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Map display apparatus

US6756919B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 19, 2003
Grant dateJun 29, 2004
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Expiry dateMay 19, 2023

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09B29/10
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A map display apparatus includes a map data memory which stores map data necessary for plotting a map of a predetermined region; a map display which reads map data out of the map data memory and plots a bird's-eye view display by projecting the map data read out from the map data memory onto a projection plane which makes a projection angle with a plane of the map data read out from the map data memory, the projection angle being greater than 0° and less than 90°, the bird's-eye view display including identifying marks which identify items in the bird's-eye view display; and an identifying mark overlap preventer which prevents identifying marks from overlapping one another in the bird's-eye view display.

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