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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 1995
Filed:
Oct. 19, 1993
Masayuki Yurimoto, Toyota, JP;
Kenji Tamura, Yokohama, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Kadoma, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Touota, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle-navigation device for displaying a map at such a scale as to display a present position of a vehicle and a predetermined point when the vehicle does not travel on a preset route, whereby information is given to a driver. When the vehicle is led from a starting point to a route search beginning point, the scale of the map is set by a scale change section 26a so as to display the present position (the starting point) and the search beginning point on one screen. Furthermore, when the vehicle deviates from the route for a certain reason, the present position and the nearest point on the route are displayed on the same screen. In addition, when the vehicle is traveling between a search ending point and a destination point, these two points are displayed on the same screen.