CN101627283A - Improved navigation system - Google Patents
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A portable navigation device (PND) is disclosed comprising processing means, a graphical display, memory, map data stored in said memory, user-input means, and signal reception means for receiving one or more wireless signals by means of which the processor can determine a present location of the system and in conjunction with user input desired destination information, perform route calculation and subsequent navigation functions, said location determination, route calculation and navigation functions being performed by software installed on the device. The device is characterized in that the memory also contains one or more fuel related parameters, said route calculation function utilizing said one or more parameters to return data representative of a fuel cost of a particular calculated route, said PND causing display of said data in terms of at least one of (i) a theoretical calculated volumetric amount of fuel used by said vehicle in traveling along the calculated route before, during or after completion of travel along said route, (ii) a theoretical calculated financial cost of fuel used by said vehicle in traveling along the calculated route before, during or after completion of travel along said route, (iii) an optimal calculated route chosen from a plurality of possible calculated routes, the optimization occurring on account of the relative fuel cost of each of the calculated routes.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of improved navigational system, described system comprises the signal receiving member of handling member, graphic alphanumeric display, storer, being stored in the map datum in the described storer and being used to receive one or more wireless signals, by means of described one or more wireless signals, described processor can be determined the current position of described system.Specifically, the present invention is about a kind of improved portable navigating device, it comprise all these features and the control of the software that is mounted thereon in this locality under operate.
Background technology
Navigational system (portable and integrated form) is well-known, and the extensively distribution in the world that becomes day by day.In particular, the employing of portable navigating device (PND) is for especially rapidly, and in most of developed countries, this type of device ubiquity that just becoming, and to be most commonly used to fuel be the vehicles of power, for example automobile and motorcycle.
US5742922 describes the method that vehicles course is selected in a kind of integrated vehicle navigational system and based on fuel consumption, and described system is installed in the vehicles during fabrication and is not for portable therefore.Described system comprises: input media, and it is used to select your destination; Antenna, it is used for receiving satellite signal and/or the signal relevant with traffic conditions; Storer; And controller (for example microcomputer), it is used for determining current vehicle position and the alternative route from described current vehicle position to described destination and is used for the preferred routes of coming to select from described alternative route the minimum fuel consumption of needs according to the sea level elevation information and the traffic conditions of described route.Said method comprising the steps of: determine current vehicle position based on the signal that receives from satellite; Determine the route from the current location to the destination; And based in the system of being input to and the fuel consumption data relevant with the sea level elevation difference of specific fixed route come from described route need to select the preferred routes of minimum fuel consumption.
US6591185 describes a kind of method and a kind of warning system that is used for warning driver when not having enough fuel to arrive required destination that is used for determining at vehicle navigation system the optimized fuel consumption.In addition, disclosed the preparation of carrying out the computing fuel consumption and when not having enough fuel to arrive refueling station, warning the driver in backhaul from required destination.Specifically, described patent is advocated a kind of method that is used for determining at vehicle navigation system the firing rate of the vehicles, and it comprises following steps: import the destination in described vehicle navigation system; Calculate first route that arrives described destination; Identification is the refueling station of close described destination; Calculating the described vehicles arrives the needed general firing rate in described destination by described first route and adds the firing rate of the refueling station of close described destination of after arriving described destination arrival; The described vehicles are arrived the needed firing rate that calculates in described destination by described first route add that remaining fuel quantity compares in the firing rate that arrives the refueling station of close described destination after arriving described destination and the described vehicles; And when fuel residue was less than the described vehicles and arrives the needed described firing rate that calculates in described destination by described first route and add the firing rate that arrives the refueling station of close described destination after arriving described destination, demonstration can not arrive described destination and reach the message of the refueling station of close described destination.
