Current-position map and three dimensional guiding objects displaying device for vehicle
First Claim
1. A vehicle current-position displaying device for searching and displaying a current position of the vehicle on a road map indicated on a display screen according to road map information, comprising, means for stereoscopically displaying the road map on a stereo-display screen by using road map information consisting of roadway-network information and stereo-image information, said stereo-image information consisting of a right viewpoint image and a left viewpoint image of three-dimensional stereo-display elements on the road map, said roadway-network information and said stereo-image information being separately stored in at least one of either a storage medium or separate storage media;
- said road map information of said roadway-network information in a district and said stereo-image information in said district are separately read from the storage medium or media; and
means for displaying a road map image of the roadway-network image and the stereo-image of the stereo-display elements by displaying one over the other on the stereo-display screen.
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Abstract
A vehicle current-position displaying device which is capable of stereoscopically displaying a road map for indicating thereon a current location of the vehicle with an increased reality of the mapped situations. The device searches and indicates a current position of the vehicle on a road map which is stereoscopically displayed on a stereo-display screen by projecting the map image consisting of a right-viewpoint image and a left-viewpoint image.
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1. A vehicle current-position displaying device for searching and displaying a current position of the vehicle on a road map indicated on a display screen according to road map information, comprising, means for stereoscopically displaying the road map on a stereo-display screen by using road map information consisting of roadway-network information and stereo-image information, said stereo-image information consisting of a right viewpoint image and a left viewpoint image of three-dimensional stereo-display elements on the road map, said roadway-network information and said stereo-image information being separately stored in at least one of either a storage medium or separate storage media;
- said road map information of said roadway-network information in a district and said stereo-image information in said district are separately read from the storage medium or media; and
means for displaying a road map image of the roadway-network image and the stereo-image of the stereo-display elements by displaying one over the other on the stereo-display screen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
- said road map information of said roadway-network information in a district and said stereo-image information in said district are separately read from the storage medium or media; and
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4. A vehicle current-position displaying device for searching and displaying a current position of the vehicle on a road map indicated on a display screen according to road map information, characterized in that the device is provided with means for displaying respective three-dimensional figures of stereo-display elements at respective specified points in a roadway-network indicated on the display screen using, as the road map information, roadway-network information of the roadway network with added thereto separate stereo-image information of the three-dimensional figures of the stereo-display elements.
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5. A vehicle current-position displaying device for searching and displaying a current position of the vehicle on a road map indicated on a display screen according to stored road map information, an improvement comprising three-dimensional figure information stored separately from the road map information in a medium and correlated to the stored road map information, and means for displaying respective three-dimensional figures from said medium at respective specified points on the road map on the display screen.
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