Navigation apparatus and navigation apparatus display method

• US 8,479,120 B2
• Filed: 11/21/2008
• Issued: 07/02/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Nezu, Yoshiyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): ALVESTEFFER, STEPHEN D
• Application Number:
  US12/275,542
• Publication Number:
  US 20090172599A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,684 Days
• Field of Search: 715/841
• US Class Current: 715/841
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3611 using character input or menus, e.g. menus of POIs character input methods in general G06F3/0233
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3614 through interaction with a road map, e.g. selecting a POI icon on a road map
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3664 Details of the user input interface, e.g. buttons, knobs or sliders, including those provided on a touch screen; remote controllers; input using gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a navigation apparatus for displaying maps on a display section based on map data held in a recording section, the navigation apparatus including: a current position detection section configured to detect the current position of the navigation apparatus; a touch-sensitive panel configured to be installed on a display screen of the display section; and a control section configured to control changes in what is displayed on the display section in response to operations performed by a user on the touch-sensitive panel.

Claims

1. A map display apparatus for displaying maps on a display section, said map display apparatus comprising:

a touch-sensitive panel configured to be installed on a display screen of said display section; and

a control section configured to control changes in what is displayed on said display section in response to operations performed by a user on said touch-sensitive panel, wherein

said control section causes said display section to display a main menu on which to designate the display of a map and a plurality of menus,

if said main menu is selected through said touch-sensitive panel, then said control section causes said display section to display either a first display state in which said plurality of menus and a first menu display changing menu are displayed;

or a second display state in which the menus of high importance from said plurality of menus, a second menu display changing menu and said map are displayed,

if said first menu display changing menu is selected through said touch-sensitive panel, then said control section causes said display section to replace the first display state with the second display state,

if said second menu display changing menu is selected through said touch-sensitive panel, then said control section causes said display section to replace the second display state with the first display state, and the control section causes the display section to change a position of a displayed object of the map in accordance with replacing the first display state with the second display state, wherein the map is displayed in the background on the display screen such that the plurality of menus and the first menu display changing menu of the first display state and the menus of high importance and the second menu display changing menu of the second display state are superimposed over the map, and a position and size of a perimeter of the map in the background on the display screen does not change when the position of the displayed object is changed in accordance with replacing the first display state with the second display state.

2. The map display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

when displaying said second display state, said control section causes said display section to display said menus of high importance on one side of the center of said display screen and said map on the other side of said display screen;

and

said control section causes said map to be displayed in such a manner that the center of said map is aligned with the center of said other side of said display screen.

3. The map display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said menus of high importance are the menus to be verified on the display of said map.

4. The map display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said menus of high importance are the menus through which to accept the input of a destination from said map.

5. A map display apparatus display method for use with a map display apparatus for displaying maps on a display section, said map display apparatus including

a touch-sensitive panel configured to be installed on a display screen of said display section,

said map display apparatus display method comprising the steps of:

causing said display section to display a main menu on which to designate the display of a map and a plurality of menus;

if said main menu is selected through said touch-sensitive panel, then causing said display section to display either a first display state in which said plurality of menus and a first menu display changing menu are displayed;

or a second display state in which the menus of high importance from said plurality of menus, a second menu display changing menu and said map are displayed;

if said first menu display changing menu is selected through said touch-sensitive panel, then causing said display section to replace the first display state with the second display state;

if said second menu display changing menu is selected through said touch-sensitive panel, then causing said display section to replace the second display state with the first display state; and

causing the display section to change a position of a displayed object of the map in accordance with replacing the first display state with the second display state, wherein the map is displayed in the background on the display screen such that the plurality of menus and the first menu display changing menu of the first display state and the menus of high importance and the second menu display changing menu of the second display state are superimposed over the map, and a position and size of a perimeter of the map in the background on the display screen does not change when the position of the displayed object is changed in accordance with replacing the first display state with the second display state.

6. The map display apparatus display method according to claim 5, further comprising the steps of:

when displaying said second display state, causing said display section to display said menus of high importance on one side of the center of said display screen and said map on the other side of said display screen; and

causing said map to be displayed in such a manner that the center of said map is aligned with the center of said other side of said display screen.

7. The map display apparatus display method according to claim 5, wherein said menus of high importance are the menus to be verified on the display of said map.

8. The map display apparatus display method according to claim 5, wherein said menus of high importance are the menus through which to accept the input of a destination from said map.

9. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program that when executed by a map display apparatus, causes the map display apparatus to perform a display method for displaying maps on a display section, the map display apparatus including a touch-sensitive panel configured to be installed on a display screen of said display section, said map display apparatus display method comprising:

causing said display section to display a main menu on which to designate the display of a map and a plurality of menus;

if said main menu is selected through said touch-sensitive panel, then causing said display section to display either a first display state in which said plurality of menus and a first menu display changing menu are displayed;

or a second display state in which the menus of high importance from said plurality of menus, a second menu display changing menu and said map are displayed;

if said first menu display changing menu is selected through said touch-sensitive panel, then causing said display section to replace the first display state with the second display state;

if said second menu display changing menu is selected through said touch-sensitive panel, then causing said display section to replace the second display state with the first display state; and

causing the display section to change a position of a displayed object of the map in accordance with replacing the first display state with the second display state, wherein the map is displayed in the background on the display screen such that the plurality of menus and the first menu display changing menu of the first display state and the menus of high importance and the second menu display changing menu of the second display state are superimposed over the map, and a position and size of a perimeter of the map in the background on the display screen does not change when the position of the displayed object is changed in accordance with replacing the first display state with the second display state.