Information display system for displaying specified location with map therearound on display equipment
First Claim
1. A navigation display system for displaying a present position on a map, comprising:
- a map storage device for storing map data;
a map display for displaying said map by using said map data;
a retrieval condition setting device for setting up a retrieval condition in order to display a retrieval result as an icon on said map display;
a communication equipment for transmitting said retrieval condition to an information offering equipment, and for receiving position information of said map and facility information offered by facilities;
an icon display for displaying said icon based on said facility information at a position on said map corresponding to said position information; and
a path retrieval device for setting a position as a goal position or a path through position corresponding to said icon selected and retrieving a course so as to display the same, when selecting said icon displayed on said icon display.
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Abstract
In order to provide a navigation system intelligibly providing various information which contains information to vary with time and is expected by the user, without increasing quantity of the information to be transmitted to a terminal mounted on a car, a navigation system is constituted with an information offering equipment and an information display system, and said information offering equipment has an individual information reception means to obtain individual information through a network and a data transmission means to transmit the received information to the information display system, and said information display system has a data receiver receiving the data from the information offering equipment, a map display means, an icon display means displaying the receive data on a map, an icon select means, and a detailed information display means which displays the detailed information of an icon selected.
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8 Claims
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1. A navigation display system for displaying a present position on a map, comprising:
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a map storage device for storing map data;
a map display for displaying said map by using said map data;
a retrieval condition setting device for setting up a retrieval condition in order to display a retrieval result as an icon on said map display;
a communication equipment for transmitting said retrieval condition to an information offering equipment, and for receiving position information of said map and facility information offered by facilities;
an icon display for displaying said icon based on said facility information at a position on said map corresponding to said position information; and
a path retrieval device for setting a position as a goal position or a path through position corresponding to said icon selected and retrieving a course so as to display the same, when selecting said icon displayed on said icon display. - View Dependent Claims (3)
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2. A navigation display system for displaying a present position on a map, comprising:
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a map storage device for storing map data;
a map display for displaying said map by using said map data;
a retrieval condition setting device for setting up a retrieval condition in order to display a retrieval result as an icon on said map display;
a communication equipment for transmitting said retrieval condition to an information offering equipment, and for receiving information including position information of said icon which is retrieved according to said retrieval condition by said information offering equipment;
an icon retrieving device for retrieving shape information of said icon according to said retrieval condition from said map storage device, and for demanding said communication equipment to provide image data of said icon corresponding to said shape information of said icon, when said icon retrieving device may not retrieve said shape information from said map storage device; and
an icon display for displaying said icon based on at least one of said shape information and said image data at a position on said map corresponding to said position information. - View Dependent Claims (4)
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5. A navigation display method comprising the steps of:
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setting up a retrieval condition in order to display a retrieval result as an icon on a map display;
transmitting said retrieval condition to an information offering equipment;
receiving a retrieval result transmitted from said information offering equipment corresponding to said retrieval condition transmitted;
displaying said retrieval result as said icon at a corresponding position of said map on said map display according to said position information included in said retrieval result received; and
setting a position as a goal position or a path through position corresponding to said icon selected and retrieving a course so as to display the same, when selecting said icon displayed on said icon display.
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6. A navigation display system for displaying a present position on a map, comprising:
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a map storage device for storing map data;
a map display for displaying said map by using said map data;
a retrieval condition setting device for setting retrieval attribute data with position information and range of retrieval domain as a retrieval condition;
a communication equipment for transmitting said retrieval condition to an information offering equipment, and for receiving said position information of said map and facility information offered by facilities;
a retrieval result display for displaying based on said facility information received on said map display; and
a path retrieval device for setting a position of one of facilities selected as a goal position or a path through position and retrieving a course so as to display the same, when selecting said one of facilities displayed on said retrieval result display.
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7. An information offering server acting as a navigation display system for displaying a present position on a map, comprising:
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an authentication equipment for authenticating a user by receiving an access from said user;
a communication equipment for receiving a retrieval command from said user authenticated by said authentication equipment; and
a retrieval equipment for retrieving based on a retrieval condition included in said retrieval command, and obtaining a retrieval result of a position information within a retrieval domain included in a range indicated by retrieval standard position information included in said retrieval command and retrieval domain information included in said retrieval command;
wherein said communication equipment sends said retrieval result within said retrieval domain to said user.
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8. A navigation display method comprising the steps of:
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setting retrieval attribute data with position information and range of retrieval domain as a retrieval condition in order to display a retrieval result as an icon on a map display;
transmitting said retrieval condition to an information offering equipment;
receiving said retrieval result transmitted from said information offering equipment corresponding to said retrieval condition transmitted;
displaying said retrieval result as said icon at a corresponding position of said map on said map display according to said position information included in said retrieval result received; and
setting a position as a goal position or a path through position corresponding to said icon selected so as to guide the same, when selecting said icon displayed on said icon display.
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