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Title:
INPUT DISPLAY DEVICE AND INPUT DISPLAY METHOD
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3893325
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To switch and display, easily and quickly, the scale reduction ratio of a map displayed on a navigation screen.
SOLUTION: A navigation device 1 determines whether the locus of an inputted touch instruction is approximately circular or not based on X, Y coordinates of the touch instruction detected by a touch panel 15b. When the locus of the touch instruction is approximately circular, the device 1 determines which of magnification and reduction is instructed based on the input direction wherein the approximately circular locus is inputted. The device 1 calculates the center of the inputted approximately circular locus, displays display information displayed on the center on the center of a display part 15a, extracts the nearest point from the external periphery of the touch panel 15b, determines the scale reduction ratio based on the separation distance from the point to the external periphery, magnifies or reduces map information, and displays it on the display part 15a.


Inventors:
Takako Suzuki
Application Number:
JP2002182912A
Publication Date:
March 14, 2007
Filing Date:
June 24, 2002
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Assignee:
Kenwood Corporation
International Classes:
G01C21/00; G09B29/00; G08G1/0969; G09B29/10; (IPC1-7): G01C21/00; G08G1/0969; G09B29/00; G09B29/10
Domestic Patent References:
JP2002311820A
JP2002328040A
JP2000163031A
JP2000172172A
JP2001066985A
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hiroshi Arafune
Yoshio Arafune