Methods and systems of providing information using a navigation apparatus
First Claim
1. A method of providing information relating to a path being travelled using a navigation apparatus, the method comprising:
- displaying a linear representation of at least a portion of a path being travelled in a display window of the navigation apparatus;
determining that a current position of the navigation apparatus is a predetermined distance or estimated time from a given location on the path;
automatically increasing a scale of the displayed linear representation of the path in response to the determination, so as to display, based on the given location, a zoomed-in portion of the path being travelled as the linear representation; and
automatically decreasing the scale of the displayed linear representation of the path once the given location has been passed.
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Abstract
A method of providing information relating to a path being travelled using a navigation apparatus, involves displaying a path bar including a linear representation of at least a portion of a path to be travelled using a navigation apparatus. The linear representation of the portion of the path is scrollable in the display window by a user to reveal a linear representation of another portion of the path. The method may involve automatically increasing a scale of the linear representation of the path displayed as a given location represented along the path is approached, wherein the location is a location of a safety camera or event affecting traffic flow along the path.
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16 Claims
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1. A method of providing information relating to a path being travelled using a navigation apparatus, the method comprising:
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displaying a linear representation of at least a portion of a path being travelled in a display window of the navigation apparatus; determining that a current position of the navigation apparatus is a predetermined distance or estimated time from a given location on the path; automatically increasing a scale of the displayed linear representation of the path in response to the determination, so as to display, based on the given location, a zoomed-in portion of the path being travelled as the linear representation; and automatically decreasing the scale of the displayed linear representation of the path once the given location has been passed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A navigation apparatus, comprising at least one processor and a memory including computer readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the navigation apparatus to:
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display a linear representation of at least a portion of a path to be travelled in a display window on a display device of the navigation apparatus; determine that a current position of the navigation apparatus is a predetermined distance or estimated time from a given location on the path; automatically increase a scale of the displayed linear representation of the path in response to the determination, so as to display, based on the given location, a zoomed-in portion of the path being travelled as the linear representation; and automatically decrease the scale of the displayed linear representation of the path once the given location has been passed. - View Dependent Claims (13, 15, 16)
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14. A non-transitory computer readable medium which stores a set of instructions which when executed performs a method of providing information relating to a path being travelled using a navigation apparatus, the method executed by the set of instructions comprising:
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displaying a linear representation of at least a portion of a path being travelled in a display window of the navigation apparatus; determining that a current position of the navigation apparatus is a predetermined distance or estimated time from a given location on the path; automatically increasing a scale of the displayed linear representation of the path in response to the determination, so as to display, based on the given location, a zoomed-in portion of the path being travelled as the linear representation; and automatically decreasing the scale of the displayed linear representation of the path once the given location has been passed.
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