Information processing apparatus, method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium to control display of a map

• US 9,268,474 B2
• Filed: 11/18/2011
• Issued: 02/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Suzuno, Satoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Bee, Andrew
• Application Number:
  US13/977,994
• Publication Number:
  US 20130283205A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,558 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/367 Details, e.g. road map scale, orientation, zooming, illumination, level of detail, scrolling of road map or positioning of current position marker
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0969 having a display in the form of a map
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/106 using electronic means

Abstract

An information processing apparatus that includes a processor that controls a display to display map data; acquires first altitude data corresponding to a first point on the displayed map data and second altitude data corresponding to a second point on the displayed map data; and controls the display to scroll the map between the first point and the second point based on a difference between the first altitude data and the second altitude data.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a processor that;

controls a display to display map data of a map;

acquires first altitude data corresponding to a first point on the displayed map data and second altitude data corresponding to a second point on the displayed map data; and

controls the display to scroll the map between the first point and the second point based on a difference between the first altitude data and the second altitude data.

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

a position detecting unit configured to detect a current position of the information processing apparatus,

wherein the processor controls the display to display the current position of the information processing apparatus on the map data.

3. The information processing apparatus of claim 2, wherein the first point corresponds to the current position of the information processing apparatus displayed on the map data.

4. The information processing apparatus of claim 2, wherein the processor controls the display to display the map data so that the current position of the information processing apparatus is displayed at the center of the display.

5. The information processing apparatus of claim 2, wherein the processor is configured to display a route on the displayed map data, and control the display to scroll in a direction following the displayed route, and the first and second points are points on the displayed route.

6. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor receives an input for selecting the second point on the displayed map data.

7. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor acquires first position data corresponding to the first point and second position data corresponding to the second point, and calculates a distance between the first point and the second point based on the first position data and the second position data.

8. The information processing apparatus of claim 7, wherein the processor calculates a gradient between the first point and the second point based on the calculated distance between the first point and the second point and the difference between the first altitude data and the second altitude data, and

controls the display to scroll the map at a predetermined speed between the first point and the second point based on the calculated gradient.

9. The information processing apparatus of claim 8, wherein the processor controls the display to scroll the map at a first speed between the first point and the second point when the gradient is a positive value, and controls the display to scroll the map at a second speed between the first point and the second point when the gradient is a negative value, and

wherein the second speed is greater than the first speed.

10. The information processing apparatus of claim 8, wherein the processor is configured to receive an input for selecting one of a plurality of modes of transportation.

11. The information processing apparatus of claim 10, wherein in a case in which the selected mode of transportation is a bicycle, an effect of the gradient on the predetermined scrolling speed is greater compared to another case in which the selected mode of transportation is a car.

12. The information processing apparatus of claim 10, wherein in an event the selected mode of transportation is a bicycle, the processor controls the display to scroll at a speed such that the speed decreases with respect to a positive slope and increases with respect to a negative slope compared to another event in which the selected mode of transportation is a car.

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

a tilt sensor configured to detect a degree of tilt of the information processing apparatus,

wherein the processor is configured to control the display to scroll the map at a speed determined based on the degree of tilt detected by the tilt sensor.

14. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display is a three-dimensional display and the map is displayed in a three-dimensional view.

15. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to:

determine a plurality of reference points between the first point and the second point;

acquire altitude data corresponding to each of the plurality of reference points; and

control the display to scroll the map between the first point and the second point based on a difference between the altitude data corresponding to each of the plurality of reference points.

16. The information processing apparatus of claim 15, wherein the plurality of reference points are equally spaced between the first point and the second point.

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

a touch-panel interface configured to receive a touch input for selecting the first point and the second point by touching the touch-panel interface at the first point and dragging the map to the second point.

18. The information processing apparatus of claim 17, wherein the processor controls the display to scroll the map data in a distance and a direction corresponding to a difference between the first point and the second point based on the touch input received at the touch-panel interface.

19. The information processing apparatus of claim 17, wherein the processor controls the display to scroll the map data in a distance and a direction opposite to a direction corresponding to a vector connecting the first point and the second point based on the touch input received at the touch-panel interface.

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

controlling, by a processor, a display to display map data of a map;

acquiring, by the processor, first altitude data corresponding to a first point on the displayed map data and second altitude data corresponding to a second point on the displayed map data; and

controlling, by the processor, the display to scroll the map between the first point and the second point based on a difference between the first altitude data and the second altitude data.

21. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon, a set of computer-executable instructions, which when executed by an information processing apparatus, cause the information processing apparatus to perform a method comprising:

controlling a display to display map data of a map;

acquiring first altitude data corresponding to a first point on the displayed map data and second altitude data corresponding to a second point on the displayed map data; and

controlling the display to scroll the map between the first point and the second point based on a difference between the first altitude data and the second altitude data.