Motor Vehicle Having a Navigation System
First Claim
1. A motor vehicle, comprising:
- a navigation system, including a graphic display unit, the navigation system providing accurate-lane destination guidance along a planned route;
wherein;
a road map containing lane information is displayable on the graphic display unit;
the planned route is displayable accurately with respect to vehicle lanes one of within and in superimposition on the road map displayable on the graphic display unit;
a lane guidance display area is displayed on the graphic display unit, the lane guidance display area being graphically set-off from the road map, wherein within the lane guidance display area several lanes of a currently traveled section of the planned route are graphically represented and, if required, a necessity of a lane change is graphically displayed; and
a rating is determinable for an urgency level of a lane change, the rating being graphically displayable in the lane guidance area.
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Abstract
A motor vehicle has a navigation system, which includes a graphic display unit and by which accurate-lane destination guidance is made possible on a planned route. A road map containing lane information can be displayed on the display unit. Within or in superimposition of the displayed road map, the route can be displayed accurately with respect to the lanes. A lane guidance display area can be displayed, which is graphically set off from the road map and within which several lanes of a currently traveled route section are graphically represented and within which the necessity of a lane change is graphically displayed. A rating can be determined for the urgency of the lane change, and this rating can be graphically displayed in the lane guidance display area.
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1. A motor vehicle, comprising:
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a navigation system, including a graphic display unit, the navigation system providing accurate-lane destination guidance along a planned route; wherein; a road map containing lane information is displayable on the graphic display unit; the planned route is displayable accurately with respect to vehicle lanes one of within and in superimposition on the road map displayable on the graphic display unit; a lane guidance display area is displayed on the graphic display unit, the lane guidance display area being graphically set-off from the road map, wherein within the lane guidance display area several lanes of a currently traveled section of the planned route are graphically represented and, if required, a necessity of a lane change is graphically displayed; and a rating is determinable for an urgency level of a lane change, the rating being graphically displayable in the lane guidance area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A display method for a vehicle navigation system having a graphic display unit which displays accurate-lane destination guidance information along a planned route, the method comprising the acts of:
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displaying a road map containing lane information on the graphic display unit, the road map including at least a section of the planned route; displaying the planned route within or in superimposition on the road map, the planned route being displayed accurately with respect to vehicle lanes; displaying a lane guidance display area graphically set, apart from the displayed road map, wherein several lanes of a currently travelled route section of the planned route are graphically represented and within which any necessary lane change is graphically displayed; determining a rating for an urgency level of the necessary lane change; and displaying the rating graphically in the lane guidance display area of the graphic display unit. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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