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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2012
Tadahiro Miichi, Nishinomiya, JP;
Tatsuya Asahara, Nishinomiya, JP;
Tadahiro Miichi, Nishinomiya, JP;
Tatsuya Asahara, Nishinomiya, JP;
Furuno Electric Co., Ltd., Nishinomiya, JP;
Abstract
A touch panel device includes a display unit, a detector, and a controller. The display unit displays, on a display screen, a nautical chart (map), and a touch panel device symbol indicating a position of the ship on the nautical chart. The detector detects rotating operation that is touch operation of rotating around the touch panel device symbol over a predetermined angle while touching the touch panel device symbol. When the detector detects the rotating operation, the controller switches a display mode to a different display mode in which a reference azimuth defining a displaying orientation of the nautical chart is different.