Providing road guidance based on road attributes and directions

• US 10,036,649 B2
• Filed: 09/16/2016
• Issued: 07/31/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Konno, Kazuhiro, Saito, Akira, Takahashi, Yuhichi, Uenohara, Hayato
• Primary Examiner(s): Marc, McDieunel
• Application Number:
  US15/267,428
• Publication Number:
  US 20180080789A1
• Time in Patent Office: 683 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3664 Details of the user input interface, e.g. buttons, knobs or sliders, including those provided on a touch screen; remote controllers; input using gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/367 Details, e.g. road map scale, orientation, zooming, illumination, level of detail, scrolling of road map or positioning of current position marker
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3676 Overview of the route on the road map

Abstract

A method, a computer program product, and a computer system for providing road guidance on a navigation system. The navigation system determines a moving direction of a cursor on a map of the navigation system, wherein the cursor is movable by a user. The navigation system obtains a road near the cursor. The navigation system determines whether one or more attributes of the road coincide with predetermined attribute settings. The navigation system determines whether a direction of the road coincides with the moving direction of the cursor, in response to determining that the one or more attributes of the road coincide with the predetermined attribute settings. The navigation system determines to provide guidance, in response to determining that the direction of the road coincides with the moving direction of the cursor.

Claims

1. A method for providing road guidance on a navigation system, the method comprising:

determining, by the navigation system, a moving direction of a cursor on a map of the navigation system, the cursor being movable by a user;

obtaining, by the navigation system, a road near the cursor;

determining, by the navigation system, whether one or more attributes of the road coincide with predetermined attribute settings;

determining, by the navigation system, whether a direction of the road coincides with the moving direction of the cursor, in response to determining that the one or more attributes of the road coincide with the predetermined attribute settings; and

determining, by the navigation system, to provide guidance, in response to determining that the direction of the road coincides with the moving direction of the cursor.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

drawing, by the navigation system, the cursor into the road, so as to provide the guidance.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by the navigation system, not to provide guidance, in response to determining that the direction of the road does not coincide with the moving direction of the cursor; and

rejecting, by the navigation system, the cursor from entering the road.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the guidance is provided by a sensation force feedback to the user through a remote controller.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the guidance is provided on the map by a visual effect.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more attributes include at least a type of the road.