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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:
Jan. 16, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 19, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jeffrey Alan Millington, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Magelan DTS, Inc., Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06G 7/78 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06G 7/78 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a map panning directional indicator for a navigation system. A display device of the navigation system displays the map panning indicator, which indicates both a current heading between a map panning cursor and a current vehicle location relative to a map database and a distance between the map panning cursor and the current vehicle location. The map panning cursor is displayed in the center of a map section as a user pans over map sections of the map database, which are displayed on the display device.