Display method and apparatus for navigation system
US6865480B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 19, 2002 |
| Grant date | Mar 8, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 19, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08G1/096883
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A display method and apparatus for a navigation system for receiving traffic information and displaying traffic incidents in a manner easily and quickly comprehensible by a user of the navigation system. The navigation system applies various criteria to the traffic incidents and the route to the destination and determines an order of displaying the traffic incidents in accordance with the degrees of severity to the driving to the intended or calculated route to the destination. In other aspect, instead of assigning the listing order, colors are assigned to the traffic incident icons based on the degrees of severity.
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