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Title:
ナビゲーション装置のPOIアイコン表示方法
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP4039606
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
In a navigation apparatus for displaying POI (Point of Interest) icons at places on a map where points of interest are located, a map image depicting section (1) generates a map image using a single unit of map information and writes the generated map image into a video RAM, (2) then generates POI icon images and overlays the generated POI icon images on the map image for each map segment in a preset order when a total number of POI icons included in the segment is smaller than a preset number, such segments being obtained by dividing the unit of map information into n segments (where n is an integer equal to or greater than 2), or generates POI icon images and overlays the generated POI icon images on the map image for the segment in order of icon type having a larger number of POI icons when the total number of POI icons included in the segment is larger than the preset number. A map reading control section extracts an image from the video RAM which is as large as a single screen and which corresponds to a vehicle position and displays the POI icons together with the map on a display screen.

Inventors:
Tatsuo Yokota
Application Number:
JP2001362051A
Publication Date:
January 30, 2008
Filing Date:
November 28, 2001
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
Alpine Electronics Co., Ltd.
International Classes:
G01C21/00; G01C21/36; G06F3/0481; G08G1/0969
Domestic Patent References:
JP2001317955A
JP10153449A
JP7029410U
JP11073099A
JP11132777A
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Chimitsu Saito