发明名称 GPS map resembling ambient environment
摘要 Improved designs of navigation devices or systems are disclosed. A navigation device presents a digital map resembling an ambient environment with a certain level of realism, where various objects resembling major structures or signs are presented or superimposed in the map. Depending on the time of the day or the weather condition of the time, the map or the objects therein is caused to be altered correspondingly in a tone that reflects the time or weather.
申请公布号 US8898003(B1) 申请公布日期 2014.11.25
申请号 US201313850669 申请日期 2013.03.26
申请人 InfoGation Corporation 发明人 Pu Kent Qing;Angelov Ivan;Thieme David
分类号 G01C21/00;G01C21/26 主分类号 G01C21/00
代理机构 代理人 Zheng Joe
主权项 1. A method for displaying a map on a GPS receiver, the method comprising: displaying the map in accordance with a location determined by the GPS receiver, wherein the map shows a route on which the GPS receiver is indicated moving along; superimposing images representing objects onto the map, wherein the objects resembles structures or settings along the route, the images are superimposed along the route to create a 3D impression around the location, wherein the structures or settings include one or more of landmarks, signs, significant buildings, and exit designs, a perspective of the structures or settings changes in accordance with a direction the GPS receiver is moving, the map is not changed relatively while the images being imposed change as the structures or settings change; and changing the images with different color effects in reference to an input from at least one source about conditions of the location at a time that the map is displayed on the GPS receiver, making the map resembling an electronically generated map with a certain level of realism in accordance with surrounding of the location of the GPS, wherein an icon of a vehicle in the map shows that headlights are on when the vehicle is supposed to turn on its headlights.
地址 San Diego CA US