Adaptive audio guidance navigation
View Patent ↗In a method for providing adaptive audio guidance, determining, by one or more processors, a route of a computing device, wherein the route is from an initial location of the computing device to a destination. Determining, by one or more processors, an estimated time of arrival at which the computing device would arrive at the destination. Prompting, by one or more processors, a user to input a desired arrival time. Determining, by one or more processors, whether to provide audio guidance based on a determination of whether the estimated time of arrival is within a pre-determined time period before the desired arrival time.
1. A method for providing adaptive audio guidance, the method comprising:
determining, by one or more processors, a route of a computing device, wherein the route is from an initial location of the computing device to a destination;
determining, by one or more processors, an estimated time of arrival at which the computing device would arrive at the destination;
prompting, by one or more processors, a user to input a desired arrival time; and
determining, by one or more processors, whether to provide audio guidance based on a determination of whether the estimated time of arrival is within a pre-determined time period before the desired arrival time.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
causing, by one or more processors, if the estimated time of arrival is within the pre-determined time period, audio guidance to be given by the computing device.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
causing, by one or more processors, if the estimated time of arrival is not within the pre-determined time period, audio guidance not to be given by the computing device.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of determining, by one or more processors, whether to provide audio guidance based on a determination of whether the estimated time of arrival is within a pre-determined time period before the desired arrival time comprises:
determining, by one or more processors, at an interval, whether to provide audio guidance based on a determination of whether the estimated time of arrival is within a pre-determined time period before the desired arrival time.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the interval is a time interval.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
prompting, by one or more processors, the user to input the pre-determined time period.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the step of prompting, by one or more processors, the user to input the pre-determined time period comprises one or more of:
causing a visual prompt to be displayed on the computing device; or
causing an audio prompt to be given by the computing device.
8. A computer program product for providing adaptive audio guidance, the computer program product comprising:
one or more computer readable storage media; and
program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising:
program instructions to determine a route of a computing device, wherein the route is from an initial location of the computing device to a destination;
program instructions to determine an estimated time of arrival at which the computing device would arrive at the destination;
program instructions to prompt a user to input a desired arrival time; and
program instructions to determine whether to provide audio guidance based on a determination of whether the estimated time of arrival is within a pre-determined time period before the desired arrival time.
9. The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising program instructions, stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, to:
cause, if the estimated time of arrival is within the pre-determined time period, audio guidance to be given by the computing device.
10. The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising program instructions, stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, to:
cause, if the estimated time of arrival is not within the pre-determined time period, audio guidance not to be given by the computing device.
11. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein program instructions to determine whether to provide audio guidance based on a determination of whether the estimated time of arrival is within a pre-determined time period before the desired arrival time comprises:
program instructions to determine, at an interval, whether to provide audio guidance based on a determination of whether the estimated time of arrival is within a pre-determined time period before the desired arrival time.
12. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the interval is a time interval.
13. The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising program instructions, stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, to:
prompt the user to input the pre-determined time period.
14. The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the program instructions to prompt the user to input the pre-determined time period comprise one or more of:
program instructions to cause a visual prompt to be displayed on the computing device; or
program instructions to cause an audio prompt to be given by the computing device.
15. A computer system for providing adaptive audio guidance, the computer system comprising:
one or more computer processors;
one or more computer readable storage media; and
program instructions, stored on the computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising:
program instructions to determine a route of a computing device, wherein the route is from an initial location of the computing device to a destination;
program instructions to determine an estimated time of arrival at which the computing device would arrive at the destination;
program instructions to prompt a user to input a desired arrival time; and
program instructions to determine whether to provide audio guidance based on a determination of whether the estimated time of arrival is within a pre-determined time period before the desired arrival time.
16. The computer system of claim 15 , further comprising program instructions, stored on the computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, to:
cause, if the estimated time of arrival is within the pre-determined time period, audio guidance to be given by the computing device.
17. The computer system of claim 15 , further comprising program instructions, stored on the computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, to:
cause, if the estimated time of arrival is not within the pre-determined time period, audio guidance not to be given by the computing device.
18. The computer system of claim 15 , wherein program instructions to determine whether to provide audio guidance based on a determination of whether the estimated time of arrival is within a pre-determined time period before the desired arrival time comprise:
program instructions to determine, at an interval, whether to provide audio guidance based on a determination of whether the estimated time of arrival is within a pre-determined time period before the desired arrival time.
19. The computer system of claim 18 , wherein the interval is a time interval.
20. The computer system of claim 15 , further comprising program instructions, stored on the computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, to:
prompt the user to input the pre-determined time period.