ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,343, issued on June 30, was assigned to Google LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Navigation-integrated scenic location value and route planning" was invented by Yan Mayster (Mountain View, Calif.) and Tom Weng (Mountain View, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To provide navigation directions in response to a request for viewing a particular type of geographical feature on a route to a destination, a computing device receives a request for navigation directions from a starting location to a destination that specifies a particular type of geographical feature for viewing on a route to the destination. The computing device identifies at...