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EP0508787A2 Expired / Lapsed EP ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

On-board navigation apparatus

Assignee: Pioneer Corp
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Filing: 1992-04-09
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2012-04-09
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Abstract

Abstract An on-board navigation apparatus in which one of a plurality of service facilities displayed on a display is designated by an operator input, the position coordinate data corresponding to the designated service facility is registered as a user position into a memory (9), and when the map is displayed on the display (17), the position coordinate data which has been user position registered and the corresponding pattern data is read out from the memory (9) and mixed with the map data such that a predetermined pattern can be displayed at the position on the map indicated by the position coordinate data. Consequently, the positions of the service facilities such as restaurants, hotels, or the like which are necessary for each user can be easily confirmed on the displayed map. <IMAGE>

Inventors

  • 👤 Kenichi C/O Pioneer Electronic Corp. Nobe
  • 👤 Morio C/O Pioneer Electronic Corp. Araki
  • 👤 Takeharu C/O Pioneer Electronic Corp. Arakawa

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction EP
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-29 22:02
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01C; G01C21/00; G01C21/26; G01C21/34; G01C21/36; G01C21/3679; G01C21/3682

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 181 words
An on-board navigation apparatus to display a map on a display (17), comprising: first memory means (10) in which display data indicative of a plurality of service facilities and position coordinate data indicative of the positions of the service facilities have previously been stored; means (6) for reading out said display data from said first memory means (10) and for displaying said plurality of service facilities onto said display (17) in accordance with the read display data; means (21) for selectively designating one of said plurality of service facilities displayed on said display in accordance with an operator input; means (7) for reading out the position coordinate data corresponding to the designated service facility from said first memory means; second memory means (9) for storing the read position coordinate data; means (7) for reading out the stored position coordinate data from said second memory means when a map is displayed on said display (17); and means (19,20) for displaying a predetermined pattern on the map at the position indicated by the read position coordinate data from said second memory means (9).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 39 words
An on-board navigation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said second memory means (9) has a plurality of memory locations to store said position coordinate data and position display pattern data to indicate said predetermined pattern, as a pair.

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