Navigation system

• US 20060122769A1
• Filed: 12/01/2005
• Published: 06/08/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Original Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Inventors: Hotehama, Tsuyoshi
• Application Number:
  US11/290,424
• Publication Number:
  US 20060122769A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/209
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3664 Details of the user input interface, e.g. buttons, knobs or sliders, including those provided on a touch screen; remote controllers; input using gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/367 Details, e.g. road map scale, orientation, zooming, illumination, level of detail, scrolling of road map or positioning of current position marker
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A navigation system for a vehicle includes a display for displaying a current position of the vehicle on an electronic map, a panel for detecting a reference point inputted by a user of the navigation system relative to a content of the display, a pointing operation detection means for detecting a number of reference points and a control means for controlling the navigation system and other devices based on the number of the reference points.

Claims

1. A navigation system for a vehicle comprising:

a display for displaying a position of the vehicle on an electronic map;

a panel for detecting a reference point inputted by a user of the navigation system relative to a content of the display;

a pointing operation detection means for detecting a number of reference points inputted by the user; and

a control means for controlling at least one of the navigation system and other devices based on the number of the reference points.

2. A navigation system for a vehicle comprising:

a display for displaying a position of the vehicle on an electronic map;

a panel for detecting a reference point inputted by a user of the navigation system relative to a content of the display;

a pointing operation detection means for detecting a number of reference points and coordinates of each of the reference points inputted by the user; and

a control means for controlling at least one of the navigation system and other devices based on the number of the reference points.

3. The navigation system according to claim 2,

wherein the control means controls the navigation system for displaying an area of the electronic map defined by at least two reference points.

4. The navigation system according to claim 3 further comprising,

a contact duration detection means for detecting a duration of contact on the panel by the user,

wherein the control means controls the navigation system when the duration of contact is greater than a predetermined value.

5. The navigation system according to claim 2,

wherein the control means controls at least one of a map expansion/reduction function, a guidance volume control function, a air-conditioning temperature control function, a route display function, and a telephone number search function.