Providing road guidance based on road attributes and directions

• US 10,041,806 B2
• Filed: 10/25/2017
• Issued: 08/07/2018
• 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:
  US15/793,430
• Publication Number:
  US 20180080790A1
• Time in Patent Office: 286 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 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 computer program product for providing road guidance on a navigation system, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, the program code executable to:

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

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

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

determine, 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

determine, 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 computer program product of claim 1, further comprising the program code executable to:

draw, by the navigation system, the cursor into the road, in response to determining to providing the guidance.

3. The computer program product of claim 1, further comprising the program code executable to:

determine, 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

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

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

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

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

7. A computer system for providing road guidance on a navigation system, the computer system comprising:

one or more processors, one or more computer readable tangible storage devices, and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more computer readable tangible storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions executable to;

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

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

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

determine, 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

determine, 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.

8. The computer system of claim 7, further comprising the program instructions executable to:

draw, by the navigation system, the cursor into the road, in response to determining to providing the guidance.

9. The computer system of claim 7, further comprising the program instructions executable to:

determine, 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

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

10. The computer system of claim 7, wherein the guidance is provided by a sensation force feedback to the user through a remote controller.

11. The computer system of claim 7, wherein the guidance is provided on the map by a visual effect.

12. The computer system of claim 7, wherein the one or more attributes include at least a type of the road.