Navigation apparatus and navigation apparatus display method

• US 9,081,483 B2
• Filed: 05/24/2013
• Issued: 07/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Nezu, Yoshiyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): ALVESTEFFER, STEPHEN D
• Application Number:
  US13/902,461
• Publication Number:
  US 20130263051A1
• Time in Patent Office: 781 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3611 using character input or menus, e.g. menus of POIs character input methods in general G06F3/0233
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3614 through interaction with a road map, e.g. selecting a POI icon on a road map
• 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: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a navigation apparatus for displaying maps on a display section based on map data held in a recording section, the navigation apparatus including: a current position detection section configured to detect the current position of the navigation apparatus; a touch-sensitive panel configured to be installed on a display screen of the display section; and a control section configured to control changes in what is displayed on the display section in response to operations performed by a user on the touch-sensitive panel.

Claims

1. A control apparatus comprising:

a control device configured to control changes in what is displayed on a display screen in response to an input from a user to a displayed area of the display screen, wherein

said control device is configured to cause said display screen to switch between displaying at least a first display state and a second display state on the display screen according to a user operation, the first display state having a first content display area on which content is displayed and the control device is configured to receive an input from the user to change a display on the display screen from the first display state to the second display state, and the second display state having a menu display area on which a menu of selectable options is displayed and a second content display area on which at least a portion of the content is displayed,

wherein in the second display state, the at least a portion of the content displayed in the second content display area is shifted from a position at which the content is displayed in the first content display area, and

wherein the control apparatus stores a plurality of selectable menu options, and the menu of selectable options displayed in the second display state displays at least one, but not all, of the plurality of selectable menu options, and the second display state further includes displaying an input area that is configured to receive an input from the user to display additional ones of the plurality of selectable menu options which are not visible in the second display state and which are different and independent from the selectable menu options which are visible in the second display state,

wherein the first display state has a first display changing input area displayed on the display screen that is configured to receive the input from the user to change the display on the display screen from the first display state to the second display state, and said first display changing input area is displayed adjacent to one of the vertical boundaries of the display screen, and said plurality of selectable menu options are vertically arranged along the one of the boundaries where the first display changing input area is located.

2. The control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the second display state displays the additional ones of the plurality of selectable menu options, the second display state displays an input area that is configured to receive an input from the user to hide the additional ones of the plurality of selectable menu options.

3. The control apparatus according to claim 2, wherein when the display on the display screen is in the second display state, and based on that the control device does not detect an input from the user for a predetermined time period, the control device changes the display on the display screen to the first display state.

4. The control apparatus according to claim 2, wherein when the second display state displays the additional ones of the plurality of selectable menu options, and based on that the control device does not detect an input from the user for a predetermined time period, the control device changes the display on the display screen to the first display state.

5. The control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the content displayed on the first content display area includes location information.

6. The control apparatus according to claim 5, wherein location information is shown on an image of a map.

7. The control apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the location information shows route guidance information on the map.

8. The control apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the location information includes a name of a location.

9. The control apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the name of the location is acquired based on information received from a GPS device.

10. The control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein in the first display state the control device is configured to control the display screen to display an indicator that the control apparatus is in an area where a mobile phone function can be used.

11. The control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control device is configured to cause the display screen to display a menu for reproducing audio and video data.

12. A method, implemented by a control apparatus, comprising:

changing what is displayed on a display screen in response to an input from a user to a displayed area of the display screen;

causing said display screen to switch between displaying at least a first display state and a second display state on the display screen according to a user operation, the first display state having a first content display area on which content is displayed and receiving an input from the user to change a display on the display screen from the first display state to the second display state, and the second display state having a menu display area on which a menu of selectable options is displayed and a second content display area on which at least a portion of the content is displayed,

wherein in the second display state, the at least a portion of the content displayed in the second content display area is shifted from a position at which the content is displayed in the first content display area,

the method further comprising, in the menu of selectable options displayed in the second display state, displaying at least one, but not all, of a plurality of selectable menu options, and in the second display state further displaying an input area that is configured to receive an input from the user to display additional ones of the plurality of selectable menu options which are not visible in the second display state and which are different and independent from the selectable menu options which are visible in the second display state,

wherein the first display state has a first display changing input area displayed on the display screen that is configured to receive the input from the user to change the display on the display screen from the first display state to the second display state, and said first display changing input area is displayed adjacent to one of the vertical boundaries of the display screen, and said plurality of selectable menu options are vertically arranged along the one of the boundaries where the first display changing input area is located.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program that when executed by a control apparatus, causes the control apparatus to perform a method comprising:

changing what is displayed on a display screen in response to an input from a user to a displayed area of the display screen;

causing said display screen to switch between displaying at least a first display state and a second display state on the display screen according to a user operation, the first display state having a first content display area on which content is displayed and receiving an input from the user to change a display on the display screen from the first display state to the second display state, and the second display state having a menu display area on which a menu of selectable options is displayed and a second content display area on which at least a portion of the content is displayed,

wherein in the second display state, the at least a portion of the content displayed in the second content display area is shifted from a position at which the content is displayed in the first content display area,

the method further comprising, in the menu of selectable options displayed in the second display state, displaying at least one, but not all, of a plurality of selectable menu options, and in the second display state further displaying an input area that is configured to receive an input from the user to display additional ones of the plurality of selectable menu options which are not visible in the second display state and which are different and independent from the selectable menu options which are visible in the second display state,

wherein the first display state has a first display changing input area displayed on the display screen that is configured to receive the input from the user to change the display on the display screen from the first display state to the second display state, and said first display changing input area is displayed adjacent to one of the vertical boundaries of the display screen, and said plurality of selectable menu options are vertically arranged along the one of the boundaries where the first display changing input area is located.

14. A display apparatus comprising:

a display screen;

a touch-sensitive panel installed on the display screen;

a battery;

a control device configured to control changes in what is displayed on a display screen in response to a touch input from a user on the touch-sensitive panel, wherein

said control device is configured to cause said display screen to switch between displaying at least a first display state and a second display state on the display screen according to a user touch operation, the first display state having a first content display area on which content is displayed and the control device is configured to receive a touch input from the user to change a display on the display screen from the first display state to the second display state, and the second display state having a menu display area on which a menu of selectable options is displayed and a second content display area on which at least a portion of the content is displayed,

wherein in the second display state, the at least a portion of the content displayed in the second content display area is shifted from a position at which the content is displayed in the first content display area, and

wherein the display apparatus stores a plurality of selectable menu options, and the menu of selectable options displayed in the second display state displays at least one, but not all, of the plurality of selectable menu options, and the second display state further includes displaying an input area that is configured to receive the touch input from a user to display additional ones of the plurality of selectable menu options which are not visible in the second display state and which are different and independent from the selectable menu options which are visible in the second display state,

wherein the first display state has a first display changing input area displayed on the display screen that is configured to receive the touch input from the user to change the display on the display screen from the first display state to the second display state, and said first display changing input area is displayed adjacent to one of the vertical boundaries of the display screen, and said plurality of selectable menu options are vertically arranged along the one of the boundaries where the first display changing input area is located.

15. The display apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the display apparatus is configured to connect to a cradle device and accept power from the cradle device.

16. The display apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the display screen is a Liquid Crystal Display screen.