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Navigation device with improved detour routing

  • US 7,623,962 B1
  • Filed: 09/02/2005
  • Issued: 11/24/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A navigation device comprising:

  • a processor operable to—

    determine a current geographic location of the device,receive a destination,calculate a first route to the destination utilizing the current geographic location of the device and the received destination, andcalculate a second detour route to the destination, the second detour route not including at least a portion of the first route, each of the calculated routes including navigation instructions; and

    a touch screen display coupled with the processor and operable to present visual representations of a single detour input and at least a portion of one of the calculated routes,wherein a single selection of the single detour input on the touch screen provides a detour request to trigger the processor to calculate the second detour route and begin providing the corresponding navigation instructions without prompting for entry of route information relating to the first route or the second detour route.

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