance adapted to the instantaneous workload of the driver, considering also his mental and/or physical health.
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Details on guidance in navigation devices, systems or methods, wherein the guidance involves camera images, including images taken by a camera in the vehicle itself, by a camera in another vehicle, by a roadside camera, or by a camera in an aircraft or in a satellite.
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Details on guidance in navigation devices, systems or methods, wherein the guidance takes road lanes into account, including showing a representation of an upcoming intersection including the pattern of the lanes.
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Details on the user-input interface in navigation devices, systems or methods, including e.g. touch-screen interfaces, remote controllers, gesture-based input, interfaces which disallow the driver to access certain functions, e.g. while driving, input using handwriting.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Gesture based interaction | |
Interaction techniques for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation | |
Interaction techniques involving entering handwritten data on touch screens |
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Input/output arrangements in navigation devices, systems or methods focusing on the display of a road map, including also simplified map representing connections between nodes.
This place does not cover:
Through interaction with a road map, e.g. selecting a POI icon on a road map | |
Guidance using 3D or perspective road maps |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Map spot or coordinate position indicators or map reading aids, using electronic means |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Interaction techniques for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation |
This place covers:
Input/output arrangements in navigation devices, systems or methods focusing on the labelling using text on road map displays, including also the displaying of house numbers.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
The complete route is shown to the driver |
This place does not cover:
Using character input or menus, e.g. menus of POIs |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Location based services in a mobile phone network |
This place does not cover:
Through interaction with a road map, e.g. selecting a POI icon on a road map |
This place covers:
Systems where multiple parts show a functional relationship (cooperation, synergy) between the part which remains in the vehicle and the portable part; this is different from the mechanical mounting of a mobile part to some part of a vehicle. The portable part must perform some navigation-related function on its own when taken out of the vehicle.
This place covers:
Input/output arrangements in navigation devices, systems or methods focusing on the processing of real-time traffic or weather information, including also traffic information sent from the vehicle to a server.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Arrangements for giving variable traffic instructions | |
Arrangements for broadcast of traffic information |
This place covers:
Output arrangements in navigation devices, systems or methods focusing on the output of specific information not related to guidance, e.g. low remaining fuel, fuel efficient driving, gear change, speeding, dangerous curve ahead, slippery road, traffic incident ahead, school zone, traffic cameras or road signs and including also advertisements displayed on maps or projected onto the landscape; providing information to the driver concerning his driving behaviour; warnings for speed traps.
This place does not cover:
Retrieval, searching and output of POI information |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Commerce, e.g. advertising |
This place covers:
Devices and methods for measuring distance traversed on the ground by vehicles, persons, animals or other moving solid bodies, e.g. using pedometers, odometers including mechanical odometers.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Golf carts | |
Tyres | |
Indicating or recording positions or identities of vehicles or vehicle trains | |
Hand-held measuring wheels for measuring distances on maps | |
Resetting mechanisms | |
Measuring tyre performance on wheel stands | |
Counting mechanisms per se | |
Anti tamper counters | |
Taximeters | |
Service reminders | |
Stepping motors |
This place covers:
The cycles can be monocycles, bicycles, tricycles or motorcycles.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Wheeled carriers for golf bags |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Footwear | |
Portable device for measuring pulse or heart rate | |
Electronic controls for exercising apparatus |
This place covers:
Devices and methods for measuring distance traversed on the ground, specially adapted for skates, including roller skates, in-line skates, ice skates, and skis.
This place covers:
Odometers involving electrical or electronic components.
This place does not cover:
For cycles | |
For golf carts | |
Pedometers | |
For skates |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Wheel hubs |
This place covers:
Systems in which direction (orientation, azimuth) is determined by measuring the distances traversed by wheels on either side of the vehicle, and taking the difference of these distances.
This place covers:
Devices, systems and methods for indicating more than one navigational value, e.g position and azimuth, devices, systems and methods for measuring two or more variables of movement, e.g. distance, speed and acceleration
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Artificial horizons for aircraft | |
Arrangements for passenger entertainment, including display of navigation data using TV screens | |
Flight simulators |
This place covers:
Flight directors, i.e. devices which provide visual steering cues to the pilot for e.g. pitch , roll, yaw attitude controls to allow a pilot to manipulate the aircraft controls in a manner to keep the steering cues aligned with corresponding fixed symbols, in order to satisfy the pitch and roll attitude control laws so that the aircraft is maintained on a predetermined flight path.
This place does not cover:
Indicating arrangements specially adapted for rotary gyroscopes |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Arrangements or adaptations of instruments for aircraft | |
Indicating or recording in connection with measuring, in general | |
Control of course of land or air vehicles by controlling or regulating non-electric variables | |
Navigation or guidance aids for a single aircraft | |
Anti-collision systems for aircraft |
This place covers:
Devices and methods for manufacturing, calibrating, cleaning or repairing instruments and devices referred to in the preceding groups.
This place does not cover:
Testing, calibrating and compensating compasses |