Using routing symbols to describe a driving maneuver
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for identifying and presenting symbols to a user to navigate a route between an origin and a destination, the method comprising the following operations performed by at least one processor:
- obtaining information identifying an action associated with a maneuver in the route from the origin to the destination;
determining, based on the information identifying the action associated with the maneuver, an action symbol for the maneuver;
determining a road symbol based on at least road information identifying a road associated with the maneuver, the road symbol having substantially the same appearance as a road sign used to mark the road associated with the maneuver; and
generating an instruction to present a display to the user including the road symbol in a position adjacent to the action symbol, the presented road and action symbols conveying 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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19 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for identifying and presenting symbols to a user to navigate a route between an origin and a destination, the method comprising the following operations performed by at least one processor:
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obtaining information identifying an action associated with a maneuver in the route from the origin to the destination; determining, based on the information identifying the action associated with the maneuver, an action symbol for the maneuver; determining a road symbol based on at least road information identifying a road associated with the maneuver, the road symbol having substantially the same appearance as a road sign used to mark the road associated with the maneuver; and generating an instruction to present a display to the user including the road symbol in a position adjacent to the action symbol, the presented road and action symbols conveying the maneuver to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus for identifying and presenting symbols to a user to navigate a route between an origin and a destination, the apparatus comprising:
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a storage device that stores a set of instructions; and at least one processor coupled to the storage device, the at least one processor being operative with the set of instructions in order to; obtain information identifying an action associated with a maneuver in the route from the origin to the destination; determine, based on the information identifying the action associated with the maneuver, an action symbol for the maneuver; determine a road symbol based on at least road information identifying a road associated with the maneuver, the road symbol having substantially the same appearance as a road sign used to mark the road associated with the maneuver; and generate an instruction to present a display to the user including the road symbol in a position adjacent to the action symbol, the presented road and action symbols conveying the maneuver to the user. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores a set of instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
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obtaining information identifying an action associated with a maneuver in a route from an origin to a destination; determining, based on the information identifying the action, an action symbol for the maneuver; determining a road symbol based on at least road information identifying a road associated with the maneuver, the road symbol having substantially the same appearance as a road sign used to mark the road associated with the maneuver; and generating an instruction to present display to the user including the road symbol in a position adjacent to the action symbol, the presented road and action symbols conveying the maneuver to the user.
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