NAVIGATION ROUTE SCHEDULER

• US 20150006077A1
• Filed: 06/28/2013
• Published: 01/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Harman International Industries Incorporated (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Harman International Industries Incorporated (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Baid, Sneha
• Granted Patent: US 9,651,397 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/533
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3614 through interaction with a road map, e.g. selecting a POI icon on a road map
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3679 Retrieval, searching and output of POI information, e.g. hotels, restaurants, shops, filling stations, parking facilities G01C21/3611 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3697 Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level G01C21/3679 takes precedence

Abstract

Various embodiments relate to scheduling a future navigation route. A user may select one or more points of interests (POIs) along a route to be routed to in the future. The one or more POIs may be within a geographic vicinity of the vehicle in which the user is travelling when the user makes the selection. The user may also input a future date and/or time for routing to the selected POI. The user selected POI and the date and/or time may comprise routing event information, which may be stored in memory for future routing.

Claims

1. A system for scheduling a navigation route, the system comprising:

a computing system for a vehicle configured to;

receive input defining a user'"'"'s request to store one or more points of interests (POIs) along a route for future routing, the one or more POIs being within a geographic vicinity of the vehicle when the user'"'"'s request is input;

receive a user selection of the one or more POIs to store for a future routing event including a corresponding location of the one or more selected POIs;

receive future date and/or time for routing to the selected POI, the user selected POI and the date and/or time comprising routing event information; and

store the routing event information for the future routing event.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the computer system is further configured to output one or more reminders regarding the future routing event.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein the output is to one or more of a nomadic device or a personal computer.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the computing system is further configured to receive a playlist to associate with the future routing event, the routing event information including the playlist.

5. The system of claim 1 further comprising one or more vehicle input controls for inputting the routing event information.

6. The system of claim 5 wherein the one or vehicle input controls include one or more of a vehicle touchscreen display, one or more vehicle buttons, or one or more vehicle microphones.

7. The system of claim 1 further comprising memory remote from the vehicle for storing the routing event information.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein the computing system is remote from the vehicle.

9. A computer-program product for scheduling a future navigation event, the computer-program product embodied in a computer readable medium and having instructions for:

storing routing event information for a future routing event based on input at a first user device, the routing event information including an identification of one or more points of interest (POIs) within a geographic vicinity of the first user device, a corresponding location of the one or more POIs, and a future date and/or time for routing to the one or more POIs;

transmitting one or more reminders for the future routing event to the first user device or one or more second user devices until the future routing event;

on the date and/or time of the future routing event as determined from the routing event information and based on user instructions, determining whether or not routing instructions to route to the one or more POIs can be received by the first user device; and

transmitting the routing instructions to the first user device if the routing instructions can be received by the first user device.

10. The computer-program product of claim 9 wherein the first user device is remote from the one or more second user devices.

11. The computer-program product of claim 9 further comprising instructions for transmitting to the one or more second user devices if the routing instructions cannot be received by the first user device.

12. The computer-program product of claim 11 wherein the first user device is a vehicle head unit.

13. The computer-program product of claim 12 wherein the one or more second user devices is a personal computer or a nomadic device.

14. The computer-program product of claim 9 wherein the routing event information is stored remotely from the first and second user devices.

15. The computer-program product of claim 9 further comprising instructions for displaying the one or more POIs at the first user device based on one or more gestures associated with displaying the one or more POIs.

16. The computer-program product of claim 9 wherein the one or more POIs are selected from a navigation map displayed on the first user device.

17. The computer-program product of claim 9 further comprising instruction for receiving from the one or more second devices a playlist to associate with the future routing event, wherein the content of the playlist is played during the future routing event.

18. A system for scheduling a future navigation route, the system comprising:

a processor for a user device configured to;

receive input defining a user'"'"'s request to store one or more points of interests (POIs) along a route for future routing, the one or more POIs being within a geographic vicinity of the user device when the user'"'"'s request is input;

receive a user selection of the one or more POIs to store for a future routing event including a corresponding location of the one or more selected POIs;

receive future date and/or time for routing to the selected POI, the user selected POI and the date and/or time comprising routing event information; and

store the routing event information for the future routing event;

one or more input controls communicating with the user device for inputting the routing event information; and

memory for storing the routing event information.

19. The system of claim 18 wherein the user device is a vehicle computing system.

20. The system of claim 19 wherein the processor is further configured to transmit one or more reminders for the future routing event to the user device until the future routing event.