Feature Selection in Transit Mode

• US 20160356614A1
• Filed: 09/29/2015
• Published: 12/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Reiner, Aaron A., O'Beirne, Justin, Wachsman, Eleanor Cady, Kelso, Nathaniel V.
• Granted Patent: US 10,495,478 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 21/3632 Guidance using simplified or iconic instructions, e.g. using arrows G01C21/365 takes precedence
• 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 21/3673 Labelling using text of road map data items, e.g. road names, POI names
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3682 output of POI information on a road map G01C21/3614, G01C21/3685 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/197 Version control for software G06F8/71
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/001 Texturing; Colouring; Generation of texture or colour inpainting G06T5/77
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• 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 mapping application that displays a transit map including a group of lines that each corresponds to at least one transit route and, for each line, a set of transit-related features located along the line. The mapping application receives a selection of a transit line and, in response to the selection, modifies the transit map to emphasize the selected transit line and the set of features located along the selected transit line.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

displaying a transit map comprising a plurality of lines that each correspond to at least one transit route and, for each line, a set of transit-related features located along the line;

receiving a selection of a transit line; and

in response to the selection, modifying the transit map to emphasize the selected transit line and the set of features located along the selected transit line.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein modifying the transit map comprises increasing the size and color saturation of the selected transit line and the set of features along the selected transit line in order to emphasize the selection.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein modifying the transit map comprises desaturating the transit map to reduce the color saturation of transit lines other than the selected transit line and the other transit lines'"'"' sets of transit-related features.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of transit-related features comprise at least one of a first set of indicators that each identify at least one transit route that corresponds to the transit line, a second set of indicators that each identify a particular transit provider that operates at least one transit route that corresponds to the transit line, and a set of shapes that identify stops along the transit route.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the set of shapes comprises transit stations that each service at least one of the transit routes that correspond to the transit line.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the set of shapes is a first set of shapes representing a first set of stops along the transit route, wherein, when the selection is received, the method further comprises displaying a second set of shapes representing a second set of stops along the transit route, wherein the second set of shapes were not previously displayed along the transit line.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises, based on the received selection, displaying at least one of a name of the transit route that corresponds to the selected transit line and a range of time at which transit vehicles travel along the transit route.

8. A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing a mapping application for execution by at least one processing unit of a device, the mapping application comprising sets of instructions for:

displaying a transit map comprising a plurality of lines that each correspond to at least one transit route and, for each line, a set of transit-related features located along the line;

receiving a selection of a transit line; and

in response to the selection, modifying the transit map to emphasize the selected transit line and the set of features located along the selected transit line.

9. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the set of instructions for modifying the transit map comprises a set of instructions for increasing the size and color saturation of the selected transit line and the set of features along the selected transit line in order to emphasize the selection.

10. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the set of instructions for modifying the transit map comprises a set of instructions for desaturating the transit map to reduce the color saturation of transit lines other than the selected transit line and the other transit lines'"'"' sets of transit-related features.

11. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the set of transit-related features comprise at least one of a first set of indicators that each identify at least one transit route that corresponds to the transit line, a second set of indicators that each identify a particular transit provider that operates at least one transit route that corresponds to the transit line, and a set of shapes that identify stops along the transit route.

12. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the set of shapes comprises transit stations that each service at least one of the transit routes that correspond to the transit line.

13. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the set of shapes is a first set of shapes representing a first set of stops along the transit route, wherein, when the selection is received, the mapping application further comprises a set of instructions for displaying a second set of shapes representing a second set of stops along the transit route, wherein the second set of shapes were not previously displayed along the transit line.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the mapping application further comprise a set of instructions for, based on the received selection, displaying at least one of a name of the transit route that corresponds to the selected transit line and a range of time at which transit vehicles travel along the transit route.

15. A method comprising:

displaying a transit map comprising (i) a plurality of lines that each correspond to at least one transit route and, for each line, a set of transit-related features located along the line, and (ii) a plurality of transit station representations that each correspond to a transit station or transit stop;

receiving a selection of a transit station representation; and

in response to the selection, modifying the transit map to emphasize the selected transit station representation, each transit line that intersects the selected transit station representation, and the set of features located along the selected transit line.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the set of features comprises indicators that identify a particular transit system provider that operates at least one transit route corresponding to the selected transit line.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein modifying comprises increasing a size and color saturation of the selected transit station and each transit line that intersects the selected transit station in order to emphasize the selection.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the method further comprises increasing a size and color of other transit stations along each transit line that intersects the selected transit station.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the method further comprises desaturating the transit map to reduce the color saturation of transit lines that do not intersect the selected transit station, other transit stations of the plurality of transit stations, and points of interest in the transit map.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein the method further comprises, based on the received selection, displaying at least one of a name of the selected transit station and a set of identifiers, each for a transit system provider that operates transit routes that stop at the selected transit station.