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Point selecting apparatus for use in an on-board navigation system

US5124924A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 5, 1991
Grant dateJun 23, 1992
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Expiry dateJul 5, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/0489
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A point selecting apparatus for use in an on-board navigation system configured to display a map on a display on the basis of map data stored in a memory. The apparatus is characterized by the provision of a plurality of point-select keys, four cursor keys, a delete command key, a register command key, and a control means adapted to perform control operations to eliminate from the memory or register into the memory coordinate data of a point in the vicinity of a point indicated by the position of a cursor after a key entry of any one of the plurality of point-select keys, in response to a key entry of the delete command key or the register command key.

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