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US 8,898,006 B2Granted
Navigation apparatus and navigation method
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorHiromasa Miyata
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Abstract
A navigation apparatus includes a positioning unit configured to measure a current position, a route guidance screen generation unit configured to generate a route guidance screen used for route guidance for a retrieved route from the current position to a destination and display the route guidance screen on a display unit, and a guidance image generation unit configured to, in a case where a remaining distance between the current position and the destination is a predetermined value or less while route guidance is performed using the route guidance screen, generate a guidance image in which a display subject representing the destination is highlighted such that the display subject is more prominently displayed than a vicinity of the display subject and display the guidance image on the display unit.
Claims16
An information processing system comprising:
- a route guidance screen generating unit configured to generate a route guidance screen used for route guidance for a retrieved route from a current position measured by a positioning unit to a destination and display the route guidance screen on a displaying unit;
- and
- a guidance image generating unit configured to, in a case where a remaining distance between the current position and the destination is a predetermined value or less while route guidance is performed using the route guidance screen, generate a guidance image in which a display subject representing the destination is more prominently displayed than a vicinity of the display subject, and display the guidance image on the displaying unit by overlaying the guidance image on the route guidance screen,
- wherein the guidance image includes a drawing of the destination, the drawing being based on an estimated angle of view of the destination from a predetermined position along the retrieved route, and
- wherein when, at the estimated angle of view, there is a building overlapping the destination, the drawing is generated as if the building overlapping the destination were not present.
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An information processing method comprising the steps of:
- causing a route guidance screen generating unit to generate a route guidance screen used for route guidance for a retrieved route from a current position measured by a positioning unit to a destination and display the route guidance screen on a displaying unit;
- and
- causing a guidance image generating unit to, in a case where a remaining distance between the current position and the destination is a predetermined value or less while route guidance is performed using the route guidance screen, generate a guidance image in which a display subject representing the destination is more prominently displayed than a vicinity of the display subject and display the guidance image on the displaying unit by overlaying the guidance image on the route guidance screen,
- wherein the guidance image includes a drawing of the destination, the drawing being based on an estimated angle of view of the destination from a predetermined position along the retrieved route, and
- wherein when, at the estimated angle of view, there is a building overlapping the destination, the drawing is generated as if the building overlapping the destination were not present.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon a computer-readable program for implementing an information processing method, the method comprising the steps of:
- causing a route guidance screen generating unit to generate a route guidance screen used for route guidance for a retrieved route from a current position measured by a positioning unit to a destination and display the route guidance screen on a displaying unit;
- and
- causing a guidance image generating unit to, in a case where a remaining distance between the current position and the destination is a predetermined value or less while route guidance is performed using the route guidance screen, generate a guidance image in which a display subject representing the destination is more prominently displayed than a vicinity of the display subject and display the guidance image on the displaying unit by overlaying the guidance image on the route guidance screen,
- wherein the guidance image includes a drawing of the destination, the drawing being based on an estimated angle of view of the destination from a predetermined position along the retrieved route, and
- wherein when, at the estimated angle of view, there is a building overlapping the destination, the drawing is generated as if the building overlapping the destination were not present.
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An information processing system comprising:
- a route guidance screen generating unit configured to generate a route guidance screen used for route guidance for a retrieved route from a current position measured by a positioning unit to a destination and display the route guidance screen on a displaying unit;
- and
- a guidance image receiving unit configured to, in a case where a remaining distance between the current position and the destination is a predetermined value or less while route guidance is performed using the route guidance screen, receive a guidance image in which a display subject representing the destination is more prominently displayed than a vicinity of the display subject, and display the guidance image on the displaying unit by overlaying the guidance image on the route guidance screen,
- wherein the guidance image includes a drawing of the destination, the drawing being based on an estimated angle of view of the destination from a predetermined position along the retrieved route, and
- wherein when, at the estimated angle of view, there is a building overlapping the destination, the drawing is generated as if the building overlapping the destination were not present.
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An information processing system comprising:
- a control unit configured to control a display unit to display
- A) a first image used for route guidance for a retrieved route from a current position measured by a positioning unit to a destination and
- B) a second image in which a display subject representing the destination is more prominently displayed than a vicinity of the display subject by overlaying on the first image, in a case where a remaining distance between the current position and the destination is a predetermined value or less while route guidance is performed using the first image, wherein the second image includes a drawing of the destination, the drawing being based on an estimated angle of view of the destination from a predetermined position along the retrieved route, and wherein when, at the estimated angle of view, there is a building overlapping the destination, the drawing is generated as if the building overlapping the destination were not present.
An information processing system comprising:
- a display unit configured to display
- A) a first image used for route guidance for a retrieved route from a current position measured by a positioning unit to a destination and
- B) a second image in which a display subject representing the destination is more prominently displayed than a vicinity of the display subject by overlaying on the first image, in a case where a remaining distance between the current position and the destination is a predetermined value or less while route guidance is performed using the first image, wherein the second image includes a drawing of the destination, the drawing being based on an estimated angle of view of the destination from a predetermined position along the retrieved route, and wherein when, at the estimated angle of view, there is a building overlapping the destination, the drawing is generated as if the building overlapping the destination were not present.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.