Vehicle navigation display
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1. A method for display of information for a mobile navigation system comprising:
- selecting map features for presentation on a display;
selecting characteristics for display, the characteristics for display including a scale for display that varies across the display; and
generating an image for display from the selected features according to the selected characteristics.
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Abstract
A mobile navigation system includes a graphical display for presentation of map information. Map features are selected for presentation on a display. Characteristics for display are also selected. The characteristics for display include a scale for display that varies across the display. An image for display is generated from the selected features according to a selected scale.
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44 Claims
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1. A method for display of information for a mobile navigation system comprising:
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selecting map features for presentation on a display;
selecting characteristics for display, the characteristics for display including a scale for display that varies across the display; and
generating an image for display from the selected features according to the selected characteristics. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A vehicle navigation system comprising:
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a display;
a storage for holding map data; and
a controller coupled to the display and to the storage and configured to select map features from the map data for presentation on a display, select characteristics of an image for presentation on the display, the characteristics including a scale for display that varies across the display, and generate the image from the selected features according to the selected characteristics. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. Software stored on a computer-readable medium comprising instructions for causing a data processing system to:
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select map features for presentation on a display;
select characteristics for display, the characteristics for display including a scale for display that varies across the display; and
generate an image for display from the selected features according to the selected characteristics.
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22. A method for display of information for a mobile navigation system comprising:
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selecting characteristics for display according to a distribution of features in a map database; and
generating an image for display of a map according to the selected characteristics. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A mobile navigation system comprising:
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a display;
a storage for holding a map database; and
a controller coupled to the display and to the storage and configured to select characteristics for display according to a distribution of features in the map database, and generate an image for presentation of a map on the display according to the selected characteristics. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33)
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34. Software stored on a computer-readable medium comprising instructions for causing a data processing system to:
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select characteristics for display according to a distribution of features in a map database; and
generate an image for display of a map according to the selected characteristics.
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35. A method for presenting information in a moving vehicle comprising:
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identifying a location of the vehicle and a travel route on a road network;
selecting map features that are upcoming on the travel route according to the identified location of the vehicle, wherein the selected map features include at least one of a cross street to the travel route, a point of interest on the travel route, a traffic signal on the travel route, and a geographic feature in the proximity of the travel route; and
presenting a list of identifications of the selected map features in the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A mobile navigation system comprising:
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a display;
a storage for holding map data; and
a controller coupled to the display and to the storage and configured to determine a location of the vehicle and a travel route on a road network, select map features from the map data that are upcoming on the travel route according to the identified location of the vehicle, wherein the selected map features include at least one of a cross street to the travel route, a point of interest on the travel route, a traffic signal on the travel route, and a geographic feature in the proximity of the travel route, and present a list of identifications of the selected map features in the vehicle on the display.
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44. Software stored on a computer-readable medium comprising instructions for causing a data processing system to:
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determine a location of a vehicle and a travel route on a road network;
select map features that are upcoming on the travel route according to the identified location of the vehicle, wherein the selected map features include at least one of a cross street to the travel route, a point of interest on the travel route, a traffic signal on the travel route, and a geographic feature in the proximity of the travel route, and present a list of identifications of the selected map features.
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