Methods and Systems for Providing Contextual Navigation Information

• US 20170276506A1
• Filed: 03/24/2016
• Published: 09/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: McDunn, Kevin J., Lacivita, Eva Bills, Khosla, Rakshit
• Granted Patent: US 10,072,939 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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 21/3682 output of POI information on a road map G01C21/3614, G01C21/3685 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A method in an electronic device includes receiving, with an audio capture device such as a microphone, a request for navigational information. One or more processors of the electronic device then identify a transit mode. The one or more processors also detect, with one or more sensors, one or more contextual cues from an environment about the electronic device. The contextual cues can include a geo-location, transit mode, bearing, or other factors. The one or more processors then provide a navigation information response that is a function of the transit mode and the one or more contextual cues to a user interface of the electronic device.

Claims

1. A method in an electronic device, the method comprising:

receiving, with an audio capture device, a request for navigational information;

identifying, with one or more processors, a transit mode;

detecting, with one or more sensors, one or more contextual cues from an environment about the electronic device; and

providing, with the one or more processors, a navigation information response that is a function of the transit mode and the one or more contextual cues to a user interface of the electronic device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more contextual cues comprise a direction of transit the electronic device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the one or more contextual cues further comprise a speed of transit of the electronic device.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the one or more contextual cues further comprise a geo-location of the electronic device.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising filtering, with the one or more processors, a plurality of destinations satisfying the request for navigational information as a function of the transit mode, the direction of transit, the speed of transit, and the geo-location to select one or more destinations for the navigation information response.

6. The method of claim 5, the one or more destinations comprising a single destination.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising determining, with the one or more processors, a minimum latency as a function of one or more of the transit mode, the direction of transit, the speed of transit, or the geo-location, the filtering further a function of the minimum latency.

8. The method of claim 4, the request for navigational information comprising a destination name, wherein a plurality of destinations each have the destination name, further comprising filtering the plurality of destinations as a function of the transit mode, the direction of transit, the speed of transit, and the geo-location to select a destination matching the destination name within a predefined range that the electronic device is approaching.

9. The method of claim 4, the one or more contextual cues further comprising user preference cues, further comprising filtering, with the one or more processors, a plurality of destinations satisfying the request for navigational information as a function of the transit mode, the direction of transit, the speed of transit, the geo-location, and the user preference cues to select a destination for the navigation information response.

10. The method of claim 9, the user preference cues comprising itinerary information stored within a memory of the electronic device.

11. The method of claim 4, further comprising determining, with the one or more processors, one or more destination opportunities satisfying the request for navigation information, the navigation information response comprising the one or more destination opportunities.

12. The method of claim 11, the one or more contextual cues further comprising user preference cues, further comprising ranking the one or more destination opportunities as a function of the user preference cues.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising estimating, with the one or more processors, a navigation route of the electronic device, the navigation information response comprising the navigation route.

14. An electronic device, comprising:

one or more processors;

a user interface, operable with the one or more processors;

one or more sensors, operable with the one or more processors;

a transit mode detection engine, operable with the one or more processors and the one or more sensors; and

a bearing detection processing engine, operable with the one or more processors and the one or more sensors;

the one or more processors to;

receive, from the user interface, a request for navigational information;

identify, with the transit mode detection engine, a transit mode for the electronic device;

detect, with the bearing detection processing engine, a bearing for the electronic device;

select a navigation information response as a function of the transit mode and the bearing; and

deliver the navigation information response to the user interface.

15. The electronic device of claim 14, the one or more processors further to determine a speed of transit of the electronic device from the one or more sensors and to further select the navigation information response as a function of the speed of transit.

16. The electronic device of claim 15, further comprising a preference engine to identify one or more user preferences, the one or more processors to further select the navigation information response as a function of the one or more user preferences.

17. The electronic device of claim 16, the one or more user preferences comprising a user itinerary.

18. The electronic device of claim 15, the one or more processors further to determine a minimum latency as a function of one or more of the transit mode, the bearing, or the speed of transit, and further to select the navigation information response as a function of the minimum latency.

19. The electronic device of claim 14, the one or more sensors comprising a wireless communication device to identify a number of received wireless communication signals, the transit mode detection engine to identify the transit mode as a function of the number of received wireless communication signals.

20. The electronic device of claim 14, further comprising a geo-location sensor, the one or more processors further to determine a geo-location of the electronic device from the geo-location sensor, and further to select the navigation information response as a function of the geo-location.