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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 1988
Filed:
Apr. 22, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hisatsugu Itoh, Himeji, JP;
Kosaku Uota, Himeji, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364449 ; 364444 ; 340988 ;
Abstract
A direction display system utilizing a traveling azimuth of a vehicle and an angular coordinate of the vehicle on polar coordinates with an origin set at a specified location to determine a direction of the specified location to be displayed by the use of an indicator taken with reference to a pictorial display pattern of the vehicle. The traveling azimuth may also be used to determine a traveling direction of the vehicle so that both the direction of the specified location and the traveling direction of the vehicle can be selectively displayed on a single display unit operated by a switch.