System for guiding a user through a multi-option turn decision and method thereof
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorsKyeong Jin Kim, Jae Seok Park
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Abstract
The disclosure provides a system for guiding a user of a vehicle through a multi-option turn decision, and a method using the same. Specifically, the disclosure provides technology for displaying a distance measurement from the current location of a vehicle to all turn options in a region of the vehicle's route guide that has multi-option turn decisions, thereby preventing the user from being confused as to which turn to take.
Claims16
A system for guiding a user through a multi-option turn decision, comprising:
- a driving route providing module configured to provide a driving route depending on the user's starting point and destination;
- and
- a display module configured to display the driving route,
- wherein the driving route providing module is configured to display a first distance measurement between a first turn choice and the user's current location and a second distance measurement between a second turn choice and the user's current location when the user approaches a multi-option turn decision comprising a first turn choice and at least one additional turn choice within a predetermined distance from the first turn choice on the current driving route.
A method of guiding a user through a multi-option turn decision, comprising:
- (a) providing a driving route depending on the user's starting point and destination;
- and
- (b) displaying a first distance measurement between a first turn choice and the user's current location and a second distance measurement between a second turn choice and the user's current location when the user approaches a multi-option turn decision comprising a first turn choice and at least one additional turn choice within a predetermined distance from the first turn choice.
A non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions executed by a processor or controller, the computer readable medium comprising:
- program instructions that provide a driving route depending on a user's starting point and destination;
- and
- program instructions that display a first distance measurement between a first turn choice and the user's current location and a second distance measurement between a second turn choice and the user's current location when the user approaches a multi-option turn decision comprising a first turn choice and at least one additional turn choice within a predetermined distance from the first turn choice.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.