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Navigation system with zoomed maneuver instruction

  • US 6,529,822 B1
  • Filed: 04/11/2000
  • Issued: 03/04/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A vehicle navigation system comprising:

  • a database including a plurality of roads;

    a route determination system, said system determining a route to a destination via a plurality of maneuvers on said plurality of roads, said plurality of maneuvers including a first maneuver adjacent a first road segment;

    a CPU for determining a complexity of said first road segment based upon a comparison of a number of shape points in the first road segment to a threshold; and

    a display for displaying a zoomed maneuver instruction view of said first maneuver based upon said first maneuver being an immediately upcoming maneuver and the number of shape points exceeding the threshold.

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