http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/03/tomtom-patent-reveals-camera-based-gps-unit/ Engadget Comments for TomTom patent reveals camera-based GPS unit http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/03/tomtom-patent-reveals-camera-based-gps-unit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/03/tomtom-patent-reveals-camera-based-gps-unit/Dec 12th 2008 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/03/tomtom-patent-reveals-camera-based-gps-unit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/03/tomtom-patent-reveals-camera-based-gps-unit/Jul 3rd 2007 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/03/tomtom-patent-reveals-camera-based-gps-unit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/03/tomtom-patent-reveals-camera-based-gps-unit/Jul 3rd 2007 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/03/tomtom-patent-reveals-camera-based-gps-unit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/03/tomtom-patent-reveals-camera-based-gps-unit/Jul 3rd 2007 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/03/tomtom-patent-reveals-camera-based-gps-unit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/03/tomtom-patent-reveals-camera-based-gps-unit/
WORLD's SCARIEST POLICE CHASE GPS EDITION.]]>Jul 3rd 2007 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/03/tomtom-patent-reveals-camera-based-gps-unit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/03/tomtom-patent-reveals-camera-based-gps-unit/Jul 3rd 2007 12:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/03/tomtom-patent-reveals-camera-based-gps-unit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/03/tomtom-patent-reveals-camera-based-gps-unit/Jul 3rd 2007 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/03/tomtom-patent-reveals-camera-based-gps-unit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/03/tomtom-patent-reveals-camera-based-gps-unit/
My Garmin really can't improve a whole lot more without actually becoming a hazardous distraction.]]>Jul 3rd 2007 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/03/tomtom-patent-reveals-camera-based-gps-unit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/03/tomtom-patent-reveals-camera-based-gps-unit/Jul 3rd 2007 12:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/03/tomtom-patent-reveals-camera-based-gps-unit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/03/tomtom-patent-reveals-camera-based-gps-unit/Jul 3rd 2007 12:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/03/tomtom-patent-reveals-camera-based-gps-unit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/03/tomtom-patent-reveals-camera-based-gps-unit/Jul 3rd 2007 1:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/03/tomtom-patent-reveals-camera-based-gps-unit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/03/tomtom-patent-reveals-camera-based-gps-unit/Jul 3rd 2007 1:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/03/tomtom-patent-reveals-camera-based-gps-unit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/03/tomtom-patent-reveals-camera-based-gps-unit/But like some comments already pointed out... this will only be REALLY nice when we can get those on the windscreen.
No need for fancy stuff... just some arrows flashing around would be enough.
Waiting paciently for flexible transparent OLED technology to get to the market...]]>Jul 3rd 2007 2:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/03/tomtom-patent-reveals-camera-based-gps-unit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/03/tomtom-patent-reveals-camera-based-gps-unit/
GM has offered a HUD system since 2002.
http://www.reviewsonline.com/auto/02GMTECH.htm

If only for safety reasons, it would be a lot better to show the directions on the windshield instead a small Tomtom monitor. And it would look a lot cooler. ]]>Jul 3rd 2007 3:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/03/tomtom-patent-reveals-camera-based-gps-unit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/03/tomtom-patent-reveals-camera-based-gps-unit/just to mention the original source of this story is my article on www.gpsbusinessnews.com published on June 28.
http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/index.php?action=article&numero=240
the source you mention Pocketinfo.nl has just copied my article released in the premium part of our website. Not only this information was copied but not even correctly transcripted!
As of today the registration to www.gpsbusinessnews.com is free so I invite you to subscribe to get premium journalistic content about the GPS market.
Best regards,
Ludovic Privat
Editor
GPS Business News]]>Jul 3rd 2007 3:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/03/tomtom-patent-reveals-camera-based-gps-unit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/03/tomtom-patent-reveals-camera-based-gps-unit/Jul 3rd 2007 5:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/03/tomtom-patent-reveals-camera-based-gps-unit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/03/tomtom-patent-reveals-camera-based-gps-unit/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/darpa/
]]>Jul 3rd 2007 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/03/tomtom-patent-reveals-camera-based-gps-unit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/03/tomtom-patent-reveals-camera-based-gps-unit/Jul 3rd 2007 9:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/03/tomtom-patent-reveals-camera-based-gps-unit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/03/tomtom-patent-reveals-camera-based-gps-unit/very similar concept of this to korean & US patent office Feb. 04 but
rejected(Submit num. for Korea 10-2004-0009748 and Title is "Car
navigation device using forward real video and control method
therefor"). To right now, I don't know why my patent was rejected. If
someone wants to know further, let me know, pl. thanks...:-)]]>Jul 17th 2007 10:32PM