Above patent relates to the integrated form navigational system, and is not about portable navigating device (PND).The fundamental difference part of PND is, its be not integrated in the vehicles usually and substantially not with the subsystem communication of the vehicles, PND can not derive any information from described subsystem usually, reach some information that provides though PND possesses by the user when starting between the conventional operating period, PND serves as autonomous device more.Since nearer, PND has begun to receive dissimilar wireless signals, and it not only provides can be so as to the information of the present GPS of determining device, but also provides the indication along the traffic congestion of particular course.By means of described information, the device execution path is recomputated with the driver to the vehicles alternative route is provided, described alternative route has avoided the crowded section of described route and therefore having reduced the driver potentially arrives the time that its required destination will spend, and/or by reducing because the sense of frustration that causes of the time of any length of pausing makes that the pressure of driving experience is less, and so make along advancing of particular course comparatively continuous.
For instance, US6711498 describes the method that a kind of operation is used for the navigational system of the vehicles (in particular for automotive), wherein in counting circuit based on the position of the vehicles, map and destination locations with the digital form storage calculate course, and make described course can be used as the sense of hearing and/or visual message is obtained by the vehicle driving person, wherein can obtain the transport information relevant via acceptor unit with course, and come to calculate the new traveling time t that causes thus at existing course by means of the length L s that the predefine weighting factor Gf and the traffic of interference incident are disturbed, and calculate traveling time ta at alternative route in the same manner, and under the situation of the traveling time ta of alternative route, indicate described traveling time ta to the vehicle driving person than the traveling time t weak point of described course.The length L s that disturbs based on traffic determines the corrected value K of weighting factor Gf, and determines calibrated weighting factor Gk according to corrected value Kw, and calibrated weighting factor Gk is used to calculate new traveling time t.
The objective of the invention is in PND, to provide the enhancement mode route calculation and recomputate function and for the preparation about the information of route calculation provide whereby is provided, described information comprises the information relevant with the performance of the vehicles that provide described device.
Summary of the invention
According to the present invention, a kind of PND is provided, it comprises the signal receiving member of handling member, graphic alphanumeric display, storer, being stored in map datum, the user's input link in the described storer and being used to receive one or more wireless signals, by means of described one or more wireless signals, described processor can be determined the current position of system, and required destination information in conjunction with user's input, execution path calculates and navigation feature subsequently, described position is determined, route calculation and navigation feature are carried out by the software that is installed on the device, and
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Described storer also contains one or more fuel and uses correlation parameter, described one or more parameters of described route calculation functional utilization are returned the data of the fuel cost of the specific route that calculates of expression, and described PND causes according to one in the following and shows described data
-before the described route that calculates is advanced, during or finish after, by the Theoretical Calculation volume of the described vehicles at the fuel that in the described route traveling process that calculates, uses,
-before the described route that calculates is advanced, during or finish after, by the Theoretical Calculation financial cost of the described vehicles at the fuel that in the described route traveling process that calculates, uses,
The route that the calculates of-optimum selected from a plurality of possible routes that calculate, described optimization is owing to each the relative fuel cost in the described route that calculates takes place.
Preferably, described one or more fuel operation parameters are to be imported by device users, preferably input when device starts, and preferably, the data of being imported are the forms with natural fuel volume and/or cost, optimally are right after the time input afterwards when the user is vehicles fueling.
In alternative or extra embodiment, employed described one or more fuel operation parameters are that information from user's input derives in route calculation or in recomputating, the information of described user's input can be actual fuel volume data and reaches and its cost related data, perhaps, perhaps can import any combination of the data of these types at one or more fuel consumption mean values in specific geographic zone, road or place.For instance, the information of user input can be the actual volume of the cost of average city fuel consumption, average turnpike driving fuel consumption (as required at potential or actual traffic is crowded adjusts), the fuel consumption of non-highway country driving, every liter of fuel and petrol tank or adds in the amount of gasoline etc. of petrol tank any one in the previous operating period of annotating again that is right after.
Yet fundamentally, PND only needs enough information to derive, calculate or indicate " relatively " fuel cost, makes certain difference can realize the various routes that calculate according to this fuel cost.
In most preferred embodiment, PND can come updated stored described one or more fuel in storer to use correlation parameters by the mean value of keeping fuel consumption and cost when the user imports volume of fuel and cost information in succession in time, and described mean value is included in one or more in the summation of the time that the summation and advancing of the distance of the course between each user data input spent on described route.
