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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2004
On-vehicle information terminal abridged map generation apparatus and abridged map generation method
Applicants:
Akio Sumizawa, Zama, JP;
Hiroshi Minagawa, Zama, JP;
Wataru Oikubo, Zama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Xanavi Informatics Corporation, Zama-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An on-vehicle information terminal generates an abridged map by abridging a map based upon map data and displays the abridged map. The on-vehicle information terminal comprises an abridgment factor setting unit that sets an abridgment factor indicating an extent to which the map is to be abridged, a map abridging unit that generates the abridged map with specific contents in correspondence to the abridgment factor set by the abridgment factor setting unit and a display unit that displays the abridged map generated by the map abridging unit.