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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2004
Filed:
May. 23, 2000
Mamoru Kainuma, Anjo, JP;
Yasuhiro Tooyama, Anjo, JP;
Hidenobu Suzuki, Toyota, JP;
Hironobu Sugimoto, Toyota, JP;
Hidetoshi Fujimoto, Kariya, JP;
Masahiro Kimura, Kariya, JP;
Hiroshi Takeuchi, Kobe, JP;
Atsushi Ichimura, Kobe, JP;
Isao Ogawa, Yokohama, JP;
Other;
Abstract
Branch-point image data has coordinates added thereto according to the distance from a branch point such as an intersection. When the vehicle is within a predetermined distance from a branch point on a suggested route, the coordinates of the present position of the vehicle and the coordinates added to the branch-point image data are compared to locate the present position on the image data, and a present-position mark is displayed superimposed on the branch-point image data. The displayed present-position mark moves according to the distance between the vehicle and the branch point.