KR20150086424A

KR20150086424A - System and method for providing map transaction service

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Publication number: KR20150086424A
Application number: KR1020140006171A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 박지은; 노혜은; 김찬일
Original assignee: 네이버 주식회사
Priority date: 2014-01-17
Filing date: 2014-01-17
Publication date: 2015-07-28

Abstract

The present invention provides a map transaction method. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the map transaction method includes: an initial display step of displaying a map at a first scale when the map including a first point and a second point can be displayed on a single screen at the first scale and displaying the map including the first point on the screen at the first scale when the map cannot be displayed in the single screen; a transition display step of displaying the map including the first point and the second point at a second scale; and a final display step of displaying the map including the second point on the screen at a third scale.

Description

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MAP TRANSACTION SERVICE [0001]

The present invention relates to a method and system for providing a map transaction service, and more particularly, to a map display method and system for displaying a map of a transition state including a first point and a second point when a user's selected position is changed from a first point to a second point To provide an intuitive interface for a map transaction service.

With the development of electronic communication technology, a user can use various functions as a portable terminal. The mobile terminal can install and delete various applications as desired by the user, and can directly access the Internet using the wireless Internet, which is highly utilized.

On the other hand, in the case of a portable terminal having a position receiver (e.g., a GPS receiver), the first point of the terminal can be identified, thereby contributing to the active development and use of location-based services such as application programs linked with maps.

The above-described background technology is technical information that the inventor holds for the derivation of the present invention or acquired in the process of deriving the present invention, and can not necessarily be a known technology disclosed to the general public prior to the filing of the present invention.

The object of the present invention is to provide a map transition to apply an intuitive interface to a map service.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a user with information on the relative positions of an initial point and a target point by displaying a transition state when a map is switched as the user's selection position is changed.

In order to accomplish the above object, a representative structure of the present invention is as follows.

In an embodiment of the present invention, when the map including the first point and the second point can be displayed on one screen on the first scale, the map is displayed on the first scale, An initial display step of displaying a map including the first point on a screen at a first scale; A transition display step of displaying a map including the first point and the second point on a screen at a second scale; A final display step of displaying a map including the second point on a screen at a third scale; And a map transaction method.

In the present invention, the transition display step may include a first display step of displaying a zoom-out animation varying from a first scale to a second scale so that the pointer of the first point and the second point can be displayed together; A second display step of displaying a map including the first point and the second point for a predetermined time at a second scale; A third display step of displaying a zoom-in animation varying from the second scale to the third scale so that the map including the second point can be displayed on the third scale; . &Lt; / RTI >

In the present invention, a marker may be displayed on the first point or the second point.

In the present invention, when a map including the first point and the second point can be displayed on one screen at a first scale, a selected position marker is displayed on the first point, Markers can be displayed.

In the present invention, when the first point and the second point are present in a list of positions acquired by a search word input by a user, the second point may be a next position item of the first point.

In the present invention, the initial display step and the final display step may display the first point or the second point in the center of the map.

In the present invention, a full path display step of displaying a full path before the initial display step; . &Lt; / RTI >

In the present invention, when the user's flicker gesture is received in the initial stage, the transition step and the final step may be performed.

In the present invention, in the transition step, the map may be rotated so that the direction from the first point to the second point may be located at the top of the display screen.

In the present invention, the first point and the second point may be a specific branch point on the route displayed on the map.

In the present invention, the first point and the second point may be a specific stop on the bus path displayed on the map.

In the present invention, the first scale and the third scale may be the same.

In the present invention, the second scale may be smaller than the first scale and the third scale.

In the present invention, when a map including the first point and the second point can be displayed on a single screen at a first scale, an intermediate point between the first point and the second point is displayed in the center of the map can do.

Another embodiment of the present invention includes a position selection unit that receives a user's position selection result for a first point or a second point; A determination unit for determining whether to display the first point and the second point together on the map; A multi-position display unit displaying a map including the first point and the second point on a screen at a first scale when the determination unit determines to display together; A single location display unit displaying a map including the first point and a map including the second point on a screen in a first scale, respectively, when the determination unit determines that the first and second points are not displayed together; Wherein the single position display unit displays a map including the first point and then displays the map including the first point and the second point on the screen at a second scale before displaying the map including the second point A transition state display section for displaying; To provide a map transaction system.

According to the present invention, an intuitive interface can be implemented by providing the user with information on the relative positions of the initial point and the target point by displaying a transition state upon map switching.

