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Granted Patent B2
US 9,091,548 · App. 13/922,770 · Granted Jul 28, 2015

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program

Inventors: Hideyuki Ono (Kanagawa, JP); Masanori Katsu (Tokyo, JP); Yasutaka Fukumoto (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
G01C21/00G01C21/206G06T11/60
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Patent No.
US 9,091,548
App. No.
13/922,770
Granted
Jul 28, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided an information processing apparatus including a display control unit for causing a display unit to display a map, a first operation obtaining unit for obtaining a first operation for moving a center of a designated area on the map, a second operation obtaining unit for obtaining a second operation different from the first operation for moving the center, and a size setting operation obtaining unit for obtaining a size setting operation for setting a size of the designated area.

Claims (46)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a processing circuitry configured to:

cause a display unit to display a map;

obtain a first move operation for moving a center of a designated area on the map displayed on the display unit;

obtain a second move operation for moving the center of the designated area on the map displayed on the display unit,

obtain input of a user including a position of the information processing apparatus on the map corresponding to a geographical location that the user indicates is a geographical location of the information processing apparatus, and the input of the user further includes an uncertainty of the position of the information processing apparatus on the map; and

obtain a size setting operation for setting a size of the designated area.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second move operation is an operation that finely adjusts a position of the designated area set by the first move operation.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to:

convert an operation amount of the first move operation into a movement amount of the designated area at a first rate, and

convert an operation amount of the second move operation into the movement amount of the designated area at a second rate smaller than the first rate.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processing circuitry is configured to cause the display unit to display a target indication which includes an indication representing the center of the designated area, and

wherein the size setting operation is an operation which designates a radius from the center of the designated area.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 ,

wherein the first move operation is an operation which moves the center of the designated area by moving a display area on the map, and

wherein the second move operation is an operation which moves the center of the designated area by moving the target indication.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 ,

wherein the processing circuitry is configured to cause the display unit to display an icon for the movement in the second move operation,

wherein the first move operation is a drag operation to be performed on the map, and

wherein the second move operation is an operation to be performed for the icon.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 ,

wherein the processing circuitry is configured to cause the display unit to display an icon for selecting any one of a first mode and a second mode,

wherein the first move operation is a drag operation to be performed on the map in a state in which the first mode is selected by the icon, and

wherein the second move operation is a drag operation to be performed on the map in a state in which the second mode is selected by the icon.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 ,

wherein the target indication further includes a distance indication which indicates a distance from the center of the designated area, and

wherein the size setting operation is an operation which selects the radius from one or more options of which at least a part corresponds to the distance indication.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to cause the distance indication corresponding to a magnitude of a landmark included in the map to be displayed in a highlighted manner.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to:

obtain the center of the designated area as a position of the user recognized by the user, and

obtain the size of the designated area as an error range of the position of the user.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to:

transmit information regarding the position of the user and the error range to a position estimation server, the information being transmitted as correction information for estimating the position.

12. An information processing method comprising:

causing a display unit to display a map;

obtaining a first move operation for moving a center of a designated area on the map displayed on the display unit;

obtaining a second move operation for moving the center of the designated area on the map displayed on the display unit;

obtaining input of a user including an apparatus position on the map corresponding to a geographical location that the user indicates is a geographical location of the apparatus, and the input of the user further includes an uncertainty of the apparatus position on the map; and

obtaining a size setting operation for setting a size of the designated area.

13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon, a set of computer-executable instructions for causing a computer to perform steps comprising:

causing a display unit to display a map;

obtaining a first move operation for moving a center of a designated area on the map;

obtaining a second move operation for moving the center of the designated area on the map,

obtaining input of a user including an apparatus position on the map corresponding to a geographical location that the user indicates is a geographical location of the apparatus, and the input of the user further includes an uncertainty of the apparatus position on the map; and

obtaining a size setting operation for setting a size of the designated area.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 5, 2013
From: ONO, HIDEYUKI; KATSU, MASANORI; FUKUMOTO, YASUTAKA
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 030941/0074 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-143956 · Jun 27, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140005931A1 · Jan 2, 2014