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Method of displaying landmark in navigation device

  • US 20030105585A1
  • Filed: 03/04/2002
  • Published: 06/05/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/04/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of displaying a landmark in a navigation apparatus in which map information, a present position of a motor vehicle, a destination, a driving route, a position of a facility, a landmark of the facility or the like are displayed on a screen of a monitor display, said method comprising the steps of:

  • storing an additional mark made up of a figure, a mark and a symbol representing at least one of an installed state and a supplementary condition of the facility in a storage device as a data base;

    determining, when the landmark is to be displayed on a map of the monitor display, as to whether the facility has at least one of the installed state and the supplementary condition;

    calling up a corresponding additional mark, if the facility has at least one of the installed state and the supplementary condition, from the data base for displaying in combination with a peculiar landmark of the facility; and

    displaying the peculiar landmark of the facility as a single landmark, if the facility does not have at least one of the installed state and the supplementary condition.

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