Patent ID: 7139661
Filing Date: 2006-11-21
Classification: G01C

Abstract:
1. A system for providing at least one of information and control for a vehicle, comprising: a positioning unit for determining a current geographic position of the vehicle; a map unit storing information regarding at least one travel route available for the vehicle, including information regarding properties of a plurality of sections of the at least one travel route, information regarding each section of the at least one travel route being stored in correlation with a corresponding geographic position along the at least one travel route; and an interface unit for providing selective output of information from the map unit as a function of the current geographic position of the vehicle, including information regarding properties of a selected section of the at least one travel route stored in the map unit, when the distance of the vehicle from a geographic position corresponding to the information regarding the selected section of the at least one travel route is less than a limit value, wherein the interface unit is configured to control a plurality of function groups of the vehicle as a function of the information regarding properties of the selected section of the at least one travel route, wherein: