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• • G—PHYSICS
  • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
  • G01C—MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY
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  • G01C21/26—Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in groups G01C1/00 - G01C19/00 specially adapted for navigation in a road network
  • G01C21/34—Route searching; Route guidance
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  • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
  • G01C—MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY
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  • G01C21/3667—Display of a road map
  • G01C21/367—Details, e.g. road map scale, orientation, zooming, illumination, level of detail, scrolling of road map or positioning of current position marker
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
  • G01C—MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY
  • G01C21/00—Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in groups G01C1/00 - G01C19/00
  • G01C21/26—Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in groups G01C1/00 - G01C19/00 specially adapted for navigation in a road network
  • G01C21/34—Route searching; Route guidance
  • G01C21/36—Input/output arrangements for on-board computers
  • G01C21/3626—Details of the output of route guidance instructions
  • G01C21/3632—Guidance using simplified or iconic instructions, e.g. using arrows
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
  • G01C—MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY
  • G01C21/00—Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in groups G01C1/00 - G01C19/00
  • G01C21/26—Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in groups G01C1/00 - G01C19/00 specially adapted for navigation in a road network
  • G01C21/34—Route searching; Route guidance
  • G01C21/36—Input/output arrangements for on-board computers
  • G01C21/3667—Display of a road map

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a navigation system comprising access to road mapping data, at least one microprocessor, at least one working memory, a route calculation module.
• the invention also provides a corresponding navigation method.
• a central server provides routing calculations for a large community of users.
• the data, further comprising road maps, are then transmitted from the server to the mobile device.
• Such an implementation involves the exchange of large volumes of data, little compatible with a very limited bandwidth for each receiver, especially in certain places or moments.
• the display of the route in the form of a road map with a large amount of information has the disadvantage of soliciting the user too intensely, often for obtaining irrelevant information in look at the route to follow.
• Document US 2004/117108 describes a navigation system in which the route to be followed is divided into segments sequentially transmitted to a mobile navigation terminal from the segments calculated at a route server. The transmissions are made at given points of the calculated route. Subsequent segments are transmitted when a given point of a previous segment is reached.
• the described system involves the transmission of segment data in addition to the specific point data. This segment data greatly increases the amount of data that must be transmitted from the server to the mobile devices.
• Document US 2009/112462 describes a navigation system in which the route guidance list is hierarchized so that the information concerning the maneuvering actions at locations closer to the user's position take precedence. For example, in the route guidance list, information about the immediate maneuvering location is more detailed, enlarged, and highlighted relative to others. To transmit the information to the user, the method uses a list of maneuvers.
• US 2003/078729 discloses a navigation system in which the road guidance information is adapted for use on a small screen.
• Road guidance information display elements are mapped to numeric keys in ascending numerical order by means of hyperlinks.
• Each file is divided so that each item does not exceed the expected file size.
• the presented system implies an alternation of continuities displayed sometimes before, sometimes after an instruction. This non-constancy of the display mode compels the user to adapt each time the mode changes, causing great confusion and affecting the speed of interpretation of the data.
• US 5544060 discloses a navigation system for a vehicle allowing a user to obtain an optimal route between a starting point and a destination, before departure. Once the optimum path has been calculated, a preview function allows the user to visualize the calculated path either before departure or at any point along the optimal path.
• the approach presented in this document involves only the distance to the next maneuver, with no notion of continuity.
• the existing methods are not very ergonomic and are generally greedy memory capacity, storage capacity and data processing capacity.
• the invention provides different technical means.
• a first object of the invention is to provide a system and a navigation method with optimized ergonomics, facilitating understanding and use, safely.
• Another object of the invention is to provide a system and a navigation method for facilitating the reading and understanding of the route data.
• Another object of the invention is to provide a navigation system and method for reducing the distraction sources of the driver of a vehicle equipped with such a device.
• Another object of the invention is to provide a system and a navigation method for operation with very little data at the mobile device.
• Another object of the invention is to provide a navigation method to have data constantly and regularly updated.