In another preferred embodiment, when pausing the schedule time near described device has been stored in fuel station focus (POI) in the described map datum, described device prompting user carries out the fuel-related data input.
In a preferred embodiment, described PND can receive the data with the wireless mode emission, and described data comprise the information about the current fuel price of the current fuel price in one or more countries and one or more fuel providers.
Therefore, can strengthen the functional of described PND so that provide indication to the route of tool fuel efficiency to the user, and to the indication of the optimization route of other type (for example the fastest, the shortest, the most continuous and route that traffic is the most unimpeded).In addition, PND can with the possible cost of stroke (according to finance and volume both) information offer the user, certainly, enabled according to the cost of volume and to be used for informing its current facility that does not have enough fuel to advance to the destination that is input to PND of driver, and route calculation is based on described information.In the case, described PND can highlight in addition along the position of one or more gas stations of proposed/route of calculating, described gas station ideally along described route be positioned at the known volume of fuel of PND estimate to exhaust part before the position of described route.
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Hereinafter will describe the application's case in more detail, will explain described exemplary embodiment by means of accompanying drawing by use-case embodiment, in the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 illustrates the exemplary view of GPS (GPS);
Fig. 2 illustrates the exemplary block diagram of the electronic package of guider;
Fig. 3 illustrates that guider can receive the exemplary block diagram of the mode of information via radio communication channel;
Fig. 4 A and Fig. 4 B are the skeleton view of embodiment of the embodiment of guider;
Fig. 5 shows the process flow diagram of one embodiment of the present of invention, and it comprises optional routine.
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The exemplary view of the GPS (GPS) that Fig. 1 explanation can be used by guider.Described system is known and is used for multiple use.In general, GPS is the navigational system based on satelline radio, and it can determine continuous position, speed, time and (in some cases) directional information for an infinite number user.
The GPS that before had been called NAVSTAR incorporates into a plurality of satellites that turn round with the earth in split hair track.Based on these accurate tracks, gps satellite can be relayed to its position any number receiving element.
Implement gps system when searching gps satellite signal when beginning to scan radio frequency with the device that receives gps data through special equipment.After receiving radio signal from gps satellite, described device is determined the exact position of described satellite via one in the multiple various conventional method.In most of the cases, described device will continue scanning searching signal, and (note that usually not (but can) uses other triangulation technique to determine the position with two signals only till it has obtained at least three different satellite-signals).By implementing geometric triangulation, receiver utilizes three known location to determine himself two-dimensional position with respect to satellite.This can finish in a known way.In addition, obtaining the 4th satellite-signal will allow receiving trap to calculate its three-dimensional position in a known way by identical geometrical calculation.Position and speed data can be by infinite number user real-time update continuously.
As shown in fig. 1, gps system is substantially by reference number 100 expressions.A plurality of satellites 120 are in the track of the earth 124.The track of each satellite 120 may not be synchronous with the track of other satellite 120, and asynchronous in fact probably.Gps receiver 140 receives spread spectrum gps satellite signal 160 through being shown as from various satellites 120.
The spread-spectrum signal of launching continuously from each satellite 120 160 utilizes the frequency standard of the pin-point accuracy of realizing by the atomic clock of clock like precision.Each satellite 120 is launched the data stream of the described particular satellite 120 of indication as the part of its data signal transmission 160.Those skilled in the relevant art should be appreciated that gps receiver device 140 obtains to calculate its two-dimensional position for described gps receiver device 140 by triangulation from the spread spectrum gps satellite signal 160 of at least three satellites 120 usually.The acquisition of extra (its produce from the signal 160 of four satellites 120) is altogether permitted gps receiver device 140 and is calculated its three-dimensional position in a known way.
Fig. 2 illustrates the exemplary block diagram of the electronic package of guider 200 with the block components form.The block diagram that it should be noted that guider 200 does not comprise all component of described guider, but only represents many exemplary components.
In addition, the output unit 250 of other type also can comprise (including but not limited to) audio frequency output unit.Because but the user of output unit 241 navigation device 200 produces audio-frequency information, so should be appreciated that the software that input media 240 also can comprise microphone and be used to receive the input voice command equally.
