Device, method, and graphical user interface for tracking movement on a map

• US 8,456,297 B2
• Filed: 05/27/2010
• Issued: 06/04/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: van Os, Marcel
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Tai T
• Application Number:
  US12/789,440
• Publication Number:
  US 20110163874A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,104 Days
• Field of Search: 340/539.13, 340/539.26, 340/539.32, 340/5.65, 340/5.91, 340/425.5, 340/531, 340/905, 340/995.1, 345/173, 345/619, 345/633, 345/650, 345/676, 455/456.2, 455/466, 455/566
• US Class Current: 340/539.13
• 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 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A method includes: receiving location information for the portable electronic device; and entering a tracked mode of a mapping application. The tracked mode includes: displaying a map on the display with an orientation that is independent of a current orientation of the portable electronic device; displaying a current location icon on the map that corresponds to a current location of the portable electronic device; and maintaining the current location icon in a predefined area on the display as the current location of the portable electronic device changes. The method also includes moving the current location icon along a boundary of the predefined area on the display in accordance with movement of the current location of the portable electronic device.

Claims

1. A portable electronic device, comprising:

a display;

one or more processors;

memory; and

one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for;

receiving location information for the portable electronic device;

entering a tracked mode of a mapping application, the tracked mode comprising;

displaying a map on the display with an orientation that is independent of a current orientation of the portable electronic device;

displaying a current location icon on the map that corresponds to a current location of the portable electronic device; and

maintaining the current location icon in a predefined area on the display as the current location of the portable electronic device changes; and

moving the current location icon along a boundary of the predefined area on the display in accordance with movement of the current location of the portable electronic device.

2. The portable electronic device of claim 1, further comprising a magnetometer, wherein the one or more programs include instructions for:

entering a heading mode of the mapping application, the heading mode comprising;

displaying the map on the display with an orientation that corresponds to a current orientation of the portable electronic device with the magnetometer;

displaying the current location icon; and

maintaining the current location icon in the predefined area on the display as the current location of the portable electronic device changes; and

moving the current location icon along the boundary of the predefined area on the display in accordance with the current orientation of the portable electronic and the movement of the current location of the portable electronic device.

3. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the predefined area is an oval-shaped area.

4. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the instructions for moving the current location icon along the boundary of the predefined area on the display in accordance with movement of the current location of the portable electronic device include instructions for disregarding changes in the current location of the portable electronic device that are less than a predefined amount.

5. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the one or more programs include instructions for modifying a size of the predefined area in accordance with a speed of the movement of the current location of the portable electronic device.

6. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the one or more programs include instructions for modifying a scale of the displayed map in accordance with a speed of the movement of the current location of the portable electronic device.

7. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the instructions for moving the current location icon along the boundary of the predefined area on the display in accordance with movement of the current location of the portable electronic device include instructions for displaying the current location icon at a position along the boundary such that a direction from the position of the current location icon along the boundary to a center of the predefined area corresponds to a direction of movement of the portable electronic device.

8. The portable electronic device of claim 7, wherein the direction of the movement of the portable electronic device is an average direction of movement of the portable electronic device during a predefined time period.

9. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the one or more programs include instructions for determining a route of the movement of the current location of the portable electronic device, wherein moving the current location icon along the boundary of the predefined area includes positioning the current location icon on the boundary such that the map displays more of the route to be traveled and less of the route already traveled.

10. A method, comprising:

at a portable electronic device with a display;

receiving location information for the portable electronic device;

entering a tracked mode of a mapping application, the tracked mode comprising;

displaying a map on the display with an orientation that is independent of a current orientation of the portable electronic device;

displaying a current location icon on the map that corresponds to a current location of the portable electronic device; and

maintaining the current location icon in a predefined area on the display as the current location of the portable electronic device changes; and

moving the current location icon along a boundary of the predefined area on the display in accordance with movement of the current location of the portable electronic device.

11. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by a portable electronic device with a display, cause the device to:

receive location information for the portable electronic device;

enter a tracked mode of a mapping application, the tracked mode comprising;

displaying a map on the display with an orientation that is independent of a current orientation of the portable electronic device;

displaying a current location icon on the map that corresponds to a current location of the portable electronic device; and

maintaining the current location icon in a predefined area on the display as the current location of the portable electronic device changes; and

move the current location icon along a boundary of the predefined area on the display in accordance with movement of the current location of the portable electronic device.

12. A portable electronic device, comprising:

a touch screen display;

one or more processors;

memory; and

one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for;

receiving location information for the portable electronic device; and

entering a tracked mode of a mapping application, the tracked mode comprising;

displaying a map on the display with an orientation that is independent of a current orientation of the portable electronic device;

displaying a current location icon on the map that corresponds to a current location of the portable electronic device; and

maintaining the current location icon in a predefined area on the display as the current location of the portable electronic device changes;

while in the tracked mode of the mapping application, detecting a first finger gesture on the touch screen display;

in response to detecting the first finger gesture, translating the map on the display such that the current location icon is located outside a displayed portion of the map;

detecting a second finger gesture on the touch screen display;

in response to detecting the second finger gesture, translating the map on the display such that the current location icon is redisplayed in the predefined area;

determining a first length of time when the current location icon is located outside the predefined area;

maintaining the tracked mode of the mapping application when the first length of time is less than a first predefined duration; and

exiting the tracked mode of the mapping application when the first length of time exceeds the first predefined duration.

13. The portable electronic device of claim 12, further comprising a magnetometer, wherein the one or more programs include instructions for:

entering a heading mode of the mapping application, the heading mode comprising;

displaying the map on the display with an orientation that corresponds to a current orientation of the portable electronic determined with the magnetometer;

displaying the current location icon; and

maintaining the current location icon in the predefined area on the display as the current location of the portable electronic device changes; and

while in the heading mode of the mapping application, detecting a third finger gesture on the touch screen display;

in response to detecting the third finger gesture, translating the map on the display such that the current location icon is located outside the displayed portion of the map;

detecting a fourth finger gesture on the touch screen display;

in response to detecting the fourth finger gesture, translating the map on the display such that the current location icon is redisplayed in the predefined area;

determining a second length of time when the current location icon is located outside the predefined area;

maintaining the heading mode of the mapping application when the second length of time is less than a second predefined duration; and

exiting the heading mode of the mapping application when the second length of time exceeds the second predefined duration.

14. A method, comprising:

at a portable electronic device with a touch screen display;

receiving location information for the portable electronic device; and

entering a tracked mode of a mapping application, the tracked mode comprising;

displaying a map on the display with an orientation that is independent of a current orientation of the portable electronic device;

displaying a current location icon on the map that corresponds to a current location of the portable electronic device; and

maintaining the current location icon in a predefined area on the display as the current location of the portable electronic device changes;

while in the tracked mode of the mapping application, detecting a first finger gesture on the touch screen display;

in response to detecting the first finger gesture, translating the map on the display such that the current location icon is located outside a displayed portion of the map;

detecting a second finger gesture on the touch screen display;

in response to detecting the second finger gesture, translating the map on the display such that the current location icon is redisplayed in the predefined area;

determining a first length of time when the current location icon is located outside the predefined area;

maintaining the tracked mode of the mapping application when the first length of time is less than a first predefined duration; and

exiting the tracked mode of the mapping application when the first length of time exceeds the first predefined duration.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the device includes a magnetometer, the method including:

entering a heading mode of the mapping application, the heading mode comprising;

displaying the map on the display with an orientation that corresponds to a current orientation of the portable electronic device with the magnetometer;

displaying the current location icon; and

maintaining the current location icon in the predefined area on the display as the current location of the portable electronic device changes; and

moving the current location icon along the boundary of the predefined area on the display in accordance with the current orientation of the portable electronic and the movement of the current location of the portable electronic device.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the predefined area is an oval-shaped area.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein moving the current location icon along the boundary of the predefined area on the display in accordance with movement of the current location of the portable electronic device includes disregarding changes in the current location of the portable electronic device that are less than a predefined amount.