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a map system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a service providing server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.
FIG. 3 illustrates a map service screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating an example of displaying a plurality of points on a map according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating transition states according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
6 is a diagram illustrating a scale range of a map according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 shows a map indicating a transition state according to another embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 illustrates an example in which the direction of a map is changed according to a route according to another embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 shows a map indicating a transition state according to another embodiment of the present invention.
10 is a flowchart illustrating an operation procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The following detailed description of the invention refers to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate, by way of illustration, specific embodiments in which the invention may be practiced. These embodiments are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the invention. It should be understood that the various embodiments of the present invention are different, but need not be mutually exclusive. For example, the specific shapes, structures, and characteristics described herein may be implemented by changing from one embodiment to another without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. It should also be understood that the location or arrangement of individual components within each embodiment may be varied without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the following detailed description is not to be taken in a limiting sense, and the scope of the present invention should be construed as encompassing the scope of the appended claims and all equivalents thereof. In the drawings, like reference numbers designate the same or similar components throughout the several views.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings in order to facilitate a person skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains.

In the following specification, 'location' refers to a specific place on the space, and there may be a specific 'point' on the map corresponding to the specific location. In the following specification of the present invention, 'position' and 'point' on a map may be used in combination.

In the following description, the flick gesture may mean a gesture in which the user slides at a speed higher than a predetermined speed after the user maintains the touch state from the touch start point to the touch end point.

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a map system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the map system of the present invention is a service providing server 100. An administrator terminal 200 and a user terminal 300.

The service providing server 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is a server that provides a service for displaying a selected location on a map by receiving a location selection command from a user, application server. Although one service providing server is shown in the embodiment of FIG. 1, it is needless to say that a plurality of servers may exist depending on the amount of connection or the amount of data.

The service providing server 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention can provide a map service. A map service is a service that provides a location on a map and a location in a surrounding area of a point selected by the user. The map service can provide not only a simple location search but also various supplementary services related to a map such as a search for a surrounding area, a route search, and a search for a public transportation information. In particular, when a user inputs a search word related to a location, the map service provides search results corresponding to the search word as a list. When the user selects a specific item from the list, the map service displays a point corresponding to the selected location item on the map .

When the service providing server 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention receives an input from a user, which is intended to indicate a point different from the point currently displayed on the map, A map of the transition state can be displayed.

In the following description, a map in which a specific point is included (or displayed) refers to a map that is displayed on a display screen and displays a specific point and a surrounding area of a specific point. The specific point may be a point on the map corresponding to the user's selected position. A map including a specific point may vary in scale depending on characteristics of a specific point to be displayed. For example, you can use a scale of 1: 200, where a particular point is a building, and a scale of 1: 20000 or more if a particular point is a wide area, such as a city, county, or county.

The specific roles and configurations of the service providing server 100 will be described later.

The administrator terminal 200 refers to a terminal that can input control commands and various contents of the service providing server 100 in a wired / wireless communication environment. The administrator terminal 200 can input data for providing a map service according to a request of the service providing server 100. [

The user terminal 300 may be a mobile phone equipped with a web browser application that can use the map service provided by the service providing server 100. [ Alternatively, the user terminal 300 may be a device equipped with a map application provided by the service providing server 100. The user may use the map service according to an embodiment of the present invention through the user terminal 300. Although the user terminal 300 is illustrated as a smart phone in FIG. 1, the present invention is not limited thereto. As described above, a terminal equipped with an application capable of web browsing and application execution is not limited Can be borrowed.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the inside of a service providing server 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the service providing server 100 includes a search result obtaining unit 110, a location selecting and receiving unit 120, a determining unit 130, and a display unit 140. The display unit 140 includes a single position display unit 141, a multi-position display unit 142, a transition state display unit 143, and an animation unit 144.

Hereinafter, the roles of the respective units of the service providing server 100 will be described by taking a screen displayed on the specific user terminal 300 as an example.

FIG. 3 illustrates a map service screen according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the map service provided by the service providing server 100 may be displayed on the display screen 310 of the user terminal 300.

A map service according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a map window 31, a position information area 32, a selection position marker 33, a sub marker 34, buttons 35a to 35g and the scale area 36. [ The buttons 35a to 35g include a current position button 35a for reading the current position of the user when selected, a position designation button 35b for allowing the user to directly provide the position, A full-screen button 35d for providing a pre-screen, a review button 35e for providing a rear-view screen, an air-view button 35f for providing an air-view screen, A zoom button 35g for displaying a position list, and a list button 35h for displaying a position list.

