Patent ID: 6650999
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: B60R,G01C,G01S,G08G

Abstract:
A device for assisting a driver in finding his parked vehicle, the device comprising:a navigation system disposed on the vehicle for determining at least one of position data of the vehicle and data about a traveled route; a data transmission unit for connection to said navigation system to receive at least one of said position data of the vehicle and said data about the traveled route, said data transmission unit transmitting at least one of said position data of the vehicle and said data about the traveled route in one of a wireless and a wire-bound manner; a mobile terminal unit to be carried by the driver when leaving the vehicle, said mobile terminal unit comprising means for at least temporary accommodation of a memory unit; said mobile terminal unit receiving said data transmitted by said data transmission unit via a data transmission link and storing said data in said memory unit, wherein said data transmission link has a transmission range which is restricted to one of an interior and a direct vicinity of the vehicle; and a display unit for connection to said mobile terminal unit to display at least one of said position data of the vehicle and said data about the traveled route, as stored in said memory unit, for observation by the driver.