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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:
Apr. 14, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Akihiro Morimoto, Yokohama, JP;
Masahiro Saiki, Sagamihara, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340990 ; 340994 ; 340995 ; 3644495 ;
Abstract
Traffic information items, for instance, jam information items, which are distant from the self vehicle position are displayed in a different manner from traffic information items near the self vehicle position. For example, a colored circle or a proper mark is displayed at a distant region containing traffic information items. Alternatively, part of distant traffic information items are not displayed. In a further alternative, the display color of distant traffic information items is made different from that of near traffic information items.