Patent ID: 9043142
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: G01C

Abstract:
1. A method for providing guidance information with a navigation system, the method comprising the steps of: calculating a route to a destination; outputting the guidance information with an output device of the navigation system to guide a user of the navigation system along the calculated route; determining, based on a current position of a navigation device of the navigation system, if the navigation device has left the calculated route; outputting, in response to determining that the navigation device has left the calculated route, a prompt for user input whether output of guidance information with the output device of the navigation system should be suspended; suspending the output of guidance information; calculating a new route to the destination substantially concurrently with suspension of the output of guidance information; calculating an estimated arrival time at the destination based on the calculated new route; and outputting the estimated arrival time with the output device of the navigation system substantially concurrently with suspension of the output of guidance information.