System and method for presenting a computed route
US7702456B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 14, 2006 |
| Grant date | Apr 20, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 8, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01C21/3676
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for presenting a route includes receiving a starting point and a destination point and computing a route that includes a route segment between the two points. The method further includes determining, based on a user's travel history, whether the route segment is an unfamiliar segment, and identifying, based on the user's travel history, a road that is familiar to the user and that is within a scaled range of the unfamiliar segment. The computed route and the familiar road are then presented in a format that distinguishes the familiar road from the computed route, and the familiar road is represented relative to the unfamiliar segment.
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