Navigation system

• US 5,765,122 A
• Filed: 11/13/1995
• Issued: 06/09/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/1994
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Nagai, Takaaki, Uematsu, Hiroshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Chin, Gary
• Application Number:
  US08/556,610
• Time in Patent Office: 939 Days
• Field of Search: 364/443, 364/444.1, 364/444.2, 364/449.1, 364/449.5, 364/449.2, 340/988, 340/990, 340/995, 340/994, 701/200, 701/201, 701/202, 701/207, 701/208, 701/211
• US Class Current: 701/208
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3682 output of POI information on a road map G01C21/3614, G01C21/3685 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0969 having a display in the form of a map
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/137 the indicator being in the form of a map

Abstract

A navigation system includes a CD-ROM for storing operational schedule data of transportation means operating along railroad, road and air routes contained in a map to be displayed on a screen of the system, and a display for reading the operational schedule data from the CD-ROM and displaying the read operational schedule data on the screen. By the addition of a few elements to a conventional navigation system, a navigation system with new functions and improved cost performance is obtained.

Claims

1. A navigation system for determining the current location of a moving object in which the navigation system is mounted, reading data of a map incorporating the determined current location and displaying the current location of the moving object together with the map on a screen, said navigation system comprising:

operational schedule data storage means for storing operational schedule data of public transportation means, other than said moving object, operating along at least one of railroad, road and air routes contained in said map data; and

display means for reading said operational schedule data from said operational schedule data storage means and displaying said operational schedule data on the screen.

2. A navigation system according to claim 1, wherein said display means displays an operation location of at least one of a train, a bus and an airplane on the map on the screen in accordance with said operational schedule data, read from said operational schedule data storage means, of said public transportation means.

3. A navigation system according to claim 2, including individual graphics corresponding to said train, bus and airplane, wherein said train, bus and airplane are displayed in the form of the respective said individual graphics on the screen at said operation location in accordance with said operational schedule data.

4. A navigation system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said moving object is a vehicle.

5. A navigation system for determining the current location of a vehicle having the navigation system, reading data of a map incorporating the determined current location and displaying the current location of the vehicle together with the map on a screen, said navigation system further comprising:

operational schedule data storage means for storing operational schedule data of at least one public transportation means other than said vehicle, operating along a route of said at least one public transportation means contained in said map data; and

means for reading said operational schedule data from said operational schedule data storage means and displaying the current location on said route of said at least one public transportation means on the screen based on said operational schedule data.

6. A navigation system according to claim 5, including individual graphics corresponding to each different type of said at least one public transportation means, and means for displaying said individual graphics on the screen at said current location on said route of said at least one public transportation means in accordance with said operational schedule data.