US 12,480,780 B2
Navigating with mobile device and head-worn device
Christopher Ross, Brooklyn, NY (US); and Juo-Hsin Chen, Brooklyn, NY (US)
Assigned to Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Appl. No. 18/993,381
Filed by Christopher Ross, Brooklyn, NY (US); and Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 4, 2023, PCT No. PCT/US2023/017381
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 10, 2025,
PCT Pub. No. WO2024/210888, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 10, 2024.
Prior Publication US 2025/0231039 A1, Jul. 17, 2025
Int. Cl. G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01)
CPC G01C 21/3661 (2013.01) [G06F 3/012 (2013.01); G06F 3/14 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a mobile device, the method comprising:
presenting a map, the map including a location indication, the location indication indicating a location of a destination;
in response to determining that a user has looked away from the mobile device, sending a direction instruction to a head-worn device, the direction instruction instructing the head-worn device to present a direction indication, the direction indication indicating a direction for the user to travel to arrive at the destination, the head-worn device being worn on a head of the user; and
in response to determining that the user has looked back toward the mobile device, sending a stop instruction to the head-worn device, the stop instruction causing the head-worn device to cease presentation of the direction indication.