Display Control Device, Display Control Method, and Tangible Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Storage Medium

• US 20140278098A1
• Filed: 03/04/2014
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation), Toyota Mapmaster Incorporated (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation), Toyota Mapmaster Incorporated (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Yamashita, Yumiko, Tanaka, Kuniaki, Kodan, Tomoki, Kunimatsu, Kenji, Nomura, Tomoo, Miura, Naoto, Kato, Shingo, Osaki, Atsushi, Kawai, Hiroki
• Application Number:
  US14/196,263
• Publication Number:
  US 20140278098A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/533
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/367 Details, e.g. road map scale, orientation, zooming, illumination, level of detail, scrolling of road map or positioning of current position marker

Abstract

A display control method for displaying an alternative position different from a position of a destination when the position of the destination is unable to be displayed at a specific point in a center of a map as a result of a destination search, acquires, when the alternative position is displayed, a position indication item, which is to be displayed on the map, together with point coordinates, which are associated with the position indication item, from a detailed display database storing the position indication item and the associated point coordinates, and displays the acquired position indication item on the map based on the associated point coordinates.

Claims

1. A display control device for displaying an alternative position different from a position of a destination when the position of the destination is unable to be displayed at a specific point in a center of a map as a result of a destination search, the display control device comprising:

a detailed display database storing a position indication item and point coordinates associated with the position indication item;

a data acquisition unit configured to acquire the position indication item, which is to be displayed on the map, together with the associated point coordinates when the alternative position is displayed; and

a display control unit configured to display the acquired position indication item on the map based on the associated point coordinates.

2. The display control device according to claim 1, wherein:

the data acquisition unit acquires the position indication item based on an input category of the destination in the destination search.

3. The display control device according to claim 2, wherein:

the display control unit replaces the position indication item, which is displayed on the standard display map with the input category different from the input category of the destination, with the acquired position indication item when the alternative position is displayed.

4. A display control method for displaying an alternative position different from a position of a destination when the position of the destination is unable to be displayed at a specific point in a center of a map as a result of a destination search, the method comprising steps of:

acquiring, when the alternative position is displayed, a position indication item, which is to be displayed on the map, together with point coordinates, which are associated with the position indication item, from a detailed display database storing the position indication item and the associated point coordinates; and

displaying the acquired position indication item on the map based on the associated point coordinates.

5. The display control method according to claim 4, wherein:

the acquiring of the position indication item acquires the position indication item based on an input category of the destination in the destination search.

6. The display control method according to claim 5, wherein:

the displaying of the acquired position indication item replaces the position indication item, which is displayed on the standard display map with the input category different from the input category of the destination, with the acquired position indication item when the alternative position is displayed.

7. A tangible non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that contains a computer program for displaying an alternative position different from a position of a destination when the position of the destination is unable to be displayed at a specific point in a center of a map as a result of a destination search, the computer program, when executed by a computer, causing the computer to function as:

data acquiring means for acquiring, when the alternative position is displayed, a position indication item, which is to be displayed on the map, together with point coordinates, which are associated with the position indication item, from a detailed display database storing the position indication item and the associated point coordinates; and

display controlling means for displaying the acquired position indication item on the map based on the associated point coordinates.

8. The storage medium according to claim 7, wherein:

the data acquiring means acquires the position indication item based on an input category of the destination in the destination search.

9. The storage medium according to claim 8, wherein:

the display controlling means replaces the position indication item, which is displayed on the standard display map with the input category different from the input category of the destination, with the acquired position indication item when the alternative position is displayed.