In guider 200, processor 210 is via connecting 225 and functionally be connected to input media 240 and through setting receiving input informations via connecting 225 from input media 240, and via output connect 245 and functionally be connected in display screen 240 and the output unit 241 at least one with information is outputed to described at least one.In addition, processor 210 functionally is connected to storer 230 via connection 235, and be further adapted for via connecting 275 from I/O (I/O) port 270 reception information/information is sent to I/O (I/O) port 270, wherein I/O port 270 can be connected to the I/O device 280 in guider 200 outsides.Exterior I/O device 270 can include, but is not limited to outside listening device, for example earphone.May further be to the connection of I/O device 280 and to take office the what wired or wireless connection of its external device (ED) (for example car stereo unit), be used for without the operation of hand and/or be used for the operation of (for example) voice activation formula, be used for to the connection of earphone or headphone and/or be used for the connection of (for example) mobile phone, wherein connect can be in order to be connected and/or in order to be established to the connection of server via (for example) the Internet or certain other network setting up data between guider 200 and (for example) the Internet or any other network for mobile phone.
Using (for example) the Internet 410 to set up mobile device 400 (via the service provider) waits the network between another device to be connected and can to finish in a known way with for example server 302.For instance, this can comprise the use of TCP/IP layered protocol.Mobile device 400 can utilize any number communication standard, for example CDMA, GSM, WAN etc.
So, can utilize the Internet of being realized via data connection (for example, via the mobile phone technology in mobile phone or the guider 200) to connect.Connect for this, set up server 302 and be connected with the Internet between the guider 200.This can (for example) connects by mobile phone or other mobile device and GPRS (General Packet Radio Service), and (it is that the high-speed data that is used for mobile device by telecom operators provide connects that GPRS connects; GPRS is in order to be connected to the method for the Internet) finish.
For the GRPS phone settings, the device of bluetooth enable can correctly be worked in order to the changing frequency spectrum that cooperates mobile phone model, manufacturer etc., and for instance, model/manufacturer specific settings can be stored on the guider 200.Renewable data of storing at this information.
Fig. 2 further specifies between processor 210 and the antenna/receiver 250 and connects via the operability that is connected 255, and wherein antenna/receiver 250 can be (for example) gps antenna/receiver.To recognize, schematically make up antenna and receiver for explanation, but antenna and receiver can be assembly positioned apart, and antenna can be (for example) GPS chip aerial or helical antenna by reference number 250 expressions.
In addition, be understood by those skilled in the art that the electronic package shown in Fig. 2 is powered in a usual manner by power supply (not shown).As be understood by those skilled in the art that the difference configuration of the assembly shown in Fig. 2 is regarded as belonging in the scope of the application's case.For instance, the assembly shown in Fig. 2 can intercom mutually via wired and/or wireless connections etc.Therefore, the scope of the guider 200 of the application's case comprises portable or handheld navigation device 200.
In addition, the portable or handheld navigation device 200 of Fig. 2 can connect in a known way or " butt joint " to automotive, for example automobile or ship.This guider 200 then can remove from docking location, to be used for portable or handheld navigation use.
Fig. 3 illustrates the exemplary block diagram of server 302 and guider 200, and described server 302 and guider 200 can communicate via general communication channel 318.When setting up between server 302 and the guider 200 via (please noting being connected of communication channel 318, this connection can be via the data of mobile device connect, via personal computer via the direct connection of the Internet etc.) time, server 302 can be communicated by letter with guider 200.
Except unaccounted other assembly of possibility, server 302 also comprises processor 304, and described processor 304 functionally is connected to storer 306 and further functionally is connected to bulk data storage device 312 via wired or wireless connection 314.Processor 304 further functionally is connected to transmitter 308 and receiver 310, reaches from guider 200 transmission information via communication channel 318 information is transmitted into guider 200.The signal that sends and received can comprise data, communication and/or other transmitting signal.Can be according to selecting or design transmitter 308 and receiver 310 at the employed communicating requirement and the communication technology in the communication design of guider 200.In addition, it should be noted that to be signal transceiver with the function combinations of transmitter 308 and receiver 310.Server 302 further is connected to (or comprising) mass storage device 312, note that mass storage device 312 can be coupled to server 302 via communication link 314.Mass storage device 312 contains a large amount of navigation datas and cartographic information, and can be similarly the device that separates with server 302, perhaps can be incorporated in the server 302.
The software that is stored in the server memory 306 provides instruction and allows server 302 navigation device 200 that service is provided for processor 304.A service that is provided by server 302 relates to processing and is transmitted into guider 200 from the request of guider 200 and with navigation data from bulk data storage device 312.Another service that is provided by server 302 comprises at required application to be used various algorithms to handle navigation data and these result calculated is sent to guider 200.
Communication channel 318 represents to connect the communications media or the path of guider 200 and server 302 substantially.Both include the receiver that is used for the transmitter by described communication channel emission data and is used to receive the data of launching by described communication channel server 302 and guider 200.
Communication channel 318 is not limited to particular communication technology.In addition, communication channel 318 is not limited to the single communication technology; That is to say that channel 318 can comprise the some communication links that use multiple technologies.For instance, communication channel 318 can be suitable for being provided for the path of telecommunication, optical communication and/or electromagnetic communication etc.So, communication channel 318 includes, but is not limited to one in the following or its combination: the electric conductor of circuit, for example electric wire and concentric cable, fiber optic cables, converter, radio frequency (rf) ripple, atmosphere, vacuum etc.In addition, communication channel 318 can comprise middle device, for example router, transponder, impact damper, transmitter and receiver.
For instance, communication channel 318 comprises phone and computer network.In addition, communication channel 318 may can adapt to for example radio communications such as radio frequency, microwave frequency, infrared communication.In addition, communication channel 318 can adapt to satellite communication.
The signal of communication of being launched by communication channel 318 includes, but is not limited to the signal as requiring for the given communication technology or needing.For instance, described signal can be suitable for using in the cellular communication technology, and described cellular communication technology for example is time division multiple access (TDMA) (TDMA), frequency division multiple access (FDMA), CDMA (CDMA), global system for mobile communications (GSM) etc.Can by communication channel 318 emission numerals and simulating signal both.These signals can be as for as described in the communication technology may need through modulation, through encrypting and/or compressed signal.
Server 302 comprises can be by the remote server of guider 200 via the wireless channel access.Server 302 can comprise the webserver that is positioned on Local Area Network, wide area network (WAN), the VPN (virtual private network) (VPN) etc.
Server 302 can comprise the personal computer of desktop for example or laptop computer, and communication channel 318 can be the cable that is connected between personal computer and the guider 200.Perhaps, personal computer can be connected between guider 200 and the server 302 to be connected setting up the Internet between server 302 and the guider 200.Perhaps, mobile phone or other handheld apparatus can be established to the wireless connections of the Internet, to be used for via the Internet guider 200 being connected to server 302.
Can for providing information from server 302, described download of information, guider 200 can after the user is connected to server 302 with guider 200, be updated periodically and/or can be in that wireless mobile coupling arrangement and TCP/IP are connected after carrying out more constant or frequent the connection between server 302 and the guider 200 more dynamic via (for example) via download of information.For many dynamic calculation, the processor 304 in the server 302 can be used for disposing a large amount of processing needs, yet the processor 210 of guider 200 also can be independent of the connection of server 302 often and dispose many processing and calculating.
Indicated in Fig. 2 as mentioned, guider 200 comprises processor 210, input media 220 and display screen 240.Input media 220 and display screen 240 through be integrated into integrated form input and display device show to enable information input (via direct input, menu selection etc.) and information (for example by the touch panel screen) both.Well-known as those skilled in the art institute, this screen can be (for example) and touches the input lcd screen.In addition, guider 200 also can comprise any extra input media 220 and/or any extra output unit 241, for example audio frequency input/output device.
Fig. 4 A and Fig. 4 B are the skeleton view of guider 200.As shown in Fig. 4 A, guider 200 can be the unit of other assembly (including but not limited to inner gps receiver 250, microprocessor 210, power supply, accumulator system 220 etc.) that comprises integrated form input and display device 290 (for example, touch panel screen) and Fig. 2.
