System and method for assigning a level of urgency to navigation cues

A method for guiding a driver of a vehicle from a starting point to a destination point, the method comprising the steps of:

• receiving a navigation cue associated with a selected route between the starting point and the destination point wherein the navigation cue includes a data packet that comprises a location of a maneuver along the selected route and an instruction for the maneuver;
• receiving a position of the vehicle;
• assigning a level of urgency to the navigation cue based on the position of the vehicle and the location of the maneuver in the data packet;
• updating the level of urgency based on an activity state of driver or vehicle;
• presenting the navigation cue to the driver based on the level of urgency of the navigation cue.

A method for guiding a driver of a vehicle from a starting point to a destination point, the method comprising the steps of:

• receiving a navigation cue associated with a selected route between the starting point and the destination point wherein the navigation cue includes a data packet that comprises a location of a maneuver along the selected route and an instruction for the maneuver;
• receiving a position of the vehicle;
• assigning a level of urgency to the navigation cue based on the position of the vehicle and the location of the maneuver in the data packet;
• presenting the navigation cue to the driver based on the level of urgency of the navigation cue.

A system for guiding a driver of a vehicle from a starting point to a destination point, the system comprising:

• a navigation unit that is capable of selecting a route between the starting point and the destination point, the navigation unit further capable of generating a plurality of navigation cues to guide the driver along the selected wherein each of the plurality of navigation cues includes a data packet that comprises a location of a maneuver and an instruction for the maneuver;
• a positioning unit that is capable of determining a position of the vehicle;
• a controller connected to the navigation unit for receiving the navigation cues, the controller having an urgency calculator that is capable of assigning a level of urgency to the navigation cues received from the navigation unit based on the position of the vehicle from a positioning unit and the location of the maneuver in the data packet and a workload manager that is capable of updating the level of urgency based on an activity state of driver or vehicle;
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• a user interface that presents the navigation cues to the driver based on the level of urgency of the navigation cue.