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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2008
Souju Goto, Yokohama, JP;
Hideyuki Nagatomo, Kawasaki, JP;
Souju Goto, Yokohama, JP;
Hideyuki Nagatomo, Kawasaki, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Kenwood, Hachiouji-shi, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a navigation device which can automatically display on a map screen, an icon of a facility, information of which is not held in the navigation device. According to the navigation device (), when it is judged that content information received from a roadside radio device () contains 'object facility coordinate information' and 'icon image information', these information are written into a facility information table (). When displaying a map screen and an existing facility icon on a display unit (), it is judged whether the facility information table () contains facility icon information having coordinate information contained within a range indicated by the map screen. If YES, the corresponding facility icon is overlay-displayed on the map screen and the existing facility icon.