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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 26, 1999
Yoshinori Endo, Mito, JP;
Toshimichi Minowa, Mito, JP;
Kozo Nakamura, Hitachiota, JP;
Hiroshi Takenaga, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Hiroto Morizane, Hitachi, JP;
Tokuji Yoshikawa, Hitachi, JP;
Mitsuru Nakamura, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle position information displaying apparatus and method are disclosed in which position information of a preceding vehicle is displayed in a manner superimposed on the form of a road under running of a user's vehicle generated from map information. The apparatus includes a present position detecting unit for detecting the present position of the user's vehicle, a running road selecting unit for selecting a road under running of the user's vehicle from the present position of the user's vehicle, an other vehicle detecting unit for detecting a distance to another vehicle and the azimuth of the other vehicle, an other vehicle position determining unit for determining the position of the other vehicle, and an other vehicle position displaying unit for developing the running road to a plane view or birds-eye view and displaying position information of the user's vehicle and the other vehicle in a manner superimposed on the developed running road.