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Patent No.:

US 9367959 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 30, 2012

Mapping application with 3d presentation

Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Scott Forstall, Mountain View, CA (US);

Bradford A. Moore, San Francisco, CA (US);

Marcel van Os, San Francisco, CA (US);

Christopher Blumenberg, San Francisco, CA (US);

Emanuele Vulcano, San Francisco, CA (US);

Brady A. Law, San Francisco, CA (US);

Patrick S. Piemonte, San Francisco, CA (US);

Matthew B. Ball, South San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:

Adeli LLP

Primary Examiner:

Andrea Long

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G01C 21/32 (2006.01); G09B 29/00 (2006.01); G09B 29/10 (2006.01); G06T 17/05 (2011.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 19/00 (2013.01); G01C 21/00 (2013.01); G01C 21/32 (2013.01); G01C 21/367 (2013.01); G01C 21/3626 (2013.01); G01C 21/3638 (2013.01); G01C 21/3664 (2013.01); G01C 21/3673 (2013.01); G01C 21/3682 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/04815 (2013.01); G06F 3/04845 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 17/30991 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0259 (2013.01); G06T 17/05 (2013.01); G06T 19/003 (2013.01); G09B 29/007 (2013.01); G09B 29/10 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04808 (2013.01);
Abstract

A device that includes at least one processing unit and stores a multi-mode mapping program for execution by the at least one processing unit is described. The program includes a user interface (UI). The UI includes a display area for displaying a two-dimensional (2D) presentation of a map or a three-dimensional (3D) presentation of the map. The UI includes a selectable 3D control for directing the program to transition between the 2D and 3D presentations.

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