3D Map Views for 3D Maps

• US 20130321400A1
• Filed: 09/30/2012
• Published: 12/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: van Os, Marcel, Pahwa, Aroon, Blumenberg, Christopher, Piemonte, Patrick S., Moore, Christopher D.
• Application Number:
  US13/632,036
• Publication Number:
  US 20130321400A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/419
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/26 specially adapted for navigation in a road network
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/28 with correlation of data from several navigational instruments
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3635 Guidance using 3D or perspective road maps
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3638 including 3D objects and buildings three dimensional [3D] modelling, e.g. data description of 3D objects G06T17/00; geographic models G06T17/05
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2291 User-Defined Types; Storage management thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 15/005 General purpose rendering architectures
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/20 Editing of 3D images, e.g. changing shapes or colours, aligning objects or positioning parts
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2219/2016 Rotation, translation, scaling
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2219/2024 Style variation
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

Some embodiments provide a non-transitory machine-readable medium that stores a program which when executed on a device by at least one processing unit provides different viewing modes for viewing a three-dimensional (3D) map. The program renders a first view of the 3D map for display in a first viewing mode based on a first set of map data. The program receives input to adjust the view of the 3D map. In response to the input, the program renders a second view of the 3D map for display in a second viewing mode based on a second set of map data different from the first set of map data.

Claims

1. A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing a program which when executed on a device by at least one processing unit provides different viewing modes for viewing a three-dimensional (3D) map, the program comprising sets of instructions for:

rendering a first view of the 3D map for display in a first viewing mode based on a first set of map data;

receiving input to adjust the view of the 3D map; and

in response to the input, rendering a second view of the 3D map for display in a second viewing mode based on a second set of map data different from the first set of map data.

2. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the first set of map data defines roads in the 3D map as road vectors.

3. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 2, wherein the second set of map data defines roads in the 3D map as polygons.

4. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 2, wherein the second set of map data defines land in the 3D map as polygons.

5. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the set of instructions for rendering the first view of the 3D map comprises a set of instructions for rendering buildings in the first view of the 3D map based on a third set of map data.

6. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 5, wherein the set of instructions for rendering the second view of the 3D map comprises a set of instructions for rendering the buildings in the second view of the 3D map based on the third set of map data.

7. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 6, wherein the third set of map data comprises a set of building tiles that defines the buildings in the 3D map as polygons.

8. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the first set of map data comprises a first set of map tiles and the second set of map data comprises a second set of map tiles different from the first set of map tiles.

9. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the program further comprises sets of instructions for:

displaying the first view of the 3D map on the device in the first viewing mode; and

displaying the second view of the 3D map on the device in the second viewing mode.

10. A method for viewing a three-dimensional (3D) map on a device in different modes, the method comprising:

rendering and displaying the 3D map in a first viewing mode based on a first set of map tiles;

receiving input to adjust the displayed 3D map; and

in response to the input, rendering and displaying the 3D map in a second viewing mode based on a second set of map tiles different from the first set of map tiles.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the device comprises a touchscreen, wherein receiving the input comprises receiving the input through the touchscreen of the device.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the input comprises a multi-touch input.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the multi-touch input comprises a pinch gesture for zooming out from the 3D map.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the multi-touch input comprises a spread gesture for zooming in to the 3D map.

15. The method of claim 10 further comprising retrieving the second set of map tiles in response to receiving the input.

16. A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing a program executable on a device by at least one processing unit, the program comprising sets of instructions for:

display a three-dimensional (3D) map in a first viewing mode;

receiving input to apply a zoom operation on the 3D map;

when the zoom operation zooms the 3D map past a defined zoom level, displaying the 3D map in a second viewing mode;

when the zoom operation does not zoom the 3D map past the defined zoom level, continuing to display 3D map in the first viewing mode.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the zoom operation is a zoom-in operation.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the zoom operation is a zoom-out operation.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the set of instructions for displaying the 3D map in the first viewing mode comprises a set of instructions for displaying buildings in the 3D map with a first appearance, wherein the set of instructions for displaying the 3D map in the second viewing mode comprises a set of instructions for displaying the buildings in the 3D map with a second appearance different from the first appearance.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the set of instructions for displaying the 3D map in one of the first and second viewing modes comprises a set of instructions for displaying roads in the 3D map with a first appearance, wherein the set of instructions for displaying the 3D map in the other viewing mode comprises a set of instructions for displaying roads in the 3D map with a second appearance.

21. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 16, wherein roads in the 3D map with the first appearance are displayed with lane markers and the roads in the 3D map with the second appearance are displayed without lane markers.

22. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 16, wherein roads in the 3D map with the first appearance are displayed to appear as asphalt and the roads in the 3D map with the second appearance are displayed to appear without asphalt.

23. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the first viewing mode is defined for viewing the 3D map at a range of zoom different zoom levels and the second viewing mode is defined for viewing the 3D map at a subset of the range of different zoom levels.

24. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 16, wherein one of the first and second viewing modes is defined for viewing the 3D map when the program is only in a navigation modality.