Patent ID: 8922397
Filing Date: 2014-12-30
Classification: G01C

Abstract:
1. A method of locating a stationary vehicle with a fob comprising: receiving vehicle location (VL) coordinates transmitted from the vehicle, the VL coordinates being determined by a vehicle Global Positioning System (GPS) unit included in the vehicle to represent a GPS-based position of the vehicle; receiving points of interest (POI) coordinates transmitted from the vehicle, the POI coordinates being determined by the vehicle unit included in the vehicle, the POI coordinates representing a GPS-based position for each of a plurality of POIs, the POIs corresponding with stationary objects within a vicinity of the vehicle; displaying a direction to the vehicle on a display of the fob, the displayed direction being determined as a function of the VL and POI coordinates transmitted to the fob to represent positioning of the vehicle relative to the POIs; receiving at least two different POI coordinates and displaying the direction to the vehicle relative a selected one of the POI coordinates; displaying the at least two different POI coordinates on the fob, the selected one of the POI coordinates corresponding with a user selection of one of the at least two different POI coordinates displayed on the fob; and after displaying the direction to the vehicle, displaying another direction to the vehicle with display of a second directional arrow, the second directional arrow being displayed upon subsequent selection of another one of the POI coordinates, the second directional arrow being displayed to originate proximate to the another one of the POI coordinates and to terminate proximate the displayed icon, the length and the angle of the first directional arrow remaining constant during user movement occurring after user selection of the selected one of the POI coordinates and prior to selection of the another one of the POI coordinates.