• Yet another object of the invention is to provide a navigation method for having useful information in real time, even when the available bandwidth for a receiver is very limited.
• the invention provides a navigation system provided with a mobile navigation device having access to road mapping data in relation to at least one geographical area and to determine a plurality of routes in this zone, at least one microprocessor, at least one working memory, a route calculation module, and furthermore comprising:
• a navigation window generation module for formatting the route data in a plurality of successive fixed windows each comprising an indication of continuity corresponding to the display of the current channel and the distance during which this channel must be followed and a continuity change instruction in the form of either direction data to be followed or maneuver geometry data;
• a module for generating window change data making it possible to generate data that can enable an automatic transition from one navigation window to another;
• a navigation module to ensure the transmission to the user of the successive navigation windows
• a geolocation module making it possible, when moving the mobile navigation device, to determine the real position of the latter;
• a matching module making it possible to ensure a correspondence between the actual position provided by the geolocation module and the planned route
• a window change module making it possible to switch from one window to another according to the window change data.
• Such a system makes it possible to format the route data in a particularly compact manner, while keeping only the data that are really useful for understanding and monitoring the route.
• the preparation of the routes in the form of successive navigation windows makes it possible to considerably reduce the memory capacity and the power required to transmit, store and / or use the route data.
• Using navigation windows instead of road maps helps to make it easier to read and understand the instructions for making the route.
• such an implementation also allows frequent and frequent exchanges between a server and a plurality of mobile navigation devices without causing a high consumption in the communication networks used.
• the window change data generation module determines, for each window, at least one window change point that can be recognized during the progression along the route.
• the window change point advantageously corresponds to a geolocation point.
• the system also comprises a module for detecting points of maneuver, designed to identify the points of maneuver along the route.
• the system comprises a direction data availability test module, provided for checking, for each identified maneuver point, if direction tracking data are provided in the map data. available.
• the navigation system comprises a centralized server having access to road mapping data in relation to at least one geographical area and making it possible to determine a plurality of routes in this area, a plurality of mobile navigation module, capable of being in communication at least temporarily with the central server to exchange data.
• the digital road map data is stored at the server (internally or externally). This makes it possible to centralize the updates, so that the mobile can easily have the most recent data available.
• the route calculation module, and possibly the navigation window generation module, and possibly the window change data generation module are provided at the server level.
• the centralization of modules being able to require significant processing capabilities allows to provide efficient equipment and in line with the needs of users of the system.
• the navigation system further comprises a steering data availability test module, making it possible to check, for each identified maneuver point, whether direction-tracking data is provided for in the road map data available (advantageously at the server level, but can also be at the level of mobile navigation modules).
• the invention also provides a navigational method for navigation system comprising at least one mobile navigation device and having access to digital road mapping data in relation to at least one geographical area and to determine a plurality routes in this area, including the following steps:
• the data in relation to the indication of continuity, the given distance and the follow-up instruction of the route are arranged or formatted so that the display of these data occupies the largest portion of the data. the available display space on the display screen.
• the fact of using very concise itinerary data allows great flexibility in the presentation modes to the user.
• the route data can be easily presented on a screen (even small), projected on the windshield of a vehicle or using glasses used for projection, by voice synthesis, etc.
• the route data comprise the essential elements for tracking the route.
• the removal of many visual elements of purely aesthetic nature facilitates reading, avoids any distraction of the user-driver, and thus contributes to improving road safety.
• the successive navigation windows are displayed according to the actual position of said device.
• At least one window change data is provided for each of the navigation windows to allow the display of the window in relation to the current position of the mobile concerned.
• the indication of continuity may be arranged before or after the instruction.
• an instruction comprises a direction data to follow (for example a panel or panel extract) or a maneuver diagram.
• the instruction includes the direction datum (city, region, output number, route, cardinal point, etc.), otherwise, the instruction includes a datum diagram. maneuver.
