Patent ID: 7139661

Claim:
A system for providing at least one of information and control for a vehicle, comprising: a positioning unit for determining a current geographic position of the vehicle; a map unit storing information regarding at least one travel route available for the vehicle, including information regarding properties of a plurality of sections of the at least one travel route, information regarding each section of the at least one travel route being stored in correlation with a corresponding geographic position along the at least one travel route; and an interface unit for providing selective output of information from the map unit as a function of the current geographic position of the vehicle, including information regarding properties of a selected section of the at least one travel route stored in the map unit, when the distance of the vehicle from a geographic position corresponding to the information regarding the selected section of the at least one travel route is less than a limit value, wherein the interface unit is configured to control a plurality of function groups of the vehicle as a function of the information regarding properties of the selected section of the at least one travel route, wherein: a predetermined direction is assigned to the information regarding properties of the selected section of the at least one travel route, the interface unit outputs the information regarding properties of the selected section only when the vehicle is approaching along the predetermined direction, the limit value is different than zero, the geographic position of the information regarding properties of the selected section of the at least one travel route is within the selected section of the at least one travel route, and the limit value is determined as a function of a speed of the vehicle.