As shown in Fig. 4 B, guider 200 can dock or otherwise be connected to by the arm 292 that (for example) is connected to dock with guider 292 hasps the arm 292 (this only is an example, belongs in the scope of the application's case because be used to be connected to other known alternatives of dock) of dock.Guider 200 can be followed and can rotate on arm 292, shown in the arrow of Fig. 4 B.In order to discharge being connected between guider 200 and the dock, for example can push the button (this only is an example, belongs in the scope of the application's case because be used for disconnecting other known alternatives that is connected with dock) on the guider 200.
Referring to Fig. 5, it shows the process flow diagram 500 of the various routines that demonstration can be carried out by guider of the present invention.In one embodiment, can be at 502 place's engaging means, and except other auditing routine (not shown) that can after starting, carry out immediately, carry out to whether install with the vehicles in the inspection 504 of fuel level sensor communication.In the case, carry out the automatic renewal of fuel level information via branch 508 and/or store 506.Do not having under the situation of this sensor, carrying out at 510 places about whether having stored the further inspection of any fuel data, and do not having under this data conditions, can audio frequency at 512 places or visual manner prompting user import concrete fuel data.In case the user has imported this information, then store this data at 506 places once more.The example that can be used for the fuel information among the present invention is residue vehicle fuel, average fuel consumption, fuel price and fuel type and preferred fuel provider.Certainly, what mention is, described routine can be optional, and can provide and substitute routine so that the user can import fuel-related information, in any case but, the present invention requires described device can obtain at least some basic fuel information.
In conjunction with PND than routine operation, at 514 places current setting position is calculated (if possible), the perhaps last known position of retrieval, and if device will carry out navigation feature, then can point out the user to obtain required destination at 516 places.After receiving various requisite parameters (one or more examples that comprise fuel-related data), device carries out the calculating to proposed navigation way at 518 places, and this calculating will comprise in addition that certain incorporates the extra computation that some or all of fuel-related data are arranged into, so that any one (or maying both) in the following is provided:
1. to the demonstration of the route that calculates, it comprises rising or monetary value is the indication (520) of demonstration of the relative fuel cost of unit (randomly, being unit with the currency of the current location that belongs to device), or
2. to the demonstration of a plurality of potential routes, it is listings format or is otherwise distinguished, and each in the route of being distinguished is indicated relative fuel cost or distinguished (522) based on relative fuel cost.
For instance, route calculation can comprise to be determined the extra of the fuel quantity that uses possibly on the particular course, described fuel quantity according to the length of particular course, based on historical or dynamically live (for example, receive with wireless mode) the expection traffic level of transport information and crowded and will along its take place navigation road character (for example, highway, highway, main line and major trunk roads, main stem and branch road) and decide.The user who follows suggestion device at 524 places selects a described route or a route, and after this, in process 526, the display of device is changed into and showed cartographic information 525.
Therefore, by keeping some fuel-related data in the storer in described device, might make device
-show that the user will rise (before driving or during) in that what consume on the stroke,
-fixed formula by the price of basis price hourly, every liter price and every kilometer, stroke is estimated that " price " is (before stroke, but also after stroke based on the real time/distance), randomly described price hourly, every liter price and every kilometer price are adjusted to consider crowded or good or bad road, and-plan the route of tool fuel efficiency, but not the quick or the most quick conventional route that calculates usually, shows and select.
Can have or not provide these facilities under the situation about the specifying information of the residual fuel volume of the petrol tank of the vehicles by the present invention, but require to know average gasoline consumption, described average gasoline consumption can by the user manually or statically provide or in the arbitrary navigation of beginning or (do not have navigation, but device being switched on and monitoring that this advances) the specific time early before of advancing stored about under the data conditions of known fuel volume by device dynamically calculating during advancing.
In especially preferred embodiment, described device is communicated by letter with one or more alternative sensor or otherwise can be kept and/or upgrade the information that average fuel and/or power about the vehicles use.If necessary, driving behavior can be monitored in addition, and therefore any calculating can be adjusted whereby the fuel cost of particular course.
