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Navigation Apparatus

  • US 20090005976A1
  • Filed: 01/09/2007
  • Published: 01/01/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A navigation apparatus comprising:

  • a map data storage unit for storing map data in which a guide map location pointer is included in data showing each guide point;

    a guide map data storage unit for, for each guide point, storing a plurality of guide map data which are used for drawing different views as guide maps;

    a position detecting unit for detecting a current position;

    a situation acquiring unit for acquiring a current situation;

    a processing unit for, when the current position detected by said position detecting unit reaches a guide point shown by map data acquired from said map data storage unit, acquiring guide map data corresponding to the current situation acquired by said situation acquiring unit from a location of said guide map data storage unit which is shown by a guide map location pointer included in data showing said guide point, and then combining the acquired guide map data with the map data acquired from said map data storage unit so as to generate display data; and

    a display output unit for displaying a map and a guide map according to the display data generated by said processing unit.

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