US 10,378,914 B2 · Navigation peek ahead and behind

Abstract

Some embodiments of the invention provide a navigation application that allows a user to peek ahead or behind during a turn-by-turn navigation presentation that the application provides while tracking a device (e.g., a mobile device, a vehicle, etc.) traversal of a physical route. As the device traverses along the physical route, the navigation application generates a navigation presentation that shows a representation of the device on a map traversing along a virtual route that represents the physical route on the map. While providing the navigation presentation, the navigation application can receive user input to look ahead or behind along the virtual route. Based on the user input, the navigation application moves the navigation presentation to show locations on the virtual route that are ahead or behind the displayed current location of the device on the virtual route. This movement can cause the device representation to no longer be visible in the navigation presentation. Also, the virtual route often includes several turns, and the peek ahead or behind movement of the navigation presentation passes the presentation through one or more of these turns. In some embodiments, the map can be defined presented as a two-dimensional (2D) or a three-dimensional (3D) scene.

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Dependent claims

A method of providing turn-by-turn navigation directions as a device traverses a physical route, the device having a touch-sensitive display screen, the method comprising:

presenting a navigation presentation from a perspective of a virtual camera that traverses along a virtual route on a map as the device traverses along the physical route, the presentation including a first portion of the virtual route;
receiving a touch input on the navigation presentation to look at a second portion of the virtual route;
showing an instruction on the navigation presentation to perform a maneuver corresponding to the second portion;
changing the perspective of the virtual camera;
and
moving the virtual camera along the virtual route to generate and display renderings of the map at the second portion of the virtual route.

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A non-transitory machine readable medium storing a program for providing turn-by-turn navigation directions as a device traverses a physical route, the device having a touch-sensitive display screen, the program for execution by at least one processing unit, the program comprising sets of instructions for:

presenting a navigation presentation from a perspective of a virtual camera that traverses along a virtual route on a map as the device traverses along the physical route, the presentation including a first portion of the virtual route;
receiving a touch input on the navigation presentation to look at a second portion of the virtual route;
showing an instruction on the navigation presentation to perform a maneuver corresponding to the second portion;
changing the perspective of the virtual camera;
and
moving the virtual camera along the virtual route to generate and display renderings of the map at the second portion of the virtual route.

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A mobile device comprising:

a set of processing units for processing sets of instructions;
a non transitory machine readable medium storing a program, which when executed by at least one processing unit of the mobile device, provides turn-by-turn navigation directions as a device traverses a physical route, the device having a touch-sensitive display screen, the program comprising sets of instructions for:
presenting a navigation presentation from a perspective of a virtual camera that traverses along a virtual route on a map as the device traverses along the physical route, the presentation including a first portion of the virtual route;
receiving a touch input on the navigation presentation to look at a second portion of the virtual route;
showing an instruction on the navigation presentation to perform a maneuver corresponding to the second portion;
changing the perspective of the virtual camera;
and
moving the virtual camera along the virtual route to generate and display renderings of the map at the second portion of the virtual route.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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