For instance, in case as indicate in 528 places, the user has selected route and beginning along described route guidance, described device just can carry out at 530 places installing the periodic test of the predetermined amount of time that whether pauses, and if, then be in the further inspection of carrying out in the cartographic information 525 device of position 532, with the current location of determining described device whether with cartographic information in known fuel station focus (POI) roughly conform to.If this obtains certainly determining, then branch 534 cause 536 and process 512 places to the prompting of manual data input and 538 and process 506 places to any one or both in the renewal of the fuel information of having stored.Certainly, be susceptible to described device and dynamically and with wireless mode receive fuel information, described information comprises the position of (for example) fuel station, the cost of the particular type of the described fuel station obtainable fuel in place, described fuel and the fuel making merchant who manages described fuel station.
In addition, use other static information, for example one or more in the following:
The volume of-vehicle fuel,
The cost of-the fuel bought at the place, specific station that conforms to setting position,
The volume of-the fuel bought,
When advancing on particular course, device can carry out the calculating to average fuel consumption, and this information is through periodically updating and be used for relating to the calculating subsequently of fuel-related information.Whereby, can in device, keep the average fuel information of rolling for using after a while.
The maintenance of fuel-related information allows to realize further strengthening.For instance, given residual fuel volume and average fuel consumption, guider can
(a) warning user (even before the user begins to drive) does not have enough fuel to finish route desirable and that calculate,
(b) provide the planning stroke, described stroke process may be confined to one or more fuel stations of (for example) a certain brand by user preference or the fuel station of a certain price is provided,
(c) a certain gas station on the horizon of warning user (when driving) is provided at it and arrives the final opportunity (perhaps obtaining the final opportunity of gasoline under situation about not detouring) that destination (current just execution of described device navigates to described destination) obtains gasoline before for it.
Described feature should be considered as further aspect of the present invention.
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1. PND, it comprises the signal receiving member of handling member, graphic alphanumeric display, storer, being stored in map datum, the user's input link in the described storer and being used to receive one or more wireless signals, by means of described one or more wireless signals, described processor can be determined the current position of system, and the required destination information execution path in conjunction with user's input calculates the navigation feature that reaches subsequently, described position is determined, route calculation and navigation feature are carried out by the software that is installed on the described device, and
Be characterised in that
Described storer also contains one or more fuel correlation parameters, described one or more parameters of described route calculation functional utilization are returned the data of the fuel cost of the specific route that calculates of expression, and described PND causes according to one in the following and shows described data
Before the described route that calculates is advanced, during or finish after, the described vehicles are at the Theoretical Calculation volume of employed fuel in the described route traveling process that calculates,
Before the described route that calculates is advanced, during or finish after, the described vehicles are in the Theoretical Calculation financial cost of employed fuel in the described route traveling process that calculates,
The route that calculates of the optimum of selecting from a plurality of possible routes that calculate, described optimization is owing to each the relative fuel cost in the described route that calculates takes place.
2. PND according to claim 1, wherein said one or more fuel correlation parameters are imported by device users.
3. according to the described PND of arbitrary aforementioned claim, wherein said one or more fuel correlation parameters are one in natural fuel volume, natural fuel cost, average vehicle urban district fuel consumption, the average vehicle suburb fuel consumption.
4. according to claim 2 and be subordinated to its described PND of arbitrary claim, described one or more fuel correlation parameters in the described storer of wherein said PND are that the information from user's input derives.
5. according to claim 2 and be subordinated to its described PND of arbitrary claim, and it can come updated stored described one or more fuel correlation parameters in storer by utilizing the user to provide each extra input of data that described parameter is carried out one or more average functions.
6. PND according to claim 2, wherein when described device in described map datum, be identified as with map datum in the position that roughly conforms to of the fuel station focus (POI) discerned when pausing the schedule time, described device points out described user to carry out the fuel-related data input.
7. according to the described PND of arbitrary aforementioned claim, wherein said PND can receive the data with the wireless mode emission, and described data comprise about reaching the information of the current fuel price of one or more fuel providers in one or more countries.
8. an operation is according to the method for the described PND of arbitrary aforementioned claim.
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