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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2013
Filed:
May. 29, 2008
Applicants:
Pieter Geelen, Amsterdam, NL;
James Tebbutt, Amsterdam, NL;
Inventors:
Pieter Geelen, Amsterdam, NL;
James Tebbutt, Amsterdam, NL;
Assignee:
Tomtom International B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/133 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus are disclosed for generating a display image including a map view and route information, the map view being a three dimensional perspective elevation view. In at least one embodiment, the method includes: determining, from height information associated with a map object to be displayed in the display image, whether the object obscures a line of sight to the route information in the three dimensional perspective elevation; and displaying the map object in a format that is dependent on whether the map object is determined to obscure the line of sight.