JP2002063020A - Map information display method and display device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a map information display device and a display method, capable of improving operability of scroll operation in map information display according to the screen size. SOLUTION: When a read out map information display region area is lager than the menu selection reference region area and length and breadth of the map information display region is half the length and breadth of the menu selection reference region or more, a menu selection part 123 conducts scroll operation on a sub screen, on which eight directions are designated by change operation of a scroll operation menu. When the read out map information display region area is smaller than the menu selection reference region area or the length or the breadth of the map information display region is smaller than the half of the length or the breadth of the menu selection reference region, the menu selection part 123 conducts the scroll operation with an arrow button at a display map outer connection part through the change operation of the scroll operation menu. Therefore, the size of the map information display region is determined, based on the area and the length and the breadth of the menu selection reference region and the scroll operation menu is put to properly separate use between the sub screen, on which the eight directions are designated and the arrow button at the display map outer connection part. Thus, the operability of the scroll operation can be improved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a map information display device and a display method capable of arbitrarily changing a map information display area to be drawn on a large screen and repeatedly performing a scroll operation in eight designated directions.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional map information display device disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 9-81032, when a map information drawn on a large screen is repeatedly scrolled in designated eight directions, a scroll operation using a sub-screen designated in eight directions is generally performed. A scroll operation using an arrow button on the circumscribed portion of the display map is used. A scroll operation similar to the latter includes a scroll operation for designating a direction in a peripheral portion on a display map.

[0003]

When the map information display area for drawing the map information is small, in the case of the scroll operation using the arrow buttons on the circumscribed portion of the display map in the above-mentioned conventional example, an intuitive operation corresponding to the scroll direction can be performed. And with the advantages. However, in the case of a scroll operation using a sub-screen that specifies eight directions, a small map information display area that draws map information overlaps with the sub-screen, making it difficult to see, and a poor intuitive operation cannot be performed. I will. On the other hand, when the map information display area for drawing the map information is large, the scroll operation by the sub-screen of the eight directions is preferable because the operation moving distance can be shortened.
In the case of the scroll operation using the arrow buttons in the circumscribed portion of the display map, the operability is reduced because the operation moving distance is long.

There is inevitably a limit to the above-described map information display using only a conventional single scroll operation. Therefore, it is difficult to efficiently change the map information display area to be drawn on the large screen and repeatedly perform the scroll operation in the designated eight directions efficiently, and it is difficult to improve the operability of the scroll operation in the map information display. .

It is an object of the present invention to improve the operability of the scroll operation in the map information display when the map information display area to be drawn on the large screen is arbitrarily changed and the scroll operation in the designated eight directions can be efficiently performed. An object of the present invention is to provide a map information display device and a display method.

[0006]

According to the present invention, in a map information display method for displaying map information in a set map information display area size, a plurality of scroll menus are registered corresponding to the display area size. A map information display method for extracting a scroll menu corresponding to the setting display area size and displaying the same with map information is disclosed.

Further, the present invention provides a map information display method for displaying map information in a set map information display area size. A first sub-screen scroll menu that allows scrolling in a plurality of directions; and a second circumscribed scroll menu that is small in size and is circumscribed in the display area and enables scrolling in a plurality of directions. Are registered. When the setting display area size is large, the first sub-screen scroll menu is extracted. When the setting size is small, the second circumscribed scroll menu is extracted, and the map information is stored in the setting display area. A map information display method for displaying the extracted scroll menu is also disclosed.

Further, the present invention provides a map information display method for displaying map information in a map information display area of a screen and displaying an arrow button for scrolling the map information. A first display mode for dispersing and displaying each arrow button on the periphery of the map information display area, and a second display mode for displaying each arrow button in eight directions in one place. When the size of the map information display area is smaller than a predetermined size, a scroll arrow button is displayed in the first display mode. When the size of the map information display area is larger than the predetermined size, the scroll arrow button is displayed. Disclosed is a map information display method characterized by displaying scroll arrow buttons in two display modes.

