Vehicle navigation apparatus
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A method of vehicle navigation comprising the acts of:
- providing a storage medium in a vehicle, the storage medium operable to store map data and facility data;
providing a vehicle position detector operable to detect a present position of a vehicle;
providing a display device;
providing a communications device operable to establish communication connection with a data transmission center outside the vehicle;
reading map data stored in the storage medium based on the vehicle position detected by the vehicle position detector to display a map on the display device;
updating map data and facility data stored in the storage medium based on other map data and other facility data obtained from the data transmission center via the communications device, the other map data and other facility data comprising data regarding a recently established facility;
displaying a unique image representing the existence of the recently established facility on the map on the display device when the vehicle approaches the recently established facility, wherein the unique image distinguishes the recently established facility on the map from facilities that are not recently established;
saving information about the recently established facility in a temporary storage area of the storage medium; and
deleting information about the recently established facility stored in the temporary storage area after a specified period of time has elapsed;
wherein the recently established facility is displayed irrespective of a request regarding the recently established facility.
2 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A vehicle navigation apparatus that is capable of quickly providing information about a new facility to a user when the new facility is set up. The vehicle navigation apparatus includes information about a newly added facility. When a vehicle is approaching the new facility, an image representing the existence of the new facility is displayed on a map.
-
Citations
13 Claims
-
1. A method of vehicle navigation comprising the acts of:
-
providing a storage medium in a vehicle, the storage medium operable to store map data and facility data; providing a vehicle position detector operable to detect a present position of a vehicle; providing a display device; providing a communications device operable to establish communication connection with a data transmission center outside the vehicle; reading map data stored in the storage medium based on the vehicle position detected by the vehicle position detector to display a map on the display device; updating map data and facility data stored in the storage medium based on other map data and other facility data obtained from the data transmission center via the communications device, the other map data and other facility data comprising data regarding a recently established facility; displaying a unique image representing the existence of the recently established facility on the map on the display device when the vehicle approaches the recently established facility, wherein the unique image distinguishes the recently established facility on the map from facilities that are not recently established; saving information about the recently established facility in a temporary storage area of the storage medium; and deleting information about the recently established facility stored in the temporary storage area after a specified period of time has elapsed; wherein the recently established facility is displayed irrespective of a request regarding the recently established facility. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
-
-
10. A method of guiding a vehicle to a recently established facility in a vehicle navigation apparatus, comprising the acts of:
-
obtaining facility data about a recently established facility from a data transmission center; displaying a unique image representing existence of the recently established facility on the map image when the vehicle is approaching the recently established facility, wherein the unique image distinguishes the recently established facility on the map image from facilities that are not recently established; saving information about the recently established facility in a temporary storage area of a storage medium; and deleting information about the recently established facility stored in the temporary storage area after a specified period of time has elapsed; wherein the recently established facility is displayed irrespective of a request regarding the recently established facility. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
-
Specification