Method, apparatus and computer program product for a navigation user interface

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10240943-B2
Application number	US-201615185649-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 17, 2016
Priority date	Jun 17, 2016
Publication date	Mar 26, 2019
Grant date	Mar 26, 2019

Abstract

A method, apparatus, and computer program product are therefore provided for providing a navigation user interface. The apparatus may be caused to: receive an indication of an origin and a destination; provide for presentation of a representation of the origin, a representation of the destination, and a representation of the route there between, where the representation of the route may include a bar extending in a circular shape between the representation of the origin and the representation of the destination, and defining a map display region within the circular shape. The apparatus may also be configured to provide for presentation of a present location indicator on the representation of the route and provide for presentation of a map within the map display region. The map within the map display region may correspond to at least one of a current location or a user selected location along the route.

First claim

That which is claimed:

1. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one non-transitory memory including computer program code instructions, the computer program code instructions configured to, when executed, cause the apparatus to at least:
receive an indication of an origin and a destination;
provide for presentation of a representation of the origin, a representation of the destination and a representation of a route there between, wherein the representation of the route comprises a bar extending in a circular shape between the representation of the origin and the representation of the destination, wherein progress along the route is depicted on the bar extending in the circular shape indicating a relative location on the bar between the representation of the origin and the representation of the destination, and wherein the circular shape defines a map display region therein;
provide for presentation of a present location indicator on the representation of the route; and
provide for presentation of a map within the map display region, wherein the map within the map display region corresponds to at least one of: a current location along the route or a user selected location along the route.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the computer program code instructions are further configured to, when executed, cause the apparatus to:
provide for presentation of a map within the map display region, wherein the map within the map display region corresponds to a location along the route corresponding to a user input at a first point corresponding to the location on the representation of the route; and
dynamically pan the map within the map display region along the route in response to the user input moving along the representation of the route.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the representation of the origin and the representation of the destination are provided for presentation proximate one another, and wherein the representation of the route extends about at least 330 degrees of a circular shape.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the computer program code instructions are further configured to, when executed, cause the apparatus to:
provide for presentation of at least one event indicator on the representation of the route; and
provide for presentation of information related to one of the at least one event indicators in response to the current location along the route corresponding to the position of the one of the at least one event indicators on the representation of the route.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein causing the apparatus to provide for presentation of information related to one of the at least one event indicators comprises causing the apparatus to provide for presentation of the information within the map display region or on a heads-up display.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is within a vehicle, and wherein the computer program code instructions are further configured to, when executed, cause the apparatus to:
determining a speed of the vehicle;
provide for presentation of a map within the map display region, wherein the map within the map display region corresponds to a portion of the route and does not include the current location of the vehicle in response to the speed of the vehicle falling below a predetermined value; and
provide for presentation of a map within the map display region, wherein the map within the map display region corresponds to a portion of the route including the current location of the vehicle in response to the speed of the vehicle rising above a predetermined value.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the representation of the route comprising a bar extending in a circular shape is a first representation of the route, wherein the computer program code instructions are further configured to, when executed, cause the apparatus to:
provide for presentation of a second representation of the route in a concentric circular shape about the first representation, wherein the first representation of the route provides a first type of information about the route, and wherein the second representation of the route provides a second type of information about the route.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the first type of information comprises information relating to traffic flow, wherein the second type of information comprises information relating to navigation instructions.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the computer program code instructions are further configured to, when executed, cause the apparatus to:
provide for presentation of an indication on a portion of the representation of the route that the portion of the route corresponding to the portion of the representation of the route is compatible with autonomous vehicle operation.

10. A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable program code instructions stored therein, the computer-executable program code instructions comprising program code instructions to:
receive an indication of an origin and a destination;
provide for presentation of a representation of the origin, a representation of the destination and a representation of a route there between, wherein the representation of the route comprises a bar extending in a circular shape between the representation of the origin and the representation of the destination, wherein progress along the route is depicted on the bar extending in the circular shape indicating a relative location on the bar between the representation of the origin and the representation of the destination, and wherein the circular shape defines a map display region therein;
provide for presentation of a present location indicator on the representation of the route; and
provide for presentation of a map within the map display region, wherein the map within the map display region corresponds to at least one of: a current location along the route or a user selected location along the route.

11. The computer program product of claim 10 , further comprising program code instructions to:
provide for presentation of a map within the map display region, wherein the map within the map display region corresponds to a location along the route corresponding to a user input at a first point corresponding to the location on the representation of the route; and
dynamically pan the map within the map display region along the route in response to the user input moving along the representation of the route.

12. The computer program product of claim 10 , wherein the representation of the origin and the representation of the destination are provided for presentation proximate one another, and wherein the representation of the route extends about at least 330 degrees of a circular shape.

13. The computer program product of claim 10 , further comprising program code instructions to:
provide for presentation of at least one event indicator on the representation of the route; and
provide for presentation of information related to one of the at least one event indicators in response to the current location along the route corresponding to the position of the one of the at least one event indicators on the representation of the route.

14. The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the program code instructions to provide for presentation of information related to one of the at least one event indicators comprises program code instructions to provide for presentation of the information within the map display region or on a heads-up display.

15. The computer program

Assignees

• Here Global Bv

Inventors

• Baracco Ruggero
• Scheunig Stephan
• Pearce Mark

Classifications

• G01C21/3492

  employing speed data or traffic data, e.g. real-time or historical (traffic control systems for road vehicles involving transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle G08G1/0968) · CPC title

• G01C21/367 Primary

  Details, e.g. road map scale, orientation, zooming, illumination, level of detail, scrolling of road map or positioning of current position marker · CPC title