• the guiding method according to the invention is provided with fixed windows, unlike well known and widely used dynamic guidance mode, in which a map background
• P10-2699PCT - - scrolling or scrolling progresses gradually, usually from the top to the bottom of the screen, so as to represent the progress of the vehicle along the route.
• the term "fixed” implies that the displayed elements do not include animation or movement. Thus, data such as numbers and / or letters displayed change in value, but no location on the screen.
• the extracted direction data makes it possible to create particularly stripped navigation windows, without the cartography conventionally used to present the route. This results in guidance data that is quickly perceived by the user, easy to interpret, and with a practice with high reliability, because the user instinctively follows the directions according to the names of places or sites. easily visible on the road signs along the route.
• the directional data are digital data generally requiring only a few kilobytes. Corresponding data files therefore require considerably less memory space than conventional route files including map data (usually in the form of map images) of the entire area or region where the route passes. Such reduced data route files can easily be managed from a centralized server and then transmitted over a non-wired network to a very large number of mobiles traveling on the corresponding road network, without implying an excessive consumption of technical resources of the transfer network. of data.
• the windows comprise a schematic representation of the portion of the route corresponding to the window (drawing comprising a line schematically illustrating the path or straight line).
• the pairing between the coordinates received from a geolocation device and the route is performed so as to indicate, on the windows of the successive steps, the position of the mobile navigation device on a schematic representation of the route.
• the schematic representations of the route portions of the navigation windows are multi-scale with possible deformations of certain sections compared to the original cartographic representation.
• the navigation system comprises at least one centralized server, a plurality of mobile navigation devices, capable of being in communication at least temporarily with the central server for exchanging data.
• the digital road map data can be stored at the centralized server.
• the steps of route calculation, generation of navigation windows and generation of window change data are advantageously provided at the centralized server with sending to the mobile navigation device. concerned, using data exchange modules, data from the navigation windows and any window change data.
• the mobile navigation devices are autonomous and can not
• P10-2699PCT do not require communication with a server to perform the previously mentioned steps.
• the mobile devices locally have all the modules required for the route calculation, the generation of windows and window change data, etc.
• the invention finally provides a computer program product intended to be loaded into a memory associated with a processor, the computer program product comprising portions of software code implementing the previously described method when the program is executed by the processor.
• FIG. 1a is a schematic representation of a centralized navigation system according to the invention.
• FIG. 1b is a schematic representation of an autonomous mobile navigation system according to the invention.
• FIG. 2a is a functional flowchart illustrating the main steps of a centralized navigation method according to the invention
• FIG. 2b is a functional flowchart illustrating the main steps of a decentralized navigation method according to the invention.
• FIG. 3 is a functional flowchart complementary to that of FIGS. 2a and 2b, showing additional steps of a preferred embodiment of the invention
• FIGS. 4 and 5 show examples of navigation windows according to the invention
• FIGS. 6 to 14 show examples of route data in the form of navigation windows for a route between Mantes la Ville and Arcangues.
• FIG. 1 shows an example of an embodiment of a navigation system 1 according to the invention.
• a route server 10 designed to generate all the data relating to the route for which a route is to be produced and the navigation performed.
• the route server 10 comprises at least one microprocessor 11, for executing processor instructions or commands specifically provided for, a data exchange module 12, capable of receiving and transmitting data with a plurality of communication devices.
• Mobile navigation 40 executing processor instructions or commands specifically provided for
• the data exchange module 12 makes it possible to receive requests for itineraries of mobile navigation devices 40 with data of points of departure and arrival, and to transmit to a mobile navigation device 40 (the requesting device or one or more others) the data established by the server 10.
• a means of communication, transfer or exchange of data or order, for example a bus 24 is provided to ensure the required exchanges between the microprocessor 11 and the different modules.
• the route server 10 comprises a route calculation module 13 operating in a manner known in itself, using an algorithm for determining the shortest path between two points, such as Dijkstra or other.
• a route calculation module 13 operating in a manner known in itself, using an algorithm for determining the shortest path between two points, such as Dijkstra or other.
