Electronics apparatus, method for displaying map, and computer program

• US 20100169774A1
• Filed: 12/16/2009
• Published: 07/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Tsutsui, Masanao, Oda, Ryunosuke
• Application Number:
  US12/653,572
• Publication Number:
  US 20100169774A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/702
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3682 output of POI information on a road map G01C21/3614, G01C21/3685 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/632 for displaying or modifying preview images prior to image capturing, e.g. variety of image resolutions or capturing parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/635 Region indicators; Field of view indicators

Abstract

An electronics apparatus includes an information storing unit that stores map data; a display unit that displays an image; a touched position detecting unit that detects a touched position on the displayed image in the display unit; and a control unit that displays a map in the display unit using the map data, wherein the control unit sets a target position in accordance with the position detected by the touched position detecting unit, and if the target position is located on the map, the control unit displays the map so that the target position is matched with a predefined position by scrolling the map, and if the target position is not located on the map, the control unit creates another map in which the target position is matched with the predefined position using the stored map data, and replaces the map displayed by the display unit with the created map.

Claims

1. An electronics apparatus comprising:

an information storing unit that stores map data;

a display unit that displays an image;

a touched position detecting unit that detects a touched position on the displayed image in the display unit; and

a control unit that displays a map in the display unit using the map data,

wherein

the control unit sets a target position in accordance with the position detected by the touched position detecting unit, and

if the target position is located on the map displayed by the display unit, the control unit displays the map so that the target position is matched with a predefined position by scrolling the map; and

if the target position is not located on the map displayed by the display unit, the control unit creates another map in which the target position is matched with the predefined position using the stored map data, and replaces the map displayed by the display unit with the created map.

2. The electronics apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the control unit creates a marker on the map, and

if, after either the touched position or the marker is set as a reference, the other is inside a predefined area based on the reference, the control unit sets the position of the marker as the target position, and

if the other is not inside the predefined area based on the reference, the control unit sets a position on the map corresponding to the detected position as a target position.

3. The electronics apparatus according to claim 2, wherein,

if a plurality of markers are inside a predefined area based on the detected position set as a reference, or if a plurality of markers are such that the detected position is inside a predefined area based on each marker set as a reference, the position of a marker with the highest priority is set as the target position after determining priorities for individual markers on the basis of attribute information of individual markers.

4. The electronics apparatus according to claim 2, wherein,

if the operation is continuously performed longer than a predefined period of time, the map is continuously scrolled from the predefined position to the touched position.

5. The electronics apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the marker that shows the set target position is replaced with a marker distinguishable from other markers.

6. The electronics apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

a plurality of thumbnails are displayed, and a position corresponding to the thumbnail displayed in a predefined area is set as the target position.

7. The electronics apparatus according to claim 6, wherein

the marker that shows the position corresponding to the thumbnail displayed in the predefined area is displayed in a different way to be distinguished from other markers.

8. The electronics apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the period of time during which the map image is scrolled is determined in accordance with the distance from the target position to the predefined position.

9. The electronics apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the predefined position is the center position of the area in which the map is displayed.

10. A method for displaying a map, comprising the steps of:

detecting a touched position on a displayed image in a display unit that displays an image with the use of a touched position detecting unit;

setting a target position in accordance with the position detected by the touched position detecting unit with the use of a control unit;

displaying a map so that the target position is matched with a predefined position by scrolling the map if the target position is located on the map displayed by the display unit with the use of the control unit; and

creating another map in which the target position is matched with the predefined position using stored map data if the target position is not located on the displayed map, and replacing the map displayed by the display unit with the created map with the use of the control unit.

11. A computer program that makes a computer function as:

functional means that, when a touched position on a displayed image in the display unit that displays an image is detected by a touched position detecting unit, sets a target position in accordance with the detected position;

functional means that, if the target position is located on the map displayed by the display unit, displays the map so that the target position is matched with a predefined position by scrolling the map; and

functional means that, if the target position is not located on the displayed map, creates another map in which the target position is matched with the predefined position using the stored map data, and replaces the currently displayed map with the created map.