APPARATUS, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD, FOR PLANNING AND DISPLAYING A ROUTE PATH

• US 20100004858A1
• Filed: 07/03/2008
• Published: 01/07/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ent Services Development Corporation LP (DXC Technology Company)
• Original Assignee: Electronic Data Systems Corporation (Perspecta, Inc.)
• Inventors: KASRAVI, KAS, RISOV, MARIE, WICK, COREY W.
• Granted Patent: US 8,543,331 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/209
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3461 Preferred or disfavoured areas, e.g. dangerous zones, toll or emission zones, intersections, manoeuvre types, segments such as motorways, toll roads, ferries
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3484 Personalized, e.g. from learned user behaviour or user-defined profiles

Abstract

An electronic map device apparatus, and an associated method, creates a route between a route source and a route destination for display at the electronic map device. Locations, area, and features that a user does not desire to encounter during travel along the route are identified and form exclusion information. The exclusion information is entered by way of a user interface. The exclusion information is utilized in the formation of the selected route. A mapping that identifies the selected route is displayed at a display device of the user interface.

Claims

1. An apparatus for facilitating route planning between a route source and a route destination, said apparatus comprising:

a location point exclusion identifier configured to identify at least a first location exclusion point; and

a route mapper configured to map a route between the route source and the route destination, the route at least selectably excluding the location exclusion point from the route.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the first location exclusion point comprises a geographical location.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the first location exclusion point comprises a geographical area.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the first location exclusion point is associated with an excluded entity.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 further comprising an associator configured to associate the location exclusion point with the excluded entity.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein the excluded entity comprises a user-entered excluded entity.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the at least the first location exclusion point comprises a user-entered first location exclusion point.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a storage element configured to store user-entered exclusion information and wherein said location point exclusion identifier is configured to identify the at least the first location exclusion point.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 further comprising a pattern identifier configured to identify user exclusion patterns based upon the user-entered exclusion information stored at said storage element.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein said route mapper is further configured to map the route utilizing a pattern identified by said pattern identifier.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 wherein the exclusion information further identifies time-of-day information and wherein said route mapper is further configured to utilize the time-of-day information to map the route.

12. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a user-input element configured to receive user-input exclusion information.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 further comprising a position detector configured to identify position information associated with the exclusion information received by way of said user-input element.

14. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a route visualizer configured to provide a visualization of the route mapped by said route mapper.

15. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the first location exclusion point is associated with GIS exclusion information.

16. A method for facilitating route planning of a route between a route source and a route destination, said method comprising:

identifying at least a first location exclusion point; and

mapping the route between the route source and the route destination, the route at least selectably excluding the at least the first location exclusion point.

17. The method of claim 16 further comprising creating a user exclusion pattern and wherein said mapping further comprises creating a user exclusion pattern and wherein said mapping further comprises utilizing the user exclusion pattern when forming the route.

18. The method of claim 16 wherein said mapping is further responsive to GIS information.

19. The method of claim 16 further comprising generating a visualization of the route generated during said mapping.

20. A method for creating a map display showing a selected route extending between a route source and a route destination, said method comprising:

receiving input of selected exclusion information identifying a route exclusion preference;

creating the selected route using the selected exclusion information;

displaying the map display that shows the selected route.