Method and apparatus for upcoming turn identification and assistance
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsOliver LEI, Allen R. MURRAY
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Abstract
A system includes a processor configured to determine a navigation instruction execution location within a predefined distance from a vehicle location. The processor is also configured to communicate with a wireless transceiver to receive information identifying an intervening turn-option location, between the execution location and vehicle location. The processor is further configured to determine a distance between the vehicle location and turn-option location and display the determined distance on a navigation display, until the vehicle passes the turn-option location.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- determine a navigation instruction execution location within a predefined distance from a vehicle location;
- communicate with a wireless transceiver to receive information identifying an intervening turn-option location, between the execution location and the vehicle location;
- determine a distance between the vehicle location and the turn-option location;
- and
- display the determined distance on a navigation display until the vehicle passes the turn-option location.
A system comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- wirelessly receive signals from transceivers within a predefined proximity of a vehicle, identifying navigable driving-option locations upcoming along a route;
- responsive to a navigation instruction to maneuver within a predefined distance, display wirelessly identified navigable driving-option locations, including distances adaptively varying with vehicle location, from a vehicle location to the displayed navigable driving-option locations;
- and
- remove displayed navigable driving-option locations as a vehicle passes respective locations.
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving navigable driving-option location characteristics from a wireless transceiver associated with a navigable driving-option;
- responsive to a navigation instruction to execute a driving maneuver at a navigation location within a predefined distance of a vehicle location, displaying received navigable driving-option characteristics for a navigable driving-option between the vehicle location and the navigation location;
- and
- removing the displayed navigable driving-option characteristics once a vehicle passes a navigable driving-option location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.