• Such an algorithm makes it possible, with the aid of a microprocessor and the required processor instructions, to carry out the exploration of a very large number of possibilities (of a few tens or hundreds for low density areas and / or for short routes to some
• P10-2699PCT hundreds of thousands, or more, for high-density areas and / or for long routes) in order to elect an optimal route based on given criteria, such as the shortest route, or the most fast, etc.
• a module for detecting points of maneuvers or instruction points 16 can detect the points of maneuver along the route, that is to say the points or areas where maneuvers must be made to follow the planned route.
• Maneuvering mainly means a driving action of a vehicle for selecting or not a given section when the driver is faced with an opportunity to engage his vehicle to a plurality of sections (at least two). The driver is faced with multiple opportunities to continue his journey, and a maneuver allows him to engage his vehicle according to the direction provided by the pre-established route.
• the module 16 performs a virtual route of the route established by the module 13, and identifies the points or nodes where multiple sections are attached. It can be intersection of roads, exits or entry on highways, and bifurcations, etc.
• the maneuvering points are determined in a manner known in itself.
• a roundabout it is understood that a plurality of simple maneuvers are generally involved, from the entrance to the roundabout, then to the passage of each exit, each time involving a maneuver consisting either of remaining on the roundabout or out, until the actual exit of the roundabout.
• the roundabouts are considered a single action, such as "take the 3rd exit", consisting in fact a complex maneuver, as mentioned above, or type "turn left”, in considering the entire roundabout as a single crossroads of several roads.
• the route server 10 also comprises a navigation window generation module 14 designed to generate a succession of windows comprising navigation data corresponding to instructions likely to track the route reliably.
• the windows are generated from the direction data to be followed and / or from the geometry data of maneuvers or maneuvering patterns.
• the data is arranged according to the order of the maneuvers to be performed to perform the previously calculated route.
• the route data is arranged according to a plurality of successive fixed windows each comprising an indication of continuity in association with a given distance and a follow-up instruction of the route.
• the distance can be expressed in various ways, such as for example by a duration, a distance, a datum in relation to the distance or deviation between the navigation device and the next instruction, etc.
• An instruction is presented either by means of direction data to be followed or by data of geometry of maneuvers or maneuvering patterns.
• the route server 10 furthermore comprises a direction data availability test module 17.
• This direction data test module 17 is designed to check in the road map databases 19 the maneuvering points for which direction data to follow are available in the database. This data means, for example, that one or more traffic signs displaying a relevant direction are present along the road concerned. This test is preferably carried out before the generation of the route, in order to allow a specific treatment according to the result of the test. So, if direction data
• P10-2699PCT - - are available, these are used to constitute the navigation windows. If no direction data is available for one or more points of maneuver, the method provides, for these points of maneuvering, a step of geometric reconstruction of the useful sections illustrating the maneuvers to continue the route.
• the direction data test module 17 reviews all the points of maneuver detected for a given route to determine whether the road map data includes or not direction data to follow.
• these data are often present for major highways such as motorways or national roads. They may be available more importantly when they are obtained by an automatic image processing system able to recognize the panels to extract the data, from panoramic photographs acquired systematically by specially equipped vehicles, or by other equivalent means.
• the fact that the management data test is performed by the server allows all users to benefit from centralized updates of the road map databases.
• the direction most in line with the route ie a direction corresponding to a place crossed by the route or nearby which route passes and which is the furthest on the route among the potential places.
• the best known direction is retained.
• the direction whose writing is the shortest is retained.
• the farthest traversed by the route is kept.
• the availability test module intervenes separately, depending on the results of the tests carried out. Thus, if direction data is available, this data is extracted for the generation of navigation windows. If direction data is not available, the availability test module builds from the road mapping data a geometric model of the road sections to be traveled to complete the route. Thus, based on the results of the tests performed by the direction data availability test module, specific route elements are obtained.
• the availability test module uses preconceived pictograms to schematically represent the maneuvers for which the directions to follow are not available.
