Navigation device displaying dynamic travel information
First Claim
1. A navigation device programmed with a map database and software that enables a route to be planned between two user-defined places, in which the device is further programmed to calculate and to display a 2-D or 3-D representation of the actual road being traveled along and the current location of the device on that road and to receive and process dynamic travel information relating to the route;
- wherein the device is configured to calculate and to display a schematic view showing, at one time, at least a remainder of the entire route from the current location of the device, for any location of the device on the route, the schematic view including graphical depictions of dynamic travel information relating to the route;
wherein the dynamic travel information is represented by a selectable graphical icon or selectable option that, when selected by touching the icon or option, the device displays a relatively increased amount of detail of the dynamic travel information associated with the selected icon or option, the relatively increased amount of detail includes a textual description of the dynamic travel information.
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Abstract
An in-car navigation device depicts dynamic travel information (congestions, weather, etc.) in the context of a schematic display of the actual roads that the information relates to. In one implementation, the schematic view is a linear representation of the route and that schematic linear representation is displayed at the same time but separate from a map of a 2-D or 3-D representation of the actual road being traveled along and the current location of the device on that road. The device can send a request to a remote server over a wireless communications network for dynamic travel information relevant to a defined route and receive and display that information.
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25 Claims
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1. A navigation device programmed with a map database and software that enables a route to be planned between two user-defined places, in which the device is further programmed to calculate and to display a 2-D or 3-D representation of the actual road being traveled along and the current location of the device on that road and to receive and process dynamic travel information relating to the route;
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wherein the device is configured to calculate and to display a schematic view showing, at one time, at least a remainder of the entire route from the current location of the device, for any location of the device on the route, the schematic view including graphical depictions of dynamic travel information relating to the route; wherein the dynamic travel information is represented by a selectable graphical icon or selectable option that, when selected by touching the icon or option, the device displays a relatively increased amount of detail of the dynamic travel information associated with the selected icon or option, the relatively increased amount of detail includes a textual description of the dynamic travel information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method of displaying navigation information, the method being deployed in a navigation device programmed with a map database and software that enables a route to be planned between two user-defined places, in which the device is further programmed to calculate and to display a 2-D or 3-D representation of the actual road being traveled along and the current location of the device on that road and to receive and process dynamic travel information relating to the route, the method comprising:
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calculating and displaying a schematic view showing, at one time, at least a remainder of the entire route, from the current location of the device, for any location of the device on the route, the schematic view including dynamic travel information relating to the route; providing a selectable graphical icon or selectable option, representing the dynamic travel information that, such that, when the selectable icon or option is selected by touching, the device displays a relatively increased amount of detail of the dynamic travel information associated with the selected icon or option, the relatively increased amount of detail includes a textual description of the dynamic travel information.
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25. A computer readable medium storing computer readable code for, when executed on a device, instructing the device to enable a route to be planned between two user-defined places, the code comprising:
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code sequences to enable the device to calculate and to display a 2-D or 3-D representation of the actual road being traveled along and the current location of the device on that road and (ii) receive and process dynamic travel information relating to the route; wherein the code sequences enable the device to calculate and display a schematic view showing, at one time, at least the remainder of the entire route, from the current location of the device, for any location of the device on the route, the schematic view including graphical depictions of dynamic travel information relating to the route, wherein the dynamic travel information is represented by code sequences which enable the device to provide a selectable Graphical icon or selectable option that, when selected by touching the icon or option, the device displays a relatively increased amount of detail of the dynamic travel information associated with that selectable icon or option, the relatively increased amount of detail includes a textual description of the dynamic travel information.
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Specification