Location floor number display device in navigation apparatus
First Claim
1. A location floor number display method in a vehicle navigation apparatus for displaying the floor number of a floor, in a building, on which a building user serving as a target institution is located, comprising the steps of:
- storing map information including shapes of buildings and storing building information including the number of floors of each building, user name(s) in a building, and the location floor number of the user(s);
displaying a map on a display screen by using the map information;
when a building on the map displayed on the display screen is indicated, calculating a user name list of the building from the building information and displaying the user name list on the display screen;
when a user is specified from the user list, calculating the floor number of the floor on which the user is located from the building information; and
displaying the indicated building three-dimensionally and displaying the floor of the specified user such that the floor number can be identified, and/or displaying the floor number by characters.
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Abstract
A detailed map is displayed on a display screen by using detailed map information. When a building BL on the detailed map is indicated, a user name list of the building is calculated from building information to display the user name list on a part of the display screen, and a detailed map MP displayed on another part of the display screen is inclined by a birds-eye process to be displayed. The indicated building BL is displayed three-dimensionally with a height corresponding to the number of its floors. When a user is specified from the user name list, the floor number of a floor on which the user is located is calculated from the building information. The floor is displayed by an L-shaped mark FL in the three-dimensionally displayed building such that the number of floors can be identified, and/or the floor number is displayed by the characters FLC.
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30 Claims
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1. A location floor number display method in a vehicle navigation apparatus for displaying the floor number of a floor, in a building, on which a building user serving as a target institution is located, comprising the steps of:
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storing map information including shapes of buildings and storing building information including the number of floors of each building, user name(s) in a building, and the location floor number of the user(s);
displaying a map on a display screen by using the map information;
when a building on the map displayed on the display screen is indicated, calculating a user name list of the building from the building information and displaying the user name list on the display screen;
when a user is specified from the user list, calculating the floor number of the floor on which the user is located from the building information; and
displaying the indicated building three-dimensionally and displaying the floor of the specified user such that the floor number can be identified, and/or displaying the floor number by characters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A location floor number display method in a vehicle navigation apparatus for displaying the floor number of a floor, in a building, on which a building user serving as a target institution is located, comprising the steps of:
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storing map information including shapes of buildings and storing building information including the number of floors of each building, user name(s) in a building, and the location floor number of the user(s);
displaying a map including a building in which the target institution is located by pinpoint searching on a display screen by using the map information; and
thereafter, calculating the floor number of the floor on which the user is located from the building information, displaying the indicated building three-dimensionally and displaying the floor of the specified user such that the floor number can be identified, and/or displaying the floor number by characters. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A location floor number display method in a vehicle navigation apparatus for displaying the floor number of a floor, in a building, on which a building user serving as a target institution is located, comprising the steps of:
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storing detailed map information including planar shapes of buildings and roads and storing building information including the number of floors of each building, user name(s) in a building, and the location floor number of the user(s);
displaying a detailed map on a display screen by using the detailed map information;
when a building on the detailed map is indicated, calculating a user name list of the building from the building information to display the user name list on a part of the display screen, and displaying the detailed map on another part of the display screen such that the detailed map is inclined by an imaging process, and three-dimensionally displaying the indicated building with a height corresponding to the number of its floors; and
when a user is specified from the user list, calculating the floor number of the floor on which the user is located from the building information, displaying the indicated building three-dimensionally and displaying the floor of the specified user such that the floor number can be identified, and/or displaying the floor number by characters. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A location floor number display method in a vehicle navigation apparatus for displaying the floor number of a floor, in a building, on which a target institution is located, comprising the steps of:
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storing detailed map information including planar shapes of buildings and roads and storing building information including the number of floors of each building, user name(s) in a building, and the location floor number of the user(s);
displaying on a display screen a detailed map including a building in which a target institution is located by pinpoint searching by using the detailed map information;
thereafter, displaying user information of a building user serving as the target institution on a part of the display screen, displaying the detailed map on another part of the display screen such that the detailed map is inclined by an imaging process, and three-dimensionally displaying the building with a height corresponding to the number of its floors; and
calculating the floor number of the floor on which the user is located from the building information, displaying the indicated building three-dimensionally and displaying the floor of the specified user such that the floor number can be identified, and/or displaying the floor number by characters. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A vehicle navigation apparatus for displaying on a display screen the floor number of a floor, in a building, on which a building user serving as a target institution is located, comprising:
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a map information storage medium for storing building information including road data, the shapes of buildings, the number of floors of each building, user(s) of a building, and a location floor number of the user(s);
an input device for indicating a building on a map displayed on a display screen; and
a controller for calculating a user name list of a building indicated by said input device from the building information to display the user name list on the display screen, wherein, when a user is specified, said controller calculates the floor number of a floor on which the user is located from the building information, displays the indicated building three-dimensionally and displays the floor of the specified user, such that the floor number can be identified, and/or displays the floor number by characters. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A vehicle navigation apparatus for displaying on a display screen the floor number of a floor, in a building, on which a building user serving as a target institution is located, comprising:
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a map information storage medium for storing building information including road data, the shapes of buildings, the number of floors of each building, user(s) of a building, and a location floor number of the user(s); and
a controller for displaying on a display screen a map including a building in which a target institution indicated by pinpoint searching is located;
wherein said controller calculates the floor number of a floor on which the indicated target institution is located from the building information, displays the indicated building three-dimensionally and displays the floor of the specified user, such that the floor number can be identified, and/or displays the floor number by characters. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. A method of operating a vehicle navigation system, comprising:
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displaying a map on a display screen of the vehicle navigation system;
selecting a user within a building located on the map; and
displaying a three-dimensional representation of the building on the map. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A vehicle navigation apparatus, comprising:
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a map information storage medium;
a display screen for displaying a map;
an input device for selecting a user within a building located on the map; and
a controller for displaying a three-dimensional representation of the building on the map. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30)
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Specification