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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2003
Hiroyuki Hamada, Yawata, JP;
Yuji Hamada, Setagaya-ku, JP;
Kiyomi Sakamoto, Ikoma, JP;
Atsushi Yamashita, Osaka, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a navigation apparatus which displays information concerning facilities or the like which are present in a broad range ahead of a user. An information processing section of a navigation apparatus identifies a facility type to be displayed. Next, a predicted road along which a user is expected to travel is determined, and a reference intersection is selected from among the intersections on the predicted road. The information processing section computes a network of roads beginning from the selected reference intersection, and acquires facility information in the neighborhood thereof. Furthermore, the information processing section generates facility information image data for displaying the acquired facility information on a map.