Facility display unit
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1. A facility display apparatus comprising:
- a setting unit for setting a display mode of facilities selected by a user from a plurality of selectable display modes, the selectable display modes including a mode for displaying facilities as a moving picture and a mode for displaying facilities as a still picture;
a facility identifying unit for identifying facilities at a point of interest selected by the user from a plurality of selectable points of interest, the facilities being identified to be displayed; and
a display unit for displaying on a map at least one of a moving picture and a still picture of the facilities identified by said facility identifying unit in accordance with the display mode set by said setting unit,wherein;
the map illustrates a route from a present geographical location of the user to the point of interest,when the user selects the mode for displaying facilities as a moving picture, said display unit displays the moving picture of the identified facilities on the map, the moving picture automatically rotating a three-dimensional image of the identified facilities by a preset amount to provide multiple views of the identified facilities from multiple directions, the three-dimensional image being automatically rotated the same amount regardless of which facilities are identified by the facility identifying means and regardless of the user'"'"'s geographical location while the moving picture is displayed, andthe identified facilities comprises at least one physical object having a fixed geographical location at the selected point of interest.
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A facility display unit three-dimensionally displays an image of the facilities identified by a facility identifying section 6 on a wide-area map according to a display mode set by a setting accepting section 1, and zooms in on the image of the facilities. The facility display unit also rotates the image of the facilities simultaneously with the zoom in or after completing the zoom in. This enables a user to roughly check the position of the facilities, and then to grasp an overall image of the facilities.
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1. A facility display apparatus comprising:
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a setting unit for setting a display mode of facilities selected by a user from a plurality of selectable display modes, the selectable display modes including a mode for displaying facilities as a moving picture and a mode for displaying facilities as a still picture; a facility identifying unit for identifying facilities at a point of interest selected by the user from a plurality of selectable points of interest, the facilities being identified to be displayed; and a display unit for displaying on a map at least one of a moving picture and a still picture of the facilities identified by said facility identifying unit in accordance with the display mode set by said setting unit, wherein; the map illustrates a route from a present geographical location of the user to the point of interest, when the user selects the mode for displaying facilities as a moving picture, said display unit displays the moving picture of the identified facilities on the map, the moving picture automatically rotating a three-dimensional image of the identified facilities by a preset amount to provide multiple views of the identified facilities from multiple directions, the three-dimensional image being automatically rotated the same amount regardless of which facilities are identified by the facility identifying means and regardless of the user'"'"'s geographical location while the moving picture is displayed, and the identified facilities comprises at least one physical object having a fixed geographical location at the selected point of interest. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer-implemented method for displaying facilities in a facility display apparatus, the method comprising:
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receiving via an input device a user selection of a display mode of facilities from a plurality of selectable display modes, the selectable display modes including a mode for displaying facilities as a moving picture and a mode for displaying facilities as a still picture; receiving via an input device a user selection of a point of interest from a plurality of selectable points of interest, identifying facilities at the selected point of interest selected, and retrieving image data from a storage device of the identified facilities; displaying a map on a display device; and displaying on the map at least one of a moving picture and a still picture of the identified facilities in accordance with the set display mode, wherein; the map illustrates a route from a present geographical location of the user to the selected point of interest; when the user selects the mode for displaying facilities as a moving picture, said display means displays the moving picture of the identified facilities on the map, the moving picture automatically rotating a three-dimensional image of the identified facilities by a preset amount to provide multiple views of the identified facilities from multiple directions, the three-dimensional image being automatically rotated the same amount regardless of which facilities are identified and regardless of the user'"'"'s geographical location while the moving picture is displayed, and the identified facilities comprises at least one physical object having a fixed geographical location at the selected point of interest. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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