Interactive map informational lens

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10496252-B2
Application number	US-201715399393-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 5, 2017
Priority date	Jan 6, 2016
Publication date	Dec 3, 2019
Grant date	Dec 3, 2019

Abstract

A system and method for providing a location based interactive informational display includes processing circuitry outputting on a display device a map of a region represented with a first level of detail and including a location focusing graphical indicia overlaid on a sub-region of the map, outputting on the display device a details frame that includes information of the sub-region with a second level of detail that is higher than the first level of detail, receiving user input for modifying the sub-region on which the location focusing graphical indicia is overlaid, and, responsive to the user input, modifying the display of the location focusing graphical indicia and modifying the details frame to include information at the second level of detail corresponding to the modified sub-region.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for providing a location based interactive informational display, the method comprising:
outputting, by processing circuitry and on a display device, a map of a region represented with a first level of detail and including a location focusing graphical indicia overlaid on a sub-region of the map, wherein:
generation of the map is partly based on a navigation route calculated for a vehicle;
the route, within the region of the map, is along roads represented in the map; and
the map includes a representation of the calculated route;

outputting, by the processing circuitry and on the display device, a details frame that includes information of the sub-region with a second level of detail that is higher than the first level of detail, wherein the details frame does not overlie the sub-region;
receiving, by the processing circuitry, user input for modifying the sub-region on which the location focusing graphical indicia is overlaid; and
responsive to the user input, the processing circuitry modifying the display of the location focusing graphical indicia and modifying the details frame to include information at the second level of detail corresponding to the modified sub-region;
wherein:
the information of the sub-region included in the details frame includes a graphical indicia indicating a weather condition at the sub-region;
the information of the sub-region included in the details frame includes a representation of at least one of a topography and a building structure located in a real-space area to which the sub-region corresponds, so that the information in the details frame for different sub-regions varies with respect to differences in the at least one of the topography and the building structure represented; and
responsive to information indicating rainy weather at the sub-region, the graphical indicia indicating the weather condition is generated to include a reflection effect on a displayed road surface that is displayed below the at least one of the topography and the building structure, the reflection effect providing a reflection on the road surface of the representation of the at least one of the topography and the building structure.

2. A system for providing a location based interactive informational display, the system comprising:
a user input and output device that includes a display; and
processing circuitry;
wherein:
the processing circuitry is configured to output on the display device a map of a region represented with a first level of detail and including a location focusing graphical indicia overlaid on a sub-region of the map;
generation of the map is partly based on a navigation route calculated for a vehicle;
the route, within the region of the map, is along roads represented in the map;
the map includes a representation of at least a portion of the calculated route;
the processing circuitry is configured to:
output on the display device a details frame that includes information of the sub-region with a second level of detail that is higher than the first level of detail, the details frame not overlying the sub-region;
responsive to a user interaction with the user input and output device to shift the location focusing graphical indicia to a new position and thereby modify the sub-region on which the location focusing graphical indicia is overlaid, use the calculated route as a track for interpreting the user interaction to thereby identify the new position as being on the track; and
responsive to the user interaction, modify the display of the location focusing graphical indicia and modify the details frame to include information at the second level of detail corresponding to the modified sub-region;

at least one of:
the map is a two-dimensional map of the region and the information included in the details frame includes a three-dimensional representation of structures in the sub-region over which the location focusing graphical indicia is overlaid; and
at least a part of the information included in the details frame is based on information that (a) is obtained by the processing circuitry via an information feed, (b) is not used for the generation of the map, and (c) includes at least one of a state of weather in the sub-region indicated by the feed, a state of lighting in the sub-region indicated by the feed, a state of pedestrian density indicated by the feed, a business establishment presence in the sub-region indicated by the feed, a presence of a particular system user associated with a system profile within the sub-region indicated by the feed, and a state of traffic in the sub-region indicated by the feed; and

at least one of:
(I) (1) the information of the sub-region included in the details frame includes a three-dimensional representation of a building with a graphical indicia identifying presence of a particular venue in the building, (2) the processing circuitry is configured to, based on information identifying the particular venue as at least one of (a) being open at a time to which the map corresponds and (b) being of a category identified as being of interest to a user, when the information of the sub-region, including the identification of the presence of the particular venue, is initially displayed, display an animation at or in association with the graphical indicia identifying the presence of the particular venue, and (3) the animation is of window treatments opening;
(II) (1) the user input instruction, received at a particular time, is received when the location focusing graphical indicia is located at an edge of the display of the map and is an instruction for shifting the location focusing graphical indicia in a direction past the edge of the map, and (2) the processing circuitry is configured to, responsive to the user input instruction, modify the map to include a representation of a further region that had not previously been represented in the map at the particular time and to remove from the map a representation of a part of the region that had been represented in the map; and
(III) (1) the information of the sub-region included in the details frame includes a graphical indicia indicating a weather condition at the sub-region, (2) the information of the sub-region included in the details frame includes a representation of at least one of a topography and a building structure located in a real-space area to which the sub-region corresponds, so that the information in the details frame for different sub-regions varies with respect to differences in the at least one of the topography and the building structure represented, and (3) responsive to information indicating rainy weather at the sub-region, the graphical indicia indicating the weather condition is generated to include a reflection effect on a displayed road surface that is displayed below the at least one of the topography and the building structure, the reflection effect providing a reflection on the road surface of the representation of the at least one of the topography and the building structure.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein (1) the information of the sub-region included in the details frame includes the three-dimensional representation of the building with the graphical indicia identifying the presence of the particular venue in the building, (2) the processing circuitry is configured to, based on the information identifying the particular venue as at least one of (a) being open at the time to which the map corresponds and (b) being of the category identified as being of interest to the user, when the information of the sub-region, including the identification of the presence of the particular venue, is initially displayed, display the animation at or in association with the graphical indicia identifying the presence of the particular venue, and (3) the animation is of window treat

Assignees

• Bosch Gmbh Robert

Inventors

• Ren Liu
• Dai Zeng

Classifications

• G06Q10/02

  Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events · CPC title

• G01C21/3694

  Output thereof on a road map · CPC title

• G06Q30/0269

  based on user profile or attribute · CPC title

• G06T19/003

  Navigation within 3D models or images · CPC title

• G06T2200/24

  involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs] · CPC title