Device and method for displaying a map according to the guiding of a navigation system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9638540-B2
Application number	US-201214365819-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 14, 2012
Priority date	Dec 16, 2011
Publication date	May 2, 2017
Grant date	May 2, 2017

Abstract

The present invention relates to a device and method for displaying a map according to the guiding of a navigation system. The device for displaying a map may include: a situation-identifying unit for identifying a situation requiring guiding through a map screen of a navigation system; a control parameter setting unit for setting, according to the identified situation, a control parameter that is a display requirement for the map screen; and a map indication control unit for indicating the map screen in a display mode that has applied the control parameter.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A map display device, comprising:
a processor including,
a situation identifying unit configured to identify a guide situation that is guided through a map screen of a navigation system;
a control parameter setting unit configured to set a control parameter that is a display requirement of the map screen according to the identified guide situation; and
a map display control unit configured to display the map screen in a display mode in which the control parameter is applied,
wherein the control parameter setting unit is configured to set a value of distance (d_cam) between a vehicle and a camera based on both a distance (d_goal) between the vehicle and a predetermined location and an elevation angle (θ) indicating an angle between the map screen and the camera based on a location of the vehicle, and
wherein d_cam is proportional to d_goal/tan(θ).

2. The map display device of claim 1 , wherein the guide situation is classified based on at least one of a road attribute, a road condition, a guide point, and a driving state of the vehicle.

3. The map display device of claim 1 , wherein the control parameter setting unit is configured to set at least one control parameter among a rotation angle indicating a rotation level of a vertical axis with respect to the map screen, the elevation angle, a distance between the vehicle and the camera, and whether to display an additional screen displayable on the map screen, based on the guide situation.

4. The map display device of claim 3 , wherein the map display control unit is configured to switch a display mode of the map screen to any one display mode among a rotation view in which a heading direction of the vehicle is vertically observed from the sky, a bird view in which the heading direction of the vehicle is observed at a predetermined angle smaller than a right angle, and a driver's drive view in which the heading direction of the vehicle is observed from the front, and to apply the control parameter to the corresponding display mode.

5. The map display device of claim 1 , wherein when the guide situation corresponds to a situation in which a vehicle is driven on crossroads or a curved road having at least one predetermined curvature, the control parameter setting unit is configured to set at least one of a rotation angle indicating a rotation level of a vertical axis with respect to the map screen and the elevation angle, based on a distance between a turn point of the crossroads or the curved road and the vehicle, or based on an angle formed with a heading direction of the vehicle based on the crossroads or the curved road.

6. The map display device of claim 1 , wherein when the guide situation corresponds to a situation in which a vehicle is driven on a highway, the control parameter setting unit is configured to set the elevation angle.

7. The map display device of claim 1 , wherein when the guide situation corresponds to a situation in which a vehicle is driven near at least one guide point of a departure, a destination, and a stop, the control parameter setting unit is configured to set the elevation angle.

8. The map display device of claim 7 , wherein the control parameter setting unit is configured to set the value of distance between the vehicle and the camera according to Equation 1:
d _cam= d _goal/(2*tan(θ))  [Equation 1]

where d_cam denotes the distance between the vehicle and the camera, d_goal denotes a distance between the vehicle and the destination, and θ denotes the elevation angle.

9. The map display device of claim 1 , wherein when the guide situation corresponds to a situation in which a vehicle is driven on roads in which crossroads or a curved road having at least one predetermined continuous curvature, the control parameter setting unit is configured to set the elevation angle.

10. The map display device of claim 9 , wherein the control parameter setting unit is configured to set the value of distance between the vehicle and the camera according to Equation 2:
d _cam= d _turn/(2*tan(θ))  [Equation 2]

where d_cam denotes the distance between the vehicle and the camera, d_turn denotes a largest value among distances between the vehicle and n turn points where n is an integer greater than zero, and θ denotes the elevation angle.

11. The map display device of claim 1 , wherein when the guide situation corresponds to a situation in which a vehicle is driven on a ramp road, the control parameter setting unit is configured to set an angle between a predetermined point ahead of the vehicle and a heading direction of the vehicle as a rotation angle indicating a rotation level of a vertical axis with respect to the map screen.

12. The map display device of claim 1 , wherein when the guide situation corresponds to a situation in which a vehicle is driven on an uphill road, the control parameter setting unit is configured to set an additional screen indicating a road condition ahead to be displayed on the map screen.

13. A map display method, comprising:
identifying a guide situation that is guided through a map screen of a navigation system;
setting a control parameter that is a display requirement of the map screen according to the identified guide situation; and
displaying the map screen in a display mode in which the control parameter is applied,
wherein the setting of the control parameter comprises setting a value of distance (d_cam) between a vehicle and a camera based on both a distance (d_goal) between the vehicle and a predetermined location and an elevation angle indicating an angle (θ) between the map screen and the camera based on a location of the vehicle, and
wherein d_cam is proportional to d_goal/tan(θ).

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the guide situation is classified based on at least one of a road attribute, a road condition, a guide point, and a driving state of the vehicle.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the setting of the control parameter comprises setting at least one control parameter among a rotation angle indicating a rotation level of a vertical axis with respect to the map screen, the elevation angle, a distance between the vehicle and the camera, and whether to display an additional screen displayable on the map screen, based on the guide situation.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the displaying of the map screen comprises switching a display mode of the map screen to any one display mode among a rotation view in which a heading direction of the vehicle is vertically observed from the sky, a bird view in which the heading direction of the vehicle is observed at a predetermined angle smaller than a right angle, and a driver's drive view in which the heading direction of the vehicle is observed from the front, and applying the control parameter to the corresponding display mode.

17. The method of claim 13 , wherein the setting of the control parameter comprises setting at least one of a rotation angle indicating a rotation level of a vertical axis with respect to the map screen and the elevation angle based on a distance between a turn point of crossroads or a curved road and a vehicle or based on an angle formed with a heading direction of the vehicle based on the crossroads or the curved road, when the guide situation corresponds to a situation in which the vehicle is driven on the crossroads or the curved road having at least one predetermined curvature.

18. The method of claim 13 , wherein the setting of the control parameter comprises setting the elevation angle based on a location of the vehicle when the guide s

Assignees

• Thinkware Systems Corp
• Thinkware Corp

Inventors

• Seo Jung Kak
• Moon Sang Yong
• Lee Keun Young

Classifications

• G01C21/3638

  including 3D objects and buildings (three dimensional [3D] modelling, e.g. data description of 3D objects G06T17/00; geographic models G06T17/05) · CPC title

• G09B29/10

  Map spot or coordinate position indicators; Map reading aids (optical projection apparatus per se G03B) · CPC title

• G09B29/005

  Map projections or methods associated specifically therewith · CPC title

• G01C21/367 Primary

  Details, e.g. road map scale, orientation, zooming, illumination, level of detail, scrolling of road map or positioning of current position marker · CPC title

• G09B29/007

  using computer methods · CPC title