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Vehicle navigation system with pixel transmission to display
Assignee: Aisin AW Co Ltd
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Filing: 1999-04-28
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Granted: 2001-06-05
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Expires: 2019-04-28
Abstract
Abstract A vehicle navigation system is made to generate bitmap image data necessary for navigation, including map data, road data, font data, etc., and then to transmit a pattern (font) image and an enlarged intersection image to a display.
Inventors
- 👤 Naokazu Ozaki
- 👤 Toyoji Hiyokawa
- 👤 Junzo Matsuba
- 👤 Kyomi Morimoto
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 06:32
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01C; G01C21/00; G01C21/26; G01C21/34; G01C21/36; G01C21/3626; G01C21/3632; G08; G08G; G08G1/00; G08G1/09; G08G1/0962; G08G1/0968; G08G1/0969; G09; G09B; G09B29/00; G09B29/10; G09B29/106
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
110 words
A vehicle navigation system comprising: storage means for storing data for route guidance, inclusive of map data, road data, and font data; input means for inputting a destination and information necessary for searching a route; information control means for generating pixel data of an intersection and an arrow indicating a direction for the vehicle to turn in the intersection on the basis of the inputted information and data stored in said storage means and for transmitting the pixel data; and display means for receiving the pixel data transmitted from the information control means and for displaying an image including the intersection and the arrow based on the received pixel data.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
110 words
A vehicle navigation system comprising: storage means for storing data for route guidance, inclusive of map data, road data, and font data; input means for inputting a destination and information necessary for searching a route; information control means for generating pixel data of an intersection and an arrow indicating a direction for the vehicle to turn in the intersection on the basis of the inputted information and data stored in said storage means and for transmitting the pixel data; and display means for receiving the pixel data transmitted from the information control means and for displaying an image including the intersection and the arrow based on the received pixel data.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
16 words
A vehicle navigation system according to claim 1 , wherein the pixel data is binary data.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
34 words
A vehicle navigation system according to claim 1 , wherein said information control means transmits only pixel data for a portion of the displayed image, less than the whole displayed image, to be changed.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
A vehicle navigation system according to claim 1 , further comprising a transmission line for transmitting the pixel data from said information control means to said display means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
32 words
The vehicle navigation system according to claim 4 wherein the transmission line is a serial transmission line for transmitting binary serial data or a parallel transmission line for transmitting binary parallel data.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
152 words
A vehicle navigation system comprising: a navigation processing unit including a storage media containing data including map data, road data, and font data for route guidance; input means for inputting a destination and information necessary for searching a route; processing means for generating pixel data of an intersection and an arrow indicating a direction for the vehicle to turn in the intersection based upon the inputted information and the data stored in the storage media; a first memory for storing the pixel data from the processing means; and means for transmitting pixel data from the first memory; and a display unit including means for receiving the transmitted pixel data from the first memory; a second memory for storing the received pixel data; a display device for displaying an image including the intersection and the arrow; and driving means for operating the display device based on the pixel data in the second memory.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
152 words
A vehicle navigation system comprising: a navigation processing unit including a storage media containing data including map data, road data, and font data for route guidance; input means for inputting a destination and information necessary for searching a route; processing means for generating pixel data of an intersection and an arrow indicating a direction for the vehicle to turn in the intersection based upon the inputted information and the data stored in the storage media; a first memory for storing the pixel data from the processing means; and means for transmitting pixel data from the first memory; and a display unit including means for receiving the transmitted pixel data from the first memory; a second memory for storing the received pixel data; a display device for displaying an image including the intersection and the arrow; and driving means for operating the display device based on the pixel data in the second memory.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
23 words
A vehicle navigation system according to claim 6 wherein said transmitting means transmits only pixel data which is changed in the first memory.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
102 words
A vehicle navigation system comprising: storage means for storing data for route guidance, inclusive of map data, road data, and font data; input means for inputting a destination and information necessary for searching a route; information control means for generating pixel data for route guidance information on the basis of the inputted information and the data stored in said storage means, and for transmitting the pixel data; and display means for displaying the route guidance information, and wherein said information control means transmits only pixel data for a portion of the displayed image, less than the whole displayed image, to be changed.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
102 words
A vehicle navigation system comprising: storage means for storing data for route guidance, inclusive of map data, road data, and font data; input means for inputting a destination and information necessary for searching a route; information control means for generating pixel data for route guidance information on the basis of the inputted information and the data stored in said storage means, and for transmitting the pixel data; and display means for displaying the route guidance information, and wherein said information control means transmits only pixel data for a portion of the displayed image, less than the whole displayed image, to be changed.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
50 words
The vehicle navigation system according to claim 8 further comprising a transmission line for transmitting the pixel data from said information control means to said display means, said transmission line being a serial transmission line for transmitting binary serial data or a parallel transmission line for transmitting binary parallel data.
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