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Sketch aided route selection for navigation devices and applications

  • US 9,689,704 B2
  • Filed: 08/24/2015
  • Issued: 06/27/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for navigational route selection, the apparatus comprising:

  • at least one processor;

    a touch controller coupled to a display to detect touch input received at the display, the touch input comprising one or more instructions; and

    a route selection module for execution by the at least one processor to generate a route based on the touch input received at the display, wherein the route selection module, when executed by the at least one processor, is to;

    provide a map of a given area to be displayed on the display;

    receive a first indication of a first instruction to designate a first area on the map to be preferred;

    provide a designation of the first area as preferred on the map to be displayed on the display;

    receive an indication of a second instruction to designate a second area on the map to be acceptable;

    provide a designation of the second area as acceptable on the map to be displayed on the display with the designation of the first area as preferred; and

    generate the route from a first point to a second point, wherein at least a portion of the generated route passes through the second area based, at least in part, on determining the generated route cannot be completed within the first area.

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