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Device for displaying cartographic information, method for displaying cartographic information, navigation system provided with the device and vehicle provided with the navigation system

US5629854A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 3, 1995
Grant dateMay 13, 1997
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Expiry dateMar 3, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01C21/3632
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device for displaying cartographic information, such as traffic situations with navigation data in the case of use in a navigation system, contains a memory for cartographic data, a location-determining unit and a display, is provided with a selection unit for the repeated selection, on the basis of data from the location-determining unit, from the memory of data relating to a traffic situation to be anticipated and is provided with a processing unit for an analysis of the selected data and the generation, on the basis of the analysis, of a stylised display, which can be interpreted rapidly, of the traffic situation to be anticipated, optionally incorporating a symbol which indicates the route to be followed.

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