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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1999
Rumi Minakawa, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Masaki Watanabe, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Hiroshi Saitou, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Norimasa Kishi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Abstract
In a stereoscopic landform display apparatus disclosed herein, landform data comprising altitude value of landform are stored in an external storage ( ), and when a display subject region to be displayed is designated by a display reference point and-the-like output section ( ), landform data designated by this display subject region are read from the external storage ( ), altitude magnification for emphasizing and displaying undulation state is obtained by a computation unit ( ) based on landform data in this region, a computation of a stereoscopic landform image is performed from an altitude value which is multiplied by this altitude magnification, and this stereoscopic landform image is displayed to an image display section ( ).