DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION

• US 20130286022A1
• Filed: 04/26/2013
• Published: 10/31/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Furuno Electric Co, Ltd
• Original Assignee: Furuno Electric Co, Ltd
• Inventors: Kubota, Yugo, Maeno, Hitoshi, Imasaka, Masashi
• Application Number:
  US13/871,914
• Publication Number:
  US 20130286022A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/440
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 7/06 Cathode-ray tube displays or other two dimensional or three-dimensional displays
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 7/10 Providing two-dimensional and co-ordinated display of distance and direction

Abstract

An information display device includes a display unit for displaying, on a display screen, a first range and a second range having a display reference position same as that of the first range and being adjacent to the first range in a display area. The device also includes a controller for setting different scales for the first range and the second range and for performing a control to display perimeter information of the device in the display area having the first and second ranges to correspond to a position of the perimeter information.

Claims

1. An information display device, comprising:

a display unit for displaying, on a display screen, a first range and a second range having a display reference position same as that of the first range and being adjacent to the first range in a display area; and

a controller for setting different scales within the first range and the second range and performing a control to display perimeter information of the device in the display area having the first and second ranges to correspond to a position of the perimeter information.

2. The information display device of claim 1, wherein the first range is a circular range centering on a predetermined position, and the second range is externally adjacent to the first range.

3. The information display device of claim 2, wherein the predetermined position is a position of the information display device.

4. The information display device of claim 1, wherein the scale of the first range is larger than the scale of the second range.

5. The information display device of claim 1, wherein the scales of the first and second ranges are fixed, respectively.

6. The information display device of claim 5, wherein the scale of the first range is larger than the scale of the second range.

7. The information display device of claim 1, wherein the scale of the first range is fixed, and

wherein the scale of the second range is set smaller as it locates more distant from the display reference position.

8. The information display device of claim 4, wherein the perimeter information includes information of which a displayed size changes according to the scale, and when this information is displayed within the second range, the information is displayed in an enlarged manner.

9. The information display device of claim 6, wherein the perimeter information includes information of which a displayed size changes according to the scale, and when this information is displayed within the second range, the information is displayed in an enlarged manner.

10. The information display device of claim 1, wherein the controller determines whether to display the perimeter information within the first and second ranges based on a predetermined display condition.

11. The information display device of claim 1, wherein the controller sets different display modes of at least one of the perimeter information, a line indicating a distance from the information display device or the center of the display screen, and a range outline frame, between the first and second ranges.

12. The information display device of claim 1, wherein a border between the first and second ranges is changeable.

13. The information display device of claim 1, being equipped in a movable body, wherein the perimeter information is of the movable body.

14. The information display device of claim 13, wherein the perimeter information displayed within the first range includes a map, and

wherein the perimeter information displayed within the second range includes at least one of one or more other movable bodies, a landmark serves as a reference mark used when the movable body is in move, and a position registered by a user, and the perimeter information is displayed by a mark.

15. The information display device of claim 14, wherein the perimeter information displayed within the second range further includes a map.

16. The information display device of claim 1, being connected with a radar antenna, wherein radar echoes acquired from the radar antenna are displayed within the first and second ranges.

17. A method of displaying information, comprising:

acquiring perimeter information of a device;

setting different scales for a first range arranged on a display screen of a display unit and a second range arranged on the display screen, having a display reference position same as that of the first range and being adjacent to the first range in a display area; and

displaying the perimeter information in the display area having the first and second ranges to correspond to a position of the perimeter information.

18. The method claim 17, wherein the first range is a circular range centering on a predetermined position, and the second range is externally adjacent to the first range.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the predetermined position is a position of the device.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the scale of the first range is larger than the scale of the second range.