Storage Medium Storing Computer Readable Program, Computer Program Product, Navigation Apparatus and Control Method Thereof

• US 20120324389A1
• Filed: 07/12/2011
• Published: 12/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: MiTAC International Corporation (MiTAC Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: MiTAC International Corporation (MiTAC Holdings Corp.), MiTAC Research (Shanghai) Ltd. (MiTAC Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Meng, Jing-Shi
• Application Number:
  US13/181,496
• Publication Number:
  US 20120324389A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/771
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3682 output of POI information on a road map G01C21/3614, G01C21/3685 take precedence

Abstract

A storage medium storing computer readable program, a computer program product, a navigation apparatus and a control method thereof are disclosed. The navigation apparatus comprises a display unit, an input unit and a control unit. The display unit displays an electronic map and a point of interest (POI) cluster, the POI cluster includes a plurality of points of interest, and the input unit correspondingly generates a first operation signal according to a user'"'"'s manipulation on the POI cluster. The control unit controls the display unit displaying the plurality of points of interest around the POI cluster according to the first operation signal.

Claims

1. A navigation apparatus, comprising:

a display unit displaying an electronic map and a point of interest (POI) cluster, and the POI cluster comprising a plurality of points of interest;

an input unit generating a first operation signal according to a user'"'"'s manipulation on the POI cluster; and

a control unit electrically coupled to the display unit and the input unit, for controlling the display unit to display the plurality of points of interest around the POI cluster according to the first operation signal.

2. The navigation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit further controls the display unit to display at least one rotate icon when the input unit generates a second operation signal according to the user'"'"'s manipulation on the at least one rotate icon, the control unit controls the display unit to rotate positions of the plurality of points of interest at a predetermined angle according to the second operation signal and thereby display the plurality of points of interest.

3. The navigation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit controls the display unit to display the plurality of points of interest in a circular rotating manner.

4. The navigation apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the control unit further calculates and determines whether or not the number of the points of interest is greater than a threshold value, and if the number of points of interest is greater than the threshold value, then the control unit displays a portion of the points of interest with the number matched with the threshold value.

5. The navigation apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the control unit further sets a hidden point on the display unit, such that if one of the points of interest on the display unit is rotated to the hidden point, the control unit controls the display unit to hide the point of interest.

6. The navigation apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the control unit further sets a display point on the display unit and controls the display unit to display one of the points of interest that has not been displayed on the display unit yet from the display point.

7. A navigation control method for a navigation apparatus, and the navigation apparatus comprising a display unit, an input unit and a control unit, and the navigation control method for a navigation apparatus comprising the following steps:

displaying an electronic map and a point of interest (POI) cluster through the display unit, and the POI cluster including a plurality of points of interest;

generating a first operation signal by the input unit according to a user'"'"'s manipulation on the POI cluster; and

using the control unit for controlling the display unit to display the plurality of points of interest around the POI cluster according to the first operation signal.

8. The navigation control method for a navigation apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising the following steps:

controlling the display unit to display at least one rotate icon by the control unit;

generating a second operation signal according to the user'"'"'s manipulation on the at least one rotate icon by the input unit; and

controlling the display unit to rotate and display the plurality of points of interest at a predetermined angle according to the second operation signal by the control unit.

9. The navigation control method for a navigation apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising the following step:

using the control unit to control the display unit to display the plurality of points of interest in a circular rotating manner.

10. The navigation control method for a navigation apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the step of using the control unit to control the display unit to display the plurality of points of interest further comprises the following steps:

using the control unit to compute and determine whether or not the number of points of interest is greater than a threshold value; and

using the control unit to display a portion of the points of interest with the number matched with the threshold value while the number of points of interest is greater than the threshold value.

11. The navigation control method for a navigation apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising the following steps:

setting a hidden point on the display unit by the control unit; and

if one of the points of interest on the display unit is rotated to the hidden point, controlling the display unit to hide the point of interest by the control unit.

12. The navigation control method for a navigation apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising the following steps:

setting a display point on the display unit by the control unit; and

controlling the display unit by the control unit to display one of the points of interest that has not been displayed on the display unit yet from the display point.

13. A storage medium storing computer readable program, being provided for completing the method as described in claim 7 after being loaded and executed by a computer.

14. A computer program product, being provided for completing the method as described in claim 7 after being loaded and executed by a computer.