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User interface for displaying navigation information in a small display

  • US 10,309,797 B2
  • Filed: 12/19/2014
  • Issued: 06/04/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • identifying, by a computing device, a current location using a global positioning service communications circuit and a current path using a map database on which the computing device is located;

    identifying, by the computing device, one or more upcoming locations not on the current path;

    for each of the one or more upcoming locations,identifying an upcoming location path to an upcoming location of the one or more upcoming locations;

    identifying an intersection of the current path and the upcoming location path;

    identifying a point located on the upcoming location path, the point located a predetermined distance from the intersection and a distance from the upcoming location; and

    determining a relative direction vector corresponding to the upcoming location, the corresponding relative direction vector representing a direction from the current location to the point; and

    generating, by the computing device, a display comprising a label identifying each of the one or more upcoming locations, wherein a display position of each of the labels is based on the relative direction vector corresponding to the upcoming location.

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