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Portable map display apparatus

US4570227A · kind A · utility

181Cited by
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12Claims
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Filing dateAug 11, 1982
Grant dateFeb 11, 1986
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Expiry dateAug 11, 2002

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09B29/106
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A portable map display apparatus stores, in a memory, features of a plurality of points on a given map and features of routes connecting such points and, on receiving input signals concerning a given point of start and a given destination, sequentially displays, on an output device, the information on the optimum route to be followed in reaching the destination from the point of start.

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