MAP IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, MAP IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

• Main Authors: OAKI DAISUKE, KUBOTA SHINICHI, KURAUCHI NAOYUKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 29.03.2012
• Subjects: ADVERTISING; ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICESUSING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; EDUCATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; MEASURING; MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; NAVIGATION; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY; PHYSICS; SEALS; SURVEYING; TESTING

Map image display devices, methods, and programs display a map image in a map display are, and at a prescribed timing, change to a first display mode in which an auxiliary image different from the map image is displayed in a specific area that is part of the map display area, and a portion of the map image corresponding to a first target area is displayed in a part of the display area that excludes the specific area. In response to a prescribed user operation, the devices, methods, and programs read map data of a second target area adjacent to the first target area, and change to a second display mode in which the auxiliary image is removed from the specific area and the map image is expanded into the specific area based on the map data of the second target area.