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3-dimensional map view with background images

US9734619B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

HARMAN BECKER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GMBH · DE

Inventors

Marek Strassenburg-Kleciak · Munich, DE
Alexey Pryakhin · Munich, DE
Thomas Feldbauer · Birkenfeld, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 12, 2014
Grant date	Aug 15, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 3, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T17/05
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques for generating a 3-dimensional map view of a navigation system are disclosed. A position module determines a position of a user to which the 3-dimensional map view is to be displayed, a viewing direction and elevation for the user. A map viewer generates the 3-dimensional map view of the map data, wherein for objects located within a predefined distance to the position of the user the position and the representation of each object is calculated taking into account the viewing direction and the elevation, wherein for objects located outside the predefined distance at least one group of objects, to which the objects belong, is identified, and for each identified group the background image is selected and displayed in which the 3-dimensional objects of the identified group are shown from the determined viewing direction and elevation. A display device displays the generated map view.

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