Using routing symbols to describe a driving maneuver

摘要

Driving directions are presented where a maneuver in the driving directions includes a road symbol and an action symbol. A road symbol identifies the road involved in the particular maneuver, and an action symbol identifies an action to be performed to execute the particular maneuver. In one example, a road symbol, an action symbol and narrative text may be presented in displayed or printed driving directions. In another example, a road symbol and an action symbol may be used to describe a maneuver presented by an on-board or mobile navigation system when the vehicle in which the navigation system is present approaches the point at which the maneuver is to be taken. The road symbol and the action symbol may be presented with, or without, narrative driving directions.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for identifying and presenting symbols to a user to navigate a route between an origin and a destination, the method comprising the following operations performed by at least one processor:
obtaining information identifying an action associated with a maneuver in the route from the origin to the destination; determining, based on the information identifying the action associated with the maneuver, an action symbol for the maneuver; determining a road symbol based on at least road information identifying a road associated with the maneuver, the road symbol having substantially the same appearance as a road sign used to mark the road associated with the maneuver; and generating an instruction to present a display to the user including the road symbol in a position adjacent to the action symbol, the presented road and action symbols conveying the maneuver to the user.