Navigation application providing supplemental navigation information

• US 10,371,543 B1
• Filed: 01/04/2017
• Issued: 08/06/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Open Invention Network LLC
• Original Assignee: Open Invention Network LLC
• Inventors: Ledet, David Gerard
• Primary Examiner(s): To, Tuan C
• Application Number:
  US15/397,904
• Time in Patent Office: 944 Days
• Field of Search: 701532
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3415 Dynamic re-routing, e.g. recalculating the route when the user deviates from calculated route or after detecting real-time traffic data or accidents
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/343 Calculating itineraries, i.e. routes leading from a starting point to a series of categorical destinations using a global route restraint, round trips, touristic trips travelling salesman problem G06Q10/04; optimisation of routes G06Q10/047
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3484 Personalized, e.g. from learned user behaviour or user-defined profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3629 Guidance using speech or audio output, e.g. text-to-speech text to speech systems per se G10L13/00
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3635 Guidance using 3D or perspective road maps
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/365 Guidance using head up displays or projectors, e.g. virtual vehicles or arrows projected on the windscreen or on the road itself
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3667 Display of a road map G01C21/3614 takes precedence; guidance using 3D or perspective road maps G01C21/3635
• 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 21/3697 Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level G01C21/3679 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/13 Receivers
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0141 characterised by the informative content of the display
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0103 comprising holographic elements
• CPC Class Codes: G03H 1/0005 Adaptation of holography to specific applications holographic optical element G02B5/32; holographic scanner G02B26/106; recognition using holographic mask G06V10/88; holographic memories G11B7/0065, G11C13/042
• CPC Class Codes: G03H 1/08 Synthesising holograms, i.e. holograms synthesized from objects or objects from hologramsusing electric digital computers G06F; G06T
• CPC Class Codes: G03H 1/2249 Holobject properties
• CPC Class Codes: G03H 2001/0077 for optical manipulation, e.g. holographic optical tweezers [HOT]
• CPC Class Codes: G03H 2210/30 3D object
• CPC Class Codes: G03H 3/00 Holographic processes or apparatus using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves for obtaining holograms; Processes or apparatus for obtaining an optical image from them G03H1/22 takes precedence; acoustic non-destructive testing using holographic methods G01N29/0663; seismology using acoustic vibrations G01V1/00; non-holographic methods for visualizing acoustic waves G10K15/00

Abstract

Navigation applications may utilize various input data to determine various navigation routes. One example method of operating may include providing at least one navigation instruction to a navigation device via a navigation application, detecting the at least one instruction via a detection application, obtaining an image of a physical object, performing a holo-acoustic object manipulation of the physical object, and providing a visual display of the holo-acoustic manipulation as an additional navigation instruction.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

creating at least one navigation instruction for a navigation device via a navigation application;

detecting the at least one navigation instruction via a detection application;

creating at least one additional navigation instruction comprising additional information related to the at least one navigation instruction via the detection application, wherein the additional navigation instruction is based on a call command to identify one or more nearby stores to an upcoming intersection where a change in direction occurs from a current navigation street to another street; and

providing the at least one navigation instruction and the at least one additional navigation instruction to at least one of a speaker and a display of the navigation device, wherein the at least one navigation instruction provides the change in direction from the current navigation street to the another street, and wherein the at least one additional navigation instruction provides at least one of an audio and a visual command, indicating a nearby visual object identified by the display as the one or more nearby stores, to perform the change in direction at the nearby visual object located at a location where the change in direction from the current navigation street to the another street occurs.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one navigation instruction comprises at least one of an audio command and a display command on a user interface of the navigation device.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying the at least one navigation instruction as an audio command;

processing the audio command to identify a present location via the detection application; and

identifying the visual object within a predefined distance of the present location.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one additional navigation instruction comprises an audio command.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one additional navigation instruction comprises a visual command.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

identifying at least one prompt from the audio command via the detection application; and

creating the at least one additional navigation instruction based on the at least one prompt, and wherein the at least one prompt comprises an additional audio command describing the visual object located at the change in direction location point and to turn at an upcoming intersection.

7. An apparatus, comprising:

a receiver configured to receive at least one navigation instruction at a navigation device via a navigation application;

a processor configured to

detect the at least one navigation instruction via a detection application, and

create at least one additional navigation instruction comprising additional information related to the at least one navigation instruction via the detection application, wherein the additional navigation instruction is based on a call command to identify one or more nearby stores to an upcoming intersection where a change in direction occurs from a current navigation street to another street; and

provide the at least one navigation instruction and the at least one additional navigation instruction to at least one of a speaker and a display of the navigation device, wherein the at least one navigation instruction provides the change in direction from the current navigation street to the another street, and wherein the at least one additional navigation instruction provides at least one of an audio and a visual command, indicating a nearby visual object identified by the display as the one or more nearby stores, to perform the change in direction at the nearby visual object located at a location where the change in direction from the current navigation street to the another street occurs.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the at least one navigation instruction comprises at least one of an audio command and a display command on a user interface of the navigation device.

9. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to

identify the at least one navigation instruction as an audio command,

process the audio command to identify a present location via the detection application, and

identify the visual object within a predefined distance of the present location.

10. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the at least one additional navigation instruction comprises an audio command.

11. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the at least one additional navigation instruction comprises a visual command.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to

identify at least one prompt from the audio command via the detection application, and

create the at least one additional navigation instruction based on the at least one prompt, and wherein the at least one prompt comprises an additional audio command describing the visual object located at the change in direction location point and to turn at an upcoming intersection.

13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store instructions that when executed causes a processor to perform:

creating at least one navigation instruction for a navigation device via a navigation application;

detecting the at least one navigation instruction via a detection application;

creating at least one additional navigation instruction comprising additional information related to the at least one navigation instruction via the detection application, wherein the additional navigation instruction is based on a call command to identify one or more nearby stores to an upcoming intersection where a change in direction occurs from a current navigation street to another street; and

providing the at least one navigation instruction and the at least one additional navigation instruction to at least one of a speaker and a display of the navigation device, wherein the at least one navigation instruction provides the change in direction from the current navigation street to the another street, and wherein the at least one additional navigation instruction provides at least one of an audio and a visual command, indicating a nearby visual object identified by the display as the one or more nearby stores, to perform the change in direction at the nearby visual object located at a location where the change in direction from the current navigation street to the another street occurs.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the at least one navigation instruction comprises at least one of an audio command and a display command on a user interface of the navigation device.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to perform:

identifying the at least one navigation instruction as an audio command;

processing the audio command to identify a present location via the detection application; and

identifying the visual object within a predefined distance of the present location.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the at least one additional navigation instruction comprises an audio command or a visual command.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to perform:

identifying at least one prompt from the audio command via the detection application; and

creating the at least one additional navigation instruction based on the at least one prompt, and wherein the at least one prompt comprises an additional audio command describing the visual object located at the change in direction location point and to turn at an upcoming intersection.