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Driving simulation apparatus capable of arbitrarily setting start position and method thereof

  • US 6,038,507 A
  • Filed: 07/25/1996
  • Issued: 03/14/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/26/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A driving simulation apparatus, comprising:

  • means for retrieving a route on a map, on the basis of digital map data representing the map and obtained by digitizing a road network, by inputting a starting point and a destination point of the route relative to the map;

    means for displaying the retrieved route relative to the map on a display unit;

    means for calculating a position on the route which is at a shortest distance from an arbitrary position of a scroll cursor on the display unit;

    means for setting the calculated position on the route as a start position of a driving simulation; and

    means for executing said driving simulation by tracing the displayed route and scrolling the map.

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