DRIVING LANE CHANGE SUGGESTIONS

摘要

Various types of vehicle navigation may facilitate a driver of a vehicle, including lane suggestions (e.g., a message indicating that the current route of the vehicle involves an exit from the rightmost lane of a causeway). A device may be configured to formulate lane change suggestions by detecting a current lane of the driver; comparing the travel conditions of the current lane with the travel conditions of other lanes of the causeway; and presenting a lane change suggestion of another lane presenting advantageous travel conditions as compared with the current lane. The inclusion of the current lane in the selection and formulation of lane change suggestions may improve the relevance of the suggestions (e.g., presenting lane change suggestions only if the travel condition of another lane is advantageous over the current lane, and presenting lane change suggestions relative to the current lane, e.g., “move two lanes to the left”).

主权项

1. A method of facilitating a driver of a vehicle, the method involving a device having a processor and comprising:
executing on the processor instructions configured to, while the vehicle operates on a causeway having at least two lanes:
detect, among the lanes of the causeway, a current lane that is occupied by the vehicle;for respective lanes, identify a travel condition;identify an advantageous lane of the causeway having a travel condition presenting an advantage over the travel condition of the current lane; andpresent to the driver a lane change suggestion to transfer the vehicle to the advantageous lane.