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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:
Feb. 14, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2004
Applicant:
Ihung S. Tu, Anaheim, CA (US);
Inventor:
Ihung S. Tu, Anaheim, CA (US);
Assignee:
Alpine Electronics, Inc, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/123 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A display method and apparatus for a navigation system continuously provides the user the predetermined type of information, typically, the route to the destination even when the user changes the screen to any type of screen in the middle of the route guidance mode. The display method is comprised of the steps of starting a route guidance mode for guiding a user to a destination, detecting whether a user has changed to a new screen different from that in the route guidance mode, determining whether the user has reached the destination, displaying a route guidance screen within the new screen when the user has not reached the destination.