The search window 31 is a window in which a user can input a position search word and the position information area 32 is an area for providing information of a selected position and includes buttons for a position name, . Information of the selected position specified by the user is displayed in the position information area 32. A map including the point corresponding to the selected position is displayed on the display screen 310 and a selected position marker 33 indicating the selected position is displayed on the map Is displayed at the selected position on the screen. In the example of FIG. 3 (a), the selected location is 'Todai minute per minute', and the location information area 32 may provide information such as address, phone number, etc. for Todai minute per minute. In addition, on the map, the selection point A corresponding to the "Todai point per minute" is displayed, and the selection point marker 33 is displayed on the selection point A.

The user can take a gesture to flick the position information area 32 and display a point other than the point indicated in the position information area 32. [ That is, when the first point (A) corresponding to the first position selected by the current user ('point per Todai minute') is displayed on the map as shown in FIG. 3A, the user can take a flick gesture The second point corresponding to the second position ('Todai Mokdong point') can be displayed on the map as shown in (b) of FIG. The second location may be a location item after the first location in the location search listing.

The selection position marker 33 is a pointer that serves to display a point corresponding to a user's selection position on an icon so as to be recognized on the map. The sub marker 34 is a pointer for assisting the selected position marker 33 and indicating a point corresponding to another position that is not the selected position but exists in the position list. The scale area 36 indicates the scale of the map currently being displayed, the scale area 36 is not necessarily displayed, and may be omitted in other embodiments of the present invention.

In the example of FIG. 3, the user can select the list button 35h to view a list of the locations of the search results for the search term 'todai' entered by the user. When the user inputs 'TODAY' in the search window 31, the position information of the first item in the position list is displayed in the position information area 32 basically, and the point A corresponding to 'TODAY' is displayed on the map . At this time, the user can select the list button 35h to receive a list of locations of other search results for 'Todai'.

Hereinafter, the user interface will be described in connection with the internal configuration of the service providing server 100.

Referring back to FIG. 2, the search result obtaining unit 110 obtains a location search word by a user and provides a list of the searched locations. For example, the user can input the position search word in the search window 31 on the screen (a) of FIG. The search result obtaining unit 110 may provide the location search results based on the location search term as a location list. For example, when the user inputs' todai 'into the search window 31, the search result obtaining unit 110 searches the location list of' Todai Bundang Dot ',' Todai Mokdong Branch ',' Todai Lee Myung-dong ', etc., as a location list to the user. In the screen (a) of FIG. 3, the user can select the list button 35h to view the location list of the 'todai' search result.

Next, the location selection receiving unit 120 receives information on the selected location of the user from the location list provided by the search result obtaining unit 110. The manner in which the user specifies the selection location from the location list may vary depending on the interface providing the location list. If the entire location list is provided on the screen, one of them may be selected. Alternatively, if only one location list is provided at a time, the user may select one of the location lists through a gesture flicking the location list display area to the left and right Can be selected.

For example, the screen of FIG. 3 (a) is a result of the position selection receiving unit 120 receiving a position selection signal for 'Todai minute per minute' from the user in the position list for 'Todai'. 3 (a), a map is displayed for the 'Todai Bundang Point' on the screen, information about Todai Bundang Point is displayed on the position information region 32, and 'Todai Bundang Branch The selected position marker 33 is displayed at the point A corresponding to the point A '.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the position selection receiving unit 120 may set the first position among the position list provided by the search result obtaining unit 110 as a selection position. For example, the screen of FIG. 3 (a) may be a result of the location selection receiving unit 120 automatically designating the 'ToDi-point per minute' as the selection position when the user searches for 'todai'. 3 (a), when the user takes a gesture for flicking the position information area 32 in the case where the 'todays per minute point' is the current display position, the position selection receiving unit 120 displays' ), The current selection position can be changed to "Todai Mokdong Branch".

Next, the determination unit 130 serves to determine whether the first point A and the second point B can be displayed together on a map of a specific scale. The first point refers to the selected point on the map currently being displayed and the second point refers to the point selected corresponding to the user's different position selection while the map displaying the first point is being displayed. In the example of Fig. 3, (a) the point corresponding to the "Todai point per minute" on the screen is the first point A, (b) the point on the second point (B) .

