Abstract: Technologies and techniques for controlling modalities for vehicle navigation. A navigation system may be configured to transmit navigation data and communicate the navigation data in a vehicle using a plurality of modalities. One or more sensors provide data associated with at least one of (i) sensor data associated with a vehicle interior environment, (ii) sensor data associated with a physiological state of a driver, and/or (iii) driving condition data. A processor, may be configured to process at least one of the sensor data, driving condition data and/or navigation data to determine one or more modality values, wherein the processor is configured to activate and/or deactivate at least one of the plurality of modalities based on the one or more modality values.

Abstract: A navigation system, apparatus and method utilizing a processor and a sensor, operatively coupled to the processor to determine a location of the navigation system. A navigation input module is configured to receive destination data specifying a destination and a plurality of point-of-interest (POI) data from a user, where the navigation input module is further configured to receive a POI search area value defining an area of search for the POI data from potential route segments. The processor may utilize the POI search area value to search a plurality of areas along the potential route segments to identify at least some of the plurality of POI data that are in closest proximity to the destination, and wherein the processor may be further configured to cluster the identified POI data for simultaneous presentation on a navigational map.

Abstract: A navigation system, apparatus and method utilizing a processor and a sensor, operatively coupled to the processor to determine a location of the navigation system. A navigation input module is configured to receive destination data specifying a destination and a plurality of point-of-interest (POI) data from a user, where the navigation input module is further configured to receive a POI search area value defining an area of search for the POI data from potential route segments. The processor may utilize the POI search area value to search a plurality of areas along the potential route segments to identify at least some of the plurality of POI data that are in closest proximity to the destination, and wherein the processor may be further configured to cluster the identified POI data for simultaneous presentation on a navigational map.