Patent ID: 9064413
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: G01C,G07C,G08G,H03J

Abstract:
1. An application control system for use in a navigation system of a vehicle comprising: a current region detector that detects a current region where the vehicle is operating; an application storage that stores in a retrievable manner, a plurality of map data handling software applications, each of the plurality of map data handling software applications being associated with a map data format from among a plurality of map data formats, each of a plurality of preset regions being associated with a map data format from among the plurality of map data formats; and a control unit, wherein the control unit determines if the current region is one of the plurality of preset regions, and when it is determined that the current region is one of the plurality of preset regions, the control unit determines a map data format associated with the current region, and further determines a map data handling software application associated with the map data format associated with the current region; the control unit further determines whether the map data handling software application associated with the map data format associated with the current region is currently being executed by the control unit; when the control unit determines that the map data handling software application associated with the map data format associated with the current region is currently being executed by the control unit, the control unit continues to execute the map data handling software application associated with the map data format associated with the current region; when the control unit determines that the map data handling software application associated with the map data format associated with the current region is not currently being executed by the control unit, the control unit determines whether the map data handling software application associated with the map data format associated with the current region is stored in the application storage; and when the control unit determines that the map data handling software application associated with the map data format associated with the current region is stored in the application storage, the control unit retrieves and executes the map data handling software application associated with the map data format associated with the current region.