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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2011
Applicants:
Tadahiro Miichi, Nishinomiya, JP;
Sadao Sato, Nishinomiya, JP;
Inventors:
Tadahiro Miichi, Nishinomiya, JP;
Sadao Sato, Nishinomiya, JP;
Assignee:
Furuno Electric Co., Ltd., Nishinomiya, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/32 (2006.01); B63B 49/00 (2006.01); G01S 19/35 (2010.01); G01S 7/12 (2006.01); G06F 3/0485 (2013.01); G09B 29/10 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G01S 7/62 (2006.01); G01S 13/86 (2006.01); G01S 15/96 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/32 (2013.01); B63B 49/00 (2013.01); G01C 21/3664 (2013.01); G01S 7/12 (2013.01); G01S 7/6272 (2013.01); G01S 13/86 (2013.01); G01S 19/35 (2013.01); G06F 3/0485 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G09B 29/106 (2013.01); G01S 15/96 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04803 (2013.01);
Abstract
A touch panel device includes a display unit and a controller. The display unit displays, on a map or a nautical chart, a position acquired from a GNSS sensor and a symbol set on the map or the nautical chart. The controller controls, when an operation of specifying the symbol is detected, an auxiliary tool to appear on a display screen of the display unit, the auxiliary tool for recognizing a touch operation of moving the symbol.