Navigation system providing a super detail mode of operation to assist user's driving

摘要

A method, system and computer program product for providing route guidance to a driver of a vehicle. Based on the current location of the vehicle, the navigation system determines a route to travel from the current location of the vehicle to a destination provided by the driver. The navigation system obtains information (e.g., past driving history of other drivers on the route) which is used to assess whether a super detail mode of operation (provides additional details than traditional GPS-based navigation systems thereby lessening the likelihood that the driver will get lost) should be enacted by the navigation system. The super detail mode of operation may be triggered by the navigation system based on a road condition (e.g., missed turn ratio of route exceeds a threshold) that warrants the super detail mode of operation where such a condition is determined to have occurred using the obtained information discussed above.

主权项

1. A method for providing route guidance to a driver of a vehicle, the method comprising:
receiving a destination from said driver of said vehicle; identifying a current location of said vehicle; determining a route to travel from said current location of said vehicle to said destination; obtaining the following: past driving history of said driver of said vehicle, past driving history of other drivers on said route, information about said route, current timing, information about external conditions and user customized conditions; monitoring road conditions of said route; and implementing, by a processor, a super detail mode of operation in response to a road condition of said route requiring a use of said super detail mode based on one or more of said past driving history of said driver of said vehicle, said past driving history of other drivers on said route, said information about said route, said current timing, said information about external conditions and said user customized conditions, wherein said super detail mode of operation comprises more detailed guided audio instructions in comparison to a normal mode of operation.