Further, the present invention provides means for setting a map information display area size, means for registering and storing a plurality of scroll menus corresponding to the display area size, and means for extracting the scroll menu corresponding to the set display area size. Means for displaying the extracted scroll menu together with the map information in the setting display area, and scrolling the map information in the setting display area along the scroll direction according to the scroll direction of the scroll menu being displayed. And a map information display device comprising:

Further, the present invention provides a means for setting a map information display area size and a large-size display area corresponding to the size of the display area, which is displayed on a sub-screen and enables designation of scrolling in a plurality of directions. Means for registering and storing a first sub-screen scroll menu and a second circumscribed scroll menu for small size, which is displayed circumscribing the display area and which allows scroll designation in a plurality of directions; Means for determining whether the setting display area size is large or small, and, based on the determination result, the first sub-screen scroll menu is extracted if the size is large, and the first sub-screen scroll menu is extracted if the size is small. Means for taking out the circumscribed scroll menu of item 2, means for displaying the taken out scroll menu together with map information in the setting display area, The indication of the scroll scrolling menu, map information of the setting display region, discloses a scroll means for scrolling along the scroll direction, a map information display device provided with a.

Further, according to the present invention, the parameter for judging that the area size is large or small includes at least one of a large and small area, a large and small vertical size, and a large and small horizontal size. An apparatus is disclosed.

Further, the present invention provides a map information display device capable of arbitrarily changing a map information display area to be drawn on a large screen and repeatedly performing a scroll operation in designated eight directions. An operation monitoring unit that monitors a change operation of a menu selection reference area of the scroll operation menu that has been changed, and a map information display area or a menu selection reference area that is updated when the operation monitoring unit detects the change operation via the control unit. An input registration unit that stores the information in the storage unit, and reads out both the map information display region and the menu selection reference region, one of which is updated from the storage unit, via the control unit, and reads the read map information display region. An area comparison unit that compares the area with the menu selection reference area, and compares the vertical and horizontal dimensions of the read map information display area with the menu selection reference area. The size of the map information display area read out from the comparison result between the size comparison unit and the area comparison unit and the size comparison unit is equal to or larger than the area of the menu selection reference area, and the length and width of the map information display area are the menu selection reference area. If each of the vertical and horizontal directions is equal to or more than そ れ ぞ れ, scroll operation is performed on the sub-screen for specifying eight directions, and the area of the read map information display area is smaller than the area of the menu selection reference area or the vertical or horizontal of the map information display area is the menu. Selection reference area length and width 1
A map information display device characterized by having a menu selection unit that performs a scroll operation with an arrow button on a circumscribed portion of the display map when the ratio is less than / 2.

Further, the present invention provides a map information display method in which a map information display area to be drawn on a large screen can be arbitrarily changed and a scroll operation can be repeatedly performed in designated eight directions. Monitor the change operation of the menu selection reference area of the scroll operation menu that has been performed and store the updated map information display area or the menu selection reference area in the storage unit when the change operation is detected,
The map information display area and the menu selection reference area, both of which have been updated, are read from the storage unit, and the area and the vertical and horizontal dimensions of the read map information display area and the menu selection reference area are compared. If the area of the map information display area is greater than or equal to the area of the menu selection reference area and the height and width of the map information display area are each equal to or more than 縦 of the height and width of the menu selection reference area, the scroll operation is performed on the sub-screen with eight directions. If the area of the read map information display area is smaller than the area of the menu selection reference area, or if the length or width of the map information display area is less than half the length and width of the menu selection reference area, scroll operation is performed using the arrow buttons on the circumscribed portion of the display map. A map information display method is disclosed.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 2 (a) shows a large screen 20 in a multi-window format with many different small screens 21,
22 and 23 are displayed, a screen 21 is a list data display example, a screen 22 is a photograph display example, and a screen 23 is a display example of the map information 30. FIG. 2B is an example in which map information 25 is displayed on the entire screen 20. Here, a large screen refers to an example of a size of, for example, height × width = 3 m × 4 m, and a small screen refers to an example of a size of height × width = several tens of cm × several tens of cm. The size of the small screen can be variously changed.
An example of 0 cm × 50 cm or 80 cm × 80 cm is selected.