In the example of FIG. 3, the determination unit 130 determines whether the first point A and the second point B can be displayed together at a 1: 200 scale, which is the basic scale. In the embodiment of FIG. 3, the first point A and the second point B can not be displayed together on a 1: 200 scale map. In this case, a 1: 200 scale map including the first point A and the second point B, respectively, as shown in Figs. 3 (a) and 3 (b), is required. In the example of FIG. 3, 1: 200 is determined as the basic scale, but in other embodiments of the present invention, the basic scale may be changed.

The display unit 140 displays a map indicating a point corresponding to a user's selection position and a surrounding region of the point on the display screen 310. [ The display unit 140 includes a single position display unit 141, a multi-position display unit 142, a transition state display unit 143, and an animation unit 144.

The display unit 140 plays a role of loading a map corresponding to the selected position. As described above, the search result obtaining unit 110 provides a plurality of search positions to the position list for the user's search term, and the position select receiving unit 120 receives the position select signal from the user. The display unit 140 provides a map of the selection point corresponding to the user's selection position and its surrounding area, and displays the selection position marker 33 on the selection point. At this time, the map range of the surrounding area may be changed according to the user's selected position. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the display unit 140 may provide a map of a 1: 200 scale centered on the user's selected position.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the map of the area around the selection point provided by the display unit 140 may be variously changed, and the position of the selection point on the map may be changed. Hereinafter, a method for determining the accumulation, range, and position of a map provided by the display unit 140 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

As described above with reference to FIG. 3, when the point corresponding to the user's selection position is changed from the first point A to the second point B, the map including the corresponding point is also changed. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the display unit 140 may provide a transition interface when switching from a map indicating the first point A to a map indicating the second point B.

Existing map services can be switched to an immediate screen transition from a screen (a) to a screen (b), for example, in which the map including the first point A is immediately converted to a map including the second point (B) To provide an interface to accomplish this. In this case, the user can know information about how far the first point A and the second point B are located, and the direction in which the second point B is located with respect to the first point A I can not.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the display unit 140 may display a map according to a selection position provided by the position selection receiving unit 120 and a determination result of the determination unit 130 in order to solve the above problems. More specifically, if the first point (A) and the second point (B) can be displayed on one map at the first scale, a map including both points is displayed, and if the first point (A) and the second point Each display a map and a transition state map in the middle. That is, according to one embodiment of the present invention, the display unit 140 maintains the map screen when there is a point at the selected position in the range of the map currently displayed according to the determination result of the determination unit 130, If it does not exist in the range, the transition state can be displayed to provide an intuitive interface. Hereinafter, the operation according to the internal structure of the display unit 140 will be described in more detail.

First, when the determination unit 130 determines that only one point is displayed on one map, the single position display unit 141 displays only points corresponding to one selected position on the map. The single position display unit 141 can display on the map a point corresponding to the selected position on the first scale. At this time, the scale applied when the single-position display unit 141 displays a map may be a basic scale used when one position is displayed.

If the determination unit 130 determines that two or more points can not be displayed on one map at a specific scale, the single position display unit 141 displays each point on the individual map. That is, the single-position display unit 141 displays one point on one map at a specific scale, for example, a basic scale.

3 (a) and 3 (b) are views each showing a position corresponding to the selected position in the single-position display section 141. FIG. 3 (a) shows an example in which a single position display unit 141 displays a map when the user selects' Todai per minute point 'as a selected position, (b) the screen shows a case where the user selects' 'Is selected, the single position display unit 141 displays the map. As described above, the user can take a gesture to flick the position information area 32 and change the selected position. 3 (a), when the user inputs the flick gesture into the position information area 32, the selected position is switched from the "Todai minute per minute point" to the "Todai daily pastime point" The screen displays a map including a second point (B) corresponding to " Todai minute per minute ".

The single position display unit 141 can use a large accumulation so as to relatively display the point corresponding to the selected position. For example, in the examples of FIGS. 3A and 3B, the map can be displayed at a scale of 1: 200, which is a basic scale.

Next, the multi-position display unit 142 serves to display a plurality of points on one map. When the determination unit 130 determines that one or more points are displayed together on the map, the multi-position display unit 142 displays one or more points together on one map.

