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US 8,898,003 B1Granted
GPS map resembling ambient environment
AssigneeInfogation Corporation
InventorsKent Qing Pu, Ivan Angelov, David Thieme
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Abstract
Improved designs of navigation devices or systems are disclosed. A navigation device presents a digital map resembling an ambient environment with a certain level of realism, where various objects resembling major structures or signs are presented or superimposed in the map. Depending on the time of the day or the weather condition of the time, the map or the objects therein is caused to be altered correspondingly in a tone that reflects the time or weather.
Claims15
A method for displaying a map on a GPS receiver, the method comprising:
- displaying the map in accordance with a location determined by the GPS receiver, wherein the map shows a route on which the GPS receiver is indicated moving along;
- superimposing images representing objects onto the map, wherein the objects resembles structures or settings along the route, the images are superimposed along the route to create a 3D impression around the location, wherein the structures or settings include one or more of landmarks, signs, significant buildings, and exit designs, a perspective of the structures or settings changes in accordance with a direction the GPS receiver is moving, the map is not changed relatively while the images being imposed change as the structures or settings change;
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- changing the images with different color effects in reference to an input from at least one source about conditions of the location at a time that the map is displayed on the GPS receiver, making the map resembling an electronically generated map with a certain level of realism in accordance with surrounding of the location of the GPS, wherein an icon of a vehicle in the map shows that headlights are on when the vehicle is supposed to turn on its headlights.
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A GPS receiver comprising:
- a memory space for storing code
- a micro-controller, coupled to the memory space, executing the code to perform operations of:
- displaying the map in accordance with a location determined by the GPS device, wherein the map shows a route on which the GPS receiver is indicated moving along;
- superimposing images representing objects onto the map, wherein the objects resembles structures or settings along the route, the images are superimposed along the route to create a 3D impression around the location, wherein the structures or settings include one or more of landmarks, signs, significant buildings, and exit designs, a perspective of the structures or settings changes in accordance with a direction the GPS receiver is moving, the map is not changed relatively while the images being imposed change as the structures or settings change;
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- changing the images with different color effects in reference to an input from at least a source about conditions of the location at a time that the map is displayed on the GPS device, making the map resembling an electronically generated map with a certain level of realism in accordance with surrounding of the location of the GPS, wherein an icon of a vehicle in the map shows that headlights are on when the vehicle is supposed to turn on its headlights.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.