Patent ID: 8151210
Filing Date: 2012-04-03
Classification: B60K,G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a displaying unit to provide information to a user; a inputting unit receiving operations of said user; and a controlling unit controlling a display of said displaying unit based on said operations input received, the inputting unit including at least a touch-sensitive panel attached to a display screen of said displaying unit, wherein said controlling unit causes said displaying unit to display a menu screen based on said operations input through said inputting unit, said controlling unit further causing said displaying unit to switch, as when a specific menu is selected on said menu screen, said displays in response to a fingertip locus gesture received for detection on said touch-sensitive panel, wherein, in response to the fingertip locus gesture on a display of a primary map, a smaller secondary map is displayed over a portion of the primary map, wherein in response to the received fingertip locus gesture, if the primary map is two-dimensional, the secondary map is displayed in three dimensions, and if the primary map is three dimensional, the secondary map is displayed in two dimensions, and wherein a fingertip locus gesture originating in the primary map and extending from the primary map to the secondary map across a border separating the primary map and secondary map, will switch the primary map display to show a display of what was just previously displayed in the secondary map and will switch the secondary map display to show a display of what was just previously displayed in the primary map, and wherein a fingertip locus gesture originating in the secondary map and extending from the secondary map to the primary map across a border separating the secondary map and primary map, will switch the secondary map display to show a display of what was just previously displayed in the primary map and will switch the primary map display to a display of what was just previously displayed in the secondary map.