Remote Entry Navigation System
A remote entry navigation system streamlines a navigation process by generating routing directions to a destination transmitted by a mobile position identification unit. A remote entry navigation system includes a receiver that receives location data representing a desired location from a remote mobile position identification unit. An in-vehicle memory retains the location data. A vehicle processor generates routing directions to the desired location based on at least two elements included within the location data.
1 . A system that generates directions to a desired location based on location data received from a remote mobile position identification device, comprising:
a receiver that converts an analog signal into a data structure that includes remote location data representing a desired location;
an in-vehicle database in communication with the receiver that retains the data structure; and
a vehicle processor that generates routing directions to the desired location based on at least two elements included within the data structure.
2 . The system of claim 1 , where the location data comprises latitudinal and longitudinal data.
3 . The system of claim 1 , where the location data comprises Global Positioning Satellite signal data.
4 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising an interface that outputs the routing directions.
5 . The system of claim 4 , where the interface comprises an audio device.
6 . The system of claim 4 , where the interface comprises a display device.
7 . The system of claim 6 , where the display device overlays the routing directions on a graphical map.
8 . A system that generates directions to a desired location based on an image, comprising:
a receiver that converts an analog signal into a data structure that includes image data and location data;
an in-vehicle database in communication with the receiver that retains the data structure; and
a routing module that generates directions to a location of the image based on the data structure without processing a user selection or input.
9 . The system of claim 8 , where the location data comprises bearing data.
10 . The system of claim 8 , where the location data comprises latitudinal data and longitudinal data.
11 . The system of claim 10 , further comprising a display device that displays an image associated with the image data.
12 . The system of claim 11 , where the display device displays a miniature version of the image.
13 . The system of claim 12 , where the display device graphically displays the routing directions.
14 . In a computer implemented method that facilitates navigation to a location through an image, comprising:
receiving a non-user specific data structure that links an image to a location;
identifying a location of the image using at least two elements within the data structure; and
generating directions to the location based on the data structure,
where the method enables vehicle navigation to a location of the image without the need to select or enter a destination.
15 . The method of claim 14 , where the data structure comprise longitudinal data and latitudinal data.
16 . The method of claim 14 , further comprising delivering the route directions to a user.
17 . The method of claim 16 , where the act of delivering the routing directions to the user comprises displaying the routing directions on a display device.
18 . The method of claim 17 , further comprising displaying the image on the display device.
19 . The method of claim 18 , where the image is displayed in a miniature version.
20 . The method of claim 14 , where the data structure is received from a mobile phone.
21 . The method of claim 20 , where the mobile phone further comprise a digital camera.
22 . The method of claim 14 , where the data structure is received from a GPS enabled digital camera.