Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program

• US 9,626,025 B2
• Filed: 03/13/2013
• Issued: 04/18/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Suzuki, Toshikazu
• Primary Examiner(s): Tseng, Charles
• Application Number:
  US14/395,283
• Publication Number:
  US 20150286324A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,497 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/206 specially adapted for indoor navigation
• 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: 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 21/367 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: G01C 21/3682 output of POI information on a road map G01C21/3614, G01C21/3685 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04812 Interaction techniques based on cursor appearance or behaviour, e.g. being affected by the presence of displayed objects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/106 using electronic means

Abstract

Provided is an information processing apparatus including a display control unit configured to display a first map, and an operation detection unit configured to detect a first operation of selecting a first spot on the first map. The display control unit displays a second map associated with the selected first spot instead of the first map when the first operation is detected.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

an input device to enable a user to input a number of commands including a selection command;

a memory to have a program stored thereon;

a central processing unit (CPU), upon executing the program from the memory, to

cause a first map to be displayed on a display device, the first map having a number of first type objects and a number of second type objects displayed thereon,

cause a first type object to be displayed in a first display manner on the first map to provide an indication to the user that a respective second map which is associated with the respective first type object and different from the first map is available, and cause a second type object to be displayed in a second display manner on the first map which is different from the first display manner to provide an indication to the user that the respective second map is unavailable, and

cause, upon detection of a selection command from the user by way of the input device which indicates selection of the respective first type object, display of the selected respective first type object to be changed from the first display manner to a third display manner which is different from the first display manner and the second display manner so as to enable the user to confirm that a correct selection was detected.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

in which the number of commands includes a destination command, and

in which, upon executing the program, the CPU is configured to cause a route to a desired destination to be displayed on the second map in response to the destination command.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, in which when the respective first type object is a building and the second map is a map of a floor of the building.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, in which when the respective first type object is a building and the second map is a map of each floor of the building.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, in which upon executing the program, the CPU is configured to cause display on the respective second map of a search screen for searching for a second spot of a category according to a type of the first spot.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, the CPU is configured to cause the selected respective first type object to be displayed on the first map for a predetermined time.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an antenna device to wirelessly acquire from an external apparatus display information pertaining to the selected respective first type object, and in which the CPU is configured to cause the display information to be displayed on the display device.

8. An information processing method for use with an information processing apparatus having an input device to enable a user to input a number of commands including a selection command, said method comprising:

causing a first map to be displayed on a display device, the first map having a number of first type objects and a number of second type objects displayed thereon,

causing a first type object to be displayed in a first display manner on the first map to provide an indication to the user that a respective second map which is associated with the respective first type object and different from the first map is available, and causing a second type object to be displayed in a second display manner on the first map which is different from the first display manner to provide an indication to the user that the respective second map is unavailable, and

causing, upon detection of a selection command from the user by way of the input device which indicates selection of the respective first type object, display of the selected respective first type object to be changed from the first display manner to a third display manner which is different from the first display manner and the second display manner so as to enable the user to confirm that a correct selection was detected.

9. A non-transitory computer readable storage memory having stored thereon a program which upon execution by a computer causes an information processing apparatus having an input device to enable a user to input a number of commands including a selection command to perform a method comprising:

causing a first map to be displayed on a display device, the first map having a number of first type objects and a number of second type objects displayed thereon,

causing a first type object to be displayed in a first display manner on the first map to provide an indication to the user that a respective second map which is associated with the respective first type object and different from the first map is available, and causing a second type object to be displayed in a second display manner on the first map which is different from the first display manner to provide an indication to the user that the respective second map is unavailable, and

causing, upon detection of a selection command from the user by way of the input device which indicates selection of the respective first type object, display of the selected respective first type object to be changed from the first display manner to a third display manner which is different from the first display manner and the second display manner so as to enable the user to confirm that a correct selection was detected.