Tom Tom International B.v.

Tomtom Navigation B.v.

Layar B.v.

Anatoliy Samara

Hendrik Sebastian Ziezold

Klaus Michael Hofmann

Bram Jan Jacobus Van Der Vlist

Dirk Groten

Jan Hendrik Hammink

Gino Johannes Apolonia Van Den Bergen

James William Weir

Maarten Wim Gribnau

A method is disclosed for providing information using a navigation apparatus to guide a user in a vehicle along a determined route to a destination through a road network. The method comprises generating data indicative of a navigation map for display on a display device of a navigation apparatus showing the roads in a portion of the road network. The method further comprises generating data indicative of a first route line for display on the navigation map showing the one or more roads to be taken from a current position of the navigation apparatus to follow the determined route through the road network, and then providing the data indicative of the navigation map and the first route line to the display device for display thereon. The method further comprises generating, upon determining, while the vehicle is traveling along the determined route, that the current position of the navigation apparatus on a multi-lane roadway is approaching an associated road junction, data indicative of a lane guidance panel based on a position of the road junction in the navigation map that, when displayed on the display device, covers a portion of the navigation map. The method further comprises generating data indicative of a second route line for display at least on the lane guidance panel indicating one or more lanes in which the user should be travelling so as to follow the determined route, and then providing the data indicative of the lane guidance panel and the second route line to the display device for display thereon.

Methods and systems of providing lane information using a navigation apparatus

Disclosed herein is an improved method for providing content associated with barcodes in augmented reality in addition or in combination with providing content associated with target objects in augmented reality. The improved method advantageously provides a augmented reality client that a user may use to view the respective content associated with barcodes and target objects while in camera view to improve usability. Advantageously, the user is not unexpectedly taken out of camera view to view the content associated with the barcode and the user experience provided is consistent between barcodes and target objects. Furthermore, the improved method integrates barcodes and a visualization of the barcode within augmented reality, without disrupting the real-time augmented reality experience.

Barcode visualization in augmented reality

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Amsterdam, Netherlands

Anatoliy Samara