Navigation apparatus
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1. A navigation apparatus comprising:
- a display unit;
a detection unit that detects a current vehicle position and a traveling direction of a vehicle;
a storage that stores roadmap data for displaying a roadmap together with each of road names; and
a display control unit that controls the display unit for displaying the roadmap with a vehicle icon that represents the current vehicle position and the travel direction of the vehicle by reading roadmap data from the storage based on the current vehicle position,wherein the display control unit controls the display unit to display a portion of the roadmap that includes a proximity of the current vehicle position, andthe display control unit controls the display unit to display a road name of a cross road that crosses a to-be-traveled road by the vehicle at a position adjacent to the cross road along the to-be-traveled road.
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Abstract
A navigation apparatus in a vehicle displays road names of cross roads that crosses a to-be-traveled road along the to-be-traveled road at positions that area adjacent to respective cross roads. In this manner, a user of the navigation apparatus easily recognizes the road names of the roads to be traveled by the vehicle in his/her view.
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1. A navigation apparatus comprising:
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a display unit; a detection unit that detects a current vehicle position and a traveling direction of a vehicle; a storage that stores roadmap data for displaying a roadmap together with each of road names; and a display control unit that controls the display unit for displaying the roadmap with a vehicle icon that represents the current vehicle position and the travel direction of the vehicle by reading roadmap data from the storage based on the current vehicle position, wherein the display control unit controls the display unit to display a portion of the roadmap that includes a proximity of the current vehicle position, and the display control unit controls the display unit to display a road name of a cross road that crosses a to-be-traveled road by the vehicle at a position adjacent to the cross road along the to-be-traveled road. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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