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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
May. 26, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ryuichi Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Masafumi Minami, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/34 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/34 ;
Abstract
A digital map display scrolling method is provided which is for successively scrolling a displayed portion of a digital map as map information in digital form within a display screen, the method comprising the steps of displaying the displayed portion of the digital map at the display screen, shifting a pointer within the displayed portion of the digital map displayed at the display screen, and making an amount by which the pointer positioned at the displayed portion is shifted correspond to the scrolling speed of the displayed portion of the digital map within the display screen.