Patent ID: 9026356
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: G01C,G08G

Abstract:
1. A vehicle navigation method comprising: determining with a controller a host vehicle trajectory and a present host vehicle location of a host vehicle, including a road on which the host vehicle is traveling; determining with the controller a plurality of navigation routes based on a destination and the present host vehicle location; determining with the controller traffic information pertaining to the road and pertaining to each of the plurality of navigation routes; selecting with the controller an optimal navigation route from the plurality of navigation routes; determining with the controller a next navigation maneuver based on the optimal navigation route and the present host vehicle location; determining with the controller a next maneuver instruction, a next maneuver location, and a first reminder distance from the next maneuver location based on the next navigation maneuver; determining with the controller whether an adverse traffic condition exists at a missed maneuver location that is not on the optimal navigation route and is beyond the next maneuver location; determining with the controller, a second reminder distance from the next maneuver location, the second reminder distance being greater than the first reminder distance; and presenting with a user interface the next maneuver instruction when the host vehicle location is at the second reminder distance and the adverse traffic condition exists at the missed maneuver location.