Navigation System and Application Thereof

• US 20090125232A1
• Filed: 10/01/2008
• Published: 05/14/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Original Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Inventors: Chiu, Chi-Hsien, Yang, Feng-Cheng
• Application Number:
  US12/243,369
• Publication Number:
  US 20090125232A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/208
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/365 Guidance using head up displays or projectors, e.g. virtual vehicles or arrows projected on the windscreen or on the road itself

Abstract

A navigation system is disclosed. The navigation system includes a display element, a storage element and a reverse switch. The display element displays a position image, wherein the position image is generated according to position data received by the navigation system. The storage element stores an image-reversing process. Once the reverse switch is pressed, utilize the image-reversing process to make the display element display a reversed position image of the position image.

Claims

1. A navigation system comprising:

a display element for displaying a position image, wherein the position image is generated according to position data received by the navigation system;

a storage element for storing an image-reversing process; and

a reverse switch, wherein the image-reversing process reverses the position image and displays a reversed position image on the display element once the reverse switch is pressed.

2. The navigation system of claim 1, further comprising:

a receiving element for receiving the position data; and

a processing element for processing the position data to obtain the position image.

3. The navigation system of claim 2, wherein the receiving element is an antenna.

4. The navigation system of claim 1, wherein the position data is a current position-coordinate of the navigation system.

5. The navigation system of claim 1, further comprising:

a reflecting element for reflecting the reversed position image.

6. The navigation system of claim 5, wherein the reflecting element is a deep color transparent sticker.

7. The navigation system of claim 5, wherein the reflecting element is a mirror.

8. The navigation system of claim 1, wherein the position image is a map.

9. The navigation system of claim 1, wherein the image-reversing process reverses the position image right to left to obtain the reversed position image.

10. The navigation system of claim 9, wherein the display element displays the position image from a top-left pixel of the display element originally, the display element displays pixels of the position image from left to right and from top to bottom originally, and once the reverse switch is pressed, the display element displays the position image from a top-right pixel of the display element and the display element displays pixels of the position image from right to left and from top to bottom.

11. The navigation system of claim 1, wherein the image-reversing process reverses the position image top to bottom.

12. The navigation system of claim 11, wherein the display element displays the position image from a top-left pixel of the display element originally, the display element displays pixels of the position image from left to right and from top to bottom originally, and once the reverse switch is pressed, the position image from a left-bottom pixel of the display element and the display element displays pixels of the position image from left to right and from bottom to top.

13. A display method comprising:

receiving position data of a navigation device;

obtaining a position image according to the position data;

reversing the position image to obtain a reversed position image; and

displaying the reversed position image on a display element of the navigation device.

14. The display method of the claim 13, further comprising:

reflecting the reversed position image.

15. The navigation method of claim 14, wherein reflecting the reversed position image uses a deep color transparent sticker.

16. The navigation method of claim 13, wherein reflecting the reversed position image uses a mirror.

17. The display method of the claim 13, wherein the position image is a map.

18. The display method of the claim 13, wherein reversing the position image comprises:

reversing the position image right to left.

19. The display method of the claim 18, wherein reversing the position image comprises:

reversing the position image by displaying the position image from a top-right pixel of the display element of the navigation device and displaying pixels of the position image from right to left and from top to bottom, wherein the display element displays the position image from a top-left pixel of the display element and the display element displays pixels of the position image from left to right and from top to bottom before reversing the position image.

20. The display method of the claim 13, wherein reversing the position image comprises:

reversing the position image top to bottom.

21. The display method of the claim 20, wherein reversing the position image comprises:

reversing the position image by displaying the position image from a left-bottom pixel of the display element of the navigation device and displaying pixels of the position image from left to right and from bottom to top, wherein the display element displays the position image from a top-left pixel of the display element and the display element displays pixels of the position image from left to right and from top to bottom before reversing the position image.