Map image display device
First Claim
1. A map image display device comprising:
- an input unit configured to input user commands;
a display unit configured to display map images; and
a control unit operatively coupled to the display unit to display on the display unit a current displayed map image with at least one user selectable distant map name corresponding to a distant location that is not located in the current displayed map image, said control unit being configured to switch from the current displayed map image to a new displayed map image in response to a user input command such that the new displayed map image represents an area including the distant location corresponding to the distant map name selected by the user input command.
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Abstract
A map image display device is configured and arranged to improve operability by enabling a map image of a location distant from a currently displayed map image to be appropriately displayed with a simple operation. The map image display device displays names that are subject to a user'"'"'s input command superimposed on a map image, and, if one of the displayed names is specified, switches the map image to be displayed to a map image in the vicinity of the specified name. At this time, the map image display device selects as the name to be superimposed on the map image at least one distant map name that is not included in the map image to be displayed, and displays that selected distant map name superimposed in the map image peripheral part corresponding to the bearing from the center of the map image to be displayed.
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Citations
21 Claims
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1. A map image display device comprising:
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an input unit configured to input user commands;
a display unit configured to display map images; and
a control unit operatively coupled to the display unit to display on the display unit a current displayed map image with at least one user selectable distant map name corresponding to a distant location that is not located in the current displayed map image, said control unit being configured to switch from the current displayed map image to a new displayed map image in response to a user input command such that the new displayed map image represents an area including the distant location corresponding to the distant map name selected by the user input command. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A map image display device comprising:
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input means for inputting user commands;
display means for displaying map images; and
control means for control the display means to display a current displayed map image with at least one user selectable distant map name corresponding to a distant location that is not located in the current displayed map image, and for switch from the current displayed map image to a new displayed map image in response to a user input command such that the new displayed map image represents an area including the distant location corresponding to the distant map name selected by the user input command.
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20. A map image display program embodied on a computer-readable medium having computer-executable components comprising:
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a displaying program with instructions for displaying on a display unit a current displayed map image with at least one user selectable distant map name corresponding to a distant location that is not located in the current displayed map image, and a switching program with instructions for switching from the current displayed map image to a new displayed map image in response to an input command such that the new displayed map image represents an area including the distant location corresponding to the distant map name selected by the input command.
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21. A method for displaying map images comprising:
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displaying on a display unit a current displayed map image with at least one user selectable distant map name corresponding to a distant location that is not located in the current displayed map image, and switching from the current displayed map image to a new displayed map image in response to an input command such that the new displayed map image represents an area including the distant location corresponding to the distant map name selected by the input command.
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Specification