Navigational apparatus using visual description of the route
CA 2319172 A1 · Owner: Joyce Russ Advertising Pty. Ltd. · Inventors: Russ, Peter
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The present invention relates to a navigation system and to a method of providing a visual image of a route between a first position and a second position by calculating an optimised route through a plurality of adjacent points between the two positions. The system includes a plurality of video clips, each video clip representative of a route between two adjacent points. The video clips may be an actual video of the route or may be artificially generated. A user selects a destination from either their current or nominated starting position. A processor calculates an optimised route between said two locations using adjacent points and then displays on a visual screen a continuous …
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- Filed January 28, 1999. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended January 28, 2019.
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