4 is a diagram illustrating an example of displaying a plurality of points on a map according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4 (a), it can be seen that the first point A and the second point B are displayed together on the map of the display screen 310. That is, when the determination unit 130 determines that the first point A and the second point B are displayed together, the multi-position display unit 142 displays the first point A and the second point B as shown in FIG. And the second point B are displayed together on one map. In this case, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the multi-position display unit 142 may use the same scale as the scale used by the single position display unit 141. [

For example, according to the determination of the determination unit 130, the multi-position display unit 142 displays the first point (1: 200) at the first point corresponding to the " Starbucks stubble point " (A) and the second point (B) corresponding to the 'Starbucks game point' together. The multiple position display unit 142 may display the selection position marker 33 at the first point A and the sub marker 34 at the second point B.

In the examples of FIGS. 4A and 4B, the first point A is a point corresponding to the current selection position and the second point B is present in the next item of the current selection position in the position list Position corresponding to the position. The example of FIG. 4 (a) is an example of a case where there is a 'Starbucks game point' next to 'Starbucks stubble point' in the position list. As shown in FIG. 4 (a), when the current selection position is the 'Starbucks' stuck-at point, information such as an address, a telephone number, and the like regarding the position is displayed in the position information area 32, And the selected position marker 33 is positioned at the first point (A).

When the user takes a right-to-left gesture with the flick gesture in the position information area 32 on the screen of FIG. 4 (a), the position item 'Starbucks game point' Is selected as shown in FIG. 4 (b) and displayed in the position information area 32. In the screen (b) of FIG. 4, the selection position marker 33 is displayed at a position corresponding to the 'Starbucks Game Point'. The map including the first point A and the second point B is not changed even when the screen is switched from the screen of Fig. 4 (a) to the screen of Fig. 4 (b). That is, even when the selection position is changed without changing the map, the multi-position display unit 142 can display that the selection position has been changed by changing only the selection position marker 33 and the sub marker 34. [

In summary, when a plurality of maps can be displayed at the basic scale, when the display point is changed from the first point A to the second point B as shown in Figs. 3A and 3B, The first point A and the second point B can be displayed together as shown in Figs. 4 (a) and 4 (b) without needing to change them. In particular, the multi-position display unit 142 may designate a point corresponding to the first position of the position list as the first point A and a point corresponding to the second position as the second point B. In addition, the multi-position display unit 142 displays the first point B and the second point B together on the map, and selects the point corresponding to the selected point as shown in Figs. 4A and 4B The position marker 33 can be positioned, and the sub marker 34 can be positioned at a position other than the selected position.

Although the example in which the multiple position display unit 142 displays a map when the determination unit 130 determines that the first point A and the second point B can be displayed together at a specific scale has been described above, An example in which the single position display unit 141 and the transition state display unit 143 display a map when the determination unit 130 determines that a plurality of points can not be displayed together at a specific scale will be described.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating transition states according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

Unlike the example of Fig. 3, Fig. 5 includes a transition state as shown in Fig. 5 (b). The screen of FIG. 5 (a) corresponds to the screen of FIG. 3 (a), and the screen of FIG. 5 (c) corresponds to the screen of FIG. 3 (b).

According to an embodiment of the present invention, after the transition display step shown in FIG. 5 (b) is executed by the transition state display unit 143 at the initial display step as shown in FIG. 5 (a) c) A map of the final display step such as a screen is displayed. More specifically, in the screen (b) of FIG. 5, a map including both the first point A and the second point B is displayed at a second scale.

That is, in the screen of FIG. 5 (a), the single position display unit 141 displays the map including the first point A at the first scale, and (b) the transition state display unit 143 displays (C) the single position indicator 141 again includes the second point B and the third scale B is displayed on the screen, As shown in FIG.

In the embodiment of FIG. 5, the first scale may be 1: 200, the second scale may be 1: 400, and the third scale may be 1: 200. Although the first point (A) is shown on the first scale in FIG. 5 (a), the first point (A) and the second point (B) can not be displayed together in one map in the first accumulation . Therefore, when the user takes a gesture to flick the position information area 32 and selects a position with respect to the second point B, the map including the second point B is displayed as shown in the screen (c) Newly loaded.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, before the transition from the screen of FIG. 5 (a) to the screen of FIG. 5 (c), the transition state display section 143 provides a map of the transition state as shown in FIG. do. In the screen (b) of FIG. 5, a map including the first point A and the second point B and displayed at the second scale is displayed. At this time, the second scale may have a visual effect of reducing the scale of the map so as to include the first point (A) and the second point (B) with a value smaller than the first scale and the third scale. Accordingly, the user can grasp the relative positions, approximate distances, etc. with respect to the first point A and the second point B through the screen of FIG. 5 (b).

