Navigation system providing a super detail mode of operation to assist user's driving

A computer program product embodied in a computer readable storage medium for providing route guidance to a driver of a vehicle, the computer program product comprising the programming instructions for:

• receiving a destination from said driver of said vehicle;
• identifying a current location of said vehicle;
• determining a route to travel from said current location of said vehicle to said destination;
• obtaining one or more of the following:
• past driving history of said driver of said vehicle, past driving history of other drivers on said route, information about said route, current timing, information about external conditions and user customized conditions;
• monitoring road conditions of said route;
• and
• implementing a super detail mode of operation in response to a road condition of said route requiring a use of said super detail mode based on one or more of said past driving history of said driver of said vehicle, said past driving history of other drivers on said route, said information about said route, said current timing, said information about external conditions and said user customized conditions, wherein said super detail mode of operation comprises more detailed guided instructions in comparison to a normal mode of operation.

A navigation system, comprising:

• a memory unit for storing a computer program for providing route guidance to a driver of a vehicle;
• and
• a processor coupled to said memory unit, wherein said processor, responsive to said computer program, comprises:
• circuitry for receiving a destination from said driver of said vehicle;
• circuitry for identifying a current location of said vehicle;
• circuitry for determining a route to travel from said current location of said vehicle to said destination;
• circuitry for obtaining one or more of the following:
• past driving history of said driver of said vehicle, past driving history of other drivers on said route, information about said route, current timing, information about external conditions and user customized conditions;
• circuitry for monitoring road conditions of said route;
• and
• circuitry for implementing a super detail mode of operation in response to a road condition of said route requiring a use of said super detail mode based on one or more of said past driving history of said driver of said vehicle, said past driving history of other drivers on said route, said information about said route, said current timing, said information about external conditions and said user customized conditions, wherein said super detail mode of operation comprises more detailed guided instructions in comparison to a normal mode of operation.