Patents by Inventor Rubens Chu

Rubens Chu has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for operating displayed area of electronic map and recording medium
    Patent number: 8612873
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for operating a displayed area of an electronic map and a recording medium are provided. In the method, a displayed area of an electronic map is displayed first. Then, an indicating object of a point of interest (POI) located outside the displayed area is displayed on an edge of the displayed area towards a direction of the POI with respect to the displayed area. When the indicating object of the POI is selected, the displayed area of the electronic map is changed to the displayed area comprising the POI. Accordingly, users are able to quickly change the displayed area and check a location and related information of each POI in a simple operation manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Bing-Sheng Lin, Rubens Chu
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING DISPLAYED AREA OF ELECTRONIC MAP AND RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20100058225
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for operating a displayed area of an electronic map and a recording medium are provided. In the method, a displayed area of an electronic map is displayed first. Then, an indicating object of a point of interest (POI) located outside the displayed area is displayed on an edge of the displayed area towards a direction of the POI with respect to the displayed area. When the indicating object of the POI is selected, the displayed area of the electronic map is changed to the displayed area comprising the POI. Accordingly, users are able to quickly change the displayed area and check a location and related information of each POI in a simple operation manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: HTC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bing-Sheng Lin, Rubens Chu