MAP SCROLLING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR SELECTIVELY DISPLAYING ICONS
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Abstract
A map scrolling method and apparatus for a navigation system prevents from displaying certain icons while displaying other icons based on conditions and settings of the navigation system during a transition period of a map scrolling operation. The map scrolling method includes the steps of: detecting activation of a map scrolling operation; checking whether there is any limit condition attached to icons as to remove them from a map image; scrolling the map image while removing the icons to which the limit condition is attached from the map image during a transition period of the map scrolling operation; and displaying all of the icons when the map scrolling operation is completed.
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11. An apparatus for scrolling map images for a navigation system, comprising:
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a display configured to display thereon map images concerning operations of navigation system; a storage unit configured to store data and programs for operations of navigation system; an input device configured to accept a user'"'"'s input for the navigation system; and a central processing unit configured, by executing the programs in the storage unit, to conduct the following operations of; detecting activation of a map scrolling operation of the navigation system via the input device; checking whether there is any limit condition attached to icons or map elements as to remove them from the map image on the display; scrolling the map image on the display toward a specified direction while removing the icons or map elements to which the limit condition is attached from the map image during a transition period of the map scrolling operation; detecting that the map scrolling operation is paused when a time length of each temporary stop of the map scrolling operation is shorter than a predefined pause time; reviving, when the map scrolling operation is paused, the icons or map elements that have been removed from the map image by representing the revived icons and map elements with simplified marks of identical shape on the map image; and causing to display all of the icons and map elements of original images at a location on the map image where the map scrolling operation is completed, wherein the map scrolling operation is completed when a time length of a stop of the map scrolling operation is longer than the predefined pause time. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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