Patent ID: 6687615
Filing Date: 2004-02-03
Classification: G01C,G08G

Abstract:
An electronic navigational aid device with detour route calculation capabilities, comprising:a processor; a memory adapted to communicate with the processor, the memory having cartographic data and a desired destination, the cartographic data including data indicative of thoroughfares of a plurality of types; a display connected to the processor and capable of displaying the cartographic data; wherein the device is adapted to process the device's location and travel along a planned route; wherein the device is adapted to dynamically calculate a new route to the desired destination with a preference for avoiding a particular portion of a thoroughfare or one or more different thoroughfares in a previous route; and wherein the device determines data indicative of a set of travel habits for the device on each of the plurality of types of thoroughfares and stores the travel habit data in the memory.