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On-board navigation system for motor vehicles

US4891760A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 23, 1988
Grant dateJan 2, 1990
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Expiry dateSep 23, 2008

Classification

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

Abstract

An on-board navigation system for motor vehicles comprises a first storage medium in which map data in digital form is stored, a control device for gathering map data of a region having a given area including a present location of the vehicle from a first storage medium, and to display a map on a display screen on the basis of the gathered map data, and a second storage medium of non-volatile type into and from which data is written and read-out. The control device is operative to memorize, at the time of the turn-off of a power supply of the vehicle, data gathered immediately before a fall of the power in the second storage medium, and to display the map at the time of a rise-up of the power supply on the basis of the data memorized in the second storage medium.

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