Turn-by-turn navigation

About: Turn-by-turn navigation is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2243 publications have been published within this topic receiving 52838 citations.

Navigation method with dynamic destination selection and navigation device

Abstract: The invention relates to a navigation method wherein a computer is used to calculate at least one destination in a selected manner and one route to said destination on the basis of a set destination category comprising a plurality of destinations (P1; P2; P3; P4). If the location (V1; V2) is modified, the computer checks whether a new destination belonging to the set destination category is closer to said modified location. If the new destination is nearer to the modified location, a route from the modified location to the new destination is calculated and outputted to a user. This results in a dynamic, automatically modifiable destination selection which is accountable for the actual progression of a travel route.

Communicative navigation system and information distribution server, and mobile navigation terminal

Abstract: There are provided a mobile navigation terminal and an information distribution server that includes a geographical database for route searching and a mesh database storing therein meshes into which images produced from aerial photographs have been divided. The mobile navigation terminal includes GPS means; matching means for matching a measured location with a route to determine a current location; and a mesh data requesting part for calculating mesh data for which to request the information distribution server anew in connection with the current location. The mobile navigation terminal transmits a route search request and/or a mesh data distribution request to the information distribution server. The information distribution server, which includes a route searching part and a mesh data distributing part, uses the geographical database to search for a route. If there exists a guide route in the mesh data as requested for, then the information distribution server adds the guide route data to the mesh data and distributes them to the mobile navigation terminal. The mobile navigation terminal displays the guide route on the distributed mesh data.

Where did it come from, where do you go? Direction sources influence navigation decisions during spatial uncertainty

Abstract: Previous research on route directions largely considers the case when a knowledgeable route-giver conveys accurate information. In the real world, however, route information is sometimes inaccurate, and directions can lead navigators astray. We explored how participants respond to route directions containing ambiguities between landmarks and turn directions, forcing reliance on one or the other. In three experiments, participants read route directions (e.g., To get to the metro station, take a right at the pharmacy) and then selected from destinations on a map. Critically, in half of the trials the landmark (pharmacy) and turn (right) directions were conflicting, such that the participant had to make a decision under conditions of uncertainty; under these conditions, we measured whether participants preferentially relied upon landmark- versus direction-based strategies. Across the three experiments, participants were either provided no information regarding the source of directions (Experiment 1), or told that the source of directions was a GPS device (Experiment 2), or a human (Experiment 3). Without information regarding the source of directions, participants generally relied on landmarks or turn information under conditions of ambiguity; in contrast, with a GPS source participants relied primarily on turn information, and with a human source on landmark information. Results were robust across gender and individual differences in spatial preference. We discuss these results within the context of spatial decision-making theory and consider implications for the design and development of landmark-inclusive navigation systems.

Methods and apparatus for improved navigation among controlled terms in one or more user documents

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for improved navigation among controlled terms in one or more user documents. A user can navigate among a plurality of occurrences of a controlled term in one or more documents. A disclosed navigation and editing tool provides a link for each of the occurrences of the controlled term, wherein each of the links include a plurality of destination links, wherein each of the destination links allow a user to navigate to a corresponding one of the other of the plurality of occurrences in the one or more documents; receives a user selection of at least one of the destination links; and jumps, in response to the user selection, to a destination in the one or more documents associated with the selected destination link.

Method and system for providing wireless connection conditions along a navigation route

Abstract: A method for providing wireless connection conditions to a mobile vehicle, including receiving navigation route information at a call center; determining wireless connection conditions associated with the received route; and transmitting a message including wireless connection conditions associated with the navigation route to the mobile vehicle. Another example provides a computer usable medium and program code, including program code for receiving navigation route information at a call center; program code for determining wireless connection conditions associated with the received route; and program code for transmitting a message including wireless connection conditions. Another example provides a system including means for receiving navigation route information at a call center, means for determining wireless connection conditions associated with the received navigation route, and means for transmitting a message including wireless connection conditions.