The scrolling of the map information display examples shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B may be performed by using a sub-screen for specifying eight directions disclosed in a conventional example of JP-A-9-81032. The operability is not good for a small screen as shown in FIG. Therefore, in the present embodiment, in a map information display example 30 on a small screen as shown in FIG. 2A, a scroll button screen 31 for performing eight-direction scrolling is provided on the outer periphery of the map information 30 and the scroll button screen 31 is provided. By specifying one of the eight buttons 32 on the button screen 31, the map information 30
Was scrolled. On the other hand, in a map information display example 25 on a large screen as shown in FIG.
Scrolling was performed using the sub-screen 24 with eight directions specified in JP-A-81032.

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a map information display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a control device, 2 is an operation device, and 3 is a display device. The control device 1 includes a dialogue unit 11, a determination unit 12, a display unit 13, a control unit 14, and a storage unit 15. The dialogue unit 11 includes an operation monitoring unit 111 and an input registration unit 112, and the determination unit 12 includes an area comparison unit 121, a dimension comparison unit 122, and a menu selection unit 123. The storage unit 15 includes a map information display area storage table 151 and a menu selection reference area storage table 152.

As shown in FIG. 3, the map information display area storage table 151 stores the height and width of the updated (current) map information display area. As shown in FIG. 4, the menu selection reference area storage table 152 stores the height and width of a menu selection reference area set in advance or an updated menu selection reference area.

Next, a map information display method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. First, the operation monitoring unit 111 of the dialogue unit 11 monitors the change operation of the map information display area input from the operation device 2 and the change operation of the menu selection reference area of the scroll operation menu set in advance, and performs the change. When an operation is detected, the input registration unit 112 of the dialog unit 11 is notified. The input registration unit 112 stores the updated map information display area or menu selection reference area in the map information display area storage table 151 or menu selection reference area storage table 152 of the storage unit 15 via the control unit 14.
When the input registration unit 112 completes the storage in the storage unit 15,
The control unit 14 calls the determination unit 12.

Second, the area comparison unit 121 of the determination unit 12 reads out both the map information display area and the menu selection reference area, either of which has been updated, from the storage unit 15 via the control unit 14 and reads the read map. The areas of the information display area and the menu selection reference area are compared. The dimension comparing unit 122 of the determining unit 12 compares the vertical and horizontal dimensions of the map information display area read from the storage unit 15 with the menu selection reference area.

Third, the menu selection unit 123 of the judgment unit 12
Indicates that the area of the map information display area read from the storage unit 15 is equal to or larger than the area of the menu selection reference area and the length and width of the map information display area is the length and width of the menu selection reference area from the comparison result between the area comparison unit 121 and the dimension comparison unit 122. In the case of 1/2 or more, scroll operation is performed on the 8-screen
If the area of the map information display area is smaller than the area of the menu selection reference area or if the height or width of the map information display area is less than half of the length and width of the menu selection reference area, control the scroll operation with the arrow buttons on the circumscribed part of the display map Notify section 14.

Fourth, the control unit 14 includes a menu selection unit 123
The scroll operation menu selected by the user is notified to the display unit 13 and displayed on the display device 3, thereby completing the scroll operation menu display processing. Hereinafter, these will be described with reference to flowcharts.

FIG. 5 shows a flowchart of the scroll operation menu display processing. First, in step 1110, it is determined whether or not an update operation has been performed on the map information display area. If an update operation has been performed, step 1120 is executed. If no update operation has been performed, step 1111 is executed. Step 1
At 111, it is determined whether or not there is an update operation of the menu selection reference area, and if there is an update operation, step 1121 is executed,
If there is no update operation, the process returns to step 1110. In step 1120, the height and width of the updated map information display area are stored in variables h and w, respectively. In step 1121, the height and width of the updated menu selection reference area are stored in variables H and W, respectively.

