GESTURE INPUT APPARATUS FOR CAR NAVIGATION SYSTEM

摘要

Operation of a car navigation system in which a menu is in a hierarchical structure can be performed by simple gestures. The method includes: detecting that a switch is pressed; subsequently detecting a gesture by a sensor; obtaining, from a memory unit, an operation associated with the detected gesture; and outputting, with respect to a screen displayed on a display unit at the time of detecting the gesture, a result of performance of the obtained operation to the display unit, wherein once it is detected that the switch is released, if it is detected that the switch is subsequently pressed again within a predetermined period of time, the same process is repeated.

主权项

1. A method performed by a car navigation device having a sensor, a memory unit which stores an operation with respect to the car navigation device in which an operation menu is in a hierarchical structure and a gesture of a user in association with each other, a switch, and a display unit, the method comprising the steps of:
(a) detecting that the switch is pressed; (b) detecting the gesture via the sensor after the switch is pressed; (c) obtaining, from the memory unit, an operation associated with the detected gesture; (d) outputting, with respect to a screen displayed on the display unit at the time of detecting the gesture, a result of performance of the obtained operation to the display unit; and (e) detecting that the switch is released, wherein the step (b) to the step (e) are repeated with an operation menu corresponding to previously performed operation, if it is detected that the switch is pressed again within a predetermined period of time.