Method for displaying information using map image and display apparatus

• US 8,681,175 B2
• Filed: 05/24/2010
• Issued: 03/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Ahn, Eun Seon, Kim, Jae Uk
• Primary Examiner(s): WANG, JIN CHENG
• Application Number:
  US12/785,815
• Publication Number:
  US 20110115805A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,401 Days
• Field of Search: 701/200, 701/208, 701/220, 701/426, 701/432, 701/438, 715764-768
• US Class Current: 345/619
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/36 Input/output arrangements for on-board computers
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3679 Retrieval, searching and output of POI information, e.g. hotels, restaurants, shops, filling stations, parking facilities G01C21/3611 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3682 output of POI information on a road map G01C21/3614, G01C21/3685 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 9/0076 in which the time in another time-zone or in another city can be displayed at will
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/40 Filling a planar surface by adding surface attributes, e.g. colour or texture
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 15/30 Clipping
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/106 using electronic means

Abstract

A method for displaying time information and a display apparatus are provided. According to the method, a map image divided by a plurality of grids may be displayed and one of the grids on the displayed map image may be selected. Further, information about display target areas may be displayed when there are more than two display target areas in the selected grid and one of the information-displayed display target areas is selected. Furthermore, time information of the selected display target area may be displayed.

Claims

1. A method for displaying information on a display apparatus including a display, a user input device, and a controller, the method comprising:

displaying, on the display, a map image divided by a plurality of grids based on a distributed area;

receiving, by the user input device, a first input selecting one of the plurality of grids;

displaying, on the display, information about display target areas in a pop-up window when there are more than two display target areas in the selected one of the plurality of grids in response to the first input, wherein the pop-up window comprises a first area that displays an enlarged image with respect to an area corresponding to the selected grid;

receiving, by the user input device, a second input selecting one of the display target areas;

and displaying, on the display, detailed information about the selected one of the display target area in response to the second input.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the information includes at least one of time information or date information about the display target areas.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising displaying a pointer on the map image, the pointer being movable by unit grid according to an up, down, left, and right key input of a user.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising displaying a pointer in the first area, wherein the pointer is movable according to an up, down, left, and right key input from the user input device.

5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising when the pointer is moved outside of the first area, displaying in the first area another map image corresponding to another grid adjacent to the selected one of the plurality of grids.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the pop-up window displays at least one of geographical information, a current time, or a time difference with respect to a reference area of the selected display target area.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the pop-up window comprises a second area that displays a position of the selected one of the plurality of grids.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the position of the selected one of the plurality of grids displayed in the second area is changed according to a change of the map information displayed in the first area.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the pop-up window arranges the more than two display target areas in the selected one of the plurality of grids according to predetermined criteria and displays arranged information about the more than two display target areas.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the display target areas are arranged based on a time difference with respect to a reference area.

11. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a request from a user, through the user input device, for information about all available display target areas;

arranging, by the controller, information about each of the display target areas according to predetermined criteria in response to the received request; and

selecting, by the user input device, an area whose time information is to be displayed using the displayed information.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein the information comprises at least one of a current time of the selected area or a time difference with respect to a reference area.

13. A display apparatus including a display, a user input device, and a controller that performs the method for displaying information of claim 1.

14. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a program, the program being used for executing the method of claim 1.

15. The method according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of grids are the same size.

16. The method according to claim 1, wherein sizes of the plurality of grids are different.

17. The method according to claim 1, wherein a size of each of the plurality of grids is different according to a distribution of display target areas.