Method for displaying a navigation mode of a navigation device

• US 8,290,702 B2
• Filed: 10/21/2009
• Issued: 10/16/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: MiTAC International Corporation (MiTAC Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: MiTAC International Corporation (MiTAC Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Yeh, Hui-Hua
• Primary Examiner(s): Algahaim, Helal A
• Application Number:
  US12/582,714
• Publication Number:
  US 20100114477A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,091 Days
• Field of Search: 701/410, 701/431, 701/433, 701/455, 701/533
• US Class Current: 701/433
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/26 specially adapted for navigation in a road network

Abstract

After a navigation device performs navigation positioning, the moving speed of the navigation device and the distance between the position of the navigation device and a destination can be acquired. If the moving speed of the navigation device is slower than a predetermined speed and if the distance between the navigation device and the destination is smaller than a predetermined distance, the navigation device displays a pedestrian mode or a slow driving speed mode; otherwise the navigation device displays a normal driving speed mode.

Claims

1. A method for displaying a navigation mode of a navigation device comprising:

performing navigation positioning using the navigation device;

entering the navigation mode using the navigation device;

acquiring a moving speed of the navigation device;

acquiring a distance between the navigation device and a destination; and

displaying the navigation mode of the navigation device based on the moving speed of the navigation device and the distance between the navigation device and the destination, comprising;

displaying a pedestrian mode of the navigation mode when the moving speed of the navigation device is slower than a predetermined speed and when the distance between the navigation device and the destination is smaller than a predetermined distance, wherein displaying the pedestrian mode includes displaying names of all the streets displayed on the navigation device, and displaying the pedestrian mode includes enlarging objects displayed on the navigation device or increasing the amount of objects displayed in a predetermined range; and

displaying a normal driving mode of the navigation mode when the moving speed of the navigation device is greater than the predetermined speed and when the distance between the navigation device and the destination is greater than the predetermined distance.