Map display device and navigation device
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Abstract
In a map display device, a communications part 7 receives various information from an external system, and a map data arranging part 4 arranges in a map space object models each indicating those various information. Such data arrangement is done based on map data stored in a map data storage part 3, information from the communications part 7 and an input part 2, and object model display information stored in an object model display information storage part 6. A display 5 then displays a resultant map image. In such manner, various time-varying information are appropriately arranged for display on the map image so as to make a user intuitively understand what those information mean.
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64 Claims
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60. A map display device for converting externally provided communications information into an applicable object model for arrangement on a map image, said map display device comprising:
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an input part for receiving an instruction from a user;
a map data storage part for storing map data;
an object model display information storage part for storing object model display information for displaying at least one object model having a shape which allows the user to understand content of the communications information on the map image;
a communications part for receiving the communications information, the communications information including information which varies in real time;
a map data arranging part for creating the at least one object model by interpreting the communications information and the object model display information provided by said object model display information storage part, and arranging the at least one object model at a position on the map image based on the communications information; and
a display part for displaying a resultant map image including the map image and the at least one object model obtained by said map data arranging part, wherein the communications information includes information indicating a frozen road, and said map data arranging part arranges the at least one object model representing icy conditions in a region of the image map corresponding to the frozen road, the at least one object model being a 3D model.
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61. A map display for converting externally provided communications information into an applicable object model for arrangement on a map image, said map display device comprising:
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an input part for receiving an instruction from a user;
a map data storage part for storing map data;
an object model display information storage part for storing object model display information for displaying at least one object model having a shape which allows the user to understand content of the communications information on the map image;
a communications part for receiving the communications information, the communications information including information which varies in real time;
a map data arranging part for creating the at least one object model by interpreting the communications information and the object model display information provided by said object model display information storage part, and arranging the at least one object model at a position on the map image based on the communications information; and
a display part for displaying a resultant map image including the map image and the at least one object model obtained by said map data arranging part, wherein the communications information includes traffic jam information indicating a jammed road, and said map data arranging part arranges the at least one object model representing a traffic jam in a region of the image map corresponding to the jammed road, the at least one object model being a 3D model. - View Dependent Claims (62)
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63. A map display device for converting externally provided communications information into an applicable object model for arrangement on a map image, said map display device comprising:
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an input part for receiving an instruction from a user;
a map data storage part for storing map data;
an object model display information storage part for storing object model display information for displaying at least one object model having a shape which allows the user to understand content of the communications information on the map image;
a communications part for receiving the communications information, the communications information including information which varies in real time;
a map data arranging part for creating the at least one object model by interpreting the communications information and the object model display information provided by said object model display information storage part, and arranging the at least one object model at a position on the map image based on the communications information; and
a display part for displaying a resultant map image including the map image and the at least one object model obtained by said map data arranging part, wherein the communications information includes accident information including information indicating a site of an accident, and said map data arranging part arranges the at least one object model representing a traffic accident in a region of the map image corresponding to the site of the accident, the at least one object model being a 3D model.
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64. A map display device for converting externally provided communications information into an applicable object model for arrangement on a map image, said map display device comprising:
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an input part for receiving an instruction from a user;
a map data storage part for storing map data;
an object model display information storage part for storing object model display information for displaying at least one object model having a shape which allows the user to understand content of the communications information on the map image;
a communications part for receiving the communications information, the communications information including information which varies in real time;
a map data arranging part for creating the at least one object model by interpreting the communications information and the object model display information provided by said object model display information storage part, and arranging the at least one object model at a position on the map image based on the communications information; and
a display part for displaying a resultant map image including the map image and the at least one object model obtained by said map data arranging part, wherein the communications information includes information indicating availability of a specific parking lot, and said map data arranging part arranges the at least one object model representing the availability in a region of the map image corresponding to the specific parking lot, the at least one object model being a 3D model.
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