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Navigation system

US8036823B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims
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Filing dateOct 17, 2006
Grant dateOct 11, 2011
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Expiry dateMar 9, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01C21/3635
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A navigation system generating a display which enables an intuitive and instant grasp of a distance to a guide point (such as a guide target intersection) is provided. The navigation system displays an object on a route between the vicinity of a vehicle position and the guide point, and includes a object display control section which calculates a distance from an arbitrary point on the route between the vehicle position and the guide point to the guide point, and sets a mode for displaying the object in accordance with the distance from the arbitrary position on the route to the guide point. The object display control section sets, for example, a display color, a pattern, or a shape of the object in accordance with the distance from the arbitrary point on the route to the guide point.

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