Transit navigation

• US 10,533,865 B2
• Filed: 11/28/2018
• Issued: 01/14/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Hajj, Usama M., Van Os, Marcel, Andrich, Brian, Leighton, Ian, O'Beirne, Justin, Hodge, David, Wachsman, Eleanor Cady, Kelso, Nathaniel V., Reiner, Aaron A., McGravan, Christine B., Yue, Wesley, Grundstrom, Eric L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Dager, Jonathan M
• Application Number:
  US16/202,966
• Publication Number:
  US 20190094033A1
• Time in Patent Office: 412 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3423 Multimodal routing, i.e. combining two or more modes of transportation, where the modes can be any of, e.g. driving, walking, cycling, public transport
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3484 Personalized, e.g. from learned user behaviour or user-defined profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/36 Input/output arrangements for on-board computers
• 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: G06F 16/9038 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0125 Traffic data processing
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/123 indicating the position of vehicles, e.g. scheduled vehicles; Managing passenger vehicles circulating according to a fixed timetable, e.g. buses, trains, tramstransmission of navigation instructions to vehicles G08G1/0968

Abstract

Some embodiments provide a map application that identifies a transit route that includes one or more transit legs between a starting location and a destination location. In response to a request to start navigating the identified transit route, the map application of some embodiments provides a first display area for displaying a set of navigation instructions, each of which describes a transit maneuver that is associated with a transit leg of the transit route. The map application also provides a second display area for displaying a map region presentation associated with the navigation instruction that is displayed in the first display area.

Claims

1. A non-transitory machine readable medium storing a map application executable by at least one processing unit of a device, the device comprising a touch sensitive display screen, the map application comprising sets of instructions for:

presenting, in a first display area of the map application, a first navigation instruction of a set of navigation instructions that describe transit maneuvers associated with a transit route;

presenting, in a second display area of the map application, a first map region associated with the first navigation instruction that is displayed in the first display area;

receiving, on the first display area, a touch and drag contact that scrolls the set of navigation instructions; and

responsive to the touch and drag contact, displaying a second navigation instruction of the set of navigation instructions in the first display area and a second map region presentation in the second display area, the second map region presentation associated with a portion of the transit route for which the second navigation instruction is displayed.

2. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 1, wherein the first display area displays a banner of a set of banners, wherein each banner of the set of banners corresponds to a navigation instruction of the set of navigation instructions.

3. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 1, wherein the map application comprises sets of instructions for:

receiving the touch and drag contact in a first direction;

detecting that scrolling the set of navigation instructions in the first direction corresponds to a next navigation instruction in the set of navigation instructions;

displaying, in the first display area, the next navigation instruction in the set of navigation instructions; and

displaying, in the second display area, the second map region presentation association with a portion of the transit route associated with the next navigation instruction.

4. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 3, wherein the map application comprises sets of instructions for:

receiving the touch and drag contact in a second direction, wherein the second direction is opposite the first direction;

detecting that scrolling the set of navigation instructions in the second direction corresponds to a previous navigation instruction in the set of navigation instructions;

displaying, in the first display area, the previous navigation instruction in the set of navigation instructions; and

displaying, in the second display area, the second map region presentation association with a portion of the transit route associated with the previous navigation instruction.

5. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 1, wherein the first navigation instruction includes a plurality of partial navigation instructions, and wherein the map application comprises sets of instructions for:

displaying, in the first display area, the plurality of partial navigation instructions, wherein each partial navigation instruction comprises one of a walking instruction, a transit vehicle boarding instruction, and a transit vehicle exiting instruction; and

displaying, in the second display area, a graphical representation that corresponds to each partial instruction of the plurality of partial navigation instructions.

6. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 1, wherein the first navigation instruction includes a departure schedule for a transit vehicle corresponding to a transit maneuver displayed in the first display area.

7. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 1, wherein the map application comprises sets of instructions for:

detecting a current location of the device;

determining that the first navigation instruction is currently being displayed in the first display area and the first map region presentation is currently being displayed in the second display area;

determining that the current location of the device is closer to the second map region than the first map region; and

after a predefined period of time during which no interaction is received on the touch sensitive display screen, automatically scrolling the set of navigation instructions to display the second navigation instruction in the first display area and displaying the second map region presentation in the second display area.

