Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Navigation device for carrying out an along-route scrolling
- Patent Title (中): 用于执行沿途滚动的导航装置
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Application No.: US12920615Application Date: 2009-03-05
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Publication No.: US08234060B2Publication Date: 2012-07-31
- Inventor: Kazushi Uotani , Katsuro Hayami
- Applicant: Kazushi Uotani , Katsuro Hayami
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- Priority: JP2008-138132 20080527
- International Application: PCT/JP2009/000998 WO 20090305
- International Announcement: WO2009/144861 WO 20091203
- Main IPC: G01C21/00
- IPC: G01C21/00 ; G01C21/30 ; G06F3/48

Abstract:
A navigation device includes: an along-route scroll mode determining unit 44 for determining whether or not a cursor on a screen is placed on a guidance route; a thick line highlight processing unit 45 for, when the cursor is placed on the guidance route, making a transition to an along-route scroll mode to highlight a line segment of the cursor indicating a direction of a destination and another line segment of the cursor extending in a direction opposite to that of the line segment; and a scroll processing unit 46 for, when a direction key indicating the direction of the thick-highlighted line segment indicating the direction of the destination, scrolling the map toward the direction of the destination, and for, when a direction key indicating the direction of the other line segment, scrolling the map toward the direction of a place of departure.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110015857A1 NAVIGATION DEVICE Public/Granted day:2011-01-20
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