Navigation peek ahead and behind in a navigation application

• US 9,631,945 B2
• Filed: 07/11/2016
• Issued: 04/25/2017
• 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:
  US15/207,476
• Publication Number:
  US 20160320201A1
• Time in Patent Office: 288 Days
• Field of Search: 701532-533
• 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 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 a first user interface (UI) item that describes an upcoming first navigation maneuver for a current first location of the device, and a map region that presents the current first location 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; and

in response to receiving the touch input;

displaying a second UI item that describes a second navigation maneuver associated with a second location; and

displaying a second map region that presents the first location and the second location, wherein the map is rotated such that the first location and the second location align vertically with respect to sides of a display screen of the device.

2. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 1, wherein the navigation application further comprises sets of instructions for:

receiving a second touch input while displaying the second UI item and the second map region;

in response to receiving the second touch input;

displaying a third UI item that describes a third navigation maneuver; and

displaying a third map region that presents the first location and a third location that is associated with the third navigation maneuver in response to receiving the second touch input.

3. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 2, wherein the set of instructions for displaying the third map region comprises a set of instructions for rotating the map to make a vector from the current location to the third location point to a top side of a display area of the navigation application when the third navigation maneuver is after the second navigation maneuver and the second navigation maneuver is after the first navigation maneuver in the sequence of navigation maneuvers.

4. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 1, wherein the navigation application further comprises a set of instructions for displaying said map regions in three dimensions when the route is being navigated by driving.

5. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 4, wherein the navigation application further comprises a set of instructions for displaying said map regions in two dimensions when the route is traversed by walking.

6. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 1, wherein the navigation application further comprises a set of instructions for, after displaying the second map region, 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.

7. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 1, 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 performing at least one of a zooming operation, a rotation operation, and a panning operation on the 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.

8. For a navigation application operating on a device, a method that guides a user through a route by displaying a sequence of navigation maneuvers each associated with a different location on a map, the method comprising:

displaying a first user interface (UI) item that describes an upcoming first navigation maneuver for a current first location of the device, and a map region that presents the current first location 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; and

in response to receiving the touch input;

displaying a second UI item that describes a second navigation maneuver associated with a second location; and

displaying a second map region that presents the first location and the second location, wherein the map is rotated such that the first location and the second location align vertically with respect to sides of a display screen of the device.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

receiving a second touch input while displaying the second UI item and the second map region;

in response to receiving the second touch input;

displaying a third UI item that describes a third navigation maneuver; and

displaying a third map region that presents the first location and a third location that is associated with the third navigation maneuver in response to receiving the second touch input.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein displaying the third map region comprises rotating the map to make a vector from the current location to the third location point to a top side of a display area of the navigation application when the third navigation maneuver is after the second navigation maneuver and the second navigation maneuver is after the first navigation maneuver in the sequence of navigation maneuvers.

11. The method of claim 8 further comprising displaying said map regions in three dimensions when the route is being navigated by driving.

12. The method of claim 11 further comprising displaying said map regions in two dimensions when the route is traversed by walking.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein receiving the touch input comprises receiving a touch drag operation from the touch input interface, wherein the method further comprises, after a time period after an end of the touch drag operation 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.

14. The method of claim 8 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.

15. A device comprising:

a set of processing units;

a touch input interface;

a display screen; and

a non-transitory machine readable medium for storing a navigation application which when executed by the set of processing units 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, on the display screen, a first user interface (UI) item that describes an upcoming first navigation maneuver for a current first location of the device, and a map region that presents the current first location as the device traverses a navigated route;

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

in response to receiving the touch input;

displaying a second UI item that describes a second navigation maneuver associated with a second location; and

displaying a second map region that presents the first location and the second location, wherein the map is rotated such that the first location and the second location align vertically with respect to sides of a display screen of the device.

16. The device of claim 15, wherein the navigation application further comprises sets of instructions for:

receiving a second touch input while displaying the second UI item and the second map region;

in response to receiving the second touch input;

displaying a third UI item that describes a third navigation maneuver; and

displaying a third map region that presents the first location and a third location that is associated with the third navigation maneuver in response to receiving the second touch input.

17. The device of claim 16, wherein the set of instructions for displaying the third map region comprises a set of instructions for rotating the map to make a vector from the current location to the third location point to a top side of a display area of the navigation application when the third navigation maneuver is after the second navigation maneuver and the second navigation maneuver is after the first navigation maneuver in the sequence of navigation maneuvers.

18. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 15, wherein the navigation application further comprises a set of instructions for displaying said map regions in three dimensions when the route is being navigated by driving.

19. The device of claim 18, wherein the navigation application further comprises a set of instructions for displaying said map regions in two dimensions when the route is traversed by walking.

20. The device of claim 15, wherein the navigation application further comprises a set of instructions for, after displaying the second map region, 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.