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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 22, 1999
Image display device, method of image display, and storage medium for storing image display programs
Aisin AW Co., Ltd., Anjo, JP;
Abstract
An image display device is provided that includes an information storage device in which names of destinations are stored; name obtaining unit for obtaining names from the information storage device on the basis of an input device and its operation; a display for displaying character strings on a menu screen; a name display unit for displaying names obtained by the name obtaining unit in respective rows in a plurality of areas on the menu screen; and a display change unit for displaying character strings of names in a plurality of rows upon determining whether character strings of names to be displayed cannot fit in the display area. When the operator operates the input device, names are obtained from the information storage device and if character strings of names to be displayed cannot fit in the display areas, the character strings of the names are displayed in a plurality of rows.