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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:
Oct. 24, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yuichiro Uchigaki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C / ; G08G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
701208 ; 701211 ;
Abstract
A method of navigating including decoding a position-information code represented by a string of codes including the latitude and the longitude of a position entered via an input means into original information on the position including the latitude and the longitude of the position. Information created from the recovered original information resulting from the decoding of the position-information code and map data read out from a map-information storage unit are presented to the user by using a display means and a sound outputting means.