• the direction when the direction is known and that the position on the screen is limited, the direction is displayed at the expense of the maneuver scheme, otherwise it is the pattern of maneuver is displayed. In another variant, in case of non-availability of direction data, only the following route is indicated.
• the route server 10 furthermore comprises a module for generating window change data 15.
• window change data 15 When these data are used by a mobile navigation device 40, they allow it, without having to have all the points and / or sections of the route, to validate the passage on or near window change validation points. These points are planned
• the data used by the route server 10 is advantageously from a module or road map database 19 provided within the route server 10 as shown in the example shown, or at a location external to the server to which he can access as needed.
• the routes established by the server can be stored in an established module or route database 21, provided within the server 10 as shown in the illustrated example, or at a location external to the server to which it is it can access as needed.
• the direction data, the navigation window data and the window change data which can be stored respectively in modules or databases of directions 20, navigation windows 22 and change of direction.
• window 23 provided within the server 10 as shown in the example shown, or at a location external to the server to which it can access if necessary.
• a route server 10 is designed to be in communication, for example via a cellular or other telecommunication network, as needed, with a plurality of mobile navigation devices 40.
• Each of the devices mobile navigation system 40 has a data exchange module 42, designed to transmit route requests to a route server 10, and to receive in return the data set by the server 10.
• the navigation devices 40 comprise, in addition to a microprocessor 41 and at least one working memory 48, a navigation module 43, for providing and managing the transmission to the user of the navigation windows received from a route server 10. This transmission is preferably provided by display on a display module 44.
• the visualization of the route windows may be performed either prior to the actual completion of the route on the road for information, or in manual mode, for example by unfolding windows by the user for example by sliding fingers on a suitable touch screen, or in navigation mode with presentation data according to the actual position of the vehicle.
• a means of communication, transfer or exchange of data or order, for example a bus 51 is provided to ensure the required exchanges between the microprocessor 41 and the various modules.
• the mobile navigation device 40 further comprises a geolocation module 45 and a matching module 46 adapted on the one hand to receive the position data of the mobile navigation device 40 and on the other hand to ensure a correspondence between the raw position data received from the geolocation device and the positions assigned to the maneuver points and / or the window change points.
• a window change detection module 47 allows the mobile navigation device 10 to present a window-by-window display, successively, without moving or scrolling a cartographic background or the like.
• the window change module preferably uses window change data, generated at the time of obtaining the navigation windows, to manage the transition from one window to another according to useful points, such as points on the edge of an area covered by a window. In practice, when a device
• P10-2699PCT - - Mobile navigation runs on or near such a point, a validation of passage allows to generate the passage to the next window.
• the data received from a route server 10 by a mobile navigation device 40 are stored in dedicated memory modules or bases, namely a data module of FIG. navigation windows 49 and a window change data module 50.
• FIG. lb shows an alternative embodiment in which the mobile navigation devices operate autonomously.
• a device thus comprises all the modules previously described in relation to the server 10 (namely the microprocessor modules 11, route calculation 13, generation of navigation window 14, generation of window change data 15, maneuver detection 16 , direction data availability test 17, random access memory 18, road map 19, direction data 20, route data 21, navigation window data 22 and window change data 23) except for the data exchange module. data 12. It also comprises the following modules, previously described in relation to the mobile navigation device 1, namely a navigation module 43, display 44, geolocation 45, matching 46, and window change 47. All these modules work locally, without the need for data transfer between a server and a mobile navigation module.
• Such a device has the advantage of being autonomous, independent of the availability of communication networks.
• the route data displayed in the form of fixed windows allows this device to offer users excellent readability, optimal ergonomics, and a removal of animation sources, such as the scrolling of a cartographic background, which are important source of driver attention loss.
• the implementation of the various modules of the server 10 and the mobile navigation devices 40 previously described is advantageously performed by means of processor instructions or commands, allowing the modules to perform the operation or operations specifically provided for the module. concerned.
