METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CORRECTING MAP VIEW

• US 20150074583A1
• Filed: 09/10/2014
• Published: 03/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: CHEN, Binde, WANG, Shiying, QIN, Tianxiang
• Application Number:
  US14/482,611
• Publication Number:
  US 20150074583A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/771
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3682 output of POI information on a road map G01C21/3614, G01C21/3685 take precedence

Abstract

A method for correcting a map view based on a point of interest and a correcting device are provided, wherein the method includes: displaying, a map view and the point of interest on a screen; and correcting, the map view based on a position of the point of interest on the screen when the map view changes.

Claims

1. A method for correcting a map view, comprising:

displaying a map view and a point of interest on a screen;

correcting the map view based on a position of the point of interest on the screen according to a user input selecting a point on the map view; and

displaying the corrected map view and the point of interest on the screen.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein

the correcting the map comprises:

reloading a map in response to the user input selecting the point, the map having the point selected by the user at the center of the screen, and

the corrected map view is displayed based on the reloaded map.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein

the correcting the map view comprises:

reloading a map with a position of the point of interest at the central point of the screen when the position of the point of interest is within a predetermined range of the point selected by the user input, and

the corrected map is displayed based on the reloaded map.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein

the correcting the map view comprises:

determining, when multiple points of interest are within a predetermined range of the point selected by the user, at least one optimum points of interest by calculating distances between the point selected by the user and the multiple points of interest.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein, when only one optimum point is obtained based on the determining,

the correcting the map view further comprises:

reloading the map with the optimum point of interest at the central point of the screen, and

the corrected map view is displayed based on the reloaded map.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein, when multiple optimum points of interest are obtained based on the determining,

the correcting the map view further comprises:

selecting a final optimum point of interest from among the multiple optimum points of interests by an order of a priority of an X-axis positive direction, an X-axis negative direction, a Y-axis positive direction and a Y-axis negative direction from high to low, and

reloading the map with the final optimum point of interest at the central point of the screen, and

the corrected map view is displayed based on the reloaded map.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprises:

representing a range of a predetermined distance, as an icon, from a point selected by the user input, where the icon is an annulus having a direction or other determined shape, and

wherein the correcting the map view comprises correcting the map view based on the represented icon.

8. A device for correcting a map view, comprising:

a displaying module, configured to display a map view and a point of interest on a screen; and

a map view correcting module, configured to correct the map view based on a position of the point of interest on the screen according to a user input selecting a point on the map view, and

wherein the displaying module is further configured to display the corrected map view and the point of interest on the screen.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein

the map view correcting module is further configured to reload a map in response to the user input selecting the point, the map having the point selected by the user at the center of the screen, and

the corrected map view is displayed based on the reloaded map.

10. The device of claim 8, wherein

the map view correcting module is further configured to reload a map with the position of the point of interest at the central point of the screen, when the position of the point of interest is within a predetermined range of the point selected by the user input, and

the corrected map is displayed based on the reloaded map.

11. The device of claim 8, wherein

the map view correcting module is further configured to determine, when multiple points of interest are within a predetermined range of the point selected by the user, at least one optimum points of interest by calculating distances between the point selected by the user and the multiple points of interest.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein, when only one optimum point is obtained based on the determination of the map view correcting module,

the map view correcting module is further configured to reload the map with the optimum point of interest at the central point of the screen , and

the corrected map view is displayed based on the reloaded map.

13. The device of claim 11, wherein, when multiple optimum points of interest are obtained based on the determination of the map view correcting module,

the map view correcting module is further configured:

to select a final optimum point by an order of a priority of an X-axis positive direction, an X-axis negative direction, a Y-axis positive direction and a Y-axis negative direction from high to low, and

to reload the map with the final optimum point of interest at the central point of the screen, and

the corrected map view is displayed based on the reloaded map.

14. The device of claim 8, wherein

the map view correcting module is further configured to represent a range of a predetermined distance, as an icon, from the point selected by user, where the icon is an annulus having a direction or other determined shape, and

wherein the correcting the map view comprises correcting the map view based on the represented icon.