Method and Apparatus of Physically Moving a Portable Unit to View an Image of a Stationary Map
First Claim
1. A method of moving a portable unit to present a new portion of a stationary background image on a screen of the portable unit comprising the steps of:
- displaying a first image on the screen of the portable unit matched and superimposed to a corresponding portion of a stationary background image;
mapping a first point of the first image located in a center of the screen of the portable unit to a corresponding reference point in the stationary background image;
determining a first vector between the center of the screen of the portable unit and the corresponding reference point in the stationary background image;
moving the portable unit along at least one of the orientations of the first vector; and
presenting a new location in the new portion of the stationary background image on the screen of the portable unit.
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Abstract
A portable unit is moved along at least one of the orientations of a vector. As the user moves the unit, images of the background map appear on the screen of the portable device. The user scans the stationary map presented on the screen of the portable unit. This has several benefits since now relative distances and angular displacements between objects that are outside of the range of the screen of the handheld unit can be immediately be located and placed into view on the screen of a portable unit. The handheld unit is like a Sliding Window which provides a view of this image of a stationary map lying in the background of the portable unit.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of moving a portable unit to present a new portion of a stationary background image on a screen of the portable unit comprising the steps of:
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displaying a first image on the screen of the portable unit matched and superimposed to a corresponding portion of a stationary background image; mapping a first point of the first image located in a center of the screen of the portable unit to a corresponding reference point in the stationary background image; determining a first vector between the center of the screen of the portable unit and the corresponding reference point in the stationary background image; moving the portable unit along at least one of the orientations of the first vector; and presenting a new location in the new portion of the stationary background image on the screen of the portable unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A portable unit comprising:
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a first portion of a stationary background image displayed on a screen of the portable unit; a first image and a second image located in the stationary background image; the second image in the stationary background image displaced from the first image in the stationary background image by a directional distance; the first image in the first portion of the stationary background image displayed on the screen of the portable unit, wherein the portable unit is moved in at least one of the orientations of the directional distance to display on the screen of the portable unit the second image located in a second portion of the stationary background image. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of displaying at least one of a plurality of images in a stationary background image on a screen of a portable unit comprising:
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displaying a portion the stationary background image on a screen of the portable unit, wherein a first image of the plurality of images is located in the portion of the stationary background image and a second image located in a new portion the stationary background image is displaced from the first image by a directional distance; and moving the portable unit in at least one of the orientations of the directional distance to display on the screen of the portable unit the second image in the new portion the stationary background image. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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