A vehicle computer system includes a display and a processor in communication with the display. The processor is programmed to output a user interface that includes a map portion on the display, wherein the map portion includes map images indicative of at least road geometry and street names, and output on the user interface a route guidance portion including one or more guidance routes indicative of a programmed route to a destination. The processor is also further programmed to output a maneuver portion indicative of an upcoming maneuver associated with the programmed route, wherein the maneuver portion includes a maneuvering street sign image indicative of an upcoming street associated with the upcoming maneuver, wherein the maneuvering street sign image is programmed to flash at a predetermined rate upon approaching the upcoming maneuver.

A driving assistance system includes: a planned travel route obtaining unit that obtains a planned travel route for a vehicle; a switching point obtaining unit that obtains a switching point from a driving assistance section to a non-assistance section on the planned travel route; and a guide control unit that displays an indication for announcing switching from the driving assistance section to the non-assistance section, from a point shifted to a near side by a predetermined section from the switching point on the planned travel route.

A three-dimensional information processing method includes: obtaining, via a communication channel, map data that includes first three-dimensional position information; generating second three-dimensional position information from information detected by a sensor; judging whether one of the first three-dimensional position information and the second three-dimensional position information is abnormal by performing, on one of the first three-dimensional position information and the second three-dimensional position information, a process of judging whether an abnormality is present; determining a coping operation to cope with the abnormality when one of the first three-dimensional position information and the second three-dimensional position information is judged to be abnormal; and executing a control that is required to perform the coping operation.

The present application discloses systems and methods for performing location-based actions. The methods may include obtaining, by an electronic device, location information associated with the electronic device with respect to a reference location. The methods may further include determining, by the electronic device, whether the location information changes from a first status to a second status. The methods may further include performing, by the electronic device, a predetermined action upon determining that the location information changes from the first status to the second status. The location information may relate to a speed, a direction, an acceleration, a geographic location of the electronic device, and/or a distance between the electronic device and the reference location.

A computer-implemented method of using telematics data associated with an originating vehicle at a destination vehicle is provided. The method includes receiving telematics data associated with the originating vehicle by (1) a mobile device, or (2) a smart vehicle controller associated with a driver, and analyzing the telematics data to determine that a travel event exists. If the travel event exists, the method may determine if the travel event presents an issue or problem for the vehicle (or driver) by determining that a GPS location of the travel event is located along the current travel route of the vehicle and, if so, automatically taking a preventive or corrective action that alleviates a negative impact of the travel event on the driver or vehicle to facilitate safer or more efficient vehicle travel. Insurance discounts may be provided based upon the risk mitigation or prevention functionality, or usage thereof.

An information distributing device includes a provision information transmitting unit configured to transmit provision information to be provided to a user of a terminal device to the terminal device. The terminal device includes a vehicle interface configured to communicate with a vehicle, a vehicle information acquiring unit configured to acquire parking state information indicating whether or not the vehicle has parked through the vehicle interface, and a provision control unit configured to control whether or not the provision information is to be displayed on a display screen of the terminal device on the basis of the parking state information.

An exemplary geospatial navigation system provides, to a user of a mobile navigation device, navigational guidance along a route from a starting location to a destination location. The geospatial navigation system also identifies a first transportation mode being employed by the user to traverse the route. While the navigational guidance is being provided, the geospatial navigation system receives sensor data generated by a sensor within the mobile navigation device, and determines, based on the sensor data, that the user switches from the first transportation mode to a second transportation mode. In response to the determining that the user switches from the first to the second transportation mode, the geospatial navigation system suspends and/or engages one or more features of the navigational guidance being provided to the user. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.

The preview damping control includes an ECU. When the vehicle is traveling within a communications disruption area in which a radio communication device is hard to communicate with a cloud, the ECU uses road surface displacement correlating information that has been stored in an on-board memory device in advance for the communications disruption area so as to perform a preview damping control.

An apparatus and method of providing a contextual-information-based service are provided. The method includes acquiring information of at least one content posted through a first service based on information on activities of the first service of a user, transmitting the acquired information on the at least one content to a terminal, when any one of the information on the at least one content is selected by the terminal, generating at least one route information for arrival at a time of forming a similar environment to an environment when content corresponding to the selected content information is generated, based on contextual information of the content corresponding to the selected content information, and transmitting the generated at least one route information to the terminal.

Controlling a vehicle using contextual navigation assistance can include defining a context for the vehicle using sensor data for a plurality of time points while the vehicle traverses between a starting and stopping location, the context being one of multiple contexts, and each associated with at least one candidate variable for inclusion in an ordered representation of information, classifying the vehicle into a phase of multiple phases associated with different proximities of the vehicle to a maneuver, each phase associated with at least one candidate variable for inclusion in the ordered representation, and generating, using the phase and the context, the ordered representation. The ordered representation is ranked from most likely to least likely information that is necessary, during a current phase, to successfully complete the maneuver. The ordered representation is produced by a user interface so that it can be used to control the vehicle.