Vehicle position information displaying apparatus and method
First Claim
1. A vehicle position information displaying apparatus comprising:
- map storing means for outputting map information of a predetermined area stored therein;
means for detecting a present position of a user'"'"'s vehicle;
another vehicle detecting means for detecting a position of the another vehicle around a present position of a user'"'"'s vehicle detected by said user'"'"'s vehicle present position detecting means; and
displaying means for displaying the map information outputted from said map storing means, information of the detected present position of said user'"'"'s vehicle, and information of the detected position of the another vehicle in a superimposed manner on a display screen.
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Abstract
A vehicle position information displaying apparatus and method are disclosed in which position information of a preceding vehicle is displayed in a manner superimposed on the form of a road under running of a user'"'"'s vehicle generated from map information. The apparatus includes a present position detecting unit for detecting the present position of the user'"'"'s vehicle, a running road selecting unit for selecting a road under running of the user'"'"'s vehicle from the present position of the user'"'"'s vehicle, an other vehicle detecting unit for detecting a distance to another vehicle and the azimuth of the other vehicle, an other vehicle position determining unit for determining the position of the other vehicle, and an other vehicle position displaying unit for developing the running road to a plane view or birds-eye view and displaying position information of the user'"'"'s vehicle and the other vehicle in a manner superimposed on the developed running road.
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27 Claims
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1. A vehicle position information displaying apparatus comprising:
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map storing means for outputting map information of a predetermined area stored therein;
means for detecting a present position of a user'"'"'s vehicle;
another vehicle detecting means for detecting a position of the another vehicle around a present position of a user'"'"'s vehicle detected by said user'"'"'s vehicle present position detecting means; and
displaying means for displaying the map information outputted from said map storing means, information of the detected present position of said user'"'"'s vehicle, and information of the detected position of the another vehicle in a superimposed manner on a display screen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A vehicle position information displaying method comprising the steps of:
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detecting a present position of a user'"'"'s vehicle outputting map information of a predetermined area stored including the detected present position;
detecting the position of another vehicle around the detected present position of the user'"'"'s vehicle; and
displaying the outputted map information, the detected present position of the user'"'"'s vehicle and the detected position of the another vehicle in a superimposed manner on a display screen.
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15. A vehicle position information displaying apparatus comprising:
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map memory configured to output map information of a predetermined area stored therein;
a first detector apparatus configured to detect a user vehicle'"'"'s present position;
a second detector apparatus configured to detect a position of another vehicle around the detected present position of the user'"'"'s vehicle and to output information of the another vehicle'"'"'s detected position; and
a display configured to superimpose the map information, and information related to the user'"'"'s vehicle present position and of the another vehicle'"'"'s detected position on a display device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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