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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2007
Hikaru Wako, Torrance, CA (US);
Hikaru Wako, Torrance, CA (US);
Alpine Electronics, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for a navigation system displays local brand icons in such a way that a user not familiar with the local brand icons can tell the types of business that the brand icons represent through graphic representations on a screen of the navigation system. The method includes the step of creating an icon database regarding generic icons and brand icons where the icon database includes information for distinguishing a local brand icon from a national brand icon, displaying the icons over a map image on a screen of a navigation system, detecting whether there is any local brand icon displayed on the screen, and indicating a business category of a business entity using the local brand icon when the local brand icon is detected on the screen.