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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2009
Hideto Miyazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Tsuyoshi Sempuku, Tokyo, JP;
Shoji Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Kuniyo Ieda, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Sadahiro, Tokyo, JP;
Hideto Miyazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Tsuyoshi Sempuku, Tokyo, JP;
Shoji Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Kuniyo Ieda, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Sadahiro, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A navigation apparatus is provided that is highly convenient for a user to view a map screen and a menu window. A display controllerdetermines a view mode of each of a map screen and a menu window, based on information about a travel condition of a moving object from a route search unitand an own-vehicle location identification unit, when the menu window is displayed according to information entered from an input unit. A display map generatorgenerates a map screen according to information about the view mode from the display controller. A display menu generatorgenerates a menu window according to information about the view mode from the display controller. A display unitdisplays the map screen from the display map generatorand the menu window from the menu generator