MAP DISPLAY DEVICE

• US 20100077359A1
• Filed: 09/28/2007
• Published: 03/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Inventors: Shinawaki, Yoshihiro
• Application Number:
  US12/312,911
• Publication Number:
  US 20100077359A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/846
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/36 Input/output arrangements for on-board computers
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/007 using computer methods
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/10 Map spot or coordinate position indicators; Map reading aids optical projection apparatus per se G03B

Abstract

A map display device includes a display condition judging means 13 for judging whether or not a display condition for changing display priorities of icons is satisfied, an overlap judging means 14 for judging whether an icon to be displayed has an overlap with another icon when the display condition judging means judges that the display condition is satisfied, a display state changing means 15 for, when the overlap judging means judges that an icon to be displayed has an overlap with another icon, changing the display priorities automatically in such a way that an icon which has been judged to satisfy the display condition by the display condition judging means is displayed on a priority basis, and a display means 16 and 6 for displaying icons according to the display priorities changed by the display state changing means.

Claims

1. A map display device comprising:

a display condition judging device for judging whether or not a display condition for changing display priorities of icons is satisfied;

an overlap judging device for judging whether an icon to be displayed has an overlap with another icon when said display condition judging device judges that the display condition is satisfied;

a display state changing device for, when said overlap judging device judges that an icon to be displayed has an overlap with another icon, changing the display priorities automatically in such a way that an icon which has been judged to satisfy the display condition by said display condition judging device is displayed on a priority basis; and

a display device for displaying icons according to the display priorities changed by said display state changing device.

2. The map display device according to claim 1, characterized in that the display controller judges whether or not the display condition for changing the display priorities of icons is satisfied on a basis of a number of times that a search of a POI (Point of Interest) has been performed.

3. The map display device according to claim 2, characterized in that the map display device has a screen transition controller for controlling a transition between screens according to an instruction from outside the map display device, and a storage device for storing, as screen transition information, information about a screen to which a previous screen is made to make a transition by control of said screen transition controller, and the display condition judging device counts the number of times that a search for the POI has been performed on a basis of the screen transition information stored in said storage device, and judges that the display condition for changing the display priorities of icons is satisfied when a result of said counting exceeds a predetermined number of times.

4. The map display device according to claim 1, characterized in that the display condition judging device judges whether or not the display condition for changing the display priorities of icons is satisfied on a basis of a date, a search distance, a passenger, or weather.