Patent ID: 7516012
Filing Date: 2009-04-07
Classification: G01C

Abstract:
1. Navigation system comprising: a housing incorporating an electrical connector, a display, a memory reading device, and computing means connected to the display and provided for calculating a route from a selectable starting location to a selectable end location and for leading an user along said calculated route to the selected end location by displaying route information on the display, said housing being removably attached to a base member, said base member comprising means for mounting the base member to a dashboard of a vehicle, wherein a power supply cable is led out of the base member, said power supply cable having a plug at the end of the power supply cable projecting out of the base member for connecting the power supply cable to a respective power supply socket of the vehicle, and wherein a satellite position detection receiver for determination of the actual position of the satellite position detection receiver is connectable to said base member, said base member comprising an electrical connector for engagement with the electrical connector of the housing and being provided for leading at least a signal of the satellite position detection receiver and the supply power into the housing, and wherein said base member comprises a radio receiver and an antenna connected to said radio receiver, said radio receiver providing for extracting traffic messages from radio programs received by said radio receiver and forwarding extracted traffic messages to the computing means in the housing.