Navigation device and method for displaying cartographic markers
First Claim
1. A navigation device comprising:
- a processor;
a memory, connected to said processor, having cartographic data stored therein, said cartographic data including a character string corresponding to a geographical location; and
an input for selecting said geographical location as a waypoint, wherein said processor retrieves said character string from memory, and when said character string has more than a selected number of characters said processor abbreviates said character string to said selected number of characters.
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Abstract
A method and navigation device for abbreviating names of cartographic markers. A navigation device has a processor, a display, an input, and a memory having cartographic data stored therein. The cartographic data includes names of geographical locations. Using the input, an operator of the navigation device enters a waypoint by selecting a desired geographical location. The processor retrieves from memory the geographic name associated with the selected location, and when the geographic name exceeds a desired number of characters, processes the name to abbreviate it to fit within the desired number of spaces. The abbreviation process involves eliminating spaces, vowels, one consonant of a pair of double consonants, one vowel of a pair of double vowels, and/or one or more special characters (e.g., colons, commas, apostrophes, slashes, symbols, or other punctuation marks) as necessary, to reduce the geographic name to the desired number of characters.
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18 Claims
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1. A navigation device comprising:
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a processor; a memory, connected to said processor, having cartographic data stored therein, said cartographic data including a character string corresponding to a geographical location; and an input for selecting said geographical location as a waypoint, wherein said processor retrieves said character string from memory, and when said character string has more than a selected number of characters said processor abbreviates said character string to said selected number of characters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A navigation device comprising:
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a processor; a memory, connected to said processor, said memory having cartographic data stored therein, said cartographic data including a plurality of geographical names, each said geographical name associated with a corresponding geographical location; a display, connected to said processor, for displaying said cartographic data; and an input, connected to said processor, for selecting one of said geographic locations, wherein said processor retrieves from memory the geographical name associated with said geographic location, and when said geographic name exceeds a desired number of characters, abbreviates said geographical name to a character string having said desired number of characters. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of displaying cartographic marker information in a navigation device having a processor, a display, and a memory having cartographic data stored therein, said cartographic data including geographical names, each geographical name associated with data indicative of a corresponding geographic location, said method comprising:
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retrieving from memory the geographical name associated with a desired geographic location; abbreviating said geographical name; and displaying said abbreviated name on said display along with cartographic data representative of said desired geographical location. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A navigation device comprising:
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a memory having cartographic data stored therein, said cartographic data including geographic names associated with corresponding geographic locations; a display; and processing means for abbreviating said geographic names for display on said display. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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