NAVIGATION OR MAPPING SYSTEM AND METHOD
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Abstract
A navigation or mapping system comprises a display device (240) and a processing resource (210, 490) arranged to process map data, traffic data and location data representative of the location of a vehicle, to produce an output representative of a traffic animation sequence, wherein the traffic animation sequence comprises a traffic indicator (530) on a map, the traffic indicator (530) is representative of traffic and the traffic indicator (530) varies to represent the variation of traffic between a start time and an end time, the processing resource is configured to vary at least one feature of the animation sequence in dependence upon the variation of the location of the vehicle between the start time and the end time, and the display device is responsive to the output from the processing resource to display the traffic animation sequence.
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38 Claims
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21. A mobile phone comprising:
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a display, an internal GPS receiver, a microprocessor, a power supply, a memory system, communication circuitry for receiving traffic data from a server, and a processing resource arranged to process map data and the traffic data; the mobile phone operable to display a map and further operable to display a traffic information overlay that changes according to time, the traffic information overlay continuing from a current situation to some time into the future, including a series of views, wherein each view is a static view; wherein a time difference between a first traffic determination time, for which the traffic is represented by a view in the series, and a second traffic determination time, for which the traffic is represented by a next view in the series, is substantially equal to a predetermined step time; the traffic information overlay comprising a plurality of traffic indicators on the map comprising a network of roads, a traffic indicator being provided for each direction along a road; wherein each traffic indicator is representative of traffic at a respective location, and is variable to represent the variation of traffic, the variation of the traffic indicator including varying the colour of the traffic indicator. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A computer program product operable to be installed on a mobile phone, the mobile phone comprising:
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a display, an internal GPS receiver, a microprocessor, a power supply, a memory system, communication circuitry for receiving traffic data from a server, and a processing resource arranged to process map data and the traffic data; the computer program product when running on the mobile phone operable to display a map and further operable to display a traffic information overlay that changes according to time, the traffic information overlay continuing from a current situation to some time into the future, including a series of views, wherein each view is a static view; wherein a time difference between a first traffic determination time, for which the traffic is represented by a view in the series, and a second traffic determination time, for which the traffic is represented by a next view in the series, is substantially equal to a predetermined step time; the traffic information overlay comprising a plurality of traffic indicators on the map comprising a network of roads, a traffic indicator being provided for each direction along a road; wherein each traffic indicator is representative of traffic at a respective location, and is variable to represent the variation of traffic, the variation of the traffic indicator including varying the colour of the traffic indicator. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. Traffic mapping system comprising a mobile phone and a server, wherein the mobile phone comprises:
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a display, an internal GPS receiver, a microprocessor, a power supply, a memory system, communication circuitry for receiving traffic data from the server, and a processing resource arranged to process map data and the traffic data; the mobile phone operable to display a map and further operable to display a traffic information overlay that changes according to time, the traffic information overlay continuing from a current situation to some time into the future, including a series of views, wherein each view is a static view; wherein a time difference between a first traffic determination time, for which the traffic is represented by a view in the series, and a second traffic determination time, for which the traffic is represented by a next view in the series, is substantially equal to a predetermined step time; the traffic information overlay comprising a plurality of traffic indicators on the map comprising a network of roads, a traffic indicator being provided for each direction along a road; wherein each traffic indicator is representative of traffic at a respective location, and is variable to represent the variation of traffic, the variation of the traffic indicator including varying the colour of the traffic indicator. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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