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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2006
Tsuyoshi Kindo, Osaka, JP;
Takahiro Kudoh, Kyoto, JP;
Takashi Akita, Hyogo, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A map displaying device for displaying an accessible range in an arbitrary display form determined in accordance with the scale of a displayed map and/or with the running state of a vehicle is provided. The map displaying device includes: a display unit for displaying map information stored in a map database; a search unit for calculating travel time information regarding a travel time to an arbitrary point accessible from a reference point; and a time information drawing unit for displaying the travel time information in a superimposed manner on the display unit by varying a display form in accordance with the scale of a map and/or with the running state of a user's vehicle.