Method, system and apparatus for reporting events on a map

• US 9,212,930 B2
• Filed: 02/21/2014
• Issued: 12/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Tayar, Elad, Ziv, Omer Ben
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Hung T
• Application Number:
  US14/186,506
• Publication Number:
  US 20150153196A1
• Time in Patent Office: 662 Days
• Field of Search: 340/905, 340/988, 340/990, 340/995.13, 340/539.13, 701/117, 701/118
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3694 Output thereof on a road map
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3697 Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level G01C21/3679 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096775 where the origin of the information is a central station
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0969 having a display in the form of a map
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/007 using computer methods

Abstract

A method of reporting an event is provided. The method includes selecting, by a device, an icon for an event. The method also includes selecting, by a device, a pin attribute for the event, wherein the pin attribute identifies the side of the road which the event is present. The method also includes presenting, by a device, the selected icon and a pin having the pin attribute at the appropriate location on a dynamic map.

Claims

1. A method of reporting an event, the method comprising:

selecting, by a first device, an icon for an event;

selecting, by the first device, a pin attribute for the event, wherein the pin attribute identifies a side of a road on which the event is present, the road extending in a first direction along a reference axis, the pin attribute comprising a tilt of the pin;

presenting, by a second device, the selected icon and a pin having the pin attribute at a location on a dynamic map, the pin comprising an elongated body, and the icon appearing within the elongated body; and

positioning, by the second device, the pin on a pin platform that extends in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the reference axis so that the pin tilts at an acute angle away from the reference axis and at an obtuse angle relative to the pin platform.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first device that selects the icon is a server.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first device that selects the icon is a mobile device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the second device that presents the selected icon is a mobile device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the pin attribute further comprises a shade of the pin.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the pin attribute further comprises a color of the pin.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the elongated body comprises a main body and a tail extending from the main body.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the main body comprises a circular shape.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first device and the second device are the same device.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the first device and the second device are different devices.