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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2008
Applicants:
Byeong-seob Ko, Suwon-si, KR;
Joong-hwan Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Byeong-Seob Ko, Suwon-si, KR;
Joong-Hwan Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/30 (2006.01); G01C 21/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A map displaying method and apparatus to display a map on a screen, the map displaying method including: establishing a first area on the map that is not compressed based on a current location of an object on the map; non-linearly compressing a second area adjacent to the first area at different compression ratios according to a distance from the first area to generate a third area; and displaying the first area and the third area on the screen.