Patent ID: 9500485
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: B63B,G01C,G06F,G09B

Claim Text:
1. An information display device provided in a ship instrument network system comprising the information display device and two or more navigation sensors selected from the group consisting of a GPS antenna, a radar antenna, an ultrasonic transducer, a heading sensor, and a vane anemometer, the information display device comprising: a processor; a display unit provided with one or more preset information display areas in its display screen, each information display area being associated with a size and an aspect ratio; and memory storing one or more components that are executable by the processor, the one or more components comprising: a touch detector configured to detect a user selection of an icon and a drag operation of the selected icon to a target information display area on the display screen through a touch operation on the display screen; an information acquirer operatively coupled to the two or more navigation sensors, the information acquirer being configured to acquire at least two of navigation information showing a position of the device on a map obtained from the GPS antenna, underwater detecting information obtained from the ultrasonic transducer for detecting fish and/or a seabed underwater directly below the device, radar information obtained from the radar antenna for detecting a position of an object around the device, azimuth information obtained from the heading sensor, speed information, and wind information obtained from the vane anemometer; a first display controller configured to display on the display screen, in a layout creating mode, icons indicating information that is acquirable by the information acquirer, and the one or more information display areas; a second display controller configured to display in an information display mode, when the drag operation of the selected icon into the target information display area is detected in the layout creating mode, the information corresponding to the selected icon in the target information display area, when the display of the corresponding information fits the size or the aspect ratio of the target information display area; and a layout creator configured to create an information display layout based on the content displayed by the second display controller in the layout creating mode, wherein in the information display mode, the information corresponding to the selected icon is displayed in the target information display area on the display unit based on the information display layout, when the display of the corresponding information fits the size or the aspect ratio of the target information display area; wherein in the layout creating mode, an information display layout is created through determining information to be displayed in the information display area and an arrangement of the information to be displayed; and when the drag operation of the selected icon into the target information display area is detected, displaying the selected icon moving in a same direction as the drag operation from outside of the one or more information display areas into the target information display area.