Using routing symbols to describe a driving maneuver
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- obtaining information associated with a maneuver included within a route from an origin to a destination, the maneuver information including a road type and a turn angle associated with the maneuver;
determining, using a processor, a road symbol for the maneuver based on at least the road type and an action symbol for the maneuver based on at least the turn angle; and
generating an instruction to present the road symbol and the action symbol to a user, the presented road and action symbols describing the maneuver to the user.
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Abstract
Driving directions are presented where a maneuver in the driving directions includes a road symbol and an action symbol. A road symbol identifies the road involved in the particular maneuver, and an action symbol identifies an action to be performed to execute the particular maneuver. In one example, a road symbol, an action symbol and narrative text may be presented in displayed or printed driving directions. In another example, a road symbol and an action symbol may be used to describe a maneuver presented by an on-board or mobile navigation system when the vehicle in which the navigation system is present approaches the point at which the maneuver is to be taken. The road symbol and the action symbol may be presented with, or without, narrative driving directions.
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18 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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obtaining information associated with a maneuver included within a route from an origin to a destination, the maneuver information including a road type and a turn angle associated with the maneuver; determining, using a processor, a road symbol for the maneuver based on at least the road type and an action symbol for the maneuver based on at least the turn angle; and generating an instruction to present the road symbol and the action symbol to a user, the presented road and action symbols describing the maneuver to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus, comprising:
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a storage device; and at least one processor coupled to the storage device, wherein the storage device stores a program for controlling the at least one processor, and wherein the at least one processor, being operative with the program, is configured to; obtain information associated with a maneuver included within a route from an origin to a destination, the maneuver information comprising a road type and a turn angle associated with the maneuver; generate a road symbol for the maneuver based on at least the road type and an action symbol for the maneuver based on at least the turn angle; and generate an instruction to present the road symbol and the action symbol to a user, the presented road symbol and action symbol describing the maneuver to the user. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform a method, comprising:
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obtaining information associated with a maneuver included within a route from an origin to a destination, the maneuver information including a road type and a turn angle associated with the maneuver; determining a road symbol for the maneuver based on at least the road type and an action symbol for the maneuver based on at least the turn angle; and generating an instruction to present the road symbol and the action symbol to a user, the presented road symbol and action symbol describing the maneuver to the user. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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Specification