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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 1995
Filed:
Jun. 16, 1994
Pioneer Electronic Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A navigation apparatus is provided with: a measuring device for measuring a present position of a movable body to output a present position information; a storing device for storing map information; a displaying device having a display picture plane, for displaying various information on the display picture plane; a display controlling device for controlling the displaying device to display a target position information, which is set as information indicating a target position, and the present position information on the map information; a judging device for judging whether a distance between the present position and the target position is within a predetermined value; and a calculating device for calculating a middle position between the present position and the target position when the distance is within the predetermined value, to output middle position information, the display controlling device controlling the displaying device to display the target position information and the present position information under a condition where a display position of the middle position information is located at a center of the display picture plane.