Next, in step 1210, the area of the map information display area is compared with the area of the menu selection reference area, and (w * h) ≧ (W * H) → step 1220 (w * h) <(W * H) → step 1231 is executed. At steps 1220 and 1221, the vertical and horizontal dimensions of the map information display area and the menu selection reference area are compared, and h ≧ H / 2 → step 1221 h <H / 2 → step 1231 w ≧ W / 2 → step 1230 w <W / 2 ⇒ Execute step 1231. Finally, in step 1230, a sub-screen operation with eight directions is selected as a scroll operation menu,
In step 1231, an arrow button operation on the circumscribed portion of the display map is selected. In step 1300, the scroll operation menu selected in step 1230 or 1231 is displayed, and the operation monitoring process of step 1110 is executed again to complete the scroll operation menu display process.

As described above, according to the present embodiment,
When the map information display area or the menu selection reference area of the scroll operation menu is updated, the area and the vertical and horizontal dimensions of the map information display area and the menu selection reference area are compared.
If the area of the map information display area is equal to or larger than the area of the menu selection reference area and the width and width of the map information display area are each half or more of the length and width of the menu selection reference area, the scroll operation is performed on the sub-screen of eight directions, and If the area is smaller than the area of the menu selection reference area or the length or width of the map information display area is less than 1/2 of the length and width of the menu selection reference area, scroll operation is performed using the arrow buttons on the circumscribed portion of the display map. Therefore, even when the map information display area to be drawn on the large screen is arbitrarily changed and the scroll operation is repeatedly performed in the designated eight directions, the scroll operation in the map information display can be efficiently performed without lowering the operability. it can.

In the above description, the scroll direction is eight directions. However, there are scroll screen display examples of four directions of up, down, left, and right, and directions of eight or more directions. Further, there may be a scroll display screen example in which the sub screen is divided into eight directions and the display map circumscribed part is divided into four directions. In addition, two large and small scroll menus are used, but there are also examples of three or four scroll menus depending on the size. Further, there may be an example in which a scroll menu is set according to the type and form of information to be displayed other than the size division.

[0026]

According to the present invention, the updating operation of the map information display area and the menu selection reference area of the scroll operation menu set in advance are always monitored, and the size of the map information display area is determined by the menu selection reference area. Judgment is made based on the area and the vertical and horizontal dimensions, and a scroll operation menu with a plurality of, for example, a sub-screen for specifying eight directions and a scroll operation menu with an arrow button on a circumscribed portion of the display map is used properly, so that the operability of the scroll operation is good.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a functional configuration of a map information display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a specific example of a scroll operation menu display according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a map information display area storage table of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a menu selection reference area storage table of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a scroll operation menu display process according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 control device 2 operating device 3 display device 11 dialogue unit 12 determination unit 13 display unit 14 control unit 15 storage unit 111 operation monitoring unit 112 input registration unit 121 area comparison unit 122 size comparison unit 123 menu selection unit 151 map information display area storage Table 152 Menu selection reference area storage table h Height of map information display area w Width of map information display area H Height of menu selection reference area W Width of menu selection reference area

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Claims (8)

