Navigation Directions Specific to Device State
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1. A method in a portable device for providing effective navigation directions to a user in an automotive environment, the method comprising:
- determining, by one or more processors, information related to navigating the user to a destination;
determining, by the one or more processors, whether a screen of the portable device currently is in a line-of-sight with the user; and
generating, by the one or more processors, a navigation instruction based on the determined information, including selecting a level of detail of visual information for the navigation instruction in view of whether the screen is in the line-of-sight with the user.
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Abstract
To provide effective navigation directions to a user in an automotive environment, a system determines information related to navigating the user to a destination, determines whether a screen of the portable device currently is in a line-of-sight with the user and generates a navigation instruction based on the determined information. Generating the navigation instruction includes selecting a level of detail of visual information for the navigation instruction in view of whether the screen is in the line-of-sight with the user.
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1. A method in a portable device for providing effective navigation directions to a user in an automotive environment, the method comprising:
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determining, by one or more processors, information related to navigating the user to a destination; determining, by the one or more processors, whether a screen of the portable device currently is in a line-of-sight with the user; and generating, by the one or more processors, a navigation instruction based on the determined information, including selecting a level of detail of visual information for the navigation instruction in view of whether the screen is in the line-of-sight with the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A portable device comprising:
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one or more sensors configured to generate a signal indicative of a current orientation of the portable device, a visual interface; an audio interface; and a navigation component coupled to the one or more sensors, the visual interface, and the audio interface, the navigation component configured to; generate a navigation instruction for navigating a user of the portable device to a certain destination, determine whether the visual interface is likely in view of the user based on the current orientation of the portable device to generate a line-of-sight indication, and select a first level of detail of visual information and a second level of detail of auditory information for the navigation instruction, to be provided respectively via the visual interface and the audio interface, based on the line-of-sight indication. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing thereon instructions that implement a navigation module which, when executed on one or more processors, is configured to:
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generate a navigation instruction for navigating a user of a portable device to a certain destination; automatically determine whether a visual interface of the portable device is likely in a line-of-sight with the user; select a level of detail of visual information related to the navigation instruction based at least in part whether the visual interface is likely in the line-of-sight with the user; and when the selected level of detail is greater than zero, cause the visual information to be provided via the visual interface of the portable device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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