Mapping Application with Transit Mode

• US 20170343376A9
• Filed: 09/29/2015
• Published: 11/30/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: O'Beirne, Justin, Washsman, Eleanor Cady, Kelso, Nathaniel V., Reiner, Aaron A., Moore, Christopher D., Hodge, David, Leighton, Ian
• Granted Patent: US 10,514,271 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 21/3632 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 provides a first map browsing mode for displaying a map that emphasizes a first set of features in a map region. The mapping application also provides a second map browsing mode for displaying a map that de-emphasizes the first set of features while emphasizing a second set of transit-related features in the map region.

Claims

1. 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:

providing a first map browsing mode for displaying a map that emphasizes a first set of features in a map region; and

providing a second map browsing mode for displaying a map that de-emphasizes the first set of features while emphasizing a second set of transit-related features in the map region.

2. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the first and second map browsing modes are displayed based on a set of stylesheets that define different styles for each set of features of a map that is displayed in different modes.

3. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 2, wherein a particular feature of the map displayed in the first map browsing mode is assigned a first texture, while the particular feature of the map displayed in the second map browsing mode is assigned a second, different texture.

4. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the mapping application displays map regions according to sets of tiles that define the sets of features in the map region, wherein the first and second map browsing modes use a same set of tiles to display a particular map region.

5. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 4, wherein the first set of features are displayed in the first and second map browsing modes according to a same set of constructs defined in the set of map tiles, wherein different styles are defined for the constructs in the first and second map browsing modes.

6. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 4, wherein the second set of features are not displayed in the map region when the map is in the first map browsing mode.

7. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 4, wherein the second set of features are displayed as de-emphasized features in the map region when the map is in the first map browsing mode.

8. A method comprising:

providing a first map browsing mode for displaying a map that emphasizes a first set of features in a map region; and

providing a second map browsing mode for displaying a map that de-emphasizes the first set of features while emphasizing a second set of transit-related features in the map region.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising providing a third map browsing mode for displaying a map as raster images rather than displaying the first or second set of features in a map region.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein map regions are displayed in the first map browsing mode according to a first set of map tiles and map regions are displayed in the second map browsing mode according to a second set of map tiles.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the first set of map tiles comprises vector data defining roads and land cover that are displayed in the map in the first and second map browsing modes.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the second set of tiles comprises vector data defining transit lines and transit stations that are displayed in the map in the second map browsing mode.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the first set of features are displayed with high color saturation in the first map browsing mode and are displayed with low color saturation in the second map browsing mode.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the second set of features are displayed with high color saturation in relation to the first set of features in the first map browsing mode.

15. An electronic device comprising:

a set of processing units; and

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

providing a first map browsing mode for displaying a map that emphasizes a first set of features in a map region; and

providing a second map browsing mode for displaying a map that de-emphasizes the first set of features while emphasizing a second set of transit-related features in the map region.

16. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the program further comprises a set of instructions for providing a third map browsing mode for displaying a map as raster images rather than displaying the first or second set of features in a map region.

17. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the first set of features comprises a set of roads, wherein, when the map is displayed in the first map browsing mode, the map displays emphasized roads and a set of road labels that each identify a corresponding road by overlaying each road label over its corresponding road.

18. The electronic device of claim 17, wherein the second set of transit-related features comprises a set of transit lines, wherein, when the map is displayed in the second map browsing mode, the map displays de-emphasized roads and only a subset of the set of road labels for roads along which at least one transit line runs.

19. The electronic device of claim 18, wherein the map displays each road label of the subset overlaid on its corresponding road when the road label would not obstruct any transit stops intersected by the transit line that runs along the corresponding road.

20. The electronic device of claim 18, wherein the map displays each road label of the subset alongside its corresponding road when the road label would obstruct transit stops intersected by the transit line that runs along the corresponding road.