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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 1984

Filed:

Dec. 17, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:

William R Seitz, Royal Oak, MI (US);

Harry R Farrah, Birmingham, MI (US);

Gerald A Brumm, Boca Raton, FL (US);

Lansing B Evans, Boca Raton, FL (US);

Chris J Walter, Columbia, MD (US);

Assignee:

The Bendix Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G / ; G06F / ; G08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340995 ; 340721 ; 340727 ; 340731 ; 364449 ; 364460 ;
Abstract

Disclosed is a moving map display having a mass memory storing a complete map of the terrain to be traversed by a vehicle, a scan memory storing a portion of the complete map corresponding to the area immediately surrounding the vehicle, a computer for controlling the updating of the portion of map stored in the scan memory and for controlling the refreshing of the map data displayed on a cathode ray tube display, a scan memory address generator receiving parameters computed by the computer for generating addresses sequential outputting the digital map data stored in the scan memory in a predetermined sequence, a video display generator for converting the map data output from the scan memory for utilization by the cathode ray tube display, and a timing generator for synchronizing the generation of the addresses by the scan memory address generator with the scan field of the cathode ray tube display.


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