Navigation system providing lane guidance to driver based on driver's driving habits and preferences
First Claim
1. A method for providing lane guidance to a driver of a vehicle, the method comprising:
- receiving a destination from said driver of said vehicle;
identifying a current location of said vehicle using received signals from an array of satellites which are part of a global positioning system;
determining a route to travel from said current location of said vehicle to said destination;
obtaining the following;
past driving patterns of said driver of said vehicle, driver'"'"'s preferences concerning lane preferences, and features of said route; and
recommending, by a processor of a navigation system, to said driver of said vehicle a particular lane on said route to drive on based on said past driving patterns of said driver of said vehicle, said driver'"'"'s preferences concerning lane preferences, and said features of said route, wherein said recommendation is in a form of an audio instruction or presented via text and/or graphically on a display of said navigation system.
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Abstract
A method, system and computer program product for providing lane guidance to a driver of a vehicle. Based on the current location of the vehicle, the navigation system determines a route to travel from the current location of the vehicle to a destination provided by the driver. The navigation system obtains one or more of the following types of information which is used to determine whether the navigation system should recommend a lane change: past driving patterns of the driver, driver'"'"'s lane preferences, past driving history of other drivers on the route, external conditions (e.g., weather) and features of the route. The recommendation may be presented to the driver via an audio instruction and/or on a display. In this manner, the navigation system instructs the driver as to which lane in a multi-lane road the user should drive on taking into consideration the user'"'"'s driving habits and preferences.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for providing lane guidance to a driver of a vehicle, the method comprising:
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receiving a destination from said driver of said vehicle; identifying a current location of said vehicle using received signals from an array of satellites which are part of a global positioning system; determining a route to travel from said current location of said vehicle to said destination; obtaining the following;
past driving patterns of said driver of said vehicle, driver'"'"'s preferences concerning lane preferences, and features of said route; andrecommending, by a processor of a navigation system, to said driver of said vehicle a particular lane on said route to drive on based on said past driving patterns of said driver of said vehicle, said driver'"'"'s preferences concerning lane preferences, and said features of said route, wherein said recommendation is in a form of an audio instruction or presented via text and/or graphically on a display of said navigation system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer program product embodied in a computer readable storage medium for providing lane guidance to a driver of a vehicle, the computer program product comprising the programming instructions for:
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receiving a destination from said driver of said vehicle; identifying a current location of said vehicle using received signals from an array of satellites which are part of a global positioning system; determining a route to travel from said current location of said vehicle to said destination; obtaining the following;
past driving patterns of said driver of said vehicle, driver'"'"'s preferences concerning lane preferences, and features of said route; andrecommending to said driver of said vehicle a particular lane on said route to drive on based on said past driving patterns of said driver of said vehicle, said driver'"'"'s preferences concerning lane preferences, and said features of said route, wherein said recommendation is in a form of an audio instruction or presented via text and/or graphically on a display of a navigation system. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A navigation system, comprising:
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a memory unit for storing a computer program for providing lane guidance to a driver of a vehicle; and a processor coupled to said memory unit, wherein said processor, responsive to said computer program, comprises; circuitry for receiving a destination from said driver of said vehicle; circuitry for identifying a current location of said vehicle using received signals from an array of satellites which are part of a global positioning system; circuitry for determining a route to travel from said current location of said vehicle to said destination; circuitry for obtaining the following;
past driving patterns of said driver of said vehicle, driver'"'"'s preferences concerning lane preferences, and features of said route; andcircuitry for recommending to said driver of said vehicle a particular lane on said route to drive on based on said past driving patterns of said driver of said vehicle, said driver'"'"'s preferences concerning lane preferences, and said features of said route, wherein said recommendation is in a form of an audio instruction or presented via text and/or graphically on a display of a navigation system. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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