Map information processing device

A map information processing device comprising:

• a display unit for displaying a map;
• a three-dimensional input unit for detecting a three-dimensional position of an object to be detected with respect to a display surface of said display unit;
• and
• a control unit for displaying a map having a same display center as an original display position on said display unit in such a way as to enlarge the map as the object to be detected which is detected by said three-dimensional input unit gets close to said display surface and reduce the map as the object to be detected moves away from said display surface, to scroll the map in a direction determined on a basis of a locus of movements of said object to be detected while maintaining a scale according to a distance between said object to be detected and said display surface to display the map on said display unit when said object to be detected moves along said display surface while maintaining the distance between said object to be detected and said display surface, and to enlarge the map as said object to be detected gets close to said display surface from a position to which the map has been scrolled and reduce the map as the object to be detected moves away from said display surface from the position.

A map information processing device comprising:

• a display unit for displaying a map;
• a three-dimensional input unit for detecting a three-dimensional position of an object to be detected with respect to a display surface of said display unit;
• and
• a control unit for, when determining a scroll direction on a basis of a locus of movements of the object to be detected which is detected by said three-dimensional input unit, scrolling the map in a direction predetermined according to a directional relationship between a movement direction of said object to be detected and said scroll direction to display the map on said display unit.

A map information processing device comprising:

• a display unit for displaying a map;
• a three-dimensional input unit for detecting a three-dimensional position of an object to be detected with respect to a display surface of said display unit;
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• a control unit for displaying a map of a predetermined area including a position on said display surface opposite to the position of the object to be detected which is detected by said three-dimensional input unit on said display unit in such a way as to enlarge the map as said object to be detected gets close to said display surface and reduce the map as said object to be detected moves away from said display surface, and for, after detecting that a locus of movements of said object to be detected has a predetermined pattern or a predetermined operation is performed, displaying an entire portion including a map other than the map of said predetermined area with a scale according to a distance from said display surface to said object to be detected.

A map information processing device comprising:

• a display unit for displaying a map;
• a three-dimensional input unit for detecting a three-dimensional position of an object to be detected with respect to a display surface of said display unit;
• and
• a control unit having a function of displaying a map by using a first map display method and a function of displaying a map by using a second map display method, wherein
• said control unit displays a map of a predetermined area including a position on said display surface opposite to the position of the object to be detected which is detected by said three-dimensional input unit on said display unit by using said second map display method, and displays a map other than the map of said predetermined area on said display unit by using said first map display method.