Vehicle navigation apparatus and method of searching for and displaying neighborhood facilities
First Claim
1. A vehicle navigation apparatus comprising:
- a display unit for providing guidance information through a screen;
an information input unit for entering information designated by a user;
a storage unit for storing map information including information about facilities; and
a controller for controlling the input and output of information to and from said display unit, said information input unit, and said storage unit, wherein, while a map image is displayed on the screen of said display unit with reference to said map information, when a desired searching direction viewed from a base point on the map image is designated by the user, said controller searches across said map information for facilities located in the designated searching direction, and displays a list of the facilities on the screen of said display unit.
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Abstract
A vehicle navigation apparatus and a method of searching for and displaying a neighborhood facility are provided for enabling an effective search for a neighborhood facility with a searching range having a directivity according to a user'"'"'s intention. The vehicle navigation apparatus comprises a display unit, an information input unit for entering information designated by a user, a storage unit for storing map information including information about facilities, and a controller for controlling information sent to or from these components. While a map image is displayed on a screen of the display unit based on the map information, a base point for search and a genre of a facility of interest for search are designated by the user, and a desired searching direction viewed from the search base point is also designated. At this time, the apparatus searches across the map information for facilities which belong to the designated genre and which are located in the designated searching direction to display a result of the search in a list.
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20 Claims
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1. A vehicle navigation apparatus comprising:
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a display unit for providing guidance information through a screen;
an information input unit for entering information designated by a user;
a storage unit for storing map information including information about facilities; and
a controller for controlling the input and output of information to and from said display unit, said information input unit, and said storage unit, wherein, while a map image is displayed on the screen of said display unit with reference to said map information, when a desired searching direction viewed from a base point on the map image is designated by the user, said controller searches across said map information for facilities located in the designated searching direction, and displays a list of the facilities on the screen of said display unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of searching for and displaying neighborhood facilities in a vehicle navigation apparatus, the apparatus comprising a map database that stores map information including information about facilities, and having a function of searching for facilities located within a surrounding area of a vehicle position when displaying a map image on a screen of a display device, the method comprising the steps of:
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when a base point for the search and a genre of the facility of interest for the search are designated by a user and then a desired searching direction viewed from said search base point is further designated by the user, searching for facilities located in said designated searching direction from among facilities belonging to the designated genre across said map database; and
displaying a list of the searched facilities on the screen of said display device. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of searching for and displaying facilities in a vehicle navigation apparatus, comprising:
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receiving a designation of a base point for a search;
receiving a designation from a user of a searching direction;
searching for facilities located in said designated searching direction as viewed from said designated base point; and
displaying on a display device at least one facility found as a result of said search. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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