Navigation peek ahead and behind in a navigation application

• US 9,404,766 B2
• Filed: 10/16/2013
• Issued: 08/02/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: McGavran, Christine B., Moore, Bradford A., Moore, Christopher D., Habeck, Harold O., van Os, Marcel
• Primary Examiner(s): Anwari, Maceeh
• Application Number:
  US14/055,811
• Publication Number:
  US 20140365122A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,021 Days
• Field of Search: 701/533
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3632 Guidance using simplified or iconic instructions, e.g. using arrows G01C21/365 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3664 Details of the user input interface, e.g. buttons, knobs or sliders, including those provided on a touch screen; remote controllers; input using gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A method of providing a sequence of turn-by-turn navigation instructions on a device traversing a route is provided. Each turn-by-turn navigation instruction is associated with a location on the route. As the device traverses along the route, the method displays a turn-by-turn navigation instruction associated with a current location of the device. The method receives a touch input through a touch input interface of the device while displaying a first turn-by-turn navigation instruction and a first map region that displays the current location and a first location associated with the first turn-by-turn navigation instruction. In response to receiving the touch input, the method displays a second turn-by-turn navigation instruction and a second map region that displays a second location associated with the second turn-by-turn navigation instruction. Without receiving additional input, the method automatically returns to the display of the first turn-by-turn navigation instruction and the first map region.

Claims

1. A method of providing a sequence of turn-by-turn navigation instructions on a device traversing a route, each turn-by-turn navigation instruction associated with a location on the route, the method comprising:

as the device traverses along the route, displaying a turn-by-turn navigation instruction for a current location of the device;

receiving a touch input through a touch input interface of the device while displaying a first turn-by-turn navigation instruction for a first maneuver and the current location of the device in a first map region associated with the first turn-by-turn navigation instruction;

in response to receiving the touch input, displaying a second turn-by-turn navigation instruction for a second maneuver and a second map region associated with the second turn-by-turn navigation instruction; and

after a predetermined time period during which no input is received, automatically replacing the display of the second turn-by-turn navigation instruction and the second map region with the display of the first turn-by-turn navigation instruction and the first map region.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first turn-by-turn navigation instruction for the first maneuver is before the second turn-by-turn navigation instruction for the second maneuver in the sequence of turn-by-turn navigation instructions.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first turn-by-turn navigation instruction for the first maneuver is after the second turn-by-turn navigation instruction for the second maneuver in the sequence of turn-by-turn navigation instructions.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said receiving the touch input comprises receiving a touch drag operation from the touch input interface, the method further comprising performing at least one of a zooming operation, a rotation operation, and a panning operation on a map to generate and display intermediate map regions in order to transition from displaying the first map region to displaying the second map region while receiving the touch drag operation.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said receiving the touch input comprises receiving a touch drag operation from the touch input interface, the method further comprising receiving, from the touch input interface, an indication that the touch drag operation has ended, wherein said predetermined time period starts after receiving the indication.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said receiving the touch input comprises receiving a touch drag operation from the touch input interface, the method further comprising:

receiving, from the touch input interface, an indication that the touch drag operation has ended while displaying a particular intermediate map region; and

in response to receiving the indication, maintaining the display of the particular intermediate map region until another touch input is received or until the predetermined time period is lapsed.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said automatically replacing further comprises replacing the display of the second turn-by-turn navigation instruction and the second map region with the display of the first turn-by-turn navigation instruction and the first map region once the device reaches a threshold distance from the first maneuver.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising keeping a current location indicator at a static position with respect to sides of a display screen of the device while different map regions are displayed on the display screen.

9. A non-transitory machine readable medium for storing a navigation application which when executed by at least one processing unit of a device guides a user through a route by displaying a sequence of navigation maneuvers each associated with a different location on a map, the navigation application comprising sets of instructions for:

displaying (i) a first user interface (UI) item that describes an upcoming first navigation maneuver for a first location of the device and (ii) a first map region that presents the first location of the device as the device traverses a navigated route;

receiving a touch input through a touch input interface of the device while displaying the first UI item;

in response to receiving the touch input, displaying (i) a second UI item that describes a second navigation maneuver associated with a second location and (ii) a second map region that presents the second location of the device; and

after a predetermined time period during which no input is received, automatically replacing the display of the second UI item and the second map region with the display of the first UI item and the first map region.

10. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 9, wherein the set of instructions for displaying the second map region comprises a set of instructions for performing at least one of a zooming operation, a rotation operation, and a panning operation on the map to transition from displaying the first map region to displaying the second map region.

11. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 10, wherein the set of instructions for performing at least one of the zooming operation, rotating operation, and panning operation comprises a set of instructions for moving a virtual camera in a virtual space to capture at least one of a zoomed, rotated, and panned map region.

12. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 9, wherein the first location of the device is a current location of the device on the navigated route.

13. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 9, wherein the touch input is a swipe gesture on a display screen of the device.

14. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 13, wherein the second navigation maneuver is after the first navigation maneuver in the sequence of navigation maneuvers when the swipe gesture is a right-to-left swipe.

15. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 13, wherein the second navigation maneuver is before the first navigation maneuver in the sequence of navigation maneuvers when the swipe gesture is a left-to-right swipe.

16. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 9, wherein said automatically replacing comprises displaying the first UI item and the first map region when the device reaches a threshold distance from the first location even if the predetermined time period is not lapsed.

17. A device comprising:

a display screen;

a touch input interface that processes touch inputs on the display screen;

a set of processing units; and

a machine readable medium storing a navigation application which when executed by at least one of the processing units guides a user by displaying a sequence of turn-by-turn navigation instructions on the display screen, each turn-by-turn navigation instruction associated with a location on a route, the navigation application comprising sets of instructions for;

displaying a turn-by-turn navigation instruction associated with a current location of the device as the device traverses along the route;

receiving a touch input through the touch input interface while displaying a first turn-by-turn navigation instruction and a first location associated with the first turn-by-turn navigation instruction;

displaying, in response to receiving the touch input, a second turn-by-turn navigation instruction and a second location associated with the second turn-by-turn navigation instruction; and

after a predetermined time period during which no input is received, automatically replacing the display of the second turn-by-turn navigation instruction and the second location with the display of the first turn-by-turn navigation instruction and the first location.

18. The device of claim 17, wherein the touch input is a swipe gesture on the display screen of the device.

19. The device of claim 18, wherein the swipe gesture is substantially horizontal with respect to sides of the display screen.

20. The device of claim 18, wherein the second turn-by-turn navigation instruction is after the first turn-by-turn navigation instruction in the sequence of turn-by-turn navigation instructions when the swipe gesture is a right-to-left swipe.

21. The device of claim 18, wherein the second turn-by-turn navigation instruction is before the first turn-by-turn navigation instruction in the sequence of turn-by-turn navigation instructions when the swipe gesture is a left-to-right swipe.

22. The device of claim 17, wherein the set of instructions for receiving the touch input comprises a set of instructions for receiving a touch drag operation from the touch input interface, wherein the navigation application further comprises a set of instructions for receiving, from the touch input interface, an indication that the touch drag operation has ended, wherein said predetermined time period starts after receiving the indication.

23. The device of claim 17, wherein the set of instructions for receiving the touch input comprises a set of instructions for receiving a touch drag operation from the touch input interface,

wherein the navigation application further comprises sets of instructions for:

receiving, from the touch input interface, an indication that the touch drag operation has ended while displaying a particular intermediate map region; and

in response to receiving the indication, maintaining the display of the particular intermediate map region until another touch input is received or until the predetermined time period is lapsed.