Patent ID: 8386162
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: G01C

Abstract:
1. An electronic device comprising: a device body comprising a display panel which is splittable into a plurality of screens, the electronic device being configured to control whether the display panel is used as one of a plurality of split screens and an integrated screen of combined individual split screens; a position obtainer that obtains a first position information and a second position information; a first controller that performs splitting control to split the display panel for use as the plurality of screens, and display control to display map data including the first position information and map data including the second position information on each separate split screen; a second controller that performs integration control to use the display panel as an integrated screen, and display control to display the map data including the first and the second position information on the integrated screen; a determiner that determines whether the map data that includes the first and the second position information is displayable on the display panel at a predetermined reduced scale; a first switcher that switches between the splitting control by the first controller and the integration control by the second controller based on a determination result of the determiner; a second switcher that switches by operation of an operator comprising a key for the second switcher between the control by the first controller and the control by the second controller when the function by the first switcher is restrained regardless of the determination result of the determiner; and a style detector that detects a style of the device body of the electronic device; wherein the first switcher accomplishes switching so that the integration control and the display control are performed by the second controller when the determiner determines that the map data including the first and the second position information is displayable on the display panel at the predetermined reduced scale, while the first controller is performing the splitting control and the display control; and wherein the first switcher switches between the splitting control and the integration control when the style detected by the style detector is a style in which an area at which the operator is disposed is enclosed by a portion of the electronic device.