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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:
Jul. 04, 1995
Filed:
Jul. 15, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tsuneo Adachi, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Zexel Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364449 ; 364444 ; 340990 ;
Abstract
A vehicle navigation system in which an optimum route from a starting point to a destination is computed in accordance with map information. A route guide is displayed in accordance with the current position of the vehicle and the optimum route. The route guiding information includes an image indicating the direction of vehicle progress from an intersection where the vehicle should turn, the name of the road the vehicle is to enter, and the name of a road intersecting the road on which the vehicle is currently running between the current position of the vehicle and the intersection where the vehicle should turn.