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• US 9,442,636 B2
• Filed: 03/08/2013
• Issued: 09/13/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/06/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Navico Incorporated (Brunswick Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Navico Holding A.S. (Brunswick Corporation)
• Inventors: Butterworth, Paul
• Primary Examiner(s): TRAPANESE, WILLIAM C
• Application Number:
  US13/791,731
• Publication Number:
  US 20140013259A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,285 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

Described herein are implementations of various technologies for a method and apparatus for displaying marine electronic data. In one implementation, a non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform various actions. In one implementation, the actions may include displaying a plurality of possible marine electronic data types to be displayed. A selection to display one of the plurality of possible marine electronic data types in the plurality of possible marine electronic data types may be received. A plurality of possible combinations of marine electronic data types to be displayed with the one of the plurality of possible marine electronic data types may be displayed. A selection from the plurality of possible combinations may then be received. A combination of marine electronic data that correspond to the selection from the plurality of possible combinations may be displayed.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:

display a plurality of first icons, wherein each first icon represents a different marine electronic data type capable of being displayed;

receive a first selection of a first icon from among the plurality of first icons indicating a desire to display the marine electronic data type represented by the selected first icon;

based on the first selection, determine a plurality of second icons, wherein each second icon represents a combination that includes the marine electronic data type represented by the selected first icon and at least one different marine electronic data type;

display the plurality of second icons;

receive a second selection of a second icon from among the plurality of second icons indicating a desire to display the combination of marine electronic data types represented by the selected second icon; and

based on the second selection, display the combination of marine electronic data types represented by the selected second icon.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the computer-executable instructions that cause the computer to display the combination of marine electronic data types comprise computer-executable instructions that cause the computer to split an area of a computer screen to display the combination.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the marine electronic data types comprise one or more of a chart data type, a sonar data type, a structure data type, a radar data type, a steering data type, and a dashboard information type.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the computer-executable instructions further causes the computer to receive a third selection after or in conjunction with the first selection indicating a desire to display the marine electronic data type represented by the selected first icon in combination with another different marine electronic data type.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the computer-executable instructions that causes the computer to receive the first selection further comprises computer-executable instructions that cause the computer to sense a touch and hold input on or over the selected first icon for a pre-determined time period to indicate a desire to display the marine electronic data type represented by the selected first icon in combination with another different marine electronic data type.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the computer-executable instructions further causes the computer to:

based on the second selection, determine a plurality of third icons, wherein each third icon represents a second combination that includes the combination of marine electronic data types represented by the selected second icon and at least one different marine electronic data type;

display the plurality of third icons;

receive a third selection of a third icon from among the plurality of third icons indicating a desire to display the second combination of marine electronic data types represented by the selected third icon; and

based on the third selection, display the second combination of marine electronic data types represented by the selected third icon.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein each of the first icons and each of the second icons illustrate a representation of the corresponding marine electronic data type and not actual marine electronic data, wherein the computer-executable instructions that causes the computer to display the plurality of first icons comprises computer-executable instructions that cause the computer to display the plurality of first icons without displaying corresponding marine electronic data represented by each of the plurality of first icons, and wherein the computer-executable instructions that causes the computer to display the plurality of second icons comprises computer-executable instructions that cause the computer to display the plurality of second icons without displaying corresponding marine electronic data represented by each of the plurality of second icons.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the computer-executable instructions that causes the computer to display the combination of marine electronic data types represented by the selected second icon comprises computer-executable instructions that further cause the computer to display current data for each marine electronic data type of the combination of marine electronic data types represented by the selected second icon.

9. An apparatus for displaying marine electronic navigation data, said apparatus comprising:

one or more processors;

a screen configured to display at least two panes; and

memory having a plurality of executable instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to;

display a plurality of first icons, wherein each first icon represents a different marine electronic data type capable of being displayed;

receive a first selection of a first icon from among the plurality of first icons indicating a desire to display the marine electronic data type represented by the selected first icon;

based on the first selection, determine a plurality of second icons, wherein each second icon represents a combination that includes the marine electronic data type represented by the selected first icon and at least one different marine electronic data type;

display the plurality of second icons;

receive a second selection of a second icon from among the plurality of second icons indicating a desire to display the combination of marine electronic data types represented by the selected second icon; and

based on the second selection, display the combination of marine electronic data types represented by the selected second icon.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the plurality of executable instructions that causes the one or more processors to display the combination of marine electronic data types comprises executable instructions that cause the one or more processors to split an area of the screen to display the combination.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the marine electronic data types comprise one or more of a chart data type, a sonar data type, a structure data type, a radar data type, a steering data type, and a dashboard information type.

12. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the plurality of executable instructions further cause the one or more processors to receive a third selection after or in conjunction with the first selection indicating a desire to display the marine electronic data type represented by the selected first icon in combination with another different marine electronic data type.

13. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the plurality of executable instructions that causes the one or more processors to receive the first selection comprise executable instructions that further cause the one or more processor to sense a touch and hold input on or over the selected first icon for a pre-determined time period to indicate a desire to display the marine electronic data type represented by the selected first icon in combination with another different marine electronic data type.

14. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the plurality of executable instructions further cause the one or more processors to:

based on the second selection, determine a plurality of third icons, wherein each third icon represents a second combination that includes the combination of marine electronic data types represented by the selected second icon and at least one different marine electronic data type;

display the plurality of third icons;

receive a third selection of a third icon from among the plurality of third icons indicating a desire to display the second combination of marine electronic data types represented by the selected third icon; and

based on the third selection, display the second combination of marine electronic data types represented by the selected third icon.

15. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein each of the first icons and each of the second icons illustrate a representation of the corresponding marine electronic data type and not actual marine electronic data, wherein the plurality of executable instructions that causes the one or more processors to display the plurality of first icons comprise executable instructions that further cause the one or more processor to display the plurality of first icons without displaying corresponding marine electronic data represented by each of the plurality of first icons, and wherein the plurality of executable instructions that causes the one or more processors to display the plurality of second icons comprise executable instructions that further cause the one or more processor to display the plurality of second icons without displaying corresponding marine electronic data represented by each of the plurality of second icons.

16. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the plurality of executable instructions that causes the one or more processors to display the combination of marine electronic data types represented by the selected second icon comprise executable instructions that further cause the one or more processors to display current data for each marine electronic data type of the combination of marine electronic data types represented by the selected second icon.

17. A method for displaying marine electronic data, comprising:

displaying, on a screen, a plurality of first icons, wherein each first icon represents a different marine electronic data type capable of being displayed;

receiving a first selection of a first icon from among the plurality of first icons indicating a desire to display the marine electronic data type represented by the selected first icon;

based on the first selection, determine, by a computer, a plurality of second icons, wherein each second icon represents a combination that includes the marine electronic data type represented by the selected first icon and at least one different marine electronic data type;

displaying, on the screen, the a plurality of second icons;

receiving a second selection of a second icon from among the plurality of second icons indicating a desire to display the combination of marine electronic data types represented by the selected second icon; and

based on the second selection, display, on the screen, the combination of marine electronic data types represented by the selected second icon.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein displaying the combination of marine electronic data types comprises splitting an area of the computer screen to display the combination.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the marine electronic data types comprise one or more of a chart data type, a sonar data type, a structure data type, a radar data type, a steering data type, and a dashboard information type.

20. The method of claim 17 further comprising receiving a third selection after or in conjunction with the first selection indicating a desire to display the marine electronic data type represented by the selected first icon in combination with another different marine electronic data type.

21. The method of claim 17, wherein receiving the first selection further comprises sensing a touch and hold input on or over the selected first icon for a pre-determined time period to indicate a desire to display the marine electronic data type represented by the selected first icon in combination with another different marine electronic data type.

22. The method of claim 17 further comprising:

based on the second selection, determining a plurality of third icons, wherein each third icon represents a second combination that includes the combination of marine electronic data types represented by the selected second icon and at least one different marine electronic data type;

displaying the plurality of third icons;

receiving a third selection of a third icon from among the plurality of third icons indicating a desire to display the second combination of marine electronic data types represented by the selected third icon; and

based on the third selection, displaying the second combination of marine electronic data types represented by the selected third icon.

23. The method of claim 17, wherein each of the first icons and each of the second icons illustrate a representation of the corresponding marine electronic data type and not actual marine electronic data, wherein displaying the plurality of first icons further comprises displaying the plurality of first icons without displaying corresponding marine electronic data represented by each of the plurality of first icons, and wherein displaying the plurality of second icons further comprises displaying the plurality of second icons without displaying corresponding marine electronic data represented by each of the plurality of second icons.