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Map displaying apparatus and map displaying method

  • US 6,462,676 B1
  • Filed: 10/27/2000
  • Issued: 10/08/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/29/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A map displaying apparatus comprising:

  • a memory device for storing map data including map data and name data;

    a map displaying device for displaying a map within a map display range by using the map data;

    a point determining device for determining one point or a plurality of points within the map display range displayed at the present time;

    a direction determining device for determining an advancing direction;

    a searching device for extracting the name data in the determined advancing direction, related to the determined point or points by searching the map data stored in said memory device; and

    a name displaying device for displaying the extracted name data by superimposing the extracted name data on the map displayed by said map displaying device.

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