Information processing device and image processing device

• US 8,819,581 B2
• Filed: 09/11/2009
• Issued: 08/26/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Ten Limited (DENSO Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Ten Limited (DENSO Corporation)
• Inventors: Kamikawa, Noriyuki, Nakagawa, Takahiro, Nagamoto, Satoru, Ohta, Takashi, Nakamura, Fumitake, Okada, Takaho, Kawaguchi, Hideki
• Primary Examiner(s): Shih, Haoshian
• Application Number:
  US13/063,339
• Publication Number:
  US 20110164062A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,810 Days
• Field of Search: 715/781, 715/788, 715/790, 715/791, 715/792, 715/800, 701/400, 701/485, 701/538
• US Class Current: 715/788
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3664 Details of the user input interface, e.g. buttons, knobs or sliders, including those provided on a touch screen; remote controllers; input using gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3667 Display of a road map G01C21/3614 takes precedence; guidance using 3D or perspective road maps G01C21/3635
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

An information processing device capable of processing navigation information is provided. A touch panel can display images and can receive a user'"'"'s touch operation. An image generation section generates a navigation image including a map image and a plurality of operation button images for receiving the touch operation, the images being displayed on the touch panel. A plurality of operation button images include a first operation button image related to a navigation function and a second operation button image related to a plurality of functions other than the navigation function. The image generation section generates a first image which is obtained by combining the navigation image and the first operation button image and a second image which includes the second operation button. The first image and the second image are respectively displayed in a first display region and a second display region. The first display region and the second display region are separated by a movable boundary.

Claims

1. An information processing device capable of processing navigation information, the information processing device comprising:

a touch panel capable of displaying images and receiving a touch operation; and

an image generation section configured to generate a navigation image including a map image and a plurality of operation button images for receiving the touch operation, the images being displayed on the touch panel, wherein;

the operation button images include a first operation button image related to a navigation function and a second operation button image related to a plurality of functions other than the navigation function,

the image generation section generates a first image which is obtained by combining the navigation image and the first operation button image and a second image which includes the second operation button image,

the first image and the second image are respectively displayed in a first display region and a second display region,

the first display region and the second display region are separated by a movable boundary,

a size of the first display region and a size of the second display region are enlargeable and shrinkable,

the second operation button image is configured to disappear from the second image when the size of the second display region is reduced, and

in the touch panel, a position of the first operation button image before the size of the first display region is enlarged is the same as a position of the first operation button image after the size of the first display region is enlarged.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein the second image includes a function selection region where a plurality of function selection button images each for selecting a corresponding one of the plurality of functions are displayed, and a function operation region where a plurality of functional operation button images each for operating a function selected by the corresponding function selection button image are displayed.

3. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein a size of the second display region is enlargeable,

wherein in the touch panel, a position of the second operation button image before the size of the second display region is enlarged is the same as a position of the second operation button image after the size of the second display region is enlarged,

wherein the second operation button image is related to a basic operation of one of the plurality of functions, and

wherein when the size of the second display region is enlarged, an extended operation button image related to an extensive operation of the one of the plurality of functions is displayed in the enlarged second display region.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein the first display region is arranged on one side of left and right sides of the touch panel, and the second display region is arranged on the other side of the left and right sides of the touch panel, and

wherein the first display region is arranged on a side of a driver'"'"'s seat of a vehicle in which the information processing device is mounted.

5. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the movable boundary is moved to reduce the first display region and to enlarge the second display region, or to reduce the second display region and to enlarge the first display region.

6. The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a receiving section that receives positional data of the information processing device; and

a storage section that stores map data,

wherein the navigation function generates graphic data for drawing the navigation image on the basis of the positional data and the map data,

the image generation section generates the navigation image on the basis of the graphic data, and

the first operation button image includes at least one of a button image for displaying a screen for setting the navigation function, a button image for displaying a screen for setting a destination of a vehicle, and a button image for enlarging and reducing the map image.

7. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein the plurality of functions include an audio function of outputting sound through a speaker, and

the second operation button image includes at least one of a music selection button image and a radio broadcast selection button image.

8. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the image generation section generates the images to be displayed on the touch panel such that the second operation button image is highlighted in accordance with a history of the touch operation.

9. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the image generation section moves the boundary to enlarge the first display region and generates an image in which only the first image is displayed on the touch panel.

10. The information processing device according to claim 9, wherein, when the image in which only the first image is displayed on the touch panel is generated, the image generation section moves the boundary to reduce the first display region and generates an image in which the first image and the second image are displayed on the touch panel.

11. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the image generation section moves the boundary to enlarge the second display region and generates an image in which only the second image is displayed on the touch panel.

12. The information processing device according to claim 11, wherein, when the image in which only the second image is displayed on the touch panel is generated, the image generation section moves the boundary to reduce the second display region and generates an image in which the first image and the second image are displayed on the touch panel.

13. The information processing device according to claim 9, wherein the image generation section generates an animation image in which the boundary is gradually slid when moving the boundary.

14. The information processing device according to claim 9,

wherein the image generation section generates an animation image in which the boundary is gradually slid when moving the boundary, and

the image generation section generates the animation image such that, in the navigation image, a position of the information processing device is located at the center of the first display region while the boundary is gradually slid.

16. The information processing device according to claim 11, wherein the image generation section generates an animation image in which the boundary is gradually slid when moving the boundary.

17. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the first display region has a center, and the center moves when the size of the first display region is changed.

18. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein a center of the map image moves with a center of the first display region before, after, or while the size of the first display region is changed.

19. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein when the first display region is enlarged, the map image retains a same scale but more of the map image is displayed in the first display region.

15. An image processing device capable of generating images which are displayed on a touch panel capable of receiving a touch operation, the image processing device comprising:

a central processing unit configured as a control section to act as an image generation section that generates a navigation image including a map image and a plurality of operation button images for receiving the touch operation, the images being displayed on the touch panel, wherein;

the operation button images include a first operation button image related to a navigation function and a second operation button image related to a plurality of functions other than the navigation function,

the image generation section generates a first image which is obtained by combining the navigation image and the first operation button image and a second image which includes the second operation button image,

the first image and the second image are respectively displayed in a first display region and a second display region,

the first display region and the second display region are separated by a movable boundary,

a size of the first display region and a size of the second display region are enlargeable and shrinkable,

the second operation button image is configured to disappear from the second image when the size of the second display region is reduced, and

in the touch panel, a position of the first operation button image before the size of the first display region is enlarged is the same as a position of the first operation button image after the size of the first display region is enlarged.