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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 1986
Filed:
Aug. 06, 1982
Itaru Hatano, Morioka, JP;
Kenji Takahashi, Iwate, JP;
Shigeru Hirosawa, Iwate, JP;
Mikio Kanda, Iwate, JP;
Teruo Mimori, Yokohama, JP;
Toshio Sasaki, Yokohama, JP;
Tadashi Mukai, Tokyo, JP;
Tsuneo Takahashi, Saitama, JP;
Shinichiro Yasui, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Ichikawa, Saitama, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
In a course guidance system for use in an automobile, for example, which includes an electronic display, a map, a direction sensor, a speed sensor and the like for deriving the present location of the car and plotting it on the display, the invention provides a course guidance system for a car which causes a linear and/or rotational movement of the driving locus displayed on the display when the map is changed or reset so that the present position can be easily located on the map.