Method and system for displaying nowcasts along a route map
AssigneeSky Motion Research, Ulc
InventorAndre Leblanc
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Abstract
A system and method for displaying nowcasts along a route on a map. The system receives a map request including a departure location and a destination location from a user, and obtains map data including a route between the destination location and the departure location. A nowcaster is used for outputting nowcasts for a number of key points along the route. The system modifies the map data to include a visual indicator for each nowcast for each key point such that when the modified map data is executed on a display the nowcasts are displayed along the route between the departure location and the destination location.
Claims15
A computer implemented method for generating a map comprising a weather forecast, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a navigation device, a map request including a departure location and a destination location;
- in response to receiving the map request, obtaining map data associated with a route between the departure location and the destination location;
- generating a weather forecast indicating a probability of a particular type of precipitation occurring at a particular rate at a point along the route at an estimated arrival time associated with the point by combining a probability of the particular type of precipitation occurring and a probability of precipitation occurring at the particular rate;
- and
- displaying, on a display device of the navigation device, a map of the route and a visual indicator of the weather forecast.
A device for generating a map comprising a weather forecast, the device comprising:
- a display device;
- one or more processors;
- and
- a memory storing instructions for the one or more processors,
- wherein, when the one or more processors execute the instructions stored in the memory, the device is caused to:
- receive a map request indicating a departure location and a destination location;
- in response to receiving the map request, obtain map data associated with a route between the departure location and the destination location;
- obtain a weather forecast indicating a probability of a particular type of precipitation occurring at a particular rate at a point along the route at an estimated arrival time associated with the point, wherein the probability of the particular type of precipitation occurring at the particular rate is generated by combining a probability of the particular type of precipitation occurring and a probability of precipitation occurring at the particular rate;
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- display a map of the route and a visual indicator of the weather forecast on the display device.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause it to:
- receive, at a navigation device, a map request including a departure location and a destination location;
- in response to receiving the map request, obtain map data associated with a route between the departure location and the destination location;
- generate a weather forecast indicating a probability of a particular type of precipitation occurring at a particular rate at a point along the route at an estimated arrival time associated with the point by combining a probability of the particular type of precipitation occurring and a probability of precipitation occurring at the particular rate;
- and
- display, on a display device of the navigation device, a map of the route and a visual indicator of the weather forecast.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.