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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 06, 1996
Ikuo Saga, Aichi, JP;
Shigeki Nakane, Aichi, JP;
Masako Ohta, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Yokouchi, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A navigation device comprises a traffic information receiving means (103) for receiving traffic information, and a display form controlling unit (107) for displaying a traffic-jam indicating line along a road in a traffic jam on a road map displayed on a display device (106), and for changing display forms, such as the colors or widths, of either roads or traffic-jam indicating lines on the road map on-screen when the display form controlling unit determines from the traffic information received that a number of links each of which are respectively connecting two nodes such as intersections and includes a congested road section is equal to or more than a predetermined number or when the scale of the road map displayed on the display device is smaller than a predetermined scale.