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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2002
Tatsuo Yokota, Torrance, CA (US);
Tatsuo Yokota, Torrance, CA (US);
Alpine Electronics, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A display method and apparatus for navigation system for specifying the destination easily and quickly. The navigation system is designed to enable a user to quickly select a street name and easily specify the address number of the destination through a map image of the selected street. The navigation system includes a menu for changing a keyboard screen or other input screen to a map screen showing the image of the selected street. A user can find a location of the destination on the image of the selected street. Various display methods are provided to promote quick and easy operations for finding the location on the selected street. When there are two or more streets having same street name with different street types or street prefixes, the navigation system displays selection means for a user to select one of the streets.