The animation unit 144 serves to continuously display the process of changing the map when the scale of the map changes according to an embodiment of the present invention. In more detail, the animation unit 144 may represent a continuous animation in which the map of FIG. 5A changes to the map of FIG. 5B. In this case, since the first scale is larger than the second scale, (144) provides a zoom out animation.

On the contrary, the animation unit 144 may represent that the map of FIG. 5 (b) changes to the map of FIG. 5 (c) as a continuous animation. In this case, since the second scale is smaller than the third scale, 144 provides a zoom in animation.

The transition state display section 143 and the animation section 144 can be provided with a transition interface changing from a map displaying the first point A to a map displaying the second point B on the map. Due to the transition interface provided in one embodiment of the present invention, the user is more likely to rise in the air (due to the zoom-out animation) than to view the first point (A) (By zooming in animation) after confirming the position of the second point B (transition state display) and then looking down at the second point (B). In particular, the user can confirm the relative position between the first point A and the second point B through the map of the transition state.

6 is a diagram illustrating a scale range of a map according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the embodiment of FIG. 6, the single position indicator 141 may first display the map including the first point A at a first scale. The map displayed at the first scale displays a map ranging from a to a '. That is, a map from a to a 'range around the first point A can be displayed. Similarly, when the map including the second point B is displayed at a third scale, the single-position display unit 141 can display a map ranging from b to b '. At this time, since the range from a to a 'or b to b' can not include both the first point A and the second point B, the transition state display unit 143 displays the first point A And the second point B together on the map, it is necessary to use a scale smaller than the first scale. The transition state display section 143 can display on the map a range from c to c 'in a second scale range in which the first point A and the second point B can be displayed together.

4, when the map is displayed on the first scale, which is the basic scale, the range of positions from a to a 'in FIG. 6 corresponds to both the first point A and the second point B . Therefore, the multi-position display unit 142 can display the first point A and the second point B in the first scale range without having to display the second scale range, which is the transition state display map of the transition state, Can be displayed on the map together.

FIG. 7 shows a map indicating a transition state according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 shows a function of searching for a route, not a general location, in a map service provided by the present invention, and it is possible to provide information on a route from a start point to a destination by inputting a start point and a destination to a user. At this time, the branch points on the route between the start point and the destination point can be the position list.

7 (a) shows a map showing the entire route from the origin to the destination when the user selects 'Soongsil Cyber University' as the starting point and determines the destination as 'Seoul Gyeongbu Line'. At this time, the estimated time and cost of the entire route may be displayed in the location information area 32, and a departure marker and an arrival marker may be displayed on the map. When the user takes a gesture to flick the position information area 32 from right to left in the screen of FIG. 7 (a), the bifurcation points of the path can be designated as the selected position by the order.

In more detail, the service providing server 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may provide a numbered route from a departure point to a destination at a branch point of detailed routes in order. The path bifurcation points are provided as a position list in order. The diverging point may be a point at which the direction changes on the path, an important point on the map, a road name or a place name on the map, and the like. When the user takes a gesture to flick the position information area 32, the bifurcation points present in the position list are designated to the selected position in order.

7 (b) is a diagram showing a case where the seventh branch point is designated as the selected position on the route. At this time, the single position display unit 141 displays the seventh branch point and its peripheral region on the map at a first scale (1: 200) which is the basic scale, and displays the first point (A) corresponding to the seventh branch point on the map Center. In the embodiment of FIG. 7 (b), the seventh turning point is the "inter-station highway". The user can input the flick gesture into the position information area 32 on the screen of FIG. 7 (b) to designate the eighth turning point as the selected position. In this case, a map of the transition state is displayed as shown in Fig. 7 (c).

Referring to FIG. 7C, the transition state display unit 143 displays a transition state map displaying all of the seventh and eighth turning points on the map. It can be seen that both the first point A and the second point B corresponding to the seventh and eighth turning points are displayed on the map screen of FIG. 7 (c). The transition state display unit 143 can display a map of 1: 400, which is the second scale, so that the first point A and the second point B can be simultaneously displayed.

In addition, the animation unit 144 may provide a zoom-out animation when switching from the screen of FIG. 7 (b) to the screen of FIG. 7 (c). The user can move to a higher position through the zoom-out animation to provide the effect of viewing the first point A and the second point B together.

