Navigation system for vehicle
First Claim
1. A navigation system for a vehicle for displaying a plurality of kinds of guidance patterns differing in intrinsic meaning, comprising:
- a sole display having a plurality of display regions, at least one of said plurality of display regions for displaying said plurality of kinds of guidance patterns simultaneously or selectively, wherein said plurality of kinds of guidance patterns are displayed in each of said at least one display region in visually different display modes according to their intrinsic meaning and said at least one of said plurality of display regions is a direction display region, said direction display region displaying a guidance pattern indicating a direction toward a WP which coincides with a guidance pattern indicating a turning direction.
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Abstract
To provide a navigation system for a vehicle in which guidance information necessary for the driver can be provided while using a small display space. A guidance pattern indicating the direction toward a WP is formed of an arrow pattern including a center point segment with a rhombic segment as a tip. When the vehicle approaches a crossing and the turning direction at the crossing is to the right, the display pattern is changed over to an elongate rhombic segment extending rightwards from the center point segment, thereby indicating that the turning direction is to the right. Alternatively, the rhombic segment indicating the turning direction is displayed in addition to the guidance pattern for the direction toward the WP, whereby the direction toward the WP and the turning direction are displayed in combination so that they can be differentiated from each other.
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20 Claims
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1. A navigation system for a vehicle for displaying a plurality of kinds of guidance patterns differing in intrinsic meaning, comprising:
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a sole display having a plurality of display regions, at least one of said plurality of display regions for displaying said plurality of kinds of guidance patterns simultaneously or selectively, wherein said plurality of kinds of guidance patterns are displayed in each of said at least one display region in visually different display modes according to their intrinsic meaning and said at least one of said plurality of display regions is a direction display region, said direction display region displaying a guidance pattern indicating a direction toward a WP which coincides with a guidance pattern indicating a turning direction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A navigation system for a vehicle for displaying a plurality of kinds of guidance patterns, each of the guidance patterns for identifying a different guidance parameter, comprising:
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a display having a plurality of display regions, at least one of said plurality of display regions for respectively displaying said plurality of kinds of said guidance patterns simultaneously or individually, wherein said plurality of kinds of guidance patterns are displayed in each of said at least one display region in visually different display modes according to the guidance parameter being identified and said at least one of said plurality of display regions is a direction display region, said direction display region displaying a guidance pattern indicating a direction toward a WP which coincides with a guidance pattern indicating a turning direction. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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