Apparatus, method and computer program for displaying points of interest

• US 8,930,141 B2
• Filed: 06/06/2012
• Issued: 01/06/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Rischpater, Ray William, Au, Carmen Esther, Piippo, Petri, Vaittinen, Tuomas, Racz, David, Wither, Jason Robert
• Primary Examiner(s): To, Tuan C.
• Application Number:
  US13/489,927
• Publication Number:
  US 20130173154A1
• Time in Patent Office: 944 Days
• Field of Search: 701/532, 340/995.1, 340/995.15
• US Class Current: 701/532
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/36 Input/output arrangements for on-board computers
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3635 Guidance using 3D or perspective road maps
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3667 Display of a road map G01C21/3614 takes precedence; guidance using 3D or perspective road maps G01C21/3635
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3673 Labelling using text of road map data items, e.g. road names, POI names
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3682 output of POI information on a road map G01C21/3614, G01C21/3685 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

An apparatus, method, computer program and user interface where the apparatus includes at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code; wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, enable the apparatus to: display a perspective view of a geographical location at a first scale in a first region of a display; identify a point of interest associated with the geographical location; and display the identified point of interest at a second scale in a second region of the display.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one non-transitory memory including computer program code;

wherein the at least one non-transitory memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, enable the apparatus to;

display a perspective view of a geographical location at a first scale in a first region of a display;

identify a point of interest associated with the geographical location and display a perspective view of the identified point of interest at the first scale in the first region of the display; and

simultaneously display the identified point of interest at a second scale in a second region of the display.

2. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein identifying a point of interest comprises selecting a point of interest from a plurality of available points of interest.

3. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein identifying the point of interest comprises using a weighting algorithm to determine a point of interest relevant to a user of the apparatus.

4. An apparatus as claimed in claim 3 wherein the weighting algorithm uses previous activity by the user of the apparatus to determine a point of interest relevant to a user of the apparatus.

5. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the point of interest is identified automatically.

6. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the point of interest comprises at least one alphanumeric character.

7. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the second scale is larger than the first scale.

8. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the identified point of interest is displayed in perspective view of a geographical location at a first scale in a first region of a display and at a second scale in a second region of the display.

9. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein an indicator is displayed to indicate the location of the identified point of interest relative to the perspective view.

10. A method comprising:

displaying, by an apparatus, a perspective view of a geographical location at a first scale in a first region of a display;

identifying, by the apparatus, a point of interest associated with the geographical location and displaying a perspective view of the identified point of interest at the first scale in the first region of the display; and

simultaneously displaying by the apparatus, the identified point of interest at a second scale in a second region of the display.

11. A method as claimed in claim 10 wherein identifying a point of interest comprises selecting a point of interest from a plurality of available points of interest.

12. A method as claimed in claim 10 wherein identifying the point of interest comprises using a weighting algorithm to determine a point of interest relevant to a user of the display.

13. A method as claimed in claim 12 wherein the weighting algorithm uses previous activity by the user of the apparatus to determine a point of interest relevant to a user of the display.

14. A method as claimed in claim 10 wherein the point of interest is identified automatically by the apparatus.

15. A method as claimed in claim 10 wherein the point of interest being displayed comprises at least one alphanumeric character.

16. A method as claimed in claim 10 wherein the apparatus displays the second scale is larger than the first scale.

17. A method as claimed in claim 10 wherein the identified point of interest is displayed in perspective view of a geographical location at a first scale in a first region of a display and at a second scale in a second region of the display.

18. A method as claimed in claim 10 wherein an indicator is displayed to indicate the location of the identified point of interest relative to the perspective view.

20. A physical entity embodying a computer program comprising program instructions for causing a computer to perform the method of claim 10.

19. A non-transitory physical entity embodying a computer program comprising computer program instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause an apparatus at least to perform:

displaying a perspective view of a geographical location at a first scale in a first region of a display;

identifying a point of interest associated with the geographical location and displaying a perspective view of the identified point of interest at the first scale in the first region of the display; and

simultaneously displaying the identified point of interest at a second scale in a second region of the display.