8. For a map application executing on a device, a method for providing transit navigation presentation, the method comprising:

presenting, in a first display area of the map application, a first navigation instruction of a set of navigation instructions that describe transit maneuvers associated with a transit route;

presenting, in a second display area of the map application, a first map region associated with the first navigation instruction that is displayed in the first display area;

receiving, on the first display area, a touch and drag contact that scrolls the set of navigation instructions; and

responsive to the touch and drag contact, displaying a second navigation instruction of the set of navigation instructions in the first display area and a second map region presentation in the second display area, the second map region presentation associated with a portion of the transit route for which the second navigation instruction is displayed.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the first display area displays a banner of a set of banners, wherein each banner of the set of banners corresponds to a navigation instruction of the set of navigation instructions.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

receiving the touch and drag contact in a first direction;

detecting that scrolling the set of navigation instructions in the first direction corresponds to a next navigation instruction in the set of navigation instructions;

displaying, in the first display area, the next navigation instruction in the set of navigation instructions; and

displaying, in the second display area, the second map region presentation association with a portion of the transit route associated with the next navigation instruction.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

receiving the touch and drag contact in a second direction, wherein the second direction is opposite the first direction;

detecting that scrolling the set of navigation instructions in the second direction corresponds to a previous navigation instruction in the set of navigation instructions;

displaying, in the first display area, the previous navigation instruction in the set of navigation instructions; and

displaying, in the second display area, the second map region presentation association with a portion of the transit route associated with the previous navigation instruction.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

displaying, in the first display area, the plurality of partial navigation instructions, wherein each partial navigation instruction comprises one of a walking instruction, a transit vehicle boarding instruction, and a transit vehicle exiting instruction; and

displaying, in the second display area, a graphical representation that corresponds to each partial instruction of the plurality of partial navigation instructions.

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising, upon selection of the UI item, replacing the current transit leg with the one or more alternative transit legs of the alternative route.

14. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

detecting a current location of the device;

determining that the first navigation instruction is currently being displayed in the first display area and the first map region presentation is currently being displayed in the second display area;

determining that the current location of the device is closer to the second map region than the first map region; and

after a predefined period of time during which no interaction is received on the touch sensitive display screen, automatically scrolling the set of navigation instructions to display the second navigation instruction in the first display area and displaying the second map region presentation in the second display area.

15. An electronic device comprising:

a set of processing units for executing sets of instructions; and

a non-transitory machine readable medium storing a map application which when executed by at least one of the processing units of the device provides a transit navigation presentation, the application comprising sets of instructions for;

presenting, in a first display area of the map application, a first navigation instruction of a set of navigation instructions that describe transit maneuvers associated with a transit route;

presenting, in a second display area of the map application, a first map region associated with the first navigation instruction that is displayed in the first display area;

receiving, on the first display area, a touch and drag contact that scrolls the set of navigation instructions; and

responsive to the touch and drag contact, displaying a second navigation instruction of the set of navigation instructions in the first display area and a second map region presentation in the second display area, the second map region presentation associated with a portion of the transit route for which the second navigation instruction is displayed.

16. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the first display area displays a banner of a set of banners, wherein each banner of the set of banners corresponds to a navigation instruction of the set of navigation instructions.

17. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the application comprises sets of instructions for:

receiving the touch and drag contact in a first direction;

detecting that scrolling the set of navigation instructions in the first direction corresponds to a next navigation instruction in the set of navigation instructions;

displaying, in the first display area, the next navigation instruction in the set of navigation instructions; and

displaying, in the second display area, the second map region presentation association with a portion of the transit route associated with the next navigation instruction.

18. The electronic device of claim 17, wherein the application comprises sets of instructions for:

receiving the touch and drag contact in a second direction, wherein the second direction is opposite the first direction;

detecting that scrolling the set of navigation instructions in the second direction corresponds to a previous navigation instruction in the set of navigation instructions;

displaying, in the first display area, the previous navigation instruction in the set of navigation instructions; and

displaying, in the second display area, the second map region presentation association with a portion of the transit route associated with the previous navigation instruction.

19. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the first navigation instruction includes a plurality of partial navigation instructions, and wherein the map application comprises sets of instructions for:

displaying, in the first display area, the plurality of partial navigation instructions, wherein each partial navigation instruction comprises one of a walking instruction, a transit vehicle boarding instruction, and a transit vehicle exiting instruction; and

displaying, in the second display area, a graphical representation that corresponds to each partial instruction of the plurality of partial navigation instructions.

20. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the application comprises sets of instructions for:

detecting a current location of the device;

determining that the first navigation instruction is currently being displayed in the first display area and the first map region presentation is currently being displayed in the second display area;

determining that the current location of the device is closer to the second map region than the first map region; and

after a predefined period of time during which no interaction is received on the touch sensitive display screen, automatically scrolling the set of navigation instructions to display the second navigation instruction in the first display area and displaying the second map region presentation in the second display area.