REVERSE MAP DETERMINATION OF LOCATIONS AND ADDRESSES

• US 20080228397A1
• Filed: 03/15/2007
• Published: 09/18/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: DeGregorio, Gary L., Crowley, Michael J.
• Application Number:
  US11/686,534
• Publication Number:
  US 20080228397A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/213
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3608 using speech input, e.g. using speech recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3614 through interaction with a road map, e.g. selecting a POI icon on a road map

Abstract

A method and a system for determining a reverse map of locations and addresses are disclosed. The method includes receiving information from a user about a segment of a route (204), determining the segment and a new via point using a map database (206), determining whether the new via point is a final via point (208), and determining the address of the destination after the new via point has been determined to be the final via point (218). The method also includes repeating the receiving of the information and the determining of the segment when the new via point is not the final via point.

Claims

1. A method for determining an address of a destination comprising:

receiving information from a user about a segment of a route;

determining the segment and a new via point using a map database;

determine whether the new via point is a final via point; and

determining the address of the destination after the new via point has been determined to be the final via point.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising repeating the receiving of the information and the determining of the segment when the new via point is not the final via point.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving information from the user further comprises receiving at least one of the following:

identification of a path;

one or more distances along the path;

one or more intersections along the path;

one or more structures along the path;

one or more stroke inputs from a touch sensitive device; and

one or more inputs from a Global Positioning System (GPS) device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the address of the destination further comprising:

receiving information about an approximate location of the destination;

determining a candidate address nearest to the approximate location of the destination using an address database; and

presenting the address of the destination at an output modality when the distance between the candidate address and the approximate location meets a criterion.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein receiving information about the approximate location further comprises receiving at least one of the following:

identification of a path;

one or more distances along the path;

one or more intersections along the path;

one or more structures along the path;

one or more stroke inputs from a touch sensitive device; and

one or more inputs from the GPS device.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising asking the user to provide the information in a different manner, when the criterion is not met.

7. The method of claim 4, further comprising determining a plurality of candidate addresses close to the approximate location, from which the user may select one, when the criterion is not met.

8. The method of claim 4, further comprising determining information related to the candidate address close to the approximate location and presenting the information related to the candidate address at the output modality.

9. The method of claim 4, wherein receiving information from the GPS device further comprising determining segments based on differences in GPS locations.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising identifying a starting location prior to determining a first segment.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the route comprises a plurality of connected segments.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining a final segment of the route, wherein the final segment determines the address of the destination.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising stroke generation of one or more segments.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining a specific via list.

15. An electronic device comprising:

at least one memory;

at least one output modality;

at least one input device;

at least a processor, controlled by stored programmed instructions in the at least one memory to perform the functions of

receiving information from a user about a segment of a route, using the at least one input device;

determining the segment and a new via point using a map database stored in the at least one memory;

determine whether the new via point is a final via point;

determining an address of the destination after the new via point has been determined to be the final via point; and

presenting the address of the destination on at least one output modality.

16. The electronic device of claim 15, further comprises repeating the receiving of the information and the determining of the segment when the new via point is not the final via point.

17. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein receiving information from the user further comprises receiving at least one of the following:

identification of a path;

one or more distances along the path;

one or more intersections along the path;

one or more structures along the path;

one or more stroke inputs from a touch sensitive device; and

one or more inputs from a Global Positioning System (GPS) device.

18. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the processor determines the address of the destination by:

receiving information about an approximate location of the destination;

determining a candidate address nearest to the approximate location of the destination using an address database stored in the at least one memory; and

presenting the address of the destination at the output modality when the distance between the candidate address and the approximate location meets a criterion.

19. The electronic device of claim 18, wherein the processor receives information about the approximate location by receiving at least one of the following:

identification of a path;

one or more distances along the path;

one or more intersections along the path;

one or more structures along the path;

one or more stroke inputs from a touch sensitive device; and

one or more inputs from the GPS device.

20. The electronic device of claim 18, further comprises asking the user to provide the information in a different manner, when the criterion is not met.

21. The electronic device of claim 18, further comprising determining a plurality of candidate addresses close to the approximate location, from which the user may select one, when the criterion is not met.

22. The electronic device of claim 18, further comprising determining information related to the candidate address close to the approximate location and presenting the information related to the candidate address at the output modality.

23. The electronic device of claim 18, wherein receiving information from the GPS device further comprising determining segments based on differences in GPS locations.

24. The electronic device of claim 15, further comprising identifying a starting location prior to determining a first segment.

25. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the route comprises a plurality of connected segments.

26. The electronic device of claim 15, further comprising determining a final segment of the route, wherein the final segment determines the address of the destination.

27. The electronic device of claim 15, further comprising stroke generation of one or more segments.

28. The electronic device of claim 15, further comprising determining a specific via list.