After the screen of FIG. 7 (c) is displayed for a predetermined time, the single position display unit 141 may display the eighth turning point at the third scale as shown in FIG. 7 (d). At this time, the third scale can be applied to the basic scale of 1: 200. In the screen (d) of FIG. 7, the single-position display unit 141 may position the second point B corresponding to the eighth turning point at the center of the map screen.

The animation unit 144 may provide a zoom-in animation when switching from the screen of FIG. 7 (c) to the screen of FIG. 7 (d). It is possible to provide the user with the effect of viewing only the second point B by moving to a point lower than the point of viewing the screen (c) of FIG. 7 through the zoom-in animation.

FIG. 8 illustrates an example in which the direction of a map is changed according to a route according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a modification of FIG. 7, and a description of the same portions as those of FIG. 7 will be omitted, and a characteristic portion of the embodiment of FIG. 8 will be mainly described. Referring to the screens (a), (b) and (c) of FIG. 8, it can be seen that the rotation button 35c 'is shaded as the on state. 8 is a diagram for explaining an embodiment when the screen rotation function is applied.

The screen of FIG. 8 (a) corresponds to the screen of FIG. 7 (b). 8 (a) shows a case where the single position display unit 141 displays a map when the seventh turning point is the selected position.

The screen (b) of FIG. 8 is a map on which the map of FIG. 7 (c) is rotated. 8 (b), the transition state display section 143 displays the first point A and the second point B in the same manner as the screen of FIG. 7 (c). The screen of FIG. 7 (c) faces the top of the screen, while the screen of FIG. 8 (b) faces the top of the screen from the first point A to the second point B. That is, since the traveling direction of the route is from the seventh turning point to the eighth turning point, a map can be displayed such that the moving direction of the user is directed toward the top of the screen, thereby providing an intuitive interface to the route.

The screen (c) of FIG. 8 shows an example in which the single position display section 141 displays a map which keeps the rotated direction in the screen of FIG. 8 (b). 8 (c), the single position display unit 141 displays the eighth turning point at the center of the map at the third scale as in the screen (d) of Fig. 7, The direction changed in b) is maintained.

FIG. 9 shows a map indicating a transition state according to another embodiment of the present invention.

9 is a diagram illustrating a result of applying a transition state map to a bus route search according to an embodiment of the present invention. The public transportation route is characterized by providing a route by using the bus stop as a branch point for each bus route. Therefore, the position list is generated in the order of the bus stop positions. The embodiment of FIG. 9 is an embodiment for providing route path information of the '720' bus.

9 (a) shows a case where the 'Mugong Station, Chongsol Village, 2001 Outlet' stop of the 720 bus is the selected position. It can be seen that the stop of the first point A corresponding to the selected position on the map is shaded. The single location display unit 141 may display the map in which the first point A corresponding to the 'Minguk Station, Chongsol Village, 2001 Outlet' is located at the center at 1: 200, which is the first scale. In the state of FIG. 9 (a), the user can take a gesture to flick the position information area 32 and designate the next stop as 'Evergreen Village (Lim, Boseong)' as the next selected position.

The screen (b) of FIG. 9 is a screen for displaying the transition state when the user designates the next selection position. The transition state display unit 143 displays a map including the first point A and the second point B as a first scale of 1: 400 as shown in the screen of FIG. 9B. 9 (b), the single-position display unit 141 displays the transition state of the 'Evergreen Village' as shown in (c) of FIG. 9 after the transition state display unit 143 displays the transition state as shown in FIG. The second point B, which is a point corresponding to the second point B, can be displayed at the center of the map.

10 is a flowchart illustrating an operation procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the search result obtaining unit 110 provides a search result corresponding to the user's search term as a list of locations (S1).

Next, the position selection receiving unit 120 receives a position selected by the user from the position list (S2).

Next, the determination unit 130 determines whether the first point corresponding to the selected position and the second point corresponding to the next item of the selected position among the position list can be displayed together with the first accumulation on the map (S3) .

If it is determined in step S3 that the display can be performed together, the multi-position display unit 142 displays the map including the first point and the second point on the screen at the first scale, displays the selected position marker at the first point (S41).

The multi-position display unit 142 displays the selected position marker at the second position while maintaining the displayed map (S43) after receiving an input from the user specifying the item below the current selection position to the selection position (S42).

