US 7,548,814 B2
Display based on location information
Brett Anthony Pantalone, Pittsboro, N.C. (US); Magnus Jendbro, Staffanstorp (Sweden); and William O. Camp, Jr., Chapel Hill, N.C. (US)
Assigned to Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, Lund (Sweden)
Filed on Mar. 27, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/388,978.
Prior Publication US 2007/0225904 A1, Sep. 27, 2007
Int. Cl. G06F 15/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 701—212  [382/276] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
obtaining location information associated with a device;
determining a focal point for a map, displayed by a display associated with the device, based on the location information;
displaying, via the display, the focal point on the map;
decreasing, via a processor associated with the device, a detail or a scale on the map as a radial distance from the focal point increases;
determining a field of view for the map based on a velocity of the device;
adjusting, via the processor, the focal point to a point on the map based on the velocity; and
adjusting, via the processor, the field of view for the map based on the velocity and the adjusted focal point.