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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:
Sep. 05, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 19, 1999
Jin Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method for acquiring map information, a method of navigation, a method for providing area information, a navigation apparatus and an area information providing apparatus in which a predetermined broadcasting signal transmitted from a transmitting station, which is different at every area, is received by a receiver where map information at every area, which is included in the received broadcasting signal, is extracted by a map information extractor unit, and the map of an area, to which a present position belongs, is displayed on a display unit based on the extracted map information.
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