• the processor instructions may be in the form of one or more software or software modules implemented by one or more microprocessors.
• the module (s) and / or the software (s) are advantageously provided in a computer program product comprising a recording medium or recording medium that can be used by a computer and comprising a programmed code readable by a computer integrated in said medium or medium, allowing an application software execution on a computer or other device comprising a microprocessor such as a navigation device.
• the microprocessors 11 and 41, as well as the working memories 18 and 48 can be centralized for all the modules of the route server 10 or the mobile navigation device 40, or else be arranged externally, with connection to the different modules, or be distributed locally so that one or more modules each have a microprocessor and / or a working memory.
• FIG. 2A presents, successively, the main steps of the method according to the invention for the case where a server 10 is used for the implementation.
• the server 10 receives a route calculation request. For example, a user of a mobile navigation device 40 sends
• P10-2699PCT - - a request to the server with which it is connected.
• the request advantageously comprises the data in relation to the starting point and the arrival point.
• This data can also be standardized or already stored by the server.
• a request can also come from a third-party route manager to be performed by one or more users.
• step 102 the route is calculated by the route calculation module 13. As illustrated in FIG. 2, this step also includes a flap in which the maneuver point detection module 16 proceeds to the identification of the maneuvering points making it possible to carry out the previously calculated route, as previously described in relation with the module 16.
• Step 103 provides the formatting of the route data in a plurality of successive fixed windows.
• “Fixed windows” means windows displayed statically, without unwinding or scrolling for example from the top to the bottom of the screen as conventionally used to simulate or represent the movement of the vehicle. The content of the navigation windows is described previously in connection with the navigation window generation module 14.
• step 104 the window change data is obtained and optionally stored in the window change data module 23. These data are described in the foregoing in connection with the window change data generation module.
• step 105 the data exchange module 12 of the server sends the useful data to the corresponding mobile navigation device.
• These data comprise on the one hand the data of the navigation windows, and on the other hand the window change data.
• the mobile navigation device receives these data in step 106.
• step 110 when the mobile navigation device 40 travels along the route, the successive navigation windows are presented according to the actual position of the device along the route (step 111).
• the passage from one window to another can also be done by simulation or manually.
• step 112 which continues for the duration of the route of the route, the window change module 47 of the mobile device monitors on the one hand the progress of the mobile navigation module along the route. the route, and on the other hand window change points.
• the window change module ensures passage to the next window. Validation is performed when the mobile navigation module passes close to a window change point.
• the window change points are replaced by zones, sectors or by a plurality of points.
• Figure 2b shows an alternative embodiment of the method corresponding to a hardware architecture in which the mobile navigation devices can operate without data exchange with a server.
• steps 105 and 106 of Fig. 2a in connection with data transfers between the server and the mobile navigation devices for transmitting and receiving window data and window change data are suppressed.
• the other steps are similar to those presented in connection with FIG. 2a.
• all the operations previously described in relation to the server 10 are carried out locally at the level of the mobile navigation devices.
• P10-2699PCT - - windows and window change data are made locally, by each navigation device.
• this does not exclude the optional use of a server for the execution of other tasks or the provision of other types of data, such as for example the provision of traffic information data.
• Figure 3 shows intermediate steps of the navigation method according to the invention.
• the direction data availability test module 17 verifies the availability of direction data to be tracked in relation to the maneuvering points planned to travel the route.
• the window or windows in relation to that direction are formatted from these data.
• the guidance instructions provided to the user include the identified direction.
• the direction data may include information relating to the cardinal points.
• a pictogram or maneuver diagram is obtained for the corresponding window or windows. Steps 200 to 202 advantageously take place between steps 102 and 103 shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B.
• FIGS. 4a and 5 illustrate display examples obtained by means of mobile navigation devices 40 adapted for the implementation of the present invention.
• the display module 44 displays the data of the navigation windows.
• the route data is arranged in a plurality of successive fixed windows each comprising a current voice indication in association with a given distance and a route tracking instruction.
