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Position display device

US6453236B1 · kind B1 · utility

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23Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 27, 1999
Grant dateSep 17, 2002
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Expiry dateSep 27, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01C21/36
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A position display device of this invention specifies a zone including at least two waypoints, and controls symbols expressing at least two waypoints and a symbol expressing a present invention of a movable object which moves to be displayed on a display screen of display means, based on waypoint information and the position of the movable object which are obtained by position obtaining means, such as a GPS, etc. The position obtaining means stores the position of the in advance a plurality of waypoints or a destination point which the movable object is estimated to pass and obtains position information representing the position of the movable object.

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