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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2007
Kazutoshi Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Kazutoshi Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A navigation apparatus includes: a map data storage unitfor storing map data in which a guide map location pointeris included in data showing each guide point; a guide map data storage unitfor, for each guide point, storing guide map data which are used for drawing different views as guide maps; a processing unitfor, when a detected current position reaches a guide point shown by map data acquired from the map data storage unit, acquiring guide map data corresponding to a current situation from a location of the guide map data storage unit which is shown by a guide map location pointer included in data showing the guide point, and combining the guide map data with the map data to generate display data; and a display output unitfor displaying a map and a guide map according to the display data.