# US 2018/0023972 A1 · Method and apparatus for upcoming turn identification and assistance > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0023972 A1 - Document ID: US20180023972A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/218,542 - Filed: 2016-07-25 - Published: 2018-01-25 - Earliest claimed: 2016-07-25 - Assignees: Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Applicants: Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Inventors: Oliver LEI; Allen R. MURRAY - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180023972A1 ## CPC - G01C 21/3626: {Details of the output of route guidance instructions (traffic control systems for road vehicles involving transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle G08G1/0968)} - G01C 21/3655: {Timing of guidance instructions} - G01C 21/3673: {Labelling using text of road map data items, e.g. road names, POI names} - G08G 1/096716: {where the received information does not generate an automatic action on the vehicle control} - G08G 1/096783: {where the origin of the information is a roadside individual element} - G08G 1/096791: {where the origin of the information is another vehicle} - G08G 1/096861: {where the immediate route instructions are output to the driver, e.g. arrow signs for next turn} - G08G 1/0969: having a display in the form of a map - G08G 1/137: the indicator being in the form of a map - H04L 67/12: specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks - H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication - G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S) - G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93}) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to communicate with the wireless transceiver to receive turn-option characteristic information. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, wherein the characteristic information includes a street identification. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, wherein the characteristic information includes a business identification. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, wherein the characteristic information includes a traffic control feature identification. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, wherein the processor is further configured to display the turn-option characteristic information on the navigation display. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to dynamically adjust the displayed determined distance to reflect a changing distance between the vehicle location and the turn-option location as the vehicle moves. ### Claim 8 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. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the signals from the local transceivers identify navigable driving-option location characteristics. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein the characteristics include a street identification. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein the characteristics include a business identification. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein the characteristics include a traffic control feature identification. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to display the characteristics on a navigation display. ### Claim 14 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. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the navigable driving-option location is received as part of the navigable driving-option characteristics. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, the displaying including displaying a distance, adaptively varying with the vehicle location, between the vehicle location and the navigable driving-option location. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, the displaying including displaying a street name if a street name is included in the navigable driving-option characteristics. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, the displaying including displaying a traffic control feature type if a traffic control feature type is included in the navigable driving-option characteristics. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, the displaying including displaying a business name if a business name is included in the navigable driving-option characteristics. ### Claim 20 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the predefined distance is user-definable.