18. The method of claim 14, including modifying a size of the predefined area in accordance with a speed of the movement of the current location of the portable electronic device.

19. The method of claim 14, including modifying a scale of the displayed map in accordance with a speed of the movement of the current location of the portable electronic device.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein moving the current location icon along the boundary of the predefined area on the display in accordance with movement of the current location of the portable electronic device includes displaying the current location icon at a position along the boundary such that a direction from the position of the current location icon along the boundary to a center of the predefined area corresponds to a direction of movement of the portable electronic device.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the direction of the movement of the portable electronic device is an average direction of movement of the portable electronic device during a predefined time period.

22. The method of claim 14, including determining a route of the movement of the current location of the portable electronic device, wherein moving the current location icon along the boundary of the predefined area includes positioning the current location icon on the boundary such that the map displays more of the route to be traveled and less of the route already traveled.

23. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by a portable electronic device with a touch screen display, cause the device to:

receive location information for the portable electronic device; and

enter a tracked mode of a mapping application, the tracked mode comprising;

displaying a map on the display with an orientation that is independent of a current orientation of the portable electronic device;

displaying a current location icon on the map that corresponds to a current location of the portable electronic device; and

maintaining the current location icon in a predefined area on the display as the current location of the portable electronic device changes;

while in the tracked mode of the mapping application, detect a first finger gesture on the touch screen display;

in response to detecting the first finger gesture, translate the map on the display such that the current location icon is located outside a displayed portion of the map;

detect a second finger gesture on the touch screen display;

in response to detecting the second finger gesture, translate the map on the display such that the current location icon is redisplayed in the predefined area;

determine a first length of time when the current location icon is located outside the predefined area;

maintain the tracked mode of the mapping application when the first length of time is less than a first predefined duration; and

exit the tracked mode of the mapping application when the first length of time exceeds the first predefined duration.

24. The computer readable storage medium of claim 23, wherein the device includes a magnetometer, the computer readable storage medium including instructions which cause the device to:

enter a heading mode of the mapping application, the heading mode comprising;

displaying the map on the display with an orientation that corresponds to a current orientation of the portable electronic device with the magnetometer;

displaying the current location icon; and

maintaining the current location icon in the predefined area on the display as the current location of the portable electronic device changes; and

move the current location icon along the boundary of the predefined area on the display in accordance with the current orientation of the portable electronic and the movement of the current location of the portable electronic device.

25. The computer readable storage medium of claim 23, wherein the predefined area is an oval-shaped area.

26. The computer readable storage medium of claim 23, wherein moving the current location icon along the boundary of the predefined area on the display in accordance with movement of the current location of the portable electronic device includes disregarding changes in the current location of the portable electronic device that are less than a predefined amount.

27. The computer readable storage medium of claim 23, including instructions which cause the device to modify a size of the predefined area in accordance with a speed of the movement of the current location of the portable electronic device.

28. The computer readable storage medium of claim 23, including instructions which cause the device to modify a scale of the displayed map in accordance with a speed of the movement of the current location of the portable electronic device.

29. The computer readable storage medium of claim 23, wherein moving the current location icon along the boundary of the predefined area on the display in accordance with movement of the current location of the portable electronic device includes displaying the current location icon at a position along the boundary such that a direction from the position of the current location icon along the boundary to a center of the predefined area corresponds to a direction of movement of the portable electronic device.

30. The computer readable storage medium of claim 29, wherein the direction of the movement of the portable electronic device is an average direction of movement of the portable electronic device during a predefined time period.

31. The computer readable storage medium of claim 23, including instructions which cause the device to determine a route of the movement of the current location of the portable electronic device, wherein moving the current location icon along the boundary of the predefined area includes positioning the current location icon on the boundary such that the map displays more of the route to be traveled and less of the route already traveled.