Navigation apparatus
First Claim
1. A vehicle navigation apparatus comprising:
- map-image creating means for creating a map image observed ahead, in the traveling direction, of a vehicle from a predetermined viewpoint;
guiding-image creating means for creating a guiding image including information on a predetermined intersection included in said map image;
auxiliary-image creating means for creating an auxiliary image showing which intersection included in said map image relates to said guiding image; and
image display means for synthesizing said guiding image created by said guiding-image creating means and said auxiliary image created by said auxiliary-image creating means on said map image created by said map image creating means and for displaying the synthesized image.
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Abstract
A car navigation apparatus includes a map-image creating device for creating a map image observed ahead, in the traveling direction, of a vehicle from a predetermined position of a viewpoint, a guiding-image creating device for creating a guiding image including information on a predetermined intersection included in the map image, an auxiliary-image creating device for creating an auxiliary image showing which intersection included in the map image relates to the guiding image, and an image display device for synthesizing the guiding image created by the guiding-image creating device and the auxiliary image created by the auxiliary-image creating device on the map image created by the map image creating device and for displaying the synthesized image.
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32 Claims
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1. A vehicle navigation apparatus comprising:
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map-image creating means for creating a map image observed ahead, in the traveling direction, of a vehicle from a predetermined viewpoint;
guiding-image creating means for creating a guiding image including information on a predetermined intersection included in said map image;
auxiliary-image creating means for creating an auxiliary image showing which intersection included in said map image relates to said guiding image; and
image display means for synthesizing said guiding image created by said guiding-image creating means and said auxiliary image created by said auxiliary-image creating means on said map image created by said map image creating means and for displaying the synthesized image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
said map image created by said map-image creating means includes a region corresponding to the sky; and
said image display means displays guiding images superimposed one after another in said region corresponding to the sky included in said map image.
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8. A navigation apparatus comprising:
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map-image creating means for creating map image data in which a building is displayed in a three-dimensional manner so as to look like that which a user observes ahead, in the traveling direction, of a vehicle from a predetermined viewpoint;
guiding-image creating means for creating a guiding image including information on a predetermined intersection included in said map image;
auxiliary-image creating means for creating an auxiliary image showing which intersection included in said map image relates to said guiding image; and
image display means for synthesizing said guiding image created by said guiding-image creating means and said auxiliary image created by said auxiliary-image creating means on said map image created by said map image creating means and for displaying the synthesized image. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A navigation apparatus comprising:
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map-image creating means for creating a map image observed ahead, in the traveling direction, of a vehicle from a predetermined viewpoint;
guiding-image creating means for, when a guiding route is set, creating a guiding image including information on intersections along said guiding route;
auxiliary-image creating means for creating an auxiliary image showing which intersection included in said map image relates to said guiding image; and
image display means for synthesizing said guiding image created by said guiding-image creating means and said auxiliary image created by said auxiliary-image creating means on said map image created by said map image creating means and for displaying the synthesized image. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
said map image created by said map-image creating means includes a region corresponding to the sky; and
said image-display means displays guiding images superimposed one after another in said region corresponding to the sky included in said map image.
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19. A navigation apparatus according to claim 12, wherein, when said guiding image is displayed, said guiding image creating means causes said guiding image to be displayed so that said guiding image gradually floats from a road in the vicinity of the intersection corresponding to said guiding image.
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20. A navigation apparatus according to claim 19, wherein said guiding image includes a one-way traffic sign.
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21. A method of operating a vehicle navigation apparatus comprising:
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creating a map image observed in the traveling direction of a vehicle from a predetermined viewpoint;
creating at least one guiding image including guiding information about an intersection included in said map image;
creating an auxiliary image showing which intersection included in said map image relates to said guiding image; and
synthesizing said map image, said guiding image, and said auxiliary image and displaying the synthesized image. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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