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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mutsumi Katayama, Saitama, JP;
Hiroyuki Morita, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 2/100 ; G06F 1/550 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 2/100 ; G06F 1/550 ;
Abstract
A size of an area extending along a planned route is changed in accordance with a detected vehicle's speed. Map information corresponding to the extending area is extracted from the map information stored in map information storage means. The extracted map information is displayed, along with vehicle's current location, on display means.