NAVIGATION METHOD, APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND USER INTERFACE

• US 20110307174A1
• Filed: 11/20/2008
• Published: 12/15/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Uusitalo, Jussi Severi
• Granted Patent: US 8,700,303 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/300
• 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: G01C 21/3682 output of POI information on a road map G01C21/3614, G01C21/3685 take precedence

Abstract

An apparatus, method, computer program and user interface wherein the method comprises: a controller configured to determine locations of interest within a predetermined distance of a first location; a display configured to simultaneously present a map, a first bounded area of the map and a list of the determined locations of interest within the first bounded area; a user input device configured to enable a user to make a user input, wherein; the controller is configured to detect a user input and, in response to the detection of the user input, control the display to present a second bounded area of the map and update the list of the determined locations of interest so that locations of interest within the second bounded area are presented in the list.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a controller configured to determine locations of interest within a predetermined distance of a first location;

a display configured to simultaneously present a map, a first bounded area of the map and a list of the determined locations of interest within the first bounded area;

a user input device configured to enable a user to make a user input, wherein;

the controller is configured to detect a user input and, in response to the detection of the user input, control the display to present a second bounded area of the map simultaneously with the first bounded area and update the list of the determined locations of interest so that locations of interest within the second bounded area are presented in the list.

2. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the bounded area has a defined perimeter.

3. An apparatus as claimed in claim 2 wherein at least a portion of the perimeter is presented on the display.

4. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the determined locations of interest which are presented in the list are the locations of interest which satisfy a first criterion with respect to the bounded area.

5. An apparatus as claimed in claim 4 wherein the first criterion is that the locations of interest are within the bounded area and are within a determined distance of the perimeter of the bounded area.

6. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the first location is the location of the user.

7. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the first location is a location selected by the user.

8. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the locations of interest are presented on the map.

9. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the user input is a trace user input in at least one of the region of the display in which the map is presented or the region of the display in which the list of the determined locations of interest is presented.

11. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein in response to the user input the scale of the map is changed.

10. (canceled)

12. A method comprising:

determining locations of interest within a predetermined distance of a first location;

controlling a display to simultaneously present a map, a first bounded area of the map and a list of the determined locations of interest within the first bounded area;

detecting a user input; and

in response to the detection of the user input, controlling the display to present a second bounded area of the map simultaneously with the first bounded area and updating the list of the determined locations of interest so that locations of interest within the second bounded area are presented in the list.

13. A method as claimed in claim 12 wherein the bounded area has a defined perimeter and at least a portion of the perimeter is presented on the display.

15. A method as claimed in claim 12 wherein the determined locations of interest which are presented in the list are the locations of interest which satisfy a first criterion with respect to the bounded area.

16. A method as claimed in claim 15 wherein the first criterion is that the locations of interest are within the bounded area and are within a determined distance of the perimeter of the bounded area.

17. A method as claimed in claim 12 wherein the first location is the location of the user.

18. A method as claimed in claim 12 wherein the first location is a location selected by the user.

19. A method as claimed in claim 12 further comprising presenting the locations of interest on the map.

20. A method as claimed in claim 12 wherein the user input is a trace user input in at least one of the region of the display in which the map is presented or the region of the display in which the list of the determined locations of interest is presented.

22. A method as claimed in claim 12 wherein in response to the user input the scale of the map is changed.

14. (canceled)

21. (canceled)

23. A physical entity embodying a computer program comprising program instructions configured to control an apparatus, the apparatus comprising a controller configured to determine locations of interest within a predetermined distance of a first location, a display and a user input device, the program instructions providing, when loaded into a processor;

means for controlling a display to simultaneously present a map, a first bounded area of the map and a list of the determined locations of interest within the first bounded area;

means for detecting a user input, and

means for, controlling the display, in response to the detected user input, to present a second bounded area of the map simultaneously with the first bounded area and updating the list of the determined locations of interest so that locations of interest within the second bounded area are presented in the list.

24-30. -30. (canceled)