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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2007
Applicants:
Brian Lathrop, San Jose, CA (US);
Brian Michael Finn, East Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jackie Chang, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Brian Lathrop, San Jose, CA (US);
Brian Michael Finn, East Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jackie Chang, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/0962 (2006.01); G01C 11/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/0962 (2013.01); G01C 11/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a navigation system, e.g., for a motor vehicle, for determining the route from a location of the navigation system to a destination point, the navigation system includes a display device for displaying the route in a map display or a map-type display, and/or a direction indication that corresponds to the route, and it is possible to simultaneously display a canonically oriented graphic or image of a prominent route point with the aid of the display device.