If it is determined in step S3 that the display can not be performed together, the single position display unit 141 displays the map including the first point on the screen on the first scale (S51).

And receives an input from the user specifying the item below the current selection position as the selection position (S52).

The transition state display unit 143 displays a transition state map including both the first point and the second point on the screen at a second scale for a predetermined period of time (S53).

Next, the single-position display unit 141 displays a map including the second point on the screen at a third scale (S54).

The embodiments of the present invention described above can be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed through various computer components and recorded in a computer-readable recording medium. The computer-readable recording medium may include program commands, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the computer-readable recording medium may be those specifically designed and configured for the present invention or may be those known and used by those skilled in the computer software arts. Examples of computer-readable media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape, optical recording media such as CD-ROM and DVD, magneto-optical media such as floptical disks, medium, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include machine language code, such as those generated by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware device may be modified into one or more software modules for performing the processing according to the present invention, and vice versa.

The use of the terms " above " and similar indication words in the specification of the present invention (particularly in the claims) may refer to both singular and plural. In addition, in the present invention, when a range is described, it includes the invention to which the individual values belonging to the above range are applied (unless there is contradiction thereto), and each individual value constituting the above range is described in the detailed description of the invention The same. Finally, the steps may be performed in any suitable order, unless explicitly stated or contrary to the description of the steps constituting the method according to the invention. The present invention is not necessarily limited to the order of description of the above steps. The use of all examples or exemplary language (e.g., etc.) in this invention is for the purpose of describing the present invention only in detail and is not to be limited by the scope of the claims, It is not. It will also be appreciated by those skilled in the art that various modifications, combinations, and alterations may be made depending on design criteria and factors within the scope of the appended claims or equivalents thereof.

Accordingly, the spirit of the present invention should not be construed as being limited to the above-described embodiments, and all ranges that are equivalent to or equivalent to the claims of the present invention as well as the claims .

100: service providing server 110: search result obtaining unit
120: Position selection receiver 130:
140: Display section 141: Single position display section
142: multiple position display section 143: transition state display section
144: Animation Department

Claims

When the map including the first point and the second point can be displayed on one screen at a first scale, the map is displayed at the first scale, and when the map is not displayable on one screen,
An initial display step of displaying a map including the first point on a screen at a first scale;
A transition display step of displaying a map including the first point and the second point on a screen at a second scale;
A final display step of displaying a map including the second point on a screen at a third scale;
The method comprising the steps of:

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the transition display step comprises:
A first display step of displaying a zoom-out animation varying from a first scale to a second scale so that the pointer of the first point and the second point can be displayed together;
A second display step of displaying a map including the first point and the second point for a predetermined time at a second scale;
A third display step of displaying a zoom-in animation varying from the second scale to the third scale so that the map including the second point can be displayed on the third scale;
The method comprising the steps of:

The method according to claim 1,
And a marker is displayed on the first point or the second point.

The method according to claim 1,
When a map including the first point and the second point is displayed on one screen at a first scale, a map showing a selected position marker on the first point and a sub marker on the second point, Transaction method.

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the second point is the next position item of the first point when the first point and the second point are within a list of positions acquired by a search word entered by a user.

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the initial display step and the final display step display the first point or the second point at the center of the map.

The method according to claim 1,
Displaying the entire path before the initial display step;
The map transaction method further comprising:

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the transition display step and the final display step are performed when the user's flicker gesture is received in the initial display step.

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein in the transition step, the map is rotated so that the direction from the first point to the second point is located at the top of the display screen.

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the first point and the second point are specific branch points on a path displayed on the map.

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the first point and the second point are specific stops on a bus path displayed on the map.

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the first scale and the third scale are the same.

The method according to claim 1,
And the second scale is smaller than the first scale and the third scale.

The method according to claim 1,
If the map including the first point and the second point can be displayed on a single screen at a first scale, an intermediate point between the first point and the second point is positioned at the center of the map.

A position selector for receiving a user's position selection result for the first point or the second point;
A determination unit for determining whether to display the first point and the second point together on the map;
A multi-position display unit displaying a map including the first point and the second point on a screen at a first scale when the determination unit determines to display together;
A single location display unit displaying a map including the first point and a map including the second point on a screen in a first scale, respectively, when the determination unit determines that the first and second points are not displayed together;
Wherein the single position display unit displays a map including the first point and then displays the map including the first point and the second point on the screen at a second scale before displaying the map including the second point A transition state display section for displaying;
A map transaction system.