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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:
Jul. 15, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 ;
Abstract
A data device ( ) for a motor vehicle is proposed which has a database ( ), a GPS receiver ( ), and a display ( ). In the database ( ), place data sets with at least the place name and geographical data are stored in memory. The current position of the motor vehicle can be determined by the GPS receiver. A place data set is selected whose name is shown on the display ( ). From the current position of the motor vehicle and the geographical data of the data set selected, further data are generated and shown on the display ( ).