Patent ID: 9568334
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: G01C,G01S

Claim:
1. A method for improving safety for use with a navigation GPS map system that can display the current location of a vehicle that contains the navigation system on a map generated by the system and in which a wireless communication device is being used in the vehicle, the method warning of an approaching point of interest selected from a traffic light, a school zone, or a railway crossing that the vehicle is approaching, comprising exercising the following steps by means of as computer program: (a) determining the current location of the vehicle; (b) determining the GPS location of the point of interest; (c) determining if the location of the point of interest is within a predetermined distance from the point of interest; (d) determining if the vehicle is moving; and (e) determining if the wireless communication device is in an active voice mode whereupon an icon of the point of interest is displayed only if such determination is positive.