Patent ID: 8583367

Claim:
A method of displaying navigation information in a navigation system on a motor vehicle, comprising the steps of: receiving at least one route preference associated with determining a candidate route at a central unit associated with the navigation system disposed on-board the motor vehicle; receiving a ranking associated with a plurality of candidate routes at the central unit; requesting, by the central unit, navigation information associated with the plurality of candidate routes to a first destination; receiving a plurality of determined candidate routes to the first destination routes at the central unit; detecting at least one vehicle operating condition of the motor vehicle by one or more sensors disposed in the motor vehicle; the central unit further performing the steps of: determining a vehicle state associated with the detected vehicle operating condition, wherein the vehicle state is one of a moving state and a stationary state of the motor vehicle; displaying the determined candidate routes in a preselected order determined by the received ranking on a display device disposed in the motor vehicle; displaying a different number of the candidate routes on the display device based on the determined vehicle state; wherein, upon determination of a first vehicle state associated with the stationary state by the central unit, all of the received plurality of determined candidate routes are displayed on the display device, and wherein the method further comprises receiving a selection of one of the received plurality of determined candidate routes displayed on the display device and displaying navigation information to the first destination associated with the selected one of the determined candidate routes on the display device; and wherein, upon determination of a second vehicle state associated with the moving state by the central unit, only a first ranked determined candidate route is displayed on the display device, and wherein the method further comprises automatically displaying only navigation information to the first destination associated with the first ranked determined candidate route on the display device without any selection by a user.