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Map display apparatus

US5283562A · kind A · utility

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2Claims
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Filing dateApr 23, 1993
Grant dateFeb 1, 1994
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Expiry dateApr 23, 2013

Classification

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

Abstract

A map display apparatus for displaying a wide area map and an enlarged map is disclosed. When a display mode is shifted from the mode of displaying the enlarged map to the mode of displaying the wide area map, a cursor frame is displayed on a position on a parent screen corresponding to the divided area which has been displayed in an enlarged manner just before the shift of the display mode, so that the position on the parent screen of the area which has been displayed in the enlarged manner so far can be easily discriminated.

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