MAP DISPLAY DEVICE AND MAP DISPLAY METHOD
First Claim
1. A map display device that displays a plurality of drawing pictures including a first drawing picture and a second drawing picture in an at least partially overlapping manner,said first drawing picture displaying at least one first drawing object,said second drawing picture displaying at least one second drawing object,at least one of said first and second drawing pictures including a drawing object related to map information, andsaid first and second drawing pictures being equal or different in size,the map display device comprising:
- an input unit that receives input of user operation related to display of a drawing picture; and
a controller for controlling an overlapping state between said first drawing picture and a partial area set with a predetermined rule in said second drawing picture in accordance with input of user operation received by said input unit and outputting, to a display unit, a picture in which said second drawing object masks said first drawing object in a portion where said first drawing picture and the partial area in said second drawing picture are overlapped with each other.
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Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide a map display device and a map display method for displaying a plurality of map drawing pictures so as to improve convenience for a user. The map display device according to the present invention includes an input/display unit that receives input of user operation and displaying a first drawing object related to map information in a first drawing picture and a second drawing object related to map information in a second drawing picture; and a controller for controlling an overlapping state between the first drawing picture and a partial area of the second drawing picture in accordance with input of user operation received by the input/display unit and outputting, to the input/display unit, a picture in which the second drawing object masks the first drawing object in such an overlapped portion.
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1. A map display device that displays a plurality of drawing pictures including a first drawing picture and a second drawing picture in an at least partially overlapping manner,
said first drawing picture displaying at least one first drawing object, said second drawing picture displaying at least one second drawing object, at least one of said first and second drawing pictures including a drawing object related to map information, and said first and second drawing pictures being equal or different in size, the map display device comprising: -
an input unit that receives input of user operation related to display of a drawing picture; and a controller for controlling an overlapping state between said first drawing picture and a partial area set with a predetermined rule in said second drawing picture in accordance with input of user operation received by said input unit and outputting, to a display unit, a picture in which said second drawing object masks said first drawing object in a portion where said first drawing picture and the partial area in said second drawing picture are overlapped with each other. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A map display method of displaying a plurality of drawing pictures including a first drawing picture and a second drawing picture in an at least partially overlapping manner,
said first drawing picture displaying at least one first drawing object, said second drawing picture displaying at least one second drawing object, at least one of said first and second drawing pictures including a drawing object related to map information, and said first and second drawing pictures being equal or different in size, the map display method including the steps of: -
(a) receiving input of user operation related to display of a drawing picture, (b) displaying said plurality of drawing pictures, and (c) prior to said step (b), controlling an overlapping state between said first drawing picture and a partial area set with a predetermined rule in said second drawing picture in accordance with input of user operation received in said step (a), and masking said first drawing object with said second drawing object in a portion where said first drawing picture and said partial area in said second drawing picture are overlapped with each other. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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