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Samsung patents route guidance that shows direction relative to your phone

This filing describes a method for electronic devices to use GPS and sensors to determine their current location and the direction they are facing. The system calculates the angle between the device's orientation and the path to an intermediate destination, then displays a visual object representing that specific angular difference on the screen.

Why it mattersIt offers a more specific way to visualize navigation angles, which could help users align their devices or bodies more precisely with a route.

In the filing’s own words

A method of operating an electronic device including at least one sensor, global positioning system (GPS) circuitry, and a display, includes: based on at least one first data acquired using the GPS circuitry, identifying a current location of the electronic device; based on destination information and the current location of the electronic device, identifying an intermediate destination for route guidance corresponding to the destination information; based on at least one second data acquired using the at least one sensor, identifying a direction in which the electronic device faces; and controlling the display to display an object corresponding to a first range in which a first difference between a reference direction for route guidance from the current location of the electronic device to the intermediate destination and the direction in which the electronic device faces is included.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An electronic device comprising: at least one sensor; global positioning system circuitry; a display; and memory storing instructions; at least one processor operatively connected to the at least one sensor, the GPS circuitry, the display, and the memory, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to: identify, based on at least one first data acquired using the GPS circuitry, a current location of the electronic device; identify, based on destination information and the current location of the electronic device, an intermediate destination for route guidance corresponding to the destination information; identify, based on at least one second data acquired using the at least one sensor, a direction in which the electronic device faces; and control the display to display an object corresponding to a first range in which a first difference between a reference direction for route guidance from the current location of the electronic device to the intermediate destination and the direction in which the electronic device faces is included.

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PROVIDING ROUTE GUIDANCE SERVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF
Publication number
US20260287387A1
Application number
19467261
Filed
Feb 2, 2026
Published
Sep 24, 2026
Inventors
8
Claims
20

Classified under

G01C 21/3676 Physics & computingG06F 3/14 Physics & computing
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