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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2007
Hikaru Wako, Torrance, CA (US);
Hikaru Wako, Torrance, CA (US);
Alpine Electronics, Inc, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The display method and apparatus for a navigation system interchangeably displays a normal map image and a simplified map image in accordance with a user's preference and complexity of the map image. The method includes the steps of checking whether a simple map mode or a normal map mode is set for displaying a map image on a monitor screen of the navigation system, determining which map elements are selected to be displayed when the simple map mode is set, and displaying the map image with only the selected map elements when the simple map mode is set while displaying the map image with all the map elements when the normal map mode is set. The navigation system is designed to switch between the normal map mode and the simple map mode either manually or automatically.