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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tetsumori Aikawa, Sagamihara, JP;
Atsushi Tanaka, Sagamihara, JP;
Assignee:
Xanavi Information Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
701208 ; 701207 ; 340990 ; 340995 ;
Abstract
A map display apparatus according to the present invention, has a data conversion circuit that converts a plane map data to a bird's-eye view map data in a specific bird's-eye viewing direction in order to display a map in a bird's-eye view format; and an operating member that is operated to change the specific bird's-eye viewing direction.