DE19601334A1 - Entering destination into navigation system of motor vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

The method involves calling up a mobile telephone subscriber associated with the destination to obtain destination information. A car telephone (6) associated with the vehicle (1) can be used as the mobile telephone. The destination information can be placed in the subscriber's (2) permanently installed telephone (3) and/or in the associated communications node (7) and transferred to the mobile telephone in coded form. Destination coordinates can be transferred.

Description

State of the art

The invention relates to a method for Einpro gramming a destination in a navigation system nes vehicle, especially a motor vehicle.

It is known vehicles, especially motor vehicles testify to equip with navigation systems that as Special equipment is available in the vehicle. Of the Vehicle driver or a vehicle occupant gives in that Navigation system destination information of the destination a. This can be done, for example, by specifying Ko ordinates of the destination or address input (place, Street) via the control panel of the navigation system respectively. The navigation system then determines the route and begins route guidance, so that the vehicle driver easily to the desired destination is directed.  

It is also known to vehicles with a mobilte phone, especially with a car phone Most, preferably phones with digital Transmission technology are used.

The aforementioned navigation system is independent from the mentioned car phone, which is also preferred wise available as special equipment in the vehicle is. The above-mentioned entry of the destination information mations in the navigation system is relatively around constant and expensive and therefore improvement dig.

Advantages of the invention

The programming method according to the invention of a destination in the navigation system of a driving stuff is done in a simple way by use of the driver's mobile phone relation way of the vehicle by calling the destination and the destination then destination information by telephone, especially with digital Transmission technology that feeds the vehicle, which then easily available to the navigation system stand. This target information is either which is shown on a display of the mobile phone, for example a simple code, which is then from the Driver manually in the navigation system is entered or there is an automatic Enter the target information by Mobile phone received and automatically the Naviga tion system as target programming the. A complex and cumbersome typing egg nes destination. Instead he needs Driver only the phone number of his  Enter destination into the car phone. The so far completely independent systems car phone and Naviga tion system according to the invention in combination used. Since in the majority of all cases the target to be driven to a driver with a stationary phone is equipped, for example wise when business people want to visit a company len, the invention has a high practical Value.

The participant's target information is in be stored in a permanently installed telephone or in its associated node switch. Calls the driver uses the permanently installed telephone the target information stored there from the phone directly or from its node ver call center and radio to the Mon biltelefon, especially as a code.

drawing

An embodiment of the invention is in the Drawing shown.

Description of the embodiment

The figure shows a vehicle 1 , which is located at a location A. At another location B there is a subscriber 2 who has a permanently installed telephone 3 .

It is assumed that the driver who wants to drive his vehicle 1 at location A to location B, that is, location B is his destination. The vehicle 1 is equipped with a navigation system 4 and 5 using a mobile phone, in particular a car telephone 6, wherein the Autote lephone is coupled with the navigation system 4. 6 The stationary telephone 3 is connected to a node switching center 7 , from which the telephone calls are transmitted by radio to the vehicle 1 and vice versa.

To program the destination coordinates of the location B into the navigation system 4, the driver uses the car phone 6 . He only calls subscriber 2 by dialing subscriber 2's telephone number on car phone 6 . Then the connection is built in the direction of arrow 8 . Once this has taken place, the fixed telephone 3 of subscriber 2 recognizes the call and transmits a code back to vehicle 1 (arrow 9 ). This code, which corresponds to the destination information of the destination B, is thus received by the car phone 6 and automatically supplied to the navigation system 4 so that it receives the destination information in a simple manner and can then begin the route search and route guidance.

Unless the code is stored directly in the telephone 3 of the subscriber 2 , the node switching center 7 or a correspondingly different facility can also be used as a depository for the target information of the corresponding destination, according to another embodiment of the invention. This means that when the subscriber 2 calls, the node exchange 7 recognizes which subscriber it is and transmits the code assigned to subscriber 2 to vehicle 1 .

Claims (4)

1. A method for programming a destination into a navigation system of a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, characterized in that the destination information can be supplied to the navigation system by calling a subscriber assigned to the destination by mobile phone. 2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in net that as a mobile phone assigned to the vehicle netes car phone is used. 3. Method according to one of the preceding claims che, characterized in that the target information of the participant in his permanently installed Telephone and / or in its node exchange or the like deposited and to the mobile phone fon, especially as a code. 4. The method according to any one of the preceding claims che, characterized in that as the target information target coordinates are transferred.