IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM, IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM

• US 20130063427A1
• Filed: 08/24/2012
• Published: 03/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aisin AW Company Limited (Aisin Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Aisin AW Company Limited (Aisin Corp.)
• Inventors: Muraki, Yuji
• Granted Patent: US 8,988,425 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/419
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3638 including 3D objects and buildings three dimensional [3D] modelling, e.g. data description of 3D objects G06T17/00; geographic models G06T17/05

Abstract

An image display control system and method are provided. The image display control system includes a feature information acquiring unit that acquires feature information indicating a three-dimensional shape and a position of a feature. The image display system also includes a birds-eye view data creating unit that creates a birds-eye view and a panoramic view data creating unit that creates a panoramic view. The birds-eye view shows scenery to be acquired when viewing in a travel direction of a navigation terminal downward from a view position that is set at an upper point above a current position of the navigation terminal and the panoramic view shows scenery to be acquired when viewing a predetermined directional area including the travel direction of the navigation terminal at the current position. The image display control system also includes an image display control unit that displays the panoramic view above the birds-eye view.

Claims

1. An image display control system comprising:

a feature information acquiring unit that acquires feature information indicating a three-dimensional shape and a position of a feature;

a birds-eye view data creating unit that creates, based on the feature information, image data of a birds-eye view showing scenery to be acquired when viewing in a travel direction of a navigation terminal downward from a view position that is set at an upper point above a current position of the navigation terminal;

a panoramic view data creating unit that creates, based on the feature information, image data of a panoramic view showing scenery to be acquired when viewing a predetermined directional area including the travel direction of the navigation terminal at the current position, the panoramic view on which an icon representing the travel direction is superimposed; and

an image display control unit that displays the birds-eye view and the panoramic view on a display part installed in the navigation terminal, based on the image data of the birds-eye view and the image data of the panoramic view.

2. The image display control system according to claim 1, wherein

the panoramic view data creating unit creates the image data of the panoramic view, on which at least one of an icon representing a bearing and an icon representing a relative direction when the travel direction is set as a front direction is superimposed.

3. The image display control system according to claim 2, wherein

the panoramic view data creating unit creates the image data of the panoramic view showing the scenery to be acquired when viewing the predetermined directional area at the current position of the navigation terminal, the predetermined directional area being determined such that a predetermined area right behind the travel direction is included without being divided in the panoramic view.

4. The image display control system according to claim 2, wherein

the panoramic view data creating unit creates the image data of the panoramic view, on which at least one of an icon and a letter representing a feature existing in a direction within a previously-determined area from the at least one of the icon representing a bearing and the icon representing a relative direction when the travel direction is set as the front direction is superimposed.

5. An image display control method comprising the steps of:

acquiring feature information indicating a three-dimensional shape and a position of a feature;

creating, based on the feature information, image data of a birds-eye view showing scenery to be acquired when viewing in a travel direction of a navigation terminal downward from a view position that is set at an upper point above a current position of the navigation terminal;

creating, based on the feature information, image data of a panoramic view showing scenery to be acquired when viewing a predetermined directional area including the travel direction of the navigation terminal at the current position, the panoramic view on which an icon representing the travel direction is superimposed; and

displaying the birds-eye view and the panoramic view on a display part installed in the navigation terminal, based on the image data of the birds-eye view and the image data of the panoramic view.

6. An image display control program stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium causing a computer to execute the functions of:

acquiring feature information indicating a three-dimensional shape and a position of a feature;

creating, based on the feature information, image data of a birds-eye view showing scenery to be acquired when viewing in a travel direction of a navigation terminal downward from a view position that is set at an upper point above a current position of the navigation terminal;

creating, based on the feature information, image data of a panoramic view showing scenery to be acquired when viewing a predetermined directional area including the travel direction of the navigation terminal at the current position, the panoramic view on which an icon representing the travel direction is superimposed; and

displaying the birds-eye view and the panoramic view on a display part installed in the navigation terminal, based on the image data of the birds-eye view and the image data of the panoramic view.