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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1999
Fumiko Yano, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuya Tabata, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A map information display device for a displacement body is provided with a position detection section (,) detecting a present position of a displacement body based on an output of a speed sensor (,) which detects a speed of a displacement body or a gyro (,) which detects a bearing of a displacement body or the like, a map memory (,) which stores map data and a display section (,) which displays a present position of a displacement body detected by said position detection section (,) and a map image based on map data read from a map memory (,). Display of a map image in accord with the requirements of the driver is enabled without a complicated operation by varying a map mode when displaying a map screen on the display section depending on a display state of a map on the display section or an operational state of the displacement body.