Apparatus, and associated method, for planning and displaying a route path
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsMarie Risov, Kas Kasravi, Corey W. Wick
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Abstract
An electronic map device apparatus, and an associated method, creates a route between a route source and a route destination for display at the electronic map device. Locations, area, and features that a user does not desire to encounter during travel along the route are identified and form exclusion information. The exclusion information is entered by way of a user interface. The exclusion information is utilized in the formation of the selected route. A mapping that identifies the selected route is displayed at a display device of the user interface.
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An apparatus for facilitating route planning between a route source and a route destination, said apparatus comprising:
- a user input device for accepting user input identifying at least one excluded entity, each excluded entity being associated with at least one geographic location;
- a location point exclusion identifier configured to identify geographic locations associated with an excluded entity;
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- a route mapper configured to map a route between the route source and the route destination, wherein the route is a selected route that is selected from among available routes between the route source and route destination by avoiding selection of a route along which a user would encounter a geographic location associated with an excluded entity.
An apparatus for facilitating route planning between a route source and a route destination, said apparatus comprising:
- a user input device for accepting user input identifying at least one geographic location that is to be excluded from route planning;
- a route mapper configured to map a route between the route source and the route destination, wherein the route is a selected route that is selected from among available routes between the route source and route destination by avoiding selection of a route passing said at least one geographic location to be excluded from route planning;
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- a position detector configured to identify a current location of said apparatus,
- wherein said current location is added to a list of geographic locations to be excluded from route planning, said current location being added to said list based on corresponding input from said user-input device while the apparatus is at that location.
A method for facilitating route planning of a route between a route source and a route destination with a processor device, said method comprising:
- with said processor device, receiving user input, through an input actuator device in communication with said processor device, said user input identifying at least a first location exclusion point that is to be avoided when selecting a route between the route source and destination;
- with said processor device, identifying an exclusion pattern based on said user input;
- with said processor device, identifying additional location exclusion points not specified by user input but based on said exclusion pattern;
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- with said processor device, mapping the route between the route source and the route destination by avoiding any potential route that includes either a location exclusion point specified by user input or any of the additional location exclusion points identified based on the exclusion pattern.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.