Tom Tom International B.v.

Tomtom Navigation B.v.

Bram Jan Jacobus Van Der Vlist

Hendrik Sebastian Ziezold

Jan Hendrik Hammink

Simone Francine Tertoolen

Cornelis Klaas Van Dok

Ewgenij Gawrilow

Sijtse Thomas Goverts

Sonja Radenkovic

Neil Clavin

Cees Van Dok

Anatoliy Samara

José Carlos Silva Da Torre

James William Weir

Maarten Wim Gribnau

Gino Johannes Apolonia Van Den Bergen

Jeroen Razoux Schultz

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

Display panel or portion thereof of an electronic navigation device with a computer generated icon

Display panel of an electronic navigation device with a graphical user interface

A plurality of routes through a navigable network represented by an electronic map are stored by a navigation device. Each route is defined as a plurality of point locations to be travelled between in a predefined order. The device receives a selection of one of the plurality of stored routes from a user, and determines a minimum cost path along segments of the electronic map between the plurality of point locations of the selected route. The minimum cost path traverses the plurality of point locations in an order based on the predefined order associated with the selected route. The device then outputs a set of navigation instructions to the user for guiding the user along the route.

Apparatus and methods of determining paths through an electronic map

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Amsterdam, Netherlands

Bram Jan Jacobus Van Der Vlist