[Claims] In a map information display method for displaying map information in a set map information display area size, a plurality of scroll menus are registered corresponding to the display area size, and a plurality of scroll menus are registered corresponding to the set display area size. A map information display method that extracts the scroll menu and displays it along with the map information. 2. A map information display method for displaying map information in a set map information display area size, wherein the map information display method is adapted to large and small display area sizes,
A first sub-screen scroll menu that is displayed on the sub-screen and allows scrolling in a plurality of directions; and a second sub-screen scroll menu for small size that is displayed circumscribing the display area and enables scrolling in a plurality of directions. And the second circumscribed scroll menu is registered. When the setting display area size is large, the first sub-screen scroll menu is extracted, and when the set size is small, the second circumscribed scroll menu is extracted. A map information display method in which map information is displayed in a display area and the extracted scroll menu is also displayed. 3. A map information display method for displaying map information in a map information display area on a screen and displaying scroll arrow buttons for the map information, wherein the scroll arrow buttons are displayed in the form of arrows in eight directions. A first display mode in which buttons are dispersedly displayed in the periphery of the map information display area; and a second display mode in which eight arrow buttons in eight directions are collectively displayed in one place. When the size of the area is smaller than a predetermined size, a scroll arrow button is displayed in the first display mode, and when the size of the map information display area is larger than the predetermined size, the second display mode is displayed. A map information display method, characterized by displaying an arrow button for scrolling. A means for setting a map information display area size; a means for registering and storing a plurality of scroll menus corresponding to the display area size; a means for extracting a scroll menu corresponding to the set display area size; Means for displaying the extracted scroll menu together with the map information in the display area; scrolling means for scrolling the map information in the setting display area along the scroll direction according to an instruction of the scroll direction of the scroll menu being displayed; A map information display device comprising: 5. A means for setting a map information display area size, wherein the means for setting the size of the display area corresponds to the size of the display area,
A first sub-screen scroll menu which is displayed on the sub-screen and allows scrolling in a plurality of directions; and a second sub-screen scroll menu for a small size which is displayed circumscribing the display area and allows scrolling in a plurality of directions. A means for registering and storing the circumscribed scroll menu of item No. 2; a means for determining whether the setting display area size is large or small; Means for extracting the sub-screen scroll menu and extracting the second circumscribed scroll menu if the size is determined to be small; means for displaying the extracted scroll menu along with the map information in the setting display area; According to the scroll direction instruction, the map information in the setting display area is scrolled along the scroll direction. Map information display device comprising: a scrolling unit, a to. 6. The map information according to claim 5, wherein the parameter for judging the size of the region includes at least one of a size of an area, a size of a vertical size, and a size of a horizontal size. Display device. 7. A map information display device capable of arbitrarily changing a map information display area to be drawn on a large screen and repeatedly performing a scroll operation in designated eight directions. An operation monitoring unit that monitors a change operation of a menu selection reference area of the operation menu; and a storage unit that stores a map information display area or a menu selection reference area updated when the operation monitoring unit detects the change operation via a control unit. An input registration unit that stores the map information display area and the menu selection reference area, one of which is updated from the storage unit, via the control unit, and the read map information display area and the menu selection reference An area comparison unit that compares the area with the area, and a dimension ratio that compares the vertical and horizontal dimensions of the read map information display area and the menu selection reference area. The area of the map information display area read out from the comparison result between the area comparison unit and the dimension comparison unit is equal to or larger than the area of the menu selection reference area, and the length and width of the map information display area are the length and width of the menu selection reference area, respectively. In the case of 以上 or more, the scroll operation is performed on the sub-screen designated in eight directions, and the area of the read map information display area is smaller than the area of the menu selection reference area or the length or width of the map information display area is the menu selection reference area. A map information display device, comprising: a menu selection unit that performs a scroll operation with an arrow button on a circumscribed portion of the display map when the height is less than half the length and width. 8. A map information display method in which a map information display area to be drawn on a large screen can be arbitrarily changed and a scroll operation can be repeatedly performed in designated eight directions. Monitoring the change operation of the menu selection reference area of the operation menu and storing the updated map information display area or menu selection reference area in the storage unit when the change operation is detected, and updating any one from the storage unit. Both the read map information display area and the menu selection reference area are read, and the area and the vertical and horizontal dimensions of the read map information display area and the menu selection reference area are compared. If the area of the map information display area is equal to or greater than the area of the area and the height and width of the map information display area are respectively equal to or greater than half of the length and width of the menu selection reference area, an eight-way finger Scroll operation on the sub-screen of, display if the read map information display area area is less than the area of the menu selection reference area or if the height or width of the map information display area is less than 縦 of the menu selection reference area length and width A map information display method, wherein a scroll operation is performed with an arrow button on a circumscribed portion of a map.