Method for automatically zooming in/out on map in navigation system

• US 7,555,388 B2
• Filed: 11/27/2006
• Issued: 06/30/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai AMCO Company Limited (Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai AMCO Company Limited (Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Han, Young Hoon
• Primary Examiner(s): Camby; Richard M.
• Application Number:
  US11/563,519
• Publication Number:
  US 20070150189A1
• Time in Patent Office: 946 Days
• Field of Search: 701200-213, 34099514-99518
• US Class Current: 701/212
• 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

Provided is a method for automatically zooming in/out on a map in a navigation system. The method includes measuring a running speed; searching a lookup table for a running speed zoom factor based on the measured running speed; and automatically zooming in/out on the map depending on the searched running speed zoom factor, and displaying the zoomed in/out map.

Claims

1. A method for automatically zooming in/out on a map in a navigation system including a storage unit for storing a lookup table defining a zoom factor based on a running speed and a zoom-in factor at an intersection, and a global positioning system (GPS) module for receiving position data from each of a plurality of GPS satellites and calculating a self position, the method comprising:

measuring the running speed;

searching the lookup table for the zoom factor based on the measured running speed, and buffering the searched zoom factor;

determining whether the current position measured by the GPS module is an access point of the intersection;

adding the running speed zoom factor with an intersection zoom factor, and calculating an automatic zoom factor when it is determined that the current position is the access point of the intersection; and

automatically zooming in/out on the map, which is displayed on a screen, depending on the calculated automatic zoom factor.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the map is zoomed-in/out depending on the running speed zoom factor when it is determined that the current position is not the access point.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the map is zoomed-in using a new final zoom factor obtained by adding the automatic zoom factor to a previous final zoom factor.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the map is zoomed-in using a new final zoom factor obtained by adding the automatic zoom factor to a default zoom factor.

5. The method according to claim 2, wherein the map is zoomed-in using a new final zoom factor obtained by adding the running speed zoom factor to a previous final zoom factor.

6. The method according to claim 2, wherein the map is zoomed-in using a new final zoom factor obtained by adding the running speed zoom factor to a default zoom factor.