Terminal device, information processing method, and program

• US 9,052,205 B2
• Filed: 08/21/2012
• Issued: 06/09/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Mobile Communications Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Miyazaki, Ryoji
• Primary Examiner(s): Hong, Dung
• Application Number:
  US13/590,275
• Publication Number:
  US 20130109414A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,022 Days
• Field of Search: 455/414.2, 455/414.3, 4554561-4565, 701/455, 701/212, 701/519
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/13 Receivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A terminal device that includes a display that displays an image; a positioning unit that measures a current position; a memory that stores information corresponding to a plurality of positions measured by the positioning unit in association with a time at which each of the plurality of positions was measured; and a controller that controls the display to display a travel trace on a map based on the information stored in the memory and that variably sets a display scale of the map according to a travel speed or traveled distance per unit time corresponding to the travel trace.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a display that displays an image; and

circuitry configured to

store information corresponding to a plurality of determined positions of the information processing apparatus in association with a time at which each of the plurality of positions was determined;

determine scroll points on a travel trace based on a difference in time between neighboring first and second positions of the plurality of positions;

interconnect scroll points corresponding to the first and second positions with a straight line when the difference in time is greater than a predetermined threshold value;

determine divided scroll points on the straight line that are separated at intervals corresponding to the predetermined threshold value;

control the display to display the travel trace on a map; and

set a display scale of the map based on the travel trace.

2. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to set the display scale of the map based on a travel speed or traveled distance per unit time determined based on the travel trace.

3. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the displayed travel trace sequentially tracks the plurality of positions in order of time.

4. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to control the display to scroll the map in accordance with the travel trace.

5. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to set a scroll line that linearly interconnects adjacent scroll points on the travel trace.

6. The information processing apparatus of claim 5, wherein the circuitry is configured to control the display to scroll the map along the scroll line.

7. The information processing apparatus of claim 5, wherein the circuitry is configured to determine, from the scroll line, an average travel time between the scroll points.

8. The information processing apparatus of claim 7, wherein the circuitry is configured to control the display scale of the map based on the average time between the scroll points.

9. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein, when the difference is equal to or less than the predetermined threshold value, the circuitry is configured to select a midpoint between the first and second positions as a scroll point.

10. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to perform linear interpolation between the scroll points corresponding to the first and second positions to determine the divided scroll points on the straight line.

11. The information processing apparatus of claim 10, wherein the circuitry is configured to determine an intermediate position between the scroll points corresponding to the first and second positions based on an immediately preceding recording point, divided scroll points, and a current recording point and sets the determined intermediate position as a scroll point.

12. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to control the display to display a time at which a position was measured on the display as the travel trace proceeds.

13. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

an image capturing unit, wherein the circuitry is configured to store an image captured by the image capturing unit in association with a measured position at a time the image was captured.

14. The information processing apparatus of claim 3, wherein the circuitry is configured to control the display to display an indication that a captured image exists at a particular point along the trace track based on the stored information.

15. A method performed by an information processing apparatus, the method comprising:

storing, in a memory of the information processing apparatus, information corresponding to a plurality of determined positions of the information processing apparatus in association with a time at which each of the plurality of positions was determined;

determining scroll points on a travel trace based on a difference in time between neighboring first and second positions of the plurality of positions;

interconnecting scroll points corresponding to the first and second positions with a straight line when the difference in time is greater than a predetermined threshold value;

determining divided scroll points on the straight line that are separated at intervals corresponding to the predetermined threshold value;

controlling a display to display the travel trace on a map; and

setting a display scale of the map based on the travel trace.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer-program instructions, which when executed by an information processing apparatus, cause the information processing apparatus to perform a method comprising:

storing information corresponding to a plurality of determined positions of the information processing apparatus in association with a time at which each of the plurality of positions was determined;

determining scroll points on a travel trace based on a difference in time between neighboring first and second positions of the plurality of positions;

interconnecting scroll points corresponding to the first and second positions with a straight line when the difference in time is greater than a predetermined threshold value;

determining divided scroll points on the straight line that are separated at intervals corresponding to the predetermined threshold value;

controlling a display to display the travel trace on a map; and

setting a display scale of the map based on the travel trace.