• FIGS. 4a and 5a show examples of navigation windows in which, in the upper zone of the display module, direction data to be followed can be seen.
• data relating to the current path (name or number) are displayed, with a distance during which the path is taken before entering another path or performing a maneuver.
• a straight arrow is displayed in the center of the display area to represent the "continue" action for the specified distance.
• the continuity is materialized by the display of the current channel and the distance during which this channel must be followed.
• the straight arrow reinforces the indication of continuity.
• the instruction corresponds in this case to a direction to follow, the highway A13, in directions of Paris and the highway A12, towards Lyon.
• continuity does not necessarily mean that the road does not have intersections, but rather that there is a natural continuity of the road and therefore the absence of a change of direction or bifurcation between branches of value equal.
• Such a simplification of the guidance instructions presented by the mobile navigation device allows the user not to be constantly solicited as soon as the path to follow is curved or for intersections with tracks of no importance compared to the route to follow.
• contextual data can also be displayed. This may include, for example, data concerning:
• - tourism data object to report on the passage or to propose for a visit.
• the purpose of the reinsurance data is to inform the user that the mobile device continues to progress along the route.
• the user has confirmation information about the path followed.
• the aggregation threshold is for example 3 seconds.
• the display module may also include data in relation to the expected arrival at destination.
• arrival data may include items such as mileage to travel before arrival, time remaining before arrival, estimated time of arrival, etc.
• Other information such as a possible delay or additional delay related to significant traffic on the route can also be displayed.
• the displayable elements may optionally be user-definable.
• the scheme of the first maneuver to be performed is preferably followed by the name of the last lane. This indicates how the complex maneuver is approached and where to go at the end of the complex maneuver.
• a virtual route line substantially rectilinear, is defined, with the instruction points distributed along the line.
• the distance to be traveled between two instruction points is advantageously integrated schematically along the route line.
• the directions to follow are advantageously presented with an appearance reminiscent of the visual road signs that the user can easily recognize when it is on the road, at the corresponding location.
• Directions can also be based on names or route numbers, such as
• directions can also be based on output numbers.
• directions can be used simultaneously or complementary, such as the A12 motorway and Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, thus specifying the route and direction, AlO and La, A63 and exit 15, etc.
• Adding multiple directional elements allows the user to visually locate multiple panels, making it easier to track the route. The user is furthermore comforted in his behavior and avoids questioning unnecessarily whether he has taken the right direction or not.
• FIGS. 6-image 9 and 8b-image 9 also include passing data nearby, such as Louisiana, Tours, Poitiers, Bordeaux. These data are not part of the data usually available in road databases. They are therefore provided for reference, to allow the user to validate his progress along the route.
• each of the windows is provided from the bottom to the top of the window, so as to correspond to a representation of the route with the road in front of the vehicle.
• a representation is very realistic and instinctive and therefore easy to interpret, even with a minimum of data.
• a type of arrangement corresponds to an increasingly popular mode, namely the visual representation used for GPS type navigation devices.
• a moving point or pictogram may be provided along the schematic road representation to represent the progression of the mobile navigation device along the portion of the route represented by the window.
• Classes are presented in the windows of FIGS. 8b, image 9 and 9b, image 8 by a pictogram in the form of a triangle.
• FIGS. 10a to 10g show various variants of windows for an example of route between the Avenue du Mantois in antes-la-Ville and Arcangues. For example, the following instructions are observed for the windows of FIGS. 10a to 10g:
• FIGS. 12 to 14 illustrate an embodiment variant in which detailed schematic representations of the operations to be performed are interposed between the windows presented in the example of FIGS. 10 and 11. This example makes it possible to clearly visualize the maneuvers to come , to avoid errors in tracking, without the driver having to undergo a flood of information that may distract or cause difficulties in interpretation.
• the windows are of the fixed type, or without displacement, that is to say that the displayed content does not move on the screen according to the progression of the mobile device along the route. .
• the mobile device is integrated with a road vehicle, as part of a vehicle. dashboard equipment.

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